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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1922
Page
6
August report from Center Junction covers the Ladies Aid and Sunday school picnic at Anamosa State Park with 84 attendees, club activities, surprises for Nell Crane, local travels, weather, and upcoming Community Day events. It notes hail damage to corn nearby, church activities, band performances, and numerous local visits and social notices.
Cascade August 8 1922 wedding notices from St Marys church feature Miss Coletta Leyterns and Joe Mogier of Worthington with Rev Shur performing the ceremony. Attendants include Afisx APY and laymonds Leytem. The bride wore white crepe de chine and a bridal veil with pink rose bouquet. The couple planned a wedding tour and home in Cascade amid warm community praise. Other notices record Mary Werker and Barney Weeker daughters and sons, with details of dress, travel to Des Moines and Excelsior Springs, and greetings from local families. The item notes Mr and Mrs A L Scholl announce the birth of their son John H Scholl Jr with families gathering in Cedar Rapids.
A hailstorm along Linn county's eastern strip damaged corn with fields near destruction and ruined the line of a farm. In town, the ladies club will meet at the Dents raelay home on Friday August 1st to discuss jams and jerkes. Residents attend the Monticello circus with mixed praise while others note hospital stays and visits from local residents and nurses.
Fragmentary OCR recounts a public sale at Scotch Grove including household goods, cards, wood, and other items offered for the treasury. It mentions Mrs Hood and a daughter of Monte tied to the event, with times and locations noted for the sale and related inquiries.
Scattered notes from a Sanion area report several injuries after a cake-related incident and a bench fracture incident. The piece mentions residents Mrairiebur August Meroo Sir and others visiting and lists names including Mire Jack Flaherty and Win Paliatees along with locales like Nebraska and Wane On City.
Amber August and neighbors report a successful chautauqua in Anainuna with strong talent. Higary Velancamp celebrated his birthday Sunday night at home with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Knight visited Mrs. Bathurum in Center Junction. Threshing winds down this week as farm work nears completion.
Mrs Lucy Dodge of Center Junction spent a few days last week with her brothers George Andrews. Ford Tebo drove to Minnesota to visit relatives for a week. Roy Young and Bert Barnhill visited Hearst Duncan on Sunday night. Tom Powers visited his parents in Cedar Rapids over Sunday. Mrs Alex Robertson visited Mrs tid Duncan Friday afternoon. Miss able Grey spent Monday with Mrs Grey. Art Kettlesen is very ill at this writing.
Miss Mildred Blair returns home after a three week camping trip at Spirit Lake and Minnesota with relatives of Manchester. Lizzie Miller and son Joe of near Worthington visited at the Alex Blair home last Sunday. Dorothy Pierce attended a slumber party at Dorothy Cramer’s last Monday night. Mrs. W A Snell of Marion visits Arverices Mrs Fred Lang. Supt W A Ottilie of Manchester was a business caller last Monday. M OS Pierce and Lois drove to Monticello Tuesday. Doc Stevenson and SFM Pierce visited Monticello last Tuesday and Thursday.
The 82 year old former Cass township resident Hugh E Cunningham was brought to Anamosa for burial after dying July 29 in Eskridge Kansas. Services were held at the Cunningham home on Sales Street and interment followed at Riverside Cemetery.
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