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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1905
Page
4
Onslow updates list residents moving to Norway Iowa and Colorado and visits from Clay Mills Pawnee Nebraska Des Moines and Westboro. It notes deaths Henry Paul and a Westboro pioneer, a bank term for George McCready, and a large sale by W D Livingstone with cash mostly.
Cascade February 20 reports Mrs. D. McLees an elderly resident in ill health at her Cascade home. William Fagan from Fillmore moved onto the G. W. Craft place east of Cascade. J. B. Dominy summoned to Sabula due to sister Eliza EB Moss illness. The narrow gauge line was cleared yesterday and ships resume usual flow. Farley mail driver earns praise today.
Center Junction notices John Thompson visits Chicago last week while Mrs. John McDonald trips to Monticello last Monday. Mrs. J G Krouge visiting sister in Anamosa this week. Mr J G Courtney and wife return from Rock Island Illinois, last week. W W Coder family set for new home in Nansis last Monday evening. Local dance at opera house Friday night drew few but enjoyed by attendees. Whist party and sleigh ride held at FE L Serbousek home last Monday. Diedrick Eggers and Henry Haak move goods to farm once owned by E Landherr. Minnie Livingston finishes first school term near Wyoming with praise.
The state executive council and attorney general review the estate of John Wregie at Oxford Junction which may escheat as he left no heirs. Executor Louis Zeller reports the estate amounts to several thousand dollars. The Des Moines Register notes the council will study the executor’s charity plan for disposition and feasibility.
Prof Holden's lecture train visited Monticello with about 200 farmers aboard two cars. After the talk sixty six registered for bulletins from the Ames Experiment Station. Holden urged testing seed corn from nearby fields and detailed germination checks to improve yields, predicting large gains for Iowa in 1905 and beyond.
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