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Twenty Years Ago in Monticello December 1897
A compilation of local events from December 1897 includes births, deaths, marriages, marriages, teaching appointments, truants and travel, a fatal heart condition, a church pulpit, a burglary spree with safe damage and arrests, a state hospital transfer, and various school and library notices reflecting a small town record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
W. “W. Hunter
Minnie Cassady
A. I. Jackson
Colorado
C. D. Chase
Texas
Efe
George Brown
Monticello
Edna Young
Prairieburg
Linn County
Charles Brazelton
Coggan
Carrie Tech
Oxford Junction
William Abernathy
Gerd ‘Harms
Wayne Township
Samuel T. Burrell
Lovell House
Canton
Illinois
Herman Peters
Hanover
Germany
A. G. Rodman
Phillip Schlatter
Fayette
Max Rettig
Oberlin College
George Rettig
Ervin
Reed
Drake University
Des Moines
George Tobiason
Tobias Tobiason
Cedar Rapids
Adolph Prader
Paul Hilers
Iowa State University
John B. McQueen
District Court
Jones County
Anamosa
McQueen
C. R. Scroggie
Mary I. Jarman
Lizzie Klein
Nellie Young
Jennie Gilroy
Carrie Hicks
Jessie Voorhees
Jessie Fawcett
Anna Noyes
Margaret Young
Nettie Sleeper
Kate Wheelock
Luxemberger
Cascade
Gruenewald Farm
Richland Township
A. Danks
Sand Spring
H.C Caldwell
Maxwell Stevenson
Mr. McCurdy
Tarsus
Gibbons
Bromley
Brown
Ranny
Brubaker
Dominic Dean
Butler
Betsy
Fisher
Arcady
Lynde
Long Lane
Rives
Gaines
Aldrich
Gerard
Peat
Middle
Garland
Barbussee
Kenny
Dalrymple
Lewis
Jerry