Friday Club of Monticello marks fortieth anniversary
The Friday club of Monticello celebrated its fortieth anniversary on April 22 at the home of Mrs. Henry M Carpenter with fourteen members and two ex members. A three layer pyramid cake and smilax decor marked the occasion as outgoing president Mrs. Ethel Fraser spoke and new president Mrs. Whoise B. Thomas spoke.
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Friday Club
Monticello
Henry M Carpenter
Imogene D. Stuhler
J. W. Coxies
Carpenter Home
Ethel G. Fraser
Whoise B. Thomas
Lou Carpenter
John W. Innes
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
M. A. Breed
Miami
Arizona
H. Richardson
Pasadena
California
Nancy Carroll
Mount Vernon
Washington
Kate C. Mirick
Boone
Olive Howard
Baltimore
Gladys G. Smits
Lincoln
Nebraska
Richardson
Mary M. Jones
Club
Mary F. Carpenter
Luna Templeton
Jessie F. Coxsee
Ethel Fraser
Ada D. Davidson
Mary Marvin
Irving Club
Sarah S. Sherman
Sarah S. Sherman (Now Deceased) and Mesdames
Kate C. Miriick
Sarahs. Sherman
Sherman
Mirick
Carpenter
Sarah B. Perley
Elizabeth M. Stillman
Olive M. Howard
Frank B. Davis
Luna Farwell
Agnes M. Noyes
Luna Farwell Templeton
Mary W. Carpenter
Hearthstone
Lou D. Carpenter
Mary F .Carpenter
Harriet C. Coughlan
Marie M. George
Mary I. Jarman
Lisle R. Lovell
Lillian K. Northrop
Ida F. Perrine
Jennie B. Rohn
Emily N. Richardson
Lillian H. Stabler
Luna F. Templeton
Eloise B. Thomas
Luna F Templeton
Pross, Tugwell, Stryker and Munro
Columbia University of New York
Congregational Church invites worship and Sunday school
George W. McNary pastor leads Congregational Church inviting the public to 11 o'clock Sunday morning worship on May 1st and a Sunday school session at 2 o'clock.
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Congregational Church
George W. McNary
German Service And Bake Sale At Local Store
Pastor R. P. Kuentzel leads Sunday School and German service at 10:00 a.m. A bake sale was held Saturday May 7 at E. G. Burrichler's store by the C. EL Society.
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C.el Society
E. G. Burrichler
Church Schedule and Bake Sale Notice
Sunday school at 10 a.m. Divine worship in German 7 45 p.m. Lutheran League 7 30 p.m. Thursday choir practice. Bake sale slated for April 40 at J B Zimmerman’s store. details on another page. St John’s Sunday school 10 a.m. Swelish services 10 45 a.m. Trinity German services 9 a.m. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs John Ommen’s home Thursday May 5 at 2 p.m.
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J. B. Zimmerman’s
St. John’s
Trinity
Ladies’ Aid
John Ommen
Leonard Duckett to Lead Sunday Services May First
The article lists Leonard Duckett as pastor with services on Sunday May 1 including Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Sermons are titled The Peril of Drifting and The Sower with Evening worship at 7:30 p.m. Miss Ruth Miller of Iowa State College gives posture tips and walking exercises for flat feet.
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Leonard Duckett
Christian Endeavor
Ruth Miller
Iowa State J College
Migratory Birds Inhabit The Northward Flight Season
Residents report widespread bird migration as wild geese travel along rivers toward northern ranges. A great eagle rested in a tree before resuming a northern course. Martins are nesting in boxes across the community with late arrivals expected next month. Bohemian waxwings near Monticello feed on barberry hedges and cedar trees, while foggy nights may bring brown bittern sounds. Marsh areas host jackdaws and the corkscrew-flying anipe whose liquid song graces warm still days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barberry
Monticello
Mrs Anna Hughes Dies in Sioux City at 48
Anna Hughes 48 a Sioux City resident for 17 years died at 1123 Douglas Street from pneumonia after a ten day illness. She was Worthy Sovereigness Mizpah White Shrine and a Rose Croix member of the Order of Eastern Star, active in civic clubs. Born Anamosa Iowa November 6 1883 she married George E Hughes August 1 1906 and they moved to Sioux City in 1910. Surviving are two daughters two brothers and two sisters.
