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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1926
Page
7
Community notes include visits by Mr and Mrs Ray Echternacht to Cedar Rapids, births announced in Monticello area, and multiple adverts for beauty shop services and farm supply. Various residents travel to Marion Anamosa Lost Nation and Iowa City. Special shampoo deals appear alongside coal and harness ads.
Community items report visits among families at Anamosa Cedar Rapids Hopkinton and Monticello. births deaths and illness noted along with school, church and club activities and upcoming events at Richland No.3 School and local stores.
Monticello hosts a busy sequence of community happenings from 1925 including birthdays and anniversaries, a housing and farm bureau meeting, and a charity boxing night. The month features changes in city government with H. R. Jacobs selected as city assessor.
The report notes Mr Nelson born February 14 1848 in Middlesex Pennsylvania later moving with family to Jones County Iowa In 1875 he married Ada Cunningham at Castle Grove township They lived on farms in Castle Grove Prairieburg and Monticello prior to moving to Montigello in 1914 They had three children Ina survived them and the couple celebrated their fiftieth anniversary November 2 1925 Funeral services are set for Friday at 1 30 PM at the family home with Rev Leonard Duckett conducting a quartet providing music Burial will follow at Oakwood cemetery
Edward A Schneider died of pneumonia at his parents home on January 4 at age 39. born June 12 1886 in Monticello he worked as a carpenter and previously as a harness maker married Grace Sutherland March 10 1910 and leaves four children Edith Iva Robert and Ruth. He is survived by his parents four sisters Mia Ford B Gundlach Grace Katherine and Helen and three brothers John Charles and Benjamin. Funeral held at the Schneider home conducted by Rev Leonard Duckett with burial at Oakwood cemetery.
Rev Francis X Miller longtime Monticello pastor and early Upper Iowa conference member dies at Cedar Falls New Year’s day aged 89 funeral attended by over one hundred clergymen. Isaac Maxwell former Monticello resident dies in Los Angeles cremated remains survived by wife. Poultry show in Cedar Rapids features Monticello exhibitors Ray Echternacht H A Ward. Vinton Hagle newspaper completes 71st year with long-time reader and founders noted.
A January round up recalls events in Monticello including organ recital at Congregational church, Rodman’s Woodman certificate, Cyrus Bart shipping draft horses, and local obituaries. Des Moines Senate seat transfer for R C Stirton is noted, and various births marriages and library tallies are listed. The Farley rat story concludes with Jim Farley’s dramatic reaction.
Sacred Heart beat Our Lady of Victory 15 to 9 in Waterloo as Hookstra and Simmons opened scoring, with a tight second half and no Sacred Heart field goals. Next up they host Immaculate Conception in Cedar Rapids while townwaters supply and tank repairs loom after a $10,000 explosion at the water tank.
Excursion train offers sleeping car service via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Ry leaving each Tuesday from Austin Calmar Monticello Cedar Rapids and intermediate stations through Kansas City and southern routes. October 20 to January 19 inclusive with full details from Milwaukee agents.
Santa Claus gifts boost school spirit with Mathience club meeting January 14 and a lyceum play January 7. Glee clubs rehearse an operetta for February, girls volleyball eyes a tournament, and exams loom for normal training students next week. Declamatory contest prep continues for January 28 with multiple divisions. Coach Whitford plans position trials as Manchester and Maquoketa games approach.
The Wilcox Dairy and Shomoni Dairy announce a price increase to ten cents per quart for milk. The new rate takes effect on January 7 due to high feed costs, weather, and current butterfat prices.
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