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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1903

Page

7

Local Notices and Greetins from Monticello and Vicinity

A montage of small advertisements and notes from Monticello and nearby towns. Visits to Oelwein and Chicago. guests at homes. sales on lace curtains and dress goods. groceries freshness. illnesses and a minor accident. a church dedication set for Sunday. a chattel mortgage sale of the Sampson restaurant. a modest dance at Kinsella hall with a small crowd.

Sampson Scholl

Local notes from Monticello and surrounding towns

Numerous brief items report visits by Mrs Coakley of Ryan and Mr H F Camp of Anamosa to Monticello, upcoming library foundation work, post office letters, new hires at Dawson’s and Davis hardware, and the Jones County Fair books in progress. Also mentioned are sales at local stores, a phaeton for sale, a broken arm from a pony fall, and Ed Clark buying a 240 acre Missouri farm.

Jones County Fair Hilers Ed. Clark Missouri Cal Berlin C. J. Rettig

Local items and notices from Monticello area

Sunday visits and church services are reported along with local incidents. A seven o clock mass at Sacred Heart prayed for Pope Leo XIII, while several social calls and neighborhood errands appear. Minor accidents, store sales, a road re coating update, and a charitable concert are noted plus farm listings and a funeral visit in Sabula.

Church of the Sacred Heart Leo XIII

Delays Hit Monticello Traders as Freight Car Falls Behind

Monticello merchants complain that the Chicago freight car, leaving each evening, often fails to reach by morning due to train hand delays at Oxford Junction. One grocer notes worse service this summer and loss of predictable Monday to Wednesday shipments.

Monticello Chicago Oxford Junction

Normal Institute closes at High School building tomorrow

The Normal Institute at the High School will close tomorrow afternoon with Saturday fore noon exams. Superintendent Clarence McCracken of Monticello schools joins as grammar civics and economics instructor. Enrollment rose to 177 percent, and several schools display student work while plans for fairs and a St Louis exhibit continue. A boy injured in a buggy accident on First Street recovered after brief treatment. Plymouth twine is advertised as the best binder twine at Hall's Hardware.

Treasury Raymond Thomas John Thomas Jeff Annapolis Maryland United States Naval Academy Thomas Cedar Rapids Congressman Cousins Des Moines Glick Marshalltown Navy Department Monticello United States Navy Monticello High School Academy British America Normal Institute Misa Julia Scurry Clarence McCracken Normal MecCracken Myrtle LeCompte Paul Richland Institute Anamosa Oxford Junction Emma Sley Beulah M. Fields Eva Leamon Wyoming Byrne Castle Grove John Hogan Roosevelt West Anamosa Fair Jones County Fair Huggett B. H. Kreeze Hopkinton

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