Weather Prospects For Upper Mississippi Valley Week
The Weather Bureau forecasts a mixed week starting Wednesday August 18 1915 with showers early followed by fair weather for a day or two then another shower threat Thursday or Friday. Temperatures expected to be moderate and last three days of the period likely dry. Local notices report numerous visits and sales across Monticello Anamosa Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns with ads for white dress goods jewelry and a broom sale at Shelley's variety store.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Monticello Area Social News Roundup of Visits and Travels
A long list of residents enjoyed visits and travels this week. Albia and Davenport guests, trips to Wisconsin, Illinois, and North Dakota, and many local hosts are noted along with medical and transportation updates. A lost locket with stone is also reported with a reward offer.
Local notes from Monticello and nearby towns
R G Stabler heads to Petoskey Michigan for a week then to Niagara Falls and a Hudson River voyage to New York City. Morley visitors include Bert Meeks and Orville Duncan and their spouses. Mrs Edwards offers meals during fair week at Sycamore Street near the fairgrounds.
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R. G. Stabler
Petoskey
Michigan
Niagara
Hudson
New York City
Plum seed orders from Scotch Grove Nursery Co Iowa
A note urges planting plum thickets for seed and asks readers to contact Scotch Grove Nursery Co Iowa for prices and details by phone 60 F 14. George Hubbard traveled to Rollo Missouri to disinter Mrs Wales remains to be moved to Monticello for burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Lyle Smith resigns from Kettlett Kay drug store and will work in East Dubuque starting September 1. The Women's Civic League will run a parcel check tent at the fairgrounds and operate a rest room at the I C O F hall near the Bateman monument works.
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Scotch Grove Nursery Co
Scotch Grove
Iowa
George Hubbard
Rollo
Missouri
Wales
Monticello
Oakwood Cemetery
Lyle Smith
Kettlett& Kay
West Union
East Dubuque
Parish Events and Notices Across Scotch Grove Area
Mrs Jennie Chapman leaves for Greeley Colorado yesterday morning accompanied to Cedar Rapids by her daughters Mrs Hattie Grifith and Mrs Robert Henderson Rev R A Brough will conduct services at Scotch Grove Presbyterian church next Sunday at eleven The church invites tributary residents to attend Rev Charles E Cushman is on a two week vacation trip in Missouri No services at Congregational church until after September 1 Sunday school and Christian Endeavor will meet as usual Miss Harriet L McCuskey plans a September first beginner class in illustrated music study Parents invited to review her plan of work The Women s Civic League will have a tent on the fairgrounds near the Bateman monument Works The German Reformed church will hold Sunday school next Sunday at ten There will be no preaching as Rev Roland Kuntsel is on vacation The following Sunday the 29th there will be neither Sunday school nor preaching services
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Jennie Chapman
Robert Henderson
Greeley
Colorado
Cedar Rapids
Hattie Grifith
R. A. Brough
Springville
Scotch Grove
Presbyterian Church
Charles £. Cushman
Missouri
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Harriet L. McCuskey
Roland Kuntsel
Couple Weds In Lion Cage At Anamosa
A couple married inside a lion’s cage at Anamosa with a sleepy lion nearby. The odd ceremony occurred on Friday the 13th and featured tinware and housekeeping items as gag gifts while onlookers awaited results.
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Anamosa
Lancaster man to open modern variety store in Stirton building
G. D. Smith of Lancaster Wisconsin arrived yesterday morning and arranged to start a new up-to-date variety store in the Stirton building beside Deatrick Dry Goods. He is experienced in the business and was accompanied by his wife.
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G. D. Smith
Lancaster
Wisconsin
Stirton
Deatrick Dry Goods
Smith
Sleepy Sam the Sleuth at the Princess Tonight
Local photoplay comedy Sleepy Sam the Sleuth shown at the Princess theater with scenes described as a reel scream. Featuring mutual laughs and comical surprises, nightly showings include tonight tomorrow and Saturday with a matinee Saturday afternoon.
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Sam
Jacob Schneider Returns Home After Hospital Treatments
Jacob Schneider came home to his daughter Franah after two neck gland operations in Rochester Minnesota. Doctors foresee another operation before a full recovery can be judged. His son Isaac returned Monday from Rochester where he spent Sunday with his father. The notice also advertises lard prices at Star meat market and Doutrick's lace shop.
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Jacob Schneider
Rochester
Minnesota
Franah
Isaac
Star Meat Market
Campers on trip near dam as tragedy strikes family
O E Brainerd and a Sunday school party camp a mile below the dam at the electric light plant with several named companions. Ella Poppe, one year old, died last Sunday, the couple's first child. Burial followed Tuesday at Wayne Lutheran Cemetery with friends offering sympathy.
