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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
5
Stock shows broad range across genders with items suited for men women and children. Promotional line mentions warm lined products and warranted Arctic items suggesting outerwear and cold weather apparel.
The Monticello area reports a zero degree morning with real winter. Local merchants advertise sales on dress goods, hats, wool items, and millinery at Hallock and Wills & Deutrick. Notices mention post office hours today, pension for John Vernon, visits to Dubuque, and upcoming events by the Young Married Ladies Working Band.
The December term of the district court will convene at Anamosa on the 5th day of December with Judge Thompson on the bench. The republican county central committee held a meeting at Anamosa last Tuesday and audited bills incurred during the campaign. Local ads promote undergarments at low prices and announce upcoming religious services and community notices.
J. B. Stevenson of the American Sunday School Union will speak at the Congregational and United Brethren churches Sunday morning and at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches Sunday evening on Sunday school work. The advertisement by Misses Jessie and Lillian Rundle highlights their Christmas goods and invites public attention.
Hicks and Eilers advertises list price cuts on souvenir china with limited stock and marked down selections for a limited time.
Peter Egger plans a farm sale next Friday on the Paine farm east of Sand Spring disposing of 75 head of cattle before moving to Randolph Nebraska where he has purchased a farm.
Local items report Miss Emma Florine and Mr Slick wed in Worthington, Fr. and Mrs F. Verbeck visiting Cedar Rapids for Thanksgiving, and a recount of the hot Montana ballot contest a year ago. Also noted are a Sharkey and Corbett fight reaction, Odd Fellows acquiring property for lodges, a charity fair by Congregational church ladies, a death in Wayne township, and various civic updates.
Capt Merry’s relocation to Dubuque inspires local merchants to organize a commercial league. They have raised 17000 dollars to fund the league and pursue its stated objectives.
The city hired a foreign firm to test well capacity with a new pump for 175 dollars. The firm pumped less water than the existing pump, so the city declined to purchase. Council debates whether the test proved any extra capacity or if payment is due, awaiting the city attorney’s opinion.
John N. Rice and Maud E. Rogers wed in the parlor at 8 pm with Rev. W S Marquis officiating. The couple resides in a cottage on Thirty-second street and Tenth avenue after a family gathering honoring Grandma Anna Rogers’ 80th birthday.
The Sunday sermon at the Presbyterian church will discuss Intemperance including license druggists methods and saloons. Evening talk covers Robert Moffat and South Africa tribes. Gospel meeting at Church of Christ every evening at 7:30. Auction sale of stock implements and household goods at Cornelia Shelley farm postponed to Monday November 28 at 10 a.m. C K Hawkins.
A Monticello Iowa notice lists unclaimed letters at the post office including RJ Keating Hazel Hubbard Mrs G W Halsey and several others from Eldora Industrial School. The group from Eldora visited the prison and met with Officer Thomas King before the North train departure. The Anamosa Prison Press notes Perry city suffered a quarter of a million dollar fire last Sunday night.
Farmers urged to subscribe to five publications including The Towns Llomestead and The Poultry Farmer with Humane Alliance content. Combined price $2.80 for four papers plus $1.75 own paper, special deal $2.20 for all five, emphasizing humane education and practical farming guidance. Remember the big slave on the corner for winter goods.
An Estray Mare roams 44 miles southwest of Monticello with a ten year old Clydesdale, and 260 yearling and two year old steers are for sale at a Monticello farm. Jones County proposes a steel bridge across the Maquoketa River with bids due December 6, 1898. Also offered are Monticello house lot for sale and a store building for rent. Insurance agents advertise multiple providers.
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