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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1922
Page
11
A Cedar Rapids visitor list includes Mrs. J. J. Locher Dr. Redmond Mrs. Harriet Coughlin Miss Blanche Thompson and Miss Bertha Schatz. People attend sales at H and S store, Stuhler's flour mill and Peacock Shop while others travel to Anamosa Waterloo Anamosa and Kent Illinois for errands and social visits. A new baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Reiniers is noted.
Monticello items report visits by Mrs Johnson and Miss Decker with Cedar Rapids ties, a Jones County League of Women Voters talk set for February 28, and community notices. Local travel includes George Buol’s Dubuque funeral trip and multiple visits by area residents to Marshalltown Waterloo and Iowa City. Local commerce advertises ACO flour and brick ice cream at Peacock Shop, plus bread from American Beauty and Golden Crust brands at reduced prices.
A busy Monticello page recounts church services and a banquet in Cedar Rapids, school bonds vote, and obituaries. Miss Grace Elizabeth Chapman wed Alfred Morse. Mary Ellen Rickels died of pneumonia. Henry Hiben dies in Fresno. new school building bond election set for March 27. alumni, league of women voters, and social events noted.
Monticello outplayed early but weakened in the final minutes of regulation. Marion forced extra time and surged to an 22 to 14 victory in the overtime period, aided by a series of four field baskets as Monticello’s defense collapsed late.
J W Foster and M R Fayrum of the State Department of Education assess Monticello public schools. They fault space, layout, and facilities including basement science lab lighting, crowded classrooms, distant toilets, and lack of a library. They urge a permanent housing policy to meet modern standards and ensure equal educational opportunities.
The Monticello Express records February 1887 items: Samuel Kahn's assignment for creditors totaling 8500 in liabilities, 7000 assets, secured claims 8000. Marriages include Fannie Clark to Rev George H Newman in Boise City Idaho and J W Coxsee to Jessie Fawcett in Salem Ohio. Other notices cover marriages of Gail Applegate and Frederick Miller, death of Della Alloway, Emma Pond at Rockford Seminary, Jessie McDonald and Horatio Curtis wed in Anamosa, Tra Fry's death in Chicago, and Zelma Farwell's Ames enrollment at Iowa State Agricultural College.
Mrs Margaret Buol died at her daughter Kate Bardill’s Dubuque home after a long illness. A Swiss immigrant born in Devos she came to the United States in 1867 and lived between Monticello and Cascade before moving to Dubuque. She leaves eight children 44 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren and was buried at Linwood cemetery after services at the Bardill home and First Presbyterian church.
Dutch printers protest cheap advertisements that travel by German printers for the same price as Dutch work. The scheme prints circulars in Germany, mails them with German envelopes and stamps to Dutch customers, enabling German printers to profit while undercutting Dutch rates. A local Tanlac testimonial notes positive outcomes from users.
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