Local Notices and Advertisements from Anamosa Area
Local items mention visits by Mrs. Charles Severn and Miss Elizabeth Schoenherris in Oxford Junction and Glidden, farm rents offered for the Harry Sandhouse property, and Deutrick’s weekly ag updates. Central Lumber & Coal Co. promotes coal stock and lumber prices while Locher Brothers lists Edison and Victor phonographs and anchors a gear of consumer goods. Community notices cover travel to Marion and Elgin, Ill., and upcoming storm sash orders with Eclipse Lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Severn
Farley
Anna Hazard
Central Lumber & Coal Co
Local notes mix sales and social visits in Monticello
The Monticello news item highlights a Butter fat payment by Diamond Creamery 30 cents per pound, local visits by Mrs Mary A Fawosti and others, sewer work by Whalen and Harrison, upcoming fur sales, and various travel, farm sales, and social events including a Congregational church sociable and expressions of sorrow over a church member relocating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Diamond Creamery Co
Monticello News Roundup and Local Doings
Monticello residents greet Mrs Lydick and relatives from Des Moines and nearby towns. Local heirs and neighbors send best wishes as families travel and a Halloween reminder is issued. Court activity includes a contested estate matter as W G Eilers plans cloak and suit work trips for Philadelphia firm. Obituaries note Clark Albertson in Denver and Mrs Poppe in Ireton with family ties to local names.
Lane Pender Wedding at Sacred Heart Church
Misa Elizabeth Lane married yesterday morning to Mr. Pender at Sacred Heart church officiated by Rev. John McCormick. The bride described as home loving and virtuous. groom praised for good standing and industry with a Scotch Grove farm and a Monticello home. Nearby guests from Davenport and Cascade attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Elizabeth Lane
Eliza Lane
Thomas
Pender
Sacred Heart Church
John McCormick
Scotch Grove Township
Monticello
Express
Mrs. Pender
Mra
J. C. Flanagan
Davenport
Mrs. Coyle
Cascade
Widow Sarah Calkins Dies After Illness in Monticello
Mrs. Sarah Benedict Calkins widow of Wesley W. Calkins died at her Monticello home Tuesday evening after years of poor health and a six week critical period. Born January 20 1840 at Malone New York she married July 3 1862 and moved to Monticello in 1867 where she lived forty years. She is survived by two children Albert B. Calkins of Monticello and Anna Batchelder of Washington state. Funeral services set for Friday at two o'clock at the family residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Toenjes
Wayne Township
Ireton
Iowa
Anna Poppe
Poppe
Juelfs
Friesland
Germany
Jones County
John D. Poppe
Sarah Calkins
Wesley W. Calkins
Monticello
Albert B. Calkins
Anna Batchelder
Dell Batchelder
Washington State
W W. Calkins
Anamosa boys staging a lively amateur minstrel show
The Anamosa boys delivered a strong amateur minstrel night with an $85 gate. The program featured Dr. Hf. C. Parsons and Fred Abel of Boone with memorable songs and lively performances by Walton, Crane, Cook and others. The orchestra and entertainers earned enthusiastic praise from attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Boys
Hf. C. Parsons
Annie Laurie
Fred Abel
Boone
Fred
George Walton
Megsra
Mce- Mickle
Crane
Cook
J. H. Abel
Gould
Lampman
Walton
Razor Jim
Parsons
J. M. Conway
Bud” Downing
Twenty Years Ago At Monticello In October 1887
Reminiscences from The Express recount local events in Monticello and nearby towns during October 1887. Changes in court matters include Scott moved to Town Falls after a jury disagreement in a suit between John Drunthaver and George Holmes. Officials note a new nation agent J. H. Winsor successor A I Jackson of Oxford Junction. Marriages include Josie Hughes with Charles G. Monea at Scotel Grove and Miss Anna Mace with C I Matson of Bangworthy. A 560 acre Z Farwell farm north of Monticello sold for 14100 to Nerman Sandhousee. Political address delivered by J P Dalliver dubbed the young Iowa orator at the opera house. Thermometer records eight degrees above zero the coldest October reading in thirty years. Evangelist Major D W Whittle and Peter Kilburn’s singer lead revival. about seventy five conversions. Parson Slocum reception at the Methodist church with many friends. reception notes, refreshments, and church leaders praise Slocum’s work and future charge.}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
