Community Gossip From Cedar Rapids to Chicago
Miss Carrie Cowan visits Epworth. John Bateman attends Waterloo show. Mr and Mrs Louis Hepp and children tour Davenport. Earl Young at world series in Chicago. Deutrick's offers remnant bargains and fancy Huck Toweling. H s Bennett sells western horses near town. Several residents travel to Chicago Anamosa Hopkinton and Manchester for events and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hepp
Davenport
Glenn Averill
Ernest Sherman
Cedar Rapids
Monticello News Briefs Highlight Local Travel and Events
The Monticello area reports travelers visiting Dubuque and Colfax, and residents hosting relatives. A high school football defeat against Lenox College is noted, while a bridge lumber sale and a forthcoming entertain- ment event at Mrs. Laude's school are listed among community happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque High School
Lenox College
Purchas family considers move from Monticello
W. J. Purchas from Rock Rapids plans to move his family tomorrow. He and Mrs. Purchas, well liked in Monticello, will leave many friends saddened by the departure. Peter Altman and Miss Maud Smith wed at Sacred Heart Church yesterday morning, both Monticello natives, in a ceremony conducted by Rev. John McCormick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Egger
Crofton
Nebraska
Lindberg
John
Henry Bohlen
W. J. Purchas
Rock Rapids
Mrs. Purchas
Monticello
Peter Altman
Maud Smith
Church of the Sacred Heart
John McCormick
Local notes from Monticello and vicinity span personal moves
F B Bolton shifts The Express address from Denver to Omaha and opens a USPS Insurance Corp branch there. James Voorhees and daughter Mrs Frank Hayden visit South Dakota. Hayden to reside on her husband’s claim. Saloon and brewer gatherings hint at permit circulation. a surprise party bids farewell to Mrs Fannie Neal prior to her move. Funeral guest Erastus Davis arrives from Cuba City.
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F. B. Bolton
Express
Denver
Omaha
United States Postal Insurance Corporation
James A. Voorhees
Frank Hayden
South Dakota
Fannie Neal
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Judge Smith Adjourns Session Weed Out Trials
Judge Milo P. Smith held an ad journed district court session last Thursday and ruled on motions for new trials and preliminary contests. He left the term un adjourned to allow Judge Ellison at Tipton to issue orders and settle remaining contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo P. Smith
District Court
Ellison
Tipton
Marion Fireman Weds Miss Bessie French at Parsonage
Wm. E. Smith of Marion and Miss Bessie B. French daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm French were married at the Presbyterian parsonage by Rev J W Innon yesterday afternoon. The groom serves as a fireman on the accommodation train between here and Marion. The bride formerly lived at Onslow and will reside in Marion with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. E. Smith
Marion
Bessie B. French
Wm. French
Presbyterian Parsonage
J. W. Innon
Onslow
Webster brothers escape injuries in runaway near schoolhouse
Will Webster drove a wagon loaded with household goods when frightened horses bolted past the schoolhouse. He leaped safely from the wagon tongue while F S Webster jumped to rocks and suffered minor bruises. The horses stopped by a fence between the Teeter and Schipman homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Webster
Webster
F. S
F.S. Webster
Teeter
Schipman
Judge Orders Custody Shifts and County Home Bid
Judge Smith altered a custody order for the four Neunaber children after two more were sent to Glenwood. Sheriff Hopan oversees the transfer from Davenport to Glenwood. The county board chose James Park to build the new county home for 29,998.50, with other bids listed but heating and plumbing contracts not yet let.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Hopan
Davenport
County Board of Supervisors
James Park
Belle Plaine
Christ Braum & Sons
H. I. Jones
Shippy Burke
Monticello Wins Express Deliveries After Protest
Businessmen of Monticello secure express service as Wells Fargo Express Co. begins delivering packages locally. F D Slauson now handles Monticello deliveries. Potatoes drop in price to 75 cents a bushel with reports of lower figures in Marion and Grundy Center. Civil War veteran George Davis dies at 69 in Richland township, interred at Oakwoods with veterans pallbearers. Walter Wellman and crew rescued after 70 hours aloft, 376 miles off North Carolina coast near a British steamer. voyage labeled foolhardy.
