Local chatter and shopping notes from Monticello area
Community updates list visits by residents to Cedar Rapids Marion Davenport Hopkinton and Anamosa plus shopping notices for McNeill Hardware and Stablers Grocery. Holiday events include a basket social at Lovell No. 9 and screenings for Scaramouche at the Princess with a Christmas matinee.
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First and
Cedar Streets
John G. Schoon
Monticello
Christmas Tree and Coffee Event at Rickles Grocery
Local ads advertise Chocolate Cream Coffee at Rickles Grocery all day Saturday December 20 and promote Christmas trees and tree holders at Stuhlers Grocery. Community notices list personal visits, travel plans, and holiday programs in Monticello Hopkinton and surrounding towns.
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Rickless
Stuhlers’Grocery
Gildner Bros and Hanson Buy Krepps Shoe and Clothing
Gildner Bros and Hanson purchased the Krepps Shoe and Clothing Company at Maquoketa last week. The Krepps store will be turned over to the new firm on January 16. The Gildner firm had recently sold out in Monticello to Husman and McCrea.
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Gildner Bros & Hanson
Krepps Shoe
Maquoketa
Krepp
Gildner
Montigello
Messrs. Husman & McCrea
Christmas Eve carolers spread lighted season charm
Wabun and Ma quoketa Camp Fire Girls visit neighborhood homes singing classic carols after dusk. The town advertises its Christmas sales and events including radio programs, tree lighting, Santa letters, and local charity notices.
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Maquoketa
Camp Fire
Monticello High School Play Frames Love Tangles In Comedy
The Monticello junior class staged The Intimate Strangers in the public school auditorium last Friday, netting about $100 for the junior senior banquet. The cast included Delmar King, Irma Rohr, Isabel Stambaugh and Carlton Anderson with a supporting group. Miss Helena Wilcox and Miss Helen Hoy received praise for coaching and the musical program featured the Girls Glee Club and a Mikado sketch.
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William Ames
Delmar King
Isabel Stewart
Irma Rohr
Florence
Isabel Stambaugh
Isabel
Johnny White
Carlton Anderson
Ames
Clarence Rhatigan
Henry
John Wilcox
Ellen
Helen Pulver
Mattie
Dorothy Hance
Johnny
Helena Wilcox
Helen Hoy
Glee Club
Monticello
Margaret Maurice
Owen Sutherland
Lucille Johns
Margaret Hennigar
Gracia Orcutt
Jenglish
Longtime Iowa Frontiersman Charles McKean Dies at 79
Charles Beatty McKean died Friday afternoon at the Bayfield Wisconsin home of his son Rev Frank L McKean following apoplexy. Born September 29 1845 in Carroll County Ohio he served in the 44th Iowa Infantry, married Henrietta Belle Clark in 1872 and left five children and 16 grandchildren. He was a lifelong Presbyterian elder and veteran preacher who helped frontier communities in North Dakota and Canada.
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August Miller
Scotch Grove
Elmer Coon
Leonard Duckett
Presbyterian Church
Maples Inn
Coon
Hanssen & Brown
Oxford
Bert Clark
Monticello
Lynn Lemnon
L. C. Lemon
Mount Vernon
Rev
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Cedar Rapids
Methodist Episecopal Church
Anamosa
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Oakhill Cemetery
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Frank L. McKean
Bayfield
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Scotch Grove Township
Jones County
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Hugh C
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Center Junction
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Charles Clinton Beatty MckKean
Jane
Iowa
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Samuel Hazen Clark
J. L. Wilson
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Canada
Lowell E. Black
Castle Grove Township
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Burn’s Lodge No
North Dakota
D. &. Dreibeibis
Pupil operetta "A Fairy Conspiracy" slated for tomorrow
The graded schools present the operetta A Fairy Conspiracy at two o clock in the new public school auditorium. Admission is free. Miss Helena Wilcox oversees the show with a cast including Helen Crane Ruth Byers and Claire Adams among others. The Child doubtfully resists Santa Claus as Story Book Friends seek to prove their tales true. Accompanist Gladys Emmons and Dance Director Blanche Whitford are also listed.
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Helen Crane
Santa Chius
Howard McLaughlin
Cinderella
Ruth Byers
Goldenlocks
Bertha Mae Corden
Jack
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Claire Adams
Vivian Smith
William Kettlitz
Dorothy Coe
Genevieve Jacque
Vivian Bancroft
Leo Marmis
Mary Stickford
Dorothy Barlow
Betty Kay
Pauline Cooper
Dorothy Smith
Miriam Fairbanks
Pearl Slauson
Winifred Rohr
Raymond Coyle
Kenneth Gesse
Keith Dickey
Raymond Kreeb
Leonard Schoon
Elmo Stockwell
Thomas George
Buddy Suter
Ernest Smith
James McLaughlin
Clifford Phelps
Alva Henrichs
Milton Langer
Myrie Shover
Lawrence Sackett
Gladys Emmons
Blanche Whitford
Daly to Speak at Knights of Columbus Event in Farley
Anamosa resident Bill Daly will deliver an address before the Knights of Columbus in Farley tomorrow evening. Daly, a dirt farmer and chautauqua speaker, is renowned for his humor and practical wit.
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Anamosa
Knights of Columbus
Farley
Daly
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