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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
3
Center Junction reports transfers and visitors as residents exchange calls and journeys. Several readers announce travel to Hopkinton, Monticello, Rhodes, and Cascade while births, deaths, and health matters surface among neighbors and relatives.
Miss Ethel Brush of Wyoming spent Sunday in Cass with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Young of Anamosa visited Percy Faulks. Merle Alderman of Mason visited his cousin Mrs. Sam Stover. Miss Ethel Page of Princeton, Illinois stayed with G. S. Ketcham Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Tedd Bagley of Anamosa called on friends in Cass. Mrs. A Monroe and Mrs. Brimacombe have been sick but are improving. Mrs. S Condit and daughters Cora and Hazel of Anamosa visited Mrs. George Croot. Misses Agnes Remley Nelle Morey and Grace Tathwell of Anamosa spent Saturday at the Ketcham farm. Mr. Chris Conrad and Misses Nellie Conrad and Mary Flaharty visited Miss Anna Baum at Stone City Sunday. A picnic on the Wapsie Saturday honored Grace Edwards and Nettie Williams visiting from New Jersey. Louie Turner hosted two uncles from New York and Erie, Illinois, with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Turner of Anamosa. Mrs. A C Stickle visited Cass friends while en route from West Point New York to Pasadena California. Mrs. E A Osborne of Anamosa entertained Cass Ladies Aid on Sept 19 with forty seven attendees and fund contributions.
Clay notes list John Kennedy in Dakota prospecting and his return, a new baby for Mr. and Mrs. George Reid, Zenas Mackrill laying new concrete, visits of Mrs. Hanna and Mrs. Corbitt to Mrs. James Eckler, and other social mentions. The Fadely 80 acre Fowler farm sold to Mr. Chapman of Monticello for 100 dollars per acre. The missionary society plans an October 2 meeting at Mrs. John D. Young’s home. locals invite friends.
Cascade notes report E Vogel and wife in Chicago and Thomas Skahill of Dubuque visiting the city. Guests include Migs KE A Moss of Sabula and Mrs Hoyt of Ft Dodge with the J B Deming family. A Knights of Columbus picnic at Lawham's Grove is praised as magnificent.
September 24 items list residents visiting relatives and traveling to Dixon Ti nois to attend school. Mentions births and illnesses, marriages of Margaret Sears and Fred Lawrence with Rev. Joel Hilburn officiating, and future home near Hopkinton.
Castle Grove notes include sightings of Jack Frost, travel reports from South Dakota, local building activity by Robert Henderson and others, sales of John Evans place to Fred McLaughlin, piano tuning by E M Byers, and carpentry work by Chris Specht. A child’s death of about two and a half years is reported with funeral details in Castle Grove cemetery.
Judge Smith sets trial calendar with cases across September to October including Hart vs Sampica and State v Banstead. Notable entries list multiple civil and criminal matters and a special rail service for Cedar Rapids carnival dates October 2 3 and 4. A.J. Jackson issues passenger train schedule from Cedar Rapids to Monticello at 11 p.m.
The September term of district court opened by the clerk on Judge Milo P. Smith’s order. The grand jury, led by foreman J. A. Green, is expected to handle unusually important labor. Calendar entries include multiple dismissals, settlements, guardianships, and probate proceedings across law equity and estate matters.
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reports a gasoline motor car passed from Omaha to Chicago on the Illinois Central. Built at Union Pacific shops, one of nineteen, it serves Chicago suburban routes and may join the main line if successful. It costs 12000 to 14000 dollars, carries a 200 horsepower engine, 127 gallon tank, and delivers about 434 miles per gallon with a 60 to 65 mile per hour top speed.
The seventh season for the play promises heart and wholesome charm like a breath from old New England. Atkinson and Thatcher, known for high class attractions, present the Quincey Adams Sawyer company offering worth of money and a strong foundation for future patronage. See it Friday October 4 at the Olympic.
The poem notes September days bringing autumnal colors and harvest imagery. Goldenrod yellow corn browns trees bend with fruit in apple orchards. Blooming asters, silkweed and sedges fill meadows as dusky pods reveal silk. The verse marks September as season of pleasant weather and cheer.
Monticello Board of Education met in special session on September 23. Members J W Coxsee J E Bateman F A Hefner F B Bolton Geo Inglis approved last meeting minutes and listed bills for payment to various vendors including Monticello Electric Co Ginn Co Rand McNally Hinds Noble Macmillan Prang Silver Burdett Fullerton Gray Palmer and others. Dr Inglis moved that Hannah Delay be permitted to take only English in tenth grade with ninth grade algebra if she pursues a second study, then the board adjourned.
Burns and Loop win the contract to erect the Farmers State Bank building with work to start by October 1 and continue until completion. Miss Margaret Greer leaves for Selma Alabama to teach at a mission school serving African American students since 1863. Delaware County Fair faces criticism for weak exhibits and unpaid premiums, though financial success noted. Prof Henry Fairfield Osborn discusses elephants migration and African expedition discoveries in the October Century with Knight illustrations.
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