Cedar Rapids and Monticello Notes Reach Across Iowa
A long list of brief social, visit, and travel items from Cedar Rapids, Monticello, Anamosa, and surrounding towns notes who visited whom, where they traveled, and which relatives or friends were hosted or met. Names include Edith Haeussler, L A Iverson, O B Rundle, Mrs H F Kettlitz, Doris Northrop, Doris Northrop, George Barnts, Frances Coyle, Bernita Hutton, Hattie Rice, Martha Rice, Edward Burrichter, Bertha Jones, Bessie Erricksen, Geraldine Anderson, H M Carpenter, Howard Templeton, Irene Kehoe, Lenora Callahan, Harry Locher, Edith Hudson, Alberta Hallauer, Emma Laude, Mary Locher, Lenora Callahan, and others across Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Monticello, Dubuque, and beyond.
Numerous local residents travel, study, and visit in Dubuque area
The column lists residents and visitors returning to or visiting Dubuque and nearby towns. Theodore Denkhoff Jr arrives in Dubuque for attendance at Dubuque College. Several others, including Mrs. Lester Gomhart, Mrs. Frank Peckosh, Miss Helen Hosford, and Misses Else and Elis Rienits, are noted for visits, relocations, or school matters across Iowa and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Denkhoff Jr
Dubuque
Dubuque College
Lillian Hogan
Business College
Davenport
Mike Hogan
Monticello Notes Highlight Local Visits And School Start
Local residents return from travels to Washington and Philadelphia while others head to San Francisco and Madison for study. Monticello public schools postpone opening to January 19 and local events include Lyceum program with Laurant and a Monticello High School basketball game at Anamosa.
Monticello items include census push and local notes
The article covers James Wilson's census work in Monticello, a mail incident with Henry Gerdes near Route 2, Miss Kate Maurice’s Chicago contacts for Red Cross work, a testimonial dinner for H. H. Burr, a Monticello high school debating twinbill with Anamosa on compulsory military training, Miss Tucker's style lecture at the public library, and the marriage of Miss Lela B. Alstott to Roy L. Netcott in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wilson
United States
Monticello
Kate Maurice
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Illinois
Chicago University
Red Cross
Jones County
Monticello High School
Anamosa
Congress
Anna Eden
Beahl Perrine
Elaine Reed
Paul Hintz
Miss Tucker
Iowa State College
Ames
Public Library
Women’s Club
Tucker
Tax deputies to aid Iowans in filing returns in 1919
Collector Louis Murphy announces state wide visit by income tax deputies from January 15 to March 16 to assist taxpayers. Free service, no cash collections. use drafts checks or money orders and keep payment records. Beware impostors. Dates include Maquoketa Cascade Monticello Anamosa Dyersville Ryan Bellevue with towns and ranges.
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Internal Revenue
Louis Murphy
Iowa
Maquoketa
Cascade
Monticello
Anamosa
Dyersville
Ryan
Bellevue
Hospital Notes Report Multiple Surgeries and Cases
Several patients underwent procedures at the hospital including major operations and minor surgeries. Names include Mrs BE Stronberg Mrs Alice Beeks Renita Hoffman Raymond Eby Tom Bader Patrick O Shea Ray Slauson Philip Kingsley Elizabeth Kingsley Laura Koop Mary Stadamueller and Lizzie Holub with cases ranging from tonsil removals appendectomy to finger amputation and saw mill injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Be, Stronberg
Alice Beeks
Renita Hoffman
Raymond Eby
Tom Bader
Patrick O'Shea
Cascade
Ray Slauson
Philip and
Elizabeth Kingsley
Laura Koop
Mary Stadamueller
Lizzie Holub
Twenty Years Ago Events in Monticello January 1900
Monthly chronicle records births deaths marriages and business in Monticello and surrounding townships. Notable items include births to Haseussler Rice and Paulsen families, marriages of Miss Blanche Black to Elmer Mayberry and Miss Florence Fry to Theodore Rohn, deaths of M E Hajen Hannah Kiburz William Galligan and Thomas J Poa, property sales including Charles Applegate’s 160 acre farm, and local appointments including deputy treasurer J. Poetcinn and lawyer I. Reed beginning practice in Des Moines and planning to open in Monticello.
