Cedar Rapids Visitors and Holiday Visits Noted
The column lists Cedar Rapids visitors including Dr Redmond Mre and family, Miss Nola Reynolds and Schlimmer visiting Davenport, Sara Gehuler of Des Moines visiting Mr and Mrs for housework. It mentions Doxsee Lang and son, John Bohiken visiting Pres, Reichart in Christmas week, and J W Damson at Oelwein with Artman relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Sara
Gehuler
Des. Moines
George McLees
Cedar Rapids
John McLees
Clifford Hogan
Guy Hogan
Mrs
W. W. Hogan
Emil Ricklefs
James
B. C. Roberts
Benjamin
Ruth Gundlach
Monticello News Readers Share Holiday Visits
A long list of visitors and guests from Monticello and nearby towns fills Christmas and New Year notes. Families such as the Rettigs, Pleugers, Temples, and Oswalds host relatives from Minneapolis Des Moines Iowa City Clinton and Cedar Rapids. Local residents like Miss Johnson and Mr Hines are noted with cinema events and church gatherings.
Christmas visits and local notices fill Monticello page
Monticello readers enjoy holiday travel and family visits across Iowa and nearby states. Local residents return from Norfolk and Omaha while students and teachers spend vacations with relatives. The Wabun Maquoketa campfire girls offer home made doughnuts, and church groups present gifts to the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabun
Maquoketa
E. BE. Reed
Monticello News Recap of Meetings and Local Charms
Monticello community items include a January 2 meeting of the Monticello Cow Testing Association at the public library with Professor Finley of Ames speaking on dairy cattle care. Also reported are holiday events, weather lows, advances in local business, and multiple marriages and anniversaries in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Finley
Ames
Obituary of Mrs Nellie Dunham Fletcher of Elgin Illinois
Mrs Nellie Dunham Fletcher dies at home in Elgin at 3 am Tuesday. Sister Mrs Imogene Stuhler at her bedside. niece Carolyn Stuhler travels from elsewhere. funeral this afternoon at the family home with burial in Elgin. Daughter of Capt Fred S Dunham Civil War veteran and former Iowa Centennial commissioner. born Monticello 1869. aged 56. Survived by husband James M Fletcher and daughters Katharine Hamilton Mildred and Elizabeth Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Dunham Fletcher
Elgin
Illinois
Imogene Stuhler
Carolyn Stuhler
Fred 8. Stuhler
Fletcher
Fred S. Dunham
Dunham
Iowa
Philadelphia
Monticello
James M. Fletcher
Katherine F. Hamilton
Two Rivers
Wisconsin
Mildred
Elizabeth Fletcher
East
Monticello High School
Father Powers Dies at Anamosa
Father Robert Powers longtime pastor of St Patrick s Catholic church Anamosa died last Saturday at Mercy hospital after a two year illness He was the oldest minister in continuous service in Jones county born August 18 1851 in Kilkenny Ireland He served in Dubuque Carlow and Anamosa and helped expand St Patrick s church and its pastor s house, with Mercy hospital later built on grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Powers
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Anamosa
Mercy Hospital
Jones County
Kilkenny
Ireland
Mount Melleray
Dubuque
Powers
Carlow
St. Joseph's College
Castle Grove
Reformatory
Pioneer settler Mrs Alfred Miller dies after long illness
Mrs Alfred Miller a Monticello pioneer died at her home last Thursday December 24 after a period of declining health. Born June 9 1839 near Warsaw Indiana she moved with her family to Bowen's Prairie in 1853 and later to Monticello. Survived by four children four grandchildren and one great grandchild she was laid to rest after services at the Methodist Episcopal church and Oakwood cemetery with Rev A E Coe in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Miller
Monticello
Miller
Warsaw
Indiana
David
Phoebe Ralston
Bowen's Prairie
Edward
Burlington
Kansas
Minnie Rice
Sylvia
Illinois
Clara Tunison
Chicago
Alva
Hettinger
North Dakota
Julia Balcom
Mary Brown
John Ralston
Seymour
William Ralston
Methodist’. Episcopal Church
A. E. Coe
Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Conleys Celebrate 50 Years in Monticello Anniversary
