Monticello Social Notes and Local Notices
Weekend guests and neighbors mingle in Monticello with visits to Chicago Cedar Rapids and Delta area towns. Residents include Miss Hlotse Welch Miss Lillian Hogan Rev W H L Schuetzeft and Mrs H W Stuht er with various social calls and hospital notes. Local goods and services note Locher s stores and McAleer Bucher beef sales while tax notices appear at the Monticello State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAleer & Bucher
H. A Evans
John McDonald Hospital
Local Notes from Monticello and Surrounding Areas
Monticello residents report visits from relatives and teachers from Cedar Rapids and Dundee Illinois. Community events include a Ladies Auxiliary supper, Odd Fellows initiations, a St Elizabeth society function, and a county fair fund raising night with a full slate of entertainment.
Monticello Church Confers On Growth. Wedding At St Matthew
The monthly Methodist conference at the Mina church, led by District Superintendent Lemon, reports the church flourishing with three new members and two deaths this quarter. Mina fIe Irene Tuel wed George Rieniers at St Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. The ceremony featured Miss Patricia Tuel and Theodore Rieniers Jr. with reception to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haworth League
Methodist Episcopal Church
Electric
Park
Jarley
George Meyer
The
Methodiat
Lemon
Thomas . M
Nielsen
F.H. Stimson
Mina
Irene Tuel
Joy Tuel
Monticello
George Rientets
Henry ‘Rientets
Ceremaony
St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church
M. Ide
Patricia Tuel
Theodore Ricnets, Jr
Rieniers
George Green
Death of Judge John Emerson Fink Remains in Clinton
John Emerson Fink longtime Clinton resident and twelve year police judge died at 826 North Second Street after a long illness. He was born August 24 1854 in Savanna Illinois and practiced law in Monticello earlier. Burial will be in Monticello Iowa with services at Scottish Rite Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H.fink
Monticello
Clinton
Mr. Fink
Mertie McDaniel
Mertie Condon
G. W. Condon
Fink
Clinton Advertiser
John Emerson Fink
Second Street
Judge Fink
Scottish Rite Cathedral
Delphic Chapter
Rose Croix
J. H. Cooke
Co. M. Hostrup
C. H Rievers
B. R. Spaulding
C. E.bowman
J. L. Bohnson
Emulation Lodge 256
ALF
A.M
Chicago, & Northwestern
Iowa
Savanna
Illinois
Savanina
Jennings Seminary
University’ of Michigan
George L
John LeRoy Fink
Anna J. Fink
Countywide athletic tests aim for all rural and town pupils
The program on January 20 at Monticello trains boys and girls not only in running, jumping and throwing but in equal countywide competition. Classes by age and weight set standards, awarding honor pupils with badges and county-wide recognition through weekly papers and an April play day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell Township Farm Bureau
Bender
Gaorks van Buren
Lovell
Farm Bureau
Sheets
Hmil Ricklefs
Albert Stuhler
Monticello
Vox
Avery
Monticello High Notes win declamatory prizes and hoops win
Pauline Newton reports Monticello High School declamatory contest winners Ted Koop Theresa Lux Thelma Gregory Clara Schoon Ima Rohr Patricia Mayer represent Monticello at the district contest February 15 in Anamosa. The Monticello basketball team defeated Springville 26 to 14 at Springville and faces Anamosa in Monticello Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ted Koop
Shakespeare
Mark Antony
Theresa Lux
Michaels
Thelma
Gregory
Evelyn Whitaker
Clara Schoon
Irma Rohr
Rebecca
Kate D Wiggin
Patricia Meyer
Booth ‘Tarkington
Anamosa
Coe College
Ruth Gundlach
Gertrude Schweitzer
Pauline Newton
Opera House
Theresa
Lux
Thelma Gregory
Ima
Rohr
Patricia Mayer
Springville
Marion
Iowa State professor touts new seed corn test method
Associate professor John B. Wentz of Iowa State College promotes a low cost seed corn testing method using the rag doll approach with temperatures 70 to 75 degrees. Emphasizes testing home grown seed from trusted local sources and proper mold control. Extension Bulletin No 50 provides full directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Wentz
Iowa State College
Wentz
Ames
Iowa
January 1898 events in Monticello and Jones County
