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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1901
Page
5
Monticello shoppers list visits by Mrs and Mrs 8 E Sarles in Dubuque and others from Waterloo Waterloo residents at bids and social calls. Local store ads from Doutrick J A Deutrick H C Wills feature new dress goods hats waists and millinery. Also notes on church Rally Sunday taxes paid macadamizing street work and a severe hand injury requiring amputation after cutting corn.
Readable local items describe births and names in Monticello area, visits by families, and community notices. Highlights include a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Burrichter, a son born to Mr and Mrs Hogen, and various calls for millinery openings, church events, sales, and auctions across Castle Grove and Langworthy.
A local compilation notes deaths and memorials in Monticello and surrounding areas. Dan Livingston, 80, pioneer resident, died at the county house and was buried in Oakwood cemetery after emigrant settlement around 1838. Obituaries also honor Joseph J. Sullivan of Monticello, typhoid death, four children, and Mary Meyer, wife of Peter Meyer, who died after a two day illness. Memorial exercises for President McKinley widow in the opera house featured sermons, readings, and the Monticello quartet amid flags and mourning.
Court records recount jury verdicts including W D Sheean v Hastings with $82.06 awarded for horse kept, plus a directed verdict in Davis v Davis. Several probate and civil matters noted with claims allowed, embezzlement cases dismissed, and rule actions for books and papers. The piece closes with an ad for horse blankets and robes.
Resolutions from Haun or Boot Camp No 282 M W A Monticello Iowa dated Oct 25 01 express sympathy for neighbor James Sullivan. They order copies for camp records family city papers and Farm service organ Farm sale notice follows offering 550 acre farm 6 miles south Cascade 14 west Temple Hill church three houses and additional buildings good high school nearby inquiry on premises by James Mokeever.
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