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The Monticello Express lists subscription price at 1.75 per year with J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor. Publication date is Thursday January 27 1898.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1898
Page
3
Local Health and Upcoming Wedding Hopes in Laneworthy
The Laneworthy column notes multiple residents ill and under doctor care including Mrs. Bates, Mr. Ackerman, Mrs. Ackerman, and Mrs. Tweets. It also mentions Will Guilford and Carl Albertson, plus slow recoveries. A wedding is anticipated soon with full details promised later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laneworthy
Charles Bates
T. Ackerman
Dan Ackerman
H. Tweets
Thomas
Will Whiting
T. Fowler
Carl Albertson
Will Guilford
Davis
Scotch Grove Community Notes and Local Events
Miss Lottie Sweesy visits Scotch Grove for a few days as Myrtle Clark May Edwards and Miss Fish attend the Wyoming Teacher’s Association. Mrs. D O Sinclair forms The Sunbeam Mission Band at the Presbyterian Sabbath School. District No 2 hosts a social January 28 to fund an organ for the Sabbath School and a literary program. Lyman Moats and Delbert Kerr visit from Epworth with two accompanying friends, who stay in the suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Moats
Delbert Kerr
Epworth
Scotch Grove
Castle Grove Literary Night Highlights Soldier vs Statesman Debate
At Castle Grove on Friday the Ionian literary drew a large crowd. Bert King of Monticello attended. Thos Cunningham was ill with rheumatic fever. The debate on whether the soldier did more for the country than the statesman ended with the affirmative winning, with 8S. M. Hosford speaking for the affirmative and Sam Pfeil and H. Ef. Deischer for the negative. Several locals and visitors were mentioned in attendance or greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert King
Monticello
Thos
Cunningham
A. B
Laude
M. Hosford
Hopkinton
Lulu Laude
Lenox College
Jas. Thompson
Hazel Green
Cramer
R. Shear
Sam Pfeil
H. Ef. Deischer
Acetylene Gas Underwriter Fears After Jersey City Explosions
The Insurance Monitor notes acetylene gas will be less favored by underwriters after a Jersey City factory blast last month. A series of explosions rocked a mile away with earthquake like force. No one could explain the cause, and the dead may know more. The event underscored acetylene’s treacherous nature and led commissioners to restrict its manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insurance Monitor
Jersey City
Dubuque Telegraph Promises Honest Reporting For 1898
The Dubuque Telegraph emphasizes its independence from combines and pledges detailed currency coverage from Congress. It highlights daily and semi weekly editions offering markets, general news and public affairs with reliable information for citizens. Subscription rates are listed as 25 cents per month for the daily and one dollar per year for the semi weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Dubuque
Congress
Dubuque Town
Report on Anamosa Penitentiary lax management exposed
The legislative investigating committee details the Penitentiary at Anamosa with findings of lax discipline, misused funds, and untracked construction. It cites 625 inmates as of June 30 1897 and 262 in confinement in 1892, outlines quarrying and building work, faulty bookkeeping, and lack of competitive bidding and supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Investigating
Anamosa Penitentiary
Legislative Investigating Committee
Anamosa
Senator Healey
Fort Dodge
Merrinn
Porter
Express
Convress
26Th General Assembly
26Th General Assembley
General Assembly
Fort Madison
Death and Desire in Cleopatra’s Shadows
A poetic meditation on Cleopatra and Antony, describing beauty as a lure to fatal passion. The speaker laments the loss of a powerful mind to desire, imagining how Antony fell under Egypt’s queen and a soul and brain were lost to perilous love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antony
Egypt
Alexander Macauley
Public bids sought for Wayne county school house
The undersigned will receive bids for building a school house in sub district No 9 Wayne Township Jones county Iowa. Bids accepted until 5 00 pm March 4 1898 for either without a furnace cellar or with a furnace cellar. Bids opened March 5 1898 at Center School House 10 00 am. Right to reject any or all bids reserved. Bonds required from successful bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Jones County
Towa
H. A. L. Bigley
Center School House
Public notice of administration in Jones county Iowa
The undersigned Lizzie Flucher administratrix of the Samuel Muckiger estate in Jones county Iowa calls all creditors and claimants to file sworn claims with the district court clerk within legal time and directs debtors to pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello January 8 1898 J W Doxler Attorney for the Estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
Iowa
Samuel Muckiger
Montibello
Town
J. W. Doxser
Closing-Out Sale at Cost Storewide
Advertises a closing out sale offering everything at cost or less and invites customers to cut out the prices and bring them along.
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