Monticello Express one weekly edition details
The Monticello Express notes its publication as a weekly paper published on Thursdays and credits J. W. Coxsee as editor and proprietor with a yearly subscription price of 1.75 dollars.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
4
The Monticello Express notes its publication as a weekly paper published on Thursdays and credits J. W. Coxsee as editor and proprietor with a yearly subscription price of 1.75 dollars.
A roundup of community updates from Center Junction includes fair attendance at Maquoketa, visits among residents, a hammock accident injuring Wm Stingley, teachers bound for Mapleton and Harris Indiana, Laura Coburn starting west of Monticello, and plans for the county convention where F J Sokol is expected to be renominated without opposition.
Eight of nine McMillen brothers visited their mother in Wyomine. Frank Wherry of Marshall county visited the old home. Bertha Sage buys goods in Chicago for Morse Bros fall trade. Miss Gertrude Green returns to Northwest school duties. Miss Ruth Brown teaches in Center Junction and Anamosa. Public school teachers have returned to work. Mrs. Augusta Bronson receives a pension. Vets attend Jackson county association meeting at Monmouth and praise local citizens. John Franks’ melon trip ends with a horse kick injuring him on a Toronto bridge.
Clark Grove reports include R Kromminga trip to Chicago and E A Clark remodeling. Visitors F E Plume Peters Laude Crawford and Miss Foley teach Anamosa area schools. Fire risk warned as dry weather persists. cornfields dry. A county bridge debate continues as road crews string new line along Midland road.
Miss Elva Corbett visited Greeley last week. Mrs. Alex Sutherland visits in Linn county. Will Clark traveled to Cedar Rapids Saturday. A group attended the Anamosa fair. Attorney John Hughes of Cedar Rapids spent Sunday here. Supervisor Sutherland attends the Anamosa board meeting. Most schools opened Monday with teachers Hester Hutton No 2, Myrtle Clark No 3, Mable Overly No 4.
The fourth quarterly meeting for Center Junction charge will be held Sunday and Monday September 15 and 16 at the M E Church. Presiding Elder C L Gould will preach Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The love feast and sacrament of the Lord's supper will follow. Quarterly conference convenes Monday at 2 o'clock.
The Anamosa fair closed a highly successful exhibition with large Thursday attendance boosted by railroad excursions. In racing results Rosa Mix won the free for all pace with Charity Lockwood second and Speers third, Hollis McKinley led the 2:21 trot, and Lou McConkie topped the running race. Baseball scores: Viola 6 Wyoming 5 and Cedar Rapids 5 Manchester 14. Brown Dick won the free for all trot on Friday with a 2:19 best time.
The district court clerk issued marriage licenses in August. G. J. Bohlken aged 41 wed Mary Doring age 0, Fred R. Moraine 2 wed Mary E. Lacey 21, Julius D. Peet 24 wed Stella M. May 20, Claude D. Walrod 28 wed Mary D. Paul 27, George L. Corey 22 wed Pearl Osburn 18, Horton W. Stickle 26 wed Ora D. Condit 27, Edgar M. Hanna 26 wed Lonie Mitchell 23, W. M. Dyson 27 wed Winifred Welch 20.
Arrangements are under way for a Harvest Home picnic at Eby's mill on Wednesday September 11 hosted by the Scotch Grove M W A camp. The event features boys’ games including fat and lean man races and a free for all with at least 15 starters. A prize will go to the man with the largest family. Speeches at 11 am, races in afternoon, harnesses and buggies promoted. W F Roun and W H Stevens visit Monticello seeking street occupancy rights for Interstate Telephone Co to extend lines from Cascade to Anamosa via Monticello.
Mrs Henry McCullough died last Friday night after a two week illness from typhoid fever. She leaves a husband and two children, the youngest nine months old. The funeral was held at the Catholic church Sunday afternoon.
J Lang outlines a detailed method to winter bees in a ditch style hive setup. He describes site selection near the apiary, ditch dimensions, two tier placement, roof construction, insulation with dirt, and a method to vent and later remove bottom boards to allow dead bees to drop away. He reports six winters of successful, lossless wintering.
Milwaukee improves track facilities at Oneida to connect with a new road and moves the depot between tracks. Schnittgar Sullivan threshing outfit narrowly escaped destruction crossing Flemming bridge near Hartwick when three bridge stringers failed and an iron stay rod prevented a plunge to the 75 foot river bed. Prof. Guthrie departs for Europe to study language and conditions, planning a year in Germany and Austria, with time at Halle University. Monticello fair attendance falls short of prior years amid criticism of circus and side shows. Cummins supporters gain momentum in Jones county with an expected Republican majority of about one thousand. Johnson county supervisors face a $6,000 damage suit. New county convention and court-house debates noted.
When feeding new corn hogs may sicken with worms. The remedy claims to prevent worm problems and cholera, helping hogs fatten faster. Sold in Monticello by C. W. Brown, 1112.
A Sept 2 notice from D. F. Hostorp & Son along with W. Kruecer D I Honan W A Honan R Sher and others warns hunters to stay off timber lands and premises. Offenders will be arrested. Also a brief ad notes New Idea Patterns priced at 10 cents at Doutrick's.
Fifteen day tickets cost 13 dollars via Nickel Plate road and twenty day tickets 16 dollars to eastern points. John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St Chicago, oversees city ticket office at 111 Adams St. For sale: The O R Ricker farm of 125 acres in Castle Grove township with M W Herrick as agent.
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