Local Notes From Monticello To Cedar Rapids
Peter Meyer was in Cedar Rapids yesterday while Albert Nickel traveled to Fayette on business. Miss Mary Pond returned from three weeks in Dubuque. James Barrett attended a state meeting of electricians in Davenport. Born April 10 1911 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Wm Boblken of Scotch Grove. Lee's Germazone poultry remedy sold by Brown & Renk. Mrs J M Sleeper and Miss Alma Bell were Cedar Rapids visitors yesterday. The Express and Chicago Inter Ocean clubbing price offered to advance subscribers. Mrs D E Pond and Mrs W F Rohn ill but improving. Mrs A O Drisbelbis in critical condition. Locher's music store repairs available for old sewing machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Boblken
Scotch Grove
Local Scenes and Notices From Monticello Week
Sheriff Hogan escorted L. J. Pearce and Florence Davis to the state asylum at Independence last week. Mrs J M Brayton of Delhi died last Saturday after fifty years in town. Easter Sunday saw large churchgoers and a unified service. Farmers report seeding near completion. The Deatrick D G Co advertises new spring millinery and lace curtains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Hogan
L. J. Pearce
Anamosa
Florence Davis
Onslow
Independence
J. M. Brayton
Judge Brayton
Delhi
Deatrick D. G. Co
New Spring
Homestead land titles and local social notes
Misses Hunice Starks May Starks and Christie Starks depart for Kismet South Dakota to begin residence terms on homesteads with titles secured. A group of Onslow youths including Clarence Orr Roy Streeper John Bremer Howard Greene Albert Stickley Hazel Hamilton Elsie Hamilton Jessie Orr and Minta Scroggie attended Monticello tabernacle meetings. High school baseball at Hopkinton ended Lenox College 15 to 0 amid strong winds. Mrs Alfred C LeBaron thanks for Phoenix Arizona publication with images of Roosevelt irrigation dam under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunice Starks
May Starks
Christie Starks
Kismet
South Dakota
Onslow
Clarence Orr
Roy Streeper
John Bremer
Howard Greene
Albert Stickley
Hazel Hamilton
Elsie Hamilton
Jessie Orr
Minta Scroggie
Tabernacle
Monticello
Alfred C. LeBaron
Phoenix
Arizona
Roosevelt
Local Clergy Delegation Named for May Assembly
A presbytery session in Cedar Rapids heard Rev R A Brough of Scotch Grove chosen as delegate to the general assembly set for May in Atlantic City. Attendees included Rev J W Innes and others in town for the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Innes
Peter Smith
E. G. Drury
W. F. Hintz
Cedar Rapids
R. A.brough
Scotch Grove
General Assembly
Atlantic City
Sheriff serves replevin notice over note for four hundred dollars
Sheriff Hogan arrived yesterday morning to serve a replevin notice for Tony Hilers who seeks possession of a note for four hundred dollars. The note arose from a cement post manufacture and is described as given in good faith. Also offered for sale a Majestic range with reservoir and water front, with a note to see before Saturday as the seller loads his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan
Tony Hilers
Majestic Range
H. HE. Foster
Partial Sun Eclipse Visible Across Much of U S Friday
A partial solar eclipse will occur Friday April 28 and be visible across a large portion of the United States. Skywatchers are advised to view safely with proper protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Stephens brothers speak on booze at Monticello union meeting
The Stephens brothers, fresh from a revival campaign, spoke plainly at a Congregational church union meeting in Monticello on the booze issue amid a countywide petition drive. Also noted: Laura and Lulu Rynerson proving up homesteads near Dunnebecke and a consolidation of Monticello Electric Co. with stock swaps. Mrs. Henrietta Brown wed S D Webster at Sturgis, Webster a Fairport homesteader and former Sanborn county sheriff. new town of Fairport forming on his land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens Brothers
Anamosa
Congregational Church
Laura Rynerson
