Local notes on visits trips and storefront sales
Local item mentions visits from Edith Hudgon to Monticello friends and Ruth Garnes with Irving Hintz. Mrs. Bondfield and others visiting Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Edgewood. McNeill's Hardware ad urges Lenox furnace installation before cold weather. Stuhler and Iverson travel to Milwaukee Chicago and Templar Park for brief vacations and conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Garnes
Cedar Rapids
Irving Hintz
Monticello News Highlights Many Local Social Visits
Local residents travel to Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Chicago for family visits and weddings. Several Monticello residents return from trips to Minnesota Wisconsin and Nebraska while others plan vacations to Minneapolis and Wisconsin. A new silk display and nurses training addition accompany a corn pack milestone at the Monticello canning plant.
Monticello News Highlights Local Social Events and Commerce
Social gathering at the Henry Rink lawn ends with refreshments as the Luther League hosts. Carl Rynerson buys the Lawrence Neilsen pool room and plans immediate possession. Neilsen expands into a Dubuque bowling alley. Visitors from Beecher Illinois and Peterson Indiana stay with relatives. Florence Noble leaves for a YWCA conference in Lake Geneva Wisconsin with Chicago visit planned. John Hasler ships 61 head of cattle to Chicago, weight gain from 700 to 1300 pounds. Jones County Fair entries open Monday with 10 am to 6 pm window. Campfire groups from Monticello attend Mississippi river camping and wildlife school at McGregor Heights. Cattle price record set in Chicago at 16.10 per hundredweight by Rohwedder of Wyoming. Weddings include Dorothy Gagin and Hugene Bruner in Dubuque. Leo Locher and Besse Chmelik wed at Chelsea, with Locher working at General Electric in Schenectady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. G. Rohwecfer
Wyoming
Monticello
Dorothy Gagin
Hugene
Chicago Daily Drovers Journal
Iowa
Anamosa
Towa
Jones County
Earl
Arthur Domer
Emmett Stivers
Tony Hughes
Earl Domer
Jack Hill
Stock Yards Inn
Ive
Perch
Jack Still
Morrison
Hmmett
Mailed 50th anniversary for Monticello couple Hayen
Mr and Mrs Hayo Hayen of Monticello celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a Sunday noon dinner at the Gerdes home attended by twenty relatives. They wed August 16 1875 in Lerhove Haven Hanover Germany with Rev Gidermann conducting the Lutheran ceremony. Mr Hayen was a local farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Bohlken
Henry Bohlken
Prescott
Wisconsin
W. P. Haar
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
William Haar
Loretto
Minnesota
Theopil Haar
Charlotte
Tabell Haar
Irene Bohlken
Miss Bohlken
Misses Haar
Mendelssohn
George Luther
Rockford
Hayo Hayen
Monticello
T. J. Gerdes
Hayen
Lerhove Haven
Province of
Hanover
Germany
Gidermann
German immigrants Hagen and Hayen anniversary in Monticello
Longtime residents Mr. and Mrs. Hayen marked a marriage that began in Germany before emigrating to the United States in September 1875. They lived on the Ed Zirkelbach farm in Wayne township forty years before retiring to Monticello and joining St. Matthew's church. The couple, childless, were active in Zion's Lutheran in Wayne and are noted for community ties and church-building support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
United States
Ed Zirkelbach
Wayne Township
Monticello
Oltmanus) Hayen
Hayen
Henry Waven
Ben Tobiason
Theodore Rieniers
Ben Behrends
Wanda
Reinhard
Fake Oltmanns
Alva
Edna
Barnston
Nebraska
Henry Hagen
Garrett Schoon
John Ojtmann
Central City
S. M. Tole
Lydia Ido
Widow Theresa Voelker Succumbs After Mayor’s Death
Mrs. Theresa Voelker widow of former Dubuque Mayor Chris A. Voelker died three days after his passing. She had been in ill health and the shock of her husband’s death hastened her demise, per Dr Geo KX Meyer the osteopath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Voelker
Chris A. Voelker
Dubuque
Sacred Heart Church Serves Meals at Fat Grounds
The Sacred Heart church ladies will provide breakfast, dinner, and supper at the fat grounds over three days. Wednesday offers beef and pork roast with sides, Thursday features a large chicken dinner, and Friday serves pork roast with vegetables and desserts. All invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Sacred Heart Church
Rural Teacher Meetings Schedule for Jones County
The Rural Teachers of Jones County announce meeting dates and locations in Monticello Olin Wyoming Cascade and Anamosa. Attendees must be prospective rural school teachers this year and should attend at least one meeting held in local school buildings. Construction work at the Memorial building may affect access to the city clerk’s office and legion rooms as walls and stairs are modified. Cross Hardware Co offers furnace repairs and stove parts with the phone number 89.
