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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1897
Page
7
Published every Thursday by J W Doxsee editor and proprietor appears as a newspaper masthead line listing the printer and owner responsible for weekly editions.
Local ads report sales on coats underwear and cloaks at Goldstone Bros Hicks Eilers and Wills Deutrick while special offers on rubbers and silverware appear. Monticello State Bank calendars and holiday gifts tempt shoppers as residents Mr. DeWitt Mr. Carpenter and Rev Waite visit or recover from illness with family and friends in town.
Five year old Albert Faber narrowly escaped drowning after falling through ice at Cascade while sliding. The item notes social events, shop ads, and upcoming sales in the Monticello and surrounding area including Miss Kate Bohlken's visit, a Christmas auction, and store promotions at Hicks & Eilers, Overing & Stockwell, and Lon's.
Recount of social visits and illnesses among Monticello residents. Short items on merchants promoting Christmas goods, a dog licensing proposal, church sermons by Rev. Jenkins, and a range of local commerce notices. Includes weather notes and a few regional transportation updates.
The piece notes earnest religious meetings at the U B church with local pastors leading and warns against self styled evangelists. It also reports Mr Nic Miller losing seventy five fat hogs to hog cholera and cites new codes requiring burning of dead hogs and penalties for violations.
Minutes from the judge's calendar show final administrator reports approved for the estates of Ezekiel Letze and George A. Gill, with discharge of administrators and bondsmen. Several guardianships are established or continued, and multiple civil cases proceed with verdicts and judgments in favor of plaintiffs or defaults.
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