Monticello Express subscription price noted
The Monticello Express lists annual subscription price at $2.00 with editors J. W. Doxsee and Chas A. Doxsee. The notice records a 62.00 annual rate in the period’s pricing layout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Editors and Proprietors
Walsworth Family Obituary And Scotch Grove News
Onslow On December 26 late editor records the passing of Willisar F. Waleworth, born January 2, 1867, died December 20, 1922 at Anamosa after an appendectomy, with funeral at Presbyterian church Onslow and burial at South Mineral cemetery. The column also summarizes community Christmas events, school programs, marriages, local travels, and notices from Scotch Grove including farm fires, church meetings, and local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Willisarf.waleworth
Stephen- Eng Wealthy Walsworth
Anamo#a
Charles
Brownsville
Wisconsin
Mary BE. ‘Tracy
Mt. Vernon
Lydia S. Tracy
Orlando
Florida
Presbyterian Church
Odd Fellows
South Mineral Cemetery
Joseph Tracy
Tracy
Ida
George
Walter Koon
Otha Johnson
Arthur Noyes
Billy Hasler
Mae French
Dillon Hall
Evelyn Dunbaum
Alvin Hanna
Santa Claus
All Stara
Ruth Rowe
Joe Helfrich
Rock Island
Moline
Ruth
Santa Clara
Williams
Loren Jesus
Russell
Chaplin
Christ
Miss McCune
Mr. Fenton
Mary Snyder
Harry Logan
Baldwin
Mary
Allen Chatterton
Cedar Rapids
Elsie Orr
Chicago
John Hall
Clarence
Frank Conley
Mra
W. C. Orr
Bottomstone
Wyomingere
George Lyons
Chris Eichhorn
J. C. Stivers
Eugene
Marjorie
Olin
Soper
William Fletcher
Robert Alexander Gault
Ireland
Ada Lunn
Wyoming
California
Ed Franks
Lisbon
Cecil Smith
Iowa City
W. C. Paul
Lynch
Joh White
Anamosa
Bert Garnett
Joseph Warson
Mercy Hospital
Rawson
Countryman
Cordovia
South Dakota
Miller
Ed Jeffries
Amamosa
Will Knight
Vera Paul
St. Louis
Matilda Lewis
Jim Lewis
Sure Johnston
Davenport
Harry Scothorn
Bert Walters
Bert Overholt
Harold Brown
Ames
Will Tasker
Irah Greisers
Christmas Day Gatherings at Lange's Mill Cottage
Christmas Day festivities at Lange's Mill cottage brought together the Callahan and D. O. Sinclair families and guests including Mr and Mrs L B Hutton, their son Merle, Mr and Mrs L J Schlemme, J W Hutton, Mr and Mrs Floyd Sinclair, and Burl McLaughlin. The group enjoyed fine winter weather and a summer-style cottage setting during the holiday. Velma Courtright visited the H H and C B Carson homes, being Mrs H H Carson’s niece, and Mrs Robert Clark of Cedar Mapide arrived to join the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callahan
D. O. Sinclair
Lange's Mill
Alec
L. J. Schlemme
J. W. Hutton
Floyd Sinclair
Burl McLaughlin
M. M. Sinclair
Velma Courtright
Tha H
C. B. Carson
Miss Courtright
H. H.carson
Robert Clark
Cedar Mapide
Cascade Mourns John Miller of Miller Bros. Firm
John Miller 43, of Miller Bros. Undertaking and Plumbing Establishment, died Saturday at Mercy hospital Anamosa after a weeks long illness from an ulceration of stomach and bowels. He was married to Gertrude Conlin and leaves two daughters, his mother, siblings, and many relatives. Funeral at St Marys Church Anamosa. burial at St Marys Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miller
Miller Bros
Mercy
Cascade
Catherine Drucker
St. Mary's School
Gertrude Conlin
Devaney & Koo Hardware
St. Mary’s
Otto Miller
Clara Helm
Dubuque
Willam Moran
St. Mary's
William Welrick
Thomas Kingsley, Jr
National Insurance Co
Hartford
Connecticut
William Kingsley
The
Home Insurance Co
Loulaville
Kentucky
Phillip
Armour Institute
Chicago
Melissa
Rock Island
Sinois
Helen Gordon
Mt. St. Joseph'e
Monica May
Harold Kirchen
St. Mary’s Academy
Mra
J. P. Kirchen
Anamosa
Christmas visits spread through local families
Phillip of Chicago and Miss Melissa Kinessay joined homebound relatives including Mr and Mrs T Wingsley Sr and several Marquette students, while many others from Dubuque Davenport Cedar Rapids LaCrosse and Iowa City spent the holidays with kin. Community members report health fluctuations and travel for Christmas gatherings across multiple households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Baldwin
C. F. Crawford
Phoebe Russell
Pettinger
Cumberland
Leo Pettinger
Dorothy Becker
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Becker
Monticello
Lenore Lane
LaCrosse
Dubuque
Helen
Howard Baldwin
Iowa City
Harold Ginter
Columbia
Jacob Lenhoff
Grace Winters
Omaha
Wedding of Inez Hubbard and Ernest Carpenter at Castle Grove
