Anamosa Home News Social Roundup and Local Ads
Readable notes list visitors and residents in Anamosa and nearby towns. Names include Misa Mame McMahon in Anamosa, Mrs. Perrine in Cedar Rapids, Mrs. H M Carpenter in Cedar Rapids, James Kiburz Cedar Rapids, Mike and Spirit Lake visitors, and Harold Podhaski in Hopkinton. Advertisements urge Patrick glasses, Foster Clothing Co. caps and coats, Ricklessa & Liddy groceries, and Deatrick D. G. Co. clearance deals. Additional items feature Misses Coyle and Balcar in Anamosa, Miss Bernadina Brand from Bloomington Illinois, and many other local social and commercial notices.
Local notes from Monticello and nearby townships
A roundup of short items includes Vernon Rynerson ill at home in Perrine's restaurant, Bert Sturtevant visiting en route from Hot Springs to South Dakota, Mise Crowley taking a Monticello schools post, and family visits across Dubuque and Ames. Cattle selling lower this year, and a barber and tailor updates. Community notices include church discussions, a basket social, farmers cooperative meeting results, and local tax lists with payment deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Sturtevant
Scotch Grove
Hot Springs
Arkansas
South Dakota
Weather brings drama and news across town
Last week rapid changes followed by a deep freeze and heavy snows. Frank M. Eddy of Minnesota’s immigration bureau visited to arrange a March moving picture demonstration. Majestic range showcase starts February 8 with free utensil sets. Downed telephone poles mar the region as snow and sleet disrupt lines and train service. A Monticello versus Manchester high school basketball game is slated for Friday at the gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Eddy
St. Paul
Minnesota
Minnesota Bureau of Immigration
Monticello High School
Manchester High School
Anamosa High School
Wyoming Rancher Sells 127 Cattle at Cedar Rapids Market
James Inglis of Wyoming shipped 127 head of his own fed cattle to the Cedar Rapids market last Monday. He raised them on land he bought years ago, up to a thousand acres, and improved rough clay-soil farms into fine pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Inglis
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Inglis
Sixty first convocation to award degrees and nurse certificates
At the sixty first convocation of the State University on February 8, twenty two students will receive degrees and certificates for completed courses. Miss Caroline Schneider of this city will earn a nurse certificate after completing a hospital course. Local corn prices lag behind Chicago and Cedar Rapids market levels. George Guyan will sell his Monticello ice business at public auction on Thursday February 15 to a buyer ready to run the operation.
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Missa Caroline Schneider
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
George Guyan
Monticello
Young merchants take over A G Hanken store
Messrs Liddy and Rickless purchased the A G Hanken store and began business February first. They drop the dry goods line and will focus on groceries and produce connections, promising courteous and honest treatment to win a share of the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Liddy & Rickless
A. G. Hanken
Improvement Club backs cooperative packing plant push
The Improvement Club endorsed the proposed cooperative packing plant by unanimous vote. Farmers in the area are studying the project and plan to bring it to a vote after completing investigations. The committee is urged to report honestly so the venture may gain broad support from potential beneficiaries.
