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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
2
Monticello residents host many visitors this week including Henry Carlson of Des Moines Clara Bow stars in The Wild Party at the Princess and numerous relatives and friends from Dubuque Cedar Rapids Chicago Denver and other places visit Monticello or travel to nearby towns. notes of office absence and local business ad for portable Underwood typewriters.
Silk faced four in hand ties with wool lining promoted at Laude Tie Factory over Beerys. Several social notes mention visits and guests in Monticello and area including Hanken families, Miss Libbie George from New York, and Miss Johanna Ahrens of Conroy. Local dining at Hollywood Inn teased with waffles.
Mr and Mrs Frank Wiegand of Freeport Illinois spent yesterday visiting Monticello friends. They are former residents of Monticello and Mrs Wiegand will be remembered as Miss Ethel Young.
Mrs H L Howard with children Herbert and Betty from Manchester plus Miss Bernice Podhaski visited Mr and Mrs F M Podhaski last week. Howard children stayed on to visit the Podhaski family for the rest of the week.
Cascade criticizes Dubuque county paving delays as only eight of twelve miles promised for this year are finished leaving four miles of mud holes in spring 1930. The Pioneer condemns the delay and warns the road east may stay closed another year.
The Iowa state highway commission has removed all warning signs about speed limits after the legislature repealed the highway speed limit. Reckless driving laws are tightened and commission staff are designated as deputies to curb careless driving on the highways. The rest of the article covers obituaries births local notices and community updates from Monticello and surrounding towns.
Mrs. LaVern Rockstad of Anamosa hosted Monticello friends with two bridge games and high score by Miss Myrtle Rockstad. Miss Betty Denkhoff entertained guests at Maples Inn with two bridge tables and Miss Helen Louise Stahler as high scorer. A picnic at the city park honored Marian and Helen Mangold with twelve guests and band concert after. Helen Lieneman celebrated her twentieth birthday with friends at home. forty attended with gifts and refreshments.
Notice to the public states Dr Lambert will be out of the office from August 24 to September 7. Miss Anne Hauss plans to depart for Iowa Falls to teach in a consolidated school and to undertake extension work with Iowa State Teachers College while preparing for a critic teacher role. She has been employed at a Waterloo ready to wear store this summer.
Six members with low score acted as hostesses to six high scorers at a six thirty dinner. The rooms and table were decorated with garden flowers. Twelve dined on the porch, then three bridge tables followed. Mrs. Matt Mueller held high score of the evening.
Miss Catherine Redmond hosted a five thirty bridge tea for her Cedar Rapids guest Miss Mary Catherine McCormick. Sixteen guests dined at quarter tables with gladiolus centerpieces and played bridge after tea. Virginia Schneider took high score, with out-of-town guests Grace White Humboldt and Louise Torley Monmouth honored with prizes. Maxine Redmond and Jane McCormick Cedar Rapids assisted.
Monday evening at Mrs. P. H. Britt's home Miss Mildred Pulver and Miss Helen Pulver hosted a bridge tea for Miss Louise Torley of Monmouth Illinois. Twenty four guests attended with lavender flower centerpieces and lavender place cards. Three out of town guests Miss Grace White Humboldt Iowa Miss Josephine Innes Milwaukee Wisconsin and Miss Mary Elizabeth Stahler Moline Illinois were guests. Bridge was played at six tables with Miss Virginia Schneider winning high score. Each out of town guest received a gift from the hostesses.
Mrs. Henry Carpenter and Mrs. Halstead Carpenter entertained Mrs. John W. Innes of Milwaukee and Mrs. Josephine Noyes of Washington at Maples Inn with 35 guests at a one o'clock luncheon. Elfriede Cartano performed piano solos, Lisle Arduser spoke on teaching in the south, then tea was served by Mrs. Edward Templeton and Mrs. Harriet Coughlan.
Herman Eilers and his son Ray of Austin Minnesota and Mr and Mrs Rieke Rieken of Prescott Wisconsin are guests this week in the home of Henry Ellers and other relatives. Eilers and the Riekens formerly lived nearby.
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