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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
2
Numerous names appear visiting relatives in Dubuque Brooklyn Clinton Randolph Muscatine Muskegon Cedar Rapids Lost Nation Anamosa Perry Marion Monticello Ida Grove LaPlanta and Canal Point. Snap notes list visitors from Mary Locher Elaine Horsch Audrey Podhaski and others, plus VFW Auxiliary meeting and eye care ad.
A parade of names visits family roots from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids and beyond. Many locals travel to see kin in Davenport Davenport and Grinnell while others welcome out of town guests from Chicago Bloomington and Los Angeles.
The report lists Monticello residents visiting family in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids, others calling on ill relatives in Marion, and friends at the Ringling Bros. Circus in Cedar Rapids. Elfreda Burrichter and Elsie Arnold plan a two week western trip visiting Bloomfield Omaha Pine Bluffs Yellowstone National Park Salt Lake City Denver. A Backbone State Park band concert is set for August 11 with Roy Sawyer leading. Lost dog alert near Anamosa targets a yellow German Shepherd with harness.
Ledger notes multiple land conveyances with nominal $1.00 consideration. Transactions include transfers involving Max A. Wortman Blanche Wortman Steve Petersen Mary Petersen Adolph Lasack Frank Moravec Tillie Moravec and Jennie I Berry among others, detailing lots, sections and parcels in Anamosa Webster’s outlets Oxford Junction and surrounding areas.
A dog with a tag on its collar bears the inscription I am Wimpy and I am lost Call Leslie K Hull Waverly Iowa The owner’s contact name and city are given for help reuniting the pet with its owner.
A compact note highlights urgency in daily wants columns with quick sale calls and fleeting opportunities. The piece emphasizes speed in placing and finding ads as deadlines approach and markets shift.
Transfers report Lyle Willett and Mildred to Anna Fritz for east 44 feet of lot 8 and 20 feet of south 36 feet of block 5 Oxford Junction for one dollar. Also Viola Lindley and A H to Victor Glenn with others in section 35 Mr and Mrs Burrichter and relatives from Lost Nation visit Monticello. Parcel 84-3 comprises 68.40 acres more or less.
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