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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1906
Page
4
Miss June Smith and Mrs Hearn visit Anamosa. Bernice Drees tours Dubuque. Monticello and Davenport visits noted. Burrichter's promotes underwear and duck coats. Stores advertise candies, dolls, blankets, curtains, and fabrics. Presbyterians host a chicken pie supper December 5. Local trades praise fall business and Eclipse LumberCo advertises fence posts. Dr Puleston offers painless rupture treatment by fidelity method.
Several inches of snow fell yesterday with a prior drizzle that left sidewalks slippery. The cold slows sleighing but small wheeled vehicles struggle. sun today may melt some of it. Community notices urge lodge attendance, Christmas shopping at Deutrick’s, and confirms local sales and events around Monticello and Anamosa.
The Express faced a press delay as auxiliary sheets from Chicago failed to arrive on time. Readers will receive home news today. many will get full sheets Friday morning. Snow and a temperature drop followed last week, with Monticello noting funds raised for San Francisco schools.
Louis Busse faces execution for wife murder at Anamosa penitentiary with December 11 set as the date. A habeas corpus effort was denied by Judge Thompson and appeal argued before the supreme court, which is expected to decide before December.
At the Presbyterian church last Sunday laity members who attended the Brotherhood gathering in Indianapolis conducted most services. Morning reports came from F. B. Bolton Morris Bebb and Peter C. Smith. Evening talks were given by D. Chane Hiland Ward and Dr. Geo Inglis with Inglis praised for oratorical skill. The speakers may be asked to repeat such honors at future public events. German Heater touted as the world’s best for fuel economy, sold exclusively at Davis' Hardware.
Miss Lizzie Albertson died at her father Henry Albertson's home one mile west of Langworthy on the 14th aged 68 years 1 month 12 days after years of invalidism. Born in Wayne county Ohio October 2 1848 she moved to Iowa in 1857 and settled near Langworthy where she lived until death. Survived by her father four brothers Charles James Daniel and Grant and two sisters Mrs Mary J Like and Mrs Susie Sanders. Funeral at the deceaseds late home last Saturday afternoon conducted by Rev P S Slocum pastor of Monticello M E church and largely attended.
The December term will convene December 3 with Judge Church presiding over Snyder fraud case early in the term. Judge Miller declines to sit on those cases, so the two judges exchange work. Witnesses are subpoenaed for December 4. Also reported are local bereavements and local business notes including a creamery liquidation planned by Clover Leaf in Wayne Township and a public auction December 19.
Surveyors near Monticello work on a Waterloo Stanwood line route as towns weigh bonafide plans against possible bluff. A landmark oil tank case against Standard Oil unfolds with an injunction hearing set for November 26. Rural Iowa schools face teacher shortages as state certification rules tighten and exams limit access.
Twenty five years ago Monticello papers report births marriages and deaths including a son born to Mr and Mrs G A Boman on the 16th and several weddings on November 23 24 20. Major S B Farwell and family depart for Washington to assume duties in Congress.
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