Local notices and visits fill town pages
Mrs Elmer Hicks visits Manchester and Mrs Mary Hogan visits her daughter in Dubuque. Doatricks advertises Fleeced Hosiery and Deatrick's promotes Columbia Yarns and New Garland products. Gov Cummins to speak in Cedar Rapids October 24. A carload of potatoes sought by Geo Stuhler's Sons Co. Local residents travel to Kasota Minnesota and Maquoketa for weddings. Central Lumber & Coal Co pitches building materials and coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hicks
Manchester
Mary Hogan
Dubuque
A. B. Cummins
Cedar Rapids
Columbia Yarns
Deatrick’s
Roy Sweesy
Geo. Stuhler’s Sons Co
Monticello News Briefs Ferry Through the Week
Local items cover Miss Leyden testifying in a will probate in Manchester. Notes from Monticello include visits, store promotions at Deatrick and Eilers Bolton, farm sales, political candidate movements, and community events such as church and school meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Leyden
Manchester
Dr William Drinkwater Leaves for St Thomas
Dr William Drinkwater and his daughter Irene departed last Tuesday night for St Thomas due to the illness of Mr Drinkwater's father. Irene will stay indefinitely. T J Finn of Washington township visited town last Saturday presenting his candidacy for supervisor, noted for voting the democratic ticket. G W Simpson of Boston visited Monticello early in the week to handle Diamond Creamery business and plans a two week stay in Fort Worth, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Adame
Sumner
Monticello
Frank C. Quimby
Ellensburg
Washington
Northern Pacific Railway
William Drinkwater
Irene
St. Thomas
Canada
Mr. Drinkwater
T. J. Finn
Washington Township
Finn
G. W. Simpson
Boston
Diamond Creamery Company
Fort Worth
Texas
Edwin Sparks
Chicago University
Congregational Church
France
Sparks
Jesup
Rockford
Marie Sophia Nordman
A.S. Nordman
Otto William Henry Vetter
Marcus
Nordman
C. Mardorf
Cherokee County
Monticello Social Roundup and Local Notices
A party travels to Strawberry Point for the Burrack Imloff wedding. Monticello Presbyterians and nearby congregations report lively services and synodical talk. Auctions and estate sales loom with 2 mares and farm goods listed. Local obituaries and marriage news fill pages, with lectures on American Diplomacy drawing crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point
John Burrack
Mies Anna Imloff
John Zimmerman
John
Henry Burrack
Anna Burrack
Lizzie Laude
Minnie Poppe
Anna Heiken
Lizzie Heiken
Lena Heiken
Will
Henry
John Hieken
Gerhard Gerdes
Harvey Hogg
Presbyterians
Monticello
Warden Appointed at Anamosa Penitentiary
Marquis Barr of Oskaloosa is named warden of the state penitentiary at Anamosa by the board of control, succeeding the late W A Hunter. Barr, 62, former warden, has long served Mahaska County, including four terms as sheriff, and recently worked as a claim agent for the Iowa Central Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis Barr
Oskaloosa
Anamosa
Board of Control
W. A. Hunter
Barr
Mahaska County
Iowa Central Railroad
Monticello Board Approves Bills in Regular Session
The Monticello Board of Education met in regular session with Coxsee Inglis Bateman Hefner present. They approved last meeting minutes, paid numerous teachers and contingent fund bills, discussed text book contracts with Ginn & Co, and authorized a third high school assistant at $20 a month. The school will close Oct 18 19 for Teachers Association attendance and stairs repairs were authorized. J N Prierson Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Coxsee
Inglis
Bateman
Hefner
Teachers Fund
J E Foster
Balar Pena
MI Darman
Erma Babcock
Ruth Oxley
May
Kate Maurice
Caroline Hicks
D Leichhardt
Myrtle Barnhill
Sadie Buck
N Lane
M Locher
A Whiting
Doyt Rhodes
Sloan
Joe Peterson
Fred Kempf
Cis
VanMeter
Hall
Ginn & Go
Aebisiensateetinase
Beck Duplicator Co
American Book Co
Silver Burdett & Co
DC Heath & Co
MacMilan & CO
