Monticello News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Events
Local residents and visitors frequent Cedar Rapids and Monticello, with notes on theater showings at Crane theatre and the Morosco play So Long Litty. Shoppers encounter pineapple specials at Liddy & Rickless and new hats at Devlin Millinery, while doctors and dentists advertise services and local deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane Theatre
Christie’s
Morosco
Community notices mingle lessons sales and travels
Local items report piano lessons by Miss Hedna Balsiger and hat shop tips at Devlin Millinery. A Congregational bake sale runs Saturday October 1 at 1 pm at Iverson Furniture. Montana trips and visits cover family guests from Spokane to Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Mary Oswald moves to Council Bluffs for stenography. Christmas card orders urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Working Band of ‘the Congregational Church
Iverson Furniture Store
Monticello notes on post office duties and local events
Monticello residents learn postmasters will guide tourists to trout streams and golf courses under a new federal order. Local figures report Dr. William Hayes Mitchell’s conference trip, church finances, and a marriage in Wayne township plus high school football opener against Fayette at 3 p.m. Saturday.
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Hayes
Lanigan
Milton Thoe ii
William Hayes Mitchell
Davenport
Upper Iowa
Methodist ‘Episcopal Church
Mitchell
Rev
Monticello
Lovell Township
Anamosa
Monticello High School
Millie &. Katsem
Ethelwyn Wilcox
Agnes Peterson
Waterloo
Minneapolis
Fayette
Maquoketa
Hay Barn Ruin Marks Lightning Fire on Egger Farm
A hay barn 50 by 64 feet on the Arnold Egger farm in Lovell township burned last Saturday at 4 16 am. Lightning struck the barn, destroying fifty tons of hay a large pile of straw and farm machinery. Loss estimated at 8600 with 1600 on building 800 on hay and straw and 500 on machinery. Wind was northwest and shingles set fire to an adjoining barn but rain halted the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Egger
Nillés
Monti‘gallo
Lovell Township
Reger
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Castle Grove
Orito
Egger
Automobile Transportation Cheaper for Small Incomes
Local dealer J A Waddick argues automobiles are affordable for more people now. He notes the Chevrolet Four-Ninety touring car at 525 dollars, 25 dollars below its 1915 introductory price, with improvements giving greater value despite lower cost. Model FB, G, and T trucks also see lower prices.
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J. A. Waddick
Chevrolet
Monticello Electric to Install Sterling Ice Plant
Monticello Electric Co signs with United Iron Works of Kansas City to install a Sterling artificial ice plant with a twelve ton daily capacity. A 35 hp motor will power the system in the north room of the power house near the dam. Local manager Harry Lang has five workers preparing foundations. The plant cost about 15 000 dollars including building and foundations. Water from a nearby well will be purified with lime treatment to produce blue white pure ice suitable for drinking use. Storage capacity will reach 80 tons locally to prevent future shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Electric Company
United Iron Works Co. Inc
Kansas City
Missouri
Sterling
Electric Company
Harry Lang
Monticello
Fortieth Year Recap Monticello Events 1881
The Monticello Express recalls September 1881 in brief: deaths include Mrs D C Tice aged 46 from typhoid and Mrs Anna L George at 24. A Diamond Creamery Co formed by Sherman Pierced and Simpson McIntyre. Louis Calkins died on a railway platform. Numerous marriages and social notes follow. A Garfield memorial and a talk of telephon e lines to Dubuque feature among civic items. Baseball previews at Monticello Park highlight the season’s end and local pride. Mr Applegate’s prune gift to Monticello and a four month Wales trip are noted, as well as Mrs Emily B Whipple’s 99th birthday in Vinton.
