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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
2
A September storm caused Little Bear creek to flood, damaging pig pens and coops while a barn on the Jacobsen estate burned despite prompt fire response. Bridges washed out and roads rendered impassable. The column also records multiple local movements, appointments, teaching assignments, travel, and social notices from residents and nearby towns.
Local items report political remarks by the president sparking neutrality concerns. Fruit sales promote peaches at 82 per bit while sugar sits at 8. Health updates note Fagan's recovery after a hospital operation in Anamosa. Town commerce shows steady freight, and residents plan visits and moves across several states.
Lightning struck J. J. Kula's barn in Prairieburg at 11 p.m. Monday. The hose company battled the blaze, saving nearby homes as hay and straw filled the loft. Prairieburg Lumber Co. moved to new quarters and began buying grain for the elevator. Mrs. Elmo DeLancey visits Michigan relatives.
Mrs Emily Brown returns to Kasota Minnesota after two months with daughter Mrs 8S M Hosford. A M Fairbanks builds two silos on his farm last week. W D Mc Laughlin erects a new silo. Isabel Stambaugh of Monticello visits cousin Bertha Jones. Schools in districts 1 and 7 receive re shingling. D B Kemp the Baker doctor tours the vicinity. The Misses Hefner Chase Hosford Hoag of Monticello visit Castle Grove. Mrs John Nelson of Monticello stays with Cunningham family. O F Hosford and S M Hosford visit Monticello and Cedar Rapids. S M Hosford returns with a Reo. Olin Howie conducts business in Anamosa and Cedar Rapids. Earl Gillilan of Hopkinton visits area. Attendees travel to the Central City fair. M J Cass departs on business to Nebraska.
Center Junction notes a tweenie sociable at George Courtney's home for the furnace fund 15 cent price. Albert Welch and bride move to Green property as friends extend goodwill. Marsh Ireland moves buildings for Merle Moses and raises a house. L A of the M E church hosts Mrs John Carson with good attendance. Furnace excavation starts under the M E church. School opens with capable teachers. Field Day attendance expected at Onslow. A McDonald and Gray Dreibelbis return from Colfax. Francis Scofield trips to Welton and back. Redman couple visit Wyoming. New school house progresses rapidly.
Cascade reports Miss Julia Craft visiting Mt. Vernon South Dakota with her brother Wm F Craft. Public schools opened with Prof Bruce Mahon and Miss Gollobitz leading east and west sides. Matt Faber returns from Europe as center of attraction. Rev Scott W Smith of Cedar Rapids concludes sermons at Presbyterian church. St Marys Home Coming well attended amid bad weather. St Patricks Garryowen observes Labor Day with a picnic. D D Moore buys Kingsley store building on National Street.
Fred Herman of the Manchester Democrat reports in Oklahoma conditions are bleak with droughts absent in Delaware County. Cope Chapman eyes T F Kehoe 195 acres in Castle Grove known as the Kaufman farm at 165 dollars per acre with possession next March. Kehoe bought from Kaufman two years ago at 135 per acre, making a profit. Jacob Platt dies after short illness at his daughter’s Hopkinton home. a Colesburg pioneer born August 10 1840. He came to Colony township with his parents in 1842 and served in the Civil War. He later was a Hopkinton merchant.
Monticello and vicinity records for September 1894 include injuries from loading bogs at the stock yards, a steer-riding accident, two marriages in home settings, a death of an eighteen year old, indictments for disorderly conduct, fishing trip to Spirit Lake, a five day city jail sentence for theft of a fair ticket, multiple weddings at homes, fair receipts totaling 4300, an athlete betting on a wrestling match, further marriages, a 10 year old boy hurt by a horse, a town tax levy for street work, a carriage overturn injuring Mrs. Paul, and a cascade team accident causing minor injuries and wrecked buggy.
Miss Blanche Hunter will teach in Grand Junction Colorado Public Schools for the coming year Mrs Carrie Sullivan Palmer plans to live in Miami Florida leaving this week Mr Boyce nephew of Mrs T R Breanbrack visited Rest Haven Sanitarium Illinois while Dr T C Gorman resigns Anamosa practice Dr Paul takes over the office and will be the reformatory physician Earl Barker a state college engineer graduate will supervise paving on Ford and Garnaville streets Otto Fielding and Lena Burke were married at Marion last Tuesday The groom is a local barber and the bride has run a millinery store here for years
Cascade residents report County Attorney George Gorman visiting Cascade for business and a lodestone sighting. Thomas Kingsley Jr returns to Armour Institute in Chicago to study fire protection engineering with Mrs Kingsley and Elizabeth accompanying him to Davenport. D D Moore buys the Kingsley store building for 3800 dollars signaling faith in local commerce. An old solider returning from Monticello Express visit seeks aid but refuses a ticket to Marshalltown home. locals note neglect of the man’s welfare and desire better care.
A Marshalltown traveling salesman reports his view that dairy country in Wisconsin experiences no crop failures. He explains business remains steady as crops fail less in dairy districts, reflecting a defensive stance on agricultural fluctuations.
Listing of multiple land and lot transfers involving numerous individuals and couples across Washington and Fairview townships, Center Junction, Monticello, Anamosa, and nearby areas. Transfers include parcel deeds, lot and block numbers, village additions, and nominal sums ranging from 1 to 8 000 dollars.
Jones county faces a heated county seat dispute as Monticello pledges fifty thousand dollars to spur a seat move. Anamosa papers accuse Monticello of bad faith, while citizens agree a courthouse is needed and note moving seats requires a two thirds vote under Iowa law.
A humorous text riffs on the car as a troublesome companion, threatening breakdowns and high costs. It ends with a satirical moral urging a cuckoo clock to sing as speed rises. The piece mocks automotive woes and consumer follies with biblical parable styling.
Four years ago two Tipton youths earned a modest stipend and funded a house purchase by weekly savings. A friend financed the purchase and held title while they paid $900, about half its current value. They recently secured a warranty deed, illustrating the power of disciplined saving.
Mr Vernon Hawkeye announces a new lecture by Hon Rob ert G Cousins titled The Armies and Navies of the World The subject gains urgency due to ongoing wars and reflects Cousins long experience on naval affairs committees in national Congress.
Dr Rudolf Schiffmann guarantees Asthmador or Asthmador cigarettes will relieve asthma hay fever or bronchial asthma instantly or money back. Monticello sufferers can try at their risk through Palmer Pharmacy with a full refund if not satisfied. Drug stores nationwide may honor the guarantee via local pharmacist or direct from R Schiffmann St Paul Minn.
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