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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1896
Page
7
Local notices list new cloaks at Hicks & Doutrick and Wils & Doutrick stores, fresh hats at Franks millinery, and Fall footwear at Koop & Hicks. Shoppers are urged to bring eggs for cash, while a tabernacle site is reported torn down and prices on groceries and textiles appear in daily racks and ads.
A young party at Mr and Mrs R P Smiths home hosts guests from surrounding towns. New anecdotes cover visitors to Monticello, travels to Omaha and Cedar Rapids, church services, fashion updates, and local commerce including dry goods and bread supply. A cornet band formation, uniforms for a republican club, and a schoolyard wrist fracture are noted along with travel plans and sales at local stores.
Mr. Fred Matthiessen returned from Carroll county with his wife's mother Mrs. Jacob Timpe of Sac county to visit briefly. The H. F. B. social will be held Friday evening October 2 in M. W. A. rooms with invited members. ice cream cake and coffee will be served. supper is 16 cents.
A long list of community items notes a twelve pound baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Sandhouse, visits by guests from Marion and Chicago, a Republican county convention in Anamosa, and upcoming Woodmen lodge meetings. Local merchants advertise specials at Sumter & Sumter and Hicks & Eiders, with fashion items from Wills & Doutrick. The piece mentions a three carload horse shipment to Switzerland, a retired horse buyer turning to a meat market, and political talk around McKinley and Bryan with regional sentiments.
Reports describe a missing horse of Mr. Curtis Hosford near Sumter store and another horse found later at its owner's home. Frank Banghart of Maquoketa dies in Monticello aged 44 after a period of illness. Also noted are jail time for larceny, a blacksmith shop theft case, and a notice of boarding available.
The undersigned will sell at public auction at Evergreen Stock Farm near Monticello on Tuesday September 29 starting at 10 a m A large stock sale includes six horses a yearling pony 110 head of cattle 380 dairy cows many calved or calving five full blood Shorthorns three bull calves a four year old bull plus 63 head of cattle and steers with varying ages Terms offer one year with approved security and eight percent interest Gerard Eilers J W Larimore Auctr
District court sessions led by Judge J. S. Husted in Dubuque adjourned to October 12. The docket includes multiple criminal cases with guilty pleas and sentences to hard labor in Anamosa penitentiary, along with civil matters such as guardianships, land sales, and divorces.
A reader guides attention to the Handbook of the United States describing it as the best book of its kind, noting it presents a current portrait of the nation after four centuries of progress. The reviewer urges every family and young person to own a copy and mentions ordering one for themselves.
The auction sale of Mrs. Anna Svette's household effects is postponed to next Saturday after noon at one o'clock. Rear of Lovell house, Nic Maurice traveled to Chicago with a carload of horses last Monday.
Through A J Jackson, agent for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, lowest rates apply for first cabin, second cabin and steerage both outward and prepaid. Details available at the Mon ticello Iowa office. 18eond
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