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State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Monticello
Wells Fargo Express Co
Express Company
Express
F. D. Slauson
Marion
Grundy Center
George
Davis
Dale’s Mill
Richland Township
Janeen
Oakwoods Cemetery
Prave
R. V. Porter
Ulster County
New York
Co. C. 120
New York Volunteer Infantry
8Th Co. 2Nd Batallion Veteran Reserve Corps
Hopkinton
Walter Wellman
Atlantic Ocean
North Carolina
Thirty Years Ago in Monticello October Items
A retrospective from October 1880 notes births and deaths including A P Jannings boy, Estella Fuller and Joanna Babcock. Pastor changes at Methodist and a wedding at Langworthy. Bank of Monticello assets listed, of $270,620.60 with $117,000 in deposits. A son born to Crane and a daughter to Bell. James Rutherford drowns after attempting river crossing. $70 to $80 found on him, only small change later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
A. P. Jannings
Governor Gear
Monticello
Joanna Babcock
P. Q. Babcock
F. M. Robertson
J. L. Paine
Estella Fuller
H. K. Fuller
Sarah J. Corbett
J. J. Jorbett
Scotch Crowe
F. Crane
Boscobel
Wisconsin
Sarles
D. 8
Dewey
East Monticello
FF. S. Dunham
Jacobi
Frankie Herrick
Bertie Starks
Minnie Byam
J. Coder
M. A. Rummel
J. K. Moreland
Jennie Ackerman
J. A. Champion
Addie
James Lockwood
Nancy J. Knapp
Henry Clark
Irene Eckerhart
Albert (. Billings
Lizzie B. Young
John W. Waite
Janette Inglis
J. H. Perryman
Isadore $. King
David O. Smith
Lucy Krause
Charles, Overley
Johanna Livingstone
James Rutherford
Maquoketa
Iron Bridge
Enoch Young
Young
Rutherford
Cascade
Iigh School Notes Report Cards and School Life
The note covers report cards issued yesterday, Fay Clark’s return from illness, exams finished for six weeks, fishing by George and Jim at Eby's, and missing monograms among seniors. It mentions Howard Fritz joining the senior class, a student humor line about weather, basketball practice led by Lydia Bader, postponed Senior picnic to Pictured Rocks, and teens enjoying teeter events after hours amid disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Jim
Eby’s
Howard Fritz
Chicago University
Lydia Bader
Pictured Rocks
Miller
Monticello School Board Minutes October 19
The Monticello Board of Education met at J. W. Doxsee's office with members J. Bateman J. W. Doxsee Dr I M. Redmond present. On motion by Bateman and Redmond the bill for H. C. Ehrke for building a smoke stack and foundation was allowed at 206.00 dollars. The meeting adjourned. T. M. Redmond Secretary Protem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Board of Education
J. W. Doxsee
J. , Bateman
M. Redmond
J. E. Bateman
J. M. Redmond
H. C. Ehrke
T. M. Redmond
Protem
Would Rather Fly Than Edit
A Cedar Rapids Republican column notes birdmen profit from flying shows with Prof Baldwin earning $2000 in Iowa City. The piece mocks political campaign editing this year 1910 Iowa and contrasts coverage from Washington Post, Washington Times, Minneapolis Journal on politicians and recognitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Baldwin
