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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1914

Page

7

Local Notices Highlight Travel Visits and Shop Ads

Marion visitors include QO Wahl Elmer Wahl and Mrs N G Winner with several relatives and friends. Shoppers find new curtain goods and child dresses at Doutrick s while local residents make business trips and visit relatives in Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois.

Monticello notices share travels to many towns

Local residents and visitors span Iowa and nearby states with trips to Cedar Rapids Rockford Sioux City Kansas City and Milwaukee. A Monticello fair week features the Lucy M Hayes Stock Co and new fence work at Sand Hill cemetery with several families visiting relatives across the region.

Lucy M. Hayes Stock Co Opera House Kettlitz & Kay’s Sand Hill The Hayes Stock Co

Podbaski Baby Born in Rock Island

Mr and Mrs Harold Podbaski of Rock Island welcome a son born last Sunday. Grandparents Frank and the family share joy as Harold junior arrives. Also notes include lard price sale and recent marriage licenses in the area and the Temple Hill Harvest Home picnic planned for August 24 with sports and a bowery dance.

Harold Podbaski Rock Island Grandpa Frank Podbaski Harold, Junior Temple Hill

Fair Week Activities and Community News Overview

Fair week features include farmers race heats and a five mile auto race at Jones County Fair with open entries. Supt. A M Maurice handles speed events while Rev Schuetz conducts services in Scotch Grove with English preaching next Sunday.

Supt. of Speed A. M. Maurice

Pastor to Miss Waverly for Synod Vacation

Rev. Sigmond Ide of the German Lutheran church at Monticello leaves for his annual vacation. He will travel to Waverly, Iowa, then attend the Synod in Waterloo. No Lutheran services for the next two Sundays. services resume on the first Sunday in September.

Sigmond Ide Monticello Waverly Iowa Waterloo

Stacyville Monitor Revived Under Frank L Good

Frank L Good former foreman at the Jones County Times becomes editor and manager of the Stacyville Monitor after a six week defunct period. He pledges a good paper with adequate encouragement and starts with a strong line of advertisements.

Frank L. Good Jones County Times Stacyville Monitor Good

Free Old Reliable coffee tasting at Monticello store

Free samples of Free-Old Reliable coffee will be served at A G Hanken General Merchandise in Monticello Iowa this Saturday August 22 1914. Test the high grade coffee with no obligation to buy and enjoy a cup with no pressure. The town announces the upcoming Jones County Fair at Monticello from August 24 to 28 featuring music by the 54th Iowa regimental band and assorted attractions. The issue also notes rising prices for flour and sugar and reports a serious accident involving Rube Ely after a horse kicked him in the face southeast of Monticello.

A. G. Hanken General Merchandise Monticello Iowa Jones County 54Th Iowa Regimental Band Rube Ely

Rev Elias Gruenstein dies after long ministry in North Dakota

Reverend Elias Edward Gruenstein D D died at his Wimbledon North Dakota home last Sunday from diabetes He had served Monticello for twenty three years and earlier ministered in Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania and Wisconsin His survivors include his wife and six children with services held in Wimbledon Monticello and New Rockford burial at Oakwood cemetery

Elias Edward Gruenstein Wimbledon North Dakota Monticello Otto Odessa Russia Kisheven America Sheboygan Wisconsin Mission House College Louisa Schorer Indianapolis Charleston Linton Indiana Olney Illinois Sharon Pennsylvania Gruenstein Chicago Albert New Rockford Frieda Oesdar Rapida Paul Raeder Otto Gruenstein Paul Pacific Coast Anthony Methodist Episcopal Church Ames Oakwood Cemetery

Soetje Injured Badly in Embankment Crash

Oscar H. Soetje lost control of his car last evening near Monticello, drove 30 feet into an embankment, and sustained a paralyzing spinal injury. Doctors warn recovery is unlikely, with condition to be reassessed in two days. The crash occurred while turning by H J Lang’s home near the river bank.

Oscar H. Soetje Mr. Soetje Monticello H. J. Lang Hejinian Anamosa O. G. Thomas Soetje Chicapo Oxford Junction

Monticello Bride Weds Gunn Wyoming Man in Five O Clock Ceremony

Miss Florence Hefner daughter of Dr and Mrs F A Hefner married Benjamin Roberts of Gunn Wyoming Saturday afternoon at five o clock Rev W J Allen of the Presbyterian church officiated. Mrs Roberts a Monticello high school graduate of 1904 taught in Monticello and Gunn public schools before marriage. Roberts an electrical engineer will work at a new mine in Rock Springs under Union Pacific. They will visit Denver and Rock Island before settling in Rock Springs. Also reported is William Starks injured by broken window glass at Cross Hardware. jaw dropping incident led to medical care and two week waiting period for compensation under local liability law. This is the third such claim in Monticello this month.

