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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
8
Mrs M V Kehoe and baby visit Strawberry Point while Doatricks promotes Fleeced Hosiery. Cedar Rapids visitor Mrs R MacFarlan stops in Monticello. Des Moines visitor C R Scroggie wintered here. Coal and lumber ads mix with social updates on visits, funerals, and store sales.
Monticello area column notes marriages moves and visits. A newlywed couple Mr and Mrs Otto Vetter depart for Manson Iowa. births reported at John Delay farm Castle Grove. residents travel to Sioux Falls and Iowa City. estray roan mare found north of Monticello. several ads and public notices including a twenty percent store sale and freight train schedules on Sundays. Dr W B Pearson obituary noted with funeral in Anamosa and interment in Iowa City.
Monticello and Jones County residents faced injuries and losses in recent days. A carpenter on Tom Carson's house was severely hurt in an eye injury while hammering. he traveled to Iowa City seeking surgical care. Widespread notices include death of Will H. Clark in Eddyville Nebraska with interment in Genoa. Mrs. Ann J. Beatty dies in Cascade after long service in local banks and creameries. A left arm amputation occurred to W. V. Keith of Hopkinton when his hand was caught in a corn shredder. surgeons performed the procedure. The community notes multiple weddings, farm sales, and school fund drive for San Francisco relief.
Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver spoke to a packed Monticello opera house last Thursday, praising congressional leadership and urging Republicans to unite for the ticket. He critiqued pessimism in public life, cited reforms in commerce and labor and pure food laws, and defended constitutional government while praising candidates Paul and others.
The town debunks the scare of a woman in gray abducting girls and frightening pedestrians. City marshal says the sensation was caused by idle boys and some locals, while no such figure exists. Also notes upcoming political talks by Congressman Robert G. Cousins in Anamosa and Wyoming and local ads for dress goods and a skirt sale. Wages offered for corn huskers on the Stimpson farm.
Dr J M Booth of Marion Iowa tests eyes and fits glasses with a system that detects refractive errors and confirms proper fitting for each patient. He will be at Lovell House Monticello on Monday October 29 for one day. The notice also promotes coal supply from Central Lumber & Coal Co and hails the German Heater sold by Davis Hardware as the best and most economical.
Doutrick D G Co offers ready-to-wear hats and dress hats with made to order options. This fall millinery collection highlights new shapes and fabrics for seasonally updated headwear.
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