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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1910

Page

4

Time For School Shoes

Local shoe shop promotes a wide selection for boys youths girls and children as the school term begins. The notice stresses durable footwear for daily use and appeals to parents seeking value and fit.

Monticello News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Travel

Miss Mamie McMahon visits Anamosa. M Brown in Chicago for stock. Catherine Lovell and Alice Deischer travel to Cedar Rapids and Coe College. Carl Stabler visits Dubuque for two weeks. Tony Cartano visits Monticello from Springville. Various residents visit Cedar Rapids, Edgewood, Marion, Maquoketa, Dubuque, Manchester, Hopkinton, Wyoming, and other towns. Local business and personal moves noted.

Carl Stabler Dubuque

Miss Clara Hogan Visits Cedar Rapids Friends

A notice of social visits and travel includes Miss Clara Hogan staying with friends in Cedar Rapids and Mrs. James Hogan returning from Omaha due to her son's illness. The column lists numerous small-town moves, arrivals, and local business notes.

Clara Hogan Cedar Rapids James Hogan Omaha

Misses Return to Cornell College Highlighted

Miss Gladys Fairbanks and Blanche Hunter along with Charles and Mary Cox were reported returning to Cornell College last Monday morning. Blanche Fairbanks had left the previous Saturday.

Gladys Fairbanks Blanche Hunter Charles Mary Coxsee Cornell College Blanche Fairbanks

Cedar Rapids Engineer Presents First Street Assessments

Percy Smith the Cedar Rapids engineer in charge of paving First street presented his schedules of assessments against property holders to the city council last evening.

Percy Smith Cedar Rapids First Street

Local notices from Jones County Fair and town events

F W Koop urges entitlements to call for premiums at Burrichter store. Ex Representative Sokol in town en route to western state and to spend winter in California. Raymond Sandhouse heads to Harvard College on merit scholarship. Nic Maurice heads west to South Dakota homestead for fourteen months’ residence. Three bids for county farm well rejected. new tenders called. Bell Telephone consolidates wires into cables on First street. Four divorces since May term. sixteen quieting title suits pending. A thunderstorm caused limited rain. center state got 1.5 inches. Mrs P Schoonover auction set for Sept 17. Rev H E Wilcox from Wyoming visited with son bound for Mt Vernon. J W Armstrong moves family to Monticello while doing concrete work. Frank Hayden to South Dakota with stock and household goods. father Marcus Hayden accompanies. Fred Matthiessen Jr goes to Cedar Rapids to join Great Western Creamery Co. plans cream buying stations on former Diamond Creamery turf.

District Court Session Opens In Anamosa Next Monday

The September term of the district court will convene at Anamosa with Judge Milo P. Smith presiding. The petit jury will not report until the following Monday. Docket includes 19 criminal cases 71 law cases 49 equity cases and 39 probate cases.

District Court Anamosa Milo P. Smith Petit Jury

Waddick Visits Family as Farm Deals Dominate

Thomas Waddick, official in the Southwestern division of the O. M. and St. P. Ry. Co. Chicago, spends a week at his parents’ Castle Grove home. John Winkler sells the John Hoss farm northeast of town to Hassler Brothers for 100 dollars per acre, with a reported 10 dollar an acre rise offered. Thomas Kasper leases his 230 acre Richland township farm to Gerd and Carl Tjaden of Wayne township, citing poor health forcing his retirement.

Thomas Waddick Chicago M. A. Waddick Castle Grove John Winkler John Hoss Hassler Brothers Thomas Kasper Richland Township Gerd Carl Tjaden Wayne Township

Falls injure Dubuque woman in Cascade visit

Mrs. Sarah Conlin aged 87 of Dubuque visiting her daughter Mrs. James Lane in Cascade fell down stairs suffering broken wrists and left elbow plus internal injuries. She previously broke a hip last winter and has since recovered.

Sarah Conlin Dubuque James Lane Cascade Conlin

Peter Meyer and Harriet Mc Farland wed in Anamosa

Peter Meyer and Mrs. Harriet Mc Farland were married at Anamosa last Thursday evening. They traveled to Monticello the next day where residents serenaded the groom. The Anamosa papers praise Mrs. Mc Farland and the couple receives warm wishes from Monticello society.

Peter Meyer Harriet McFarland Anamosa Monticello Mr. Meyers McFarland Meyer

Miss Alicia Whiting Leaves Monticello for Michigan Normal School

Miss Alicia Whiting departs Monticello to take a teaching post at Charlevoix Michigan in the state normal school. The move follows six years as Monticello’s primary principal with satisfactory service.

