Monticello Home News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Mrs. Frank Thompson is very ill. John J. Locher visited Waterloo last Monday. Mrs. Frank Stary and children toured Cedar Rapids last Sunday. A pony was killed by cars near Langworthy last week. The Blanket Store Deitrick's advertises winter millinery. Several residents, including the Misses Alma and Laura Biler, visited Springville. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lightfoot last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stary
Cedar Rapids
John Heyen
Langworthy
G. W. Mastin
Fayette
Fred
Alma
Laura Biler
Springville
E. J. Lightfoot
Monticello Night Notes of Local Social and Travel Moves
C S Barker returns from six week visit with son in New Mexico and enjoys the trip. Christina Brown leaves Cass cana for Des Moines for a two week stay. Ed Mastin and family from Fuller ton visit G W Mastin. Harry Engiehart and Dr J M Young visit from Davenport and Center Junction. George Chalaupka reports 80 bushels per acre corn. Hicks Ricklefs offer coats and gowns. J W Glenn and K T Lamb in town supporting former’s supervisor bid. Prof K D Miller attends funeral of Harvey Barnard in Anamosa. Mrs H M Carpenter hosts ladies for Ames visitor Mrs J W Innes. Walter Ferguson and John Harrack visit friends in Cangcade. A W Bacon and wife head to Los Angeles for health. Mrs William Sandhouse remarries in Texas to P H Babcock.
Monticello News Bits and Arrivals in Brief
H BF Pierce visits Monticello then plans Jacksonville homeward trip. Rebekah lodge members ride to Anamosa for a convention. Holtkamp, a German immigrant, arrives to seek new prospects. his brother works for Jon H Harms. J E Behm resigns as Monticello telegraph operator to farm in Wisconsin. Ethel George escorts Davidson and Watt to Mt Vernon for a stock sale with Doxsey sisters. Clock stock arrives at Monnier building. Dr H P Chapman, Republican candidate for state senate, visits town. born in Monticello. Rev Wm H Elges named new pastor for Center Junction and Scotch Grove to speak at Scotch Grove church. Elges from Crosby MN. Prof Ashton of Cos College fills Presbyterian pulpit. accompanied by Mrs Ashton. Local girls contest for a range prize judged. Adel Wilkins first, Carpag Simley second, Alien Reed third. Patrick’s glasses guaranteed. Supervisor McQuillen visits en route from Iowa City, where son is a medical student. Monticello schools not in session for two days. Cedar Rapids teachers visiting. Mrs Clotilda Murphy of Montana and Miss Leona D Autremont visit Riverside. Murphy to Montana later. Mr and Mrs John Brown of Creston visiting Monticello. J Balster sells threshing engine to Schoon Bros. early prep for next season. Jones County jewelry firm McNeal & Co promotes itself as largest stock. Harry Netcott designs brick-front for Stirton Noyes Burrichter buildings. Drees millinery to add brick front matching Lanigan building.
Postoffice Building Sold to New Owner for 6500
The postoffice building was sold a few days ago by R. O. Stirton to W. D. Magee for 6500 dollars. Some boys tease the postmaster about his foresight in buying the postoffice, joking he could secure his job if the administration changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Stirton
W.D. Magee
Election ballots in Jones county described
The Express prints half of the Jones county election ballots a two inch long sheet showing five tickets Republican Democratic Prohibition Socialist Progressive. News from far states may be delayed due to ballot length and possible scratching. Invitations issued for the marriage of Marie Minton to Thomas James George with wedding at the Minton home on Tuesday November 12 at 6 30 p m.