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Sioux City
Douglas Street
Hughes
Mizpah White Shrine
Rose Croix Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
G. A. O. Club
George E. Hughes
Anamosa
Iowa
George Hughes
Manchester
Fonda
Ginevra
Ramona Hughes
R. G
Isaac Schneider
John M. Severson
R. D. Gregory
Fairmont
Montana
American Railway Association to sponsor national essay contest
The American Railway Association proposes a nationwide essay contest with three $250 prizes for grammar, high school, and college students to propose practical ways to prevent highway and grade crossing accidents. Entries are due by June 1, with judging by national figures.
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American Railway Association Today
American Railway Association
J. C. Daviston
Vesey Street
New York City
Fairy Tales and Snippets Across Newspapers
A collage of quirky quotes and lines from Ohio Sun Dial Michigan Gargoyle Cornell Widow Ohio State Journal. The fragmentary pages mix fairy tale sentences with wry social musings and jokes about genius and morality.
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Susie
Ohio
Sun Dial
Red Cross appeals for flood relief in Jones county
Monticello Red Cross chapter targets 200 for Mississippi flood relief while national headquarters projects at least 5 million dollars needed for stricken areas. Urges donations to local banks, requests clothing and shoes for flood victims, and highlights cold weather and displaced families awaiting aid.
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Monticallo
Red Cross
Jones County
National
Mississippi
Monticello
Central Committee
Coolidge
Lowell State Bank
George Stuhler’s Sons Company
American Red Cross
Langworthy Creamery Uses Cream Cooling Tanks In Jones County
The Langworthy creamery in Jones county operates with fifty five farms supplying cream and uses cooling tanks on fifty of them boosting butterfat quality. An Ames extension expert scored 88 to 90 in the first of six monthly cream scorings, with potential for higher results. The cooperative plant, producing about 110000 pounds of butter last year, dates back thirty years and plans equipment upgrades this fall.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ames Dairy Extension Service
Langworthy
New York
Jones County
E. H. Witt
Barber W B Ownby Named for State Board of Examiners
Chicago notes report that Winthrop barber W B Ownby is being considered by Governor Hammill as one of three appointees to the state board of examiners under the new barber license law. The item reflects on motives and politics surrounding the appointment.
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W. B. Ownby
Winthrop
Hammill
Milwaukee Road
Olympian
Milwaukee
United States
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Notice on Noxious Weeds Destruction and Highway Mowing
Jones County Iowa board of supervisors on April 20 1927 ordered owners or occupants to cut at least twice weeds along highways including specified species and dates. Failure to comply authorizes county mowing and tax costs charged to landowners. County Auditor Lavern Rockstad to publish notice in county newspapers.
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Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Iowa
Council
Commissioners
Lavern Rockstad
Notable Names and Dates from an 1866–1897 Record
A collage lists names and dates: Orville 1 in the Rosa building, William Long, Rev. Mather Coggan in 1868, Richard South’s children born 1839, Dr. W. B. Selder of Indiana in 1849, Col. John O. Duer, and other items including a large pen on the Memorial building tower and an 1897 reference.
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Orville
Seee
Rosa
William Long
Mather Coggan
Richard South
W. B. Selder
Indiana
John O. Duer
Shots Fired In Greeley And Manchester Drive Through
Auto occupants last Saturday night fired several shots in Greeley then headed toward Oneida and Manchester firing into Oscar Smith’s home. A mayoral message failed to stop them. Three Edgewood staff will return next fall. Supt Gardiner Ruth Clifton and Ardis Swordes. Tjark Kray remains seriously ill with pneumonia at McDonald hospital. Mrs Bates ill at Gill street.
