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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
7
Local notices list shoppers and travelers including Deatrick’s hats at H C Wills and Stuhler shoes in Monticello and Cedar Rapids trips by King Kaylor and John Yonkers. Community updates mention births and visits, sales, bank tax payments, and a new hotel builder Ed Morgan relocating to Mason City.
Judge Walter J L Smith will speak on Republicanism in the Ninth district at the Monticello opera house on September 26. The note lists numerous local visits, shop updates, dress goods ads, weather notes, church events, and charitable contributions tied to the Monticello community.
Nic Maurice sells bay pacing road horse to Dr. Liddy of Chicago for a price in the hundreds. Mrs. J. Albinger and Mrs. Nelson Kiburz travel to Dubuque for a funeral. A. Matthiessen resigns Monticello Republican post. P.O. Babcock to lead local campaign. John Bajasch returns from Colorado to Monticello before election. Several residents plan visits to Randolph Nebraska. Burlington Hawk-Eye lowers price to 4 annually. Local trades include harness goods and clothing. Church bells delayed until new church built. Frost affects cane crop but aids growth. James King visits from Maxwell for property work. Northwest trades and junk buyers advertise cash. Travelers Ammeter and Meyer sail to Europe. Jones county bar to meet in Monticello December 4. Rev. Purmott preaches in Monticello and Castle Grove. Local merchants advertise outings, sports and millinery openings. Moorish and Norwegian workers depart for Norway. Mrs. Curtiss showcases new millinery. Rev. McGuinness welcomed by Christian church. Flora Milne and James Rathbun wed in Rockville and to reside in Scotch Grove. Miss Clara Evans joins J A Deutrick Millinery for Monticello trade.
Charles S. Bidwell as administrator of the R A Ricklefy estate will pay a fifteen percent dividend on third-class claims and begin issuing checks next Monday. Mrs P O Babcock was summoned to Mentor Bremer county for her mother who is 94 and near death. M Bebb travels to South Dakota to visit old friends and oversee threshing on his Moody county farm. Dr Paul Eilers returns to Town City to take house surgeon duties at the State University after a Davenport stint. He recently performed a successful throat growth operation on John Shelley’s son in Monticello. Congregational church building funds are now active, with unpaid subscriptions gratefully received.
Miss Helen Street returns to Coe College then leaves to teach at the Columbus institution for the feeble minded. Edward attends Deshler High School after seven months in a Dayton car shop. Marcus Z Farwell of La Junta Colorado, son of Major Farwell, is a Republican candidate for the state senate in a district including Otero Bent Prower Kiowa and Baca counties. Farrwell hopes to erase Bryan’s 2400 plurality from four years ago, now reduced to 457, and secure election. He was born nearby and educated there, from a prominent Iowa family. electors may expect a creditable career.
The Epworth League of Monticello reveals a fall and winter concert series featuring Slayton's Jubilee Singers October 9, Rev Dr Crippen lecturing in November, Jennie Shoemaker appearing under Slayton Bureau, Dr Benton of Upper Town University lecturing, and the Quaker Male Quartet Co now touring under Slayton Lyceum Bureau. Season tickets cost 1.50. Mr N L Baker, bass, is a known Monticello figure. A separate note covers a serious injury to Geo C Lane after being struck by a Northwestern train at Anamosa, with lengthy recovery anticipated.
Listing of upcoming baseball showdowns includes Sept 19 Stivers vs Starry Bauer vs Mohn and Huston vs Miner at M J church on Sept 21. Sept 26 features State against Vermont and State against Smith with a Sept 20 Sehnei matchup.
The annual reports and secretary's report were read and accepted. R. P. Smith was re elected secretary for the coming year with the same salary as last year. The meeting adjourned after the report adoption.
The republican electors of Lovell township will meet at the office of A. Matthiessen on Saturday evening October 6 for the purpose of nominating candidates for township officers. Dovalass H. Siri serves as Committeeman. Rev. John Magee, presiding over a charge in Kansas, is home on a visit.
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