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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1911

Page

5

New Year Greetings From Home News Card

A roundup of reader notes from Hopkinton to Maquoketa with visits over Christmas and New Year. Names include J S Houser William Long Carl Renk M Sch Adamson Ray George and many others visiting Cedar Rapids Waterloo Dubuque Anamosa Illinois and Wisconsin locations with multiple relatives and friends mentioned.

Monticello Family News Brightens Christmas Season

Local column lists dozens of visitors and travelers including Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson visiting relatives in Dubuque and Miss Grimes of Arlington staying with Miss Schneider. Many others from Anamosa Jefferson Perry and Ames are mentioned visiting relatives and teachers during the holidays along with notes on post office uncalled letters and local ads.

Mamie Catherine Kohl Ed Kohl Monticello Dubuque

Christmas visitors and hometown notes fill Morley page

Mrs. Hunter returns from a visit to William Allen. Frances Koop and Marie Bateman spend holidays with Iowa City and Iowa relatives. Local students and teachers visit families in Riverside, Oxford Junction, Wyoming, and Monticello. A snowfall, political notices, and community events accompany holiday updates.

Dr. Monroe Markley Critically Ill After Severe Hemorrhage

Monticello lecturer in entertainment course Dr. Monroe Markley is critically ill at Rev. Westlake's home in Sheldon after a heavy bleeding episode at the town four weeks ago. His wife is with him and recovery is uncertain.

Monroe Markley Monticello Mr. Westlake Sheldon

Subscriptions Offered at D E Pond Office

Notice invites readers to leave subscriptions for all German and English newspapers at D E Pond's office above the Lovell State Bank.

D. E. Pond Lovell State Bank

Christmas gathering across cities ends with playful remark

A family reunion spans South Dakota Strawberry Point Chicago and Manchester as the Huene and Hickman families host relatives over Christmas. Perry Babcock, famed for quick wit, was toppled by his young grandson at breakfast after Perry proposed a thought and the boy replied with a playful decoy remark.

Miller South Dakota H. H. Harrington Hazel Strawberry Point Charles Hickman Chicago Otto Huene Draghnly Manchester D. A. Huene Charles Huene Perry Babcock Perry

Couple Wed In Christmas Ceremony At Bowens Prairie

Miss Frieda Decker of Bowens Prairie married Jess Martinson of Cascade on Christmas day at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage by Rev. Roy V. Porter. The couple’s health, ambition, and friends are noted as strong capital for their life ahead.

Frieda Decker Bowens Prairie Jess Martinson Cascade Methodist Episcopal Parsonage Roy V. Porter

Miss Pearl Barnts Weds Isaac Schneider at Sacred Heart

Miss Pearl Barnts and Isaac Schneider married by Rev. John McCormick at Sacred Heart church last Tuesday seven in the morning. Bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barnts of this city and will be tied to Monticello business life as son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schneider a member of Fagan & Co. They began a short wedding trip after the ceremony.

A. J. H. McNeill Hopkinton Robert Celia McIntosh Nova Scotia McNeill South Fork Township Pearl Barnts Isaac Schneider John McCormick Sacred Heart Church Schneider John Barnts Jacob Schneider Fagan & Co Montice

Marriage of Dr Earl Gordon and Miss Mabelle Cameron

Dr Earl Gordon and Miss Mabelle Cameron were married at the bride's home on Christmas day. Gordon, a Iowa State University dental school graduate, recently opened a new suite above Stickford drug store in Monticello and will be at home there after February first. The bride is new to the community but praised today.

Earl Gordon Mabelle Cameron Springville Gordon Dental School Iowa State University Monticello Stickford

Warden Barr Receives Silver Service at Anamosa Reformatory

In a chapel service last Sunday inmates presented Warden Barr with a silver service. Chaplain Pickworth voiced regrets over Barr’s departure at year’s start. Father Powers praised Barr as a model, tender man. Barr thanked all, spoke highly of his successor, and urged inmates to welcome reforms.

Warden Barr Anamosa Reformatory Pickworth Father Powers Barr Anamosa

Sudden Death of Mrs John L Graves in California

Mrs Eirza Graves wife of John L Graves died suddenly on Christmas day at her father George W Curtis home in Upland California. The body to be brought to Monticello for burial. funeral arrangements unclear. She had lived in Monticello most of life after moving from Ohio and South Dakota two years ago. Her sons Zack and George and brother O O Curtis reside in town.

John L. Graves Eirza Graves Eorge W. Curtis Upland California Montticello A. Graves South Dakota Zack George O. O. Curtis

Christmas Services Across Churches Highlight Community Worship

Churches welcomed worshipers Sunday before Christmas with mass and special programs. Parish activities included Christmas trees and Sunday school programs at Presbyterian and Congregational churches, church choirs and solos, and cantata selections by Methodist Episcopal and other congregations.

Methodist Episcopal Church Shepherds Lemons “Hark the Herald Angela Sing Nee Worf Bethlehem Brooks Louis H Rednor Hoeyser “Abceste Micheles Ato Gantlary John Reading Heyser Wrod Stuhler Pastorile Maxtfold Men Christ Hyon Messrs Guilford Harrington

Three Night Wrestling Tournament At Monticello Opera House

Monticello hosted a three night wrestling tournament under manager O N Ford. Cedar Rapids lightweight Joe Nankevitch defeated Fred Oakley in two straight falls. Tony Thompson beat Fred O Conner in two falls. Sharkey Davis defeated Kid Smith in two falls on Friday, with Elwood House also winning. Saturday featured Davis over Frank Oakley in two falls and a final match where Thompson and House exchanged falls before Thompson spoke to the crowd about reform and sobriety, sharing a vision from a hospital bed.

Monticello Opera House O. N. Ford Thursoday Joe Nankevitch Cedar Rapids Fred Oakley Central City Fred O'Conner the State University Tony Thompson Terrill Iowa Thompson Sharkey Davis Frank Oakley Elwood House House Hays

Pipe Organ Concert at Congregational Church Set for Jan 1

The annual concert will be held at the Congregational church Monday evening January 1. H. D. Jackson, director of the Cedar Rapids College of Music, will play organ assisted by Mrs. H. D. Jackson piano Norman Balheim violin and Mrs. George Bardell soprano. Admission 85 cents, children under twelve 25 cents.

Congregational Church H. ’D. Jackson Cedar Rapids College of Music H. D. Jackson Norman Balheim George Bardell Dubuque

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