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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1897
Page
7
Posing as a local ad copy the text touts spot cash buying and low expenses to claim the ability to sell Crockery Glassware Fine China Jewelry Clocks Watches Cutlery and House Furnishings at the most reasonable prices. Call for service.
Miss Lillie Jennings travels to Marion for a visit while the Presbyterian Sunday school enjoyed a picnic. Hicks & Eilers promote cheap ladies garments. Wills & Deutrick advertise a low price sale. Local events include sermons, farm equipment, new shoes, and visits from relatives with notes on rain and harvest plans.
Mr 8 E Sarles returns from Superior Wisconsin. Mrs James Young visits Maquoketa with her daughter Mrs Shrig ley. Mr John Nevins of Omaha guests of Mr Wm Schodde. Socials at Miss Hallock’s and Dr Calkins in Wyoming. Hicks family visits Hazel Green. Local farming notes on butter prices and crops. Union services at M E church led by Dr Case. Advertisement for New Process Milk Coolers at Wills Deutrick’s. Bainum show tickets to Cedar Rapids sold by railroad. Anamosa District Fair premium list received. fair set for August 17 20. Millinery bargains at Miss Hallock. Ice cream and cake at Christian church July 28. Hicks golden anniversary August 17. Goldstone Bros summer clothing sale. Dam fortification work by H J Lang with piling from Greeley. Monticello Ryan game 1 8. Shirt waists and dress goods sale at Sumter Sumter’s. Banks report cash on hand around 100000 at Monticello. Dr E A Kegley to visit Anamosa and Cedar Rapids for eye ear nose throat care July 29. Summer corsets at Hicks Eilers. Sheriff Babcock brings burglary suspect from Tama to Anamosa. Kathryn Young returns for summer. plans to resume Cedar Rapids Business College. Kid gloves at Miss Hallock’s. Oxford Junction baseball in Monticello. Anamosa game result: Monticello defeated 8-1.
Earl Matthiessen aged about 12 fell from a horse Tuesday afternoon near Monticello and sustained a fracture of his right forearm near the wrist. Dr. Hunter reduced the fracture. A dairy supply firm visited the area last week seeking to organize a cooperative creamery but poor attendance caused them to cancel plans after about a week.
State Fish Commissioner Delavan warned locals last Friday that poachers risk stiff penalties as he stationed two sentinel monitors. The town hears of new Lenox College faculty additions Miss Margaret Lawson and J W Countermine. A hay loader accident injured Henry Monk near Ed Hicks farm. Presbyterian ministers gathered at Scotch Grove parsonage to discuss Alfred Street’s China and Japan mission. The town’s robber attempt near the bridge ended when W W Burkett’s horse bolted away.
Mr and Mrs J W Beatty of Cascade visited Monticello yesterday. Beatty, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Cascade, says forty farmers near Cascade are growing wheat this season. Grain is uninjured by chinch bugs and farmers report profitable crops.
Fred Brennaman, a farm hand for GW Curtis near town, fell fourteen feet from a high barn beam and struck his head on the barn door. He was unconscious briefly but returned to work the next day with no fractures found by a doctor. The item also notes the magazine installment on Moses by Rev. E G White and praise for Mary Waite's verses.
Ad reads like a bold retail plea urging shoppers to switch to Nficks and Eturs for better treatment and lower prices, promoting the store as a value destination.
W F F King, a deaf mute working for a Cascade farmer, was deemed insane after believing the world would end at midnight. He quit his job, visited the town, declared himself marshal, and was later turned over to a constable. Several other notes report convict escapes near Monticello, a found convict cap, and a grave accident near Monticello where 19 year old Will Rieger was wounded by a fork through the eye and brain. doctors say recovery is possible but the eye may be lost.
The piece notes Alaska gold discoveries spark young men in Monticello to fantasize of wealth. It weighs the dangers of Arctic journeys, compares routes via rail and ship, and recalls local gold finds near Richland township. A tale of a tramp and a housewife shows stark contrasts between ambition and hard work. Dr Mirick consults Dr Gray over Mrs Cunningham’s serious typhoid malaria.
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