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Greeley
Oneida
Oscar Smith
Manchester
Edgewood Public Schools
Supt
Paul K. Gardiner
Ruth Clifton
Ardis Swordes
Tjark Kray
McDonald Hospital
County Convention of School Officials Called in Jones Iowa
County Auditor announces a May 10 1927 convention of school district presidents at the Jones County Court House to elect a county superintendent and three members of the county board of education. District representation is required, with alternates named if presidents cannot attend.
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Jones County
State of
Iowa
Court House
Said County
Board ‘of Education
Proposals Sought for Wayne Township School House
Notice announces bids for erection of one school house in Wayne township Jones County Iowa with plans at Monticello. Separate furnace bids due April 30 1927 with same schedule. Award to lowest responsible bidder. board reserves right to reject any or all bids.
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Wayne Township
Jones
Iowa
Monticello
Wayne No. 3
Phe
Wat
H. R. Jacobs
Executor's Notice of Ellen Kershner Estate in Jones County
Public notice that the district court of Jones county Iowa appointed Lovell State Bank as executor of Ellen Kershner deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk within legal time and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa April 27 1927. Doxsee Doxsee attorneys for estate.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Ellen Kershner
Anamosa
Towa
Lovell State Bank
Doxsee
Town
William Lange
A. Wd
John W. Hutton
Sarah E. Young Rieger
B. G. Rees
Jones Co
J. J. Locher
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Reformed Church
R. P. Kuentzel
St. Matthew’s Ev. Lutheran Church
Hl, L. Adix
St. Johns Ey. Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Presbyterian
Church
MontlecHo
Stevens Stone Mill
Dartmouth
Museum
Michigan Gargoyle
Pop
Ladies Tome Journal
Cornell
Goblin
Ohio State Journal
Kingdom of Heaven
Langworthy Creamery
Chicago News
Marcus Matthiessen
Palmer Hosford
Bertha’ Gilroy-Ardagey
Clara Ricklefs-Bishop
William Glark
Charles E. Bates
Gill Street
Center Street
Kathryn Young
J. F. Kellum
Fred Shover
B. H. Bohl- Ken
Peter Prahm
Center Junction
Steiner
A. W. Steiner
Lou Ehrisman
J. L. Weber & Sons
Cascade, Iowa
Frent
Ben Otten
Harry Soule
Jersey
John Saugi
T.B. Tested
McNeill Bros
Hopkinton
R. C. Brown
Herman Herren
Garret Bartels
Dodge Bros
Schoon’s
J. H. Hinrichs
Hutton & Walker
Wyoming
Ferris S. C
John Jacobs
Ryan
F. H. Otten
Scotch Grove
Gerd Behnken
Onslow
Stuhler
Carmen
Ray D. Sanford
Hineat Wahl
Burt Orpington
Henry Bartels
C. A. Doxaée
Tom Barron
Charles Rice
Paul N. Smith
S. C
Judy
Jefferson
Hopkinton Rendering Co
Woodlawn Poultry Farm
Prairieburg
L. E. Hoag
Sale
Janet Hazard
George Oltmans
Cascade Exchange
John Kurt, Sr
Notich
Carl Reuter
Craven
Harold Wilcox
Fred Yogel
Rhode Island
H. Tompking
Concord
Mass
A. M. Maurice
Wilcox & Sons
Wilcox
Hyerlay Farm
I. W. Doxsee
C. A. Doxsee
Lovell Block
Attorneys AT Law
Rock of Ages
J. E. Bateman
Star Meat Market
Marshall & Matthiessen
Buick
General Motors Proving Ground
Frank Page
Monticello, Iowa
Monticollo
DR. A. M. Maurice
Br. D
Lowell
Dr. Hoffman
Palmer
Cities
Monticello, Towa
THE
Milwaukee: Road
Eby’s Mill
McCormick
Hayes
Paige
Oxford
Adm
F. L. Story
Monticello State Bank
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