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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1906

Page

7

Local merchants advertise goods and visits across towns

Mrs O H Soetje visits Chicago while Clinton Iowa hosts visitors Deischer and children Another shipment of cement plaster lime at Davis hardware Dealers promote clover seed Timothy seed and Denning and American field fences A Galvanic soap demonstration is announced at Stuhlers Store Local wagons lace curtains and dress goods on sale at Doutrick Dry Goods Co Pure New Orleans molasses sells at 45 cents per gallon. crude notes on taxies and travel include Mr Fred Kempf at Northwestern University and Rev Magee of Fayette visiting Capt David F Magee at Zion City laces and gowns headlines alongside hardware farm tanks and wagons and a framing offer for a free picture with tacks

Local notes from Monticello and surrounding towns

A roundup of visits, travels, and undertakings from Monticello area residents. Clergy and lay leaders attend meetings in Garrison and Presho South Dakota. residents travel to Canada and Texas. obituaries for Mrs. Catharine Devlin and notices of weddings, land purchases, and new trains. Local commerce includes hardware and millinery ads and fruit preserves.

Great Destruction by Earthquake in San Francisco

An earthquake in San Francisco early yesterday morning damaged thousands of buildings and killed nearly a thousand people. A fire followed, destroying much of the business district and leaving cities from San Jose to Santa Rosa reporting massive losses.

San Francisco California San Jose Santa Rosa Leland Stanford University Santa Clara

Frisco fires threaten Nob Hill as damage rises

The latest reports place deaths in San Francisco at 500 and Santa Rosa at 1000. The fire spreads to Nob Hill, while Frisco is described as doomed. The Mint holding 39 million dollars is saved and Secretary Shaw orders a transfer of 10 million dollars on San Francisco banks.

Chicago The Express San Francisco Santa Rosa Nob Hill Firmen Shaw

Senior Class Orations Highlight Trusts and Founding Figures

Readable excerpts from the 1906 class orations cover the beef trust issue, labor trusts, and social tyranny, with speeches praising Franklin, Japan’s rise, the Almighty Dollar, Hamlet, and Lincoln. Other talks address Roosevelt, Rome, the Panama Canal, and Perseverance before obituaries for Mrs. Anna Matthiessen.

Opera House Agnes Habermann Edna Templeton M. A. Breed Arsula Arduser Beef Trust Benjamin Franklin Eugene M. Byers Japan Perry Katherine A. Ambuehl Rockefeller Rome Judas Carnegie Helen Gould tCharacter Hamlet Lucy E. Altman George S. Abel South Abraham Lincoln Edna B. Suter Lincoln Nicholas II Kodna K. Hoffman Russia Panama Canal Carl F. Stuhler Carl Stuhler Nicaragua Canal Blanche H. Monroe Cotter Jeremy Taylor Turner Painter Shakespeare Burns Ben Jonson Franklin Clay Douglas Grant Greeley

Reward offered for timberland fire starter in Iowa

A reward of 50 dollars is offered for evidence leading to the conviction of any person who starts a fire on timberland or starts a fire elsewhere that spreads to the timberland. Also listed for sale: 150 evergreen white pine seedlings, 14 to 2 feet high, 5 dollars per hundred, 80 cents per dozen, from Albert Sanford in Scotch Grove Iowa. contact Farmers and Jones Co. by phone.

Farmers and Jones Co

Eyes for Hatching Pure Fisher eggs for hatching

Pure Fisher strain White Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching one dollar per set. Mrs. R. C. Stirton provides real information on Homestead Lands across 25 states with guidance on how to obtain it. Send two cent stamp for reply. Anchor Pub. Co. Arion Iowa.

Anchor Pub. Co Arion Iowa

Free gifts with Galvanic Soap purchase offer

For a 26c Galvanic Soap purchase, receive a full-size Palmolive cake at no charge. A 10c Galvanic Soap buy earns a 6c Johnson's Washing Powder package. The promotion runs for one week starting Monday April 23, by GEO STUHLERs SONS Co.

Johnson

Also Mentioned on This Page

Monticello J. W. Doxsee Oxford Home News O. H. Soetje Deatrick Dry Goods Co C. A. Errickson & Co Mrs. H. ©. Deischer Clinton, Iowa Davis’ Hardware L. H. Lang Timothy Sheriff Hogan Bettendorf Stuhler’s Doutrick Co Halls’ Hardware Fred Kempf Northwestern University Dress Goods Doutrick Dry Goods Co Robert Henderson Jr Presho South Dakota Timothy and Clover Seed J. C. Magee Fayette Capt David F. Magee Zion City Doutrick D.G. Co Clara Noyes Florence Hefner Grinnell New Orleans Emma Sweesy Washington State Puleston Mabel Watt Cass Sourris North Dakota Will Breen Iowa City Mary E. Leyden Independence Hall’s Hardware Clarence Simpson Charles Winner Henry Heisey Elmer Lally Pat Donovan E. E. Reed Clinton County John Breen Mike Ferring Canada J. W. Innes Garrison Gerhard Eilers Mrs Matthiessen John W. Arduser Kennebec Chauncey Bates Mary Helen Joseph Garrity J. E. Flanagan T. J. Finn Leonard Bader Temple Hill Messrs A. G. Bauder M. H. Teeter C. J. Northrop Texas Falfurrias H. H. Starks Stoughton Wisconsin Thither J. B Scott W. L. Rosa Gill Street Rebecca Peak Homer Hanna Wm. Allen Nebraska Stephen Fitzsimons Susie Allen Platt Fitzsimons John O. Dyer Galena Illinois Harvey Richardson Saskatchewan British Columbia E. G. Drury Sarah Sherman) Maxon Cedar Rapids Chicago Tribune Calmar Donald Hugh Barclay Battleford Children’s Deutrick Dry Goods Co Robert Graves Mattie Tuel Methodist Episcopal Parsonage W. E. van Buren Diamond Creamery Co R. B. Tuel Catharine Devlin Peter Devlin O’neil Ireland America Joseph Meyer Henry Britting Cornelius McAleer Mies Belle Devlin Church of the Sacred Heart Clara Locher A. Locher Isaac Schneider Jacob Schneider Schneider St. John’s Lutheran Church Wm. Scheutz Dubuque Scheutz Dolly Knott Louis F. Halda Ireton Sioux County Rev. Dutton Harry Sandhouse Herman Sandhouse A. Casper Peter Janette Switzerland Mr. Casper Dan Wales Roman Augustus Caesar Augustus Forum Pantheon Iva M. Burkett New York St. Louis Roosevelt Lva. M Lulu M. Howie Julius Caesar Colin G. Thoman Caesar Lewis D. Sutherland Virginia New Jersey Lewis Rances F. Koop Guinevere Elaine Arthur Anna Eliza Matthiessen Jacob Matthiessen Presbyterian Church I. I. Gruenstein Wayne Township Eilers & Bolton's Eilers & Bolton C. H. Schipman South Cedar Street Lovell Block Hosturny Black Cat Hicks & Ricklefs Albert Sanford Scotch Grove R. C. Stirton GEO, Stuhler's Sons Co Hubbard & Hanken
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