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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1899

Page

7

Easter hats and shop notices fill Monticello pages

Local ads advertise Easter millinery at Miss Hallock and Deitrick's Store plus Hats and ribbons at Deatrick's New Store. Monticello businesses Hicks & Eilers and Henderson's Grocery push groceries, lamps, soaps, fresh oysters and butter. Tax lists and payments offered at Monticello State Bank to avoid county trips. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Boehlken is noted.

Wayne Scotch Grove Castle Grove Richland Lovell Monticello City Monticello

Monticello Notes and Socials Highlight Week

Local residents visit relatives, announce illnesses and births. A ten cent social at G W Curtis’s house, a medicine troupe at the opera house, and a Masonic banquet are among plans. Ads list potatoes for sale, corsets, eye exams, and tax list availability at Lowell State Bank.

Junior Christian Union of the U. B. Church G.W. Curtis Lowell State Bank Monticello City Lovell Richland Scotch Grove Wayne Castle Grove

Sewerage Law and Local Ordinance Politics in Monticello

The Business Men's Association notes the Monticello sewerage law for cities under five thousand, detailing assessment rules, tax limits, and construction guidance. It also highlights voter interest in the pig ordinance amid ward politics and the upcoming council election.

Business Men's Association Monticello

Pension Increase for Alfred Miller and City Caucus Nominations

Alfred Miller of this city is granted a pension increase from 30 to 50 dollars per month starting November 11, 1897 for spine disease paraplegia and lung illness. The pension bureau conducted a thorough review with examining surgeons and special examiners. Republican city caucuses met with ward and general nominations for councilmen and city posts. Deatrick's offers wash dress goods. Billy Link's vaudeville at the opera house features Durno and a top cast with low admission prices.

Alfred Miller Miller Pension Bureau Opera House Billy Link Monticello Durno Willette Charters Oscar Lewis Harriet Nicholson

White Cap Case Convicts Four in District Court

The district court concluded a week long trial. Mont Waggoner James Cramer Frank Moss and Walter Moss were found guilty as charged. The case featured testimonies from Eastwood Herriott Rinard and others with a hung jury initially before a verdict. The extreme penalty is two years in prison and locals expect harsher punishment for Waggoner as ringleader.

White Cap John Eastwood John Chinaman Anamosa Eastwood Mont Waggoner Moss Boys Frank Herriott Cramer Frank Rinard Waggoner Herriott Rinard James Cramer Frank Moss Walter Moss W. M. Welch F. C. Ellison B. H. Miller

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