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the Improvement Club
Co-Operative Packing Plant
Marriage of Misa Anna Bohlken and John L Batchelder
Misa Anna Bohlken daughter of Mr and Mrs John Bohlken of Sand Spring and John L Batchelder son of John Batchelder Sr of Langworthy were married last Friday at the German Lutheran parish connected with St John’s church by Rev Wm H L Scheutz. The couple will reside at Sand Spring where the groom manages the co operative creamery and will receive a cordial reception from many friends upon returning from their honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Anna Bohlken
John Bohlken
Sand Spring
John L. Batchelder
John Batchelder
Langworthy
St. John’s Church
Wm.h. L. Scheutz
Major Noble G W Celebrates Nineteenth Anniversary
Major Noble G W and his wife celebrated their nineteenth wedding anniversary, coinciding with Mrs Winner’s 37th birth anniversary. The event, arranged as a surprise by the major, drew neighbors and friends to their bungalow who offered congratulations. Rev J W Turner delivered a few remarks as refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble G. W
Winner
J. W. Turner
Monticello Wins at Marion In Low-Scoring Basketball Showdown
Monticello defeated Marion 45 to 27 after leading 20 to 14 at halftime. Rickels started for Templeton, with Locher 10 and Kingeley 3 field baskets, Hubbard 7 of 10 free throws, refereed by Helberg of Coe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Marion
Rickels
Templeton
Locher
Kingsley
Schneider
Hubbard
K. Stabler
Brazelton
Kingeley
Helberg
Coe
Local Optician Criticized For Out-of-town Sales
In Fontanellse Sandy Shoemaker remains confined with partial paralysis and weakens after a recent set back. The lettered notice condemns an out-of-town optician seeking business, urging support for local eyeglass providers who pay taxes and sustain municipal enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Shoemaker
Fontanellse
Monticello Couple Weds in Marion Marriage Notice
Miss Floy Alcorn and Mr. Charles Moore were married yesterday in Marion by Rev. W Z Allen. The couple will live in their Monticello home soon. The bride is the Alcorn daughter. the groom is a Monticello photographer. Also noted is a forthcoming sermon by Ex Senator Frank J Cannon and a list of recent marriage licenses issued by the district clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floy Alcorn
Charles Moore
Marion
W. Z. Allen
Ensign
John F. Moore
Monticello
Frank J. Cannon
United States
Utah
Brigham Young
Presbyterian Church
National Reform Association
Presbyterian
Methodist Episcopal
Congregational
Cannon
Longtime Richland settler Jackson Yousse dies in North Dakota
Jackson Yousse aged over eighty died January 27 at his daughter Mamie Monck Brown Prull’s home in Stewar tadel North Dakota from pneumonia. He was son of Benedict Yousse German immigrant and longtime Richland township resident. His wife died years ago leaving him with family roots in the area. In a separate note Miss Mamie Monck wed Eilert Prull at the bride’s parents home in Langworthy township Rev OC Mardorf officiated. The couple will reside on Prull’s Langworthy farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Yousse
Richland Township
Stewartadale
North Dakota
Mr. Yousse
Benedict Yousse
Germany
William Cline
Yousse
George Brown
Mamie Monck
Henry Monck
Langworthby
Eilert Prull
OC. Mardorf
Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Lena Monck
Margaret Monck
Messrs
Harm Prull
Mrs. Pratt
Langworthy
City Calaboose Open to Tramps in Winter
Many vagrants seek shelter in the city jail this winter and are offered a warm room bun breakfast and humane treatment. Marshal Lee notes fewer professional tramps and more unemployed men, new to the road, appreciating kindness amid hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calaboose
Marshal Lee
Willie
New Library Titles Added For Distribution
The public library announces new books now ready for distribution. Titles include World Peace Reely Ann of Ava Germany and the Next War and many more such as Secrets of The German War Office Farm Woodlot and Looking After Sandy. Also listed are Eyes tested and glasses fitted by Dr L G Stuhler and Good Stories For Great Holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reely
Esenwein
Ann
Ava
Hubbard
Germany
Bernhardi
England
Cramb
Steiner
German War Office
Graves
Cheney
Browne
Sun
Sampson
Ferber
Delia Blanchflower
Ward
Dawson
Sandy
Turnbull
Little God
Ebisu
Dix
Tomlinson
Jean Gilles
Lafon
Red Mirage
Wylie
Olcott
Monticello Improvement Club hears Cedar Rapids secretary
John Wunderlich of the Cedar Rapids Commercial Club outlines unity and outreach for Monticello business men. He cites Iowa successes, urges farmer town collaboration, large committees, and local trade support to boost town growth and morale. He receives a unanimous vote of thanks.
