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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1899
Page
7
Local brief lists visitors from Anamosa Washington and Chicago and notes shopping finds at Deutrick's Hicks & Eilers Henderson's and Central Block. Mentions upcoming Eldora Eldora high school graduation and Lenox College commencement with Monticello residents attending. Households promote lace curtains shirts waists dresses and millinery sales.
Mr Paul Peterson and Mrs Augusta Thompson wed at 7 pm at Mr C D Chase home with Rev David Street officiating. They depart on a 7 35 train for a farm residence of Harry Sandhouse. Also noted are Rev Samuel Shephard's Maquoketa address and Lenox College visit, a juvenile case yielding bond, Sheriff Arnold escorting Rose Arthurs to Anamosa then Independence asylum, a saloon scrap near the Buffet, Dr Senn operating on Albert Heiken in Chicago, and the M E church contract awarded to E M Loop Hopkinton for 5313 with Sept 15 completion and Richard Loos as architect.
Mrs. Harvey Hubbard of Cedar Rapids previously of Monticello and a new mother was accidentally given poison instead of her regular medicine Saturday morning. The error was detected immediately, a physician was summoned, and she was saved.
Mrs C A Woods offers trimmed hats for 30 days while ex superintendent Henry Sabin delivers a lecture on The American Schools at the opera house, noting a four year high school plan and no graduating class this year. Joe Jarrett is deemed insane after suicide attempts and will be sent for asylum treatment.
Miss Grace Street married Rev Frank Heydenburk at noon today in Dayton Ohio. The couple plans missionary work in Marshall North Carolina, with Street a Monticello native and Parke College graduate.
The Monticello council met with all members present. Weighmaster Abel reported 77 drafts totaling 7.70 dollars. salary approved. Street and license fees, taxes, and various bills were itemized and approved. Ordinance No. 2800 read for second time. Vagrants contract to be handled with the sheriff. The Jones County Fair is set for August 8–11 with racing purses at least 250 dollars and various aerial and equestrian attractions. gambling will be banned. Wayne township real estate shows continued high prices with sales on 40 acres at 75 dollars per acre and 120 acres to James Kairns’ son. Diedrich Wolken bought D Tanner’s 144 acre farm at 65 dollars per acre.
The storm last Sunday afternoon caused extensive damage across Eastern Town, destroying windmills and trees west of Moticello. Injuries reported include Ammeter children in Castle Grove township. In Central City barns and outbuildings suffered, a large barn near the village was blown apart. Masonville saw a grain elevator topple. no casualties. Independence saw Rush Park grandstand split with upper section blown away. many stalls damaged and Rd Cobb’s barn crippled. Delhi area, near Vinton, and J F P Skillington and George Merger barns were demolished. Big Grove and Blairstown also reported barn damage. In Vinton Moore & Camerons livery barn and Boggs & Connor barn destroyed. Shade trees heavily injured. Palo area barns of J M Hayes and several others were demolished. Hayes house endured a narrow escape with shingles stripped. Cedar Rapids reported John Stein transfer barn damaged, about $2000 in losses.
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