Monticello News Roundup Includes Visits Sales and Circus
Local items report Mr E M Baker in Waterloo on business and summer sales at Wills Deutrick. Fred Moody of St Paul visiting Monticello. firemen show a new hose cart. Jessie Fawcett leaves for Chicago. parasol sale at Hicks Eflers. Doron to speak at Clinton July 4. Mamie Keenan visits from Dubuque. Housers shoe ad. Slauson delivers 107 hogs at $3.00 per cwt. Col B H O Meara in town. lawn sets from Suhr & Sons. U B church serves meals. Riverside park summer games on July Fourth. Dailytown Capital ad.
Local Notes Highlight Mrs Mary Marvin and Town Happenings
Monticello news notes include Miss Mary Marvins new plate glass display at a drug store. Mr Lewis Gardner from The Ex Press visits Chicago for a few weeks. Reports on weddings, graduations, sermons, sales at Lon or Will s Deatrick s, and upcoming Presbyterian union services. Also updates on cycling club president Henderson in town, opera house wiring, and a large cattle sale in Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Marvin
A. Kempf
Monticello News Briefs and Tragic Accident Report
A Monticello notice mentions summer Sunday services planned by city ministers with venue and conductor to be announced. An aged Swiss immigrant Ulrich Metzenberger died at his daughter's home. funeral held with Rev. Gruenstein presiding. Alice Moody, Monticello native, died in Perry. she had lived in Monticello since childhood. A Milwaukee Chicago & St. Paul train wreck near Ottumwa killed Ed Linquist and fatally injured Will Kauffman. thirteen cars destroyed. A tarantula nest found in bananas poses surprising danger and curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ulrich Metzenberger
Switzer
Jacob Sieber
B. E. Gruenstein
Alice Moody
John Moody
Perry
Miss Moody
Mrs. Moody
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Havenville Hill
Ottumwa
Ed Linquist
Will Kauffman
Ezekiel Letze
Scotch Grove Township
Letze
Mr. Letze
Scotch Grove
Wurtemberg
Germany
John
If’. von Strohe
Arcadia and There abouts rail book praised by Savanna official
B W Wrenn of Savanna Georgia gifts a rail road booklet titled Arcadia and There abouts by Frank Presbrey praised for its illustrations and coverage of Nova Scotia in summer. Also notices of new hats at Goldstone Bros, a restaurant opening by Miss Neva Starks and Mrs L A Richmond, Pinkerton agents aiding circus security, Fourth of July plans at Castle Grove, and various local ads for goods and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Wrenn
Savanna
Georgia
Arcadia
Frank Presbrey
Nova Scotia
Neva Starks
L. A. Richmond
Starks and Whittemore
First Street
Monticello News Briefs A mix of local deaths and happenings
Harold Palmer aged five dies after long illness near Manchester as family cared for him with Dr Hunter nearby. Mrs Adaliza Davidson wins a Columbian Exposition medal for geological collection. Mrs Jacob Sieber injured when Unattended dray mules overturn wagon. Ezekiel Letze dies aged 70 of apoplexy. German Lutheran funeral held. Business men form Monticello association. next meeting set July 7. Various ads and notices about jobs, goods, and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
A. A. Palmer
Manchester
Monticello
Nathan Smith
Hunter
Dyeraville
Iowa
G. L. Garrison
E. G. Waite
Methodist Church
Oakwoods Cemetery
Adaliza D. Davidson
Whiting
Indiana
Whiting News
Davidson
Europe
Jacob Sieber
Herrick
First
North Cedar Streets
Ed. Albinger
Albinger
Ringtailed Raccoon Causes Townwide Stir at Monticello
A pet raccoon owned by Loule Gardner is released after biting test. The animal caused chaos in Will Doron’s yard with a torn shoe and eggs eaten, sparking reports of a phantom Phocyon lotor and warnings from locals. The event precedes Circus Day as Monticello promotes Ringling Bros. show with a townwide procession and tickets on sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Joseph Nye, Jr
