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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
7
Local notes list repeated visits and trips among residents including Fred J. Dahling in Waterloo Mrs Tatt Farley and Eugene Byers Chicago along with many Monticello area social calls Eye tests and Dr Stabler mentioned Also sales notices at Deitrick's and Eclipse ads plus a wedding trip to Burlington and a minor medical procedure at Anamosa.
Monticello residents and visitors populate the column with trips to Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Chicago. Family visits include Mrs William Allen to Anamosa and Mrs H Lang to Greeley. Community notes mention sales Eclipse lumber and August clean up Summer goods and a church service set for August 9. Local roads paving and marriage licenses also surface amid social updates.
Mrs. Taylor and daughter Ethel return from Iowa City where Miss Taylor attends summer sessions at the State University. Mr. and Mrs. Huena head to Custer SD then Montana for visits. Lovell and Schoonover families depart for Yellowstone Park pleasure trip. Loraine, Verena d Au Tremont return from Riverside with Rose Lee CBS. Scovern family back in Carrolton MO after visit with Hoag family. Kay family returns from Hazelton with Ruth Kay visiting brother’s home. State bank examiner conducts assets check in town. Maire siblings Paul Harold and Margaret head to Sioux Falls SD for two weeks with relatives.
Items from Monticello society and nearby towns cover local visits and vacations. Grace Podhaski plans time off at The Express office with relatives in Hopkinton and friends in Coggon. Misses Tator of Marion arrive to visit their aunt Mrs. Hanssen, with one returning home last Monday and the other staying longer.
Fred Able and his two daughters visited the Able home in Boone last Tuesday and left the next day. Albert Stuhler and wife announce the birth of a daughter at a sanitarium in Anamosa last Monday. A state inspector visited the canning factory Tuesday and found the work clean and satisfactory for production. Mrs. George Guynan travels to Wimbledon to see her father Rev. E E Guenstein who is reported gravely ill with diabetes and little hope for recovery.
Ward Brazelton of Portland Oregon visits with aunt Mesdames Sexton and Hudson and brother Elwood Brazelton. He is curious about a shoe store in Portland and this marks his first Monticello visit in seven years.
The Congregational church will pause sermons for three weeks while Rev. Charles E. Cushman is on vacation visiting four former parishes including Denver. Attorney William Smyth of Cedar Rapids recently represented Alberys in depositions in a case brought by Cora Sandhouse Albery and her Guardian. Jacob Schneider and his daughters Ada and Clara of Chicago visited last Tuesday and returned yesterday with Miss Frannah Schneider who will stay a while.
Martin Kehoe and sisters Mrs Trunk and Miss Irene travel by auto to Davenport for a funeral. They return with mother Mrs B A Kehoe who had stayed there. The group camps across the river in Lovers Lase with chaperone Millington Carpenter during the day and Billy Rohn aiding at night.
Next Tuesday evening the Monticello band will join Wyoming for a concert at eight o'clock. Automobiles from Monticello will travel to Wyoming to enjoy the music and support the event.
The drowning of William Orr at Eby's mill last Sunday highlights a hazardous hole in the magnoketa river near Monticello where boys swim. Three youths were pulled from the water this summer with agile swimmers saving them from tragedy. The latest saver was Sam Humble's son who narrowly escaped two weeks ago. Parents are urged to keep children away from the dangerous spot.
A chautauqua speaker notes auto sales and Ford seating, while a car price drops from 550 to 490 with a 40 to 60 gift per buyer if output hits 300,000. The plan promises up to 12 million in profits returned to purchasers, highlighting value over style for cost minded buyers in a popular service-focused machine.
Migs Mila Yockey reports children did very satisfactory work and enjoyed the fun. The year’s play shifted to a field meet from last year’s Indian work. A final meet on Saturday declared eleven boys and one girl as winners and eligible for prize buttons. Winners listed: Grant Peet, Del bert Chapman, Robert Crushman, Merle Deischer, Earl Peterson, Ted Hanawalt, Dwight Cushman, Fred Warner, James Laude, Burton Mec Laughlin, Roland Griffith, Adele Wilkens.
The Chautauqua assembly featured Byron L. Lick and Duncan McKinlay from California sharing talks on the Panama Canal and Asiatic immigration respectively. Musical performances by Ringdorf, Richards, Otterbein quartet, and a strong orchestral program closed Sunday with Father Cronin advocating healthier reading tastes.
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