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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1922
Page
19
A mixed collection of local shop promotions and personal notes from Stuhler's and nearby businesses. Advertisements highlight shoes, silks, oleomargarine, baking powder, flour, and Easter bulbs. Community updates include visitors, births, and alumni meeting reminders.
Richland parents welcome a girl, the third child in the family, as other items record baptisms, bake sales, social events, and visits. Monticello classes plan bake sales, Legion basket socials, and church fundraisers while residents attend family gatherings, business notes, and obituaries.
Pastor John Willms marked his 35th birthday with a surprise party at Zi ons Lutheran in Wayne township. Helgenss celebrated his 70th birthday the next day with 80 relatives and friends, a four course supper, and good health reported. A spate of social events follows, including a 7th wedding anniversary in Lovell township, a card of thanks from the Wessels family, and a Center Junction opera house fundraiser. Local business shifts include Harnett taking over H and S stores in Monticello Anamosa Mechanicsville and Maire leaving Peacock Shop for Guilford and joining Harnish Confectionery Cedar Rapids. a Zion Lutheran wedding occurs in Wayne township.
Omar M Bliss received a bachelor of arts and Bernard F Bliss a bachelor of science in commerce at the midyear convocation at the state university. Both are residents of Coggon.
Prohibition officers seize a forty gallon still, 250 gallons of mash, and 14 gallons of finished product from a farm near Ozark in Brandon township Jackson county. A warrant is issued for operator Sanford Tracey.
Law requires garages and repair shops to log license numbers and engines for public inspection, report doctored engines to county sheriff. Also notes Lovell club meeting with talks on geese nutrition and turkey raising, and local obituaries and weddings including Henry Templeton wedding and Monticello court cases on bank reassessments.
Monticello travels to Marion next Friday for a return game highly anticipated by 800 local fans. The team hopes to duplicate a prior local gym win as Marion reportedly improved. the clash precedes the Lenox tournament at Hopkinton with a strong cup bid possible if luck holds.
Fred M. Buol died at his Randolph Nebraska home after a three day illness aged 42 born December 9 1879 in Monticello Iowa son of Paul Buol and survived by his wife two daughters Florence and Paulina his parents and siblings The funeral will be held at the Presbyterian church Friday February 3 at 8 oclock local time
In a special election held last week in West Union the town approved issuing bonds totaling 12 000 to buy several lots for school grounds. Of 407 votes cast 287 were in favor and 120 against.
The city will spend about 340000 on six miles of street paving and a sanitary sewer outlet project. Water works improvements are budgeted at 125000. Two new bank buildings and two junior high schools are also planned with substantial costs.
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