Monticello Notes and Local Trades and Visits
Miss Ruth Nelson visits Amosa and Deitrick's markets advertise textiles and freezers. Residents travel to Davenport and Monticello for family visits, fairs, and local commerce with notes on taxes at the Monticello State Bank and upcoming Jones County Fair two weeks away. Neighborhood social events include a Woodman picnic in Olin and a Clover Club hop at Dr. John Thomas's home.
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Clover Club
Dr. John Thomas
Monticello notes show travels, business, and politics
Monticello residents and visitors are noted in a busy news summary. Entries include Mr. Seymour Bennett of Marion, Minneapolis visits, business ads, and a railroad prospect. County figures from census data, homestead talk, and local travels to South Dakota and Cleveland are recorded.
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Seymour
Bennett
Marion
Monticello
Safe Robbery at Center Junction Depot
Burglars cracked the Chicago and Northwestern Railway depot safe at Center Junction last Sunday night but found no money. An explosion wrecked the inner door, making entry impossible. slot machines in the depot were broken and robbed of the pennies inside.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Center Junction
Grave s son recover after farm calf incident illness
Arthur Graves son of Mr and Mrs J L Graves returns home after a three week illness caused by a burst blood vessel on his left side from a tussle with a calf while working on a farm in Sioux county. He lost about 35 pounds during the sickness.
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John Simmington
Longmound
Colorado
Monticello
Simmington
D. F. Magee
Condon Building
Carpenter & Lovell
Monticello State Bank
Arthur Graves
J. L. Graves
Sioux County
Monticello Streets Run Wild In Fast Driving Incident
Dirks lived three miles west of Anamosa and faced a $5 fine plus costs after pleading guilty by phone to a fast driving incident in Monticello. Earlville’s team, the Invincibles, beat Monticello 11 to 6 amid alleged crowd abuse and harsh umpiring, while a fatal blank-progression sham battle at Rockford claimed cousin Oliver Michell. A replevin suit over a horse trade involving Michael McAleer, Mike Cochran, Peter Gaffney, and Pat Troy heads to Justice Babcock's court next Saturday.
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Y Dirks
Namosa
Monticello
Genevieve Michell
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Oliver Michell
Rockford
Iowa
Michell
Sons of Veterans
Gaffney
McAleer
Cochran
Justice Court
Local second team to face Cascade nine next Thursday
Monticello prepares for a key baseball clash at home with Cascade nine as fans rally behind the locals. Vic Chambers takes charge of the team, following a 14 to 6 victory over Oxford Junction, while backers push for a professional pitcher and a stronger roster.
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Vic Chambers
Oxford Junction
Monticello
Wyoming
Monkey with gold teeth headlines at Kankakee dental
Mrs Murphy the monkey, famed from fairs and museums, underwent a gold tooth crowning in a Kankakee dental parlor. Trainer Charles Woodford stood by as the patient, calm and confident, with no anaesthetic used. The act followed a prior tusk removal to prevent injury to children.
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Murphy
Monticello
Kankakee
Chicago
Charles Woodford
Monkey Circus
Bostock Federal Carnival Company
Mr. Woodford
Sans Souci
Water mains bid notice and farm land sales in Iowa
City council will receive sealed bids Friday evening August 9 for laying water mains with specs at Page's foundry. Right to reject bids reserved. A Kemper, City Clerk Farm Lands. Also notices land sales in Iowa Minnesota South Dakota with maps, long terms via J H Rice Rodman Iowa. Jacob Suter injured knee while alighting train and sought local doctors. Mrs Anna Hazard Nettie called to Farley for ill relative. H F Burrichter went to Chicago to buy goods.
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Page
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
J. H. Rice
Rodman
Jacob Suter
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