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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1898
Page
3
Advertisements announce furniture at J A Suhr & Sons and Hicks & Deu trick, summer goods at Hicks Eilers, remnant sales at Wills & Deutrick, and closing sale bargains. Local figures include Mrs. Sarles hosting a gathering, 600 dollar lot purchase by S E Sarles, and discounts on refrigerators, jars, and butter. Some travel notes mention Att’y M W Herrick’s South Dakota trip and visits by Misses Wilkinson to Earlville.
Monticello residents and visitors are noted in a series of short items. Mrs. Wilkinson and three sons visited Cled Lake. Mrs. Haeussler and son John head to South Dakota for two months on the farm. Miss Minnie Matthiessen celebrated her sixteenth birthday with friends.
A professional burglar named Frank Allen was caught Sunday after entering Mrs. Deischer’s residence while she and family were at church. Neighbors Mrs. Steiner and Mrs. Cartano aided by two men cornered him as he fled via back door. He pleaded guilty and was jailed awaiting grand jury action, found with $3.20, three watches, keys, and a three cornered file. He claimed Dubuque origin and used the name Frank Bay at Lovell House. Also reported: Prof. Arthur H. Beals of the University of Washington died in Seattle after falling through an open hatch aboard the steamer Arizona. Beals’ career and travels noted, including Monticello High School tenure and Boston residence. A special Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway train to Davenport for the National Sangerfest is listed with stop times and fares from Anamosa to Oxford Junction, arriving in Davenport at 11:50 a.m.
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