Local Notes From Monticello And Surrounding Towns
A collage of brief items reports Fred Matthiessen visiting Wyoming and Emma Florine in Cedar Rapids while others travel to Chicago Marion Worthington and Sioux City. New dress goods and tailored suits offered at Hilers Bolton and Bilera Bolton. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Andrew W McDonald of Hopkinton. Retirement and business trips noted for several residents and shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew W. McDonald
Hopkinton
Lloyd Sexton
Edna Bodenhoter
Cedar Rapids
J. Lyons
Ensign
Local Monticello Notes and Holiday Preparations Grow
Miss Severn of Farley visits Mrs. Hazard and Nettie. Electric theatre hosts Rickles orchestra boosting patronage. Various townsfolk attend events, sales, and shows including Kidnapped for a Million at the opera house December 8 and 23. Communities share visits, travel, and shopping tips ahead of Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Severn
Farley
D. G. Hazard
Nettie
Rickles
Electric Theatre
Opera House
Illness of Wyoming Lawyer W S Chamberlain Noted
The Wyoming lawyer and editor of the Journal, W S Chamberlain, has been unable to attend to business for over a week. A district conference of the Methodist Episcopal church met at Greeley, with Rev R V Porter discussing Work and Problems of our Kingdom in Foreign Lands. The Sacred Heart apron bazaar and supper are set for December 6 at Kinsella Hall. Mrs Peter Smith escorted her brother John McDonald to Lake Okoboji with plans to buy a cottage. In Myrtle Wolf vs Clarence Wolf, the district court granted temporary alimony of 125 to help cover legal expenses and defend against a cross bill alleging infidelity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Chamberlain
Wyoming
Wyoming Journal
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Greeley
R. V. Porter
Monticello
Ladies of the Sacred Heart Church
Kinsella Hall
Peter Smith
John McDonald
Center Junction
Lake Okoboji
McDonald
Myrtle Wolf
Clarence Wolf
Misa Jennie Alloway
J. M. Alloway
Wm. HH. Callison
Livingston
Montana
M. A. Breed
Congregational Church
Callison
St. Paul
Mr. Callison
Great Northern Railway
the Express
Xantippe
Olympic Opera House to Bring Back Bob Buchanan in Foxy Felix
The Olympic Opera House managers announce Bob Buchanan will return in Foxy Felix, promising broad appeal. He will star Friday evening, December 10, drawing audiences young and old to Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympic Opera House
Bob Buchanan
Buchanan
Foxy Felix
Opera House
Hicks and Guyan Sell Shoe Store to Burrichter for January 1
Hicks and Guyan have sold their shoe store to Edward Burrichter who will take possession January 1. Guyan will remain at the store for an indefinite period. Burrichter, formerly a clerk in a dry goods store, is well known and expected to attract broad patronage. Hicks may pursue unspecified future plans. Nearby, a meteor or aerolite exploded south of Earlville causing a six foot crater and loud detonations heard in Manchester and Sand Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Hicks & Guyan
Edward Burrichter
Guyan
Hicks
Burrichter
Monticello
Earlville
Manchester
Sand Spring
Hoag Feather Duster plans factory expansion this summer
Hoag Feather Duster Co principal plans outline a 60 by 100 foot building with a concrete basement brick two stories. The basement would house handle making, first floor feather duster production, and second floor storage as the firm seeks growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoag Feather Duster Co
Netcott
Independence
Duster Company
Thanksgiving records brighten high school attendance notes
Cecil Cross visits Chicago this week. Fred Eilers visited Cedar Rapids last Friday. Eugene Dewitt spent Thanksgiving with Forest Dunham in Helen Hicks absence noted after the Ryan auction sale. Pupils enjoyed Thanksgiving turkey as teachers returned from four days off. seniors posted standout attendance with twenty one stars in a class of twenty three. Mr Foster spoke on voice cultivation and the benefits of natural tones over strained calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Cross
Chicago
Fred Eilers
Cedar Rapids
Eugene Dewitt
Forest Dunham
Helen Hicks
Ryan
Tello
Mind My Own Business Letter Vents Xantippe Role
A reader replies to the Express editor claiming if they were Xantippe they would mind their own business. The brief missive emphasizes personal restraint and reiterates the same stance across several sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Xantippe
Xantippe Produces Roasts Drawn From The Sixpress
A reader blasts Xantippe for last week’s roasts in The Sixpress, calling her cross and surly, an old fault finder who spoils rebuke with constant snarling. The writer says they will attend a ball game whenever they please.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xantippe
Sixpress
Xantippe Defends Morality and Community Standards
A reader signed Fair Play endorses Xantippe's views on church behavior temperance and civic integrity. The letter praises addressing drunkenness gambling and hypocrisy while urging steady pursuit of moral reform and social betterment.
