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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1898
Page
5
Court sessions in Tipton with Judge Remley noted. Local ads for umbrellas, dress goods, hosiery, lace curtains, and carpets from Wills Deutrick and Sumter Sumter in Monticello. Multiple visits and errands across Cedar Rapids, Lisbon, Mt. Vernon, and Marion with names like Hicks Eilers Hicks, Henderson, and Hodges.
Monticello residents engage in repairs at Sumter & Sumter building and plan visits to Des Moines. Osceola boot store seeker C E Names visits Monticello to locate a site. Reichart joins Camp McKinley as Army enlistee. Kempf Hippodrome shows secured for Jackson county fair. Postmaster salaries re adjusted leaving Monticello at 1500. Cap O'Brien preaches at 6 30. Train derailment near Anamosa delays service with no injuries. Camp McKinley maneuvers noted by Dr Coughlan.
Mrs C A Wood offers hats at low prices while Eastwood & Chase report 48 bicycles sold this season. Various local notices include sermons at Center Junction, a social for Royal Neighbors, and pages on lost jackets, livestock sales, ill residents, and civic events.
The Monticello area features editor John Blanchard linked to rumors of past clergy, a Quaker letter opposing war, and a rally of patriotic women crafting care items for soldiers. Dr Henry C Rogers opens Primghar office, local sales draw crowds as Hicks Eilers promote new ribbons and lamps, while a burglar strikes Marion Sleeper's store and local youths face penitentiary risk.
An Anamosa special reports two inmates named Ray and Bliss escaped from the penitentiary and, after disguising themselves and passing guards, were chased near the river as they prepared to swim. The article also notes other items including local insanity, church leadership changes, and a district court docket with numerous cases listed.
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