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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1896
Page
8
A compendium of items reports July like heat across town with sales at Goldstone Bros shirts toys and kitchenware at reduced factory prices. Local residents include Mrs Jacob Brucks and son Charlie visiting Dubuque and T W Purcell of Ida Grove Era visiting Monticello.
Monticello edits cover a crowded week with visits, marriages, sales, and road crews. Notables include the Jessop-Bevertson wedding, the Remley family reunion, and a Davis Junction freight collision delaying Chicago passenger service. Local ads promote summer goods, furniture, and cheap hosiery.
The D'Ormond Company has drawn small crowds at its stay, with the troupe saving funds for future circuits. Cedar Rapids hosts bicycle racing on July 8 4 with excursion rates offered, and a fireworks display costing 1000 dollars will highlight the Fourth of July program.
The week started with several runaway incidents. O G Meyer’s son was thrown when a horse-drawn buggy veered after his umbrella act, requiring a physician. Irving Haeussler had a skittish horse bolt, smashing the buggy and scaring him. A wild horse charged along a street. city marshal and posse corralled it after it tore toward the railroad.
Mrs. C E McDaniel reports the Jones County Sunday School association’s state meeting in Des Moines June 9 11 with 10000 children in procession. Moody encouraged efforts. Iowa named banner Sunday school state. 6285 schools and 414152 scholars. Also notes a large reunion of Liddy family in Monticello Manchester and other items.
F J Pepin of this place was arrested in Anamosa last Friday for carrying concealed weapons and is jailed. His son Ephriam, shown signs of insanity, was examined by the insane commissioners who decided against sending him to the asylum and turned him over to Sheriff Babcock for safekeeping until the board of supervisors acts. Pepin threatened to arm himself and shoot the sheriff if the boy was not returned home, leading to a warrant, a fine of 25 dollars and costs, and Pepin’s commitment to jail for nonpayment.
A feature of Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows is the nine famous Nelsons, a six man three woman acrobatic troupe praised for unmatched skill, daring and precision. The article notes their gravity defying feats, graceful ground somersaults in evening attire, and an issued $10,000 challenge to rival acts. It ends with a local ad: Monticello on Monday July 6, men’s negligee shirts for 50 cents at Goldstone Bros.
Clear Lake Park in Iowa schedules a series of gatherings including lectures by Sam Jones on June 28 and General Gordon of Georgia on August 9. The Town State Pharmaceutical Association, Epworth League, Austin Flint Medical Society, and a town camp meeting fill July, with a Grand Musical Festival Aug 17 to 24. The Oaks hotel, run by J J McAvoy, offers $2 daily rates and weekly options. Nickel Plate Road advertises round trips to Buffalo with a $12 fare plus $2 membership, sale July 5–6, with side trips to Chautauqua Lake and Niagara Falls.
The Republicans of Wayne Township meet in caucus at Center School House on Wednesday July 1 at 7 30 p m to elect delegates to the county convention by order of committee.
The Republicans of Clay Township will meet in caucus at the Stone School House Tuesday evening July 7 at 8 o clock to elect delegates for the convention at Onslow July 10 and to transact other business as may come before the meeting. By Ornper or Com.
The church steeple on the U B church, once unsafe, was removed and a neat cupola erected in its place.
The advertiser lists poultry buying days for Marion, Springville and Anamosa on July 2 and 3, and Monticello on July 1 and 2, paying 6 cents per lb for old hens, 8 cents for spring chickens, and 13 cents per rooster, with a call to compare hog prices and bring all chickens to the specified locations.
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