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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1924

Page

9

Thanksgiving Visitors and Local Trips Reported

A parade of relatives and former residents spent Thanksgiving visiting in Monticello area homes including Higin, Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Davenport, Hampton, and Ottumwa. Students and teachers from Monticello and nearby towns were home for the holiday, with several attending events in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and Chicago.

Velma Nichols Cedar Rapids Jayne Shover Cedar Rapida Emma Laude Iowa City Thelma Smith Lola Wakeman Mabel Heisey Lena Bohren Cedar Rapids’ Public Schools Rudolph Bohren Ann Hauss Harriet Rohn Lucile Schweitzer Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls

Local society notes and events in Castle Grove area

Shenandoah visitors, family gatherings, church meetings and school news fill December community notes. Items include Eastern Star meeting, teacher visits, Thanksgiving travels, bazaar plans, hardware ads, and local births, sports plans, and a 14th birthday celebration with neighbors as guests.

Castle Grove Lutheran Church Rundle P

Monticello Player Honored on Eastern Iowa Team

Louis Zubler of Monticello High School earned honorable mention from the Dubuque Times-Journal sport editor for the 1924 football season. Third team selections include Porter of Anamosa and Bronson of Manchester, among others across Eastern Iowa.

Louis Zubler Monticello Dubuque

Trappers Report Skunk Muskrat Mink Opossum Catches Near Monticello

Trappers report catching skunks muskrats minks and opossums within a few miles of Monticello. All are decreasing except opossums which are increasing. W A Woods notes seven or eight opossums caught this winter.

Monticello W. A. Woods

Warning Over Quail Shooting in Closed Season

Local youths are suspected of shooting quail during the closed season. The piece urges leaving the birds alone, warning that penalties for killing them are high and that watchful eyes are on the area.

Peach harvest yields high per acre for Terra Bella rancher

J. H. Rickels of Monticello and Terra Bella California reports a peach crop from 1384 year-old trees yielding 23,815 pounds and a net $480. The trees span just under 1% acre, equating to about $300 per acre.

J. H. Rickels Herman Rickels Monticello Terra Bella California

Monticello Court Terms Ebb as Jury Delays and Local Events

The district court jurors are excused until December 1 while the docket focuses on motions and the Bertha Nelson versus Mark Nelson divorce case with C. B. Paul for the plaintiff and J. E. Remley for the defendant. Poultry show entries fill the old school gym on First Street with continued hours and a small door charge. Sacred Heart school basketball heads to Marion Friday to face St Berchman seminary. Coach Cashen drills the team for potential victory. Roy Rickiefs marks his seventh birthday with friends. attendees include Tim George and James Rickless. A correction notes an entrance fee typo for the farm business course, changing Iowa farmers from $25 to $2. Mr. Helley and Mr. Allen plus Mr. and Mrs. Tobiason plan winter in St Augustine, Florida. B Grassmeyer becomes bank bookkeeper in Monticello State Bank. his father Adolph Grassmeyer’s German return is noted. George Lovell and wife head to Los Angeles for winter along with daughter Catherine Adams and family. Stuart N. Smith, son of Newton and Mrs. Smith, marries Miss Ann Aitken at Storm Lake. he will move to Tacoma, Washington for a new job after teaching roles and farming near Center Junction.

Sacred Heart School Marion St. Berchman Seminary Cashen Sacred Heart Stuart N. Smith Newton Smith Center Ann Aitken Storm Lake United States Smith Tacoma Washington Hear Center Junction Farms Town State College Monti High School

Bootleg Indictments Pleas Entered in Ellison Court

Jurors in the present term heard guilty pleas from Louis Kavas and his wife after a raid at their Monticello shoe repair shop. Each was fined 300 dollars plus costs, with a suspended sentence for the wife. A separate suit seeks an injunction on Kavas’s business. Joe Leonard and Nittgen of Jones County pleaded guilty to prohibition violations and were fined 400 dollars each before discharge.

Ellison Louis Kavas Monticello Kavas Joe Leonard Nittgen Cascade Jones County

Onslow Supervisor Escapes Injury in Road Train collision

B W Streeper of Onslow, Jones county supervisor, escaped with minor injuries after his Dodge touring car collided with a Monticello Davenport train at a rural crossing near Onslow Wyoming at 9 30 AM. The impact tore a wheel, the car was jammed in a pocket. he was taken to Anamosa for examination and released after shock and scratches.

