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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1925

Page

7

Local notes and visitors around Monticello and nearby towns

Monticello and surrounding areas report numerous visitors and residents traveling to Cedar Rapids Hopkinton Marion Anamosa Marshalltown Iowa Falls and Chicago. People named include Miss Helen Shumaker Miss Pauline Hartman Mr and Mrs W C Dubbs Miss Bertha May Goldin and John Matthiessen. The Radiana window display and McNeills Hardware advertise. Holstein cattle on exhibit.

Monticello notices and visits fill a busy week

Local residents and visitors travel between Monticello and nearby towns while others attend fairs, picnics, and church rallies. relatives visit from Ottumwa and Decorah, and auction and hardware ads promote sales and products amid community events and upcoming park outings.

Monticello Notes Include Local Visits and School News

Local items report visits from Mr. Taylor dean of a Jamestown college, changes in bus schedules, and marriages in Cedar Rapids. Community announcements include births, anniversaries, surges in poultry markets, new teachers for Monticello and surrounding districts, and improvements planned for the Soldiers Memorial building along with a recount note on Brookhart Steck ballots.

Longtime Monticello resident Lucian Rice dies at 90

Lucian Rice died at his Monticello home August 9 at 4 30 p m aged 90 years 7 months 8 days Funeral services were held at the home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Rev Albert E Coe pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church Burial took place in Oakwood cemetery Born January 1 1835 in Whitesville New York he lived much of his life in Jones county and Monticello He married Mary E Moulton in 1863 and leaves sons Edwin and Charles Rice among others He was a lifelong voter in Jones County with a long lived family heritage and valued privacy and family above all.

Lucian Rice Monticello Albert E. Coe Methodist Episcopal Church Oakwood Rice Whitesville New York Gilbert Remembrance Rice Rockford Inois Manley Anamosa Iowa Jones County Stambaugh Mary E. Moulton Cass Township Lovell Township Smith Acker George Si, LeClerc Fremont Lincoln Mr. Rice Gilbert Rice Charles N. A. Rice Silvis Illinois Frank Walter Rice Denver Colorado Carrie Stevens Ottumwa Charles Moulton Burlington Frank Moulton York Nebraska

Monticello Man Martin Guyan Dies at 65

Martin Guyan died at McDonald hospital last Sunday at 6 45 after a paralysis stroke on May 19 while visiting his son in Colton South Dakota. Born March 11 1860 in Switzerland he came to the United States at age eight and lived near Monticello. He married Ursula Jecklin July 4 1883 and eight of their nine children survive. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Reformed church with Rev Roland Kuentzel, burial at Oakwood.

Martin Guyan McDonald Hospital Thomas Guyan Colton South Dakota Monticello Guyan Switzerland Thomas Ursula Guyan United States Switzer Settlement Ursula Jecklin Christina Pettingill Rock Rapids Towa Anna Reimers Ursula Allen Margaret Reiniers Mary Dietiker Francy Tein Paul Guyan Henry Guyan W. H. Pettingill Dalton C. F. Schneiter Hanlontown Cc. J. Buol Paul Jecklin Mra. N. Jecklin Dubuque

Dairy Day at Shomont Farms Hosts Holstein Picnic

Shomont Farms near Monticello hosts a combined Holstein and Dairy Day picnic on Monday August 17 with free coffee and self packed lunches. Breeders from Delaware Dubuque Jackson and Jones counties invited at least to form a Jones County Holstein Breeders association. Includes judging demonstrations and talks by Floyd Johnston Thomas Shover O B Hatch H W Gleim and Peder Pedersen with a calf club idea and future breeders program.

Shomont Farms Monticello Delaware Dubuque Jackson Jones Jones County Holstein Breeders’ Association Shover Floyd Johnston Iowa Dairy Association Thomas Shover O. B. Hatch Iowa Holstein Breeders’ Association Breed Association H. W. Gleim Calf Club

DeKreko Brothers Pine For Great Jones County Fair Week

The DeKreko Brothers bring a five ride carnival and ten shows to Monticello for August 24 to 28 at the Great Jones County Fair. They headline a midway of wholesome entertainment with a uniformed band and a 30‑member minstrel cast. Local bands Dubuque Community Band Hanford Post American Legion Cedar Rapids West Union Colored Band join seven state fair acts and Nay Brothers. Tickets: adults 75 cents with day night coupons, children 8 to 13 40 cents with night coupons, under eight free. automobile tickets 25 cents.

DeKreko Brothers Monticello Chicago de Kreko Brothers the Express Busby’s All-Star Colored Minstrels Nay Brothers America Iown Jones County Dubuque Hanford Post American Legion Band of Cedar West Union Colored Band

Lenox Lenox Furnace Promoted At McNeill Hardware

ACJ H urges Express readers to consider ten criteria for new home heating systems and tours A J H display room at McNeill hardware. The Lenox furnace is touted as gas tight with ten year warranty and a proven 21 year life, offering hot air and hot water options and humidity control.

ACJ. H the Express Iowa Martens Lenox McNeill Hardware Store North America

Kyri s Band to Play Two Concerts November 3

Band master Frank Royden announces Kyri s Band of Chicago will give afternoon and evening concerts at the new public school auditorium on November 3. The group is renowned for standards in music with Miss Henrietta Conrad as soloist. profits benefit the Monticello Municipal Concert Band and public schools.

Lucille Margaret Johns Blanchardville Wisconsin Hannah Johns Chicago Verne Marshall Lucile Monticello Public Schools Althea Bancroft Anamosa Miss Bancroft Killian Company of Cedar Rapids Frances Coyle Michael Coyle Monticello Hopkinton Public Schools Miss Coyle Hopkinton Schools Frank Royden Kyri Public School Kyrl Kyr Henrietta Conrad New York

Cross Hardware Co Furnaces and Stoves Repair Service

The notice urges homeowners to repair or replace furnaces or stoves before the first cool wave. Cross Hardware Co offers repairs for any stove or furnace and provides a contact phone.

Cross Hardware Co

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