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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
4
Monticello locals report illnesses and recoveries including Mrs Fannie Neal and Mr John H Heisey. Visitors and travels noted for Ms Lizzie Hennessey Augusta Blissis and Ed Kibarz. Local sales including Locher Brothers pianos and Edison phonographs. Births, church events and hardware ads appear with farm supplies and coal stock. Grand jury subpoenas drew Monticello residents to Anamosa.
A collage of short items notes residents visiting relatives in Iowa Nebraska and Missouri. It lists appointments travels births sales and business updates including fence ads from Apex and Davis Hardware, a creamery price, a birth, a birthday surprise for Earl Sandhouse, upcoming baseball games, land prospects in Canada Texas, a church sale, and an insurance agent seeking representation in Monticello.
Monticello column reports trips of Mr and Mrs H M Carpenter to Atlantic City and Jamestown Exposition, returns of Mr and Mrs Virtus Hanssen from Oxford Junction, Oxford street fair plans, local employment ad at Lovell House, and youth job opening. It notes health travels to Swaledale and Chicago, a funeral visitation at Oxford Junction, and updates on local canning factory output and fence sales.
A county Rebekah lodge convention gathers at Center Junction with attendees including C. C. Curtin, A. DeWitt, John Roof, Wm. Long, Mary Hearn, Miss Jessie Abel, and others. The item notes local events, a new Hall-Benedict Co safety hoist venture, frost impacts on crops, a funeral, and updates on residents Megara, Henry and John Monck returning from Germany and Dr. Coffman’s eye clinic event.
Mr. John S. Welch returns from an extended stay at Fort Pierre South Dakota. Mr. C. J. Tilton secretary of the Jones County Telephone Co from LaPorte City is in town today. Mr. Ira Welch of New York City visits during the week with families of his brothers Mesars W M and John 8 Welch.
Charles Adams and Eva Adams were arrested in Cedar Rapids on a kidnapping charge related to a girl of thirteen. Adams contends he legally adopted the child and seeks custody while the child allegedly reported abuse to seek protection. The arrest follows questions about jurisdiction and location.
Events from Monticello in September 1877 include deaths of Edward B. Kinsella at 40 and Ulrich Reichenbach at 7 years 6 months, marriages of Levi Tippin to Mary Smith and Clark Hubbard to Sarah Livingston, a birth to Mr and Mrs Clark Byam, and Mary Farwell elected assistant high school teacher. Fred Dunham bought Limington residence for 2000 dollars. wool theft reported. Charlie Bidwell wins county fair watermelon and donates. P O Babcock's Maid of Monti sweeps horse races. Trinity Commandery lists officers. State Fair premiums awarded to local breeders and vendors.
Mra Frank Hogs of Independence is spending the week in Monticello for a temporary residence stay and local engagements.
Friday evening October 4th the best New England play Quincy Adams Sawyer heads by Geo 8 Lockwood praised as natural and artistic. Prices 25 50 75 and 1.00. Also sale notice of 42 Poland China hogs and 7 Short horn bull calves at Cascade Horse Co barn Cascade Iowa on Oct 15 1907. E 15w3 Los Angeles Times novelty item notes hell as center of sun.
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