Alicia Whiting Charlevoix Michigan Monticello

First White Frost Warns of Possible Damage to Crops

The report notes a light frost Friday night and silvery frost Saturday morning not harming vegetation. It warns that a further temperature drop could be disastrous, as corn stands uneven in maturity with some seed corn poor and needing replanting, leaving much crop immature.

Pastor Porter To Return To Monticello After Conference

Rev Roy V Porter pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church leaves for the annual conference in Charlies City with strong support for his return to Monticello. Church finances are in good condition and benevolence subscriptions are well collected. Mrs Porter visits New Hampton. D E Pond sold a 25 foot lot to Dr George Albery for 900 dollars. the property backs the burned building site now to be a veterinary office and hospital for horses. Bertha Ridgy owns a vacant 50 by 122 foot lot listed at 1600 dollars, with plans to build a barn for rent if unsold.

Roy V. Porter Methodist Episcopal Church Charlies City Porter Monticello D. E. Pond D. C. Tice Cedar Street George Albery Albery Bertha Ridgy

Injunctions Target Oxford Junction Saloons

Six suits filed by G. W. Hughes of Olin seek to bar sale of intoxicants in Oxford Junction. M S Odle of the Anti-Saloon League represents the plaintiff against defendants Frank Shedeck J E Roubinek W A Benjamin Sam Carrington John Rees Sr and J A Mizaur. The petitions allege irregularities in the supervisors board action similar to a prior Olin case that closed local saloons.

Oxford Junction G. W. Hughes Olin M.S. Odle Anti-Saloon League Frank Shedeck J. E. Roubinek W. A. Benjamin Sam Carrington John Rees Sr J. A. Mizaur Board of Supervisors

Purchas moves Diamond Creamery to Rock Rapids Iowa

W J Purchas longtime manager of Diamond Creamery Co Monticello has purchased a centralized creamery plant at Rock Rapids Iowa with a 15000 pounds per day capacity The two year old modern plant sits on a railway hub and will be operated by Purchas The Monticello community will miss him and his wife as they plan to move next month.

W.J. Purchas Diamond Creamery Co Monticello Rock Rapids Iowa Purchas

The Breeches Robbery and Two Inch Twist

George Billings lost a tailor made pair of breeches stolen near Strawberry Point fair. A Monticello thief wore them briefly before a detective recovered them. The pants were two inches shorted by the thief, leaving George ready to prosecute for the theft two inches worth.

George Billings George Strawberry Point Fair Monticello Clay Mills

Rural Mail Carrier Cramer Takes Civil Service Test

Charles Cramer, long time rural mail carrier on Route 4, has taken the civil service examination for a railway mail clerk position and may resign his route if he accepts the new work in Iinoiy. Mrs. Brazelton covers the route during his vacation. several applicants remain in line for his place. Ray Hoag and Miss Jorgia Hayes wed yesterday at the bride's mother's home, Rev. J. W. Innes officiating, with a small company of friends present.

Charles Cramer Iinoiy Ed. Brazelton Cramer Fritz Hein A. Craft Monticello Ray Hoag Mra Ed. J. Hoag Jorgia Hayes Arvilla Hayes J. W. Innes Proom Hong Hong Duster Co

Col Gurney and wife visit Monticello from Yankton

Col Charles W. Gurney a former prominent city citizen and ex lieutenant colonel of the 3rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry with long service in internal revenue work visited Monticello with his wife last Sunday. He and four sons run a large nursery and seed house in Yankton and Dixon County Nebraska earlier years.

Charles W. Gurney Yankton South Dakota Monticello Munday Gurney 3Rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Farwell Internal Revenue Justice of the Peace Councilman Dixon County Nebraska Gol

Obituary for Mrs. Sarah Barnhill Caldwell

Mrs. Sarah Barnhill Caldwell widow of the late William Caldwell died at her daughter’s home in Manchester on the 7th inst at over 81. She was born February 18 1829 near Indianapolis and came to Iowa in 1851. Survived by Milo Caldwell J Clark and Mrs A ST Marshall. Interred beside her husband in Monticello after funeral in Manchester Christian faith noted.

