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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1911

Page

7

Local Happenings From Casey to Cedar Rapids

Adolph Huels visits relatives in Casey Oklahoma and many residents travel to Anamosa Cedar Rapids Anamosa Farley Mt. Vernon and other towns. The public schools close tomorrow for a two week vacation and many towns report visitors and local business notes from Burrichter’s to Lenox College and Castle Grove.

Adolph Huels Casey, Oklahoma Blanche Hunter Wilhelmina Gruenenwald Cornell College Mt. Vernon Iowa

Monticello News Briefs From December Visits and Commerce

Miss Mary George returns from Chicago after weeks with friends. Lou Stary reopens his lunch room after redecorating. Notices to John Gribbins and Harm Fechtmann remain at Monticello post office uncalled. Various local visits, travels, schooldays, and holiday sales noted across Monticello and nearby towns. A light Sunday snow coats the landscape. Christmas gifts and restaurant updates appear amid community life. The Monticello State Bank offers calendars for 1912.

John Gribbins Harm John Fechtmann Monticello

Local notes include travels and holiday plans in Scotch Grove

Miss Essie Hoag returns from Belliyus Nebraska to spend holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Elmer Hoag. A purs e is found by Hicks and Ricklefs and will be returned to the owner. Kiburz enlists in the Navy and parents seek release. Cedar Rapids boarding plans for Gertrude Campbell and sisters Etta and Lorena. Cross family heads to Winnipeg for Christmas, with some returning in January.

Franny Schneider Jacob Schhneider Uresco Essie Hoag Belliyus Nebraska Mrs Elmer Hoag Gertrude “Campbell Cedar Rapids Etta Lorena Cedar Rapids Business College

Stephens Brothers Revival At Ritzville Reported Success

Papers from Ritzville note the Stephens Brothers revival in that city led by evangelists who previously conducted Montioello tabernacle meetings. Mr Storrs directs the singing while Miss Ethel George carries on the work once done by Miss LaMont here.

Ritzville Stephens’ Brothers Montioello Storrs Ethel George LaMont

Local Wrestling Event At Opera House Featured By Thompson And House

A wrestling tournament is announced for next Friday and Saturday evenings at the opera house with Tony Thompson, a longtime Monticello favorite now of Terri, and Elwood House of Walker among the competitors. Thompson advocates clean sport without betting. Other notes include wedding attendance by Dr. John Thomas for his son Ensign Raymond G. Thomas and Miss Louise K. Timanus in Baltimore on the 19th, with Christmas plans to visit. Also mentioned are Mrs. Charles Little’s return to Lynchburg, Mr. Egeles’s coal business return, and the death by carbolic acid of H. C. Lovelace in Manchester, a former Monticello blacksmith, aged 61, with family connections in Monticello and Manchester.

Opera House Tony Thompson Elwood House Walker Thompson Terri John Thomas Louise Kl. Timanus Baltimore Ensign Charles Little Lynchburg Virginia Monticello Egeles H. C. Lovelace Manchester Clay Lovelace D. F. Grove Don A. Preussner Lovelace Alta

Christmas Exercises at Methodiat Me piscopal Sunday School

Next Sunday evening at 7 30 the Methodiat Episcopal Sunday School will stage four tableaux The Wise Men of the East The Wise Men at Herod s Court The Shepherds of Bethlehem and The Manger at Bethlehem interspersed with hymns and carols A Christmas tree will be in the room No presents except a Christmas treat at the close All are invited Mrs R B Winsor dies at 89 in Lyons WI recall by Monticello residents J H Winsor longtime Monticello station agent joins Clinton then C M St P Ry Co A salary increase to 200 per year for Rev W R Allen definite call by Monticello church next year no Sunday morning service Christmas program in evening window displays draw interest

Methodiat Me Piscopal Sunday School East Herod’s Court R B. Winsor J. H. Winsor Monticello Lyons Wisconsin

Fire damages W A Mirick home but spared main rooms

A fire at Dr W A Mirick's residence was discovered before the roof could break through. Firefighters cut through the roof and limited water use to extinguish the blaze. The back upper bedroom and kitchen were drenched while the front chambers and several rooms remained uninjured. Loss estimated at 300 dollars with 3500 dollars insured.

W. A. Mirick D. K. Pond

Nordman vs Railroad Company court verdict in damages case

District court spent the week hearing Nordman v GC M Sb Ry Co. Nordman, injured Feb 28 at Anamosa fright depot, seeks 20000 damages claiming a crow bar caused his hand amputation after slipping under a train. Jury found for the defendant. Several divorce, guardianship, probate and other cases scheduled or decided, including wills admitted, guardians appointed, and multiple cases dismissed or continued.