B. W. Streeper Onslow Jones County Monticello Streeper Anamosa

Obituary Notice for Jd W Merrill of Monticello and Orofino

Jd W Merrill a former Monticello resident known in the creamery business died in his son Ralphs home in Orofino Idaho on Tuesday night November 25 A telegram carrying the news reached his sister Mrs James Voorhees the next day Merrill served in Co I 52 Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War He was born in Illinois and came to Jones county after the war His wife predeceased him He is survived by two sons Ralph and Willard Willard is the Wisconsin state auditor with Willard living in Madison Wisconsin

Jd. W. Merrill Monticello Ralph Orofina Idaho James A. Voorhees Merrill Cedar Falls Orofino Illinois United States Co. I Illinois Volunteer Infantry Jones County Willard Madison Wisconsin

Deer Bugging Sons and Troubling Dogs in Terra Bella

John J. Gerdes and Carl B. Gerdes of Terra Bella California have hunted two bucks and one buck respectively in nearby mountains. Henry H. Rickals, a former local, has one buck. Two dogs, white and yellow, attacked Frank Hayden's stock, killed a heifer and injured cattle, and menaced a person attempting to intervene.

John J. Gerdes Carl B. Gerdes Terra Bella California Ricklet Gerdes Henry H. Rickals Jones County J. H. Rickels Frank Hayden

Remodeling the old high school for local lodge use

Workmen remodel the former high school after its purchase by a building corporation for the Masonic lodge of Monticello. Burns Lodge No. 178 A F and A M and the Eastern Star will occupy it. A new heating system by Tom Carson and repairs by Lester Hearn are underway. A new chimney is built and the old one torn down. Partitions will be rearranged to suit lodge needs.

Masonic Lodge of Monticello Burns Lodge No. 178 Order of the Eastern Star Tom Carson Lester Hearn

Christmas package deadlines urge early mailing

Post office workers warn mailers to send gifts early to avoid last day congestion. Pacific coast states by December 15, Montana through Texas by December 18, Dakotas through Colorado by December 20, Missouri to Kentucky by December 21, and Iowa and Illinois by December 22 for sure delivery.

Pacific Coast Montana Wyoming Utah Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Dakotah Nebraska Colorado Kansas Missouri Minnesota Michigan Indiana Ohio Kentucky Iowa Finois Points

Noted Dubuque Dry Goods Man John Burke Dies at 68

John T. Burke a well known dry goods man of Dubuque and Monticello resident, died last Saturday after five days illness. Born in Chicago, he lived in Holy Cross as a child and worked as a blacksmith before joining dry goods firms in Monticello and Dubuque. Seventy years old? Actually 68. He leaves two nephews, a cousin, and a Chicago niece. Funeral held at Dubuque Cathedral with high mass and a sermon by Bishop Thomas Drumm. Burial at Mount Olivet. Mrs. Gladys Smits resigns as John McDonald Hospital superintendent to head Lincoln Municipal Hospital at Lincoln Nebraska. The new $300,000, 150 bed facility with endowment $400,000 opens February 1. She departs January 1 and may stay until February 1 if successor not found. Her Monticello work noted for nursing education and efficiency.

John T. Burke Dubuque Monticello Chicago Holy Cross Dennis Liddy Sullivan and Stampfer Jas. Levi & Co Burke Geraldine Parke James Considine Columbia City Indiana John W. Considine Halsted Kansas James Burke Ryan Pequiem J. E Dougherty Thomas Drumm Des Moines Mount Olivet Gladys Smits John McDonald Hospital Lincoln Municipal Hospital Lincoln Nebraska

Social Evening, Scout Talk and Monticello Banquet Recap

A November 25 social at the Presbyterian church hosted by D O Sinclair drew forty men from his Sunday School class and outside friends. The event featured an oyster stew, anecdotes, a Boy Scouts outline by Rev. Coe, county finances reading by Supervisor Hughes, and a song finale.

D. O. Sinclair Presbyterian Church Sinclair Carson Scotch Grove Lyle Callahan Coe Monticello Boy Scouts Maquoketa ‘Valley Brady Hughes Sanford Donald

Intimate Strangers college play by local juniors

The juniors of the local high school present The Intimate Strangers in the new school auditorium on Friday December 12. Cast includes Station Master Clarence Rhatigan traveler Delmar King Isabel Stuart Isabel Stamm baugh Johnnie White Carlton Anderson Henry servant John Wilcox Aunt Ellen Mattie housekeeper Dorothy Hance and Irma Rohr. Tickets are on sale by the junior class.

California tourist sleeper to Kansas City via Santa Fe lines

A special California tourist sleeper departs Monticedo on the Chicago Great Western and St. Paul lines for Kansas City then Santa Fe, with thirty minute stops at Fred Harvey teal stations. Reservations through local G M S P agent or A Moore general agent AT and SIR Ry 601 Equitable Bldg Des Moines IA.

California Monticedo

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