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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
8
A collage of Monticello notices lists Davis Hardware ads for cement and coal, Hall's Hardware, and Big D flour. It notes upcoming sales on office items, millinery, and clothing, plus brief social items about visits and trips by residents, and a piano sale at Locher Bros.
Monticello residents welcome visitors from Dubuque and Lykes Pennsylvania while noting family gatherings. Local business, cement ads, a memorial day planning meeting, and various visits to hospitals and farms are reported along with weather notes and upcoming community events.
Milo Guiles, now in the $20 pension class though over 75, is the first local veteran to benefit from the age pension increase. The report notes several town events and notices, including arrests for highway robbery, porch fires, dog taxes, lost valuables, and upcoming eye examinations.
Obituary notes the death of Melchior Moore a long time Jones county resident in Monticello aged about 84 85. It details his Swiss birth 1822 emigration in 1867 marriage to Magdalina Tueller and later to Margaret Richards with many descendants and charitable bequests.
Mrs Caroline Like wife of Mr Peter Like died at her son P M Like home near Monticello on Friday May 3 at 6 30 PM after long illness. The funeral services were held at the Like home on the following Sunday afternoon.
Mr. R C Merrill new trainmaster of the Milwaukee road division with headquarters at Marion grew up in Monticello. His father was an early station agent for the Davenport and Northwestern road who lived here for several years. Coyne and see us before you buy coal. It will be time well spent.
Mr John FE Foster signals acceptance of re election to the Monticello schools superintendency promising his coming year will be the best of the four. The note warns not to be misled by advertisements and endorses the American Fence as honestly advertised.
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