Local Items Highlight Weekend Store Sales And Visits
Local notes report glass fittings at Keyes and sale items at McNeill’s Hardware, bake sale at Bur Fichter’s, and enamel ware values. Several residents travel to Cedar Rapids, Davenport, and Des Moines for visits, business, or events, with health updates on Len Buol and a baby born to the Steiner family.
Rettig Visits Denver After Brother’s Funeral
Max Rettig of Denver Colorado spent Sunday and Monday with his mother Mrs George Rettig at home. He traveled from Joliet Illinois where he attended the funeral of his brother Henry Rettig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Rettig
Denver
Colorado
George Rettig
Joliet
Tiinois
Henry Rettig
Herman Schneider
Dubuque
Clem Liddy
Gottfried Schneider
Lace curtains and hardware prices spark Monticello ads
Local merchants tout spring fabric specials at McNeill’s Hardware and Rickless Dry Goods. Curtain sets priced 85c to 6 dollars pair with fringe options. Public notices of basketball games, illness updates, and social calls accompany ads and community notes from Monticello and surrounding towns.
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Rickless Dry Goods Store
Men And Boys Banquet At Presbyterian Church
A group of 199 men and boys enjoyed a three course banquet in the Presbyterian church dining room. Ladies served the meal as patriotic decor framed the setting in observance of George Washington's birthday. Speakers included Prof George W Bryant of Coe College and Supt A R B Grimes of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
George Washington
George W.bryant
Coe College
A. RB. Grimes
Monticello
Social and club news fills town with gatherings
Rev Willis celebrated birthday with friends at a Thursday gathering. U and I Club hosted Mrs Kate Crocker for an afternoon of needlework and tea. Donald Donahoe entertained with bridge and a two course lunch. Numerous pre nuptial showers and anniversary celebrations followed through Maples Inn and Langworthy hall with high scores and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Kate Crocker
U and I Club
Donald Donahoe
Virginia Schneider
Augusta Monk
Henry Monk
Langworthy
Langworthy Hall
Lizzie Sharp
Ed Wenger
Dan Hearn
Mate Siemering
Maples Inn
George Washington
Hearn
George Guyan
Valentine Bridge Dinner Hosts and Vanishing Tea News
At the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Roberts a six thirty bridge dinner featured valentine decor and 28 guests with Ruth and Maxine Redmond assisting. The evening closed with bridge at seven tables and prizes awarded to Mrs. Halstead Carpenter and L. A. Een. Also noted are Vanishing Tea events hosted by M. E. Ladies with needlework, social afternoons, and forthcoming events. Olga Bohren wed Milton T. Stott at the Reformed church parsonage with a short honeymoon in Chicago. Stott to manage Cities Service Oil in Davenport area. Out-of-town guests included Harold Marshall of Wyoming.
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Halstead Carpenter
Henry Carpenetr
Raymond Thomas
Wilbur Cartano
H. F. Kettlitz
Frances Fagan
Maples Inn
Miss Fagan
Isabel Meyer
Mae Rosenow
Margaret Kaste
Kill Kare Klub
Zuesis
Joe Meyer
Bernice Ferguson
William Beery
Olga Bohren
Beens Dry Sweee
Mrs. Beery
Emil Ricklefs
James
Joan McDonald Hospital
Agnes Grarhart
Congregational Church
Cornelius Steck
Harold Wilcox
Somerset
Ed J. Farley
Ervin E. Reed
Alice M. Reed
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Margaret Weaver
Helen Ferguson
Sidney Teel
Walter Huffman