District Court R. M. Chaney Henry Nordman Anamosa Nordman Jamigan, Smyth & Gorman Herrick, Cash & Rhinehart Cook, Hughes & Sutherland Freeman Vanamburg Alvin Vanamburg W. A. Cunningham Ida Haun Kettlesen John 0. Kettlesen Ray Mayes O. W. Bread Vende Wosden Thomas Finn John P. Kirchen Katharine Hansen Josephine Crowl Anna Nelson Arthur Nelson O. J. Cash Carrie Newton H. L. Majora Roy O. Greenewald Martha Busing Peace Bond J. Guthrie State of Iowa Jack Kray J. H. Gilmore G. W. Simpson B. Buffham Cuuse John Fitzsimons J. W. Coxsee John C. McQuarthy Frank Flaharty

English Literature class program and holiday notices

Report notes Luzia Thomas leading English Literature as Wiles reports. Vincent Baloar improves after blood poisoning. Essie Hoag visits Bellevue Nebraska. Junior program set Friday with music readings and a Christmas theme. Advertisements invite purchases, leases, and subscriptions around Doutrick's, Pond, and Lovell Bank Building. farmers urged to market beeves.

Mma Wiles Luzia Thomas Vincent Baloar Essie Hoag Bellevue Nebraska

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THE J. W. Doxser Burrichter Home News Miss Lillie Button O. A. Soatje Kate Stabler Carrie Cowan Farley Adolph Egger Hall Rock Rapids F. A. Hefner Albert DeWitt Fred Eilers Chicago W. G. Eilers Burrichter’s Frank Dautremont Last Monay Grace Podhaski John H. Henry Omaha James Wilson Frank Smith Fayette Bobleter Alice Ludwig L. Fuller Helen Schnier Worthington Deitrick’s John Haley Omaha, Nebraska Esther Howell J. 8. Hall and Son Marshall G. W. Mastin Fred Wm. Welch Hopkinton H. P. Bancroft and Son, of Delhi John Thomson Wyoming H. F. Burrichter’s Grant Eilers Lenox College Jessie Dunlap C. B. McKean Fred Slauson Mabel Anabel Moore Susanna Heisey Kehoe Castle Grove Warren Eberhart Newton, Kansas EH. B. Hubbard CO. BE. Maxwell Epworth M. Campbell Deitrick D. G. Uo Messrs, R. M. Corbit Jerome Bender Miss Husted Ollie Ferring Messrs Frank Serbousek J. A. McDonald Center Junction Fred Moore Baldwin H. F. Burrichter GQ. F. Paulson Martin Burrichter Ryan Mary ‘George Lou Stary Rof Glenn Teeter la Porte Crate M. H. Teeter Frances Koop Wyoming High School Charles. Martin Charles Gragen West Liberty James McNeal G. P. Rockstad Madison George Ambueh Catherine Wheatland Edna Rhode Tabor E.G. Drury Harrison Lubben Frank Lubben Elmer Hubbard Cascade May Hogan Dubuque Mount St. Joseph Seminary Shero Vacaton Frank Hofacre Joe Hofacre Michael Hofacre Michael Berlin J.J. Boatman Little Child Barnes City W. B. Gordon Godlieb Bader Mr. Bader Hall Manufacturing Co Otto Arduser John Stutt Jr Canada John Stutt, Sr Fay Clark Northwestern University Ames State College Davenport Iowa City Spencer Ed. Little Stickford Drug Store Lowell Hicks School of Forestry State College At E.G. Hicks Frank Ferring H. 8 Express Inter Ocean First Street Thomas Kingsley Marie Meyer Esther McAleer Stella Berdina McNamara St. Joseph’s Seminary George W. Davis Doutrick’s Eo Kiburz Navy F.J. Cross Cecil Winnipeg Scotch Grove Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian Congregational Church Castle Grove Choral Society Jesse Greenup A. W. Steiner J. F. Steiner Rip van Winkle Eby Scotch Grove Township Samuel Eby John Reichart Ernest Reichart Ernest Waterloo Mr. Eby Marquis Barr State Reformatory Des Moines Barr Don McAleer William Independence Hunter Mr. McAleer H. D. Jackson Cedar Rapids College of Music Norman Balheim George Bardell M. Magee Doutricks Geo. Stuhler Sona W. W. Stickford Hicks & Ricklers C. N. Patrick Dr. Mirick Stickford Farmersa Edna Wenger Koop Rachel Hofacre Ben Hur Shepherds Ethel Taylor Mandelin Seyessing Josephine Meyer Laura Moore China Lillian d’Autremont Gicks Girls’ Quartette Florence Barnts Lola Cowan Henry van Dyke Marcella Britting Junior Chronicle Ward Peet Cecil Crows Deutrick’s Reliable John Perrine Lovell Bank Suters Victor Phonograph Louie Schulze Stickford’s Drug Co D. E. Pond Lowell State Bank Kayser O. H. Schipman South Cedar ST Lovell Block Store Hicks & Ricklefs EA. Hubbard’s Lang L. H. Lang
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