Local notices and ads skim Cedar Rapids and surroundings
A collage of short items lists residents travelers and shoppers: Alex Rice works in portraits in Cedar Rapids. A P Jennings in Chicago. C B Bidwell returns from Leadville. sewing goods and cloaks at Hicks Eilers Doutrick and Wills stores. Miss Maggie Hogan at Castle Grove for the Omaha Exposition. Dewey hats at Goldstone Bros. preaching at Moore's school house. numerous society mentions and small events including babies born, tea hosted, and millinery trips to Chicago. street light added on Gill street. furniture at J A Suhy & Sons. many sales pitches for feathers corsets yarns and milinery with local merchants.
Social and Local Notes in Monticello News
Monticello residents attend gatherings and visits as Mrs. Schodde hosts friends and families as Mr. Abernathy welcomes a newborn. Dozens of items note travels, illnesses, property moves, repairs, and upcoming events from Wills & Deutrick to Upper Iowa University sermons.
Monticello Items Mention Society News and Local Happenings
Social visits note Dr and Mrs W A Mirick entertaining guests in honor of Mrs H D Sherman and Mrs Glenn Averill. locals report two Monticello volunteers ill with typhoid malaria in Jacksonville Florida expected home on furlough. County fairs, depot improvements, and tax deadlines also feature in this Monticello Chronicle column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Mirick
H. D. Sherman
Glenn Averill
Cedar Rapids
George Hogan
Charles Webber
Monticello
Jacksonville
Morida
Local Property Transfers and Notable Town News
Homer P Hanna of Cass township sold 148 acres to John Weers for 7100 dollars. Daniel Stambaugh of Sharpsville visits Monticello. his son-in-law is B K Stambaugh of Prairieburg. A floor covering sale lists carpets at 30 to 50 cents. Tom Belden, former Monticello resident, died by his own hand in New York. Diamond Creamery Co lost a creamery by fire between Maquoketa and Delmar. Rev CG Warner preaches at the Congregational church. sermon themes relate to church finance and society. A Langworthy funeral for Anna Yanken, age 2, noted. Clarence and Ralph Seeber, Monticello volunteers, return from typhoid-malarial fever cabin with furlough. Seeber brothers report camp illnesses and displeasing surroundings. Alumni meeting set for Sept 16 at Miss Nettie Sleeper’s home. For sale or rent: 400 acre Bowen Prairie land. easy terms. Best 60 acre Delaware county farm for sale near Dickey's store. Mason Booth sells hardware store to J F Stevenson of Neponset Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Ralph Seeber
Monticello
Co. K
Forty-ninth Town
Rock Island
Forty-ninth
Cuba
District court term to hear probate and equity trials
The September term of the district court convenes next Monday with the first week devoted to probate matters and equity case trials. A grand list of civil cases follows, including Graft vs Born and many others, with the petit jury slated for September 26. Also notes a death notice for Fred Clark Woodworth of Bowen's Prairie, aged 83, funeral at Oakwood cemetery with Rev. F. Chamberlin officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrick
Grand Jury
District Court
John
Henry Born
Zellah Dean
John Dean
Seymour Bennett
Ruth Bennett
M P Conway Co
Blayney
Geo Blay
A Miller
Calvin Biggart
MM Everhart
Clymer
Merritt
John Fatrehtd
Bert Scott
Curttright
Ind
Center Junction
Mary Brown
Maurice Brown
Agnes Boots
J H Roots
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co
Frank Wroablueski
Mary Joslin
James Joslin
Tapping
John Oxley
Rilen Oxley
Rang Sargent
Lars Sargent
Bob Overley
Eliza Gray
Richard Stout
Land seekers praise Kos suth county soil after excursion
Mr Calkins traveling agent for Geo Call led a party to Kossuth county Iowa last Tuesday evening. They returned home delighted with the country. He will run another excursion next Tuesday evening. A communication signed by several returnees affirms the soil is as good as in Janes county and disputes Calkins representations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FY Calkins
Geo
Call of
Algona
Kossuth County
Calkins
Ehapress
Geo. C. Call
Kossuth
Towa
Janes County
C. F. Calkins
Henry Jarr
Ww. Porrr
M. Hneemarr
Alex Dayvedhon
Alexander Gray
Odd Fellows Excursion to Davenport on Sep 20
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Sulway runs a special excursion train from Monticello to Davenport on Tuesday September 20 departing at 8 25 a m with return trains from Davenport at 8 and 9 p m Fare for the round trip is 1 50 The notice also lists farms for sale in Jones Linn Delaware and Buchanan counties priced 35 to 48 per acre with easy payments Inquire of H M Troy Cedar Rapids Iowa Also a list of unclaimed letters in Monticello post office dated Sept 12 1898 including Stella Myers Carleton Dominick D E Ponp P M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee
