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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1930

Page

2

Local items from McNeill’s Hardware and area news

Local items note Velox finishing at Stickford's Drug Store and a big McNeill's Hardware sale. Visits span Dubuque Cedar Rapids Manchester and Kenosha with Easter and spring events. Activities include bake sales at Congregational and St. John churches, optometrist ads, and screenings at Princess and Opera House.

Kodak Stickford’s Velox Stickford's Ladies Aid Society of St. John's Church Zimmerman Ladies’ Aid Society of St. John’s Church Adv

Local residents gather for Easter visits and events

A crowded roster of Monticello residents and visitors from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns note weekends with family trips, hospital stays, and church or school activities. Highlights include PTAs meeting, Easter gatherings, business college visits, and an appliance ad for a gas engine washer with self starter at McNeill's Hardware.

Voss McNeill's Hardware McNeill’s Hardware Ted Wilson Cedar Rapids Business College James Wilson

Easter visiting kin fill Monticello area homes

Long list of Monticello residents and relatives visiting from Cedar Rapids Dubuque Chicago and other cities spent Easter weekend with families. The item notes departures returns relatives and social visits including teachers students and professionals. Also mentions a Mon ar coffee and Swift ham demonstration at George Stuhler's Sons.

George Stuhler Monarch Swift George Stuhler’s Sons Company George Stuh Jer’s Sons Company Adv

Census records grow more extensive with 1880 details

The piece traces how census data expanded from 1850 onward, noting full names recorded, relationships shown, and birthplace of parents in 1880. It highlights increased information in each census, the shift of access restrictions, and how 1870 introduced citizenship and parental birthplace data.

Anamosa Eureka Bits of News Highlights Local Items

Janitor Frank Steckel at the courthouse shows improvement after a week of illness. A Friday storm damaged the Beardsley garage and Plockhart home, while Charlie Corwin’s car overturned by the riverside. Miss Mary Remley was named Iowa’s page for the Children of the American Revolution congress in Washington, the sole Iowa appointee. A little girl on the Steckel farm suffered leg injuries when a manure spreader ran away. State checkers Lee Van Kirk and B. G. Rees began Linn county audits, with both men relocating from prior county positions.

Frank Steckel Court House Albert Beardsley A. D. Plockhart Charlie Corwin Mary Remley J. E. Remley Iowa Washington, D. C Flint Hill Burlington Anamosa Dale French Cottonwood Lee van Kirk B. G. Rees Linn County Messrs van Kirk Rees Cedar Rapids Slate Checker

House for Rent with Seven Rooms and Garage

Seven room house with extra large hall and bath. Hardwood floors, good furnace, city water and electric lights. Electric soft water lift. Garage adjoining. Immediate possession. Contact E. A. Hubbard.

E. A. Hubbard

Montgomerys announce Ruby Montgomery to Austin Calderwood

Rev and Mrs W A Montgomery announce the engagement of their daughter Ruby to Austin Calderwood of Evanston Illinois son of Mr and Mrs J B Calderwood of Grundy Center The wedding is planned for early summer Miss Montgomery a Coe College graduate The Montgomery family formerly lived in Castle Grove Township Jones county where Rev Montgomery served Penial Presbyterian Church

W. A. Montgomery Ruby Austin H. Calderwood Evanston Illinois J. B. Calderwood Grundy Center Miss Montgomery Coe College Montgomery Castle Grove Township Jones County Rev. Montgomery Penial Presbyterian Church

Farm wages dip nationwide says USDA on supply demand gap

The United States Department of Agriculture reports lower farm wages this year due to about a 15 percent greater supply than demand as of January 1. A stray bits joke notes a train on time quip by a grouchy passenger and conductor about staying on the tracks.

United States Department of Agriuture

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