Monti High to Host Martelle in Christmas Gym Game
Monticello High prepares a charity basketball doubleheader with Monti High facing Martelle on December 22 at home. Alumni, students, and fans expect a competitive showcase after a season with close Monticello losses to Martelle and a pre season win over Springville. Doors open 7 30 pm with a 8 15 pm varsity tip off. Admission 28 cents.
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Domagearstes
Tuesaday
Meatsdea
Monti High
Martelle
Vyarsit Fame
Monticello
Springville
Local Groups Sponsor Dairy Schools In County
The Anamosa Cow Test association and the Center Junction Amber and Anamosa creameries plus the Jones county farm bureau sponsor feeding schools at Center Junction December 21 Amber January 4 Anamosa February 8. Earl Schultz will lead on home grown feed and profitable management with current butterfat prices. Meetings cover seeds minerals grain mixtures and herd site management with free lunches and 10 oclock start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Towa
Christmas Program At Sacred Heart School
A Christmas program by all grade pupils will be held Thursday evening Dec 17 in the Sacred Heart school auditorium at eight o clock Admittance 15 and 35 cents The program includes Mighty Lak a Rose Cherry Blossom Christmas Selections and more with the Sacred Heart school orchestra and student performances by first to seventh grades Accompanists include Helen Bruhler Betty Denkhoff Mary Lucille Ricklefs Mary Elizabeth Fothergill and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart
Nevin
Zamechnik
Haydn
Anon
Helen Louise Bruhler
Boyland
H. C. Bbldridge
Betty Denkhoff
Mary Lucille Ricklefs
Mary Elizabeth Fothergill
Nathan
High School Operetta Oh Doctor to Be Performed Tomorrow
The Monti cello high school will present the operetta Oh Doctor in the school auditorium Friday evening December 18 with the first curtain at 8 pm. Miss Ruth Webster and Miss Opal Porter direct with no reserved seats and door admission. A series of dances will be presented by choruses and soloists. The plot follows a spring operation by Doctor Drinkwater, with his granddaughter navigating many predicaments.
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Monticello High School
Ruth Webster
Opal Porter
Drinkwater
Leonard Schoon
Miriam Fairbanks
U S Service Attache Lund Remains In Oslo Norway
The December Good Housekeeping article by Frances Parkinson Keyes profiles Marquard Lund the American commercial attache in Oslo Norway. A Monticello native and Wayne township kin of Mrs. August Lund, he rose from Cedar Rapids Business College to U S civil and consular service and now serves in Oslo.
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Good Housekeeping
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Marquard Lund
Oslo
Norway
Sande Fjord
Lund
August Lund
Wayne Township
Flensburg
Germany
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Grinnell College
United States
Washington
Death of Mrs Lillias Kelley Former Ames Resident
Mrs Lillias Kelley nee Crawford died at her home December 7 from influenza. A former Ames resident of 24 years she was born in Scotland in 1859 and lived at Monticello Battle Creek Colo Ames. She leaves two sons M A R Kelley and Prof James Byron Kelley and daughter Jessie M Kelley, plus a sister and three brothers. Funeral at Collegiate Methodist Church with Laura Chapter Eastern Star in charge. Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery Battle Creek.
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Lillias Kelley
Crawford
Monticello
Ames
Kell
James Crawford
Manly Kelly
The
Diamond Creamery Company
Ames Tribune
Kelley
Scotland
America
Town
Battle Creek
Towa
Manly K. Kelley
Colo
Jessie M. Kelley
Town State College
M. A. R. Kelley
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
James Byron Kelley
University of Kentucky
Lexington
J. E. Spotta
Alexander Crawford
Thomas Crawford
James
Adams Funeral Home
Mount Hope Cemetery
Cascade Club Dines. Holbrook Lectures on Iowa
The Cascade Commercial club enjoyed a dinner at the Easter Cafe in Cascade last Tuesday. Royal H. Holbrook of the Extension Department at Iowa State College in Ames delivered a talk on Iowa after the meal. He then toured rural and town schools in and near Cascade with Supt. Joseph Flynn of Dubuque giving talks on Iowa.
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Cascade Commercial Club
Cascade
Royal H. Holbrook
Extension
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Holbrook
Supt
Joseph Flynn
Dubuque
J E Nye Buried At West Union Sunday
Manchester Press notes J E Nye prominent Manchester businessman dies at 75 in his Clara avenue home after heart decline. Funeral at his home then burial in West Union under Masonic auspices. Surviving wife Harriet. sons Joe H and Jesse B. siblings abroad. lifelong Mason. Memorial focus on character and service.
