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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1911
Page
7
A collage of social visits and local happenings across Anamosa and nearby towns. Residents like Peter C. Smith George L. Lovell and Miss Catharine Lovell appear in the travel and social notes while business and retail notices promote Deitrick's and Hicks & Rickless sales.
Monticello and surrounding areas report numerous society notices. Miss Curtin visits Anamosa. Chauncey Bates from Stamford visits family. letters remain uncalled for in the post office. Local business updates include Mrs. Howell’s millinery line and Deutrick’s fancy work material.
Burns Lodge 173 and Scriner Chapter 2260 plan a banquet at the Masonic Hall on February 24 inviting families. Mr and Mrs Nicholas Nelson visit their mother Mrs J W Nelson whose hospital discharge in Minnesota is noted. Christian Endeavor observes its 30th anniversary next Sunday at 7 30 PM with Grace Noble speaking on rural church work Thomsen on college students Bridenthal on youth work abroad George Maire on the society's past year and Miss Joseph will read The Lost Word.
Last Sunday marks Septuagesima Sunday with Ash Wednesday approaching as the Jenten season begins. Emil Burrichter wed Minnie Dickmann at the bride’s father’s home in Lost Nation. The article also notes George Schoon and Frieda Englebarts's wedding in Wayne township and various local movements, funerals, and community greetings in Monticello and Leroy Minnesota.
A fragmented OCR line references a buggy call at Alt man's located near 33 W2, suggesting a small service note or advertisement. No further context or names are provided.
Monticello mourns Mrs. Mary Dolphin 80 after a long Sioux City area link. parishioners recall King family ties. Numa Jacquet survives a deadly bridge crossing in a near drowning near Hopkinton. sheriff reports wolves in Schlimmer Hollow with hunts ongoing. Fritz Wenger obituary notes Swiss-born Monticello resident and father of twelve. H. F. Witt declared of unsound mind and sent to asylum. Weather and flood conditions disrupt Monticello area with power outages and washouts. Miss Mary Clark weds Arthur Norris in Center Junction. Mrs. Milo Brundage dies of diphtheria amid quarantine.
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