Local Monticello News Briefs Highlight Christmas Promotions
Monticello items note Mrs. C A Coxsee visiting in Monti cello with family, and Mrs. Porter in Hopkins ton area. Cedar Rapids visits by Miss Gladys Emmons and Mrs. Lanning. McNeill's Hardware advertises full stock and Christmas gifts. Stuhlers' Grocery promotes novelties and trees. Dr. Redmond attending a dental clinic. portrait services offered by Helms Studio. Castle Grove program invites all. Mrs. Rudolph Ricklefs and son visit Oxford Junction relatives. J L Tunsin from Chicago visits Mil er family. Christmas tree stock available. alumi num piece promotion at McNeill's. Dr Thomas M Redmond to Chicago for medical convention. J T Cox returns from Palmyra visit. Portraits as Christmas gifts emphasized. Stuhlers' Grocery touts candies and values.
Monticello notices and community events in December
Residents and guests appear in Monticello area notices including visits by Mrs Bryan and Miss Coyle, Posner and Maur ice ads, school holidays, church bazaars, a new car from George Herren, cream station payments, and county happenings. Local events include charity sales, demonstrations, and social meetings with few details on dates.
Community Notices From Guthrie Center Area
Mrs. Charles Appleby travels to Guthrie Center for brother Warren Price's funeral. Chicago visitors Ray Vaughn and Mrs. Ernest Gardner help care for Nadine Gardner, ill with St Vitus dance but improving. Stout Players delay The Right Road to Jan 7 at the high school. season ticket holders urged to note. A boy sustains a cheek wound requiring stitches after a schoolyard scuffle. Miss Auffreda Reed participates in The Messiah at Cornell College chapel with a reduced orchestra. A Christian Endeavor party succeeds at the Presbyterian church basement with light refreshments. Henry M. Carpenter enjoys a brief bank visit and displays a new Packard sedan amid stormy weather. Dr George Albery leaves John McDonald hospital to recover at home. hopes to resume practice soon. Miss Dorothy Smalling hosts seven o clock dinner for Philomente staff at the Virginia cafe with green red decorations. Rotary attendance notes Manchester meeting and new club charter. Monticello club represented by B C Roberts.
Highway up grades and graveled routes planned for 1926
The program lists Cascade to Dubuque graveling, Hopkinton to Delaware grading, 11 miles on 61 between Jones county and Maquoketa grading, and graveling the following year. Also noted are local business notices and community updates including church pastorship, railroad operations, poultry show results, a legal firm move, Shriner Eastern Star officers, and a Kehoe & Knake sale prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Dubuque
Hopkinton
Delaware
Jones County
Maquoketa
Jones County Fair elects 1926 board of directors
At a December 16 meeting, stockholders of the Jones County Fair association elected L. E. Hoag H. M. Carpenter Jr. G. P. Rockstad V. L. Hansen J. J. Locher H. W. Stuhler M. F. Hogan T. Shover T. J. George as directors for 1926 F. G. Matthiessen was chosen treasurer for 1926 A new board meeting will be held soon to elect executive officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair Association
L. E. Hoag
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
G. P. Rockstad
V. L. Hanssen
J. J. Locher
H. W. Stuhler
M.F. Hogan
T. Shover
T. J. George
F. G. Matthiessen
Omaha Lawyers Visit Monticello to Take Depositions
Messrs Fraser and Broome two Omaha attorneys representing Laude & Co. of Monticello and Grip Bow Tie Co. visited Monticello to take depositions for a U S court case. The matter was settled before depositions began Miss Lura Hanna from Amagsa came to do stenographic work and returned home in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Fraser and
Broome
Omaha
Nebraska
U. S
Laude & Co
Monticello
Grip Bow Tie Co
Lura. Hanna
Amagsa
Death of James H. Oltman in Monticello
James Henry Oltman 64 died at his Monticello home last Friday afternoon after a six month illness due to stomach cancer. Born February 15, 1872 he lived here as a farm hand tiler and painter. He married Mary Dirks February 20 1924 and was a member of St Matthew's Lutheran Church. He is survived by his wife two brothers Frank and Tom and a sister Anna. Funeral services were held December 14 at his home and church with burial at Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Henry Oltman
Monticello
