Weather Predictions For The Upper Mississippi Valley Week
Weather Bureau in Washington issued forecasts for the week starting August 25 1915 for the Upper Mississippi Valley and Plains States. Cool fair days followed by rising but not extreme temperatures and likely showers toward week end with frost probable Wednesday morning in Wisconsin tobacco regions and northeast Minnesota.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Tobacco
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Monticello Social Notes Highlight a Week of Visits and Travel
Leonard Kehoe arrives from Ft. Dodge to visit his mother Mrs. B F Kehoe while attending the state fair in Des Moines. Numerous locals and guests travel to fairs, panama pacific expo sightings, and family visits across Monticello and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Kehoe
Ft. Dodge
B. F. Kehoe
W. A. Storm
Des Moines
Cascade guardian leases 640 acre farm near Churdan
P. J. Moore of Cascade, en route home from Greene county, acted as guardian for his cousin Thomas Carroll and leased the ward’s 640 acre farm near Churdan.
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P. J. Moore
Cascade
Greene County
Thomas Carroll
Churdan
Hopkinton Breeder A P Donahue Showcasing Duroc Jersey Hogs
A. P. Donahue of Hopkinton, a breeder and shipper of Duroc Jersey hogs, visits the fair today with males and females for sale and claims to offer only the best quality stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Donahue
Hopkinton
Mr. Donahue
Mrs Buffington Visiting Starks in Mechanicsville
Mrs C M Buffington of Mechanicsville spends the week with Mr and Mrs Alfred Starks. Daughter of the late Joseph Campbell she spent her girlhood days at Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Buffington
Mechanicsville
Alfred Starks
Buffington
Joseph Campbell
Monticello
Return of Gladys Welch to Nampa and regional visits
Miss Gladys Welch returns to Nampa Idaho to teach at the local high school after two months visiting her parents in Laredo Missouri and Andrews Davidson. Eugene Byers and daughter move to Ames for architectural engineering studies for the next year. John Pond takes a two week vacation from the Davenport Monticello run visiting Dubuque and the Jones County Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Welch
Nampa
Idaho
John Welch
Eugene Byers
Ames
Mr. Byers
John Pond
Dubuque
Jones County Fair
Gerald Schaeffer Visits Monticello After Years Away
Gerald Schaeffer formerly of Monti cello boy now lives in Missouri and spends a week in Monticello reconnecting with old acquaintances. It is eight years since his last visit and ten since he and his parents left. Mrs J B Houser is recovering well from a hip fracture, with heavy weights removed and hopes for walking soon. Two race horses collided on the track Tuesday afternoon. drivers turned around and the sulky shaft slashed a horse’s side.
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Gerald Schaeffer
Monticello
Missouri
Gerald
Piano teacher announces September beginner class
Miss Harriet L. McCuskey, piano teacher, will organize a beginner class in illustrated music study starting September first. Parents interested in modern methods for their children are invited to call and review her plan of work. Two electroliers are silvered and glowing white globes enhance their appearance. Varied colored flags brighten First Street for the fair.
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Harriet L. McCuskey
Firat Street
North Dakota Woman Attends Widow Mary Brown’s Funeral
Mrs. Mallard of North Dakota, daughter of the late Jackson Yousse, attended the funeral of Mary Brown last Saturday. She has two daughters, Elsie and Hazel, the eldest about seventeen.
Oswalds visit daughter operable at University Hospital
John Oswald returned from Iowa City where his daughter Mrs Thomas Bader had undergone surgery at University Hospital a week ago. He reports Mrs Bader is convalescing and will likely return home soon. Harm Behnken survived an automobile collision last Friday when another car struck his steering gear and caused a near miss. The 53rd Regimental Band from Cedar Rapids performed a street concert after arriving from the state encampment in Iowa City.
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John Oswald
Iowa City
Thomas Bader
University Hospital
Harm Behnken
Behnen
53Rd
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Canning Company Delays Start Due To Backward Corn
Superintendent Mr. Dabling says the corn is backward and not filling out enough for canning. The company will not begin work for about two weeks, aiming for the second week in September. The corn is growing but not yet suitable for processing.
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Dabling
Lutheran delegates attend Iowa district synod session in Denver
Rev O Mardorf of Wayne Lutheran and Rev S Ide of Monticello Lutheran with lay delegates Henry Hedden and Henry Berends join session of the Iowa district synod in Denver. J S Hall and family, Marshall and Harriet Hall, return from a West trip after a wreck on the Rio Grande railway but suffer no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Mardorf
Wayne Lutheran Church
Henry Hedden
S. Ide
Monticello
J. S. Hall
Marshall
Harriet
Yellowstone Park
Rio Grande
Anamosa resident at fair contemplates ranch acreage
John Cartane of Anamosa, a former city resident, visited the fair yesterday. He is observing a retired gentleman with a seven acre ranch near the county seat and jokes that four acres would suit him and the hired man just fine.