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Express
Jones County
John Minton
Burlington
Marie
Thomas James George
Monticello
German trip return brings relatives to this vicinity
Gerd Tiaden returned last evening from a six weeks visit with relatives in Germany. He was accompanied home by his sister in law and two children, and Messrs. John Rodick and John Harken who expect to make their future home nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerd Tiaden
Germany
Messrs
John Rodick
John Harken
Carnival workers tour moves through region and visits
Grant Gill and old-time friends travel from Canada to Florida, touring with carnival devices and reporting a profitable season from Calgary to Toronto. Charles McLees, visiting from Nebraska, sees family in Anamosa and Castle Grove, his first return in 41 years. Bert Byers aids Gill’s attractions and will winter in Chicago. Kansas City travelers miss a connection in Davenport due to Oscar Rapids train delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Gill
Florida
Canada
Dominion
Calgary
Toronto
Charles McLees
Nebraska
Theresa
Anamosa Sanitarium
Castle Grove
West
Bert Byers
H. 8. Byers
Eugene Byers
Bert
Chicago
Entertainment at Castle Grove church Friday night
The Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society hosts an eight o'clock Friday program at Castle Grove church with a lecture The Man With The Hoe by Rev. W. J. Allen, plus vocal and instrumental music and a silver offering. conveyances leave Monticello at 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society
Castle Grove
W.2. Allen
Presbyterian Church
Monticello
Young man narrowly escapes injury at Monticello depot
A Cedar Rapids passenger train arrived at Monticello last Monday morning when a youth tried to jump from the moving car. He landed on the depot platform and rolled toward the tracks but escaped harm as bystanders watched in fear. He rose, checked his torn coat, and continued on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
New Milwaukee Road Time Card Debated Next Sunday
Reports conflict on whether the Farley limited will revert to old time with clerks predicting a return to the former schedule, while railroad men insist it will not change and passengers linger at depots cursing officials for timetable discrepancies. A Monticello petition seeks revert to the old time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Road
Farley Unlimited
Monticello
Marriage in Marion Surprises Friends of Couple
Harry N. Rundle of Monticello wed Grace Inez Christie of Marion in a Thursday ceremony conducted by Rev OC F Ensign. The bride is the Christies’ daughter. the groom works as a passenger brakeman for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul with Marion as his headquarters. The union surprised many acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Rundle
O. B. Rundle
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Harry N. Rundle
Monticello
Grace Inez Christie
OC. F. Ensign
John Christie
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Local reports show giant pumpkins near Monticello area
John Adams travels from the Delaware county line west of Monticello to town with optimistic news about Evers pumpkins weighing 90 to 130 pounds each. He claims potatoes in a cellar this summer grew as big as two fists and dry, citing vivid comparisons to Berkshire hams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
Delaware County
Monticello
John
Pat Evers
Prairieburg
Evers
Berkshire
Mystery of the Missing Mixer and Buggy Ride
A Monti cello man sought a concrete mixer in Cascade. He hitched a buggy to it and set off for Monticello, only to lose the buggy and the mixer. After wandering all night he tracked to Scotch Grove, with all three items still missing until dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Monticello
Scotch Grove
Mysterious Disappearance Of Anamosa Shoe Dealer Arthur Crorey
Arthur Crorey a shoe dealer from Anamosa left home Thursday about 10 o clock in a Hupmobile stating he would go to Cedar Rapids. He was not there and was later seen in Clinton crossing the high bridge and in Dixon Illinois. He carried only 18 dollars and appeared dressed in ordinary clothes. His family fears a temporary mental disturbance may be to blame. He has two children and a devoted wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Crorey
Anamosa
Crorey
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
High Bridge
Dixon
Illinois
Michigan
Hicks & Ricklef's Rug and Carpet Sale
Rugs and carpets in all sizes and linoleums are offered by Hicks and Ricklef's in a large assortment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks & Ricklef’s
