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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
5
Mild miscellany of Monticello Kansas era items includes Dr M H teeter’s Chicago trip return and Sheriff Hogan in town. Local figures Maud Mirick Man chester visitors Hicks go to Du buque waterheads birth announcement Eclipse Lumber red cedar plate. Tax lists at Lowell State Bank. many notes on travels, shop news, and village ads.
Community notices include thanks to The Express readers after bereavement, church preaching by Dr. Fleming, a school injury, Libbie Voorhees appointed clerk for the legislature, a Cedar Rapids wedding, a mercantile travel ad, coal and lumber updates, a judicial appointment, campus comings and goings, a death in Minneapolis, auctioneer Capt. Tarbox, vaudeville notes, weather and ice harvest, corn awards at Ames, a local baby mascot, paving contractor visit, and street paving funding concerns.
A Monticello Youth, Marvel Minehart, drowns after ice gives way on the river while skating with friends. John Phelps survives, Cedric Smith helps rescue, and a coroner's inquest confirms accidental drowning. Funeral and community mourning follow. city records and library notes appear amid reports of local board elections and events.
A Prairieburg assault ended with Pat Burns striking his daughter Polly with a chair fracturing her skull. The victim Mise Burne remains in a precarious state as county authorities monitor the case. Burne family had recently moved from Anamosa. Funeral attendees for Marvel Minehart included N. Rumeey Creighton Nebraska and others from Omaha Brooklyn Marshalltown Anamosa Springville Prairieburg Cedar Rapids.
The ad promotes the best bargains ever offered to the trade in coffee at Alsever located in Center Junction Iowa with emphasis on value and availability for buyers.
The Cylone Lodge No 27 members are asked to meet at the M W A hall on Saturday Jan 19 at 730 pm to elect officers for the ensuing year. Inquiries about lumber and wood by the load are handled by Central Lumber & Coal Co and Adolph Igger on premises. The Express offers Chicago Daily Tribune or Chronicle in combination with The Sxpress for 375 per year cash in advance.
Nine room electric lighted, furnace heated residence with water inside and out, large cistern, fruit and furnace cellars, inside and outside entrance. Includes large barn with box and single stalls. In best repair. For sale by inquiry to Dr. A. M. Maurice. 29tf
The ad claims you can purchase any furniture piece at home at the cheapest price, matching or beating mail order houses. It highlights savings on freight and depot hassle, urging readers to bring in their catalogues for price comparisons and to give the store a chance.
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