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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1927

Page

7

Local social notes show visits across Iowa and Chicago

A dataset of short items lists Milton Stott in Chicago, Misa Pearl McLees in Cedar Rapids, and many other residents visiting relatives or conducting business in towns like Edgewood Hopkinton Dubuque and Fairfield. Dates include last weekend last Monday and Thursday with several Cedar Rapids stays and neighborhood exchanges along with ads for cake orders and hardware offers.

Local notes from Monticello area report obituaries and community briefings

James Laude of Rockford is a guest at his parents home and coached at Rockford High School. The column notes various local items including births deaths and civic notices from Monticello Castle Grove and surrounding townships, mentions Ted Koop editing the West Liberty Index, a court decision on Jones county appeals, and the death of Nicholas Gadmer of Monticello after a hip fracture.

James Laude Rockford Illinote William Laude

Early Indian History Talk Highlights Iowa Lore

Prof Charles F Keyes of Cornell Mount Vernon spoke to the Mon ticello Rotary club on the early Indians of Iowa. He traced Marquette's 1673 Mississippi landing, the Peorias, and later Sauk and Fox presence, plus Pike's river trip and the war bundle ritual at Tama with lantern slides and photos for illustrate life and burial grounds.

Heap Monticello Marquette Mississippi River Iowa Zebulon M. Pike United States Army Lowe Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Tama Rotraians Karl M. Keyes A. Eb, Coe H. Reed

Millionaire Elden DeWitt Dies in New York City

Elden C. DeWitt a Montana Monticello native who became a Chicago and New York patent medicine magnate dies in New York City on March 29. He reportedly amassed a fortune of 86 million dollars, with his wife Cora H Garlock as widow and life beneficiary. The will leaves 200000 to Minola Bryant and 100000 to lawyer William Loudis with residuary estate to fourteen relatives. DeWitt, born 1855 in Wyoming Town, built Beggs & DeWitt into a national brand and later operated independently in New York. judge F O Ellison recalls his rise from poverty to wealth.

Elden C. DeWitt Monticello Cora H. Garlock New York City New York Herald-Tribune New York Chicago Sioux City B. C. DeWitt Co Cora DeWitt Minola GC. Bryant William D. Loudis Wyoming Cora E. Garlock Mr. DeWitt George W. Garlock Frances Whiting C. A. Whiting Charles Whiting Luther Whiting Mr. Garlock Harlan DeWitt Armstrong Clothing Company Cedar Rapids J. L. Bell Denver Colorado James Allen Scarsdale A. B. Cunningham Washington Iowa Elk Point South Dakota Horatio Alger Charles Beggs James Lynch Third Pearl Streets Second Third Streets Pearl Street Blue Valley Creamery F. O. Ellison Elden DeWitt Elden Beggs Watch Hiden C. DeWitt Dakota Cora Garlock David Jenkins the Express

Mary Ann Dawson Dies in Cedar Rapids After Ill Health

Mary Ann Beatty Dawson wife of Richard Dawson former Monticello resident dies at Cedar Rapids home at 1 a.m. April 1 from heart trouble after neuritis. Survived by husband and son William. Funeral services April 4 at Beatty undertaking parlor conducted by Rev. Jacobson and others with burial in Oakwood cemetery. Born January 9 1850 in Philadelphia she moved with her parents to Iowa, lived on farms near Cascade and Bowen's Prairie before moving to Monticello and later Cedar Rapids. She was a former rural schoolteacher and a Presbyterian.

Nicholas Gadmer Monticello Sioux City J. J. Hayes Oakwood Cemetery Mr. Gadmer Devos Graubunden Switzerland Castle Grove Downerville George E. Hughes Louis Reiger Mary Ann Dawson Richard Dawson Cedar Rapids William Beatty Voney Beatty Undertaking P. W. Jacobson W Evans George Korteling William Dawson Leonard Duckett Dawson Mary Ann Beatty James Beatty Philadelphia Pennsylvania Iowa Cascade Bowen's Prairie Miss Beatty Farm Creek Belle Beatty

Christian Endeavor District Convention Opens In Monticello

The 10th district Iowa Christian Endeavor convention meets April 8–10 in Monticello with Ralph B. Cutler of Cedar Rapids as president and Ida Wilcox of Monticello as district missionary superintendent. Delegates include Monticello members and Cedar Rapids.

C.E Christian Endeavor Society Iowa Monticello Ralph B. Cutler Cedar Rapids Ida Wilcox Reformed Church Christian Endeavor Societies Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed Churches Presbyterian Church Avelda Hanssen Edwin Lightfoot Margaret Fuller John Steyne Everett Robie Jack Finnegan Des Moines Masonic Temple C. 8. Williams Robie Congregational Church Bruce West Olivet Presbyterian Church of

Wedding Guests Attend County Ceremony Aboard

Present day residents of the county attended the wedding including Mrs C H Sehrpman Lucy Schodde Stuhler and Martha Herrick. The item notes a common custom of giving wedding presents and lists local witnesses to the event.

Mra C. H. Sehrpman Lucy Schodde Stuhler Martha Herrick

Local Hostesses Share Old Fashioned Luncheon and Bridge

Mrs CG J Northrop and others hosted a one oclock luncheon with guests in period gowns, sharing old time games and gown histories. Social rounds included anniversaries, high scores in bridge, and club meetings with dinners and charitable efforts.

J. Northrop George Wilkens William Stuhler John M. McLaughlin Gladys Emmons Albert Stuhler Harry Stuhler H. M. Carpenter, Jr

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