The Monticello Express notes student moves to Cedar Rapids Garrett Bible Institute Evanston Drake University and Quincy. Local clerks and resignations occur along with marriages births deaths and a 1100 volt electric shock incident. John Hoisey buys the Ryan restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twen‘tys
Monticello Express
William Moore
Fred Sariga
Niles & Watters Bank
Anamosa
Andrew Yousee
H. Permnoud
Bowen's Prairie
Jacob Arduaor
A.M. Chase
Henry Harrs
Johanna Weers
Castle Grove Township
Dennis Kehoe
Milwaukee Harvester Co
Wood & Newcombe
Commission Merchants of
Chicago
Harry Lang
Leons Kingsley
Cascade
Toni Husmann
Gearhard Husmann
Wayne Lutheran Church
C.mardot
Mary ‘Moenk
Henry Moenk
Sand Spring
George Heeren
Henry Heeren
Wayne Tofynship
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Clara
B. Miller
Alfred ‘Miller
Nels P. Matson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Monticello
Jones County
Henry Hanken
John Prult
Louis
Irs
B. L. Cobb
John H. Hoisey
B. B. Ryan
Monticello Beats Springville 28-14 in Slim Sixteenth Victory
Monticello stays undefeated at seven wins with a 28 to 14 win over Springville on Springville floor. High scoring forward Skelley leads Monticello with four field goals while Hubbard adds four and Newman scores six, as Springville fights back to close the gap in the second half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Springville
Schneider
Zubler
Hubbard
Monti
Skelley
Capt. Corn
Marion
Hopkinton
Linn County
Mt. Vernon
Belle Plaine
Central City
Shelley
Miller
L. Zubler
Corn
I, Hubbard
Dunlap
Bond
Newman
Grant
Cornell
Miss Olive Dawson Davenport High School Star
A Davenport high school student Miss Olive Dawson, granddaughter of Tones County, daughter of former congressman A F Dawson, has a perfect four year average and sixteen years old. She leads Davenport High School in social and literary activities and is described as unmatched in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tones County
Rapids Republican
Davenport
Olive Dawson
A. F. Dawson
Avery Mark
Wayne township trustees to meet for road chief applications
Wayne township trustees will meet at the Wayne Center schoolhouse next Saturday afternoon February 3 at 1 p.m. to receive applications for road superintendent and bids on tractor and grader work. The trustees reserve the right to reject any and all bids and elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Township
Wayne Center
P. R. Daly
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. G. Burrichter
Hlotse Welch
Lillian Hogan
Singer Sewing Machines
Locher’s
Charles. Northrop
Redmond
H. W W. Stuhtér
Long City
Edison
Locher
Rudolph Ricklefs
Oxford Junction
Dr. Redmond
Karl M. Keyes
Frank Byrne
Dubuque
Gulbransen
Elinore Montgomery
Cedar Rapids
Kathryn Crcutt
Walker Berlin
George White
Delhi
I. B. Stimson
Keyes
China
Paul Matthiessen
Halstead Carpenter
Blue Devil
Fritz Hein
Tipton
Mesars
Red Matthijssen
Matthiessen
Erta McAleer & Bucher
Louis Lang
J. M. Eby
Raymond Eby
Platteville, Colorado
Mesdames Cliff
Main
Bess Dickey
Keith Dickey
Mandsley of
Allen Egan
Herman W. Hanken
John McDonald” Hospital
Frank White
Kadoka
South Dakota
John
Letze
Cedar: Rapids
Thomas Shover
W. H. Confare
Manchester
Elizabeth. Hauss
Abner Adams
Jessie Abel
Rudolph Bohren
Carl 8.Carter
Oscar Newton
Minnia Mackintosh
James McConnell
A. W. Steiner
Bleyfred Guyan
Grinnell College
Stablers’ Shoe Store
Monticello and
Katherine Kohl
Gaatia Grove Edar
Mary
Harriet- Rohn
Dundee
Adéle,Wilkens
Ruth, Young
Leha Bohren
Merle and
Haith
Delacher
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
H. W. Deischer
W. L. Hanssen
California
San Francisco
Redlands
W. W.stickford
Fred Oltmanns
Sterling, Ilinois
Oltmanns
Hannah Gerdes
William Morse
Express
Women’s Auxiliary
American Legion
Legion Hall
Lincoln
L. A. Iverson
George Guyan
Odd Fellows
Messrs
William Laude
Siebert Harms
St. Elizabeth
Society of the Sacred Heart Church
Henry ‘Templeton
Curry-Simp‘son Construction Co
Des Moines
John H. Fraser
Lanigan
Iverson
George P. Miller
Saco
Montana
W.H. McCuskey
Grand View Avenue
Boulder
Colorado
McCuskey
Monticello High School
Maquoketa High School
Maquoketa
HB. O
Moniticelo
Richland Township
Minnie Grunenwald
Castle Grove
Hazel Hubbard
John E. Fink
Trustees’ Meeting
Helle Plaine Knights of Pythias Lodge
Keyes’ Eye
Oyéa
M. Keyes
Yousse Bros
Tober
Lowell State Bank
Hampshire
Wyoming
Memorial Hall
Levsen Bros
Moline Plow
Balster Bros
Scotch Grove
McCall
Monticello, IA
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