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Manchester
Joseph E. Nye
Clara Avenue
Nye
J. F. Moore
West Union
Dover
England
America
Ackley
Iowa
Monticello
Harriet M. Fawcett
A. B. Carhart
Bert Stier
Joe H
Chicago
Jesse B
Portland
Ore
Eliza Walters
Sydney
Australia
Jack Reynolds
Blenheim Gardens
London
Mr. Nye
Temple and Shrine
Grand Lodge of
West Union Lodge
Joe” Nye
Hfe
S H S Notes Highlight School Activities and Visit
Robert Hogan and Donald Kurt report on S H S classes. Students study business history math and civics while preparing for a big basketball game against St Patrick's Cedar Rapids Friday Dec 18. Mother Dominica visits, seniors praised. younger grades send Christmas letters to Ven Sister Mary Dulcissima in China.
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Eddie Cantor
Dominica
Dubuque
St. Patrick’s of
Cedar Rapids
Francis Kehoe
Maxine Nordmann
Mary Dullasima
Bister Dulcissima
China
Christmas Programs at Local Methodist Episcopal Church
Christmas Eve program at the Methodist Episcopal Church features student and choir performances. Includes slides The Christmas Story in Picture and Song, arrival of Santa Claus with gifts, and Mass in Honor of the Little Flower. Harry Liddy soloists with orchestra. choir sections and numerous Sunday school classes perform carols and readings.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Doxsee
Abel
Shannon
Huibregtse
Detscher
Fragmented Christmas Hymns List Appears
A garbled OCR segment shows titles including Gloria in Excelsis Deo Sleep Holy Babe The Snow Lay on the Ground O Salutaris Tantum Ergo and Te Deum. The readable lines suggest a prayerful or liturgical item list without clear context.
Christmas Program at St Matthew’s Lutheran Church
A children and congregation Christmas service at St Matthew’s Lutheran Church features a full program on December 24 at 7 30 PM with readings songs solos and group performances including O Come Little Children Joy to the World No Room in the Inn While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Silent Night and Come Hither Ye Faithful The event includes a Spirit of Christmas reading and distribution of gifts with a welcome speech and various participants led by Ada Eggers Laura Rickels Bertha Yossi and others.
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Esther Plueger
Mae Null
William Minney
Emil Scheer
Roy Null
Samuel Schuetz
Josephine Rickels
Rome
Kate Hanken
Luella Oltman
Holy Babe
Maxine Poppe
Mary
Joseph
Bethlehem
Donald Poppe
Edward Brokens
Elsa Ruth Fa Evatefi
John Jacobs
Fern
Lester Monk
Lavern Plueger
Henry Behrends
Robert Brokens
Old Judea
Ellen Bohiken
Eleanor Popne
Ruth Reuter
Dolores Poppe
Star of Bethlehem
Lucille Bartels
Ida Louise Brokens
Lorraine Jacobs
Shepherds
Manger
Engel Scheer
Mildred Pede
Virginia Hanken
William Himepaugh
Henry Scheer
Doxology
Kathleen Carlsen
Caesar Augustus
Robert Schatz
Hilda Balster
Frieda
Wilma Pruit
Shepherds and the Angels
Donald Schoon
Ada Eggers
Lucille Scheele
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Laura Rickels
Bertha Yossi
Albert Oltmanns
God
Lois Rhoda Burrack
Elaine Ahlrichs
Helen Ahrichs
Loretta Gerdes
Lavern Rickels
Ralph Kromminga
Nedra Kromminga
Raymond Wolf
Berdena Ortgies
Lorna Caspers
Edward Siebels
Lorna Burrack
Marcella Moenk
Verona Kromminga
Marie Oltmanns
Theresa Ehits
Clarence Ehits
Lorene Schmidt
Christmas Music at Presbyterian Church Service and Concert
The Sunday December 20 schedule lists morning service preludes hymns prayers and sermons with titles like Sancta Maria It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and Looking Toward Bethlehem plus postlude. An evening program at 7 30 features more carols cantata and solo performances by chorus and soloists with instrumental interludes and offertory pieces.
