Monticello School Report for October 23 1903
The Monticello School Report notes enrollment figures for the year and month, with counts for boys and girls. It records average daily attendance, total attendance in days, tardiness, and percentages for attendance and punctuality, along with visitor counts.
STAR PUPILS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS LIST OF PUPILS
Clarence McCracken named superintendent of high school duties along with a long roster of teachers and students by grade. The newspaper lists dozens of names including Mary J Jarman Nancy G Carroll Nettie Hazard Myrtle Barnhill Nellie Bigley and many others across eighth through first grades with teachers noted for each class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Jarman
Nancy G. Carroll
Nettie Hazard
Myrtle Barnhill
Nellie Bigley
Valentine Eby
Allen Fairbanks
Margaret French
Libbie George
Bertha Harken
Mary Hogan
Leroy Lang
Catherine Lovell
Belle Lyons
George Mead
Elva Meyer
Lisle Richardson
Kathryn Sarles
Francy Schneider
Harriet Smith
Vera Smith
David Terwilliger
Arthur Thoeni
Frank Thompson
Helen Albertson
Arthur Baker
Anna Sbaloar
Otto Balcar
Minnie Barnts
Amelia Borgelt
Toa Burkert
Bernice Button
Millington Carpenter
Pansy Carter
Ray Fairbanks
Marie, Bateman
Peter Bailey
Edith Bajasch
Verna Carrier
Halatead Carpenter
Mary Doxsee
Clotilda Doutremont
David Darling
Alice Deischer
Harold Deischer
Jay Driebelbis
Gladys Fairbanks
Mercedes Hardiman
Tom George
Augusta Haeussler
Myrtle Hofacre
Harriet Lubben
John Mayberry
Maude Mirick
Clara Noyes
Margaret Potter
Doyt Rhodes
Edith Schneider
Dwight Smith
Ethel Smith
Libbie Thoeni
Gertrude Thompson
George Abel
Lucie Altman
Ursular Arduser
Mabel Atkinson
Eva Brazelton
Charles Byers
Florence Calkins
Edna Hoffman
Lulu Howie
Frances Koop
Lizzie McAleer
Carl Stuhler
Edna Suter
Colin Thomas
Dan Wales
Florence Hubbard
Harrison Lubben
Olive Moses
Mary Pond
Russell Stuhler
Lewis Sutherland
Nellie Sutherland
Selma Suter
Edna Templeton
Florence Thoeni
Pearl Waugh
Lillian Lawrence
Reapportionment battles loom in Jones Cedar fight
The Tipton Advertiser recalls a two year old effort to redraw districts by pairing Jones county with Jackson and Cedar with Johnson. The plan failed after strong opposition led by Senator Moffit and allies. It may resurface next winter with Republicans urged to back a local candidate to influence Des Moines politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Jones County
Jackson
Cedar
Johnson
Moffit
Jones and Cedar
Des Moines
November 1903 notices and sales in Monticello area ads
A bustling mixture of farm for sale listings and notices appears. It includes hogs and cattle for sale, multiple farms and houses on sale or rent, a water rent deadline, and local merchant promotions. Names include John Uhr, W A Overing, J A Voorhees, Mra F S Dunham, G M Brainard, J Voorhees, J A Colton, J M Hofacre, Fr Kellum, and firms Bacher el, Eilers Bolton. Also references a November 30 1908 fare rate via Nickel Plate Road and a December 18 flag day in public schools with mention of the Louisiana Purchase.