the Express
Scott
Town Falls
John Drunthaver
George Holmes
A. I. Jackson
Oxford Junction
J. 11. Winsor
Nation
R. Ricklein
Emma
Germany
C. Il. Matson
Bangworthy
Anna Mace
Z. Farwell
Nerman Sandhousee
J.P. Dalliver
Opera House
D. W. Whittle
Peter Kilburn
Tragic drowning of Clara Farms at Lovell
In Lovell Township two year old Clara Farms drowned in a cistern at a Solon visit. She stepped on a tiling board and fell into water. Rescue attempts failed and funeral services followed. The family, including Mr and Mrs Harms, received support from neighbors as Clara was described as bright and cheerful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Farms
Lovell Township
Clara
Salon
Solon
C. Mardorf
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Doxser
Pall Footwear
Hicks & Guyan’s
Home News
W. I. Chamberlain
Wyoming
Elizabeth Schoenherris
Deutrick’s
Mrs
Wayne Yousee
R. P. Smith
Alabama
Lochen Bros
Cornelia
Sarah
Skelly
Glidden
Emma Kirach
Worthington
A. Kempt
Aurora
Illinois
Deutrick
Elmer E. Hickewas
Manchester
Pangburn
Anamosa
John Bates
Harry Sandhouse
Cora Sandhouse
Herman Hanken
Pomeroy
Nettie
Anamona
Edison
Victor
Locher Brothers
Charles J. Northrop
Marion
Amelia Trumbull
Cedar Rapids
Wm. Schodde
Bert Trumbull
Cedar Rapida
Wm. ‘Schedde
Puleston
Meta Rieken
Fred P. Stabler
Freds. Dunham
Elgin
Alinais
Milo Guiles
Shellsburg
Spencer
Mr. W. F. Rohn
Deatrick D. G. Co
Ernst Vogel
Dwight Jordan
Springville
Stormer
E. J. Nandell
Elwyn Byam
Clark
Anna Bentner
LeMars
Eclipse Lumber Company
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Mary .A. Fawosti
Olin
Mine Jessie
Whalen
Harrison
Anamoga
Gill Street
Deitrick D. G. Co
George Haines
Nellie Lacy
Kent
Washington
Harvey Snyder
Eva Bunce
Julia Hagen
Elijah Hubbard
Stuartville
Minnesota
Mamie
Emma Abel
Will
Altman & Son
D. E. Pond
Marvin
J. G. Benedict
Hall- Benedict Manufacturing Co
Ludwig Larson
Wallingford
Emmet County
Louis Balstér
Fred Hanson
Breckinridge
H. F. Burrichter
Congregational Church
Scotch Grove Station
Philip Hildenbrandt
Scotch Grove
R. G. Robertson
Alice Robertson
Lovell
Jackson
Harry Maurice
Kolona
Washington County
Amelia Borgelt
Grant Stambaugh
Marie Bateman
Selma Suter
Iowa City
State University
Elizabeth Lane
Miss Lane
John R. Sutton
New Jersey
Otto Wettstein
LaPorte
Jones County Telephone Co
Robert J. Taupert
Las Vegas
New Mexico
George F. Wilkens
Thos. E. Fleming
Dubuque District
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mary Davidson
West
Montana
Yellows Stone National Park
Denver
John Perrine
Beal
Cryus Bort
Mr. Bort
J. CC
Wasem
Woonsocket
South Dakota
Dean
Cass Township
O. C. Hunter
E. G. Hicka
Lydick
Des Moines
Jane Whiting
Robert Young
Garlock
John Hanken
Garrett Seehusen
Mr. Seethusen
Hallowe’en
QO. C. Hunter
Charles City
Order of Royal Neighbors
Lizzie Jones
E. V. Monroe
Jones
M. A. Breed
Amber
Mesers
Will Seibels
Hayo Hagen
Siebels
John McNally
Smith
W. G. Eilers
Philadelphia Cloak & Suit Co
Eilers
Eilers & Bolton
Bolton
Lizzie Hennessey
Cloak Co
Colorado
Clark Albertson
A. G. Albertson
Kansas
Albertson
Mr. Albertson
Langworthy
Deett
Easter
Ottawa County
L. 8. Cooper
Shafta
Misa Josie Hughes
Charles G. Monea
Scotel Grove
Perking Slocum
John JE. Foster
Mgr. Slocum
J. W. Innes
Presbyterian Church
Christ’s Kingdom
Slocum
Fred Rohn
Emma Fahrni
Rohn
Will Haenagler
George Hogan
Jan Rohn
Fort Madison
Board of Pardons
Cash
M. W. Herrick
Welch & Welch
Ilacassler
Hogan
Comforter Goods
Doutrick's
Lonsdale
C. H. Schipman
South Cedar Street
Hicks & Ricklers
Lovell Block Store
Monticello Roller Mills
Lewis H. Lang
Hoosen Krrosen
Hoonlur Mfg
Hubbard & Hanken
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