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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1899
Page
7
Daily items mention Mrs Blanche Peltier departing for Oelwein and a Clinton Sunday school excursion to Anamosa. Nearby visits include Rev E P Kimball of Waterloo and Mrs George Green of Davenport, with various store ads for Deutrick and Hicks Eilers. Also noted are court sessions, jewelry plans, windmill insurance, and outfit arrivals at chambers and grocers.
The Anamosa Fair runs this week with a promising outlook and attractive exhibits. Standard Paper Patterns updates and Hicks & Eilers promotions appear among local notices, alongside births, marriages, and community events.
Local Monticello column reports Frank Kluge’s shooting gallery prizes, sermons by Rev. Hartsough and Rev. Staebler, new corset waists for sale, R U Rickless illness, Capt J F Merry visit, Duck and Crash Skirts sale, Buffalo Bill show Sept 27, Strase burger performance, Salisbury orchestra Oct 17, Mrs Lois Lightfoot death from cancer, two boys arrested for stealing at the fair, Swiss expatriates planning Basle visit, and fair revenue tax protest over circus levy.
Police arrested two tough looking men for breaking into Koop Hicks shoe shop and stealing three pairs of shoes. Both ex-convicts face preliminary exam, then bonds or county jail. Other notes report a Springville train wreck with minor injuries, tax arrests of entertainers, a Monticello wedding, a death in Monticello, and local ads including new plaid goods and gas stores.
A town rumor claimed R U Ricklets died today but was debunked as a sinking spell rather than death. In contrast, Alexander TL Smith of Monticello died aged 65 years and 80 days after a long illness. Services were held at U S church, Rev D S Stuehler officiating, with burial at Oakwoods. Smith was born July 10 1884 in Marbletown and moved to Monticello in 1876. He joined the M B church in 1856, served as class leader and Sunday school superintendent, and sought health in Colorado before returning last spring. He died at his daughter’s home, survived by his widow and six children.
Local church notices announce preaching schedules at Congregational, Presbyterian, Church of Christ, and United Brethren churches with changes in services and a union meeting at the opera house. Also advertised are two auctions: Peter Byerly farm near Monticello with open bids at the Monticello State Bank and a sale of late Joseph B Smalley personal property, coins, and keepsakes at Mrs. Langworthy residence with coins on display at Monticello Bank.
The C M & St P Railway offers a $24.55 round trip from Monticello for the G A R encampment in Philadelphia September 4 to 9. A sleeper departs Monticello September 1 for a vestibuled train via Savanna to Philadelphia with en route stops at Chicago and Gettysburg. Return options include Washington, Niagara Falls, or Virginia battlefield routes. Station Agent Jackson and John R. Cook provide circulars.
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