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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1927

Page

6

Local Christmas Visits and Commerce in Monticello

Local notes list many Christmas visits across Iowa towns including Cedar Rapids Anamosa Dubuque and Davenport. Businesses advertise bargains in auto and radio supplies while residents, guests and relatives travel between Monticello Hopkinton Farley and Cascade.

Holiday visitors and relatives across Monticello area

A long list of locals and out of town relatives are noted visiting relatives and friends in Monticello and surrounding towns including Cedar Rapids Manchester Dubuque Oxford Junction Wyoming Burlington Chicago Milwaukee and Madison during Christmas and New Year holidays. Names include Podhaski Meade Hicks Reeder Rickless Brainerd Hoff Hintz Hogan Kehoe Wylie Marshall and Bobbs among others.

Holidays Bring Wide Circle of Visiting Friends

A long list of visitors and holiday guests is noted across Monticello area towns. Residents from Chicago, Davenport, Maquoketa, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Webster City, Oxford Junction, Anamosa, Sioux Falls, and other places are visiting relatives or attending Christmas gatherings with local families.

Bancroft Family Christmas Visit Headlines Iowa City Desplaines Educators

Mr and Mrs Hiram Bancroft entertain their daughters during the Christmas holidays. Miss Carmene Bancroft RN assistant supervisor of the surgical department at the state university hospital Iowa City and Miss Althea Bancroft teacher of the fourth grade at the Desplaines public school are mentioned in the piece.

Hiram . Bancroft Carmene Bancroft R. N State University Hospital Iowa City Althea Bancroft Desplaines

Christmas Dinner Gatherings Across Families and Towns

Dr and Mrs Alex McKean of Gar win and son Ferman with family from Rouse Saskatchewan joined Christmas dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Lowell Black and others. Numerous relatives in Kansas City Olin Richland Sand Spring Hopkinton Waverly Monticello Casade Goos Cassady Grassfield and Stuhler families were guests or visiting through the holiday period.

Alex McKean Garwin Ferman Rouse Saskatchewan Lowell Black Will Behrends Will Balsiger Richland Henry Behrends Sand Spring Andy Smith Hopkinton J. H. Lambert Rudolph Falck C. Cigrand Cascade George Goos Arthur W. Cassady

Reelect Max Wortman County Agent Is Praised

The County Farm Bureau endorses the reelection of Max Wortman as county agent noting satisfactory performance since his election a year ago. Wortman is described as practical, industrious, good natured and accommodating. Miss Ruth Coxsee, reference librarian at Iowa State College, Ames, visited the Doxsee home and departed for Chicago to attend a national librarians convention.

County Farm Bureau Max Wortman Ruth Coxsee Iowa State College Ames C. A. Doxsee Doxsee Chicago

Preston and Prairieburg Families Share Christmas Dinner

Mr. and Mrs. CG C Daniels and daughter Eleanor of Preston along with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clark and daughter Frances of Prairieburg enjoyed Christmas dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hepp. Mrs Daniels and Mrs Clark are daughters of the Hepps.

CG. C. Daniels Eleanor Preston Richard Clark Frances Prairieburg Louis Hepp Daniels Clark Hepp

Families Begin Holiday Visits Across States

Miss Louise Rickels and Ludwig Rickels depart for an extended auto trip visiting relatives in Colorado California and Albuquerque New Mexico where they will see their brother William Rickels. Mrs Hubert Ireland becomes a mother as a nine pound son was born December 21 at Cedar Hapes Wars Floyd Louis is welcomed by Mr and Mrs Louis Hepp of Monticello.

Arthur Kiburz Jake Arduser Olin Kansas City Louise Rickels Ludwig Rickels Colorado California Albuquerque New Mexico William Rickels Hubert Ireland Cedar Wars Lreémin Louis Hepp Monticello Floyd Louis

Santa Seeks Family Help for Youth's Companion Gifts

Santa tells foreman Sam Speckles that world growth means more work and seeks help from parents to subscribe to The Youth's Companion as a Christmas gift. Sam suggests promoting subscriptions as a relief, offering 12 issues in 1928 plus two extras for new subscribers within 30 days, and a humor book.

Santa Claus North Pole Sam Speckles Santa Mr. Speckles Sam Companion Youth’s Companion N Dept Boston Mass

Chyphges Presbyterian Church New Year Services

Leonard Duckett pastor announces New Year services with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and communion at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor meets at 6 45 p.m. Evening worship at 7 30 p.m. Sermon titled The Untrodden Road. Mid week service Wednesday at 7 30 p.m.