Mr and Mrs O C Conley observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a 1 pm dinner at their Monticello home. The couple, aged 73 and 72, were wed December 29 1875 in Canton Ohio. Their children and eleven grandchildren attended. Harold Conley of Jackson Minnesota could not attend. Guests included Edmund Harwood Effie Hall and out of town visitor Howard Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Che
Castle Grove Township
Che
Barneston
Nebraska
Mrs. Che
O. C. Conley
Monticello
Conley
Frank
Ohslow
Mae Frostler
Holland
Minnesota
Samuel
Scotch Grove Township
Carrie Moncrief
Edward
Edmund Harwood
Effie Hall
Harvey Conley
Jackson
Howard Miller
Elm Creek
Pennsylvania
Emma Harwood
Ohio
M. J. Beldon
Canton
Lutie Beldon Crane
Maquoketa
Center Junction to Monticello Bus Route Change Affects Amber
Miles Landis petitions the State Railway Commission to adjust bus routes so Amber gains access to Monticello and the county seat in the morning via Center Junction Scotch Grove and Anamosa. The Monticello leg would shift to allow court attendance in the morning rather than the afternoon. Anamosa Journal notes a separate town meeting of Lovell township farm bureau with a varied program and debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Miles Landis
State Railway Commission
Amber
Center Junction
Monticello
Scotch Grove
Lovell Township Farm Bureau
Public Library
E. E. Reed
W. D. McLaughlin
W. F. Hintz
Harold Wilcox
Emil Stutt
Henry Eden
Frank Hayden
Louis Ehrisman
W. Balsiger
Junior short course attendees from Monticello area
Monticello and vicinity youths attend the annual junior short course at Iowa State College in Ames from December 28 to January 1. Participants include Helen Van Buren, Margaret Caspers, Avelda Hanssen, Mildred Wilcox, Beth Lightfoot, Evelyn Eby, Luella Oltmans, and Gertrude Oltmans. They are accompanied by Miss Ida Wilcox and Mrs. John Jacobs assisting with club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa State College
Ames
Helen van Buren
Margaret Caspers
Avelda Hanssen
Mildred Wilcox
Beth Lightfoot
Evelyn Eby
Luella Oltmans
Gertrude Oltmans
Ida Wilcox
John Jacobs
Alumni Five Edge Sacred Heart 15 14 In Tight Showdown
The Monticello Cardinals alumni team defeated Sacred Heart 15 to 14 on December 23 with a late basket by Frau Schneider securing the victory. Lang led the alumni with four points, while Ferring and Hookstra sparked Sacred Heart in the second half before Schneider sealed it. A second game was set for tonight at the high school gym with a 25 cent admission to benefit school funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Sacred Heart High School
Tommy” Kula
Stuart Lang
Sutherland
Schneider
Ferring
Hookstra
Sacred Heart
Kula
Shelley
Podhastki
Frau Schneider
Fa FT PT Lang
Monticello “Cardinals
Fastest New Sleeper Travel Monticello to Los Angeles
On January 6 and 19 a high class all steel tourist sleeper will run from Monticello Iowa to Los Angeles via Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Rock Island Golden State route. It departs Monticello 6 55 p m and arrives Los Angeles 2 15 p m taking three nights en route. Dining car meals quoted as The Best on Wheels with berth reservations through J C Thornton and C C Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Los Angeles
California
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Kansas City
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
Golden State
J. C. Thornton
C. C. Gardner
Rock Island Lines
Royal Union Life Bldg
Des Moines
Through Tourist Sleeping Car to Los Angeles Service Ad
Advertisement details a through sleeping car route to Los Angeles via Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway leaving every Tuesday from October 20 to January 19 with stops at Austin Calmar Monticello Cedar Rapids and intermediate stations via Kansas City and southern routes. For full particulars consult any Milwaukee agent. Advertising text McNeill's Hardware Winchester paints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Monticello
C. M
St. P
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Fred Harvey
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Austin
Calmar
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee
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Panne Eld
