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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1880
Page
2
Weather turns cool with first frost. Wyoming arts revive Queen Esther. Local shops tout cigars boots and goods. Rev E Miller sermons on Atonement attract attention. Estray hog and hog cholera hit townships. Dentists and galleries claim steady business. Juror list for September 1680 issued.
Monticello reports 400 pupils across eight departments an average of 50 per room signaling a healthy start after the long vacation. Dr. C A Henry adds the New Improved Pedal Lever Dental Chair boosting his office’s modern, well equipped status.
Jno O Duer travels to Chicago Tuesday night. Miss Shaffer of Freeport visits her brother J M Shaffer in the drug trade. Mrs P O Babcock visits friends in Illinois. Mrs S B Starks and two children Bertha and Eddie visit sister Rosa in Chicago for several weeks. Col C W Gurney returns home then heads to Iowa City for Government Store Keepers at the distillery. Harry Miller visits parents after seven months and works in a Vinton Iowa drug store. Mrs M M Moulton and daughter Amelia return to Minneapolis for an indefinite stay. Jease Starr and wife from Jones County Iowa visit Algona then Palo Alto County to see relatives. They will likely return to Algona later.
Dr. Morrison feigns dental authority claiming a patent plate and diploma inducement. C A Henry, a dentist, refutes the patent as a rubber plate similar to common devices and warns of diploma scams. Advertising for Boots and Shoes closes the notice.
The County Fair last week yielded a modest profit with a debt around 250 dollars carried over. Receipts near 1400 dollars left a shortfall of about 100 dollars to fully pay old debts and premiums. Rain and poor Friday turnout reduced potential gains though Thursday drew 4,000 to 5,000 attendees. The Society will pay all bills in full and 75 percent of premiums. The article notes extensive, though incomplete, descriptions for space reasons and lists the year’s officers: W. Starr as President, James Davidson as Secretary, I. O. Eison as Treasurer.
Council met in regular session with all members present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Weighmaster Y. J. Peak reported for August, noting 122 centum something. The oddly garbled text follows with no clear additional items.
Maj Farwell receives nomination on the 125th ballot though public reaction is muted. Observers note cautious satisfaction rather than strong jubilation as the result is announced.
The Second District convention ends after 105 ballots with Major Farwell chosen as the Republican nominee. Scott County’s steadfast supporters press for unity, while Muscatine and Clinton delegations back Farwell to secure a decisive November victory. Hart and Wolf receive scattered support, and Farwell is thanked for posturing unity and national policy focus.
An 18 year veteran recalls service from Sherman's Georgia march and pledges fidelity to Republican principles. The Davenport convention hears a cautious, non eloquent speaker promise support for party goals, urging cooperation and signaling a crucial, united campaign ahead. Judge Cotton offers brief congratulations and national-issues framing.
The Ashland Gazette reports the wedding of Miss Rosa Magee of Monticello to PLC Waltermire, a resident of Ashland, noting a social event with flowers, gifts, and a large guest list. The couple began housekeeping in rooms formerly occupied by Mr. EE L Shedd, and the community offers congratulations.
A joyful note extols the arrival of a bouncing healthy boy as the first child. The writer offers hourly congratulations and wishes for the parents to embrace their new responsibility and the child to bring happiness and pride in the years ahead.
Widow of the late Albert Preston of the Third Iowa Battery appeals to any former Union service member who knew him to contact Wallace M. Preston in Monticello Iowa. Your response would honor the deceased and aid the widow.
A shabby excerpt notes a kiln producing tiles of sizes from two and a half to eight inches in caliber. It invites farmers to secure tiles now in demand to enhance their best land and harvest the rewards of their labor, with many orders already in and room for more.
The court records another probate action in Wat County. On May 1, the District Court opened proceedings for the last will of W. L. Wabworth of Wat County. Proceedings included a public reading of the will and designation of a time for final hearing.
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