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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
2
Monticello hosts visitors from Center Junction and Bradley while Ringling Bros. circus draws local crowds. Onslow reports barley harvests good, church events, weddings planned, and a Wyoming-sourced lawsuit with a local outcome.
Scorch Grovn reports visitors from Clinton Cedar Rapids and Cresco while Bert Clark travels to Chicago with cattle. Several locals attend church services in Cascade and Scotch Grove. health updates on Mrs E H Espy’s mother and Willis Clark. gatherings include a Riverside picnic and an ice cream social for the Scotch Grove M W church. A baby daughter arrives at Mr and Mrs A C Dreibelbis.
A short baptismal blessing expresses hope the infant daughter will not be spoiled and will grow into a pure and noble womanhood, bringing comfort and joy to all around her.
Castle Grove reports a 104 degree heat spell on Thursday and Friday as locals lost horses to the heat. Visitors include Mrs. Deischer of Monticello and a Doon family. The Ringling Bros show drew crowds to Monticello while district No. 6 school work progresses and the German Lutheran church receives a fresh coat of paint.
Langworthy July 14 reports Mrs Stutt still ill and Mrs Doden recovering. A baby boy arrived at Mr and Mrs Frank Darrow’s home, their fourth. Mr and Mrs Minor Davis hosted Foote children. Will Whiting on rheumatism list improving. Belvidere guests of Mrs I W Sandiland. Tragic baby deaths for Mr and Mrs Kirk and for Geo Hubbard family. July 15 updates include Monticello visit, Hubbard improving, an abundant blackberry yield, and a successful Woodmen entertainment. Local improvements and school closing marked by social and renovations to hall and warehouse. Unclaimed post letters list. Alexander P M.
A New York Post letter from Black Mountain North Carolina describes secret mountain weddings kept hidden from public notice and ceremony. The piece notes common concealment of nuptial intent, uses saw mill platforms as wedding venues, and recalls a magisterial quip about a groom toeing the line before marrying.
Excerpts recount New York history from Dutch to English control, 1624 to 1664, and note St Petersburg’s rapid founding by 1710. Also included are brief quotes from Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, a lighthouse blurb on smoking etiquette, and a real estate notice by Louis Gardner offering a well located house with a barn for sale.
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