Dunnebecke
South Dakota
Miss Rynerson
Lulu
Monticello
Monticello Electric Co
City Light, Neat and Power Co
Henrietta Brown
Sturgis
T. Webster
Fairport
Webster
Charles Rice
Mead County
Sanborn County
Lice Killer Advertised at Brown & Renka
W J Purehas of Rock Rapids spent several days in Monticello visiting friends he made as a resident. Mrs Purehas and children returned home with him. Purchas now runs a large Rock Rapids creamery with a centralized plant buying cream from Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Purehas
Rock Rapida
Monticello
Monticello Meeting Draws 50 at Anamosa Congregational Church
More than fifty Monticello residents attended a Monday evening meeting in Anamosa led by Stephens brothers. H L and George Stephens preached against saloons and Monticello youths gave testimonies. Miss Mirick and Miss Moore aided in singing as Charles Sherrer returned from California and resumed work at Stahler store after a ferry collision near Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Anamosa
Stephens Brothers
H. L
George Stephens
Mirick
Moore
Charles Sherrer
California
Stahler
San Francisco
Oakland
Alva Shelley
Los Angeles
Sherrer
W. C. Ferguson
Resigning Pastor Gruenstein Ends 25-Year Monticello Ministry
Rev E E Gruenstein announced on Easter Sunday that his resignation from the German Reformed church would not be recalled and becomes effective September 1. The crowd welled with sorrow as old friends learned he will stay in Monticello and not seek another post. He serves as a delegate to the national Synod meeting in Canton Ohio next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Gruenstein
German Reformed Church
Gruenstein
Monticello
Canton
Ohio
Mr and Mrs Rufus P Smith Leave Monticello for Minneapolis
Mr and Mrs Rufus P Smith departed Monticello last Thursday evening for Minneapolis to make their future home. They had resided in town since the fifties and are warmly remembered by many friends. The Express hopes their sunset years are pleasant with fond recollections of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus P. Smith
Minneapolis
Monticello
Mrs. Smith
Mr. Smith
Sleeping car proposal eyed for Marion to Chicago route
agitation grows over a sleeping car from Marion to Monticello then Oxford Junction with return via same line. Milwaukee road representative seeks station report to gauge demand. Railway concerns center on main line capacity though potential business from Anamosa and Monticello could draw traffic. The plan aims to give travelers a convenient overnight option, with routes via Monticello and Oxford Junction and connections to a main line train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Here
Chicago
Baird
Milwaukee Road
Jackson
Marion
Monticello
Oxford Junction
Anamosa
Prompt to Repair Your Clock Now by A H Gruenstein
A H Gruenstein urges immediate clock and watch repairs, warning delays raise cost and difficulty. He emphasizes experience and full guarantee of all work to reassure customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Gruenstein
Thirty Years Ago Local Notes and Obituaries
Sam Kahn was mayor. Saloons paid a 200 dollar annual license. Births include daughters to GC W Tuel and Rev D Jenkins. Abbie Quiles dies aged 39. Wills & Dou trick start business. Holmes dies in Seatch Grove aged 63. Measles claim Emeline Cline. typhoid fever claims Joseph Clark aged 61. Land purchases, lodge elections, and a purse of 70 dollars noted. Bed quilts by Jessie Forman, a Castle Grove girl. High school oratorical prizes awarded Clara Wales and Nettie Sleeper. Chicken farm run by Pond and Duer. Cedar Rapids visitants return. school board rehires teachers. Self destruction of Gotlieb Rieder aged 30. Diphtheria in Wilson family. Elizabeth Wilson dies at four after quarantine. Community condolences and services accompany the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Kahn
GC. W. Tuel
D. Jenkins
May Farwell
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Abbie Quiles
Milo Guiles
Wills & Doutrick
John KE. Holmes
Seatch Grove
Emeline Cline
William Cline
F. Bentley
