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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
3
Local items reveal visitors from Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Kalamazoo. Shoppers flock to Hicks Eilers and Deatrick's for new dress goods linens and hosiery. Community reminders cover sorghum mill launches and a postponed Monticello Gun Club shoot to August 29th.
Local notices report Hicks family visiting Spencer Iowa Theodore Little and Cedar County fair attendance by Mrs Bateman and daughter Marie. Advertisements promote Wilton rugs Deatrick textiles and Tan Shoes at Stuhlers. M Morris McConnon returns to visit Pittsburg. hot weather brings 95 degrees. Midgets Major Noble Winner and wife head to Des Moines state fair after Webster City engagement. Attention farmers carriage trimming service offered by W F Rony. Five state fair excursion tickets sold via Monticello station for Hinebaugh Cramer Elsie.
Charlie Rummel of Wyoming in a demented condition was moved to the Independence asylum yesterday morning due to sunstroke suffered while threshing. Mrs. Nannie Hanken of Pomeroy died yesterday morning, and Monticello relatives traveled to attend the funeral.
Geoye Bishop of Jones County Times introduces Myersdale Republican owned by S A Kendall and edited by Bishop. It urges the Republican ticket. Frank J. Calkins of C M St P Ry Co visits Monticello and calls Kansas City hotter. Local ads and events follow with weddings, clothing, and farm notes.
Monticello reports a week of cricketlike pests infesting streets and stores, prompting some merchants to close. C L Van Meter expands greenhouses for a new winter crop and decorative plants, while administrator C S Bidwell pursues estate assets, aiming for 60 percent total distribution this fall. A Wise Woman plays Monticello August 28 at the opera house. Joe Weisman deceives Hanken in a horse trade, leading to a theft charge and court action.
The Congregational church in Monticello schedules Aug 28 1900 at 2 30 p m for corner stone ceremony to mark a new sanctuary with Rev C G Warner assisting and Rev A D Kinzer Rev H W Tuttle and Rev S F Millikan guest clergy. The event includes a brief historical reading, choir selections, and autographs placed in the stone.
Referees appointed by the court will take open offers for the late J. M. Thompson estate at the Lowell State Bank Monticello Iowa on Monday September 10 at 2 p m. The property includes the west half of the northwest quarter of section 9 and all of the east half of the northeast quarter of section 8 lying south of the public highway totaling about 138 acres in Monticello township Jones county Iowa. The right to reject offers for inadequacy is reserved. ows R C Shrinkon LP O Bancoux J HE Baciun
Referees appointed by the court announce August 28 1900 at 2 pm at the Lowell State Bank Monticello Iowa open bids for the heirs of Peter Strong property described as sections and townships with right to reject all offers. Includes steers for sale and a 200 acre stock farm near Coggon plus a Monticello post office letter list Aug 20 1900 featuring names like Saverio Paladino and Mrs W P Smith.
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