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Improvement Club
John Wunderlich
Commercial Club
Cedar Rapida
Carl Dutton
Tipperary
Monticello
Cedar Rapids Club
Iowa
United States
Illinois
Jones County
Wunderlich
Telephonic link spans continent four decades after Bell
The article recalls the first transcontinental telephone link last week, 3400 miles long, honoring Bell and Watson. It notes the original 60 foot Boston wire in 1875 and compares U S telephone reach to the rest of the world, citing 21 million miles of wire and nine million telephones in seventy thousand locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas A. Watson
San Francisco
Boston
Bell
Mr. Watson
Majeatic Range and Beginning Enameled Cookware
Ricklefs and McNeill discuss the known Majeatic range and the start of enameled cooking utensil production, highlighting material properties and early manufacturing steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricklefs & McNeill
Fire damages Delaware hotel. interior burned out
A Delaware hotel was badly damaged by fire last week with the interior burned out while the frame structure remained intact. Most of the furniture was destroyed and investigators suspect an overheated chimney as the likely cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
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J. W. Doxsee
Howard & Foster
E. G. Burrichter
Shoes of Quality
Home News
Misa Mame McMahon
Anamosa
John Perrine
Deutrick’s
H.M. Carpenter
James Kiburz
Mike Richael
Spirit Lake
City
Harold Podhaski
Hopkinton
Patrick
Foster Clothing Co
L. A. Beaver
Albert
Apamosa
Frances Coyle
Martha Balcar
Anamonga
Mrs. Gearhart
Worthington
Mabel Petersen
Domtrick’s
Milton Thoeni
Joseph Locher
Lou Densmore
Edgewood
Carpenter Home
Bernadina Brand
Bloomington, Illinois
L. W. Lovell
William Burkett
Ferndell
Ricklessa & Liddy
A. G. Bauder
Frank Altman
Dubuque
Misses Altman
Karl Locher
Royal Hubbard
Elwood Brazelton
Mrs. Blair
Deatrick D. G. Co
Galen Miriclk
Olin
P. D. Bell
Donald
Rickless & Liddy
Minnie Matthiessen
Cedar Rapide
Bertha Wolf
C. B. Paul
Ercandrack
Margaret Errickson
Waterloo
Mrs. C. A. Errickson
Mrs. A. Dewitt
Billings, Montana
Ahab Dewitt
Kinsella Hall
J. M. Hofacre
Mrs
Alonzo Hosford
Platte
John BE. Pond
Mary McMahon
State Center
Ricklefa & Liddy
Johan Sutton
Vinton
Sioux City
Vernon Rynerson
Perrine
Mise Crowley
Miss Day
Loso
Elizabeth
Fred
A. 8
Chris Egger
Fred Egger
Nebraska
Anamosa Thespians
Opera House
George Schoonover
Auamosa
G. L. Lovell
Nellie Williamson
Robert Williamson
Ed Aeeren
California
San Juan Valley
Los Angeles
San Diego
Tena Campbell
Andrew Cassidy
Indianapolis
Congregational Church
O. N. Patrick
William F. Rickels
Bates
Scotch Grove Township
H. 8. Richardson
George L. Lovell
Catharine
Michigan
Lovell
Henry Boblken
Illnes
Arthur Thoeni
A. W. Steiner
John Liddy
John Binggelli
Hartford
Gerald Gordon
Davie Gordon
Farley Line
Doris Northrop
Lovell Township
Sociable
Farmers’ Co-Operative Creamery Co
Art Young
Iowa City
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Cascade
Pedro Hofacre
Michael Hofacre
Geo. Price
Fred Porter
Theo. Jurgens
Edwin A. Cooke
Louise Miller
F. A. Thayer
John Nagz
Lottie Hess
Charlotte Hayden
Monticello City
Wayne
Castle Grove
Richland
Lovell State Bank
Majestic
Ricklefs &,McNeill
Farley
Calmar
District Court
Chris Petersen
Theola Marguarite von Sprechen
Annie Boblken
Howard Wenger
Laura Mae
Roger
William Doll
Mary Qlauser
W. M. Johnston
Stela Coleman
Thomas Marek
Prairieburg
Tonie Ruley
Oxford Junction
L. M. Andre
McVitle
Lavina Walker
Avamosa
Huert Henry Prult
Mamie Elizabeth Monk
Frank N. Takes
Teresa N. Klinkner
Peter J. Hirtz
Mary Elizabeth Hughes
Onacade
New Library Books
L. G. Stuhler
Praes
Osiery
Lowell Block
Hicks & Ricklefs
C. H. Schipman
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White Beauty
the New Hoosier
K. A. Hubbard
Graham
L. H. Lang
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