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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1903
Page
7
Monticello items announce store relocations and new goods. Names include Saporita Bros Clinton trip and Wills Eilers Bolton firms. Local society notes mention Grace Hayes visiting Afton and Mrs. Frank Keck visiting Maquoketa. Community updates cover milk orders by telephone and unclaimed letters list. A church service start time change and livestock insurance info appear among notices.
Miss Carrie Burrell of Canton visits with friends while Deering Harvesters meet at G W East woods. Measles surge in town and country as routine notices cover weddings, shopping deals, and community events across Monticello and nearby towns.
Local papers from Springville Anamosa and Monticello urge restoring the Chicago night and early morning horn train service. The note also mentions Odd Fellows excursion, new fencing ads, church talks, and a Monticello murder of a barn along with a wave of small town happenings.
Monticello gossip highlights a small social circle in Monticello within Monticello city life. It notes J B Hall plans a grand new residence and comments on local jobs sewers and property judgments impacting finances. It mentions the 50th Jones County Fair and the return of springtime, courting, and schoolhouse tales.
The Monuticento board met as called by the president. Minutes approved. Bills approved for general fund. Hall led election of teachers for coming year. Several teachers declined current posts. Teachers elected include Nettie Hazard 9th grade Carrie Hicks 7th grade Kate Maurice 8th grade BE Zimmerman 2nd grade Amelia Bates 1st grade Margaret Young assistant 1st grade Clara Rickless assistant 1st grade Others elected but not assigned: Clara Dunn Mildred A Bates Minta RK Moore Mary Scales. Adjourned.
The district court lists petit jurors called for the May term to appear at the Anamosa courthouse on Tuesday May 19 at 10 am. Names include Juno Coffee Jackson Sheridan Moore Le Prouty Rickelp Olmans King Rodman Pangburn Green Overley Flaherty Young Wurzbacher McHart Smith Livingstone English Girgh Barnts Russell Ruly Luckstedt McMannins Meyer Heisey Barker Hughes Lake Fall Byerly Wi Fall. Also notices on tornado policy renewals via Matthiessen Himebaugh and a church breakfast by the Y M S W B on Friday May 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 with listed fare.
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