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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1923

Page

5

New Year Visits span Cedar Rapids and nearby towns

Community notes list dozens of visitors and callers in Cedar Rapids Marion Durant Strawberry Point Anamosa and other towns. Names include Rev Nielsen Dr Redmond William Cashen Miss Jarman Miss Katherine Orentz and groups visiting relatives and friends during New Year week.

Mrs. C. W. Bosley Cedar Rapids Carrie Cowan Strawberry Point Hather Swift Howard Putnam Stella Hatch Sumner T. M. Nielsen Mrs. Allén Higa Tex Ware Hgan

Local notes from Monticello and surrounding area

Community items chronicle visits and travels of residents including Miss Mabel Welch in Cedar Rapids, Miss Carolyn Stabler in town, and students returning to colleges. Local sales and society events feature Poland China gifts sale plan, Hereford cattle, and club meetings.

J. L. Weber & Sons Poland China

Monticello News Roundup Details Local Events and Tragedy

The Monticello page reports Thomas Shreyer in hospital with pneumonia while friends hope for recovery. Dr Harry McGarvey was honored at a surprise party on his 45th birthday. Local business notes include Fred A Abel’s promotion to Des Moines. A cloakroom theft recovered a $250 fur coat. A Christmas story highlights a boy placed in a new home. Local students depart for colleges. Edward Borgelt, a Monticello graduate, dies in New Mexico at 84 after rheumatic illness and heart trouble.

Thomas’ Shreyer John. McDonal Hospital Heda Harry McGarvey Doc Iowa Monticello Edward Borgelt Rociada New Mexico Las Vegas Harry Maurice Edward

Record Flock Lays Egg Averages In Iowa Poultry Report

Iowa State College reports 26 flocks tested with White Wyandottes and 8 C White Leghorns leading in egg production. Mrs. Harry L. Moore’s 76 birds averaged 166 eggs per bird. Celia Simons’ 269 fowls matched that figure. Buff Orpingtons in Deloit averaged 158 eggs per bird. overall record flocks averaged 119 eggs per bird while farm flocks averaged 58. Receipts averaged 563.42 for record flocks and 325 for farm flocks, underscoring breeding and care importance.

Iowa Iowa State College Harry L. Moore Burlington Celia Simons Farragut Moore Simons EB. ‘L. Fink Deloit

John Kiefer Passes After Long Illness at 142

John Kiefer a longtime Hazelton and Monticello area resident died December 24 1992 at 9 45 p m following a lengthy illness. Born February 21 1850 near Mistiawka Indiana he lived on farms in Prairie Center Hazelton and later settled in town. He married Alice Milliken then Elizabeth Drummond and had three daughters Gladys Lois and Delpha. A Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen member he received a dignified service in Hazelton with interment in the Hazelton cemetery.

Kay Monticello Independence Bulletin-Journal John. Keifer George Mary Kettering Kiefer Mistiawka Indiana Hfé St. Francis Hospital Kiefer Prairie Center Hazelton Woodmen of America A. B. Curran Grace Methodist Church Methodist Church

Brighten Up The Kitchen With Colorful Small Add Ons

The kitchen is the housewife’s workshop and a good place to start brightening a home. Small enamel color ideas for cheese boards bread boxes and spice cans can refresh the room. White enamel curtain rods lift brightness and a labeled uniform kit of stock bottles aids quick cleanup.

Iowa State College advises on special matings for poultry flocks

The poultry department at Iowa State College urges breeders to use special matings to improve production and consistency. Many flock keepers favor four to six matings this year, selecting strong healthy birds with high egg production and proper color. J J Warren cautions against introducing unrelated new blood unless it clearly improves the flock.

Iowa State College J. J.warren Poultry Department

Exercise and feeding cut brood sow losses at farrowing

Prof H H Kildee of Iowa State College says insufficient exercise and over feeding cause much hard luck for brood sows at farrowing. Successful Iowa hog raisers feed corn away from sleeping quarters so sows must walk up to a mile per meal, providing exercise and reducing waste and poor farrowing outcomes.

H. H. Kildee Iowa State College Iowa

Wanted a man to tend garden and milk cow with choir voice

A collection of humor clippings listing odd want ads from across the United States and Canada. Entries include a garden caretaker who can milk a cow and sing in a choir, a bartender to mix mince pies, and various trifling employment desires from papers in Connecticut, Dallas, New York, Providence, Meriden, Piqua, and Montreal.