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Presbyterian Church
Qld
Dix
Bethlehem
Phillips Brooks
Ashford
Mueller
Hark
Herald Angels
Basa
Dr. Co. V. Burris
Frederick Buel
Wall
Lena Maruge
Evelyn Fairbanks
F. A. Walker
Braga
C. V. Burris
William Laude
March of the Magi
Items Of Occurrences Thirty Years Ago December 1901
The Monticello Express reported events from December 1901 including business moves to the Lovell building, a farm accident injuring Horace Downer, the death of Arthur Graves, and the new drug firm of Bacher & Abel. A Jones County Telephone company formed to install service in Monticello and the county seat. Local residents Fay Lovell and the town’s dwarfs returned for Christmas, ice on the pond measured ten inches, and Antone Cartano died aged 72 after emigrating from Germany. News of anniversaries, births, marriages, and a 18 below zero spell accompanied the month’s notes.
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Monticello Express
The
Express
Monticello State Bank
Lovell
Horace Downer
John McLaughlins
Hvest
Monticello
Pennsylvania
Newell Austin
Riverside
Cal
Edna Thomas
Chicago
Herman Hanken
George Balster
Froonweta
Larpsnin
Mury
Grace Allen
William B. Allen
Louis Martin
Adair County
Hannah Ross
C. S. Ross
Lovell Township
High School Notes On Society, Schedule, and Christmas Program
The literary society initiated many new members including Ella Rickels Pauline Cramer Margaret Behrends Esther Schoon Ruth Graves Ann Marie Orcutt Esther Bender Clemma Wenger Loretta Specht Eunice Buol Clare Adams Wilma Clark Frieda Balster Hazel Houston Pauline Cooper and Freda Widmer. A Christmas program and operetta are planned with tryouts after holidays and a two week countdown to second semester with six one hour periods.
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Literary Society
Ella Rickels
Pauline Cramer
Margaret Behrends
Esther Schoon
Ruth Graves
Ann Marie Orcutt
Esther Bender
Clemma Wenger
Loretta Specht
Eunice Buol
Clare Adams
Wilma Clark
Frieda Balster
Hazel Houston
Pauline Cooper
Freda Widmer
Georgia Miller
Ohio
James
Roy Ricklefs
Mary Secoon
Robert Durst
Gutensohn
Norma
Duane Sutherland
Toy Shop
Charles Wright
Blake Timmins
Four Locher brothers attend Notre Dame together
Courtesy of Notre Dame alumnus T. J. Lane we learn that the four Locher sons from Monticello are all students at the university. Paul R. is a freshman in science, Robert C. is a sophomore science student, John J. is a sophomore in arts and letters, and Simon E. is a junior in arts and letters.
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T. J. Lane
Notre Dame
J. J. Locher
Monticello
Paul R
College of Science
Robert C
John J
Simon E
Goodfellow Club Seeks Help For Monticello Children
Local appeal urges readers to join the Goodfellow club of Monticello to provide Christmas cheer for needy children in town and surrounding rural areas. Contact Miss Lora Houston, public health nurse, at Monticello or Anamosa courthouse for families in need. The club has no officers and relies on individual action to help.
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Goodfellow Club
Monticello
Lora Houston
Court House
Anamosa
Local People and Visits Highlight Week in Monticello Area
John Prull traveled to Toledo with Mrs. Fritz Hermann and daughter Lisa for an extended visit while Hermann's husband is in Germany. Charles Greenawald moved to Milwaukee for a new position as Mrs. Greenawald visits. The Greenawalds recently stayed with Mrs. Beeie’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Ruof, for several months. Ulysses Maire returned to Monticello from Manchester, Marion, and Olin and plans Christmas in Colorado with son George and family. Albert Marter of Walker pleaded guilty to assault on 14 year old Warren Fisher and was fined 100 dollars. the case drew from the Soldiers' Orphans home at Davenport.
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John Prull
Toledo
Ohio
Fritz Hermann
Lisa
Ulysses Maire
Monticello
Manchester
Marion
Olin
Greeley
Colorado
George
Ben Filers
Jake Bahl
Dubuque
Loren Orr
Warren Fisher
Soldiers’ Orphans
Davenport
Eva Maroney
Fisher
J. W. Doxsee
Mary Doxsee
C. A. Doxsee
Joe Fe, Nye
West Union
L. A. Grimes
A. B. Grimes
Double Header Friday Night At Sacred Heart
Local Kansas City team clashes with Cascade in a fast game on Sacred Heart floor at 7 o clock Friday December 18. Tickets are 25 and 16 cents as fans anticipate a strong clash from veteran Sacred Heart and St Patrick s Cedar Rapids following the opener.
