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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1905
Page
5
A mosaic of social notes and ads from Monticello and nearby towns. Births, visits, and shoppers populate the column with names like Dorrell, Fryberger, Noyes, and Lovell, alongside promotions for undergarments, syrups, coffee, fruits, and farm supplies.
Monticello area items note New Year visits with relatives in Layette Bowen Davenport and Webster South Dakota. Entries mention college delays at Coe and Ames, local store ads for Ferndell and Wool goods, a Glen Harms death, Duster logs haul, a scarlet fever quarantine, and sleet damage to telephone lines.
The Imperial Male Quartette, with accompanist Mrs Phoebe Sherman Haman, performs Monday January 9 at 8 15 pm at the Congregational church in Monticello. Also features Miss Blanche Noble with recitations. Local notices report visits, family movements, and a pension award for a Spanish American War veteran.
Brintons bring a varied moving picture program to Monticello for Monday to Wednesday with nightly changes and reserved seats at 10 15 and 25 cents. Also noted are new medical reporting outfits for typhoid tuberculosis and diphtheria cases to be distributed to local physicians.
A long list of New Year’s resolutions from various individuals includes aims to work longer hours, save money, improve conduct, and reform civic affairs. The Lowell State Bank annual meeting re-elected directors and officers, declared a seven percent dividend, and noted a rise in deposits. The town saw announcements of a Chicago real estate purchase by Joseph Vehon, Brinton moving picture show dates, and an advertising letter for Devoe paint highlighting go-far quality with local retailer Bacher & Abel selling the product.
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