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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1903

Page

7

Monticello News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Sales

Local residents and visitors are noted across Monticello with names including Miss Eva Brazlton at Center Point and Miss Nettie Hazard visiting St. Joe Missouri. Bargains abound at Doutrick's and Hilers Bolton's with sales on dress goods carpets lace curtains and wash goods. The Congregational church closes for vacation after Sunday while Presbyterians hold services in the opera house. Franklin items feature Kranz confections Ringling Bros show draws locals Cedar Rapids trip. Several residents travel to visit relatives in Wyoming North English and the Indian Territory while new shirt waists and remnant bargains tempt shoppers.

Local notices mix town news and ads in July items

Henry Frerichs visits Lemars for two months and others tour nearby towns. Dawsons carries Lawther's candies and galvano soap while Miss Margaret Young returns from Maquoketa. Doctors Mirick and Inglis near Oxford Junction performed surgery yesterday. Community events include ice cream social at M E church and Christian Endeavor entertainment on July 28. libri

Monticello Notes Highlight Local Events And Plans

Local figures attend grand lodge sessions in Council Bluffs on August 11. School librarian hours expand with Saturday exchanges. Retail ads, rail changes, real estate moves, new arrivals, and births fill Monticello weekly notices. Baseball, circuses, and court actions pepper community life with upcoming events and local tensions.

Messrs. H. ©. Wills and G. W. Eastwood K. of P Grand Lodge Council Bluffs

Monticello news notes and local bids and accidents

MiMi W Herrick writes of Mr C E Wales injury from a chair fall in Vermont. The Greenhouse offers cut roses and carnations. A Davenport freight train accident damaged cars and injured passengers. Anamosa Fair premium list is printed. fair dates Aug 24 25 26 27 28. Tom Segar returns to Monticello after years away. Cream flour sold at Model Grocery. A lightning strike damaged Jones County Telephone Co switchboard. repairs underway. Plymouth twine advertised by Hall's Hardware. School maams arrive next week. hosting concerns for boarding. Library building contract let to E M Loop Hopkinton with $7 831.60 bid. plumbing by J S Hall. furnishings to follow.

MiMi W. Herrick C. E. Wales Vermont Anamosa Fair Association Jones County Monticello Hi. R. Moore Amnmiosa EE. M. Loop E. M. Loop Hopkinton J. W. Cook Clinton Geo. Netcott Mr. Hale Hall Hubbard & Hanken

Monticello School Board Proceedings July meeting

Monticello board of education met at the president’s call. Present were Stirton Hall Coxsee and Tiarka. Minutes were approved. Bills totaling funds for water rent electric light and repairs were ordered paid. Superintendent McCracken reported graduation receipts 50.10 disbursements 35.40 and a 14.70 balance on file. Vacancies filled by Allie Lank principal first primary and Ila Morton eighth grade.

Monticello Board of Education Stirton Hall Coxsee Tiarka Cccsesesssereseneane McCracken Allie Lank Ila Morton

Historic 1870 flood devastates Monticello area with heavy rains

A severe storm dumped three inches of rain after an earlier inch and a half, causing the Maquoketa river and Kitty Creek to flood beyond banks. Bridges washed away, livestock drowned, rail damage and power outages closed Montgomery area facilities while towns like Manchester and Green Island suffered fire and water losses.

Kitty Creek Diamond Creamery van Voltenburg Maquokota Fron Grassmeyer Kasper Lang Mill Corliss Ferring Lovell Township Pride Hosford Farm Dunn Stony Creek Monticello Langworthy Scott Place Castle Grove Terwilliger Farm Voorhees Stevenson Farms Oswald Place Olin Farley Davenport Iowa Wyoming Little Bear Creek A. L. Potter T. G. Tasker Mineral Creek Clay Township Maquoketa Green Island Epworth Sam Streis Manchester David Heyer Thorpe J. W. Ryan Wm . Kleispie Delhi L. G. Clute Greeley Marion Webster Troy Mills Alburnett Brown Wm. Donahue

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the Express J. W. Doxsee Firbughy Ishyon East First Street Home News Eva Brazlton Center Point Telmo Coffee Dawson’s C. C. Warner Doutrick's Nettie Hazard St. Joe Missouri Doutrick’s Edith Welch Marion Hilers & Bolton Congregational Church Elizabeth Foust Springville H. C. Wills Alice George Indian Territory Ed. Moore Deutrick’s Clarence McCracken North English Robert Young Earl Golden Alvah Miller Eilers & Bolton’s Opera House Burrichter’s W. W. Hunter Cedar Rapids Willa Ringling Bros J. M. Hofacre James A. Griswold Esther Davis’ Hardware Edward Lang Kensett Mrs H. J. Lang C. W. Brown the Harness Man A. F. Burrichter John D. Bates Kangus John Bates Tilers & Bolton's J. E. Gilmor Chicago Eugene Henry Frerichs Lemars Lawther’s Dawson's Margaret Young Tamoka Mirick and Inglis Oxford Junction The Mr. E. G. Hicks Waterloo B. L. Cobb Domtrick M. M. Elder Sioux County Fred Voorhees Hall’s Hardware Pearl Carter J. H. Carter Rex Dawgon’s John E. Scott Emmetsburg Wass Harry Starks Epworth League of the M. E. Church Columbia Shetland Deatrick’s Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church Hilers & Bolton’s J. W. Coxsee Mary Cleveland Lisbon Salem Ohio Dawson Royal Patent Owatonna Soetje’s Lowell Block Store Tag Hospital Ladies of the Presbyterian Church Society F. G. Reteig R. P. Catlin Hoyt Theo Wiegmann M. A. Wright Dentrick’s Mary Leyden Independence Boston G. W. Warner Beatrice Nebraska Rev Robert Warner Dunkley My. A. G. Rodman C. W. Brown Endeavor Society of the Congregational Church Sparks University of Chicago the Public Schools W. J. Dawson’s Henry Bohlken W. CG. King Omaha Drury Calmar F. M. Magee Center Junction Isaac Rigby Heirs Anna Walter Magee Joe Meyer Wm. Mee- Aleer James Delay Wm. Fleming Trank Lafferty Lonie Wolf Messrs J. A. , Voorhees J. O. Lawrence Squire Babcock Dr. Dick W. Brown Gus Paulsen Bowen’s Prairie Dr. Inglis Busby Bros.’ Circus Leroy Clark M. H. Teeter Stuhler Herrick & Bauder O. G. Meyer Father Liddy Stone City Anamosa Baldwin Here Tom Segar Eugene City Oregon Tom Big Four Gold Mining Company Blue River District Jones County Telephone Co Elgin Plymouth Plymouth Twine Hall Ma’ams Brut Mon“tié@lo Doutrick Lovell Block Blue Bell H.c.wills Drygoods C. H. Schipman South Sipk CELLO Sherwin-Williams O. H. Soetje Bothonaterrah Wad Dibor FESCS Cecscesesei Deering
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