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Ella
William Poppe
Bayless Business College Ad Promotes Civil Service
Young men stenographers are in demand in the U S Civil Service with four graduates securing appointments since January 1. Examinations are said to be easy with training at Bayless Business College in Dubuque Iowa. Fall term opens August 80th.
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U. S. Civil Service
Bayless Business College
Dubuque
Iowa
Lincoln Building
Local downpour halts Cedar Rapids trip for four
A heavy rain drenched the vicinity last Saturday with rain confined to Sand Spring and areas west to Springville. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Herrick and Charles and Mary Doxies attempted to drive to Cedar Rapids for a bar poetry event but were blocked by rain after Anamosa and forced to turn back after getting swamped in mud.
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Sand Spring
Springville
Charles
Mary Doxies
Cedar Rapids
Pionia
Anamosa
Professor Roy Peterson Receives Rome Fellowship
Professor Roy Peterson of Cooper College Sterling Kansas has been appointed to a fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. The post carries a $1000 annual income with living quarters in the school building and travel opportunities, especially in Greece. He will sail for Italy at the start of September.
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Roy Peterson
Cooper College
Sterling
Kansas
J. N. Peterson
Peterson
American Academy
Rome
Greece
Italy
Doctor Gordon Returns to Private Practice in Iowa City
Dr. W. E. Gordon, formerly a Monticello dentist, left his chair in the College of Dentistry at the State University to resume dental practice in Iowa City. The move reflects his sound judgment and maintains his professional standing, while personal clientage will prove more lasting than the professorship.
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W. E. Gordon
Monticello
College of Dentistry
The
State University
Iowa City
Death of W. H. McClure Former Jones County Editor
W. H. McClure a native of Wyoming and former Fontanelle and Audubon editor died at Fontanelle at 66. He edited the Audubon Republican for twenty years and later the Fontanelle Observer and served as Fontanelle postmaster. He left a widow and four children including a son who worked on The Observer and another who publishes the Pomeroy Herald.
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Jones County
Wyoming
W. H. McClure
Fontanelle
Audubon Republican
Wyoming Journal
McClure
The
Observer
Pomeroy
Postmaster General Burleson Cuts Rural Routes Across County
Rural route cuts hit Jones county with route discontinuations and lengthenings in Wyoming and Onslow. About 80 patrons lose local mail service and must travel to town or use distant boxes as fewer carriers cover the territory. The move aims to reduce expenses but spares headquarters staff and city postmasters.
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Burleson
Jones County
Wyoming
Onslow
Monticello to Host New National Bank Oversee by Local Figures
Washington report notes the controller of the currency received on the 16th an application to organize the Jones County National Bank at Monticello Iowa with cash capital of 100000 dollars. Applicants include John J Locher J H J Stutt J Mangold F E Stimsoon H P Henderson and others. Stimson Mangold connected to Delhi and Manchester parties listed. Potential president J H J Stutt and cashier Sumaon of Delhi. The bank would occupy the former Lowell State Bank site now Graves barbershop location.
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Washington
Chicago Tribune
Jonesounty National Bank
Monticello
Iowa
John J. Locher
J. H. J. Stutt
J. Mangold
F. E. Stimsoon
H. P. Henderson
Stimson
Mangold
Delaware County
Graves
Manchester
Sumaon
Delhi
Killed by an Automobile Near Denver Station
Dr Louis H Schultz husband of Anna Balcar was killed in an automobile accident near Denver Colorado during a severe storm. He lived at 871 South Gilpin street and worked as a lung specialist in a Denver hospital. Burial followed in Cincinnati Ohio.
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Louis, H. Schultz
Anna Balcar
Denver
Durlog
Louie H. Schultz
Colorado
Schultz
B. T. Balcar
Richland Township
Martha
Ohiago
Cincinnati
Anna Balear
Reading
Monticello
Donvar
John Bajasch
Glenwood Springs
Louis H. Schultz
South
Gilpin Street
Metropolitan Building
Aurora
Dr. Schultz
Germantown
Ohio
University of Ohio Medical School
Phipps Sanitarium
Anne Balcar
Iowa
Qermantown
Grace
Mercy Hospital
National Jewish Hospital For
Scottish Rite
Knights Templar
Colorado National Guard
Trinidad
Women to use Odd Fellows hall for civic rest room
The municipal committee of the Women's Civic League has secured the Odd Fellows hall for a rest room to raise funds for civic work. It will serve as a parcel and wrap checking station during fair week and seeks donations of furniture. A meeting is set Friday at four o'clock for planning future arrangements and inviting all Monticello women to join.