Nickel Plate Road Thanksgiving Round Trip Tickets
The Nickel Plate Road offers one way fares at a third for round trips within 150 miles for Thanksgiving travel with return by November 30 1908. Three through trains daily to Ft Wayne Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York Boston and New England points with vestibuled sleeping cars. Meals in dining cars on American Club plan 35c to $1.00. Chicago offices listed and depot locations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
LaSalle Street
Chicago
van Buren and
LaSalle Streets
Adams Streeet
Auditorium Annex
Central
Ft. Wayne
Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
New York
Boston
New England
Adams Street
LaSalle
van Buren Streets
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Promoted In Ad Amid Airship Talk
An advertisement touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a pleasant remedy to cleanse the system and improve complexion. Bob Moore of Lafayette Indiana commends them as perfect with no gripe. Detroit Free Press notes Prof Langley’s belief in airship flight amid foreign pessimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Bob Moore
Lafayette
Indiana
Hicken
Detroit Free Press
Langley
Bucklen Arnica Salve Cited As Cure In Letter From Powder MO
Otto Dodd of Powder Missouri writes that Bucklen's Arnica salve cured an ugly sore after a year and praises it as the best salve on earth. The note appears in the Indianapolis Sentinel with a Washington paper noting marble rooms for senators won't be ready for the special session hindering hoped for clean legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Dodd
Bucklen
Soetje
Indianapolis
Washington
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promises Easy Digestion
Advertisement claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure enables the stomach to digest all wholesome food and cure indigestion. It warns that starvation weakens the system and touts a “never fail ing cure” for stomach troubles. Also notes a Washington Star quip about airship nicknames.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Sold as Best Remedy
The ad touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve as the only pure witch hazel product. It claims E. C. DeWitt invented the salve and that it treats cuts burns bruises tetter and piles. Chicago Record-Herald notes Sir Thomas Lipton's return to England and rumors of American girls’ judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
E. C. DeWitt
Chicago Record-Herald
Thomas Lipton
England
Constipated man cured by Dr King’s New Life Falls
LeQuinn of Cavendish Vermont was relieved from chronic constipation after Dr King’s New Life Falls reached his home. The ad claims a cure with a 25 cent price at ZSoette’s drug store. Pearl Elliott of Texas reportedly married a Chinese man, a detail deemed unsuitable for print by the mother Pearl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeQuinn
Cavendish
Dr. King
Zsoette
Washington Post
Sprague's Fly Bounce Butterflies Away Flies
Sprague's Fly Bounce advertised to rid cows and horses of flies sold by Bacher and Abel. The short notice frames it as a farm pest remedy for livestock with available seller names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprague
Bacher & Abel
A Cure for Dyspepsia and Political Guff
An advertisement extols Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy for indigestion loss of appetite and related symptoms. It touts digestion juices and tonics plus purifying the stomach and notes it is sold by all druggists. A Cincinnati Enquirer joke about Governor Pennypacker and a Supreme Court seat follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
W. W. Saylor
Illiard
Cincinnati Enquirer
New Discovery touted for whooping cough and consumption
Mrs W K Haviland of Armonk New York credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving her daughter from a near fatal attack of whooping cough and bronchitis and claims a niece with advanced consumption recovered. Advertises trials free and bottles 0 1 1 0 0 0 with guarantee by O H Soetje druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Haviland
Armonk
N. Y
Executrix Notice in Iowa Estate of Isabella Ash
Public notice: Poebe A Alexander appointed executrix by Jones County District Court Iowa for the estate of Isabella Ash deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk in Monticello within legal time and debtors should pay immediate to avoid costs. Dated October 8, 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Isabella Ash
