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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1898
Page
5
The home notes list many items from illness to travel. Key names include Mr. George Stahler Sr. ill, Mrs. A. P. Jennings visiting Chicago, and Mrs. John Rigby reported dead with details to follow next week. Multiple moves to Chicago and Omaha for business and visits are noted along with local sales and events.
Trustees select Richard Zacher residence as polling place and various community notices include church choir rehearsals at the Presbyterian church, a large YSMB anniversary supper at Stirton's, a Behrends widow death with twins, sales promotions at Wills & Deutrick, farm rent in Scotch Grove, moving of families, and an auction near Argand with 22 cattle including two Polled-Angus bulls.
The Sunday program features Rev E J Bulgin who leads revival meetings at the Presbyterian church with afternoon and evening services. He is praised for powerful preaching and practical methods, inviting all, especially young people, to attend the 3 pm and 7 30 pm sessions.
Robbers stormed the Murphy farmhouse near Cascade and tortured Bartley while searching for buried wealth. James and Tom Murphy were overpowered at home and bound. the attackers warned they would not escape again. After a long afternoon, the brothers freed themselves and notified authorities. No money was found beyond some change. a previous gang raid years earlier is suspected.
Lafayette exprcises in the opera house raised 11.71 for a Lafayette monument in France. Students read essays on Lafayette and heard a talk by Mr. J. W. Coxsee. The day included patriotic songs and a postscript on the Pig case as city officials discuss the ban on pigs and commerce implications.
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