Local residents visit across Iowa and Illinois towns
Miss Maude Ardager visits Ryan. L W Lovell travels to Chicago on business. Mrs Nell Davis visits Strawberry Point. Dan Hearn calls on Cedar Rapids. Miss Carrie Page visits Marion. Mrs W A Mirick visits Boone. Anna Eden visits Dubuque. Horace Maynard stays with sister in Waterloo. Henry Obe travels to Versailles Missouri. Miss Gladys Kiefer visits Hazelton. Mrs BE Reed and daughter Alfreda visit Cedar Rapids. Misaes Hannah and Anna Gerdes visit Davenport. Verna Neal visits Stutt home. J H J Stutt and Iola George visit Cedar Rapids. Miss Mabel Heisey goes to Dubuque for tonsil removal. Miss Purlinsa Waugh visits Anamosa. Mr and Mrs Seymore Bennett visit from Bristol CO. M W Herrick improving. Mr and Mrs Eli Ely visit in Monticello. Mrs Foley and daughter Jannet visit Dr Hogan home. Mrs Renny Hellberg visits Ana sona. Joe Snyder Alice Snyder and Emory visit Anamosa. Max Rettig visits from Denver. George Stutt and wife welcome newborn son. Mrs Dutton returns from Belle Plaine. Helen Tuletta Johnson return from Anamosa. George Hubbard buys goods in Cedar Rapids. January painting specials at Monticello garage. Mr and Mrs George Rettig visit from Independence. Mt Elizabeth card social in Newman hall Jan 9. L B Steinicker of Omaha visits Monticello. Siegfried Gruenstein visits George Guyon. Mrs William Putnam visits Manchester for New Year. Paul Dow attends Y M C A Chinese convention in Waterloo. Marie Fitzsimons returns to Waucoma after visit.
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Hey. Hugh Robinson
Lenox College
M. W. Herrick
J. 8. Hall
St. Augustine
Florida
J. B. Bateman
Jessie
Delaware
Joseph Podhaski
Wyoming
F. J. Podhaski
Siegfried Gruenstein
Lake [Forest ‘University
G. L. Lovell
Climax
Michigan
Robert Shane
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Warner & Bort
Mr. Bort
Warner
John Fadley
Georgia
Fadley
W. W. Rhodes
Elizabeth Mead
Davinhompson Gardner
E. C. Squires
Chicago
A. I. Jackson
Local society notes from a Iowa town year end events
Mrs Amma Lose travels to Rochester by Monday for daughter's illness. Families visit, births announced, and residents attend events. eclipse noted for January 7 8. bird feeding urged as snow stays.
Non-resident teachers visit homes. Asa Gesting stays
All non-resident teachers are visiting at their homes during vacation except Asa Gesting the manual training teacher who began work only two weeks before term end.
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Asa Gesting
Miss Clara Ricklefs Takes Teaching Post in Perry
Miss Clara Ricklefs moves to Perry to teach in the public schools after three months clerking at Hicks & Ricklefs. The January 1917 Big Box Social offers free library conveyances at 7 30 p m with sleds if snow allows a fifteen mile round trip. Boxes to be auctioned at Theodore Legtem farm home. William Sowers suffers a stroke Friday evening. third stroke but doctor hopeful of recovery. Eyes tested and glasses fitted by Dr J G Stabler.
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Clara Ricklefs
Perry
Ricklefs
Hicks & Ricklefs Dry Goods
Big
Presbyterian O. S. Society
Theodore Legtem
Presbyterian C. I. Society
Theodore Leytem
Son Cranks Studebaker Breaks Finger
Ray Adams, son of Mr and Mrs A W Addis, was cranking his father's Studebaker last Monday when the car back fired, causing a broken finger and annoyance.
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Ray Adams
A. W. Addis
Studebaker
Greek repairer installs versatile sole stitching machine
Sam Christ, a Greek shoe repairer, has installed a new machine for stitching shoe soles. The expensive unit costs about 8500 and adapts to any sole thickness or width, handling fine ladies shoes as well as heavy boots with smooth results.
