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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
7
A montage of brief Monticello items lists visits and events including speeches by Hon. W. J. Bryan. Local residents Daisy Burkett and E. H. Crane noted visitors, shopping ads from Hicks & Eilers, Teeter, Wills, and Deatrick's, and upcoming community happenings. Rain figures, hats, lace curtains, and social plans fill the page.
Monticello items note visits by Mrs. J O Lawrence and Mrs C M Johnson plus Agnes Johnson returning from Boston. Local ball teams Deatrick Ames Cresco face off tomorrow at city park. Church supper June 20. Bryan to speak June 13 at the opera house. Church and lodge activities, business ads, and agricultural notes fill the page.
W B Sloan is appointed sewer inspector to oversee city laying and maintenance of grades. He will ensure contractors follow agreements and protect city interests.
Mr G G Schaffer was summoned to Chicago last Saturday due to his physician brother's illness. The sibling sustained a hand incision during an operation, blood poisoning developed, and fatal outcomes were feared. At last report his condition remained critical.
Cedar Rapids excursion to Fayette drew over a hundred visitors to Monticello last Friday. The train arrived at 11:80 morning and a local reception greeted them. Kouba's band led a procession through the business district before a church dinner at the Congregational church. Visitors later toured Monticello merchants and renewed town ties.
The city council spent 300 on water testing and the chemist urged monthly winter and biweekly summer flushing. Citizens question whether mains have been flushed since the report and whether anyone gained from the investigation while a quick reservoir check is advised.
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