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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1896
Page
7
Social notices list visitors like Mr John Herrick and Prof C R Scroggie in town, weddings and baptisms referenced, and local merchants advertising sales on curtains, soaps, dress goods, hats, and seeds. People travel to Chicago and Cedar Rapids, while farms and households relocate. The Daily Iowa Capital ad notes Des Moines paper pricing.
Mr Andrew Kasper sold his two Richland township farms totaling about 264 acres last Monday to Latsovacke Jackson of Saar for around 18000 dollars. Col N G W Winner and wife returned from Maquoketa last Saturday night and spent Sunday at home then went to Dubuque Monday morning.
Miss Mary Neelans of Monticello marries Lyman Tompkins, a prominent Jackson County farmer, on the 11th at her sisters’ home near Maquoketa. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Neelans.
Mrs. M A Weir’s mother Grandma Harris marked her 81st birthday with warm greetings from locals and distant well wishers. D E Pond shares Monticello city tax lists for Monticello, Castle Grove, and Richland townships. H J Lang warns trespassers on mill premises to avoid Sundays disturbances. violators will be prosecuted.
Monticello items report Mrs. Albinger’s spring millinery arrivals and early market purchases, a knife assault case in county jail, new dry goods openings, waists and skirts promotions, St Patrick’s Day disturbances fined, union mission efforts for Miss Graf in Mardin Turkey, a local marriage Jessie Starks to John Matthiessen, and other community notices including property rentals, a wedding anniversary, and a courtroom probate contest over Francis Seerey’s will.
I will be at Monticello Saturday March 28 for buying good shipping horses aged 4 to 10 years and weighing 1000 to 1800 pounds. I will pay the highest market price. Bring them in if you want to sell. Wo. Abel, Chicago.
Mrs. Jane Fisher wife of G W Fisher of Monticello township dies at 62 after a two week illness born West Toronto Canada September 2 1888 widow of John McGinn later married to G W Fisher she leaves five children and a husband Funeral services were led by Rev J Q Dickensheets. Isaac Austin former Monticello post office clerk and auditor deputy dies at home in Anamosa and is buried with M W A and Boot Camp escort. Benajah Kellum dies March 2 age 76 with two marriages surviving wife Maria Wall Kellum and children Warren Sarah Miller and Frederick Kellum Funeral by Rev E G Waite. Mrs Anna Porter wife of William Porter dies at Sand Spring after heart disease age 72 born Ireland 72 years ago came to America 1845 eight children listed with residences. Funeral at Sacred Heart led by Father McCormick.
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