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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1907

Page

3

Wyoming society notices and community notes

October correspondence from Wyoming details visits by Mrs. H. P. Collins and others to Center Junction and Davenport, while local activity includes depot fill work, school sports at Onslow, a lecture by Colonial Saxophone Quartette, and the Hawthorne club's support for the lecture series. The issue also notes church activities, minister changes, and local business moves plus farm sales and bank remarks.

Wyoming H. P. Collins Center Junction Robert Norton Ft. Scott Kan John McMurrin R. M. Corbit Clarence J. W. Hoyer Maquoketa Ethel Phelps Lost Nation J. I S. F. Schaefer Ella Chicago S. B. McCarell i Stanwood Mary Chasse Des Moines A. P. Norton Sterling Illinois J. H. Schamel Grace Davenport W. I. Chamberlain R. M.corbit Bay View Garrison C. B. Larkey Ed. Shrimerda C. W. Mallicoat H. W. Behnke L. B. Woodard Jennie Tourtellet Rev Hl. Cullen Milan Anamosa Onslow David J. S. Brownell Baldwin J. W. Rhodes W. W. Bronson John Kettle- Ben Bronson Presbyterian C. KE Elva Ruth Alden A.M. Primrose Newhall Geo. Field Jr Field Mise Ida Fishwild H. E. Wilcox M.E Wilcox A. M. McIntosh McIntosh Weyming Opera House Victoria Lynn Lynn Hawthorne Club Elizabeth de Barrie Gill

Onslow Local Notes and Arrivals

Onslow reports Johnston Brothers travel to South Dakota after cattle. Lou Noyes returns from a three week visit at Waukon. Bert Walters installs a hot water system for his home. James Forsyth comes home from Tama visit. Mrs F J Sokol visits her children in northern state. C E LeGrant and Clarence DeSart go to Tennessee on a prospecting trip. Miss Mary Jansen becomes clerk at Onslow Mercantile. O L Butler bales and ships hay to Chicago. He had

Onslow Johnston Brothers South Dakota Lou Noyes Waukon Bert Walters James Forsyth Tama F. J. Sokol C. E. LeGrant Clarence DeSart Tennessee Mary Jansen Onslow .Mercantile Company O. L. Butler Chicago

Cascade Scene Notes and Local Arrivals

Cascade records October happenings with visitors including J. L. Roehe from Austin Minnesota and Dr D M Finley’s slow recovery. New Presbyterians joined, memorial services for Willie Kennedy held, and local moves and visits noted with Mrs O L Baldwin Helen, Dan Kelley, and others in Cascade and nearby towns.

Cedar Falls F. J. Carpenter D. M. Finley G. B. Macomber C. WU. Macomber St. Martin’s Dan Kelley M. B. Flanigan Oak Street Schroeder

Center Junction Social Notes Reach Across Counties

Center Junction reports a flurry of visits and travel with Jno Carson heading to Canada Monday and Tom Bell and wife leaving for New York to visit relatives. Locals Mae Sanford Maine Coder and Bernice Lewis are seen in Monticello Hopkinton and Wyoming as Rev Potter arrives to lead the new M. E. church and others attend conventions and services.

Center Junction Jno Carson Canada Mead Sanford Mra Ed. Duncan Anamosa Walter Pangburn Clinton Scofield and Son Monticello Mae Sanford Maine Coder Hopkinton J. F. Brown J. F. Livingstone Daisie Rev. Fickle Jas. Young Tom Bell New York Bernice Lewis Wyoming Smith Miller Fostoria Rebekah Lodge John Thompson Presbyterian Synod Sac City W. W. Crawford Baldwin J. KE. Coder Murphy Mayme Coder

Local social notes and visits from Cass area

October entries recount sick health of Henry Thompson and visits by Mrs. M Brainard to Ana moga Amber and Mrs. Henry Nordman to Amber. House updates include Ramsey’s furnace, and the community gathers as Mr. and Mrs. Woodard visit Waubeek while Ketchams travel to Central City. Schools close for a four to five week fall vacation and various residents visit Monticello, Mount Vernon, Coggon and New York state contacts.