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Sam Christ
DeWitt Joins Lenox College Quartette on Two Week Trip
Hingene DeWitt leaves last Monday for a two week tour with the Lenox college male quartet. He will serve as second bass as the group travels to larger cities in the state. A violinist and a reader accompany the party.
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Hingene DeWitt
Lenox College
DeWitt
Hall Manufacturing Buys New Public Truck
Hall Manufacturing Company purchases a new Re public truck while BH. J. Farley and Slauson and Skelley consider similar buys. Slauson and Skelley have used one of these trucks for a year and report satisfaction.
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Hall Manufacturing Company
Republic
BH. J
Harms and Yossi pool hall dissolved partners split
Fritz Yossi gains partnership, Sieblt Harms retires. Yossi added three pool tables and runs a ten pin alley with soft drinks at the former Harms and Yossi business in Worthington. The piece notes social event and a coasting accident plus a death in Worthington.
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Fritz Yossi
Harms and
Yossi
Sieblt Harms
Fritz
Doctor George Drinkwater Heads to Helena for Exams
Dr. George Drinkwater, practicing in Ryan, has been visiting his father Dr. Willian Drinkwater and left for Helena Montana yesterday to take the state dentistry examination. If he passes he plans to locate in that state and has proven himself an energetic and top student from the Iowa State University at Iowa City. The Monticello Country Club elected officers including President R T Jenney and Vice President E B Reed. Directors named include W A Beery and others as the club plans its first assessment and spring construction of a modern clubhouse. Ice harvests were near completion in December with farmers building ice houses to store the harvest for summer use.
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George Drinkwater
Ryan
Willian Drinkwater
George
Helena
Montana
State University
Iowa City
Monticello Country Club
R. T. Jenney
E. BE. Reed
H. W. Stuhler
L. W. Lovell
W. A. Beery
C. OC. Marshall
T. M. Redmond
H. E. Reid
Installation of A. I. & A. M. Lodge Offic ers
The Masonic lodge A. I. and A. M. installed new officers last Tuesday in the new lodge hall on the third story of the Cross hardware building. Worshipful Master J. H. Perrine led the slate with O. E. Brainerd as Senior Warden E. C. Rickless as Junior Warden D. P. Young as Secretary and Q. L. Lovell as Treasurer. The redecorated rooms and relocated home reflect a prosperous lodge with several candidates advancing through degrees.
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Masonic Lodge
J. H. Perrine
O. E. Brainerd
E. C. Rickless
D. P. Young
Q. L. Lovell
Cross Hardware
Monticello State Bank selects new year directors
At the annual stockholders meeting on Monday January 1 the Monticello State Bank re elected the same directors and officers for 1917. Directors include John A. McLaughlin William Stabler M W Herrick G Henry George H M Carpenter HK Hoag H Richardson and John W Schweitzer. Officers re elected are H M Carpenter president William Stabler vice president G H George vice president H S Richardson cashier F F Becker assistant cashier Halstead M Carpenter assistant cashier.
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Monticello State Bank
John A. McLaughlin
William Stabler
M. W. Herrick
G. Henry George
H. M. Carpenter
HK. H. Hoag
H. §. Richardson
E. B. Hicka
John W. Schweitzer
G. H. George
H. 8. Richardson
F. F. Becker
Halstead M. Carpenter
Lowell State Bank
Stirton
Geo. L. Lovell
R. C. Stirton
L. W. Lovell
J. M. Redmond
Bidwell
F. A. Hanken
J. W. Doxsee
R. C. Burton
Rabbit hunting accident wounds 15 year old Manternach
Gus Manternach of Richland town ship was shot while rabbits hunting last Thursday. A companion Moss of Dubuque fired as a rabbit bolted and a second shot hit the boy in the lower rib area. The wound left a gaping chest wound but a Cascade physician said recovery is likely barring complications.