Iowa City
Iowa
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E. G. Burrichter
Home News
Carrie Cowan
Epworth
Jon Trunk
Ray Hoag
R. M. Corbit
Dorset
Deutrick’s
Miss Hutton
Wyoming
F. J. Cross
Chicago
John K. Bateman
Daily Show
Waterloo
Deitrick D. G. Co
John P. Page
John Hoss
Dubuque
Earl Young
John Henry Mathews
Jacob Schneider
H.$. Bennett
M. W. Herrick
E. K. Reed
Anamosa
Hazel Neal
Deatrick’s
Ada Burnside
Cowan
New York Tribune
Messrs
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Herman Rick- Jeff
Charles Walters
Gottlieb Reichen
Chris Decker Farm
Manchester
Edward N. Howard
Dorothy Pond
Margaret Pond
A. W. Steiner
Frank Locher
Clara Schodde
Clara Koop
Nemo
Deutrick
Detroit
G. W. Burnside
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
George Burnside
Raymond Slauson
New Millinery
Tony Eflers
Dr. Albery
Frank Page
N. G. W. Winner
Lena Nipp
Oklahoma
Arthur Frey
Mrs. E. M. Baker
Mrs. E. J. Nandell
Eugene Byers
Excelsior Springs
R. P. Smith
Fruithurst
Alabama
W. L. Miller
Morley
Prof
K. D. Miller
D. Baldwin
Clarence Crawford
Fred Fagan
Fern Neal
Mrs. F. Neal
Elmer Black
Colfax
B. A. Benson
Clinton
H. E. Deischer
Matt Noyes
Old Bridge
Carl Schatz
Lovell Township
Fred P. Stabler
W. R. Leibsle
Will Altman
Fred Matthiessen
Sac County
B. Yoder
Monmouth
Illinois
Ray W. Rogers
Elizabeth M. Stuhr
Oxford Junction
Col
E. J. Wood
George Cowan
Mary Hudson
Cora Sexton
Hiland Ward
Amos Delaney
Prairieburg
Luther Foster
Las Cruces
New Mexico
W. A. Mirick
Independence
Menzo Burnside
Arian
Scales
Burnside
Hudson
Bertha Coddington
Jessie Mueller
Elwood
Arnold Egger
Gertrude Copps
Louis Demetropoulon
G. J. Hughes
Col. James Means
David Williams
Board of Supervisors
Underwood & Forsythe
H. J. Lang
Madison
Carl Lee
Charles C. Curtis
Des Moines
Kansas
George W. Curtis
California
H. S. Pierce
Mechanicsville Savings Bank
Mr. Pierce
Joseph Pierce
H. F. Pierce
Presbyterian Church
J. W. Innes
Mesdames Peet
Corbin and
Hanssen
Olga Arduser
W.L. Lambertson
Mr. Lazell
D. L. Ames
Nina
Clyde
Ohio
J. W. Campbell
Fro
Chris Balsiger
Solomon Marugg
Hettinger
North Dakota
F. S. Dunham
Elgin
Nlinois
St. Augustine
Florida
F. P. Stuhler
Andrew Davidson
Geneva
Locher Brothers
J. B. Willard
O. H. Soetje
Herman Tiarks
Germany
Europe
Andrew Bejasch
Wilke Husmann
Center Junction
Monticelo
Gobblers
James Barrett
William Aldrich
Wm. M. Byerly
Erastus Davis
Cuba City
George C. Davis
Charles Guiles
Mr. Quiles
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Athletics
Prader
W. F. Rohn
Lewis Reiger
Sioux Falls
Sioux City
Congregational Church Society
EK. P. Kimball
Lyman Aldrich
Keboe
Vic Dautremont
John Liddy
Ray Slauson
Otto Arduser
Dave Corbit
N. J. Bisenius
William B. Smalley
England
Small
Smalley
M. A. Breed
Bessie Baade
Oakwood Cemetery
Chicago Record-Herald
Puleston
Iigh School Notes
Fay Clark
School Board Proceedings
Washington Post
Washington Times
South
Minneapolis
Col. Roosevelt
FURS
C. H. Schipman
South Cedar ST
Tilk
Lovell Block Store
Hicks & Ricklefs
Ballbea
Hoosier
A. G. Hanken
L. H. Lang
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