Cass Henry Thompson Henry Nordman Amber Alden Worster Algona J. Walter Dwight Cooke Anamosa J. K. Hale Sarah Ogden Ida Lake Monticello G. G G. T. Ketcham Central City Carrie Hanon W. A. Hale Mesars Ben Griffith Cliff Shlale Mount Vernon Chris Conrad Gevrele Coggon Parke Ogden

Local Gossip Roundup From Anamosa Area

Various brief notices report birthdays visits and social events in Anamosa and nearby towns. Mentions include Mr. and Mrs. L Starry welcoming a baby on October 11, juror Louie Turner in Anamosa, Reverend Robert Horn's Iowa visit, and several families traveling or visiting Cedar Rapids Williams Center Junction Cass and Shreveport Louisiana.

Parke Arthur Anamosa Cass John Shine Percy Faulks Fred Husmann Germany Robert Horn Williams Iowa Geo Hugh Cunningham Center Junction J. Adair Minneapolis L. J. Noble Ketcham Farm Grace Griffith Lena Osborne Jack Bowdish Marion Cnas W. A. Hale Yough Cunningham Master Harrison Ndith Cunningham G. G. Ketcham Cedar Rapids D. M. Griffith W. C Monroe South Louisiana Mr. Monroe Texas

Rural Route 2 News Roundup From October 23

Rural Route No 2 notes local farming moves and visits. Stutt builds a hog house. Miss Page returns home from District No 3. Rieken buys Garret Wiler farm near Monticello. Families travel to Cedar Rapids, Pomeroy, and Dakota, with farms and weddings mentioned. Slife visits Richmond for farm prospects.

Kid. Stutt C. HH. Rastede Dunn Rudolph Tobiassen Geo. Dorsey Harm Oltman Anamosa Henry Null Iowa Herman Hanken Gerd Null Ed. Heeren Cedar Rapids Fred Kellogg Monticello Mra Peter Hagen Will Dunn Stickney South Dakota Chauncey Bates Dakota Miss Page Lone Tree Metka Rieken Pomeroy John Hanken Anna Iresse Sand Spring Herman Zimmerman S. R. Rieken Garret Wiler Schuetz Cedar Stupids Deckman Kk. Rieken Ed. Brazelton Chris Scheer August Schatz D. A. Slile Richmond Slife

Castle Grove News Roundup October notes and travels

Castle Grove reports H B Clark returning to South Dakota last week and Rev J W Innes and family visiting from Monticello. Miss Alice Deischer hosted a basket social raising 91.15. J A Hubbard attended Illinois business and BK Mayberry bought Jersey hogs near Springville and Marion. John Burrack and Augusta joined Mrs T Ahlrichs after a pleasant Germany visit.

Castle Grove H. B. Clark South Dakota Margaret Noble J. A. Hubbard Illinois O. F. Hosford J. W. Innes Monticello W. A. Hale Cass Mayberry Springville Marion Alice Deischer District No. 4 J. A. Howie Sac City Greenfield Jas. F. Laude John Burrack Augusta Thomas Ahlrichs Germany

Local Notes From Monticello And Surrounding Towns

Amber October 23 reports Mr and Mrs Alex Robertson in Monticello Monday. Miss Mattie Schoon staying in Monticello this week. Miss Grace Farragher visited friends in Monmouth Sunday. Miss Elizabeth Johnson of Anamooga visited Peter Robertson Sunday. James Kearns went to Strawberry Point last Saturday to see his ailing mother.

