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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
3
The Express reports the Oct 5 celebration by about eighty neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. James Applegate of Scotch Grove for their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Gifts included a couch rug and gold thimble, plus dishes from their seven children and twenty one grandchildren.
Scattered items record moves and visits in Scotch Grove and nearby towns. Emmet Moats works at the Monti cello depot. Rev L O Sutherland went to West Bend Iowa last Friday. Sergeant Wherry from Wyoming visited Scotch Grove. Ed Hughes attended a Cedar Rapids carnival. Charley Smith of Western Nebraska toured Scotch Grove. Sinclair Glenn and Sutherland joined a Hopkinton football game last Wednesday. Pulpit duty at Presbyterian church by McCormick Seminary student Mr Jackson Buchanan last Sabbath. A. Moats and father of Highland returned last night. C N Nash of San Bernardino California is guest of Mgr Ad Suthiers land. his wife Kittie McIntyre is noted as deceased.
James A. Bronson visits his son in Salem Massachusetts. Mrs Jennie Nible attends the WCTU state convention in Waterloo. Hastings Milner and family visit Hastings Neb guests of Mrs Geo Laudermileh. Delegates travel to Cedar Rapids to hear President McKinley. S M McConnell and J B Richardson in Morning Sun for Iowa Synod. Geo Bottomstone and wife in Marion. their daughter Daisy ill with typhoid but improving. M E congregation glad Rev A W Smith returns for another year. Mr Smith regarded as an able clergyman.
Local notes report Windy Rhodes victorious despite coach misjudgment. Funeral for John Conaly held with painters serving as pallbearers. In town, a string of visitors attended, including Wallace Foote and family, and new births announced for several residents.
Castle Grove reports visits by Dunn Crusinberry Cunningham and others with social events at Mrs. McLaughlin and Applegate wedding. Residents travel to Marengo Woodstock and Stratford while visitors from New York and Connecticut appear. Jack Frost hits low lands. corn crops spared. In Cass, Oct 11 news includes Montana trip for Brady and dances at Geo Holmes, births illnesses and a firm dissolution. Hog cholera affects losses and renters shift homes seeking cheaper rents.
A list of unclaimed letters remaining at the Monticello post office is advertised as of October 10, 1898. The note names G. W. Sickles KE Daily Mrs Florence Bradley D E Porn and P M C C Rynerson of Bowen's Prairie along with others.
A Kansas paper recounts a young doctor’s theater outing with his companion. She grows faint as the curtain rises and he discreetly hands a tasteless tablet that won’t dissolve. After the show she hides the tablet in her glove, and at home discovers a button hidden inside.
An old soldier praises horse intelligence and discipline in war saying horses learn bugle calls, maintain alignment, and join charges with infantry. He recalls a Civil War battery galloping half a mile across open ground in a dramatic artillery charge and notes horses’ calm, courage, and panic response to feed calls. Mrs. C. P. Henderson visits the Omaha Exposition.
Monticello council meetings report receipts from Abel and poll taxes, approve numerous General and Waterworks Fund bills, and set polling places for upcoming election. Resolutions authorize wood bids for Scotch Grove schools and vacate part of Division street to lot 22 owned by John Clark. House and lot for sale noted along with local insurance notices.
Hoyt Bros of Scotch Grove Jones County Iowa promotes a nursery inventory emphasizing hardy apple plum and cherry trees. They claim reliability over untested varieties and invite prospective buyers to view stock and arrange terms with trustworthy parties.
On September 27 1898 the district court of Jones county Iowa appointed Matt Miller administrator of the John Miller estate located in Jones county. He requires all debts to be paid to him and all claims to be presented legally authenticated to the court for allowance within the law. Dated Monticello Iowa September 27 1898. Matt Miller administrator. Herrick attorney for the estate.
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