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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
7
A collage of notices reports visits from Mr David P Young to Canada Mrs George Barnard of Dubuque staying with Mrs O EL Soetje and several ads for cloak and millinery sales at Hicks Eilers Doutrick's and Deitrick's plus livestock listings and a theater mention for Hans Hanson with upcoming Halloween social details and a sales event at H C Wills.
The column lists births and visits, sales and advertisements, travelers and residents in Monticello and nearby towns. It notes newborns for the Decker and Dirks families, visits by Ott and Barrack, shopping at Dentrick's and the Model, cattle shipments by Harms Bros, theatre listings, campaign stops by local politicians, and worldly travel by residents to Minnesota, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
A local column recounts Henry Hanken prospecting in Missouri and a Lovell township farm sale. It covers George Davis and family wintering in Monticello, Babcock office move, J F McConnell visit, a South Dakota land excursion, sewer work plans, a Presbyterian oyster supper, a Medford letter, Suhr stock sale, a hen with seven kittens, Congressman Cousins’ Wyoming trip, Winkler Loet cher wedding, Suhr store sale notice, and clubbing rate changes for The Express. The piece also reports a Wyoming political meeting, music by Wanachek’s band, and the recent district court term adjournment with Schoonover tax questions.
Engineers lay out Monticello site for the Milwaukee Road depot to be built in spring. A football game between State University and Lenox college may be played in the park November 1 with Hopkinton rooting. Laura Ambuhl dies of brain fever. funeral at German Reformed church. Judge Prouty to speak October 28 at the opera house. Cedar Rapids trains run late to accommodate the Foraker meeting with a reduced fare. Lovell House lease transfer to H J Wilson of Hopkinton takes effect November 4. Revs Wm H L Schuetz and Friederika Oltmanns to wed at St Johns Church. Affectionate reception follows at Oltmanns home.
Mr W W Button of Monticello was sent to the inebriate asylum after years of heavy drinking and a delirium tremens episode that endangered his family. The transfer followed his wife filing information. officials hope for a cure of his drink problem. He was formerly a blacksmith and is described as industrious before addiction.
The undersigned offers a 223 acre stock farm with 90 acres in cultivation and rest good pasture fed by running water. Barns and outbuildings, pleasant East Canton location. For details contact 171A Cras Haller Canton Town. Also notices of unclaimed letters in Monticello post office dated Oct 21 1902 and a Republican address event by Judge Prouty on Oct 28 at the Monticello Opera House. Breeding stock for sale includes Poland China hogs and two Short Horn calves at Farm 3 miles east of Langworthy Jones Co. Wood for sale and deliveries available. Jerome Brazelton.
W S Webster reports an estray steer at his farm in Scotch Grove township owner may reclaim by proving ownership and paying charges. The passage also notes Alfred Tennyson published his first poems at age 24 and was 41 when In Memoriam appeared, with Longfellows producing about a volume annually and four years spent translating Dante.
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