Alex Robertson Monticello Mattie Schoon Grace Farragher Monmouth Misslizabeth Johnson Anamoga Peter Robertson James Kearns Strawberry Point

The Youths Companion Offers 1908 Subscription Gift

The Youths Companion promotes family reading with stories for all ages and adventures for fathers and sons and girls. New subscribers paying 1.75 for 1908 receive remaining 1907 issues free plus a Four Leaf Hanging Calendar in full color. Announcement lists 144 Berkeley Street Boston Mass.

Companion THE Berkeley Street Boston Mass

A Very Old Settler Gone Alexander Livingston Dies

Alexander Livingston died at his Monticello area home on the evening of the 19th at 83. He settled between Monticello and Hopkinton in 1837, living 69 years on the same farm, later expanding to 200 acres. Born August 1, 1824 in Selkirk Manitoba, he and brother Archie endured frontier hardships. Survived by wife and fourteen children, funeral held at the Presbyterian church with Rev. Innes and Rev. Bindenberger.

Alexander Livingston Livingston Hopkinton Commonwealth Mr. Livingston Presbyterian Church of Selkirk Red River British North America British America Iowa Livingstons Monticello George Sutherland Catherine Moses Delaware County Wisconsin Territory Hopkinton Leader Dubuque Canton Hugh Cascade Mill James Hugh Livingston Sand Spring Mrs. Livingston Graham John Alex Wallace Idaho Archie Roderick Supheaia Sarah Putnam Eliza Holcomb Coggan Alice Dorland Mitchell South Dakota Laura Arnold Hartington Nebraska Emma Swift Chicago J. W. Innes J. F. Bindenberger Sepkinton Presbyterian Church

Public Auction at Amber Stock Yards for Cattle Sheep and Hogs

The undersigned will sell at public auction at Amber stock yards on Saturday October 26 beginning 1 o clock p m. Twelve head of cattle including twenty two head of cattle A mix of two year old steers and heifers with calves, fifty two head of sheep including breeding ewes buck and lambs, twenty hogs with two yearling boars and spring pigs. Also other articles. Usual terms. W E Daly manager.

Amber Poland W. E. Daly

Household Goods Auction by Mrs. Levi Berlin

Mrs. Levi Berlin to sell household goods at auction on Saturday October 26 at 2 pm at her North Cedar street residence.

Oriental fruit bats: figs figs guavas and their orchard damage

The oriental fruit bats or flying foxes inhabit India Ceylon and the Malayan region feeding on soft fruits avoiding acids. They roost in large colonies and raid orchards at night fighting for fruit and gulping it into distended cheek pouches. They return at dawn by scrambling along branches and often drink toddy from cocoanut trees before dawn intoxication.

India Ceylon Malayan Java Francis Day Ernest Ingersoll

The Well Moved Yet Water Remains A Joke

A New England woman recalls a rosy cheeked Irish maid of all work. When the owner vows to build a wood house over a well, the maid quips about moving the well. The employer realizes her blunder and jokes that water would be lost if the well were moved.

New England Margaret

Iowa & Northwestern railway project surveyed with 100 mile route

Waterloo dispatch reports the Iowa & Northwestern railway will start construction this fall after a yearlong loan arrangement. A $6,000,000 first mortgage to Carnegie Trust Co. is signed by Stephen B. Howard president. Leslie M. Shaw serves as president. The line runs 100 miles southeast from Waterloo via Tadeaggnes Anamosa to Stanwood.

Waterloo Iowa & Northwestern Railway Stephen B. Howard Carnegie Trust Co Leslie M. Shaw Howard Tadeaggnes Anamosa Stanwood

Executrix Notice in Jones County Iowa Estate

Public notice announces Sarah Be Sarles as executrix of the estate of S. E. Sarles deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the Jones County District Court Clerk and debtors must pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello October 21, 1907. Herrick and Bauder attorneys for the estate.

District Court Jones County Iowa S. E. Sarles Monticello A.D Owa SS. KE. Sarles Said County E. Sarles A. D J. H. Ramsey Jones Co

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