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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1897
Page
7
Local items include sermons at Moore's school house next Sunday at 8, presiding elder Hartsough at U B church, and Odd Fellows celebration led by Senator Ellison. Merchants advertise yarns, collars, shoes, underwear, shells, dress goods, blankets, and a harvest menu. Auctions announced by W. B. Allen for October 14 with cows and stock.
Hon L M Shaw Republican candidate for Iowa governor will address campaign issues at the Monticello opera house Thursday evening October 28. Republicans and Democrats invited. extra seats planned to accommodate a large crowd.
Miss Nellie Carpenter returns from Europe and Mr Marcus Farwell visits. local ads promote Sumter closing sale and Wills Deitrick cloak sale. A baby dies from illness, a house fire injures a paralyzed widow, and funeral notes mention Mr Parks and Mr Robert. church dedication follows.
Sophia Mecum, a 14 year old, is jailed in Anamosa after confessing to stealing a horse and buggy with her brother J W Mecum. The pair fled Cedar Rapids to Monticello, sold a rig for $20, and were tracked by Marshal Miller who also recovered the stolen horse for Dr W S King.
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