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Monticello
Godfrey Schneider
Center Street
Mr. Schneider
B.C. Nolan
Cedar Rapids
Nolan
Jones County
Olin
Wyoming
Cascade
Anamosa
Nellie V. Morey
Memorial Building
Graded School
James van Voltenburg & Sons
Legion Rooms
Cross Hardware Co
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W. Doxsee Chas
A. Doxsee
Jimmie
Mary
E. G. Burrichter
Tocals
Mra
C. B.mckean
Edwin Lightfoot
Frank Locher
Marie Reuter
H. F. Mann
Edison
Locher
Pearl Taylor
Clinton
Mrs. Earhart
Hopkinton
C. E. Bates
Winchester Paints
MecNeill
Hdn
Tnez Young
Brainard
Elmer Orcutt
Des Moines
Redmond
McNeill
Antown
Tilton Barber
Next Cross Hardware Co
Hilah Hutton
Sibyl
Gulbransen
Vlaver ninnas—Locher’s
Sam Rhatigan
Roland
Edith _ Hudgon
Kenwood Park
Winchester
McNeill's
James Parley
McNeill's Hardware
J. W. Hoult
R. R. Watchwork Specialty
William Sloan
Wayne
Delhi
Mya
Nicholas Kehoe
J. W. McKenna
Sioux City
Fred Schmidt
C. E. Eibeen
Mesera
A. J. H. “McNeill
Fred ” Stuhler
Mwaukee
Lena Rohren
Rev. Smith
Kansas City
Missouri
Montiogllo
Gene Himebaugh
Oelwein
A. W. Adams
Harry Starka
Stone City
Bernard Axman
Frances
Burlington
Rudolph Bohren
Matte Graves
Brownsdale, Minnesota
Ben Tuel
Gladys Hertz
Mount, Vernon
Herman Harms
C. J. Rulon
Edgewood
George Guyan
Mrs. Bondfield
Waterloo
Donald Sutherland
Nora Chalmers
Odebolt
Fred Matthiessen
Emma Orr
Adrian
Michigan
Thomas Rhatigan
Fred Stuhler
Fairfield
Mma Orr
Edith Hudson
Kenwood Ark
Florence Kraft
H. P. Locher
D. F. Sweet
Fon du Lac
F. 8. Stuhler
Carl Barnts
Bert Barnts
George Hines
Marion
Peter Oescheger
Kathryn Orcutt
H. R. Bush
Carlos Kness
A. Locher
Chelsea
Leo
Besse Chmelik
Roy Adamson
Delwelh
Samuel Adamson
Marion Hartz
Durant
Aalfreda Reed
Mabel Helsey
Austin
Fred McLaughlin
Blanche
E. J. Noble
Florence
Oscar Klein
Niagara Falls
New York
Paul T. Gutknecht
William Schodde
Mr. Schodde
Augusta Bliss
Clara Schodde
George Green
Elmer Brokaw
Davenport
M. H. Teeter
Emil Rickless
Wapsipinicon State Park
Josephine Miller
Clara Kurt
Walter
Arthur Miller
W. W. Stickford
Minneapolis
McNeill’s Hardware
James Gordon
Correctionville
Gordon
Marie Matthiessen
Daisy Noyes
Dorothy Backus
Illinois
Harriet Coughlin
Noyes
Montigello’ Birk
Albert Calkins
Jacob “Metzenburg
Richard Calkins
Thomas Bader
John Oswald
Charles Vernimont
Prank Verrimont
Donald Eugene
Harry Spurgeon
Alliance
Emil C.ricklefs
James
