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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1925
Page
2
The Monticello Express editors and proprietors Chas. A. Doxsee announce a subscription price of 82.00 per year.
Christmas dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. McNeilly includes relatives from Castle Grove and other locals. Church events at Presbyterian and Light Bearers, Santa Claus distribution, and a mystery play Face to Face headline entertainment. Community announcements cover visitors, club activities, church meetings, school opening, and local arrivals and departures across Center Junction and nearby towns.
Mrs. William M. Dager reports improved health and updates on family. Eldest daughter Mildred serves as missionary in Miat Africa, Margaret and Alice in college, with Margaret eyeing kindergarten teaching. Mrs. Robert Espy and family in Indianapolis send greetings. Blanche, once known as Dollie, is hospitalized for mastoid trouble. Local moving and rental changes include Albert Schrader to Victoria Wilcox farm and Forest Craig renting the M M Sinclair home farm.
The Cascade community held a Christmas program on December 29 1924 featuring the Cascade Cornet Band with Silent Night O Come All Ye Faithful and Adeste Fideles. About 2000 candy boxes were given to children and adults. a cedar tree with hundreds of colored lights stood on National Street near Frarans shop. The event included church services and a St Marys high school play The gift of the high school choir and local families marked a festive observance with attendees from Davenport Dubuque and Oxford among others.
A past week in Ruthton Minnesota features family dinners and visits across the region. Local residents including McMaster and Koon families host gatherings while lodges hold officer elections and plans for moving households are announced.
The county home hosted a Christmas party with decorations, a red and green theme, a Christmas tree, and a Santa Claus figure. Miss Molly Harms wed Theatre Osterkamp in a ceremony attended by local residents, and guests sent best wishes for the couple’s life together amid a village dance.
Castle Grove notes a well attended Christmas Eve service at the Lutheran church directed by Fred Heiken with a strong children's program and a well laden tree. Also covered are local birthdays, new cars among farmers, a small home fire, a class reunion, township trustees, farm moves, shipments to Chicago, and various local visits and happenings.
Wyoming residents hosted a large Christmas Day dinner inviting Mr. and Mrs. John Rhodes of Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. John Perrine of Monticello Miss Henrietta Franks of Cedar Rapids George Walte of Cass township Dr. and Mrs. Bronson and Miss Frances Franks of Wyoming and others. EW Ladage of Cedar Rapids moved goods and bought a Vernon Heights home. Mrs. Maye Reynold and daughter Margaret of Madison Wisconsin with Miss Rowena Meyers Cornell student holidaying in town. Doris Brown and Alice Brown visited parents W. B. Drawn and wife Wilken and Marguerite Wilker. Carl Saxon returned from Nebraska visiting his parents Co FP Saxon John Morse Ames Clarence Adkins Clinton and Veda Fifield Sterling spend holidays with families. Winifred Wherry teacher in Minnesota schools visiting her parents. Dr Ednstoffer wife and daughter Christal Marie holidaying with Mechanicsville relatives. Mr and Mrs Herbert Alden and son Billy visited Rock Island relatives. Mrs S Schaefer visiting daughter Mrs P Livingstone Center Junetan.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Hunt spent Christmas with their daughter and family at Cedar Rapids. J. Robertson and wife visited their son John and family in Monticello. Mr. and Mrs. John Behnke of Burns Montana are visiting parental homes. Miss Dorothy Saxon of Brooks consolidated schools is home for the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Cooley and son Stubert spent Thursday in the Scott home at Olin. Mrs. Bedenbender of LaPorte City visits her daughter Mrs. C. W. Graham.
Miss Louise Gestel Dorothy Pierce Helen Eeger and Viola Greer of the South Fork Farm Bureau girls club attend the Ames short course from December 20 to January 2. The column lists multiple local residents visiting, hosting, or traveling for holidays and events in Dubuque Monticello Hopkinton Worthington Buck Creek and nearby towns.
Miss Edith Pillard and Marion Mann of Coggon wed this week, as do Miss Dora Taylor and Bartlett Fleming of Central City. Roy Fisher may move to Central City to manage a lumber yard, with Christmas visits and family gatherings noted among local residents.
Dr. L F Cummings returns home from Anamosa hospital Tuesday evening by auto and shows marked improvement among friends. Iowa Electric Co expands high line from substation east of town toward Hopkinton, linking to the plant on the north border and a direct shot to improve service during high water or incidents. Fire destroys the Zirtz man home on the Hawkeye Highway west of the Delaware corner last night due to an overheated chimney. J R Gearhart, recent Sand Spring arrival, loses house and belongings. Mrs. Margaret Engler dies in Dubuque at 93. born in Luxembourg, came to the US at twelve, lived in Cascade and Worthington. Eight children survive. Funeral set for Worthington Friday morning.
Fannie Murray of Monticello was committed to the county home for insanity by the Jones county commission. Judge Ellison ordered destruction of forty gallons of hootch seized in raids, with witnesses present, as part of enforcement of liquor laws led by County Attorney Rhinehart.
The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader notes Samuel Gompers as a major Jewish figure shaping American labor and capital relations. Born in England, he immigrated to the United States in 1863 and became a prominent voice in American thought for nearly fifty years.
A study of 231 Warren county farms from 1916 to 1921 finds profitability hinges on livestock production efficiency, labor use, land valuation, crop yields, and pasture utilization. Recommendations include better livestock, nutrition, sanitation, timely marketing, efficient labor, accurate land valuation, improved crop rotation with legumes, manure use, seed quality and testing, disease care, pasture renovation, brush clearing, and seasonal stock placement. Bulletin forthcoming from the Iowa Experiment Station.
District court of Jones County Iowa set January term for final proof and probate of the last will and testament of George C Worster, deceased. Notice to interested parties to appear and show cause why probate should not be admitted. Clerk B G Rees and attorneys Doxsee & Doxsee filed the matter on December 23.
Notice to all interested that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in estates listed have been filed in Jones County District Court. The court fixes January 26, 1925 as time for final review and approval at Anamosa. Interested parties may appear and object. Includes H. M. Carpenter administrator of Samaria Ryan and Peter Meyer administrator of Lena Meyer deceased. Dated December 17 1924. Clerk B G Ridiss Jones County District Court. Deputy Celia Havlik.
The district court of Jones County Iowa has appointed and commissioned the undersigned as executor of the estate of Allela A Clark deceased. All persons with claims must file them with the clerk of the court sworn and stated, and those owing the estate should make immediate payment. Dated Anamosa Iowa December 11 1024. CLARK Executor Reed Attorney for Estate.
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