Lloyd Oakland
Ladies’ Aid Society of
the Penie] Presbyterian Church
Castle Grove
Lowell Black
Castle Grove Township
Mesdames
George van Buren
James Howie
Robert Howie Olin Howie
Will Hintz
Irving Hintz
A. W. Black
Mate Siemering
Maples
Wallaces
Ig Keene Cowie
Miss Siemering
Dan Hearn
Theodosia Pulver
Harold Wilcon
Otto Burrichter
Presbyterian Church
Buck Creek
R P. Clark
W. FP. Yeoman
Edith Winkler
Marcus Maire
Lucia E Schoon
Favorn
Vivian Smith
Vivian Bancroft
Helen Crane
Emma Hughes
Bertha Mas Goldin
Mildred Aldrich
Edna
Raymond Sbiebels
Raymond Schoon
Charles Eby
Howard
James McLaughlin
Myrie Shover
Milton Langer
Eugene Rodman
Augusta Monk
Fred Ahrenholtz
Ben Roberts
Ruth
Maxine Redmond
Mary Stickford
M. E
Will Marshall
Grant Stambaugh
Marshall
William Anderson
O. E. Torrence
Anderson
Edward Podhaski
Charles Podhaski
C. I. Iverson
Milton T. Stott
The
Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Chicago
Stott
Elizabeth Bohren
Monticello
W. A. Berry Dry Goods
Charles R. Stott
Cities Service Oil Company
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Harrison Street
Harold Marshall
Wyoming
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Keyes
Majestic Radio
Locher
Alfred Yossi
Iowa City
McNeill’s
Hayes
St. Elizabeth Society
McNeill’s Hardware
J. H. Perrine and
George Waite
Baldwin
Charles Schneiter, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Edna Eilers
H. A. Hoag
Mrs. Vernon Hampton
E. J. Farley
Len Buol
F. D. McLaughlin
August Decker
Peoria
Ilinois
H. L. Adix
Colonel Holst of
Onslow
R. J. Bone
Ray Lewis
F. A. Dougherty
Tripoli
R. J. Langer
Waterloo
Franklin Equipment Company
McNeill’'s Hardware
C. J. Budl
George Grenenwald
McDonald Hospital
Otto Otten
Hoult
Dewey Rhatigan
Clarence
Mrs
Tom Rhatigan
John B. Zimmerman
Excelsior Springs, Mo
Ben Haeussler
Marion
Carl Steiner
McNeil's Hardware
Bur- Fichter’s
Trene Tate
Los Angeles
California
Tate
Dora Brucks
Kay
Dewey Rhatizan
Des Moines
Dorothy Johnson
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
A. B. Grimes
Foam
South Bend
Wm. G. Behoon
FE. H. Huibregtse
Monmouth
Monti High
Adv
Leo Ament
Hopkinton
Bert Horsch
Seattle
Washington
Fred Matthiessen
McNeill's
Marion and
E. L. Arbelger
Willms
Mrs. Wolf
Willis Home
Marion High School
Mary Locher
Jennie Porter
Berea
Kentucky
J. W. Gilroy
Messrs
Thomas Chambers
Edwin Lightfoot
State University At
Jones County
June Meyer
Breda
Miss Meyer
Ellis Winans
Dave Winans
Earl Baker
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church
Baker
Palmer's Drug Store
Henrietta
Duis
Isabelle
Liddy
Velma Ohe
Olive Slauson
Slauson
Cedar Ramis Business College
Chei
Clarence McLaughlin
BJ. Noble
Harry Lauder
Shrine Temple
Mar Marshall
James Wilson
Neile Wilson
Bertha Rohr
Edna Schoonover
George Schoonover
J. A. Deutrick
Express
Chapter FP
P. E
Charles A. Coxsee
Alpha Delphian Chapter
William Corbin
Scribert
Margaret Pfeil
Bchubert
E. Huibregtse
V. P. W. Auxiliary
Veterans of the Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Jake Metzenburg
Plorence Carmichael
Ray Echtemnacht
Olea Bohren
Lou Oltman
Alice Reed
Mrs. Lowell Black
Ladies’ Aid Society
J. P. Willms
Wilhelmina Monk
Clifford Roper
Anamosa
Clara
Elsa
Helen Prult
Ella Fehits
Ahrentoltz
E Ackerman
Iverson
Milton Stott
Majestic
Monarch OF the
AIR
F.A. Locher
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Independence Hall
Lincoln
Lovell State Bank
Oregon
Michigan
Circle Bargains
the Royal Tailors Inc
Royal
Prince Albert
Stuhlers
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