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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1879
Page
3
Notices announce a single session writing class at Moody Bros and Toland teaching penmanship in Kinsella Hall. Advertisements tout blinds, shawls, posts, lamps, photos, and books while urging attendance at church and library events.
The church sociable at C E Wales residence last Friday drew large attendance with expansive rooms filled and guests enjoying lawn mingling. Music featured as the evening’s highlight and receipts reached 30. Mover Warness Stor. notes modernizing a Monticello harness shop and a grand new display shop awaits customers with lower prices.
In a local report A J Schoonover enters a bid for County Superintendent of Schools ahead of the Republican Convention. the piece also notes Dr G W Trumbull a former Monticello mayor died suddenly in Chicago and discusses a court damages ruling in Jones county over a damaged bridge plus community controversy over an Opera House advertising curtain.
The report claims Mr. Tryon influenced a City Council decision on a printing matter due to Hunt’s complaints. It notes Tar Ex president had some extra printing funds, but asserts others were unaware until Hunt’s jealousy exposed the issue.
Rosa family arrivals from Chicago expected tonight. Mrs. Monroe returns from Hershey Music School study in Chicago. I N Austin and Misses Penniman and Crocker head to Ames for the Junior Exhibition. Painters Will Livingston and Edward Monroe depart for Denver. Mrs. Mary Bond visits from Boston recalling Monticello changes. Ed Humphrey secures work at the Fremont Herald. Schodde Auguats and Lucy finish winter at St Mary’s Academy Prairie du Chien Wisconsin and praise the convent, while eager to be home.
The City Hotel hairdressers remain for several weeks and offer all styles of hair work including the Sara toga Wave which is rarely seen this side of Chicago.
A letter to the editor from Monticenio July 2 1870 asks Expresa to clarify stance on temperance and enforcement. The writer and Tam Express pledge cooperation in enforcing existing temperance laws and seek practical methods before pursuing stricter measures.
Citizens convene at Monticello City Hall to push the Monticello Prairieburg line extension of the Chicago Bellevue Cascade and Western Narrow Gauge. Mayoral oversight, a committee chosen, and legal questions about charter rights and tax support examined amid mixed legal opinions.
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