Monticello
Town
A. D
Farwell Bank Officers Named in Local Ledger
Farwell announces its banking leadership with President F. M. Hicks as chief executive and H. M. Carpenter serving as Cashier. Vice President H. 8. Richardson holds the assistant cashier post in this period notice.
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Lion Coffee
2Mis Masters
Victor
Bacon
H. C. Bohlken
Ayer
Buckingham
R. P. Hall &Co
Nashua
N.H
Monticello School
Clarence McCracken
Bonnie Warner
Beulah Calkins
Pearl Barnts
Margaret Bacher
George Drinkwater
Mabel M Heisey
Mabel Inglis
Pearl Heisey
Esther Brown
Hazel Neal
Florence Carmichael
Otto Ardaser
Lowell Hicks
Ralph Matthiessen
Eda Carrier
Lyle Chadwell
Cedric Smith
Blanche Hunter
Fred Hilers
Ethel Magee
Gerald Schaeffer
Emil Ricklefs
Harry Cooper
Raymond Slaugon
Carolyn Hicks
Harry Rodman
Albert Gruenstein
Hartley Wilkinson
Roy Sweesy
Clark Hubbard
Jessie Hayes
Iola George
Lizzie Lynch
Milly Hoffman
Lena Haeussler
Freda Gruenstein
Otto Bader
Eugene DeWitt
Mary George
John Boner
Cora Dieley
Myrtle Phipps
Lillie Button
Mary Guler
Carrie Speigel
Elmer Lee
Andrew Ambuhl
Ella Sherrer
Galen Mirick
Flildred
Max Adams
Flora Barnts
Nancy Bates
Ida Boner
Willie Brazelton
Cecil Curtis
Blanche Giasa
Louisa Guler
Harriet Hall
George Heisey
Susanna Heisey
Florence Hoag
Howard Hosford
Anna Humble
Raymond Hayes
Rudolph Kasper
Jennie Matthiessen
Herman Miller
Robert Neal
George Pender
Bernice Rodman
Dora Sheppard
Bernice Smith
Wilbur Stott
Lewis Terwilliger
Hazel Warner
Tommy Warner
Roy White
Newton Wilkinson
Eddie Wirth
George Barnts
Elizabeth Ambuhl
Mary Scales
Olga Arduser
Willie Barnts
Florence Barnts
Lillian Doutremont
Ida Ferguson
Anna Dirks
Lyman Guilford
Frances Hogg
Neva Hearn
Ernest Hoag
Irene Henderson
Joe Locher
Frank Liddy
Grace McClain
Margaret Mair
Esther McAleer
Mazie Meyer
Delia Marsh
Doris Northrop
Rebecca Best
Walter Boner
Margaret Carmichael
Florence Christensen
Orlando Curtis
Marie Dirks
Marie Donovann
Harry Doutrick
Melvin Glass
Percy Guilford
Freda Guler
Peter Aaeussler
Frank Hicks
Cora Howe
Mabel Janette
Raymond Janette
Arcie Koop
Harry Magee
Jozrephing Meyer
Fern Neal
John Phelps
Harold Pride
Lottie Rice
Herman Schneider
Vesta Sheppard
Willie Smith
Ethel Taylor
Lincoln Thoeni
Margery Warner
Harold Wilkenson
Knuth Young
Estella Zimmerman
Lincoln Higley
Roy Doutremont
Otto Gruenstein
Fern Hubbard
Cyrus Heizey
Cora Hurohble
Carl Haeussler
Hazel Hoag
Marshall Hall
Hubert Kiburz
Ida Marsh
Earl McCracken
Mitchell Northrop
Donald Nimmo
Glenn Rodman
Eddie Sargent
John Steiner
Ivan Steiner
Andy Steiens
Milton Stott
Robert Skelley
Mabel Welch
Proctor Wilkins
Laura Eilers
Margaret Young
Clara Rickseis
Maud Arduser
Blanche Button
Frankie Barnts
Olive Cartano
Leon
Ard Heisey
Earl Locher
Leo Locher
Kathryn Liddy
Paul Maire
Berdena McNamara
Laveta Perrine
Armstrong Sloan
Freddie Speigel
Willie Skelley
Willie Stambaugh
Harriet Thoeni
Royal Hubbard
Gunsie Hogan
Aliie Lank
Elsie Boner
John Green
Minnie Guler
Mamie Kohl
Isabel Meyer
Emma Mettler
Willie Repstein
Hattie Rice
Riees Stuhler
Roy Schneider
Teresa Thomas
Minnie van Voltenberg
Harry Wilkinson
Ruth Arduser
Lynn Clark
Wilbur Cartano
Harvey Hunter
Raymond Hogan
Willie Marsh
George Overing
Irene Overing
Bob Phelps
Jim Rhatigan
Evelina Richmond
Chester Tougley
Bertrand Barnts
Edna Barnts
Bennie Behrends
Clarence
Mary A. Mason
Lou Dillon
Memphis
Poland
Langworthy
John Uhr
Chestnut and
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Gale
W. A
Stephenson
McLaughlin & Eby
Dunham Farm
Bradstreet
J. A. Voorhees
Dunham
Casa Center
G. M. Brainard
Anamosa , Iowa
Bacher & Abel's
James Voorhees
China
Jones County Telephone
J. A. Colton
J. M. Hofacre
Kellum
Bacher & el
Eilers & Bolton's
Minnesota
Canadian Northwest
Henry M. Troy
Guarranty
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G. J. Hughes
Turck
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Wake, Ark
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Rochester
Washington Star
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Doxses
E. E. Reed
Burrichter's Drygoods
A. Matthiessen
Herrick & Bauder
Monticello State Bank
Wm.j. Couchlan
Eilere & Bolton
J. E. Bateman
W. First St
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Farwell
Frank M. Hicks
S K. Sarles
John Schweitzer
John McDonald
G. Henry George
William Stuhler
D. H Soetje
H. M. Carpenter
A. Kempf
Prop
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Enon Ana
Chas. H. Fletcher
Vorr City
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