Court calendar notes show numerous estate actions and guardianships
Judge Ellison approves final reports for estates including Shimerda Thomas Abrendsen Gillilan McCleary Chapman and Neelan Livingston Reed and Rogers. Guardianships and appraisals are settled with sales permissions and distributions. Civil cases district court include settlements judgments and sales of real estate with various parties named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellison
Anton Shimerda
Wm. B. Thomas
Hans C. Abrendsen
John W. Gillilan
Marie McCleary
Eliza Chapman
Dearborn Williams
Thos. J. George
Thomas J. George
Wm. Neelan
Alexander Livingston
Admr
John Rice
Bent
Ireland
Maria
Amos Rogers
Jacob Folkerts
Fannie Gillilan
Guardian
Samuel Reed
John George Reed
James Ross Reed
Ray W. Rogers
J. E. Reed
Guardian Ad
D. D. Rorick
Isabella H. Streeper
E. F. Clark
Wm. Young
David Beatty
Chas H. Elliott
Lydia Vaughn
Ward
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J. W. Doxsee
Hicks & Guyan’s
Home News
Fred Matthiessen
Emma Florine
Deutrick’s
FF. J. Cross
Anna Heiken
Strawberry Point
Dr. Redmond
E.G. Drury
R. Bedell
Anamosa
Hilers & Bolton’s
Grace Rundle
Marion
B. L. Cobb
Waterloo
Hicks & Ricklet’s
Charles Cramer
G. H. George
Sioux City
Burrichter’s
Andrew Davidson
Frank Vernimont
Wim. Altman
Des Moines
Katherine Kobler
Worthington
John Reimer
Emma Abel
Charles City
Lovell Block
Eli C. Perkins
Delhi
Frank Dautremont, Sr
North English
Remley
John E. Foster
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa City
Riverside
George Cropp
Kansas
Bilera & Bolton’s
Don Rathbun
O. B. Rundle
Gus Rickle
Duster
Otto Otten
Milestone
Saskatchewan
A. Locher
Dubuque
Deutrick
Francis Drees
Joseph Podhaski
Batts
Cora Sexton
Eva Brazelton
Samuel Greer
Washinon, Iowa
Cam
Hicks & Rickles’s
Jeasie Fawcett
Olin
Nevel
Welch
Omaha
J.D. Young
Onslow
George Magee
Viola
F. M. Magee
Deatricks
Henry Stutt
Ienry Balster
Ian Palmer
Cresco
Adam Reichart
Lillian Kinion
Bern, Kangas
Hd Brazelton
Robert Neal
Hazel
James Abel
Charles
Minnie Barnts
Thorpe
Mrs. Join Barnts
Mary Stambaugh
Andrew
Sharon
Pennsylvania
Grant Stambaugh
Marie
Minnie Lholmberg
Rock Island, Ilinois
J. G. Thomas
Catharine Ambuehl
Drake University
Geo. Ambuehl
Fannie Hledden
Edna Morgan
Cgieorge i E. Davis
Montivello
Allen Perrine
Norfolk, Virginia
Navy
Joan Perrine
Fr. M. Podhaski
Board of Supervisors
Carroll
F. J. Cross
Topeka
John Krupp
Proctor
Hazel Greggep
Red Oak
J. E. Foster
John MecConnon
Nellie Bevington
Washington, D. C
Ada Hassenpfing
Aberdeen
South Dakota
A. V. Scott
Mina Corbett
Saginaw
Michigan
Vancroft
Scalp Treatment Co
Eugene Himebaugh
Oelwein
Mystic Workers of the World
the Methodist Church
George Davis
Elmer E. Hoag
Hoag Duster Co
Missouri
Bert Bentley
George Seimering
Mason Jubilee Singers
Chicago Lyceum Bureau
Presbyterian Church
Hall
Old Christian Church
V. S
TF. B. Simpson
Nebraska
Nis
W. F. Rohn
George Ambuehl
Robert W. Kenderson
Mr. Henderson
Newton Parrott
L. P. Waddick
Shallenberger
Harry Rundle
Dave Franklin
John Heikens
Jones Co
J. W. Innes
Mr. Breed
Cherry
Ilinois
Han
fs—Deutrick’s
Doutrick’s
District Court
F. O. Ellison
Thos. Lister
Foreman
George A. Wosoba
J. W. Byerly
M. M. Franks
Wmn. Sutherland
John F. W. Allen
Rushford Et al
Watters
Scott
R. I. B. Company
Brown
C. M
St. Paul Ry
Th— Arnold
Haslack
Wolf
Zeller Va. Mara
Dotson
Gilmore
King
Eugene Ramsey
Brench Ridge
Clinton Herald
Dunlap
Her
District Court Proceedings
Robert A. Scroggie
J. C. Clark
Hartz & Bahnsen
Warner Drug Co
C. S. Peet
David Robertson
Frank S. Myers
L. M. Frutchey
E. E. Reed
Will Siebels
J. W. Newman
Nelson Worden
A. Aliamand
George Holmes
Joe Connolly
Eva Rigby
City of
Victor Monternach
Abraham Shafer
Harbison Orr
Daniel Alonzo Butler
Michael Sanbrada
Eliza Morton
Deatrick’s
Nathan Smith
Cedar St
Main Street
A. W. Steiner
Eilers & Bolton
C. H. Schipman
South Cedar ST
Owa
Lovell Block Store
R. G. Corsets
Foster
Stiller
Hicks & Ricklefs
A. G. Hanken
Roller Mills
Buck
Lang
L.H. Lang
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