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Women’s Civic League
Odd Fellows Hall
Odd Fellows
Dr. Peet
Monticello
Women’s Civica League
R. Tt, Jenney
Superintendent K. D. Miller Opens School Consultation
Superintendent K. D. Miller will be in his office at the high school Friday and Saturday September 8 and 4 for consultation on school matters and student enrollment. School opens Monday September 6. Mrs Edwards, near the fair grounds, will serve meals each day during fair week for those desiring a square meal.
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K. D. Miller
K.D. Miller
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O. N. Patrick
A. Errickson
Katherine Young
L. G. Stabler
T. S. Lazell
T. E.ainsworth
Dr. L
Stabler
H. F. Podhaski
Clinton
Percia Herrington
Edgewood
Deutrick’s
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Kansas City
Shelley’s
R.T. Jenney
Chicago
J. W. Campbell
Deutrick D. G. Co
Hattie
Martha Rice
Hopkinton
Jony
Libbie
Mary George
Edna Hubbard
Royal
Nebraska
Mesdames
Mattie McAleer
M. J. Hogan
KE. M. Baker
Tama, Iowa
Olive Eastman
Town City
Luzia Thomas
Clayton Palmer
Cedar Rapida
Roland Kuentzel
Clear Lake
Deatrick D, G, Co
Charles Moore
Thelma Prabm
Center Junction
Erma Rohr
Margaret
Lillian Maire
Don Barnes
Ruth Nelson
Montana
J. W. Nelson
Beulah Buffington
Alfred Starks
Louise Stambaugh
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Anna Hazard
Farley
Albert Sherman
Maxwell
F. D. Slauson
Paul Schuetz
Fort Dodge
H. E. Reed
Albia
William ‘Altman
Fred Barton
Hr‘son
Hazel McMahon
Davenport
H. S. Richardson
Nellie Fletcher
Higih,llinois
Nellis
Superior
Lorin Palmer
Oresco
Isaac Schneider
George Davis
Norton
Fayette
A. W. Adams
Emma
Ada Stadtmueller
Langworthy
Sterling, Illinois
Violet Eye
Moline, Ilinois
Lloyd Sexton
Edna Schoonover
Los Angeles
California
Mrs. Barr
Dennis Liddy
Charles Shipman
Mason City
Duggen
Oshkosh
Henry George
C. A. Errickson
Florence Davis
Claude Fothergill
Baby
Hope
North Dakota
C. B. McKean
F. H. Otten
Anna
Rouleau
Saskatchewan
Canada
John Barnes
Ryan
Margaret M. Fawcett
Cleveland
J. W. Coxsee
Margaret Guyan
Rock Rapids
Flitch
Rock Valley
George Guyan
Paul Petersen
Jennie Thorsen
Olin
Tobias Swanson
58Rd
State Militia
F. B. Gundlach
Ruth
Clarksville
William Stabler
Josephine Foley
Lucile Perenoud
Ellis
South Dakota
John Krause
0. M. & St. Paul Railway Co
William Welch
Berdina McNamara
John McGregley
Chicago & Alton Railway Co
Ed le Olair
EH. Reed
Margaret Fawcett
Harry Ludwig
Ware
Lillias Fuller
D. C. McIntosh
Shenandoah
J. S. McConnell
A. W. Steiner
N. Patrick
Bert Meeks
Orville Duncan
Morley
George Cowan
Duncan
Cowan
F. A. Wise
Basing City
Fred Kay
Mr. Wise
Cascade
Kay
F. P. Stuhler
Carolyn
Elgin
Iinois
John Oswald
Thomas Bader
University Hospital
H. M. Corwith
Ruth Hemming
Lena Levy
Tirnie
Hall Manufacturing Co
Tirnice
Ernest Cooper
Oxford Junction
Mary Howie
John Hogan
Minneapolis
Clara Evans
Fair
Bateman Monument Works
Women’s. Ocivic League
Fairgrounds
Doutrick’s
O. E., Brainerd
Electric Light Plant
la Vera Rockatad
James Lazell
Robert Cushman
Dwight Cushman
Howard Ainsworth
Roland Griffith
Evelyn Jearney
Leslie Cushman
District Court
George A. Fisher
Fred G. Remington
Viola
Adalla Grim
O. H. Bell
Martha Simpson
Uoggon
Clifford Barnes
Gladys Coppess
Glyde A. Johnson
Edith Switzer
John ©. Jansen
Ina Maye Young
W. ©. King
Carrie Cummings
Omaha
J. W. Gilroy
Libbie Robertson
Mudge
Misa Luella Gibson
Arthur Taylor
Northwestern Depot
Asenath Mudge
Zion City
Illinois
Hicks & Rickless
Cadet
Black Cat
Kayser’s
Kehrer
Hicks & Ricklefs
C. H. Schipman
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