Inez Helena Hubbard wed Ernest Carpenter in a noon ceremony at Castle Grove. The bride, a rural teacher, and the groom, long-time resident with the Pfeil family, will reside on the Pfeil farm amid warm wishes. Community children enjoyed Christmas observances at local district schools, with lessons on pattern alterations to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Hubbard
Inez Helena
Ernest Carpenter
Mary Denny
Cecelia Supple
Florence O'Shea
Bertha Huber
Ames
Monticello
Iesson
Arthur Fairbanks
Allen T. Fairbanks
Lovell Township
A. Ray Fairbanks
Cass Township
Bradley Davis
Iona City
Helen Fairbanks
Ines Hubbard
Harry Fairbanks
Caan
Center Junction Community Notes and Christmas Events
CENTER JUNCTION I A December 1926 issue reports a well received Alabama Jubilee solo program, and outlines upcoming meetings at the study club on January 2. It notes students home for holidays, church cantata attendance, families visiting, and social events at the M E basement and Presbyterian church, with many local names and holiday travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Singerg
B. L. Himehaugh
Rachael Mead
Cedar Falls
Mildred
Spohn
Presbyterian
Methodist Episcopal
Presbyterian Church
Eloise Young
Gladys Wilcox
Mary Leech
Mount Vernon
Albert Manuel
Ames
Hearst Duncan
Harley
Bulgrin
Hopkinton
Ross Young
Epworth
Epworth League
San Souci
M. E
Ald
Howard Leech
Alexander Will
The
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Will Leech
James Young
Stuart Smith
Frank Kace
Myrtle Livingstone
Christian‘ Endeavor
Central City
Harry Englehart
Davenport
Christmas greetings and community visits reported
Christmas events and hospital news are noted in Amber December. Rev Badger, recently ill in Chicago, has recovered and assisted at the Presbyterian church Christmas program and will fill appointments at Antioch and Amber churches. Local families and guests from Onslow Anamosa and South Dakota share holiday hospitality and travel, with school programs and mass attendance mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Badger
Chicago
Presbyterian Church
Antioch and Amber
Peter Chase
Onslow
and Chase
Anamosa
Ban
South Dakota
Hol Dun
Can and Son
Hearst
Will Clark
Ora Andrews
Black Oak School
Vivian Daly
Angel of Mercy
Lyong
Phil Wallace Grey
Daughte
Jennie Drummon
Grey
Iamor
Will Dalyay
Phil Daly
Banga
Yank South Dakota
Nien
Cal Chauo
Walter Buckle
Mancheste
Satuday and Sunday at Scotch Grove Innards
Mr Hus mans parents near Scotch Grove Lincoln and family guests at an oyster supper at the Ed Duffian home Monday evening. Mary Dorothy and Katherine Daly work at Anamosa Willing Workers society will meet soon at the home of aral of our farmers are making pee etd go to Chicago with their stock this ek Fred Grey wife and son spent Christmas day at Jim Grey's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Will Wilker
Charles Wherry
Iowa City
Fred Fifield
Des Moines
Lloyd Campbell
Claude Sears
Marvin Levsen
Ames
Dorothy Saxon
Lenox
Eloise Inglis
Coe
Anta Marie Wifite
Grinnell
Mays Reynolds
Margaret
Marguerite Wilker
University of Wisconsin
Doris Brown
Martelle
Ardis Swordes
Wall Lake
Marjorie Smith
Rogers
Mildred Conmey
Panama
J. C. Glenn
Norway
Lee James
Cedar Rapids
James James
James
C. B. Larkey
Janet Bates
Ardmore
Vllinois
Pauline Sch
Cedar
Leslie Fishwild
Kenwood Park
Fishwild
R. M. Heasty
Jennie Robertson
Nashville
Tennessee
James Robertson
S. F. Schaefer
Thimble Bee
A. A. Vaughn
Cedar Falls
Sim Wherry
C E. Wherry
Cc. A. Reade
J. N. Waite
Waterloo
Hetty Franks
Sturges
Micigan
P. C. Levien
Pixley Smith
Waverly
Pixley
Garrison
Hubbard
Margaret Egan
Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association
Clark Farm
Isaac Dawson
Scotch Grove Township
Thomas J. Kinley
Coggan
Castle Grove
S. B. King
Masonville
John McGraw
Florence Nobie
Lucile Deischer
Coe College
James §S. Delay
A. I. M. Caspers
Chicago
Caroline Heiken
Monticello State Bank
I. A. Heiken
Bradley N. Davis
Town City
Arthur Fairbanks
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
James Delay, Jr
Columbia University
Dubuque
Monticello
Santa Claus
Cecelia Supple
Norman Brigand
Detroit
Michigan
Florence O'Shea
No. 9
Cascade
William Roger
Richand
Satuday
Mr. Husman
Scotch Grove
Lincoln
Ed Duffian
Mary Dorothy
Katherine Daly Vetwadhogl
Anamosa
Willing Workers Society
Fred Grey
Jim Grey
Marriage Bonds Bright Bright and Warner at Manchester
On Tuesday December 19 the marriage of Stanley Bright and Misa Eva Warner occurred in Manchester. The couple were attended by Mrs. George Bright and Mrs. C. R. Gearhart and receive community good wishes. Local records note various holiday gatherings and visitors from Hopkinton and Monticello, with several families and students enjoying Christmas and vacation time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Stanley Bright