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K. C
Cascade
Sacred Heart
St. Patrick's
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Rhatigan
Blackman
Coe
Rabbits Die In High Water And Local Aid Plan
High waters drive rabbits from river bottoms with reports of over twenty drowned along the Nishnabotna west of Red Oak. Corning city marshal C A Smith plans a food program for tramps at city hall, has raised 312 dollars, and has fed 41 men since December 1. He aims for one meal per day unless weather worsens.
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Frank J. Bell
Red Oak
Montgomery County
Nishnabotna River
C. A. Smith
Corning
Adams County
Mr. Smith
Pigeons Trounce Clock Hands at Centerville Belfry
Centerville in Appanoose county reports pigeons using the courthouse clock hands as a perch and riders. A Waltham watchmaker suggested kerosene soaked rags to deter them, but janitors refuse to maintain the routine allowing the birds to keep clock control.
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Centerville
Appanoose County
Court House
Waltham
Mass
Sacred Heart tops St. Martin's Cascade in home win
Sacred Heart defeated St. Martin's of Cascade for the second time on Sacred Heart's home floor last Friday night leading 13 to 6 at halftime. O'Rourke and Kurt stood out as guards with O'Rourke scoring twelve before fouling out. Monticello and Cascade made several substitutions as the coaching staff aimed to hold the game. Coach Rhatigan's squad prepares for a home clash with Cedar Rapids St. Patrick's on Friday at 8 p.m., a potentially exciting matchup given Cedar Rapids' green and white reputation.
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Sacred Heart
St. Martin's
Cascade
O'Rourke
Kurt
Monticello
St. Martin Fe
Kane
O'Brien
Ferring
OlLane
Havan
Rogers
Bayle
Nordinn
St. Patrick's
Cedar Rapids
Many Automobile Owners Are Without Licenses
In Jones county many drivers will lose the right to operate a car after January first unless they rush to obtain a license. Applications have slowed and driving without a license after the new year could bring a fine up to 100 dollars or up to 30 days in jail. The impact on accident insurance remains undecided and will be addressed as cases arise.
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Jones County
Sheriff's Office
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Coyle
Graham
Aebi
OlHage
Mathson
Reed
Bartlett
Robbins
Scherrer
Stanley
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Yeoman, Rg
Phelps
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Men
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Spooner
Heald
Hutton
Patton
Math’son
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Schuetz
Mercer
Dyanes
McCoy
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Shane
Taylor
Ross
Yeoman
Jacobsen
Reynolds
Sacred Heart School
U. S
L. Kelley
Cascade Club
J. E. Nye
Hile
Manchester and Weat Union Masonic Lodges
Robert Hogan
Donald Kurt
Sacred Heart Church
Gruber
Kyrie
P. A. Kaufer
Harry Liddy
Helen Stuhier
Mary Fothergill
H. C. Nemmers
Pietro A. Yon
Donald Burrichter
Helen Wroblewski
Leona Fobergl
the Holy City
Stephen Adams
Adolphe Adam
Jean Hogan
Maxine Redmond
Mary Minnis
Clara Flack
Kathleen Hayes
Isabella Bader
Marcella O'Rourke
Mary Elaine Burrichter
Leona Fothergill
Eileen Neilly
Jean Ann Liddy
Mary E. Fothergill
Helen Stuhler
Everetta Maloney
Raymond Ferring
Marcus Lahey
Harold Schummer
Charles Renk
Bud Denkhoff
John Lahey
Christ
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. Matthew’s
Ev. Lutheran
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Evening Service
Expres
Harold Scherrer
ST. Nick's Helpers
D. A. Dobry
D. A. Dobry Securities Company
Scott County District Court
State Securities Department
Dobry
A. W. Cramer
Will Hiller
George van Buren
Paul
F. D. McLaughlin
H.S. Richardson
A. J. FH. McNeill
Cornell Oratorio Society
Cornell Conservatory
College Auditorium
Mount Vernon
Rith van Buren
Laura Sinclair
Scotch Grove
Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Des Moines
Iowa State Register
Clarksons
Moore Opera House
Kirkwood
Grand Opera House
Berchel
Dolliver
Sallinger
Sabin House
Auditorium
President Roosevelt
Brown
Billy Sunday
St. Martin’s of Cascade
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