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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
3
Multiple residents and visitors are listed across Monticello Anamosa and nearby towns. The entries mention Karl Renk in Iowa City E E B Reed in Anamosa Lizzie Hennessey in Delhi and various local engagements with Deutrick's Dorset Store and Miss Cora Sandhouse among others.
Marion visitors and travels populate the week with family visits from Mrs. C. B. Rundle and Mrs. J. G. Thomas. Evangelists, church events, farm news, and local ads mark community life across Cascade, Monticello, and nearby towns.
J. W. Beatty and Cascade neighbors rode to Monticello for a state Baptist meeting in Vinton after considering a Cedar Rapids stay. Mrs. Charles Rice returns from South Dakota where the Monticello colony is reported well and happy. J A Voorhees announces land excursions to South Dakota Monday and Texas Tuesday.
Local theatre drew a large audience Tuesday night to see the Patton Company. Audiences offered mixed reports on the show’s merit, with impressions varying by attendee temperament, but overall reception deemed the entertainment quite good. Andrew Kasper returned from Saskatchewan to prepare land for wheat planting next season. He plans to break a large tract and seed it to wheat. Coming Tuesday November 2 a one day sale of men tailored clothes at Alsever's store. Expert cutter from Chicago will be on hand to measure customers. Mrs Henry Hilers and family returned from Alburnett Monday night after a visit with relatives. Dr Bilers may relocate from Alburnett to New Mexico before year end. Carso Crane of Lebanon Missouri visited Mrs Jeannie Sandhouse and Miss Belle Crane in the Sandhouse home. Mr Cragg was en route to North Dakota to visit his daughter. Ford M Clark of Castle Grove returned from South Dakota to view Fall River County opportunities and vouches for the Fall River Land Co. advertising in this issue of The Express.
The Day & Hansen Security Company of Spokane sold half a section of land to Fred Bronneman a former Monticello resident who now has a position in Waterville Washington Rev J W Innes arranged another excursion train to Cedar Rapids for Evangelist Sunday attendees the train leaves Monticello at five o clock Friday afternoon and returns after services The previous Friday excursion to Cedar Rapids was well patronized despite rain with seventy five Monticello residents attending and 311 passengers counted before Marion if weather had been fair more passengers would have ridden the five coaches would not have sufficed
Agricultural students from Lenox College visited Monticello with Prof. Evans to study Holstein cattle on Rudolph Bohren's farm and the Shortborn herd at Henry George's farm. Sieg Webster of Scotch Grove shared hunting insights and boasted a skilled fox hound pack and expert coon hunting tips.
Gottlieb Bohren nephew of Rudolph Bohren arrives from Grindelwald Switzerland and plans to reside near Ryan. He worked as a motor engineer on the railway through solid rock to Jungfrau summit and estimates ten more years to finish the project. A town sale ad notes a one day only men’s tailored clothes event at Alsever’s Center Junction on November 2. Drunk defendants in Iowa City court to be defended by State University law students, a move that may strain local funds.
Dennis Liddy visited Chicago last week where his brother Dr P F Liddy underwent surgery at Mercy Hospital. The operation reportedly went as well as could be expected and Dr Liddy remained in serious condition. family members expressed alarm while Mrs D W Barr of Manchester attended. Liddy’s mother still resides in Manchester where he once lived. The Express and Des Moines Daily Capital offer advance payment subscribers two papers for 3 75 with free remainder of 1909 for new subscribers.
George Innes of Minneapolis addressed a large audience of Ladies Missionary Society members of the Presbyterian church yesterday afternoon. He spoke after a world tour and described the needs of workers in India with hopeful views on missionary work.
The Post Office Department adopts a more liberal policy for registered letters. Mail will be left at the addressed place if signed for by a responsible adult, reducing delays and inconvenience to business and professional people.
Dr. George Inglis of this city mourns the death of his father Robert Inglis of Hale township. Dr. Inglis and his family attend the funeral today as Wyoming correspondent pays a tribute to his memory and endorses the sentiments spoken. His long acquaintanceship with Mr Inglis highlights his honesty integrity and moral life.
Roosevelt hunting stories draw sportsmen Hiram Lee Gus Ricklefs Charles Shorrer Brank Stary and John Hampton led by Captain Wred M Huyeck and Lieutenant Willie Sutherland on a coon hunt. A fat raccoon rewards the labor as Hopkinton discusses nuisance from sidewalk advertisements and compares Monticello’s paint rules to curb it.
The last Union Civil War commander General C. O. Howard died at his Burlington Vermont home last Tuesday. He lectured in Monticello in 1887 and was renowned for Indian wars service with numerous engagements. He received L L D honors from four colleges and wrote extensively on religious work. Mrs. Mary Allen lands a $2,000 Mystic Workers insurance payout after questions over her husband Walter Allen's death. Also noted: Tobe Husmann of Coggon, forward thinking farmer milks forty cows with four gasoline powered cow milkers and plans to raise to sixty next spring.
A Monday noon bout behind Soetje's drug store ended in a decisive victory for Jeffries over Johnson. Johnson opened confidently but was quickly stunned by a flurry of blows to the face. He recovered briefly and scored a glancing blow, but Jeffries responded with a brutal smash that left Johnson bleeding and the match over with Jeffries crowned champion.
A dispute over Mrs. Almira P. Barker's will ended with a settlement. The Des Moines Home for the Aged receives $100 of the $600 bequest while Epworth Seminary waives the balance, after contention over the proper recipient under the Methodist Episcopal line of supervision.
Mrs Harriet Proctor Taupert died at her sister’s home near midnight last Sunday from Brights disease. Born August 16 1869 in Monticello she married Robert J Taupert in 1901 and lived in Las Vegas New Mexico where he ran a jewelry business. Funeral Wednesday at Oakwoods Cemetery with Rev M A Breed delivering the service.
Leroy Clark advertises repairs on Perkins Eclipse and Star wind mills and pumps with pipes for sale and full guarantee. Bargain sale in Greeley County Kansas offers half section land near the county seat for cash or cattle trade. M G Alsever Center Junction Iowa.
The C M and St P Ry will run a special train Friday October 20 from Monticello to Cedar Rapids and return for Rev William Sunday meetings. The outbound stops are Monticello 5 00 pm Langworthy 5 08 pm Anamosa 5 23 pm. The return special leaves Cedar Rapids at 10 20 pm. A I Jackson Agent.
A stray cattle notice reports eight red heifers two years old with ear rings, one roan heifer eight years old, and one yellow heifer three years old with white spots. Skelley seeks information on the missing livestock.
Eighty acres of good farming land for sale in Wayne township and a 160 acre farm in Scotch Grove township for rent. Inquiries to J. H. Dirks Center Junction Iowa Route 1.
295 acre McLees farm in Castle Grove township for sale at 890 dollars per acre. 15 acres timberland may be purchased at 60 dollars per acre. Inquiries should be made of the owners on the premises of R. O. Stirton.
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