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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1905

Page

5

Little Princess At The Opera Monday At Fayette

Mr E E Ricks is in Fayette today. Clint and Bessie Robbins perform Monday night at the opera house with Mrs Dora Bracks and Miss Ott promoting hats and gowns. Ads note Doutricks for new patterns and Eilers Bolton for dry goods while praising local vendors and samples of vinegar and carpets.

E E. Ricks Fayette Little Princess Opera House Clint and Bessie Robbins Eilers & Bolton’s Chase-Lister Theatre Company

Monticello notes wide ranging social and business events

Monticello residents share news of visits and arrivals shopping notices from Hicks Deutricks and Hall's Hardware. Local events include sunday school picnics, millinery openings, canning factory activity, real estate offers, and a verdict in a fruit theft case. Mentions of traveling relatives, theater tickets, and seasonal sales pepper the notes.

Opera House Gets New Scenery for 1878 Season

The opera house will install a new complete scenery set by next week’s first performance. This marks the first full stage decoration purchase since 1878. The new scenery is described as attractive and enhancing the stage’s beauty.

Opera House

Michael Evers Pioneer Citizen Dies at 85

Michael Evers aged eighty five long notable county resident died last Friday morning after a life spent farming in Washington township near Cascade. Born in County West Meath Ireland he came to America in 1855 with his family and settled on a Cascade area farm. He is survived by his widow and seven children Pat Mary John Joe Tom and two daughters Mrs Simon Kehoe and Mrs Pat Crowley. Funeral held at Immaculate Conception Church in Castle Grove on Monday.

Michael Evers County West Meath Ireland America Washington Township Cascade John Castle Grove Pat Mary Joe Tom Evers Simon Kehoe Pat Crowley Church of the Immaculate Conception Evers Thomas Curtin Independence Monticello Mr. Curtin County Carlow Columbus Ohio Mike Kate Church of the Sacred Heart

Jones County Fair to Host Eight Ball Games with Governor Visit

The Jones County Fair officers announce eight amateur baseball games at the fair next week with plans for a Governor Cummins visit on Thursday. A welcoming committee will meet the governor’s arrival, and he will speak from a platform at the amphitheater after a community procession and dairy lunch stops.

Jones County A. W. McDonald Jones County Fair Monticello Cedar Rapids Congregational S Methodist Center Junction Martello Shady Lane Langworthy Manchester Central City Morley Stone City Springville Oxford Junction Worthington Cumming Diamond Creamery Lovell House Rev. Murphy Castle Grove

Harvest Home Noisy Ball Games Highlight Hopkinton Event

Hopkinton held its Harvest Home celebration with over two hundred locals joining neighbors for games and an address by Congressman Birdsall of the Third district. Monticello defeated Worthington 16 to 2 in a one sided ball game witnessed by many, and local notices urged fruit tree orders from Monticello Greenhouse.

Hopkinton Birdsall Third Monticello Worthington

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the Express J. W. Doxsee Walav Yours Hicks & Guyan Home News Jake Arduser Dubuque Deatrick A. G. Reichart E. M. Baker Decorah Snow White Batts Deatrick's Dora Bracks Gill Street Cerea J.H. Fryberger Rev Mrs. M. A. Breed Ann Arbor, Michigan Black Dreas Goods Morris Bebb Louise Bebb Cedar Rapida Doutrick T. M. Redmond Catherine Lovell Hilers & Bolton's Mrs. Plummer Cedar Falls Miss Jarman Doutricks Jessie Davidson Mrs. Woodruff Tipton Hall’s Hardware Doutrick’s Lorena’ Fagen Mt. Auburn A. S. Loveland J. H. Fryberger Puleston Messrs Mark Hogan Matt Miller Dubuque Fair Misa Ott’s Yourself Lady Jay Fryberger Farley Jennie Lubben Baldwin Herman Sandhouse James Abel Jr Mrs James Abel R. M. Hicks Pacific Ataten Deutrick’s Mrs. Rowentree Burlington, Wisconsin Andrew Davidson Jara Eilers & Bolton Jetta Hogan Alousing and Placedo Mt. St Clair Clinton Anna Kehoe Florence A. V. Scott Hicks & Rickless Fannie Neal Gon Robert Anamosa Congregational Pictured Rocks Bacher &Abel’s Drug Store Mrs. T. A Magee Omaha Edward Turnis Edna Drury Beloit Wisconsin Iola Hall's Hardware William McClintock Dan Lacy Chicago Mary Fawcett Donald Thompson H. 8. Richardson J. A. Fryberger John Greber Helen Washington, D. VA W. L. Rohn Buay Millinery Drasa Grace Rundle Don Rathbun Marion Hawarden Lincoln Bigley Ribera & Bolton’s Farmers’ Co-Operative Creamery Hazel Green Perry Buxton Wheatland Town Clear Lake S. J. Hubbard South Dakota Emma Kierch Alfred Morten A. Boehme Eilers & Bolton's Spencer Guiles Shellsburg Mr. Guiles Guy Hogan Regular Army Fort Riley, Kansas W. W. Hogan Monticello Canning Company W. W. Taylor Little Daughter Kansas City Fannie Allen Mason City E. E. Hicks Mrs. Hicks Tobe Hinricks Diamond Creamery Co Mies Nellie Fitzpatrick Jones County Times Dyersville W. F. Bingham Harold Yankton Minneapolis Duluth Minnesota Edith Welch Mardington Nebraska Hardington Mrs. Douglas Smith Oneida County New York East Mr. Smith Mike McKeever Denver Colorado Mr. McKeever Lawther Lucy Gill Sterling Illinois Arnold Ebrismann Marc Allen Switzerland The C. H. Bissell Doulgas Smith J. W. Innes Peter Smith H. S. Richardson Assiniboia New Northwest Fred Abel Boone Ben Harry Tremain Hutchins Maquoketa J. G. Binggell Bucklin & Gardiner Carnival Company Olin Prairieburg W. M. Henderson Iowa Himebaugh Harry Knott Christ Dinklager E. E. Hoag Louis P. Waddick Peter J. Kehoe Delaware County Pat Evera James Supple Mary Eggers Arnold Eggers Sr James Barrett Thornby Alabama E. E. Gruenstein Pleasant Street Barret South Thoreby Jones W. G. Hilers Frank Spence el Paso Texas C. Spence Sand Spring Mr. Spence South Fork Township New Mexico Marietta E. Preston William Lee C. W. Brown Cora Beckwith Des Moines Miss Beckwith English Channel England France Buffalo Exposition Ett C. L. van Meter Monticello’s Monticello Fair G. Franklin Lowe Brothers Sali O. H. Soetje C. H. Shipman South Cedar Street Lovell Block
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