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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
7
Merchants boost holiday stock with blankets wraps cloaks and towels from Hicks & Eilers and Deutrick’s. Sam Jones lecture tickets sell fast and local events include Mystic Workers outreach and Court of Honor meeting. Community notes cover travel visits family news weather warm tone and a lost beaver collar reward in Monticello.
Local residents from Scotch Grove Center Junction and Hopkinton visit Monticello and nearby towns for shopping and socializing. Stores advertise Christmas gifts from Deatrick's Stuhlers and Burrichter's while banks issue calendars. The area reports ice on Maquoketa and mill pond, a court land case quieting title to 60 acres, and illness quarantines for scarlet fever affecting Anna Stirton and a Northrop child. A Sam Jones talk is to be heard via Monticello train plans. Anticipated winter millinery and fur items fill shop windows.
Local items report returning residents and Christmas shopping at Burrichter's H C Wills and Deatrick's offering gifts. Public sales planned by E J Lyons and Gerd Schafer with cattle corn hay and farm goods, plus lodge elections and community events at Monticello.
Invitations issued for a Knights of Pythias New Year's Eve dance with the eight piece Italian band at Castle Hall. The Monticello East ern Star holds annual officer elections, the Modern Woodmen name delegates and officers, and local shops advertise jewelry and winter stock.
The district court tried The Robert Krouse Co. versus A Stratilek with a verdict for the plaintiff worth under $100. The Deering Harvester Co. versus Kulhave Hardware Co. ended in a settlement during trial. Additional cases were set for Tuesday and Wednesday as the docket runs long. The piece also includes local ads and civic notes, including Arch bishop John J. Keane’s confirmation visit and a Bryan political sympathy letter from Rev M S Murphy.
List of letters remaining unclaimed at the Monticello Iowa post office as of December 11 1900 includes A E Orker Mrs John Hull Mrs B W Hogan Antonio Cangelosi D E Pono and P M.
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