Florence Hefner F. A. Hefner Benjamin Roberts Gunn Wyoming W. 4. Allen Presbyterian Church Roberta Monticello Grinnell College Thomas Normal Detroit Michigan Roberts Rock Springs Union Pacific Railway Rock Island Denver The Express Mrs. Roberts William Starks J. P. Starks Cross Hardware C. L. van Meter Starke Walter Chapman van Meter Liability Casuality Co New York John Locher Starks

Franco-American toilet requisites sales offer

Advertisement offers Franco American toilet requisites and invites orders. Customer Hattie Hoag is named for contact or response.

Hattie Hoag

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J. W. Doxsee E. G. Burrichter Home News QO. L. Wahl Marion Son Elmer Wahl Bertha Locher Manchester New Curtain Goods Deatrick’s Mrs Samuel Adamson Doutrick’s Lydia Bader Waukon Father Houck Arcadia, Wisconsin A. G. Hanken’s L. R. Jacobs Emmetsburg Elise Behrends Austin Minnesota Mabel ‘Fleisey Hanken’s Gus Ricklefs Andrew Casper Farley Mellisa Kingsley Cascade Ann Stirton John Eden Strawberry Point Pond Edward McBride Dyeraville Palmer Ray Nandel Fred Kay John Henry Chadwell Mrs. Wolf Bennett Northwestern Cedar Rapids Ethel and Gail Magee Uena Haeussler Dubuque Mona Eldridge Battle Creek Ga. L. Lovell Michael Burnette Riverside Frank d’Autremont Mrs. E. M. Haker Mesdames Herman Hanken George Himes Viva Boatright Newton Mrs. O. N. Patrick Rose O’rourke Edward Burrichter Matilda Moore Walden, Washington John Moore Deatrick D. G. Co Paul Hearn Mrs. White Thorpe Iola George Oshkosh, Wisconsin Earl Tarbox Moline, Illinois Albert Stabler Peter Haeussler Anna Blake Webster City Messrs Garriett Harms Martin Thompson Alida Mrs. Schultz Colorado Rev. Balcar Richland L. G. Stubler W. D. Magee P. C. Waltermire Sioux City Oscar Sherman Grace Michael McLaughlin James Rettig Ruth Independence George Rettig Fair Grounds Captain Smith Edward Templeton O. F. Tubbe Lee Maquoketa Clayton Palmer Frank Pierce Ola James Voorhees Kansas City Carl Schatz Oresco Mary F. Hurst Cedar Falls L. E. Jones Iowa Falls Mary I. Jarman Jesse Tubbs Alice Lola Cowan Spirit Lake Russell Stabler Petoskey Emil Rickless Fred Koop J. W. Innes Harriet Coughlan A. H. Patrick Coon Rapids H. Bump Grinnell Andrew Cassidy Milwaukee Jessie Dunlap Hopkinton Dr. Peet Arthur Georges Rickles Gerdes George Gerdes Arthur Lincoln Thoeni Elgin B. H. Johnson George Kelly Mages Chapman Frank Brewster John Minton Burlington Tom J. George J. W. Coxsee St. Paul William Welch Shakoose QO. J. Bucklin Clara Rickless Greenriver Miss Rickless Charles Vivian Westgate Vivian Carl Lee Madison Henry Matthews O’brien Des Moines Ralph Cooper Billy Boone W. A. Mirick Hall Manufacturing Co F. L. Wheeler Scotland South Dakota Mary Carrie Clark CO. N. Patrick Suter & Son Clerk Fisher Walter D. Orr Mand Be, Schunn Muscatine Benjamin C. Roberts Florence M. Hefner Scotch Grove Township Schuetz Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church Misa Gibson Mabel Slauson J. S. Hall Great Lakes Minneapolis Duluth Jones County Fair L. P. Waddick K. D. Miller Hayes Strek Company Mason Q City M. R. Harding Kaystone Gresley John Bodeker Ben Walken Old Bingham Langworthy W. T. McCandless Mechanicsville W. Z. Allen McCandless State Insurance Department Thais van Meter Jump Metcalf Beaman Powers Waite Hunnicutt Welburg Farrager Crow Olive Cartano Anamosa Fair Abraham Arduser George Arduser Tama City Buol Edward Kiburz Washington Leonard Arduser W. G. Blair Otto Arduser Jacob Lang Sand Spring Dr. A. M. Maurice Belle Marcus Anamonea Elaine Reed Allen Jim’? Alloway Dan Hearn Doc Drury Tribune Europe Germany France England Palmer's Pharmacy E. E.gruenstein H. Soetje Ike C. H. Schipman MAIN Hicks & Ricklefs E. A. Hubbard L. H. Lang
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