Monticello Local Notes Include Visits and Holiday Preparations
Local items list visits to Cedar Rapids and Monticello by Mrs. D E Kehoe Miss Frances Koop and others plus Thanksgiving gatherings. Ads promote Stoughton sleds Monarch ranges aluminum Christmas gifts and New York apples from Stuhlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Koop
Cedar Rapids
Carl Lothian
Marion
C. J. Northrop
New York
Stuhlers
Hazel Brazelton
Coe College
Monticello
Monticello Notes Highlight Local Life and Events
Mrs George Schoonover visits Ana soma parents as Jones County Poultry show set for December 17 to 21. Thanksgiving guests include Mrs Frank Beven and Mrs Jennie Severn. Monticello high school trains for basketball with early December opener. Numerous local visits, births, the weather forecast, and shop notices fill the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Poultry’ Association
Anamosa
Monticello Notes Include Social Events and Local Appointments
Monticello reflects a busy week with visits by Mr and Mrs Alexander Graham from Lincoln Nebraska and a sister tie to Mrs Voorhees. The Ladies Aid sale at St Matthew s Lutheran raises funds for the church while Mrs Angie Tenney begins teaching duties amid rising student numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham
Lincoln
Nebraska
James A. Voorhees
Graham
Mrs. Voorhees
Monticello
Flora Merrill
Ladies' Aid Society of
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
J. B. Zimmerman
Missionary Miss Graff Returns From Turkey to Missouri
Miss Johanna Graff former Monticello girl and daughter of a Reformed minister has come back to the United States after ten years of missionary work in Mindin Turkey. She visited Monticello during her return and later joined a brother in Missouri. She remained in Turkey through the Armenian conflict and endured severe hardships including a near fatal bout of typhoid fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanna Graff
Monticello
United States
Turkey
Missouri
Miss Graff
Mindin
Ann Guthrie
Robert J. Guthrie
Sand Spring
R. W. Maggett
Butte
Montana
J. Groeneveld
Lenox College
Hoag Duster Company
Maggett
Cc. M. & St. Paul
Deer Lodge
Pacific Coast
St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Pastor Declines Call
St Johns Evangelical Lutheran church held a special meeting to consider Rev Wm H L Schuetz of Victor Iowa county Iowa receiving a call. The congregation declined the call after a rising vote praising his twenty years of faithful service, and Schuetz agreed to remain with his present church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wm. H. L. Schuetz
Lutheran Church
Victor
Iowa County
Iowa
St. John’s
Schuetz
Death of Mrs Elizabeth Crowley in Anamosa
Mrs Elizabeth Crowley died at Anamosa hospital Sunday morning after a four month illness. Cause was arteriosclerosis and diabetes. she was 67. Survived by six children in Mason City Castle Grove Faulkton Minnesota. Funeral held yesterday at Immaculate Conception Church Castle Grove with Rev Father Burke celebrating Mass. burial followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Crowley
Anamosa
Crowley
Matthew O’rourke
Mason City
James
Maurice Crowley
Castle Grove Township
William Crowley
Faulkton
South Dakota
Joseph Hennessey
Thomas Crowley
Minnesota
Immaculate Conception
Father Burke
Monticello December reflections from twenty years past
The Monticello Express dated December recalling 20 years ago notes school salaries with the superintendent at 150 dollars per month and teachers mostly in the 26 to 46 dollar range. It records deaths illnesses farm conditions and local business notes across Monticello, Langworthy, Scotch Grove and Center Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Daniel Varvel
Monticello
Mis. J. M. Sleeper
John Schoon
Scotch Grove
Lovell House
D. Butterfield
Marengo
FF .M. Hazlet
Ruth Nelson
Cornell College
R. C. Stirton
Ed Heidt
Wayne Township
Langworthy
Herman Zimmerman
Tripp
South Dakota
Fred Helgens
William Bohlken
Scotch Grove Township
le Mars
Dipthoria
Center Junction
Stingley
Monticello State Bank
Lovello State Bank
Fritz Stulkdn
August Rickless
J. W. Farwell Company
Chicago
Dua Thomas
John Perrine
Norman Starks
Canada
James Overing
William A. Overing Jr
Willmington
England
R. Batchelder
John H. Dirks
Professor Steiner to Speak on The Tragedy of Race
Grinell College professor Edward A Steiner will lecture Sunday evening at the Congregational church on The Tragedy of Race. Admission is free, with attendees asked for a generous offering to cover expenses of the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Steiner
Grinnell College
Congregational Church
America
Human Brotherhood
Steiner
the Express
United States
Prof. Steiner
Europe
Special California Tourist Sleeper Leaves December 14 1920
A special tourist sleeper departs Monticello Iowa on December 14 1920 via C M and St P Ry to Kansas City then Santa Fe Lines to Los Angeles with no change. Reservations urged through local agents in Des Moines and Larimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Monticello
Iowa
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Larimer
Gen
Flynn Bldg
Des Moines
High School Notes Preview Holiday and Sports Plans
