Local social notes reveal Cedar Rapids and nearby towns visits
The column lists Miss Margaret Becker and other residents visiting Cedar Rapids and Davenport, plus weekend trips to Delhi Arlington Manchester Hopkinton Baldwin and Dubuque. It notes lawn mower ads, blanket dance at the Legion hall April 27, and hats at low prices with several local merchants named.
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the Legion
the Legion Hall
Ady
Local Notices and Socials From Monticello Area
A wide mix of social visits, travel notes, and farm updates from Monticello and nearby towns. Individuals like H Gruenstein and Miss Clara Murray are listed with relatives and recent travels. Local merchants advertise Eclipse lawn mower fuel and Nesco cooking stoves, plus farm supplies and a rummage sale. Weather notes mention unusual March and April swings.
Monticello News Roundup Highlights Local Moves
Local items include Harold Mann and James Mann visiting Cedar Rapids relatives, John Tschantz becoming a new father, and a growing family with five children. Community notices cover shop ads, university students on spring break, estate administrator John W. Hutton, and public project plans for a new golf course and city park.
Northrop anniversary gathering at Marion noted
Mr and Mrs Charles J Northrop of Monticello attended the Bath wedding anniversary for her former brother in Marion last Sunday. The event followed a dinner for Mrs Clara Mitchell at her home, assisted by her daughter Mrs W K Lothian. Northrops married in Marion on April 17 1877 and have two children Mrs W C Rice of San Francisco and Hart Northrop of Marion. Easter services and church events were also reported in Monticello with special music across several churches.
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Charles J. Northrop
Monticello
Bath
Marion
Frank L. Northrop
Clara Mitchell
W. K. Lothian
St. Matthew’s Lutheran
Sacred Heart Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. B. Coe
Monticello Rotary program highlights early Monticello history
W A Beery led a Monticello Rotary meeting with sidelights on local history at Maples Inn. Music by Donald Bur richness and John Locher Jr accompanied. Guests included Tom Loder and Dr Dolan from Anamosa. President Hoag urged attendance at the May 10 11 Rotary District 11 convention in Mason City with 1500 Rotarians expected.
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W. A. Beery
Monticello
Donald Burrichter
John Locher, Jr
Tom Loder
Dolan
Anamosa
Louis Hoag
Rotary International
Mason City
Rotary Anns
Stockholders elect directors at Monticello Country Club meeting
At the Friday meeting Monticello Country Club stockholders elected A J Rickless E E Reed and Dr G G Thomas to fill three board vacancies. They discussed raising capital to fund improvements and creating stock B at 25 dollars per share parallel to existing stock A with equal rights and dues. A future meeting will adopt amendments and a stock B sales campaign will follow. Mrs Chris Wenger died aged 76 in Monticello after Hodgkin disease. She was born in Switzerland and survived by husband Chris Wenger and children Chris Jr Edward and Mrs Obert Quam, plus siblings and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Wenger home and Reformed church, with burial at Oakwood cemetery. Out-of-town relatives attended from Marshalltown Manchester Winthrop Davenport and Cedar Rapids.
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Messrs
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E. E. Reed
G. G. Thomas
Chris Wengere
Edward Wenger
Monticello
Hodgkin
Wenger
Joseph Messerli
Lovell Township
Eliza Messerli
Switzerland
United States
Marshalltown
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Chris, Jr
Geyser
Montana
Edward
Obert Quam
Godfrey Wenger
B. F. Kohler
Godfrey
Rudolph Messerli
Springfield
Missouri
Manchester
Fred Messerli
Ed Wenger
The
Reformed Church
Roland P. Kuentzel
Oakwood Cemetery
Emma Yorker
Robert
Mesars
Chris
Carl’ Wenger
Winthrop
Louis. Zumbach
Ryan
Isabel Stambaugh
Cedar. Rapids
Carl
England
Janet
Davenport
Monticello Class of 1927 to hear Dr. B A Steiner address
Commencement for the 1927 Monticello high school graduates will feature speaker Dr. B A Steiner a noted lecturer linguist author and former foreign correspondent for the Outlook. Superintendent Clyde I Bixler announced the event set for May 26 evening. Steiner born in Venna educated in Heidelberg Oberlin and Berlin came to America in 1856 and entered the ministry in 1891.
