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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
9
Local shoppers seen at Locher’s with Gulbransen pianos and eyes tested at Keyes Optometrist. Visitors include Mrs. Harry Bricker in Cedar Rapids plus Mrs. M. F. Hogan and Miss Pauline Jacobs. Pneumonia illness appears on the sick list while others travel between Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Oxford Junction and Chicago.
A lengthy roundup lists numerous residents visiting relatives in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and Ames during Thanksgiving and for holidays. Included are births, anniversaries, travel to Chicago, Davenport, Ames, and Monticello, plus local school events, church bazaars, and a tree of social calls.
Local readers learn of Mrs. Rudolph Bohren hosting Lena Bohren over Thanksgiving weekend. Harold A. Deischer will take over milk delivery in Monticello after March 1, 1823. Eastern Star plans December meeting and officer elections for 1923. Cedar Falls teachers and local clubs share Thanksgiving visits and gatherings. A district court divorce case related to Morley is noted, along with Wartburg Glee Club’s rescheduled performance. Burns Lodge reports 178 A F and A M officers. Monticello residents depart for Orange, California for three months to escape winter. Thanksgiving visits include Miss Carroll of Davenport, and Dondelinger family members visiting Cedar Falls.
Mrs Minnie McCullom and Wilbur W Adamson wed at 2 30 PM yesterday at Rev B T Balcar home Kenwood Park. Adamson owns Monticello Delivery Co serving local Monticello stores. Richland Center Presbyterian Ladies Aid Bazaar raised 131 dollars at L A Iverson furniture. Dr A M Maurice donated a quilt back for sale. Peter Allen Meyer five months died at home Friday December 1 funeral at Reformed church burial Oakwood with Rev Roland P Kuentzel.
A school program assigns daily health chores to pupils to teach hygiene and nutrition. Teachers report gains in general health as 27 percent have normal or higher weight, 38 percent underweight, and 39 percent at risk.
Sara L Kane of Cedar Rapids married Dr William Breen of Oxford Junction at St Patrick church on Saturday December 2. The ceremony was officiated by Rev James Kearn and attendants included the bride’s brother Eugene Kane. The couple planned a wedding breakfast at the bride’s mother Ellen Kane’s home and will reside in Oxford Junction after January 1. The bride, formerly of Maquoketa and Mercy Hospital graduate, worked with Cedar Rapids Public Health Nursing and organized the Little Mothers club. Dr Breen is a medical graduate practicing in Oxford Junction.
The season introduces a 17 foot penalty zone where personal fouls by defenders cause two free throws, while fouls outside the zone incur one. A single personal foul charged per player, with four automatic ejections. Four technical fouls dropped from free throw class. Ball out of bounds on fouls and edge-interference rules noted. John Clark of Onslow wins $25 essay prize in World Movement against Alcoholism contest.
Mr and Mrs August Seehusen welcomed a son at the home of Mrs Seehusens parents Mr and Mrs August Paulson in Richland township last Friday His life was brief and he died the same day Funeral services were held Saturday at the Paulson home with burial in Oakwood cemetery Rev Roland P Kuentzel pastor of the Reformed church led the rites The note reflects sorrow over the loss and unfulfilled hopes for the child.
Mrs Jane Lazell wife of T B Lazell died at 6 30 this morning after a long illness in Rock Island where she had been treated. Funeral will be at Congregational church 2 30 Saturday. Family requests no flowers. Lazell to bury body in Maine. obituary to follow next week.
In district court this week Gerd Behn ken vs John B Hanken directed verdict for plaintiff. Mac McCammant vs Phelps ended with verdict for defendant. State of Iowa vs Peter Haeussler continued. State of Iowa vs Louie Miner sentenced to Eldora industrial school. Three reformatory inmates pleaded guilty and face additional terms. St Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran church vs Wilhelm Behrends to be heard tomorrow. Willie Embert sentenced to 30 days for false marriage license claim.
Mrs Margaretha Hanken Eden died at her Gill street home November 29 after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held December 2 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church with English and German sermons by Rev. W H L Schuetz. She was 63 years old, survived by husband John Eden, daughter Anna, four grandchildren, six brothers and other relatives. The couple farmed near Langworthy and Monticello before retiring to Monticello three decades ago.
Monticello defeated Wyoming 58 to 10 to claim its first win of the season. L Skelley led with 14 field goals and one free throw, while L Zubler added seven and W Zubler four baskets as Monticello’s fast attack overwhelmed the visitors.
Miss Margaret Hanken and William Reuter wed at the Hanken home on Thanksgiving Eve November 30 in a private Lutheran ceremony led by Rev. W H L Schuetz. Attended by close families the couple plans to live on the Reuter farm after a keyed hymn service and a wedding feast.
Voters in Dewitt approved a proposal to issue bonds totaling $125,000 to finance the construction of a new school. The measure passed by a substantial majority of 66.
On Tuesdays in December and January a California tourist sleeper party will depart Monticello via C M and St Paul to Kansas City then Santa Fe lines with no change. The trip offers economical comfort with thirty minute stops at Fred Harvey meal stations. Reservations through your local C M and St. Paul agent or A Moore, general agent, Des Moines, Iowa.
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