The English IV teacher questions Eldon Rohn’s fate in Macbeth or Thanksgiving fumes. Students plan basketball and intraclass games with new teams and practices from 3:40 to 4:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Football is over. basketball begins with a 6:30 Friday wrestling bout and a home economics banquet for the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia Clark
English IV
Eldon Rohn
Haynes
Glrls
Moses
Cross
McLaughlin
Laude
Shelley
Rockstad
Guaard
Mr. Laughlin
Linfred Trauss
Coach Cross
Springville
Montt
Strawberry Point
United States
Angie Tenney
Logan
Laws
Pride
Alabama
National Commissioner of Education
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Jesup
McDonald Hospital
Hawkeye Trail
Waterloo
Pocahontas
Hiftth
St. Dodge
G. FR. Scroggie
Monticello
St. Petersburg
Florida
Japan
South
Liberty
Auctioneer Announces December Sale Dates
Sale dates listed as December 3 for W. C. May and Charles Murphy December for N. C. Deischer December 10 or 15 for Tim Connolly All sales scheduled to be cited by L. P. Waddick, auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. May
Charles Murphy
Poisoned sugar scare prompts local notice
A Dubuque county farmer bought a sack of sugar from Chicago that contained poison. The bottle broke and poison spilled on the sugar. The farmer hid the contaminated sugar in a woodshed, it was stolen, and he has warned newspapers to alert thieves in hopes of safety for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque County
Chicago
Missing radium tube from University of Iowa Hospital
A small tube of radium once costing 2500 dollars and valued now at 3000 dollars disappeared after use in treating cancer. Authorities have not determined if it was stolen or lost and the case remains unsolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa Hospital
Notice of Pinal Reports in Jones County Estates
Executors administrators guardians and trustees must file and prove final reports at the Jones County District Court on December 5 1920 at Anamosa Iowa. C W Dearborn administrator of the estate of Grubak must appear and show cause why the report should not be approved. Dated November 20 1920 at Anamosa Iowa. A A Chinke clerk of the district court Jones County Iowa. By Mabel K Misher deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noatleas Hhereby
Suardinia
District Court
Jones Pouty
Aard Court
Louise C
Harma
Mary
Mary S. Witken
Jessie Locke Toster
Albert C. Mosster
C. A. Schatz
Adinn
Schatz
Doovauad
Anamosa
Towa
U. AL A. Clarks Clark
Fonoy Co
Jones County
C. W. Dearborn
Red Grubak
Adoo
Jones Clo
Mabel Ik. Misher
Aod
Distelat
Itowa
Oroute
A. P. Tuo
Crutt
Jeb Loeher
Entiato
Warcuprins
Jonas County
Atata
Carriago
Clark
Gosta
Amunosa
Iowa
Carri Culver
Jd. Locher
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J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
E. G. Burrichter
the Home of Shoes of Quality
Home News
D. E. Kehoe
Dr. Redmond
Amifa Hanna
Henry H. Schoon
M. H. Teeter
Stuhler
Otto Burrichter
John G. Schoon
Monarch
McNeill Hardware
Grace Anderson
Rosella Oeschger
Clara Boner
Davenport
Mrs.t. S. Lazell
Hyes
Mrs. B. TH. Hicks
Manchester
EE. H. Hicks
R. Be, Hicks
Monticellb. Express
H. S. Richardson
A. Hefner
Benjamin Roberts
W. W. Stickford
Delhi
Jane Hanna
Onslow
S. F. Reade
George Hubbard
Clarksville
G. L. Lovell
Harold Adams
Vernon Brazelton
Santa Claus
McNeilly Hardware
Ramona Lutz
C. R. Coon
Robert
George
George Schoonover
Frank Beven
Jennie Severn
Farley
Anna Hazard
William Helmerichs
Wyoming
John Scales
Newport, California
Marcella Britting
Newhall
Mrs
Henry Britting
J. J. Reding
Iowa Falls
Wilson Burkett
Peter Dondelinger
Ida Kempf
Dubuque
Caroline Stuhler
Geraldine Anderson
Adele Wilkens
Town Falls
Eernest Stambaugh
Carl Pleuger
Fred Doden
John McDonald Hospital
A. Monger
Anamosa Journal
Internal Revenue Office
Margaret Pond
John
The
Express
Scotch Grove Nursery Company
Larson Bros. Ad
Charles Palmer
Concord
New Hampshire
F. 8. Stimson
St. John’s Young Peoples’ Society
Dennis Liddy
North Cedar Street
Pat Fagan
Clay Township
Liddy
W. H. L. Schuetz
Dubuque-Waterloo
Scotch Grove Nursery
Ruth Hanssen
H. M. Carpenter
Meyer
Rh. D. Shephard
Laura Ann
Mildred Myer
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Miss Myer
Ike Maxwell
Maxwell
P. J. Matthews
Andrew Cassidy
Singapore
India
Matthews
Mason Rubber Company
Monticello High School
Heinie
Wenzlick
Board of Education
Newton
Bessie Potter
Jay Dreibelbis
Mondticello High School
General Motor Company
Philipines
China
Harry McGarvey
Crawford
George Wenzlick
MecGarvey
Little Mary Lovell
Major
Farm Bureau
Publicbrary
American Luther League
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ft. Wayne
Indiana
Buelah Rynerson
C. C. Rynerson
John Beeks
Elizabeth Beeks
William Hayes Mitchell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Marion High School
Works of Council
John Otten
Riceton
Saskatchewan
Fritz Bohlken
Ellison
Supreme Court
Gussie Hogan
Samuel Bhy
Independence
Eiizabeth Webber
Martin Weepie
Doxsee
Chas, A. Doxsee
Onutes
Lovall Brock
Monticetla, Lown
J. E. Bateman
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
Hatel
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines, Lowa
Hotel Savery
Ane
Bioshawk
Aday
Ina
Sterling
Illinois
Lowell State Bank
Ferndell Store
C. H. Schipman
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