Mr. Oltman
Fred
Sarah George Oltman
Oltman
Mary Dirks
Sigmund M. Ide
St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ida
Frank
Tom Oltman
Anna Oltman
St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church
8. M. Ide. Buriai
Oakwood Cemetery
Northern pileated woodpecker sighting and winter hike plans
Report of a rare northern pileated woodpecker spotted by hikers during a dinner break by the river bluffs. The article also details an overnight hike planned for December 29 with gear and food lists and notes on the bird’s endangered status. It closes with Christmas party plans at Coe College and a bronze tablet memorial for Iowa teachers’ first institute in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Town Falls
Iowa
Stubbs
Hardin County
Jerome Allen
Annie Randall
New York
Supreme Court Affirms Zeller Victory in Cedar County Case
The Iowa Supreme Court last Tuesday handed down an opinion affirming the district court judgment in favor of L. and F. L. Zeller of Oxford Junction. Gus Malotzki appealed from a Cedar County case seeking the value of property claimed as converted, but the high court sustained the lower court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
F. L. Anderson
District Court of
Cedar County
Jones County
Gus Malotzki
F. L. Zeller
Oxford Junction
District Court
L. F. Zeller
Miss Susan Lynch Weds Adam Bender in Cedar Rapids
Miss Susan Lynch daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Thomas Lynch married Adam Bender yesterday at the parsonage of Central Park Presbyterian church Cedar Rapids Rev P W Jacobson officiated Mrs Emma Parkinson and Fred Paulsen attended. The couple plan to move to Colorado next month where Mr Bender has a stake in a gold mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Lynch
Thomas Lynch
Adam Bender
Cedar Rapids
Central Park Presbyterian Church
P. W. Jacobson
Emma Parkinson
Fred Paulsen
Colorado
Bender
Delilah Aldrich Kavas Arrested Over Fraudulent Checks
Cedar Rapids report says Mrs. Delilah Aldrich Kavas formerly of the city issued five bad checks totaling 45 dollars to local merchants since October 31. She was jailed, arraigned, and fined 100 dollars with the fine suspended upon repayment. The case involves a deceased husband’s signature and a recent Jones county divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Delilah Aldrich Kavas
Kresge
Fair
Merchants’ Protective Association of
Kavas
Monticello
District Court
Jones County
Mra
Monticello December 1900 notable births deaths and events
Items from The Monticello Express detail December 1900 events including Ruth Nelson enrolling at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, a Shelley girl’s birth, Mrs. Caroline Sherman’s 83rd birthday, deaths of Mrs. John Schoon and Mrs. Edward Heidt, Lindy Lovell hotel change of management, a serious burn to James Kiburz, Scarlet fever cases, church construction progress, local egg price at 25 cents a dozen, Sam Jones evangelistic visit, Grace Lovell and Lola Cutler noted, Bess Cutler and Herman Johnson marriage in Waterloo, various students and locals studying in Minnesota Northwestern and Vassar, a Stuhlken infant death, and other Monticello obituaries and marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Ruth Nelson
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
John Shelley
Caroline Sherman
Capt. Sherman
John Schoon
Scotch Grove
D. Butterfield
Marengo
Lovell House
M. Hazlet
James Kiburz
al Kiburz
Doris
C. J. Northrop
Anne
R. C. Stirton
Edward Heidt
Wayne Township
Langworthy
Congregational Church
Sam Jones
Monticello
Norman Smith
College of Medicine
Minnesota State University
Grace Lovell
Vassar
College of Dentistry
Northwestern University
Evanston
Tinois
Fritz Stuhlken
Harry Buttles
R. Buttles
Joliet
Illinois
High School Events Highlight Christmas Activities
Mrs. W H Laude and her orchestra entertained the high school with Christmas carols. The junior class plans a December 17 performance of Adam and Eva. Freshmen held a gym party with games and refreshments. Normal training students study sixth grade work. Coach Whitford trains the basketball team for post holiday games. Seniors anticipate easier work after six weeks. Christmas vacation begins Saturday December 1%.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Laude
Charles Eby
James Ricklofs
Otto Riedel
George Richard Guyan
Adam and
Eva
Eiveryone
L. W. Whitford
Youthful offender Everett Lemen sentenced in Iowa for false pretenses