Fullerton & Gray
Reseeer Tokod Appleton & Co
F. B. Bolton
F. A. Hefner
J. N. Prierson
Sec’y
Speaking Dates for Clifford B. Paul Campaign
Republican candidate for representative Clifford B. Paul will address county voters on political issues. Meetings run October 22 at Spencerville school house Wyoming township through October 30 at Madison Center, with dates at Victory Cass Center Scotch Grove Deer Creek Castle Grove Center Junction. Chicago News notes women may have abstained from registering due to lack of new attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Paul
Clifford B. Paul
Spencerville
Wyoming Township
For Sale Thoroughbred Pigs From Heavy Stock
For sale two male pigs Chester White and Berkshire origin from good heavy boned matured stock. Contact Bell phone or Delaware Co. McNeil Bros. Hopkinton Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
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J. W. Doxsee
Sale
Home News
Doatricks
Mrs. O. D. French
Scotch Grove Township
New Cloaks—Nilers & Bolton’s
Davis
Barney Eilers
Westgate
Assumption Coal
Central Lumber & Coal Co
G. W. Burnside
Shenandoah, Iowa
Deutrick’s
Jessie Sullivan
Cascade
Myrtle Hofacre
Bacher & Abt
Gunther
New Garland
Hall’s Hardware
R. MacFarlan
Miss Hazard
Farley
Abbie Ferguson
Anna Chaloupka
Eilers & Bolton’s
Catherine Lovell
the State University
Deatrick D. G.co
Charles C. Curtis
Kasota, Minnesota
Eclipse Lumber Co
Nellie Jerrard
Superior
Wisconsin
S. E. Sarles
Puleston
Aegis
Ida Parrott of
Waverly
W.S. Wilkinson
John H. Eden
Hildreth Farm
Castle Grove Township
Charles Walter
Capt
D. F. Magee
W. D. Magee
George Hubbard
Maquoketa
J. K. Smith
Mary Connoly
Killian Thomas
South Cedar Street
George W. Rettig
Harvey Grand
Independence
Geo. Rettig
Will McAleer
Nebraska
Messrs. McLaughlin & Eby
Klaas Willis
Hubbell
Virginia Strong
Pacific Grove
California
Nellie Carpenter
Eilers & Bolton’s. Ie
John O'Brien
Richland Township
South Dakota
J. M. Hofacre
W. H. Hoult
Town
John A. Schmidt
Onslow
S. K. Tracy
J. W. Innes
M. Bebb
John Matthiessen
Vinton
Iowa Synod
Charles Crocker
Sand Spring
Charles
Deitrick’s
Mr. C. FE. Little
H. M. Carpenter
St. Louis
American Bankers’ Association
Norman Starks
Cubs
D.D. Rorick
Henry Jansen
Gus Paulsen
Bloomfield
Nellie Haeussler
Dora Ketlitz
Geo. Stuher’s Sons Co
Mart Rodman
Sycamore Street
Marion Sleeper
Northeastern
Iowa
Davis’ Hardware
A. G. Rodman
Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Hannah Delay
Jones County
C. W. Brown
Democrats
Justices of the Peace
N. Kehoe
J.T. Lanigan
Jake Arduser
Peter Young
Arthur Fairbanks
North Dakota
Allen
Castle Grove
McLees Bros
Towa
H. F. Pierce
Jacksonville, Florida
Gratia Hicks
Montana
Montainous Wilds
West
Davis’s Hardware
Eilera & Bolton’s
Emory Leggett
District Court
Sam Jones
Little Rock
Arkansas
Garland
P. E. Slocum
Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph Whitney
Prairieburg
Whitney
Boulder Township
Gerhard Eilers
Lovell Township
R Bohren
Geo. Ambuhl
William Skelley
William Sandhouse
James Skelley
Alva Like
Harry Lang
Bert Hubbard
Young People’s Societies of
Center Junction
Jas. B. Watson
Miller
Marion
Robert Young
Albion
Luther Whiting
Young
John Wenger Sr
Monticello State Bank
John Wenger
Oliver B. Ross
Spencer
C. E. Little
Mr. Ross
F. J. Pepin
Connor & Hogan
Billy Hogan
Billy
W. G. Eilers
Corporation
A. Matthiessen
Mary C. Rigby
Joseph Rigby
Wellman
Samuel
Edward
Irving
J. P. Dolliver
Lovell House
Stanley Victor Allen
Walter Allen
Flossie E. Buchanan
J. Y. Buchanan
Maquoketa High School
Express
Scotch Grove
James S. Applegate
Charles 8
Applegate
W. I. van Buren
John K. Foster
Mr. van Buren
School Board Proceedings
Chicago News
New York City
Cleveland
Wilton
Axminster
Smyrna
Body and
Brussels
Eilers & Bolton
C. H. Schipman
Lovell Block
Monarch Mills Union
Nancy Mills
Evernebnett
Black Cat Holiery
G. Brazelton
Larry Sandhouse
Italy
Sandhouse
Hubbard & Hanken
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