Sarah Barnhill Caldwell Wm. Caldwell W. J. Clark Manchester Monticello Caldwell Indianapolis Indiana Iowa Clay Township This County Scotch Grove Township Onaldwell Ashie

Monticello and Anamosa News From September 1800 Files

The Express notes a September 1800 roundup: John Dickerson’s death on the 238th day, Monticello beat Anamosa 11 to 1, N S Noble former Jones County sheriff dies, Frederick Markle moves to New Hampton, multiple marriages, a baby’s death, and several local actions including burghlaries, funerals, and church weddings. The 37th Jones County Fair faced rain reducing gate receipts though total for the week reached 2269.00.

the Express John Dickerson Dropay Monticello Anamosa N.S. Noble Jones County

Also Mentioned on This Page

THE J. W. Coxsee E. G. Burrichter Home News Mamie McMahon M. Brown Catherine Lovell Alice Deischer Coe College the Nation Store Deutrick’s Tony Cartano Springville Miss Pearl Barnts Hdgewood Dr. Redmond Mrs. C. Marshall Nemo Dorsets Doutrick 'A Euphemia Livingston Ida Holst Wyoming Messrs. Welch & Welch Marion Peter Prahm Maquoketa Fred Burrichter Lost Nation C.D. Chase Don McAleer Carroll County Elizabeth Newton of Lamont E. E. Reed Cascade and Worthington A. M. Webster Hawaiian Islands Kate Rogers Daisy Barkett Edgewood M. E Barrett Messrs G. H. George W. R. Leibslee Morley G. W. Burnside Mrs. J. R. Patrick and Son, of Fort Dodge Rudolph Ricklefs Hopkinton Deatrick’s Be, E. Hicks Dwight Smith Mrs. Noble Winner Manchester Fair J. L. Finch W. W. Rhodes Michael Berlin Lovell Township Charles B. Vernimont Ed Polishta Ernest Kellogg Boone Comforter Goods County Board of Supervisors Carl Thumann Excelsior Springs Jay Matthews N. H. Hyde Catherine Hogan Mt. St. Joseph’s College Clara Noyes Rockford College Rockford Ilinois Mrs. L. Beangard Bloomfield tLovell Bank Building Kathryn Drees Dr. McHugh Dr. Thomas Home Jessie Fawcett Martin Kehoe Minneapolis Duluth Hall Manufacturing Co Elizabeth Forkler Fayette Lyman Bennett Charles Appleby N. G. W. Winner Mary Kennedy Immaculate Conception Academy Frank B. Bolton Denver John Bateman Fred Himes Bowen’s Prairie F. A. Hefner Alfred Starks Delaware County Frank Calkins Tacoma Hugh Kidd Kansas City Verner Stockwell Far West E. E. Prosser Verdon Welch New Haven Connecticut Yale University Cleveland Carl Renk Ottumwa Mt. Pleasant Jennie Callison Livingston Montana Frank Gillen Louisiana S. A Slauson Fred Slauson Jacob Rieder Delia Musgrove E H. E. Gruenstein Frank Bateman Monmouth, Iinois J. E. Bateman Deatrick D. . Co W. C. Moore McMinnville, Tenn Robert Quirk Tis Farm Nordmans Willie Zimmerman Germany Frank Dautremont Vic Dautremont Riverside Mary Libbie George West F. W. Koop Jones County Fair Association Sokol Onslow California Raymond Sandhouse Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard College Nic Maurice Bell Telephone Co H. E. Wilcox J. W. Armstrong Farley Perley Frank Hayden Marcus Hayden Fred Matthiessen Jr Great Western Creamery Co Mae Hogan Jas. Hogan St. Clara’s College Sinsinawa Mound Wisconsin J. P. Henry Belle Plaine J. H. Henry Tama Benton Crees Martin Guyken Suter Farley Street Charles L. Gould Foreign Missionary Society Congregational Church M. A. Breed Society Northeastern Association of Congregational Churches and Miniaters Church of Christ Christian Endeavor Society the Presbyterian Church KK. D. Miller Kk. A. Butler Frederick Markle New Hampton William French Ida Hall George Rettig John Hoult Clara Mooker Thomas Oliver Nellie Adolph Grassmeyer Elmer Hubbard Gertie Rodman W. D. Hartsough Toledo QO. W. Brown Mary Ralston Hoag Duster Company Deborah Martin Albert Quimby D. B.’Pond John J. and McGinty Marcus V. Farwell Elizabeth Coldren Trinity Church Iowa City Andrew Cassady Matt Stevenson Odebolt Robert Wilson R. M. Bush James Robertson F. O. Ellison Alex McKean JH. M. Jeffries EK. GQ. Peet Andrew Hans George Fifield Castle Grove Township Emmet Saymour Jones County Agricultural Society T. A. King J. R. Graft R. P. Smith R. O. Stirton W. 8. Garrison Cravenette Poplin Grace Silk C. H. Schipman South Cedar ST Lovell Block Store Hicks & Ricklefs Hoosten Kriesen Ouster Mfg Ode Hoosier Gery A. G. Hanken Lang L. H. Lang
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