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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
7
Local brief items list visits by Mrs. H Herm an and Mrs. J B Smith in Monticello Cedar Rapids and Hopkinton events. H C Wills features dresses lace curtains and corsets while Doutrick's promotes Girl’s Macintoshes and American Lady Corsets. First street carpentry work by C L Van Meter and rural route box count rises to over 90.
Chas Heisey works at the depot succeeding P B Mills who leaves for Canada with his wife next week. Questions linger about two new Jones County railroads planned for summer. Corsets and wares at Deitrick’s and H C Wills. Several visits, weddings, births, and travels noted.
W H Proctor returns from southern California to ease health issues. George Moats of Scotch Grove seeks eye injury treatment in Monticello. Barn collapse at Castle Grove endangers horses. Hopkinton resident injured but not seriously. Epworth League delegates headed to Monticello. hospitality urged. Postmaster Pond sells two cent stamp books with pocketable sheets. Local ads promote harness gear and spring accessories. Mrs. Victor Brazelton undergoes surgery in Chicago. Moulton Eastman wedding announced in California. Monticello ties to San Pedro. Italians dig sand for Milwaukee road project with officials inspecting site. Epworth League ninth annual convention prep and committee notices. Funeral for Mrs. Sarah T. Perley held with Congregational rites.
Elder Clark Bateman will preach at Greeley next Sunday exchanging pul pits with Elder D H Bays He will also lecture Saturday night under the Christian Endeavor society.
Sheriff McArthur and deputy escorted three prisoners Frank Stultz Mike Shaughanessy and Jack Cass to Anamosa penitentiary after convictions for larceny and armed robbery. Stultz received four years while Shaughnessy and Cass were sentenced to three and a half years each. Also tied to Davenport headlines James Rice arrested in Marion on suspicion of involvement in the Wills store robbery with two accomplices who were jailed for peddling without licenses. Blake the forger delivered to the sheriff after his St Louis catch and awaits grand jury in May. Pearl Dubond under arrest in Cedar Rapids for obtaining property by false pretenses amid a furniture scheme in Monticello indicates continuing local crime beat.
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