West Union
Mary A. Fawcett
David Phillips
Loule Gardner
Loule
Will Doron
Doc Kempf
Alfred Starks
Marshal Miller
Alps
Rockies
Dick Dawson
Mrs. Perley
Charlie Hawkings
Big Hound
Ringling Bros
Bacher’s Drug Store
Monticello Clergy Plan Union Evening Services
Arrangements for union evening services list dates from July 5 to August 23 at various churches with assigned pastors J G Waite W W Hartsough D Street A M Care K G Waite A M Case and D Street and so on. Republicans of Monticello Township to caucus July 7 at 2 pm at city hall to elect fifteen delegates for the county convention July 10 at Onslow and to appoint a county central committee by the committee or organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Presbyterian Church
J. G. Waite
Congregational Church
W. W. Hartsough
Methodist Church
A. M. Case
Monticello Township
Onslow
Castle Grove Republican Caucus Meeting Notice
The Republicans of Castle Grove township are urged to meet in caucus at the Deer Creek school house on Tuesday evening July 7 to select delegates for the Republican county convention. By Orver or Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Township
Deer Creek
Orver
Clay Township Republican Caucus Notice
Clay township republicans will hold a caucus at the stone school house on Tuesday evening July 7 at 8 o clock to elect delegates for the Onslow convention of July 10 and to transact other business as may come before the meeting. By Orver or Com.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Township
Stone School House
Onslow
Orver
Com
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J. W. Doxsisheme
Monticello Bank Building
Bidwell & Taupert
Home News
E. G., Waite
E. M. Baker
Waterloo
Wills & Deutrick’s
Fred Moody
St. Paul
M. L. Carpenter
Mr. T. A. King
Chicago
Goldstone Bros
Jessie Fawcett
W. H. McClintock
Hicks & Eflers
W. A. Doron
Clinton
Mamie Keenan
Dubuque
Oscar H. Svette
Wills & Deatrick’s
Samuel Lightfoot
Colorado
E. J. Lightfoot
Ladies’ ‘Benevolent Union
Henderson's
W. A. Parrott
IE. M. Norcross
Keota
New England States
8. B. Packard
Marshalltown
Town Columbian Commission
Hall’s
George F. LeClerc
Charles
Prairieburg
Houser’s
F. D. ‘Slauson
Sand Spring
Adam Reichart
B. H. O'Meara
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Suhr & Sons
Clement F. Street
Mr. Street
Ladies of the
U. B. Church
Verrimont
Stone City Boys
Riverside Baseball Park
Springville
Jon Jennings
Des Moines
Lewis Gardner
Wills & Deitrick
Fred McLaughlin
Sarah Grace Street
Park College
Kansas City
Lon’s
Jennie Rose
J. W. Cownes
Gee
Vinton
Dr. Case
The
Thomas N. Miller
Mattie O. Hickok
Lucy Hickok
David Street
John Corbin
Cascade
Will’s & Deatrick’s
Captain Sheldon Smith
Luna Templeton
Marion
E G. Waite
W.S. Tasker
Livestock Commission
Patterson, Starrett & Co
D. B. Smith
Bennett
Davis Junction
Wyoming
Tom King
Cyrus Heisey
David Heisey
Norman Smith
Leonard Arduser
San AM Brecias
Wills & Doutrick
Henderson
8. H. Sherman
Iowa Division of American Wheelmen
Wills & Deutrick
Eastwood & Chase
John Perrine
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Ringling Bros. Circus
Hicks & Eilers
Castle Grove
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Argand
Father Byrne
J. J. Kehoe
H. M. Troy Esq
Schleifer
Jones County
Eastwood & Chase’s
Kate Douglass Wiggin
J. A. Sunr & Sons
Eastwoon & Ciasa
Hire’s
S. Hall
A. P. Jennings
J. A. Doutrick
Doutrick
E. E. Hicks
J.S. Hall
G. E. Bishop
T. H. Kenyon
Tuk Express
Gerhart Hiler
Daniel Warvel
William Clark
Sheriff Babcock
Mrs. A. I. Jackson
Marlon
F.S. Dunham
St. Augustine
Florida
Bernice Dunham
Wayne, Hlllnois
Fred P. Stahler
Oxford Junction
Tie Express
Church Services
Causcus
Orper Or
C. H. Schipman
South Linn First St
Monrhenr
Clarks
Soetje
Sherwin-Williams
W. F. Rohn
Hall’ Hardware
Oxfords
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