Misa Eva Warner
Elizabeth Bohtken
George Bright
C. R. Gearhart
H. S. Pierce
F. J. Gestel
Louise
F. M. Dean
Sox Paul
Hopkinton
C. I. Wilson
Lamont
M. Wheeleas
Dale
Mary Elizabeth
Bhose
Hopkinton’ School
Viola Green
Alicea McVay
Louise Gestel
Dorothy
Prairieburg Christmas Receives Many Local Visits
Prairieburg residents report a festive Christmas with many visitors. Whitneys held a reunion at the Warren Whitney home. Relatives hosted Isham and daughters Esther and Ora near Marion. Drexlers from Cedar Rapids stayed at the J J Kula home. DeLancey celebrated with Flockharts in Cedar Rapids. Flahertys from Anamosa dined with Benson. Conklins of Davenport hosted Bata Scott. Fechidas from Minnesota visited relatives here. Wyjack of Iowa City staying with Irving Babee. Bebee and son Leo traveled to Waterloo for Christmas. Peet shopped in Cedar Rapids. Rogers family member in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlam
Ludley
Whitneys
Warren Whitney
H. H. Isham
Esther
Ora
Marion
Louis Drexler
Cedar Rapids
J. J. Kula
Madge DeLancey
Flockharts
J. & Flaherty
Anamosa
Benson
Clair Conklin
Davenport
Conklin
Bata Scott
Barker
Frank Fechida
Minnesota
Valentine Wyjack
Iowa City
Irving Babee
George Bebee
Leo
Waterloo
M. J. Peet
Luthera Rogers
Insanity case leads to state hospital and town electric dispute
William Richards was taken before county commissioners of insanity and sent to the Independence state hospital after refusing county home care. Oxford Junction and the Iowa Electric Co clash over a $1.50 minimum electric rate in federal court with 240 consumers affected and a $650,500 plant value cited. Hearing expected before Judge Scott in Sioux City in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Richards
County Commissioners of
State Hospital ‘of
Independence
Oxford Junction
Iowa Electric. Co
Electric Company
Scott
Sioux City
Wildman Middle Name Could Bar Boost for Brookhart
Smith W. Brookhart’s middle name was Wildman. The remark notes that knowing it earlier might have helped him gain thousands of votes in the senatorial contests. It suggests 1916 era politics favored such identity details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Arrow
Smith W. Brookhart
Wildman
Bids Sought for County Home Physician Service
Sealed bids due by 10 a m January 2 1923 for a physician to care for patients at the county home. Bids must cover fees for trips and medicines. Separate bids for attendance and prescriptions not accepted. Lee Van Kirk county auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fea
Lee van Kirk
Monticello ISD Seeks Bids for Two Story Fireproof School
Notice to contractors invites sealed bids by 10 00 a m January 19 1923 for general construction plumbing heating and electrical work on a two story fireproof school building in Monticello Iowa. Plans available from A H Koop and Keffer Jones with deposit refundable on return. Board reserves right to reject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Monticello
Iowa
A. H. Koop
Keffer & Jones
Masonic’ Temple
Des Moines
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Clark
Harriet Renk
August Muellers
Otto Lange
Alva Zimmerman
George Zimmerman
William Henrichs
Arend Balster
Harrison Loomis
Loomis
Garth
Mpworth
Lindsey
Grany Ralston
Monticello Express
Mabel Vasey
Austin
August Mueller
Near East Relief Fund
Pender Farm
Scotch Grove Shipping Association
George Oltmans
G. Bohlken
H. H. Carson
Charles Neal
E. C. Hughes
Ladies Aid
Pearance
Harry Greene
Center Junction
Raymond Naylor
Rhodes
Sand Spring
Prairieburg
Hopkinton Leader News
Ray Paine
W. G. Self
Methodist Church
W. Barrow
J. E. Burns
Masonic Fraternity
Masons
the Star
Delaware
Board of Supervisors
Jones Counties
A. ©. Eckstein
Linns
Eckstein
D. B. Storck
H. H. Gee
Anamosa National Bank
Cedar Rapide
Gee
Wdgar Tarbox
Harford
Portland
County
New York
Acember
A. Jackson
N. W. Ackerman
H.m.remley
James Remley
Remley & Remley
Attorneys AT Law
Anamosa, Fa
Main Street
Roy D. Cooley
Regultr
M. F. Hogan
F. A. Hefner
Stickford
Thomas Stimpson
Klig
Paul E. Gibson
Town
Edison
Frank A. Locher
Leghorn Land- Hopkinton
Patrick
West Main Street
Marshalltown
DR. George. Albery
Sulicon and
Dentral
Cedar Street
First Street
Knights of ‘Columbus
F. Hogan
Hide& Fur Co
N. Baker
C. H. Schipman
West
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