W. Towne
Ida County
Joseph Clark
Monticello
James McDermott
William Duffy
Washington Township
G. W. Lovell
Burnette
Lovell
G.W. Taunt
Jones County Liberal
Konda
Iowa
Jessie Forman
Castle Grove
Mary Jane Henderson
Riley
Clara Wales
Claudius
Cynthia
Nettie Sleeper
Eastern Iowa High School Association
Fhurry Allan
West Waterloo
Hattie Coon
Hampton
Pond and Duer
Fair Grounds
the Express
Ralph Duer
Pond
Prairieburg Resident Returns Cushion After Train Mix Up
A Prairieburg area man steps off a Cedar Rapids train with a red plush seat cushion and walks to a feed stable. He places the cushion inside, returns it to the coach, then disembarks with packages. He explains he awoke in Monticello and mistook the cushion for his bundles. Mrs Bricker and her child visited Maquoketa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Monticello Revival Meeting Confirms Strong Converts
The revival in Monticello reports 50 conversions last Sunday and over 200 adults publicly accepting Christianity to date. George Stephens led powerful appeals. Easter sermon by Rev H Stephens stressed resurrection and divinity of Christ. A large Friday Independence delegation praised the effort and anticipated continuance into a possible next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Stephena Brothers
George Stephens
Obheras
H. Sh. Stephens
Christ
Tabernacle
Apen Corner
Robert Raines
First National Bank
J. B. Truax
T. B. Taylor
John E. Foster
Mell L. Webster
Keapy
Mesdames Wells and
Boies
Miss Reimer
Harry Storrs
I. L. Stephens
Aibert
Independence
Zeigler
Frankville
Va’ Brien
Cedar Rapids
Evangelist H L Stephens to Speak at Monticello Tabernacle
Tonight's meeting at the Tabernacle features Evangelist H L Stephens on a Great need in Monticello. The Gobblers society to attend in a body, Stephens Brothers promise corn. Additional mass meetings, strong addresses, and special music led by H J Storrs draw great crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabernacle
Evangelist H. L. Stephens
Monticello
The
Gobblers
Stephens Brothers
George T. Stephens
H. J. Storrs
Porter Visit Shows Family Illness in Hopkinton
Rev. and Mrs. Roy V. Porter visited with the former's parents in Hopkinton. Mrs. Porter was ill last week and Mr. Porter has been ill at home since Saturday evening but is improving with medical care and nursing from his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Schoonover
Anamosa
Los Angeles
California
Roy V. Porter
Hopkinton
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W. Doxsg&e
Grandfather
E. G. Burrichter
Home News
Peter Meyer
Brown & Renk
Albert Nickel
Fayette
Fritz Zimmerman
Davenport
Herbert Foster
Mary Pond
Dubuque
James Farley
Wyoming
James Barrett
Miles
Hall
Raymond Sandhouse
Vinton
O. B. McKean
J. M. Sleeper
Almeda Bell
Selma Suter
State University
George Cowan
West First Street
Pearl Heisey
Kate Maurice
Belle Plaine
J. H. Henry
Puleston
Blanche Anderson
Grace Bulker
B. H. Hake
George A. Henderson
Nellie Livingstone
Victoria Fowler
Center Junction
James McConnell
A. W. Steiner
Messrs
Elmer Hicks
Fred Koop
Excelsior, Springs
Mirick and
Iola George
Madison
Wisconsin
Express
Chicago Inter Ocean
D. E. Pond
W. F. Rohn
John Stutt Sr
Henry
Lizzie
Brown & Renk’s
A. O. Drisbelbis
Locher’s
J. B. Willard
Sarah Seward
Edward Templeton
Zelma Smith
Sioux City
M. A. Breed
J. C. MclLees
Richland Township
George Rettig
Minnie
Ogden
Utah
Harrison Carbett
Harry Dice
Mary Redmond
Iowa City
M. Redmond
Judd Nichols
David Smith
J. A. Fitzpatrick
Will Lecler
Charles Haeussler
Nellie Kellum
J. A. Phelan
Phelan
F. J. Kellum
Rock Island Railroad
E. E. Reed
Reed
John Hinggli
Emma
Lenox College
Lenox
Lowell Bank Building
Willie Sutherland
Jones County
Sieg Webster
Ose Lee
Brown & Renka
O. H. Soetje
Theodore
Marjory Soutse
Denver
Wm. J. Greer
Cascade
Gotlieb Rieder
A. W. Scott
Central City
Mr. Reider
James Wilson
James Jr
Elizabeth
Harry Bricker
Little Son
Maquoketa
Beery Bros
Berry
C. H. Schipman
South Cedar ST
Hicks & Ricklef’s
Hicks & Ricklefs
Our Store
A. G. Hanken
Bran
L. H. Lang
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