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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
7
Home news highlights Monticello residents at fair week with visits from Chicago and Des Moines. Notices cover Doutrick's fall goods, Hicks & Eilers jars, new patterns, and local shopping events. A summary lists residents visiting family, school census by Miss Turner, a ball game result, and a lost jacket near Sand Spring. Local sales and community reminders follow.
Local items list visitors, sales, and happenings from Monticello and surrounding towns. Guests include Mrs Chas Cline Marion and Mrs Geo Guyon Straw berry Point notes. sales on summer goods at Hicks Eilers and Deatricks. arrivals such as Mr F O Ellison Anamosa and Mr Ed Whiting Southern Illinois. Also mentions McKinley memorial service and a trespass warning by Richland farmers.
Local items report Miss Louise Bebb returning to Cornell College for the term and other society notes. cautions about property, a special sewing machine sale, and denials of scarlet fever in Castle Grove. Readers are urged to watch valuables as several petty thefts occur and a coal strike threatens winter supplies.
Obituary notes for J J Liddy of Monticello and Littleport Iowa recount his birth in Ireland in 1851, teaching and mercantile work, and postmaster tenure under Cleveland. Also reported is the marriage of C S Barker of Hopkinton to Almira P Moore of Monticello, with guests list and speakers.
The 49th annual Jones county exhibition under a stock company aims for strong attendance despite bad weather. Attractions include Marvelous Marsh, the Rossis, the Walseys, Martin & Crouch, the Rouens, and Cycle Whirl. Special events and a Thursday finale plus a Fayette to Monticello excursion are planned. A local obituary notes the death of George Poppe, age 28, and a cattle sale near Monticello. A light frost early in the month worries farmers about soft corn but yields are expected decent overall.
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