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Bevell Township
Jones County
Henderson
Des Moines
Wyoming Township
Iowa Farm Corporation
Gang
Dixie
Rose Winkler
Bureau
John Smith
John Matthiessen
Monticello Express
D. C. Tice
H. D. Sherman & Co
Diamond Creamery
The
Diamond Creamery Co
H. D. Sherman
H. F. Pierced
Simpson & McIntyre
Boston
Louis Calkins
C. M. & St. Paul
Marion
Elia Smith
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Ile
Monticello
James A. Garfield
Opera House
Express
Dubuque
Cascade
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Doxsee
Chas
A. Doxsee
Howard & Foster
Burrichter
Home News
D. P. Young
Cedar Rapids
Keyes Quick Eye
Edward Templeton
Keyes
China
John Sutton
Winton
Dr. Redmond
Anita Stewart
the Princess
Edison
Locher's
Frank Johnson
Onslow
S. F. Reade
Singer Sewing Machines
Locher’s
Henry Helberg
Willam Helberg
Jacobson
Nickless
Leonard Duckett
Ivory
Geo. K. Meyer
A. B. Himebaugh
Oelwein
Hyes
Drs
Cochrane & Stuhler
George B. Stimson
Bozman
Montana
Peacock Shop
A. J. Thompson
Oto
Marion Nelson
Ames
C.be. Bates
Sky Ranger
F. A. Bucklin
Pipestone
Minnesota
Liddy & Rickless
Anna Eden
Strawberry Point
Charles Butler
Fred Matthiessen
Edna Balsiger
Reinhart Doden
Willis Frederick
Bunte
Morse
Devlin Millinery
Hilda Dondelinger
Berdena ‘Wenger
Newhall
Agnes McCrea
John Crowley
Immaculate Conception Church
Castle Grove Township
Palmer’s Drug Store
William Drinkwater
Iowa Veterinary Association
Liddy & Rickles
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
Ahurtiter
John Yosat
Yossi
Freda Bohren
Hdna Balsiger
Charles
Oxford Junction
Téaac Schneider
Devlin
G. R. Stuhler
Petoskey, Michigan
Stuhler
Agnes Marousek
Cedar Rapidy
Joseph Trunec
Gertrude McCullough
Spokane
Washington
Kate Wilson
Tom George
Kingsley
G. H. George
Zion's Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
William Corbin
Joe Peterson
Wisconsin
Mr. Corbin
Jane Hanna
Julius Michaels
John Hanna
Deloris
G. L. Lovell
Battle Creek
Michigan
Mrs. Mary Smith
Lovell
Wayne Lutheran Zion’s
Lutheran Church
James Lazell
Annapolis
Maryland
United States Naval Academy
T. S. Lazell
Mrs. Forest Marsh
Portland
Oregon
Mr. Marsh
William Stuhler Jr
Princeton University
William Stuhler
Fred Sullinger
Georgetown
New York
H. F. Kettlitz
Augusta Hay
B. A. Hubbard
Moline
Illinois
Methodist Episcopal Church
Regina Oswald
Council Bluffs
Oswald
Mead Sanford
New Hampton
Louis R. Terwilliger
I. D. Terwilliger
Troop No. 1
Boy Scouts of America
Oag & Peterson Duroc
Messrs. Hoag & Peterson
Hoag
Express Office
E. E. Hoag
Stephen Peterson
L. P. Waddick
BE. J. Farley
Mr. Farley
D. H. Liddy
Farley
Reba Ntabller
Chicago
Alétian‘Brothers’ Hospital
Chicsto
Mra.l
Rok Isancs
Bohlken
Bohlien
Cub
J. .Lanigan
Monticello Rubber Tire Company
J.S. Kelley
Kelley
Hawkeye Tire & Rubber Company
Fred Kellum
Saskatchewan
Manitoba Trading Company
St. Paul
Clara Fechtman
Harm Fechtman
Wayne ‘Township
George Monk
Gerd Monk
Zion’s Lutheran Church
J. P. Willms
Mary Fechtman
Elvina Kray
Ernest Dirks
George ‘Dirks
Fethtman
Gildner Bros. & Hughes
Easterday
Reformatory
Ellison
Hasterday
Benton County
Engel Fechtman
Henry Zimmerman
Hannah Zimmerman
George Dirks
William Zimmerman
Fechtman
Mrs. Zimmerman
Cass Township
Henrietta Baker
John D. Saister
Oliver D. Harford
Frank Harford
St. Matthew's Lutheran’ Church
Sigmund Ide
St. Matthew’s Lutheran’ Church
Mendelshon
Lydia Ide
Miss Keith
Monticiello
Snyder
Levson
Fleming
Charles Applegate
Idaho
Applegate
J. W. Coxsee
Wales
Scotland
England
Montreal
Emily B. Whipple
Vinton
Whipple
Vermont
Annual Insurance Meeting
German Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Iowa
Wayne Center
Gerd Harms
June Caprice
Geo. Steitz
Crane
H. M. Remley
James Remley
Remley & Remley
Attorneys AT Law
Roy D. Cooley
Wyoming
I. V. Dautremont
DR. George .Albery
Cedar Street
Fir. Street
A. P. Lambert
Jones Co. Trust & Savings Bank
DR. M. F. Hogan
BF. A. Hefner
Stickford Drug Store
Montinello
Meechelde
Matthiessen Auto & Supply CO
Monti
Cello and Vicinity
Lovell State Bank
Monticello, Iowa
Duroc
Doggon
Col
Gano Prince
Victor Prince
Gano
Red Victor
Royal Gano
Victoria
Pabst Maprecrost Burke
Mazel H. Legis Fobes
Pabst Farms
Milwautes
Lunoil
Hoag & Petersen
P. Waddick
J. Hopkins
Frank A. Locher
Tornado Insurance
Hartford Insurance Company
Lovell Bank
Insurance Agency
Karl M. Keyes
Tenteial
RS Tata
United States
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Burton
Michigan Ave
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