Jones
Linn
Delaware
Buchanan
Monticello
Iowa
Stella Myers
Carleton Dominick
D. E. Ponp
P.M
Railroad excursion to Omaha from Monticello promoted
On September 20 and 21 the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway sells excursion tickets Monticello to Omaha for 7.20 round trip, with return valid until September 24. Hats offered at Mrs Curtiss for 75 cents as noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee
The Prince Warns Officer Against Gaming in Baden
An account from Baden Baden recalls King Wilhelm in Prussian occupied Rastadt warning a civilian-clothed officer about gambling. After the officer won twice on the red, the prince urged him to stop. A later review revealed the red would have granted four more wins, and the prince advised repayment and avoidance of gambling. A German general notes such lessons cured him of gaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Germany
Duchy of Baden
Rastadt
Baden Baden
Wilhelm
Sedan
The Sad Vate of a Greedy Shark
Special agents of the United States treasury travel in many states and hear strange stories. An anonymous informant recalls a cedar keys shark found starved belly up with half a barrel of mess pork in its stomach. The tale, cited from the New Orleans Times-Democrat, ends with the shark starving after swallowing the butt end of the barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Custom House
Thore
Cedar Keys
The
Keys
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Express
J. W. Doxsee
First Street
Home News
Alex Rice
Blankets
Wills & Deatrick’s
A. P. Jennings
Chicago
Mr. C
Bidwell
Leadville
New Cloaks
Hicks & Bilers
B. D. Haeussler
South Dakota
G. “E. Bishop
Maquoketa Fair
Henderson’s
Maggie Hogan
Castle Grove
Omaha Exposition
Dewey
Goldstone Bros
Moore
Feathers
Wills & Doitrick’s
Mr. Ernest Shelley
Manchester
Mrs
Frank Mead
Hicks & Kilers
Clara Boland
Dubuque County
M. Butler
W. A. Overing, Sr
Wills & Doutrick’s
Joe Lang
Sand Spring
Yarns, Hicks & Eilers
Carrie Page
Omaha
W. D. “Magee
Lon Jennings
Minnie Starks
New Dress Goods
Hicks & Eilers
Gill Street
Mackintoshes
Wills & Doutrick's
Mrs. Frit
Heals of
Henderyson
C. 8
Millard
Anamosa National Bank
J. A. Suhy & Sons
Vera Smith
Stuhler & Sons
Charles II, Wawkingslings
Missouri
China
Wm. Schodde
Wills & Deutrick’s
Cornelius Eileen
Allen
Nebraska
T. A. Hefner
F. A. Hefner
Col
B. H. O’meara
Odd Fellows
Gerd Eiben
Alfred White
Bowen’s Prairie
Hicks & Hilers
8. B. Card
Geo. Phetteplace
James Repstein
John Repstein
Gerd Moenck
Henry Moenck
Langworthy
Matthiessen Bros
Mercury
Bowman
LaPorte City
Our City
John Thomas
W. D. Sheean
Arch Tice
Gillen
Anamosa
W. A. Miller
Mr. Whitney
Gisi
Wills & Deitrick’s
C. H. Bissell
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Methodist Church
Miss Bachman
Wm. Stahler
Masters Harry and
Russell
W. A. Durring
Dany Flyckiger
Jr. Vandermark
Millie Berry
Laketon
Tadiang
B. Culbertson
Greeley
Nellie Blanchard
Edgewood
A. W. Steiner
B. J. Bulgin
Oswego
New York
Presbyterian
Herman Sandhouse
Carpets
Business Men’s League
Clell McLaughlin
Marengo
Iinois
Pharmaceutical
Northwestern University
A. Miller
Minnesota
Jennings
J.D. Adee
Lydia Barnard
Dubuque
C. E. Wales
M. W. Herrick
Wales
Stahler & Sons
Ed. Reeves
Frank McKean
John Johnson
Hopkinton
W. F. Craig
Princeton
East
Mr. Johnson
Pennsylvania Theological School
Princeton University
Caroline Smith
R. P. Smith
O. A. Crawford
Fruithurst
Alabama
John Krahl
Mr. Krahl
Krahk
Monticello City
Lovell
Richland
Lovell State Bank
Homer P. Hanna
Cass Township
John Weers
Daniel Stambaugh
Sharpsville
B. K. Stambaugh
Prairieburg
Pierce Cramer
Tom Belden
Belden
Julien
Diamond Creamery Co
Maquoketa
Delmar
CG. C. Warner
Congregational Church
Jfe
Dubuque Association
Young Peoples’ Chorus
Parrott
Anna Yanken
Henry Hanken
F. von Strohe
Lutheran Church
J. A. Suhr & Sons
Ima
Wib
Marr Pfabser
Cascade
Delaware County
Dickey’s
Hazel Green
B. P. Mil
Kenwood Park
Mason Booth
Anamasa
J. F. Stevenson
Neponset, Ilinois
Independence Bulletin Journal
Bowen's Prairie
Fred Clark Woodworth
Mr. Woodworth
Jones County
Byron Township
Suly 4
Davenport
H. M. Troy
Cedar Rapids, Towa
Curtiss
Doutrick
Wills & Doutrick
C. H. Schipman
Merchant Tailor
South Sivz
Monricr
Oscar H. Soetje
Drasma
Sherwin - Williams
Hubbard & Hanken
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