Social Roundup of Monticello Area Christmas Visitors
Miss Mary E Leyden spent the past week at Independence visiting her parents. Miss Grace Lovell returns from Kalamazoo Mich for a short time. Mr and Mrs James Milne of Monmouth Ill have been visiting locally. Dr W A Mirick and family spent Christmas day at Anamosa with the Doctor's father. Mr and Mrs Frank W Buxton visited with P C Babcock family. Mrs J W Campbell and daughter Flora left for Davenport on a short visit. Mrs Chas Gallagher of Des Moines visiting Monticello relatives. Miss Bertha Gilroy from Cedar Falls visiting with her parents. Merchandise ads for Hicks & Brurs Deitrick's Wills Golden Eagle Clothing House and other local shops pepper the column. Christmas weather described as pleasant but cold with a rest after the Sabbath.
Monticello notes celebrate season with visitors and sales
Local items report visits by F J Sokol Onslow and others including S H Barnhill Chulu Missouri. Christmas sales flourish at Central Block and Golden Eagle stores while Deatricks advertises wrappers and underskirts. Petitions and weddings shape community life as Postmaster reports record gift shipments and local churches host events.
Old Monticello resident Joseph King passes at 96
Death claims Monticello’s elder Joseph King on Friday the 22nd at age 96 years 3 months 8 days after a fall at the M E church site. A native of Ireland born September 14 1803 he lived in Monticello since 1878 and was a longtime farmer and church member. He leaves five sons a daughter 19 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren and was buried beside his wife with pallbearers drawn from his family.
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Monticello
Joseph King
King
M. &. Church
Mr. King
Ireland
America
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mary Ann Shera
Springfield
Indiana
John
Edgar
Nebraska
William
Omaha
James
Maxwell
Iowa
Thomas
Joseph
Martha Kaylor
Jones County
Christie Ann Stevenson
Red River
Manitoba
British America
Stevenson
Christie Ann McLean
John Stevenson
Calhoun
Kansas City
Sultan Tousley
Emeline Coyle
Chicago
Viola Starks
Matthew
Clinton
Missouri
Nettie Haines
Nancy
D. 8. Staebler
Congregational Church
Margaret Kasper
Rudolph Kasper
C. M. Prader
Richland Township
Church Notices and Christmas Cantata Praise
Church notices outline Sabbath services at the A B church with singing and preaching times plus a midweek prayer meeting. The Christmas cantata at the opera house by the M I Sunday school is praised for its performers and costumes. Congregational church announces sermons and an annual meeting. gospel meetings begin in the Christian church led by Elder Clark Bateman with theme Another Year.
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Ministerial Association
Staebler
A. B
Wit
Opera House
M. I. Sunday School
Chas. Crain
D. 8. Stackler
Arthur Wariner
Christian Church
Clark Bateman
Burritcher’s Offers Handkerchiefs and Neckties
Local shop Burritcher’s advertises handkerchiefs hoods shawls fascinators and fine neckwear for fashion and gifts.
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Burrichter’s
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the Express
J. W. Doxsee
Buel
Mannish
East First Street
Home News
C. L. Fawcett
Cleveland, Ohio
Mrs
J. W. Coxsee
Deutrick’s
Mary E. Leyden
Independence
H. C. Wills
David Heisey
Ernst— Wood & Chase’s
Grace Lovell
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Hicks & Brurs
James Milne
Monmouth, Illinois
W. A. Mirick
Anamosa
A. A. Mirick
A. Matthiessen
Frank
Buxton
P. C. Babcock
W. F. Rohn
Chris Metzenburg
Dubuque
Deatrick’s
Geo. W. Rettig
Geo. Rettig
H.C. Wills
J. W. Campbell
Flora
Clyde, Ohio
Davenport
Deitrick’s
William Burrichter
Lost Nation
Henry
Bowen’s Prairie
Oxford Muillers and Ties
H. C. Wits
Wombat, Galloway
Stone Martin
Golden Eagle
Chas. Gallagher
Des Moines
Haviland China and Cut Glass—Big Line
Hicks & Eilers’ Crockery Department
Bertha Gilroy
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
J. W. Gilroy
Tur Express
Ma Express
Sprces
F. J. Sokol
Onslow
Ab HL. C. Wills
J. H. Carter
Pansy
Cedar County
8. H. Barnhill
Chulu, Missouri
Scotch Grove Township
Philes Williams
W. L. Raymond
Durango
Colorado
M. W. Herrick
J. 8. Hall
Otto Kettleson
Sheridan, Wyoming
Frank Webber
Kettleson
Wm. Sandhouse
Wm. Overley
Mable
Norman Smith
St. Paul
Wm. J. Smith
Battle Creek
G. L. Lovell
John Blanchard
Minneapolis
Harris
George F. Leclerc
J. F. Petcina
Golden Eagle Clothing House
Towa
Miss Paine
D. A. Paine
Salem
Oregon
J. A. Deutrick
Pond
Wills
John Balster
Langworthy
Thomas J. Peak
Forest Matson
Marshall Field & Co
Shepard
Geo. Inglis
Robert Inglis
Hale
James and
Daniel Inglis
Wyoming
John Inglis
J. W. Waite
W. J. Mills
H. A. L. Bigley
W. L. Lopez
Philippines
32Nd
U. S. Infantry
Robert W. Henderson
Nellie Chapman
Robert Henderson
C. W. Hosford
Ed. Kohl
John A. Miller
Fred Schoenherr
Miller
Mr. Schoenherr
J. A. Miller & Co
J. A .Doutrick
Hans Matthiessen Wi
Sliss
Jessie Byerly
Peter Byerly
Rosie Reese
Maude Reese Davis
Los Angeles
Herbert Merril Quimby
Detroit
Potter Palmer Jr
Sousa
Perry Sisson
George Snowden
Levi Hildreth
Frank L. McKean
McCormick Theological Seminary of
Presbyterian Church
Hopkinton
Jesus Christ
McKean
C. B. McKean
Scotch Grove
Iowa Homestead
Tne Express
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Journal
Ture Express
Express
Homestead
The
Wyoming Journal
Madison Center
Joseph King, SR
D. S. Stackler
C.C. Warner
Taft Sabbath
Christie A. Stevenson
M. EB. Church
Andrew
John W. Foust
Buncombe
Dubuque County
Alfred
Alfred S. Miller
Marion County
Jane Rolston
Seventeenth Iowa Regiment
Flora Deischer
Dan’l Deischer
Thomas Chopper
Coxsee
H. FF
Borriemen
Watch Night Service
Congregational Church Society
H. Schipman
Southh Sipk
Monriceio
Holiday Furniture
Fancy Rockers
Esjoy
Hubbard & Hanken
Scar H. Soetje
Sherwin-Williams
Trket
Eastwood & Chase
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