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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1904
Page
7
Local ads list new cloaks and dress goods at Eilers and Bolton and at H C Wills, with Hosiery, Walking Skirts and Neckties. Visitors include Miss Mary Mohl of Lost Nation and Mr. J M Hofacre traveling to Redfield. Various residents travel to Mason City, St Louis exposition, Indianola, and Des Moines for visits and business.
Local items report Mrs. Coxsee returning from Cleveland. residents mentioned include B H Young declared insane and sent to Independence asylum. Ads note Pec and cows oil for sores, Deutrick selling various goods, and Harriett Lee and others with uncalled letters. Community events list Epworth League social and Presbyterian Endeavor exchange, plus notices of new births, obituaries, coal and oil products, and school teacher travel for a Northeastern Iowa Teachers association meeting.
Friends led by Rev. E E Gruenstein surprise Hon Mrs Gerhard Eilers on their 45th wedding anniversary. The event is a social tribute to their long marriage and happiness in later years.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Bajasch marked eighty years of marriage on the 9th with seventy friends attending. They have lived in Monticello since 1866, raised six children, and he is a trusted carpenter. Her steady homekeeping is praised for guiding him along.
James Milne died at Monmouth hospital after a nine week illness. Born February 17 1830 in Rhynie Scotland he immigrated in 1847 and helped settle northern New York before moving to Jones County Iowa and later Monmouth Illinois. A farmer inventor and devout church member he helped organize Scotch Grove United Presbyterian and later joined First United Presbyterian. He leaves a large family and was known for charity and prohibitionist views. Funeral Saturday at 2:30 p m at the family home with interment in Scotch Grove.
Lumberman Meyers received an unexpected ebony cane from his old home at Monticello via his home lodge of Odd Fellows. The gift, nicely trimmed in gold, moved him deeply and he displayed it around town with neighbors admiring the gesture.
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