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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
7
The Monticello area business page lists sales and events from Deutrick's and Hicks & Eilers with threads to H. C. Wills and Deatrick's. Cattle for sale near Monticello, ferris wheel at Jones County Fair, and sewing machine sale at Hubbard and Hanken's. Community notices include church services, fairs, and dinners with details on vendors, works, and travel.
Local hires at the C. M. & St. P. R. Co. include Cuba C. Muir and Lewis Chapman as firemen with ambitions to become engineers. Monticello Bank lists 1901 tax deadlines while Lenox College announces its September opening with new apparatus and renovations.
A country woman laments farmers supplying intoxicants during threshing week. She cites several underage boys at risk of forming bad habits despite legal saloon bans. She notes home influence and peer pressure as gaps in protection during the busy season.
Farmers warn a frostless September is essential to finish the corn crop in this region and a early frost could ruin soft corn. The county fair previews bold acts and new amusements with $6000 in improvements and dates set for September 16 to 19.
Anna Monck a seven or eight year old girl from Langworthy was struck and killed by a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Co locomotive at Langworthy crossing on September 1 1902. A coroner's jury found no blame on the railway or its employees.
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