Leonard Duckett Christian Endeavor

Sunday Services at First Congregational Church

The First Congregational Church invites worshipers with Sunday services led by Pastor George W. McNary. Sunday school starts at 10:00 a.m. Morning worship and holy communion follow at 11:00 a.m. Young People's Hour is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

First Congregational Church George W. McNary

German service at 11 am with Lord’s supper

The service at 11 am will celebrate the Lord’s supper and collect an offering for the Mission House college and seminary. The Ladies Aid society invites all to a cordial meeting at Mrs. Rudolph Aebi’s home on Thursday Jan 5.

Mission House College Ladies' Aid Society Rudolph Aebi

Advent services and church meeting announced

Pastor H. L. Adix will lead German services on New Year’s Eve at 7:30 p.m. English services are set for New Year’s Day at 10:45 a.m. Sunday school begins at 10:00 a.m. The annual congregational meeting is Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in Luther Hall.

Luther Hall

St Johns Ev Lutheran Church Announces New Year Services

Sylvester Eve German services at 7 30. New Years Day English services with Holy Communion. Confessional service at 10 15. Holy Communion announcements on Sylvester Eve after services. No service at Trinity. No Sunday school. Ladies Aid meets Mrs H W Jacobs Thursday Jan 5 1928 at 1 30 p m.

Trinity Ladies’ Aid H. W. Jacobs

Life's Saturday Evening and Life's Sunday Morning Service Plans

On December 31 at 8:00 p.m. the annual congregational meeting and watch night services will discuss Life's Saturday Evening. On Sunday January 1 Sunday school starts at 10:00 a.m. Worship follows at 10:00 a.m. with the sermon Life's Sunday Morning and Christian Endeavor at 7:00 p.m.

Sylvester Services at Wayne Lutheran Church

Wayne Lutheran Church schedules Sylvester services next Saturday evening at 7 30 followed by a watch party until midnight and a brief devotion. New Year’s Day services will be conducted in English with holy communion. Confession at 10 00 a.m. A collection for church extension funds will be lifted.

Wayne Lutheran Church

Smallpox Costs Rise in Iowa Health Officials Warn

Dr. Henry Albert says Iowa saw over eleven hundred smallpox cases quarantined last year with costs in nursing and lost time significant. Cedar Rapids averages 164.22 dollars per case for diseases, and 1926 costs may exceed 185000 dollars statewide. Vaccination urged for unvaccinated children and revaccination for exposed individuals.

Iowa Henry Albert Cedar Rapids Albert Department of Health

Smallpox Vaccination Reaction Indicates Immunity

The text describes a tuberculin like reaction after inoculation. A reddened area about half an inch to a tile in diameter appears within 24 to 48 hours and fades within 72 hours. Usually no vesicle forms. The reaction is often called a failure but actually signals retained immunity if the vaccine is potent.

Portrait of a Bride in Words by Joan A Stewart

Descriptive verse compares a bride to classical beauty with detailed imagery of coral, snow, and fine attire. The speaker confesses limits in capturing her full kindness and sweetness, acknowledging an incomplete likeness despite efforts resembling Jan van Eyck. The work credits Joan A. Stewart in the London Spectator.

Jan van Eyck Joan A. Stewart The London Spectator

New Year's Dinner at Virginia Cafe

The Virginia cafe announces a New Year's Day dinner to be served next Sunday January 1 due to closure on Christmas Day. Those desiring reservations are asked to telephone for booking.

Virginia Cafe

Detroit man and Marshalltown nurse visit mother

James Davis of Detroit and Miss Nella Davis of Marshalltown arrived for a visit at their mother Mrs. Lowell E. Black's home in Detroit. James works for a large Detroit printing company while Nella trains as a nurse at a Marshalltown hospital.

James Davis Detroit Mich Nella Davis Marshalltown Lowell E. Black Davis Miss Nella

West Bend Teacher Visiting Mother This Week

Miss Mary Stadtmueller a West Bend teacher is spending the week visiting in the home of her mother Mrs Margaret Stadtmueller.

F. D. Sprague Moline, Ill C. C. Rynerson Mary Schone DeWitt John Schone Harriet Coughlan Mrs J. W. Innes Milwaukee, WI Bernice Padhaski Manchester Mrs. Fpf M. Podhaski Mary Stadtmueller West Bend Margaret Stadtmueller

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