Local Notes in Scotch Grove Monticello And Surroundings
Mrs D OG Sinclair and Mr and Mrs Harry Paulsen visited in Monticello last Tuesday. Carolyn Elizabeth born February 10 at McDonald hospital Monticello weighing nearly seven pounds. Prouty Farm sold to Walter Eby for 4909 with possession March 1. Various visits and mild winter weather notes from Scotch Grove Onslow Blairstown Ames and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Paulsen
Monticello
Clara Chaplin
Onslow
Carl Stahlberg
Tartan Collier
Scotch Grove
McDonald Hospital
Carolyn Elizabeth
Bernard Cass
E. C. Hughes
Prouty Farm
Walter Eby
J. L. Prouty
Louie Behrends
Virgil Lee
Vincent Simmons
Theodore Behrends
M. M. Sinclair
Doris Fagan
Tom Fagan
Anamosa
Wilma Kuhns
Ames
Lestus Kuhns
Thelma Gregory
Miss Hunting
Wheatland
W. B. Clark
August Schrader
Arend Balster
Des Moines
Balster
L. R. Himebaugh
Elkader
Center Junction Social and Sports Roundup
Center Junction hosts include the Women's Missionary Society officers election with Katharine Robbie as president and Grace Thompson as vice president. Local clubs gather for sewing, 500 games, and prize events as high school boys win two tourney games before losing the final to Monticello. Harlem Globetrotters beat McNeilly's Hybrids in a one sided game. Several residents travel, visit relatives, or enter nurse training, with various moves and routine community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Stingley
Women's Missionary Society
Katherine Robbie
Grace Thompson
Carrie Preas
Gladys McNeilly
Marietta Stanton
Rachel Smith
Meta Prahm
Estella Stingley
Maude Duncan
Trinity Lutheran Church
P.T. Gutknecht
Mike Paulsen
N.C. Holst
Ernie Peters
August Schrader
Ben Heiken
John Hinrichs
Will Hinrichs
John Bro
A. D. Serbousek
Hot Springs
Hot Springs Ark
Columbia
Helen Holst
Stephens College
H. E. Stingley
Carrie Prens
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Earl
Bertha Spohn
Ollie Opperman
Dale Dodge
Clark's
Joe Wintz
Knoxville
Pangburn
Wintz
Des Moines Register
Independence
Guy McDonald
Everett Stickley
Augusta Norris
Willis Martin
William Martin
Ann- Enters
Will Hansen
Ruth
Clinton
Jane
Delaware County News in Hopkinton Sees Busy Week
Delco events include school tourney results and a February 19 Achievement Day in Manchester. Obituaries note Kate Hong of Garden Grove and Minnie Hooper of Hopkinton. Socials feature U Go I Go club, Kill Kare club, Lux Hatchery couple, and civic meetings led by Mrs. Bangs and R. E. Beall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Schuster
Kate Hong
Cedar Rapids
Garden Grove
Hopkinton
Wylie Hoag
Grace Spilman
Hazel Benson
Lois Marolf
W. Petrie
L. Nagel
W. C. Lux
John Blaker
Lester Ament
Everett Wright
Joe Moulton
Clarence Smith
H. Larson
Anamosa
Earl DeShaw
Monticello
Lux
Lux Hatchery
Max R. Farran
Chicago
U. S. G. Keith
Charles Wilson
Lamont
Delaware County
Manchester
Sarah Porter Ellis
Iowa State College Extension Service
Albert Edgar
Barbara Durr
Samuel S. Carter
Dubuque
Carter
G. E. Texley
H. A. Stead
Charity Thompson
Thompson
Will Reeve
Monica Sullivan
Finkbohner Hall
Robert Smith
Christ
Audrey Tharp
Telham
Pearl Henkel
Dudges
Delhi
Mary Martha de Best
Clio
Maud
Franc Earhart
Frank Bradle
Ryan
Carson
D. B. Smith
Iowa City
Delaware
Piles and Chronic Diseases Doctor to Visit Two Cities
Dr J F Shallenberger announces free consultation for piles fissures fistulae rheumatism kidney nerve stomach gall bladder leg ulcers and other chronic diseases. He will be at the Manchester Hotel Glen-Charles February 23 and at Hotel Allison Cedar Rapids March 8 returning every 28 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Glen-Charles
Cedar Rapids
Allison
J. F. Shallenberger
M.D
E. 53Rd St
Chicago
Eric Von Lohengrin II the Canine Aristocrat Performs Tricks
Eric Von Lohengrin II a Doberman Pinscher from Sheldon OBrien county owned by Dr Lee Pearce is described as highly intelligent. Sired by a thoroughbred valued at 900 dollars the dog balances, tosses, and catches a ball with precision in various resting positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric von Lohengrin II
Sheldon
O’brien County
Eric
Lee Pearce
Bandits Rob Maurice Post Office in Sioux County Heist
Robbers broke into the Maurice post office in Sioux County and pulled a heavy safe with $200 in stamps and $55 in cash. A neighbor Louis Hansman who lives upstairs heard the noise and fired on them as the robbers fled in their car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Maurice
Sioux County
Maurice Post Office
Louis Hansman
Birds Returning Belie Weather as Robins Seen Across Western Iowa
In western Iowa birds defy harsh conditions as robins visit at least six towns from late January to early February. A woman in Audubon reports both a cardinal and the first robin in her town, signaling early spring arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Audubon
Audubon County
Squirrel and rat pals spotted in alley race scene
Mrs. J F Sheperd of Farragut Fremont county reports a surprising sight in an alley a squirrel and a rat seen together playing and racing as if best friends enjoying a grand time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Sheperd
Farragut
Fremont County
San Marino Claims Oldest State in Europe
The Cleve land Plain Dealer notes San Marino in central Italy claims the oldest state status in Europe dating to the fourth century while noting Switzerland as the continent’s oldest substantial republic with its own 1291 league and later constitutional changes through 1815.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marino
Europe
Italy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Switzerland
Uri
Schwyz
Lower Unterwalden
Holy Roman Empire
Austria
Great Britain
Portugal
Prussia
Russia
The Charter Oak of Hartford A Storied Ancient Tree
A famous oak in Hartford Connecticut, the Charter Oak, once guided Indigenous planting times and sheltered Connecticut’s colonial charter from the British. Indians begged preservation, the tree was spared, and its fall in 1856 drew tolling bells and funeral music for its ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Annapolis chosen for Naval Academy in 1845 launch
The Army selected Annapolis Maryland as the Naval Academy site after opposition in Congress. Secretary George Bancroft ordered midshipmen to stay in Annapolis for sea orders and instruction, leading to the academy's opening. Annapolis was kept as the only coastal post the Army would relinquish to provide quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
George Bancroft
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. OG. Sinclair
Center Junction
Peter Prahm
Henry Seehusen Jr
C. H. Nelson
Irving Eilers
Margaret
Frank Sutherland
R. P. Clark
Maquoketa
Beulah Holm
Andrew Serbousek
R. E. Beall
A. E. Gump
County Schoolmasters’ Association
Supt. C. W. Bangs
Buck Creek
Hopkinton High School
Perry
Agnes Ochler
Joe Kirkwood
John
Pamhuk
John McDonald
Kensington Club
A. E. Matthias
Lily Pons
Gene Raymond
Paris
Niles Theater
Bennett Greten
Phat Swingin
Featuring
Gracie Mack
Minnesota
Wally Beau
Milwaukee
Iowa Electric Company
Woodrow
Mt. Vernon
Woodrow Wilson
Monti
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