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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1905
Page
5
Local notices list shipments and trips by residents and visitors, new inventory at Bilers Bolton's including rugs carpets lace curtains dresses and fabrics, sales events at Deutrick's, GoV Eastwood insurance, and moving notices for McConnon Kiburz Loveland Che and others. Also mentions farm products Pecan Oil and Roseine oil and a livery stable changeover.
Charles D. Chase travels to Chicago on business while Ellers Bolton showcase new embroidery. Garden items, hardware and farm news fill the week with personal updates, illnesses, sales, and social events across Monticello and surrounding towns.
Rev. M. A. Breed will preach the series opener next Sunday evening at the Congregational Church. A male choir under Mr. W. Northrop will debut that night, marking a special first appearance alongside the sermon.
Jake Schneider and Elmer Hubbard of Monticello delivered eight carloads of cattle to S. M. White of Dorchester Illinois for placement on White’s farm. The shipment, the largest ever loaded locally, distributed money among farmers and will move on Saturday. Mrs. Phoebe Parrott of Monticello died at her home after a cancer illness. She was the divorced wife of Ezekiel Parrott and sister of the late Mrs. George Curtis. her first husband was Samuel Richardson, Civil War veteran.
A passenger train on the M. O. and St. P. railway derailed at Rhodes near Marshalltown around four this morning after a broken tail caused seven or eight cars to leave a small bridge. A postal clerk from Cedar Rapids and a conductor from Perry died. twenty five passengers were injured, several fatally.
Postmaster Pond pockets a trusted thermometer from The Express and discovers a room at 40 below by reading it at home. The device, nailed outside, shows a temperature plunge that shocks Dan and Tom as they compare readings by candlelight and match light. The episode ends with a sleepless night as the family endures the cold.
Dr. Howard B. Bowman of Hills Johnson county died of pneumonia in January. Born April 8 1865 in Winterset he earlier worked as a telegraph operator for railroads and later earned his medical degree from Iowa State University. He built a practice at Hills and is survived by three brothers and one sister. he was a Royal Arch Mason and Modern Woodman.
A letter from Monticello asks about penalties for selling short measure paint and whitewash with deceptive labeling. The writer claims Devoe products are true. Ads include a Cass township 140 acre farm near Anamoan and savings advice from Monticello State Bank.
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