Mid-West Printer & Publisher Lincoln Nebraska Connecticut Dallas Tex News American Medical Journal New York Daily News Randolph Hotel Providence Journal Meridan Conn Piqua Daily Call Montreal Star

Mrs North Missing After Visit to Manchester Home

Mrs George North disappeared last Saturday from her Manchester area home with the family Ford, three minor children, the family dog and $80. The husband calls on the county sheriff for help as authorities believe she may be headed to Montana to stay with a slater.

George North Manchester Ford Canary Montana Slater

Co op creamery meeting pushes for better butter quality

Jones county creamery boards from Anamosa Amber Langworthy Center Junction held a meeting at the farm bureau to discuss improving cream quality and prices. Speakers urged using individual cans, abolishing jacketed cans, and forming a county cooperative with educational campaigns to boost cream care and market standards.

Amber Anamosa Center Junction Farm Bureau Co- Operative Creameries Anamosa, Anticello Langworthy J. A. Miske The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Mr. Wilson Borden's Farm Products Co Chicago Kisko Jones County Wilson I. W. Stephenson State and Food Commissioner Cooperative Creameries Monticello Fred Lehmann

Morning services and sermon at local Methodist church

The Methodist Episcopal Church invites all to morning service at 11 and Sunday school at 10 with an evening sermon at 7 30 led by Pastor Thomas M Nielsen. The January 7 topic is Booze and a cordial invitation is extended to attend.

Thomas M. Neilsen

Leonard Duckett Preaching Schedule At Local Church

Pastor Leonard Duckett announces regular services each Sunday with Sunday school at 10 00 a m preaching at 11 00 a m and 7 80 p m Christian Endeavor at 6 46 p m mid week Thursday 7 30 p m next Sunday January 7 sermon themes The Masters Concentration and The Call of Samuel with evening sermon.

Leonard Duckett Christian Endeavor Samuel

Congregational Church Schedule and Annual Meeting Reminders

Pastor George W. McNary announces Sunday church school at 10:00 a.m. worship and holy communion at 11:00 a.m. evening service at 7:30 p.m. Thursday mid week meeting 7:30 p.m. January 7 includes services and annual meeting January 11 with vigorous member canvass.

Congregational Church George W. McNary Church School

Pastor Sigmund Ide Sunday Services Schedule

The Sunday school meets each Sunday at 10:00 a m with a preaching service at 10:45. The sermon language alternates between German and English on alternate Sundays. The Luther League gathers on the first Sunday of each month.

Walther League Hall W. H. L. Schuetz Sigmund Ide Luther League

Regular Sunday Services With Sunday School and English German Sermons

Regular services held each Sunday with Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and preaching at 11:00. Preaching in German or English on alternate Sundays. A cordial welcome to all members and friends to attend all services.

Co Friends

California Tourist Sleeper Excursions to Kansas City

On Tuesday January 16 two special California tourist sleeper parties will depart Monticello via C M and St P to Kansas City then Santa Fe lines. The trip offers economical comfortable land viewing with thirty minute stops at Fred Harvey meal stations. Reservations through your local C M and St P agent or A T and F Ry general agent A Moore 616 Flynn Bldg Des Moines Iowa. Cascade Pioneer notes Mrs Catherine Tallman of that town died aged 108.

California Monticello Kansas City Santa Fe Fred Harvey C. A. Moore Flynn Bldg Des Moines Iowa

Park plan and civic figures push for new state park

Early efforts to shape a Palisades state park near Mt. Vernon advance with a filed deed for 139 acres and aims to reach 1 000 acres. Profess or Charles R Keyes Senator Haskell and Glenn M Averill advocate the project with Mrs Thrill and Senator W R Thrill noting a long marriage and wartime service.

New’ State Park Palisades Mt. Vernon Charles R. Keyes Karl M. Keyes Monticello Haskell Glenn M.averill Cedar Rapids

Through tourist sleeping car service to Los Angeles

A weekly Tuesday run of a through tourist sleeping car from Austin Cal mar Monticello Cadar Rapids Ottumwa to Los Angeles via Kansas City and Southern routes. For full information and berth reservations consult local ticket agents.

Austin Calmar Monticello Cadar Rapids Ottumwa Los Angeles Kansas City

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