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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1899
Page
7
Mrs D I Goldstone visits Davenport and Wilton Junction while Hicks Eilers Deutrick advertise affordable shirt waists sun umbrellas wrappers skirts and hats. Local residents travel to Bellevue Cleveland Chicago and Onslow with sales on summer underwear corsets and dimity goods. Mercury highs reach 98 in places town.
Local note records Mr. King Kaylor serving as temporary express agent between Cedar Rapids and Calmar. The item lists multiple society notices including visits, travels, sales ads, and street discipline incidents from Monticello and surrounding areas.
G H Shaw visits to pay a $2000 Chicago Life policy on the late Curtis Hosford. Amanda and Hattie Hosford receive favorable letters. Des Moines officials seek the Smith baby. a local hog ordinance debate continues. city buys a heavy roller for macadam streets. Community notices cover a lost watch, a found bay mare, a clerical death, a creamery secretary’s accident, and a runaway wagon incident.
An old ad notes items labeled Your Choice for 35 Cents with a sale of Sailors priced at 1.75 1.50 1.25 and 1.00 on a single table and mentions Mrs Curtiss.
Reports from Minneapolis confirm former Tue Express editor John Blanchard remains ill with a brain base lesion. Doctors warn recovery hinges on rest and strength. his mind remains sharp. In county notices Mrs Wm Moore hosted ten elderly ladies totaling 797 years. Monticello Ladies Cornet Band performed in blue uniforms, praised for their music and conduct.
At a regular John Duer Post G A R meeting after Memorial Day the group adopted thanks to Monticello bands and memorialized Comrade Nathan Smith who died Memorial Day 1899 while honoring fallen comrades. The post pledged to cherish his memory and renew commitment to G A R principles as ranks thin.
Church notices announce sermons at the opera house next Sabbath morning on Moral Surgery and at evening How to be Beautiful. U B church holds Sunday morning preaching by the pastor. Church of Christ follows usual service with theme Hastening Lot.
Local schools report various staff movements and activities. Dora Rummel adjusts vacation in Olin Lynne. G J Burrell and wife visit Oxford Junction and Jesup. Resignations, new appointments, and summer work include Mary Davidson at Castle Grove and Maud Wamphrey leaving Anamosa High. Martelle closes with a grand picnic. Cate mentions multiple exams and fundraisers boosting No. 2.0.
At the Monticello Indiana stock yards on Saturday July 15 97 head of native horses branded No 21 will be offered for sale. Horses weigh 900 to 1600 pounds and may be bought in any quantity. Sale on time if a bankable note is given. Brown and Bort.
A farm sale notice lists Shoematcer, Banker, Fontanelle in Adair county Towa offering land in the famed Blue Grass region at 25 to 40 dollars per acre. The listing dates on the 23rd.
A period advertisement extols honesty in pricing and guarantees for jewelry, promising refunds if customers are not satisfied. It cites Mrs. M. M. Curtiss selling rolled gold and solid gold pieces at unbeatable prices and notes W. F. Main & Co. offering a rescued horse. Other local notices include repairs for Milwaukee harvesters at Alexander & Hunter and Lee’s Lice Killer sold by C. W. Brown in Monticello.
Epworth League members from the Dubuque district and friends plan a special rail trip via C M and St P Ry to Indianapolis July 18 leaving Chicago 10 30 am Thursday arrival in Indianapolis for hotel assignments. July 20 23 convention events with a side boat trip to Benton Harbor on return.
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