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John Cartane
Anamosa
John
Caricatured Ringleader Quizzes Courtship Length
A jovial young man with matched tie and stockings is seen leaving the fair grounds with a companion. He asks how long girls should be courted, and is told that it should be the same as for short girls. The exchange reflects lighthearted banter amid fairground chatter.
Death of Fifteen-Year County Home Inmate Carl Oldbeck
Carl Oldbeck, age 58, died last Friday after a year long illness confined him to bed. Blind for years, he spent fifteen in the county home. He was a brother of Mrs. Fred Schmidt of Wyoming. his body was taken to Wyoming for interment last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Oldbeck
Oldbeck
Wyoming
Fred Schmidt
Young Oxford Junction farmer wins state fair essay trip
Harry Kostacheck of Oxford Junction wins a state fair essay contest on farming. He will travel with other county winners to the camp under supervision of instructors from the Y M C A, with expenses paid.
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Harry Kostacheck
Oxford Junction
Jones County
Examinations Planned for Rural High School Entrance
Superintendent K D Miller announces entrance examinations for rural students aiming to start high school. Exams Friday September 8 at eight o'clock in the high school building. Police warn drivers to slow during fair week and follow Turn to the Right signs at Firat Street intersections to avoid fines.
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K. D. Miller
Firat Street
Local comical tale of health certificates and a college pitch
A man ships wrong health papers to insurers and officials while Bayless Business College in Dubuque advertises August 30 new term for boys seeking business start. Cedric Smith, Monticello native and civil engineer, works for the Interstate Commerce Commission on a U S railroad census. A Mogul 8-16 oil tractor plow demo near Monticello on August 30 and 31 draws farmers to see the prize-winning machine.
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Bayless Business College
Dubuque
Bayless Business Colle
Lincoln Building
Cedric Smith
Rufus P. Smith
Monticello
Inter State Commerce Commission
United States
Michigan
Minnesota State University
United States Civil Service Examination
Cusitano
Hsilers Farm
Siebels & Schoon
Prand
John Desre
Coroner Rules Dr Schultz Death Linked to Lightning Stroke
Denver reports the coroner's inquest found Dr Schultz died from a stroke of lightning during a severe electrical storm. The inquiry noted his car was wrecked on the highway and burns on his body likely came from the lightning rather than the car radiator.
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Denver
Schultz
Express
Lang Family Honors Mrs Lang With A Birthday Dinner
Last Saturday at the Lang homestead a dinner celebrated Mrs Lang s birth anniversary. Present were her children Lewis Lang Harry Lang Stella Lang of Monticello Rev Edward E Lang of Waverly Mrs Carl Lee of Madison Elmer Lang of Greeley and Prof Roy Lang of Champaign Illinois, missing only Roy Lang Jr the baby son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Lang
Madison
Wisconsin
Elmer Lang
Greeley
Prof
Roy Lang
Champaign
Illinois
Record oat harvest yields rise in local fields
The oats crop yields are strong with many fields averaging high per acre. Threshers have worked hard over the last ten days and some fields produced 50 bushels per acre or more. John Rickless of Bowens Prairie reported 1131 bushels from 18 acres and William Behrends threshed 1131 bushels from 22 acres. In Castle Grove Herman Schaefer reported 80 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rickless
Bowen's Prairie
William Behrends
Castle Grove
Herman Schaefer
August 1880 Monticello notices and local events
Thirty five years ago in Monticello and vicinity during August 1880: births and deaths include a Whittemore son and Miss Sweeney who died at 20, a fire on Bowen's Prairie, and several marriages and resignations. Local politics see Republican and Democratic county conventions with named officers and a Garfield and Arthur club formed. Ball games list Monticello and Anamosa results. Surviving delegates include Herrick Yoran Sherman Kimball.
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Monticello
the Express
F. A. Whittemore
George W. Duffin
Misa Lavina Ryan
Fred William Schaeffer
George Schaeffer
August Grassmeyer
Mary Sweeney
Jerry Sweeney
John Miller
Bowen’s
Prairie
Jacob Bruesch
Butte
Montana Territory
Kate Curtin
Manchester
Maquoketa
David Jenkins
Congregational Church
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Zaba Jones
Mise Alf Campbell
Cedar Rapids
Mary Marvin
C. J. Hakes
W. Bangbart
Thomas McQuillen
John Seery
H. D. Lake
California
Kinsella Hall
The
Express
J. H. Chapman
van Dusen
William Starr
T. J. Townsend
Garfield and Arthur Club
J. W. Coxsee
J. O. Dyer
O. A. Henry
Isaac Rigby
Runkle
Prairieburg
Gallegé
Cascade
Hancock and
O. E B. Wales
W.M. Welch
F. J. Tryon
H. G. Leichhardt
H. M. Carpenter
Anamosa
Max Suhr
H. M. Ceepprine
8. M. Yoran
H. D. Sherman
E. P. Kimball
Death of Margaret Oliphant A Cascade area figure dies aged 73
Miss Margaret Oliphant died at her Des Moines home last Sunday night, cause heart trouble. She was 73 and taught in Richland and Monticello schools before living in Des Moines the past twenty years. Her funeral arrangements include interment in Cascade after a service in Monticello.
