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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
7
Seymour Bennett of Marion visits Monticello. Numerous social calls and shopping notes from Marion Anamosa Cedar Rapids Hopkinton and Cascade appear with new goods at Deutrick's Hicks Emrrs and Doutrick's plus a local newborn in the Steiner family.
John Green a conductor on a stone train fell between the cars at Stone City while setting a brake and died last night after being dragged about 40 rods. He lived in Marion and was married. Earlier, a local couple, Herman Hanken and Mary Tobiason, wed at Sand Hill church Scotch Grove township. The note also mentions Miss Minnie Melody baking at the Model and Rev. E G Waite promoting a new book. Castle Grove church dedicatory services are announced.
Fred Brundage of Cedar Rapids received a fifteen day jail sentence with hard labor after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct following a Saturday clash near the United Brethren church during revival meetings. He could not pay a $50 fine plus costs. Brundage, about 22, had a Monticello-based brother who attempted to pay the fine but learned details of the affair.
A sale notice offering a thirty lot of Poland China boars with plenty of hone for sale at 10 dollars each. Also advertises farmland in the Blue Grass region of Southwest Iowa priced 25 to 40 dollars per acre. Signed Shoemaker, Banker, Fontanelle, Adair County, Iowa.
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