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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
7
A jumble of short items lists visitors, sales events, and services from Wills and Deutrick to Hicks and Eilers. Items mention readings at the Lowell House, a parasol sale, dress goods at Sumter, and medical ads from the Chicago institute, with travel notes to Des Moines and Maquoketa.
Hon Robert G Cousin the eloquent young congressman will speak at the Monticello Opera House on Tuesday September 8 at 8 pm. The event aims to draw a full house as he criticizes Secretary Bayard and is in high demand among campaign orators. Mrs Fawcett and Miss Davidson are visitors, and local notices mention shoes, wool goods, and upcoming church suppers.
Monticello items report Mr E K Mather of Laurens visiting town while Phil Schlatter of Fayette attended the fair. Wills Deutrick promote cash trades. Lon’s sells olives and matches. Miss Jessie Abel departs for St Paul. Long’s spurs sales with cheap trusts. McLaughlin returns from St Paul for family death. Dress Cutting school praised. T E Booth and others visit The Express office. Parlor matches, flambeau club plans, and McKinley-Hobart chatter fill the scene. Abel horses headlined shipments. Correctionville’s Curtis plans cattle sale. Practical Tailor System offers free trial. Italian band dances ensue. Monticello Athletics cancel Lenox game due to funds. Carpenter attends national sound money Democrats in Indianapolis. G A Starks takes in boarders. J C Lawrence harvests hoards sorgum cane. Parsons from Rock Rapids aids depositions in county case.
At Indianapolis the convention of sound money democrats nominated Palmer of Illinois for president and Buckner of Kentucky for vice president late this afternoon. Also notes on local events include sermons, tabernacle meetings, Republican caucus delegates, a Symphony Club entertainment, a death in the McLaughlin family, and a purse theft at the fair prompting a grand jury bound over for the suspect.
The premium list notes hard work by officers and a large crowd at the county fair. Gate receipts surpass most years since 1890, with encampment year as a peak. Exhibits were robust, premiums close, attendants satisfied, and Friday’s football game drew interest amid ongoing attractions. Officers re elected include Hogan, Hicks, Bishop, Hall. Excursion tickets to Des Moines offered by a Chicago line.
The Lenox college and Monticello Athletic teams played a lengthy football game at the Jones County Fair that ended in a scoreless tie. Fans from both sides filled the stands as the Athletics dominated much of the action with center smashes and relentless line play while Lenox threatened on several occasions but could not reach the end zone. Coaches John and Sam Johnson received credit for preparing the winning side despite Lenox’s imports Wolf and French from Upper Iowa University. A separate note announces R. G. Lyons sale of cattle swine sheep and other goods at Center Junction on Thursday Sept 17.
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