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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1907
Page
3
Wyoming October notes report visits by B. Larkey and L. A. Leek, a Cedar Rapids trip by J. W. Chamberlain, and social calls by Rev. J. W. Innes. Public sale planned west of town. local clubs meet, creamery board reelects, and a barn fire destroys Inglis barn. Marriage of Earl Mallicoat and Isa Woodworth. baseball trials, school games, and minor legal fines noted.
Onslow reports Mrs. Tebo remains very sick and John Dennison on sick list. August Hanssen prospecting in South Dakota. H. H. Roberts did business at Maquoketa Monday. Ben Paul of Blairstown visiting parents last week. Mary Carter spent time with E. C. Anderson family at Madison Village. H E A Hutton rural mail carrier with new wagon. O C Johnson sold farm north of town to John Von Sprecken for 140 per acre. Major Farwell visited Hon. John Russell early in week. Russell now in 86th year. John Dew returned from South Dakota with 160 acres near Plankington, planning to make it his future home. Postmaster notes mail weighing and counting report period set for 13th to 19th of current month. Wilson Walters and Maquoketa family visited grandparents.
Caas calendar items show J K Wale at the poor farm on Thursday and Kilmer Prosser back from Texas. Various residents and visitors are listed including Miss Maurice visiting Cass school, Fred Carrier visiting relatives in Monticello, and the Duns and Croot families calling on friends. Hugh Cunningham sale announced for tomorrow as he plans a year’s rest.
A rural community notices sale postings, farm trips, threshing tallies, and house painting. Residents such as A B Jacobs, Henry Dirks, D A Slife, Mrs T H Dunn, John Johnston, and Alma Johnston are mentioned with moves, trips to Anamosa and Canada, harvest activity, and farming plans for next year.
J A Deischer installs a cement feeding floor as Supervisors Noyes visits the area. Farmers resume a second hay cutting while Rev J W Innes spoke at the chapel. S C Pfeil builds a new hog house with Chris Specht on carpentry. The Downerville blacksmith shop was sold to J A Howie and will be dismantled. Castle Grove cemetery improvements were finished last Saturday with G J Heiken planning a larger swine quarters project.
Cascade and surrounding cities host a roster of visitors and travelers. Chicago residents Cascade, October and Lawrence Barrett are noted in the city. Mr McClellan of Onslow was in town last Saturday. Conway of Dubuque spent Sunday at Cascade. Several others, including the Kay and Beatty families, traveled from Epworth Cedar Rapids and Hazelton respectively. Husbands and wives, like M H Lauser returning from Saskatchewan Canada, report frosts. Hietchen now of Los Angeles visits. Fritz Beyeler of Randolph Nebraska visited last Friday after eight years away. A man named Kinsella of Garryowen appears among notes of local social movement.
A barn burned to the ground after a Thursday morning fire sparked by lightning. Firefighters saved the horses but hay and grain were lost. A storm killed 14 cattle at Mrs. John Henneberry's farm. Funeral attendance for Jno Hickman in Alburnett noted with relatives listed.
The community mourning John M. Hickman a forty one year old implement dealer and prominent citizen of Alburnett with funeral arrangements set for Thursday at the M E church. The Cedar Rapids Gazette account notes a brave life cut short and a family circle deeply affected by the loss.
Letter to the editor describes Charley Brown's shop offerings including rubber capes gloves and fur coats aimed at rain and cold. It notes prices from five cents to forty five dollars and mentions horse blankets and beaver cloth coats. A special rail trip to Farley Iowa is announced with a 12 30 p m departure from Monticello and 5 p m return on October 16th.
The article argues every wedding anniversary deserves celebration from cotton to diamond, detailing gift themes by year and urging families to honor long marriages. It notes the emotional and social value of marking each milestone with appropriate presents and festive surroundings.
The piece discusses possible origins of the Bluebeard tale with references to Giles de Laval and other figures, noting inconsistencies with Henry VIII and variants. It then advertises Coming-The Younger Bros in Old Missouri at the opera house, October 15, 1907, with 25 35 and 50 cent prices and a separate Misses' School Caps sale at Doutrick's.
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