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Gus Manternach
Richland Township
Moss
Dubuque
Young Manternach
Mesa
Manterich
Pioneer William Crowley Dies at Castle Grove Home
William Crowley an aged pioneer of Castle Grove township died at his home last Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Born in Ireland February 6 1838 he was nearly 84. He emigrated to the United States at 16, lived briefly in Ohio, then moved to Jones county and remained a resident. He married Misa Mary Grey in Dubuque February 4 1869. Survived by widow and children James Sullivan Michael Crowley Edward Crowley Patrick Crowley Mrs W P Flemming Mrs Frank Kehoe rs W T Kehoe William and John Crowley. Funeral Mass at Church of Immaculate Conception Castle Grove last Monday at 10. Interment Castle Grove cemetery.
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William Crowley
Castle Grove Township
Ireland
United States
Ohio
Jones County
Mr. Crowley
Misa Mary Grey
Dubuque
James Sullivan
Michael Crowley
Ryan
Edward Crowley
Delhi
Patrick Crowley
W. P. Flemming
Frank Kehoe
W. T. Kehoe
William
John Crowley
Church of Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove
M.S. Murphy
Illinois appoints Miss Bates as assistant attorney general
Miss Jeanette Bates of Wyoming is named by attorney general-elect Howard Brundage as a law aide. Former Chicago welfare adviser, Bates will be the second woman in the United States to hold the post. She was born in Cedar county Iowa and grew up on a South Dakota ranch, educated at Hoffalo normal school, University of Chicago, and Northwestern University Law School. She taught at Hyde Park High and was admitted to the bar in 1908. She lives in Ardmore with two adopted children.
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Jeanette Bates
BH. T. Bates
Wyoming
Ilinois
Welfare Societies
Chicago
Monticello
Mildred Bates
Chicago News
Miss Bates
Tinois
Howard J. Brundage
Ardmore
Bates & Thompson
Alice H. Thompson
United States
Jane Addams
Cedar County
Iowa
South Dakota
Hoffalo
N. Y
University of Chicago
Northwestern University Law School
Hyde Park
Jury deadlock in Shaw murder trial at Olin
The trial of Robert Shaw for murder ended with a hung jury after three days of testimony and a 3 to 9 split between conviction and acquittal. Shaw resides at Olin, and self defense was disputed though the fatal blow to Earl Emerson was admitted. New Year celebrations in Monticello followed store closures.
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Robert Shaw
Shaw
Olin
Earl Emerson
Neighborhood Scribe Recaps Town Happenings And Jests
A column notes misc items from the town including house warming plans for Dr. Colin Thomas on February 22, 1918 and a hospital running joke about Tom Cassady’s appendicitis. Local vignettes mention golf jokes, school tales, a joke about a banana and a kiss for tardy pupils.
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Colin Thomas
Tom Cassady
John McDonald Hospital
January 1807 Monticello notes full of births deaths and marriages
Jan 1807 Monti cello Express records Adolf Prader at business college in Iowa City. Harm Fechtmann weds Miss A Dirks at Langworthy on the 24th. Dr L D Norcross dies at Keota on the 12th. Fred Starka loses finger in fodder cutter on the 1st. Many marriages births and movements of residents are listed with dates and places including Sand Spring Anamooga Greeley Des Moines and Monticello.
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Monticello
Adolf Prader
Iowa City
Harm Fechtmann
A. Dirks
Langworthy
L. D. Norcross
Keota
Fred Starka
Mamie McDonough
N. &. Samels
Sand Spring
Paul A. Nandell
Weat Union
William B. Scott
Adelaide Gillan
Anamoga
Eiby
J. W. Royden
Greeley
Frederick Markle
Des Moines
Misa Mary Rickels
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Waterloo
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Versailles
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Waucoma
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Jobo Ricklefs
Bowen’s Prairie
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Saskatchewan
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Omaha
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Ottumwa High School
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Helen House
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Farley
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Mt. Clemens
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Valentine Eby
New Orleana
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Scotch Grove Township
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Minnie McLaughlin
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Kentucky
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J. G. Stabler
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Howard Deischer
Second Street Hill
Merl
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Worthington
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Sycamore Street
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Boya
Ted Farley
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Dyersville
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L. H. Lang
Horse Hospital
George Albery
North Cedar Street
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Doxsee
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