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Margaret Oliphant
East Court Avenue
Des Moines
Monticello
Cascade
Miss Oliphant
Ezekiel Oliphant
Richland Township
Russell Sage
New York City
Oliphant
Excursion Train To Great Jones County Fair
The Thursday Excursion Train of The OC M and St Paul railway runs Thursday August 26 from Waucoma Hawkeye Donnan Jet Fayette Arlington Strawberry Point Edgewood Greeley Manchester Oneida Jet Delaware Delhi Hopkinton to Monticello arriving 10 10 a m. Return leaves Monticello at 6 30 p m connecting at Oneida Junction with special train for Manchester.
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OC. M. & St. Paul Railway
Jones County Fair
Waucoma
Hawkeye
Donnan Jet
Fayette
Arlington
Strawberry Point
Edgewood
Greeley
Manchester
Oneida Jet
Delaware
Delhi
Hopkinton
Monticello
Oneida Junction
Notice of superintendent office hours and school opening
Superintendent K D Miller will hold consultations in the high school office on Friday and Saturday September 8 and 4 to discuss school matters and student enrollment. School opens the following Monday September 6. K D Miller Superintendent. Also two special sale on summer goods to close out. Dea trick D G Ca
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K. D. Miller
Deatrick D
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J. W. Doxsee
Chas
A. Doxsee
E. G. Burrichter
Home News
Harry Lang
Central City Fair
Otto Arduser
Deatrick’s
Ruth Kay
Hazelton
Mrs
Fred Kay
QO. N. Patrick
Ansel Tutt
Farley
May Hostetter
Williamsburg
Wapsie Valley Fair
Irene Kehoe
Clinton
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
F. A. Hefner
Dorothy Pond
D. E. Pond
L. G. Stabler
Ben Abel
Waterloo
Mrs. Louis Schultz
Dora Finch
Catherine Liddy
B. L. Cobb
Ed Hicks
Mike Coyle
Francis
Clayton Palmer
Baby
Edward Helen
Miss Bird Lytton
Omaha
John H. Perrine
O. H. Long
Elmo, Missouri
A. G. Rodman
Mias Alta White
Arvilla Hayes
Gordon Coykendall
M. W. Kehoe
Joe Nye, Jr
Mary Fawcett
George Hauck
Missa
Anabel Moore
Rock Island
John F. Moore
Herman Schneider
Solon
Loren Palmer
Oresco
John Carmichael
Chester, Ilinois
Jacob Carmichael
Henry Ry Burrichter
Lost Nation
Viscne Monticello
G.L
L. W. Lovell
George Schoonover
Jean Kirkwood
Cliff Main
Russell Patrick
Nebraska
Doutrick's
Paris
Central City
Frank Mead
Elmer Hicks
Edward Rice
St. Paul
Fred Kellum
Isaac Suter
Traer
B. H. Warren
Elizabeth Hennessy
Almeda Bell
Coast
David Heisey
John Heisey
Louis Schultz
Colorado
B. T. Baloar
Henry Carter
Coggan
Ranault
Henry B. Heisey
D. A. Danaher
May Liddy
Omaha, Nebraska
Dennis Liddy
Ruth Young
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
Reuben Hubbard
Iowa State College
Mary Hayden
Cedar Rapide
J. A. Voorhees
Jay Fryberger
Kadoka, South Dakota
Jacob Schneider
James W. McLaughlin
Russellville
Kentucky
John McLaughlin
Margaret Pond
Webster
Mrs. Whinnery
Howard Deischer
G. D. Smith
Lancaster
Scotch Grove
Iowa
Verna Baum
Chicago
Worthington
Iva Norton
John Barnts
CO. N. Patrick
M. F. Hofacre
Alhena Goss
J. O. Minton
Burlington
Thomas J. George
Lysle Millsap
W. H. Waugh
Charlotte Anderli
J. J. Hayes
Miss Anderli
Clara Rickless
Green River
Thompson
J. W. Innes
Harriet Coughlan
Sam Eberhart
Laredo
Scotch Grove Nursery Co
Manater Crane
Onbiria
Crane
Princess
Post Office Daily Bulletin
Philippine Islands
Doutrick’s
Q. Bruhler
William Todd
Balla Bronner
John Thomas
New Coats
C. H. Schipman
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L. H. Lang
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