Everett Lemen, once known for waving K K K newspapers, received an indeterminate term at Anamosa reformatory not to exceed seven years after pleading guilty in Waukon district court to obtaining money under false pretenses. A Dubuque Times Journal dispatch notes he also faced charges of stealing woodchuck scalps worth 55 dollars while jailed in Decorah and later sold them in Waukon after leaving Decorah jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Lemen
K.K.K
Monticello
Anamosa Reformatory
H. B. Taylor
Waukon
Lemen
Dubuque
Decorah
Knights of Pythian officers elected at Ivy Lodge Monticello
Ivy Lodge No. 87 Knights of Pythian of Monticello elected A. H. Koop as chancellor commander Leslie Reade as vice chancellor Harry Hoag prelate John Hoult Jr master of work D P Young K R and 8 Bert Clark master of finance Lester Behnke master at arms H W Wilkinson master of exchequer Harry Rodman trustee Z A Graves inner guard John Ross Jr outer guard for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivy Lodge
N. 87
Knights of Pythian
Monticello
A. H. Koop
Leslie Reade
Harry Hoag
John Hoult, Jr
D. P. Young
K. R
Bert Clark
Lester Behnke
H. W. Wilkinson
Harry Rodman
Z. A. Graves
John Ross, Jr
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Onticell
Woxsee
Chas
A. Doxser
Rolters
E. G. Burrichter
C. BE. Fothergill
Winchester
McNeill
McNeill’s Hardware
Gulbransen Diver Pianos
Locher's
Jacob Lang
Frank Locher
Susie Lynch
Edison
Locher
Dr. Redmond
John Oswald
Helms Studio
C. A. Coxsee
Town
J. W. Hoult
R. R
Cliff Main
Porter
St Hopkinton
Paul Danke
Mrs. Lanning
McNeill's Hardware
Gladys Emmons
A. M. Maurice
Iowa City
District Association of Dentists
Stuhlers’ Grocery
Rudolph Ricklefs
Richard
Stuhlers
J. L. Tunsin
Chicago
Alfred Miler
Castle Grove No. 6
Gretchen Morey
McNeill’ Hardware
Thomas M. Redmond
Elmer J. Noble
Florence Noble
Coe. College
J.T. Cox
Palmyra
Missouri
Stuhlers' Grocery
Sarah McCabe
Coon Rapids
Charles Hayward
Althea. Bancroft
Anamosa Public Schools
Helma
Monticolio State Bank
Hana
Calena Ty Angites
Cordia
M. ‘T. Bryan
Frank Collina
Frances Coyle
Michael Coyle
Reuben Leggett
George Leggett
Clinton
Bader's Meat Market
Nick Maurice
Wesley G. Scharf
Spencer
Lowell State Bank
Cedar Rapids Business College
E. J. Farley Poultry House
Harold Tedrow
Dean
Lexington
Mr. Tedrow
Misa Janet Hazard
Pasadena
California
Hila Percina
George Herren
Monticello Motor Company
George
Castle Grove Township
Rose McAleer
Cecelia Supple
McNeill’s Hardware Headquarters
E. J. Farley
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Adele Wilkens
Chicago Heights
George Wilkens
the Express
Norman Clark
Nora Workman
Esther Sinclair
Coe College
Besse Hughes
Freda Zimmerman
Voorhees
Louis Stubler
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
George Stubler
Stubler
Detroit
Michigan
Rundle Building
St. Peter and Paul’s Lutheran Church
Jess Martinsen
John McDonald Hospital
Lovell Township
Irving Hintz
Harold Wilcox
Matthiessen Auto Supply Company
Chevrolet
Ellison
Equity
Eugene DeWitt
Mr. DeWitt
J. LeRoy Farmer
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Des Moines
Farmer
Direct‘org
State ‘Canners’ Association
Charles” ‘Appleby
Guthrie Center
Warren Price
Ray Vaughn
Mlinois
Ernest Gardner
Nadine Gardner
Stout
Hayo Schoon
Auffreda Reed
B. E. Reed
Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Church
Henry M. Carpenter
Monticello State Bank
Carpenter
George Albery
Lucetta Albery
Dorothy Smalling
the Philomente
Virginia Cafe
Messrs
Ben C. Roberts
Paul Daake
Ray Schternacht
Manchester
B. C. Roberts
Monticello Club
Ryan Reporter
Immaculate Conception Church
Castle Grove
Father Murphy
New Mexico
Jack Higgins
Monticello-Davenport
Raymond Echternacht
Davenport
Echternacht
EB. H. Hicks
Bates, Hicks & Foline
Illinois Merchants Bank
South LaSalle Street
Bates
Hicks
Hicks & Feline
Shriner
The
Order of the Eastern Star
F. J. Kay
George van Buren
G. L. Lovell
W. W. Stickford
William Corbin
Kehoe & Knake
T. B
L. P. Waddick
James H. Oltman
BOY Scout Notes
Weather Sinclair
Florence Nicholson
Mary
Helen Eshman
Patricia Meyer
Association of
Miss Sinclair
Miss Hihman
Miss Meyer
Selma Heeren
Old St
Nick
and Young
Palmer
Monticello, Iowa
Peacock Shop
Monticello Opera House
Hoyt Gibson In “the
Saddle Hawk
General Electric Time
Matt Moore
His Majesty
Bunker Bean
Fox News
Madge Bellamy
Peris of the
Norma Shearer
Lon Chaney
Lies
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