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Tettera
Clyde I. Bixler
Monticello
Venna
Heidelberg
Oberlin
Berlin
America
Congregational Church
The
Outlook
Five Jones county clinics offer free baby health exams
Five Sheppard-Towner clinics in Jones county run in the last week of April provide free medical checks for preschool children. An Iowa Extension Division physician and nurse conduct complete exams, give feeding and care advice, fill charts, and refer cases to family physicians. Appointments limit 26 per day with local chairmen for Martello, Olin, Wyoming, Anamosa, and Monticello locations.
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Sheppard-Towner
Jones County
Extension Division
University of Iowa
Jones County Farm Bureau
Martello School House
Andy Hoffman
Citizens Bank Building
Olin
William Bainbridge
Wyoming
Ed Steele
Legion Hall
Anamosa
T. E. Watters
Monticello School House
John Matthiessen
Longtime Monticello Resident Mrs. Sarah Rieger Dies
Mrs. Sarah Rieger aged 82 years 9 months 23 days died after several weeks illness at her Chestnut street home in Monticello. Born Sarah Ellen Brentnall in Cincinnati Ohio June 18 1844 she lived in Delaware county before moving to Monticello. She married Robert Young Sr in 1875 and Joseph Rieger in 1904. Surviving are her husband 92 and step son David Young. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at the family home conducted by Rev George W McNary with burial in Oakwood cemetery.
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Sarah Rieger
Monticello
Chestnut Street
Sarah Ellen Brentnall
John and
Mareta Brentnall
Cincinnati
Ohio
Iowa
Delaware County
Heating plant bid notice for Onslow schoolhouse
The Onslow Independent School District invites sealed bids for installing a heating plant at the Onslow School. Bids due by 6 pm April 26 1927 with right to reject any bid. Plans and specs available at the secretary's office Onslow Iowa.
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Onslw Independent School District
Onslow
Iowa
Owa
Appointment bid for eighth supreme court seat sparks debate
District lawyers press Judge F L Anderson of Marion for the new eighth Supreme Court post though timing of backing was questioned. Governor Hammill reportedly ready to appoint upon passage of the office bill. Also notes Chauncey Hookstra Iowa student and Monticello High basketball alum, weather shifts from warm to snowy, Mary Johnson's two month Colorado Texas trip, Monticello High alumni meeting at public library. National Bank of Toledo officers named, Mason degree work in Clinton, Davenport visits.
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Marion
Supreme Court
Anderson
Des Moines
Hammill
Chauncey Hookstra
University of Iowa
J. J. Locher
Chauncecy
State University
Sacred Heart High School
Monticello
Mary Johnson
Allie D. McLaughlin
Colorado
Texas
Miss Johnson
Exams End As Oxford Team Looms At Monti High
Students celebrate period end while Miss Williams directs senior play rehearsals for Green Stockings. Miss Jarman and faculty entertain. Miss Smith visits Cedar Rapids teachers. photographer Bill Stambaugh shoots baseball team portraits.
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Jarman
Marjorie Willams
Oxford Junction
Oxford
Marion
Monti High
Oxford Nine
Thelma M. Smith
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Tien Shew
Marjorie Williams
Genevieve Horton
Helen Lieneman
Bill” Stambaugh
Cattle Tuberculosis Clean-Up Advances in Jones County
Dr V G Brommel leads tuberculin testing across eleven townships with a second test showing infection at eight tenths of one percent down from eight percent. Fourteen of sixteen townships inspected, 42 567 head checked, 39 155 not yet retested. Work near completion and county aims for accreditation.
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V. G. Brommel
Jones County
Doxsee Family Plans Chicago Visit And Bake Sale
J. W. Doxsee and his daughter Miss Mary Doxsee depart for a short vacation in Chicago and will return Monday morning. Meanwhile the ladies of the church stage a bake sale Saturday April 23 at B. G. Burrichter's store.
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Old City Hall
J. W. Doxsee
Mary Doxsee
Chicago
B. G. Burrichter
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