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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1897
Page
2
The Monticello Express notes July 20 events in Center Junction including visits by Mrs. E Legeet and others, local chatter on meat markets, Barnum and Bailey trip to Cedar Rapids, and community socials. It mentions horse doctor visits, cave inspections, post office changes, and local political intrigue surrounding deputy appointments.
Scorcn Grover July 20 reports Miss Cora Young visiting Spirit Lake with her brother George. Christian church work begins for move to Monticello. Garrrison welcomes a baby girl on the 5th. Miss Birdie Edwards goes to Monticello to stay with a sick grandmother. James Milne Sr of Monmouth IL visiting Scotch Grove. Jessie Kent and Minnie Dawson visit Mrs B C Mackrill at Center Junction. Rev. David Street and wife of Monticello and Rev Alfred Street and wife from China visit the D Presbyterian parsonage. W R Genn joins the De Kalb city band and will work in a local shoe factory. A fishing party last Saturday night ends with bonfire sparks causing clothing on one boy to catch and prompting a planned night watchman for future trips.
Amber July 6 reports visiting Potter and Sheer friends, Ross family from Monticello, milk price at 45 cents per hundred for June, Monmouth street sighting, haying near completion and small grain harvest underway. Ice cream social planned July 20 at Mr Steckel’s home. Schmidt family out after four months, Schmidt slowly recovering. Postmaster change from Schwartz to J A Weiss noted with praise for Schwartz’s service and expectation of smooth transition.
W.J. Chamberlain visits Chicago with his mother while the Wyoming township caucus is set for Aug 7 at the opera house. The town council plans Friday evening discussions on waterworks proposals. Maquoketa visitors include Mrs. J. K. Pixley hosted Minnie Roe of Minneapolis. Sleepy Hollow factory begins its bean and pea campaign tomorrow and expects strong activity this season.
Castle Grove reports Hazel Green visitors F Cramer and Robert Howie and Anamosa guests D J Hogan and Matheson. Oat harvest underway. social July 23 for school organ fund. accidents include Fred Cramer’s team incident and Mabel Church’s pulley injury.
The clipping records July activities in Onstow and nearby towns with visits, services, and events. It recalls Monticello's 1865 era glimpses including weather, commerce, and local figures, then notes a shift to South Dakota real estate outlook and loan activity, highlighting farmers paying debts and lenders seeking Farm property loans.
The Monticello Express is celebrated as 32 and 82 years old by the Cass County Courier Toledo Chronicle Oxford Mirror and Manchester Press with editor J W Coxsee praised for editorial leadership. Other local items include births moves announcements milk prices and hog market figures from Cascade Hopkinton and Clar ence.
The excerpt blends theater talk on trimming a line about apparel with a banter about a banquet chair and a quip on Shakespeare. It shifts to practical cautions on water gas odor safety credited to Professor Wood and ends with a statistic on bees collecting clover honey across 62,000 blossoms via 3,750,000 bee trips.
List of letters remaining in the Monticello Iowa post office advertised July 20 1897 includes Jewett Miss Agnes. Communications from I T Alexander postmaster notice of unclaimed items.
The notice advises cultivating or mulching trees planted last spring and urges readers to contact Hoyt Bros for fall planting guidance. It promotes using trusted nursery stock and notes Hoyt Bros tests new sorts to weed out failures, from Scotch Grove Iowa.
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