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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1898
Page
3
A long list of local notices and ads from Monticello include specials at Hicks & Eilers Wills & Deutrick and Sumter & Sumter. Mentions of visitors doctors and shoppers Bicycles at HaAn's Hardware clothing and corsets sales and a new baby born at the Leesekamp home. The column notes corn planting weather and various travels and health updates.
Local items report visits by Peter Ommen to Glen don Iowa. a Court of Honor sociable scheduled for May 18 at lodge rooms invites members and friends. Mrs. David Street returns from Chicago. John Kairns injures leg in horse kick. Church repairs, enlistments, marriages, service times, and local commerce fill the page with brief notices.
Residents share travels and business moves with mentions of Mrs Blanchard in Minneapolis and Clarence Blanchard in Honduras. Geneseo businessman Robert Maurice reports strong trade. Local ads promote Bloomer overalls, carpets, shoes, and lamp chimneys while Hincks Eilers offer lamp parts. May 6 meetings and a charity supper are announced, alongside a planned Monticello telephone line and upcoming naval war news in Tur Express.
Local youths show eagerness to enlist though lacking military training. The article recalls a failed 1890s plan to form a National Canon company due to high gear costs. It critiques traveling libraries and warns against untrustworthy watch repairs, recommending a long‑time Monticello jeweler and seasoned local watchmaker Parrott near the railroad.
The region enjoyed better general health than last year while Dewey’s Manila victory sparked jubilant parades in Anamosa led by Mayor Sheena and Col. Wood. Monticello notes births marriages enlistments and concerns over slot machines and gambling among youths, with a May 16 court date looming.
Clarence Berry, a fourteen year old in Monticello, is accused of burglarizing J. F. Petcina's grocery last Monday night, stealing about $65 including silver. He confessed after shoe prints tied him to the rear window and was sent to the Eldora industrial school per a judge's recommendation. The story also notes Friday club activities and local civic notes.
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