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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
4
Local residents and visitors are listed with towns such as Fayette Cedar Rapids Monticello Mt Vernon Anamosa Marcus Ryan Ames and Minneopolis. Businesses advertise dress goods millinery cloaks and hardware while a page invites readers to study questions in The Express.
Community notices from Monticello describe visits by Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Rundle, milinery and dress goods at Deutrick's and Burrichter's, a railway schedule change, charity organ fund drive, lectures by Mr. McIlrath, and local auctions. Also details on taxes, elections, and upcoming church events.
Items report an auction by A M Fairbanks near Monticello with livestock crops and tools for sale. A drunkenness fine is recorded for Henry Joosten after a disturbance at R P Smith’s residence. A Sacred Heart church fair and supper are announced to raise funds for frescoes, plus a Monticello wedding of Ernest Skelley and Alberta Thoeni with guests present.
This fragment reports an Inter Ocean tour invitation at 106 108 110 East Monroe Chicago, notes Chauncey T Bates's appendicitis operation in Chicago at Post-Graduate Hospital, and mentions a 500 piece Edgerton china exhibit in October. It covers a Supreme Court reversal in the Thompson vs Niles & Watters case, a penitentiary funds dispute, a near-fire at Mrs Elizabeth Lane's home, and a Lutheran district Synod session in Wayne township plus a farm sale in Titchland Township.
Dr McIlrath and his wife return after a three year and eight month expedition across Asia. Their bicycle travel, scientific gear, and 3000 photographs promise rich information. Lectures in Monticello at M E Church Wednesday Oct 30. Butter price in Elgin markets cited at 22 cents.
A Monticello area store advertises free pictures of McKinley and Roosevelt with purchases of any size. It highlights a large selection of picture framing mouldings and a vast range of Rockers and Diners. The ad claims unbeatable prices, aiming to underprice Montgomery Ward and other department stores on all furniture.
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