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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1921
Page
9
Mrs. Fred P. Stubler visits Rock Island and Devlin Millinery promotes children's hats. Several locals, including Dr. Mondmond and Miss Laveta Perriner, are in town or traveling to Cedar Rapids and Dubuque for business or visits. A sewing and rummage event by Congregational ladies is announced for April 29 and 30.
George G Schaeffer of Polo Missouri arranged for transfer of his homestead known as the Brad Street property to Fred D McLaughlin. Purchase price reported at 5500 dollars. Monticello Post No 209 of the American Legion to oversee Memorial Day exercises with G A R veterans in mind.
Miss Tena Dirka daughter of Mr and Mrs D Dirks of Wayne township married Henry Weers son of Mr and Mrs Gerrit Weers of Scotch Grove township The ceremony took place at eleven oclock at the bride parents home in Wayne township Rev J Willis officiated Attendants included Elizabeth Weers Anna Husmann Ernest Dirks and John Weers A wedding dinner followed Then a dance for the couple at Kinsella hall They plan to live on a Scotch Grove farm Also noted three hundred school yearbooks sell at 250 price up from 200 and limited stock plus other school activities and a second wedding reported Miss Emma Che wed John Prull Jr at St Matthew Lutheran church with ceremony by Rev Sigmund Ide Attendants were Miss Clara Ode and Rhinehard Prull The couple planned a short wedding trip and will reside on Garvin farm west of Hopkinton with Prull preparing a new home.
Edith N seher reports on a snowy Monday at Monticello high school with missed assembly seats and late trains. Miss Williams assigns Maltham in political economy as Miss Specht returns from her mother’s illness. seniors await annuals and plans for a May play. The junior play The Time of His Life is set for May 13 and 14. The Country Gentleman contest is postponed due to bad roads amid news of Fred Wilhelm’s death and funeral details in Monticello.
An April 14 and 16, 1921 snowstorm blanketed parts of Iowa with six to ten foot drifts halting trains and blocking roads. While some fruit buds may be ruined by freezing nights, others may survive and replanting is anticipated as observers note prior similar spring snows.
Forty years ago in April 1881 Monticello area notes include J H Reilly bound over for shooting his wife and attempted assault on a hired man. Fred Dunham visited Texas. Officials changes and returns of S Farwell and J W Green. A declamatory contest crowned Clara Wales and others. home fires, births, deaths, and business openings are listed along with lodge elections.
Mabelle Wagner Shank will perform in person at the Princess next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday April 25 26 and 27 with matinees and daily program changes The Worden family home near Anamosa on the Anamosa Cedar Rapids road burned to the ground last week while the family was away from home
Miss Frances Margaret McLees a longtime Monticello resident died April 14 at Marcy hospital after illness. She taught briefly then ran a Monticello dress shop since 1875 with Miss Celia Robleter. Survived by brothers John McLees of Monticello and Charles McLees of Cascade. Funeral held at Sacred Heart church conducted by Rev George A Hauck with burial in Cascade.
A lengthy list of warranty deeds records numerous transfers across Monticello and surrounding towns. Names include Morritt, Skeets, Bonisehek, Greenwood, Knapp, Kiburz, Taylor, Aldrich, Cartano, Benis chek, Leytem, Raesemeyer, Holub, Hansen, Walton, Husmann, Behrends, Curtis, Trimble, Brown, Hall, Olin, Spen cer, and others. Properties cover sections, blocks, lots in multiple additions with prices ranging from 1 to 45 000 dollars and several deeds noting token sums.
William Hayes Mitchell presides at the Methodist Episcopal Church with morning service at 11 a m and Sunday school at 10 a m. Evening service at 7 30 p m. April 24 sermon themes The Prevailing Word and Living Unto Christ. Sunday school and Young People's Circle at 6 45 p m.
William Porter Amos leads a Sunday schedule with morning worship at 10 AM and a sermon by H C Gibson of the National Anti-Saloon League on God’s Call to Arms for World Temperance. Evening services feature The Dissolving of Doubt. Wednesday offers a National Church Children's Week program.
Leonard Duckett, Pastor, presiding over regular Sunday services with Sunday school at 10:00 a m preaching at 11:00 a m and 7 30 p m. Stranger welcome. Next Sunday morning sermon titled The Responsibility of the Hedrer and evening sermon The Beatitude of the Pure in Heart. Mid week meeting on Thursday at 7 30 p m.
Sunday school starts at 10:00 a m with a preaching service at 10:46 a m The sermon language alternates between German and English on Sundays The Luther League meets on the first Sunday of each month.
George A Hauck and Roland P Kuentzel lead Sunday worship with two Masses at 8:00 and 10:00 a m. Sunday school at 2 15 p m devotions at 7 00 p m. Regular services every Sunday with German or English preaching on alternate Sundays. All welcome.
Advice on cleaning unfinished floors with dirt attracting properties, proper scrubbing methods, and avoiding alkali damage. Guidance for oil, wax, and painted floors includes using soft cloths, polishes, and the grain, plus cautions against excessive washing or vinegar. Then a Tama county Dysart consolidation fight details a bond defeat and failed petition to dissolve the district.
Announcement from the H and 8 store promotes a dollar day event. Mme Wagner Shank, the famous soprano, will perform at the Princess Theatre next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with matinée shows each day.
Poultry extension men of Iowa State college warn against common errors in raising young chicks. Avoid feeding before day two, overfeeding early, extreme temperatures, overcrowding, unsanitary quarters, contaminated ground, poor cleaning, damp areas, insufficient sunlight, lack of fresh air, pests, dirty water and dishes, spoiled feeds, and exposure to sun and rain.
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