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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
2
March 30 1899 Monticello edition reports W yoming visitors and relocations, school institute preparations, Easter millinery openings, and a successful husking bee with $58 for the fire department. It notes a quiet election, a marriage, band activities, and local duties including a law case over costs.
March notes from Onstow report T. H. Lightfoot at Colfax for grand lodge. Carrie Wasson and daughter Ella in town. Franks called on doctor but now up town. Supervisor Sokol sick but improving. A petition to buy old school grounds for a park circulates. J K Johnston and wife welcome a baby boy. Neelans celebrate. George Chase returned from St Louis pleased with daughter’s situation. Mrs L G Ransom of Onaga dies. Ransoms longtime pioneers here. City election passes quietly. Wanichek reelected mayor. Johnston and Stimson named councilmen. Woodyard chosen assessor.
Center Junction reports Epworth boys home from vacation and notes on town events including election of J T Leach and O N Cook as councilmen, football team forming for fall, witnesses in the Sprague case, millinery shop opening, and praise for the school entertainment with performances by children and adults.
Myrtle Clark and her sister Minnie are both very ill with the measles in Scorch Grove. Mrs. James Applegate visited her daughter Mrs. Robt Heasty of Wyoming. The Sunbeam Mission Band schedules its regular April meeting for next Sabbath April 2. Myrtle Dreibelbis and Ethel Rice of Center Junction visit relatives in Scotch Grove during school vacation.
Rose Camp No 719 R N A mourns Lena L Vaughn and extends sympathy to her husband and family. The charter to be draped 30 days. Church notices reference Easter services, sermons, and contests with dates and scripture readings listed for Apr 2 to Apr 8.
Local visitors and residents appear in Monticello society notes with names such as F A Coyle Henry Burrichter and J F McConnell. A late-night milk spill prompts customer regret and a farm relocation to Los Angeles. A 95th birthday honors Eliza Voorhees and a tenement fire damages farm housing with losses. Mrs Wood promotes Easter millinery and Jennnings family reunites before Chicago move. A San Francisco Bay–area clipping mentions a World War era soldier letter from Santa Monica lines. A cemetery meeting is announced for April with trustees elected. Sarah Bernhardt buys books in London and discreetly gains two theater passes.
The Jones County Teachers Institute will convene April 3 to 7 1899 in Wyoming Towa with instructors Dr E E White Columbus Ohio Dr Henry Sabin Des Moines Towa and Miss Amanda Kidder La Crosse Wisconsin The program includes concerts and lectures by Katherine Ridgeway Dr Sabin Dr Hedley Dr White and Wallace Bruce Amsbury No other session will be held this year. all county teachers urged to attend. Also list of unclaimed letters remaining in Monticello Iowa post office dated March 27 1899.
Public notice states the district court of Jones County Iowa appoints and commissions the administrator with the will annexed of Emily M. Smith deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the court clerk within time. Debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello, Iowa March 1899.
OUT BROS of Scotch Grove Indiana seeks horses for exchange at the highest market price. Acceptable ages range from 2 to 40 years. animals must be of good size and sound. Also offers top quality trees at low prices for concerned buyers.
Advertiser seeks buyers or sellers of well conditioned horses weighing 1100 to 1800 pounds aged 4 to 10 years. Purchases paid in cash at the highest market price. First collection day January 6 with weekly Monday visits until further notice.
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