Temperance addresses oppose saloons in Anamosa county
A union meeting of Anamosa area churches featured T J Booth and C A Beems urging temperance. Booth argued bootleg liquor exceeds saloon sales and highlighted costs from saloons while Beems described the social evils of drinking, praising local efforts to keep saloons out. J W Coxsee spoke briefly on temperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Booth
Jones County
Booth
Cedar Rapids
Kansas
Missouri
Anamosa
C. A. Beems
Welch Manufacturing Company
State Reformatory
J. W. Coxsee
High School Notes and Visiting Teachers at Monticello
Blanche Deischer reports on Monticello high school activities. Miss Clara Thomson visits. two days of rent for teachers and students upcoming Thursday and Friday. teachers tour Independence Cedar Rapids Dubuque. class jokes and definitions of freshman to senior. Monday visitors Mrs. L W Lovell and Miss Leah Hubbard. Halloween masquerade by the freshman class with a candy mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Thomson
Monticello High School
Independence
Miss Jarman
Cedar Rapids
Miller
Leah Hubbard
School Board Proceedings October 29 1912
The board of education met in special session with W W F Rohn L W Lovell and Dr A M Maurice present. Rohn elected president pro tem. Minutes of prior meeting read and approved. Salary for teachers for month ending November 1 1912 set per contracts. Adjourned. Reed secretary. Local business notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
W.W. F. Rohn
L. W. Lovell
A. M. Maurice
W. F. Rohn
E. #. Reed
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J. W. Doxsbee
E. G. Burrichter
the Home of Shoes of Quaality
Home News
Frank Thompson
John J. Locher
Waterloo
Deitrick’s
Mrs. Ingwerson and Son
Wyoming
A. G. Hanken
Ray Nandell
Manchester
J. W. Putnam
Ben Fagan
Cascade Region
Deatrick’s
Florence and
Beulah Calkins
Austin Wilcox
Julia
John Noyes
Baldwin
John H. Perrine
Floyd Johnson
J. G. Thomas
Charles Mitchell
O. J. Northrup
Q. A. Orprey
Mrs. Leech
Deutrick’s
Edward Templeton
H. M. Carpenter
Mardorf
West Union
Relative
George Cropp
California
Ed Michaels
van Horne
Lizzie Billings
Ella Bryan
Hopkinton
Patrick
John Goodman
Theresa Boblken
Ernest Monahan
Rock Island
Huxley Miller
Olga Arduser
Ryan
Jacob Arduser
Windy City
Deatrick D. G. Co
J. O. Bender
South Dakota
Isaac Schneider
Jessie Stubler
Nellie Soetie
Kate Stubler
Lottie Rice
Belle Moncrief
Center Junction
Dirk and
Harm Ouollman
James A. McNeal & Co’s
C. S. Barker
New Mexico
Christina Brown
Cass Cana
Des Moines
Ed. Mastin
Fullerton, Nebraska
Harry Engiehart
Davenport
J. M. Young
George Chalaupka
Oxford
Hicks & Ricklefs
J. W. Glenn
K. T. Lamb
Olin
Prof
K. D. Miller
Harvey Barnard
Mr. Miller
J. W. Innes
Ames
Walter Ferguson
John Harrack
Cangcade
A. W. Bacon
Los Angeles
William Sandhouse
Texas
P. H. Babcock
H. BF. Pierce
Colfax
Jacksonville
Order of Rebekahs
Order
Holtkamp
Jon H. Harms
Wisconsin
Ethel George
A.G. Davidson
G. Watt
Mt. Vernon
Mary and
Beatrice Doxsey
Monnier Building
H. P. Chapman
Bennett
Senate
Dr. Chapman
Wm. H. Elges
Mr. Elges
Crosby
Minnesota
Professor Ashton
Cos College
Ashton
Fred Matthiessen
Plang
Adel Wilkins
Carpaig Simley
Alien Reed
McQuillen
Dubuque County
Iowa City
Medical College of
the State University
Seasion
Clotilda Murphy
Montana
Leona D’autremont
Riverside
John Brown
Creston
Michael Brown
Cass Township
J. ©. Balster
Schoon Bros
Schoon Boys
James A. McNeal & Co
New Jewelers
Harry Netcott
Stirton, Noyes
Burrichter
Drees
J. T. Lanigan
Mr. Lanigan
Cotton Batts
Kansas City
Oscar Rapids
Higgins
Kodaks
Patrick's
Mesers
G. W. Dulany Jr
F. M. Ward
Eclipse Lumber Co
Iowa
Joe Henry
Blanche Hunter
Laurens
W. W. Hunter
L. G. Stabler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Congregational
Presbyterian and
Methodist Episcopal Churches
B. Lattner
Dubuque
Paralta
Michael McKeever
Thomas Pender
McKeever
Dr. Weber
Lovell House
Adv
H. S. Richarson
W. Craft
D. B. Dominy
L. W. Will
O. T. Elliott
Egbert Macomber
James Fagan
W. H. Kelley
Peter Pedersen
QO. H. Macomber
Henry Gosden
J. L. Faber
J. T. Bevan
A. Beatty
Thos, Kingsley
Ernst Vogel
I. A. Shelby
C. E. Lyman
L. A. Board
James J. Kidder
Athena
Deitrick D. G. Oo
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Harry Stabler
Fred W. Koop
W. D. Magee
Meaars
Theodore Lazell
Henry Carlson
Elmer Hicks
J. Northrop
Blanche Deischer
School Board Proceedings
the New Jewelers
Undertaker
L. G. Stubler
Coats
Furl
Beery Bros
C. H. Schipman
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Monticello, Iowa
New Coats
Lovell Block Store
Lanigan Building
E. A. Hubbard
L. H. Lang
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