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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
2
Local notes from Wyoming on October 9 recount visits by Hon. John Russell, QC McDaniel and others, and describe county political discussions around F. C. Ellison. A flood of social events follows, including Bay View Club meetings, Iowa residents picnics, church fairs, and a near miss fire incident at C. H. Huntington Sr.’s home.
Cascade reports residents and visitors in Iowa with moves and travels to Maquoketa South Dakota Dubuque Monticello and Onslow. Notables include Will Benham death in Seattle Kate Maurice candidacy Louis Hepp Flannigan & Boyle butcher Dan Lavery funeral and Dan Lavery interment in Cascade. Local politics show Republican B L Faber nomination and several independent mayoral and sheriff hopefuls.
Onslow reports Laura Smith back from Nebraska. Mr and Mrs Geo Miller visit Cedar Rapids Carnival. Mary Klemna of Baldwin visits sister Mrs Beck. Pastor returns for another year. Death of J W Stimson's wife announced in Denver. Walrod family guests with Geo Miller. Berger family visiting from Toledo IL. Wyoming Journal message delayed. Noyes sees first cranberries and sweets. Mrs Overly to spend winter in Los Angeles joining daughter Mrs Omer in Carroll. Byron Meriam visiting Clara Hinebaugh. remembers county roots. Noyes share fresh strawberries from C W McMaster. Peter Eye, local farmer, dies after typhoid fever. funeral held at South Mineral church conducted by Rev A W Smith.
Scotch Grove items recount visits to neighbors and relatives from October 10. People include Mrs Alice Finch Miss Daisy Winans and Pat Shirley Miss Alpha Wright and Edna plus others as bridge work and road projects continue locally.
Rural Route No 2 items report R Rieken hauling cuts to town. Henry Balster visited Delaware Center. John Ross visited Waterloo and Mt Auburn last week. Forest Craig attended Cedar Rapids carnival last Thursday. Fred Grey and Will Yount prepare to join the Navy. Mr and Mrs Will Craig visited Mrs Eliza Black Sunday. Mr and Mrs Jas Kearns visited Mrs Ann Ross last Sunday. Attendees at the car festival not fully listed.
A sequence of social updates records births and anniversaries at homes of Herren Aimmernman Dalster Balster and others. Ed Herren remodels a residence and moves a corn crib. C Paulsen and John Stutt Jr return from Canada after buying land. Henry Stutt cleans up surplus stock and buys teams and cattle from several neighbors.
S M Wosford visited Cedar Rapids on business. Snow fell Tuesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs G J Heiken attended a wedding near Onslow. W O B Eberhart of Lake Crystal MN visited Castle Grove friends last week. Miss Mildred Lawrence and Heith Slaugon of Monticello visited last Saturday. Captain A R O'Brien to speak at the chapel Friday evening. No services Sunday. Marshall Noble completed his visit and left for Chicago then Houston Texas. Mrs J A Howie returned from Detroit and went to Dubuque to visit relatives. Adelbert King removed from the Democratic township ticket as trustee candidate. three Democrats nominated for two seats. Arthur Fairbanks term extended to Jan 1 1908.
Center Junction report from October 9 lists Margaret Thompson of Hopkinton visiting at a home Sunday.Mr and Mrs Corbitt near Onslow visited J F Brown Sunday. About twenty young men attended a wrestling match in Monticello Saturday evening. L A Dreibelbis left Wednesday for Wisconsin to visit his parents. A crowd enjoyed a Wednesday opera house party. Mrs John Livingstone Lillian Nell Livingstone and Elsa Coder attended a Cedar Rapids carnival last week. About fifteen Miss Jessie Livingstone friends surprised her Wednesday evening and gave a gold bracelet from Presbyterian church ladies as a keepsake. Jessie will move with her parents to Anamosa this week.
Henrietta Sophia Nordman and George Allen Nordiman, cherished children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nordman of Cass Center, died in October 1906. The family received condolences as a funeral service was held October 7 at Wayne’s Lutheran church with a large procession and music. The notice expresses deep grief and gratitude for support.
The churches of Castle Grove Prairieburg and Scotch Grove join with Monticello church for a Sunday program. Choirs from these churches and Hopkinton will assist. Speakers include Reed Sulzer O'Brien Ferguson Brough McGuinness Mackintosh. Services at 10 11 3 6 30 and 7 30 p m. Lovell Republican Caucus Nomination slate at 2 p m Saturday October 18. Dr Coffman eye light specialist to be at Lovell House Wednesday October 31 glasses fitted free 9 a m to 6 p m.
The city council orders the extension of Railroad Street southward from Buckeye Street and the construction of a four foot wide sidewalk on the east side from lot 6s to 674 feet south. The strip, reserved in deeds, is now to be adopted as public street named Railroad Street and takes effect after publication.
A historical notice proclaims Dr Shallenberger as a highly successful chronic disease specialist. It claims rapid diagnosis, cures in catarrh nose throat lung eye ear stomach liver kidneys and other conditions, offers free service to incurable patients, and guarantees cures for nervous debility and early stage diseases.
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