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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
4
Snow brings sleigh bells to Wyoming as Christmas activities roll in. Notables visit, students return home, and a dog ordinance aims to ease town residents. The community mourns Israel Pelkey, a Civil War veteran, while Christmas gifts and missions spread cheer to children and families.
Center Junction residents share Christmas visits and events. Notable mentions include trips to Cedar Rapids North Liberty and Anamosa, a Black Oak school Christmas program, moving picture show by W G Krause, and church services planned through June.
Prairieburg residents report Christmas travel and visits. Mrs. M. L. Spoon visits Richland Center Wisconsin on business. Mrs. Earl Loesby and daughter visited the Drexler home. Mrs. Pearl Bowman in Prison City. Copeland of Morning Sun visits Sue Benson. A. E. Buckley and family in Shelby for the holidays. Amel Zabren of Eyerly Iowa spends holidays with friends. Add Caldwell returns to Coggan after a week with Oliver. A. A. Bowman returns to Ionia after Christmas with family. Christmas exercises at M. B. church praised.
A Saturday note lists donations to the Sunshine mission and assorted goods packed by E. Buckley. Local residents from Cedar Rapids to Anamosa, Monticello, and Marion visit, travel, or welcome new arrivals. A December 20 baby, a Whitney Ammeter wedding, revival plans, and calendar shifts fill community life alongside farm shipments from Hopkinton to Stamford.
Onslow notes show Alfred Johnson moving to Anamosa and numerous relatives visiting siblings and parents in Iowa. Visitors include Sybel Walters at Dike, Dr. Vogel Paul from Chicago, J Millsap and wife in Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Garnett and children at Aurora, Mrs. W D Livingston from Janesville, plus George Miller’s Mech anicsville visit. Local residents report hospital stays and recoveries, teaching assignments, and holiday travel among families and friends.
Quarantine lifted at Robert Graves home after scarlet fever scare. Locals note Christmas services, a choral program, and readers at the Lutheran church and chapel. The Express ends the year with reflections on honesty and a winter concert by the Castle Grove Choral society and Sunday School.
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