R. A. Ricklefs
Emma Ricklefs
Roy Ricklefs
eMars
Clarence R. Coon
Cherokee
B. C. Roberts
Mr. Coon
Robert
George
Coggan
Keeneman
Emma
Agnes
Lydia Koeneman
St. Paul
Mra. W. L. Skelley
Irene McAreavy
Ryan
B. RB
Reed
Ellsworth
Alva Zimmerman
Hmmelsburg
Lawrence Jacobs
Glenn Welton
Billings
Montana
Mr. Welton
Myrtle Holacre
Gladys Sargent
Miss Sargent
Florence Dunegan
McAleer
Jidna Maxon
West Liberty
Kathryn Morse
Kate Morse
Mercy
John Boner
Boner
Luther League of
Carl Rynerson
Lawrence Neilsen
Altman
Mr. Neilsen
W. H. L. Schuetz
Beecher
Cheyenne
Ahab DeWitt
Peterson
Edwards
Logangport
Indiana
Mr. DeWitt
Miss Mae DeWitt
Florence Noble
Lake Geneva
Noble
L. W. Lovell
Miriam
Mary Lovell
Michael Schmidt
Children’s Hospital
State University Hospital
Town City
Donald Bader
Emporia
Kansas
John Hasler
Mr. Hasler
Jones County Fair
D. S. Staebler
Lorena Staebler
Mount Pleasant
Miss Staebler
Oak.Park
Minots
Carlton
Monticetlo
McGregor Heights
Mississippi
Wild Life School
Campfire Guardian
E. E. Reed
Rudolph Langer
Wabun Campfire
Irma Rohr
Myrtle Rockstad
Adireda Reed
Laura Koop
Janet McNeill
Catherine McAleer
Gertrude Cropp
Maquoketa
Camille Goings
Alice Reed
Mildred Pulver
Helen Pulver
Winona Bishop
Margaret Bucher
Ruth Cropp
Olivé Slauson
Betty Kingsley
Mlolse Gardner
Madge Dickey
Leo Locher
Carrie Locher
Tama
Electrical Engineering
Iowa State College
Eta Kappa Nu Fraternity
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Joseph Chmelik
Alpha Chi Delta Sorority
the Express
County Masonic Plenic
Masonic Fraternity
Oxford Junction
Onslow
C. C. Hunt
Grand Lodge of
Frank Royden
Bowery
Harry Soule
O. C. Hunt
J. W. Coxsee
Adv
Ce. C. Hunt
Masonic Picnic ‘Association
Grand Lodge of the Order
Hunt
William Samels
Steve King
Castle Grove Township
Samels
Adolf Schneider
Lebanon
Oregon
Suhr
Autacanton
Switzerland
Spain
Cuba
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Lena Wasmer
Mayo Hayen
Frank Mommer
Traer
F. A. Prinkerton
Geo, Kx, Meyer
Osteopath
J.B. Zimmerman
Plague
Keyes
Karl M. Keyes
Optometrist
Chiropractic
DR. Hoffmann
Princess Theatre
the Rural Teachers of Jones Co
Star
Star Meat Market
Marshall & Marshall
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Buick
Buick Motor Company
Flint
Michiga
General Motors Corporation
F. W. Page
the Riverside
Radiana
A. J. H. McNeill
Firestone
Indi
Cate
Monticello Motor Co
Lowa
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