Jones County Schoolmasters Club Reorganizes At Center Junction
Center Junction hosts a Jones County Schoolmasters Club reorganization meeting led by Supt. Phillips of Olin. Officers elected include President Boyd Shannon Monticello Vice President Kenneth Blackman Oxford Junction and Secretary-Treasurer Nellie Morey Anamosa. The group discussed recent school legislation over a 6:30 dinner served by the Methodist Ladies Aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Jones County
Center Junction Methodist Church
Supt. Phillips
Olin
Boyd Shannon
Monticello
Kenneth Blackman
Oxford Junction
Nellie Morey
Anamosa
Methodist Ladies Aid
Golden wedding anniversary hosts and guests listed
The article lists guests at the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Robinson in Scotch Grove on Monday evening. It notes visits and social trips including Frank McNeilly in Monticello with his daughters, Mrs. Ella Clark and Mrs. Thoeni with daughter Ann, Tom Carson of Monticello at Roy Snell's over Sunday, and F. L. Serbousek visiting Charles, with a Fun Night planned in the school gym Friday, April 25. Charles Norton spent Sunday in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Thompson
George Moats
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
A. B. Nichols
Donald Serbousek
Anamosa
Margaret Smola
Jones
Olin
Irene Mortensen
St. Paul
Minn
Mark Risinger
J. R. McNeilly
Hugh Robinson
Scotch Grove
Frank McNeilly
Charles Luett
Ella Clark
Thoeni
Ann
C. H. Nelson
Tom Carson
Roy Snell
F. L. Serbousek
Charles Nelson
Charles Norton
Madonna Murray
Thomas Murray
Hopkinton
Peter McElmeel
Thomas, Jr
Louis
Margaret McElmeel
St. Luke’s Church
A. J. Forster
St. John’s Cemetery
Delhi
Manchester
Raymond
Arthur Kelley
Mount Vernon
Robinson
Lenox College
Anna Sinclair
Lenox
Lisbon
William Guthrie
Morley
Hopkinton High School
Stanley Steiner
Dick Brown
Supt. Mecklenburg
Carl Sher
Women Gather At Scotch Grove In Science Program
Scotch Grove Women's Community club met Wednesday at Marvin Lacock home with good attendance. Talks covered ventriloquism and radio stars Edgar Bergen and Charley McCarthy, and scientific progress. Luncheon served by members. Other items note nursery rush, tool trips, new bicycle for Bobby Joe Himebaugh, California trip by Nichols, and windstorm damage nearby.
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Scotch Grove
Ed Zirkelbach
Lacock
M. M. Sinclair
Laura Heeren
Rosemary Zirkelbach
Signs Dark On December 14 1917 Restricted Ad Lighting
The federal fuel administration ordered electric advertising signs to be darkened on Sundays and Thursdays each week in the United States starting December 14 1917.
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Federal Fuel Administration
U. S
Rawlings man exhibits 12 Indian foolers from Overland Trail telegraph
J. G. Atwood of Rawlings Wyoming shows twelve wooden insulator covers called Indian foolers used about 80 years ago on the original Overland Trail telegraph line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Atwood
Rawlings
Wyo
Hoffmans Move to Monticello After Farm Sale
Mr and Mrs Sam Hoffman relocated to Monticello this week, buying the farm and livestock from Mr and Mrs Fans Hoffman with immediate possession. The Hoffmans ran the same farm for 42 years and rebuilt after a prior dwelling was destroyed by fire. Nearby social notes mention visits and travels among local families and Cedar Rapids trips, with several Buol and Tschantz family members noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hoffman
Monticello
Fans Hoffman
Hoffman
John Schweitzer
Janana
Doris Lubben
Cedar Rapids
Lucille Yossi
Empcria
Kansas
Des Moines
Hopkinton Notes Include Rabies Case and Local News
Hopkinton reports an 18 year old girl bitten by a stray dog near her home. The dog was killed and found rabid in Iowa City. She receives Pasteur treatment as the board of health orders confinement of dogs and cats in town. Also noted are deaths, anniversaries, school events, a band concert, and community visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Mary Elizabeth Wheeless
F. M. Wheeless
Iowa City
Six Onslow Folk In Hospitals
Onslow items note several hospital visits and patient updates. Births, illnesses, operations, and routine social events surrounding Onslow residents are listed with dates and locations including Mercy hospital Anamosa St Luke's Cedar Rapids and University hospital Iowa City.
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Onslow
Ivory scraps repurposed into dust for ink and food
The article notes that no part of ivory goes to waste as scraps and shavings are saved and manufactured into polishing dust, India ink, and ivory jelly for consumption.
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Jones County Schoolmasters Club
Irving Eiler
James F. Kearns
George Fishwild
Wyoming
Carolyn Swensen
Abram Alyea
John Alyea
Dubuque
JKC Paxine
Chevrolet
Hastings
Nash
Childress Motor Company
Ford
Mercury
Department of Public Safety
Iowa
Richland Center
Yossi
Veroris Yossi Roland Buel
Jeunes Howie
Herbert Balsiger
Myr
John Tschantz
Colin Tschants
Len Hein
Carl Lee
Milwaukee
Len Bue
William Buol
Mary Ann
Benny Lou
Clarence Aldrich
Edna Buol
Herman Hoffman
Ramona
George L. Buol
Stoneking
Pasteur
Norma Sullivan
Phil Himebaugh
Eugene Talmadge
Thomas J. Joseph
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Sunbeam Chapter O.E.S
Coggon
Clyde Miller
Leader
Russell
Junior Wilson
Rochester
Mayo Clinic
H. A. Vogel
Philip
Newell
Richard Vogel
C. J. Murray
A. J. Ament
Bess Henchlin
Hazel Weston
Ella Lillon
C. C. Phelps
Henderson
Francis Donahue
Berkley Smith
Sioux City
F. R. Tesar
Lenox Gymnasium
W. A. Schmitz
Mabel Cisna
Mervin Blanchard
Supt. Mecklenberg
Hobo
Bill Lux
Junior Kenny
Ed Gerlick
Clair Wheeless
Bob Lux
Dick Cline
Paul
Howard Reeder
William Edgar
Los Angeles
Calif
Edgar
David Winans
George Dirks
John Tibbitts
Isaac Littlefield
F. A. Irish
Leonard Gibbs
Bridge Club
Anna Landis
California
Nancy ,King
Lloyd Preston
Larkin Club
St. Luke’s Hospital
Fred Martens
John Brokens
Jens Jensen
John M. Peterson
George Paulsen
Joan
Jane Ellen
Wyoming Cemetery
Oswald
Lstar
St. Cloud
Ralph Orr
Ella Orr
Olive Green
Mercy Hospital
Forrest Briggs
Wilson Briggs
Annamale Gutzeit
Herman Gutzeit
Alice Overholt
Clinton
E. T. Hughes
Selma
Pacific Coast
East India
British Guiana
Stan Stanley and His Orchestra
Philco
Tung Pee
T H
Jack Sprat Pork & Beans
Miller’s
Mothers
Long's Dept. Store
Monticello, Iowa
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