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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
4
Local residents and visitors frequent Starr Point, Henderson and Monticello. Notables include Mr C H Shipman and Mrs W M Moore, with shifts in shopping at Hicks Eilers, Wills Deutrick, Goldstone Bros. and J A Suhr & Sons. Exposition attendance, revival meetings, and new goods from wear to home goods populate the town notices.
Monticello social items include parties hosted by Mesdames Pond and Rosa, visits by Mrs. Windsor and Miss Booth, and numerous shifts in local business such as Wills Deutrick cloak sale and Hogan Kehoe livery purchase. Community updates cover school, church, and civic notices, plus nearby travel and weather cues.
Mr Gerd Harms and Miss Eliese Wilkens of Wayne township wed last Thursday at Wayne church with Rev C Mardorf officiating. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs H Harms and the bride the daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Wilkens.
218 acre farm with fine improvements offered for sale on Bowen's Prairie. Easy terms available. Contact 15w3 Joan Moore.
Before buying horse blankets robes coats and millinery visit W F Rohn for the largest stock yet in town and prices described as very low.
Eastwood and CHASE advertise Loy's Hot Blast Self Feed Wood Heater as a fuel saver and the only self feed wood heater on the market.
Louis Gardner offers his house and lot for sale at a bargain price. The notice states a single property sale and invites interested buyers to contact the seller directly.
Mrs Emeline Wigginbotham Herrick widow of John Herrick died Monday night October 10 in Monticello Iowa at about age 83. Born in Monongalia Virginia June 4 1817 she moved with her family to Fort Wayne Indiana and later Wisconsin before settling near Monticello. She was a longtime member of the M FE church and survived by son M W Herrick and one brother. Funeral rites were held last Wednesday conducted by Rev E G Waite.
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