Cedar: Rapids
Mary
Lovell
Hoult
Mra
Wirth
Maxine
Helms
Fayette
Dr. Redmond
Virginia Cafe
Anna Ehrisman
Byer
Redmond
Mre
Schweltzer
Lucile
Oo Lee
Nola R ‘Reynolds
Schlimmer
Davenport
C. A. Doxsee
Monti
Wis Lang
Son Fistmas
John
Bohiken
Pres
Monulph
Artman
The
Eek
Lily Spant
Kenwood
R. B. Tor Friends
Atupday
Ead
Kige Ell
Sieba A
Manchester
Ndst
Siebels
Spencer
Alina’ Pleuger
Sterling, Slipols
Fred Pleuger
Fred Rettig
Minneapolis
George Rettig
Don Merrill
Ed. Templeton
Misa Dorothy Johnson
Grinnell
Siegfried Guyan
Angelo Pappas
Clinton
Henry ‘Heeren
Platté, South Dakota
H. Heeren
Michael Huebsch
Strawberry Point
J. G. Suter
Robert Adams
Iowa City
Pearl Verrimont
Gedar Rapids
John Oswald
Paul Shaw
Delaware
Johhny Hines
O. H. Brainerd
Iown City
Colin G. Thomas
Byron Abel
Elkader
John Wenger
Celen Rollins
Marion
Austin Wilcox
Robert
Emma Tomlinson
Peter Oeschger
George Hines
George Bort
Dixon, Illinois
Anna Bort
Albertine Reuter
Fred Reuter
Jessie Waln
Hopkinton
Louise Cartano
Springville
R. A. Cartano
John Shover
University Hospital
W. ‘A. Mitchell
Sumner
B. ‘Be. Reedy
Migs
Iola George
G. H. George
Wilbur Adamson
Billy
the Express
Lyle Kelly
Emil Dondelinger
Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska
Alma
Leah Balsiger
Eugene
Steve Fitzsimons
Millington Carpenter
Iowa State University
Henry Carpenter
Walter Hubbard
Bert Hubbard
James Voorhees
Harry M. Voorhees
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Charles Kay, Sr
Farley
Guy Swartzell
Olin
F. J. Kay
James Laude
Rockford, Iinois
William Laude
Culley
Rockford, Illinois
Dorothy Johnson
Rose Aebi
Rudolph Aebi
Kentucky
Wm. G. Schoon
Adolph W. Johnson
Phyllis
Ottumwa
Laura Koop
Janice Schneider
the Mercy Hospital
Isaac Schneider, Jr
McCormick and Deering
Siegfried Gruenstein
George Guyan
Regina Oswald
Council Bluffs
EJ. “Maloney
Norfolk
Max. Voight
Kathryn Orcutt
Sparta
Elmer Orcutt
Mary Dondelinger
Newhall
Wilson Burkett
Kathering Liddy Morley
Omaha
Dennis Liddy
Pauline Jacobs
Paul Jacobs
Emory Leggett
James Whitson
Cascade
George Albery
Lucetta Albery
William A. Pye
Elizabeth Pye
Eldora
Mr. Pye
W. A. Beery
Henry Martin Dirks
Henry Renk, Sr
Edna Eiler
Ben Miler
Edna Hanken
University of Illinois
Herman W. Hanken
Margaret Hennigar
St. Luke’s Methodist Episcopal Hospital
A. B. Coe
E. J. Farley
Jack Wiggins
Monticello-Davenport
Rose Kula
Miss Kula
Coxsee & Coxsee
Alma Balsiger
Rochester
C. W. Balsiger
Gladys Stickford
Jayne Shover
H. S. Smith
W. W. Stickford
Paul Kehoe
Orly
Dennis Kehoe
Kehoe
Emil Riedel
Meta Carlson
Denmark
Paul Hintz
Independence
Mr. Hintz
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Jacob Matthiessen
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Harriet
Crystal Echternacht
Ray Echternacht
C. C. Green
Congregational Church Society
Rey
George McNary
Patricia McNary
William Corbin
Misses Haley
Charlotte Watters
Lucille Chaloupka
Paul Gibson
Emma Herrick
George Hauck
Arcadia
Rose Heil
Rev
Hauck
Fred S. Stuhler
Baby S
W. B. Allen
Florida
Mr. Allen
Langworthy
London
England
L. Vérne
Roy S. Benedict
Ernest
Hisse
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Mr. Benedict
Ida Darrow
Benedict
Santa Claus
Mercury
C. L. Jacobs
Edgewood
Jacobs
F. H. Hatch
Mr. Jacobs
Leonard Duckett
A. G. Bohlken
Bohlken
John Bohlken
Prescott
George Peters
Adolph Peters
Will Teutken
Bankers’ Life Insurance Company
Teutken
Franklin Equipment Company
W. F. Yoeman
Fort Dodge
G. C. Yoeman
Algona
W. F. McDowell
Rockwell City
William Sanborn
G. L. Williams
Oxford Junction
Harry Leith
Lake City
F. W. Voegel
Mankato
W. S. Clark
Chippewa Falls
L. K. Schaffer
Hutchinson
T. C. Junkins
Sioux Falls
O.E. Brainerd
Barbara
Northampton
Massachusetts
Louie Zimmerman
W. G. Zimmerman
Meta Rickless
Henry John Ricklefs
Lovell Township
W. Fritschel
Stanley Zimmerman
Clara Ricklefs
Minnie Rickless
Father Powers
Alumni
Winchester Paints
McNeill's
Opera House
Ancient Mariner
Fox News
Richard Talmadge
Ist
Wild West
Syd Chaplin In
Lockwood Stock Company
Star Meat Market
Marshall & Matthiessen
Lowell State Bank
Sunkist
Rickless Grocery
Monticello, Iowa
United States
Wollenberger & CO. Investment Bankers
la Salle Street
John A. Liddy
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