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Monticello Express
John Haseussler
Edward Rice
Margaret Lane
Visitation Academy
Dubuque
Daniel Magee
Scotch Grove Township
C. C. Jacobs
P. H. Paulsen
Onslow
M. BE. Hajen
Bowen's Prairie
Hannah Kiburz
Monticello
Florence Fry
Theodore Rohn
John Fry
William Galligan
Blanche Black
Elmer Mayberry
Castle Grove Township
Levi Berlin
Blanche Thoent
Louis Gardner
Martin Thoent
Charles Applegate
Phillip Kuhna
Seatech Grove Township
J. F. Poetcinn
W. KK. Pearson
Anamosa
Thomas J. Poa
J. R. Sutton
Vinton
Sutton
John Perrine
I. Reed
Des Moines
Farm Management Short Course Set at Monticello
The Farm Bureau schedules a one day program on farm records organization cost of production and income tax at Monticello on Wednesday January 14. A specialist from Ames Extension will assist, the session runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with lunch break, and only forty registrants will be admitted on a first come basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Monticello
Jones County
Ames
W. C. Sheets
Inventory method favored for farmer income tax returns
A farm management expert from Iowa State College recommends using inventories and receipts and expenses for income tax returns. He notes that yearly inventories prevent income bunching and reduce higher surcharges, saving farmers money over the long term.
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H. B. Munger
Farm Management Department
Iowa State College
Snow Removal Duties Vary by County and Township Officials
Iowa Highway Commission says no state snow rule exists but obstructions including snow drifts must be removed. County and township road officials decide funding and whether to keep roads open for vehicles or only for team traffic. Officials should balance road condition, traffic needs, and fiscal limits to avoid unnecessary closures or wasteful spending. Dubuque county abolishes its county purchasing agent position after mayor P. J. Kehoe of Cascade files for the office.
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Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
Dubuque County
P. J. Kehoe
Cascade
Examination Schedule Listing Subjects and Groups
Wednesday 1:00 P M Preliminary Pedagogy including Psychology and School Management Grammar Thursday 9:00 A M Civics Methods Orthography Penmanship Thursday 1:00 P M History and Physiology Any subject In group TE if stalled in a prior exam Any individual with a normal teaching certificate may write in any subject in group III to raise grade For further information apply to Supt LL We Dunino Monticello
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Monticello
Ll. We Dunino
Death of Anamosa resident A J Byerly in Chicago home
A J Byerly longtime Anamosa and Jones county resident died at his Chicago son's home last Tuesday at age 85 years 10 months and 21 days. Born February 8 1836 in Pennsylvania he married Mary Elizabeth Bush in 1866 and had seven children 24 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. The Byerly family settled in Cass township 1861 moving to Anamosa in 1897. His wife died August 24 1916 and he later lived with his son in Chicago but kept Anamosa as home fastening a family lineage back to 1744 with Andrew Byerly who aided in early conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Byerly
Anamosa Wareka
A. J Byerly
Anamosa
Jones County
Chicago
Mr. Byerly
Meereer County
Pennsylvania
Mary ,Milaabeth Bush
I. C. Bolton
Sharpville
Cass Township
Hey
Strawberry Hill
George Washington
General Paddock
Andrew Byerly
School Board Proceedings January 6 1920 Special Session
The Board of Vdunteian met in special session with 12 members present. Minutes approved. Bills allowed include textbooks, training materials, church use, maps, memberships, groceries, supplies, drayage, and utilities totaling multiple small payments. Secretary R. H. Ricklefs signed the adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vdunteian
Reed
T. M. Redmond
L. G. Stuhler
Lazell
R. H W. Rickiets
Asta
Oxpress
H. A. Cross
Christ- Mab Prboame
Ccceics
Presbyterian Church
H. Sanborn
Thurston Manuel Training Co
Doris Northrop
Europe
Ccue Ee
National Education Association
the Book Supply Co
Wooke c
Matilda Crim
Weels
Ball & McCreary
Liddy & Ricklefs
Ricklefs & McNeill
Jacque
Jake Arduser
A. W. Steiner
Groc Town Telephone Co
Monticello Electric Co
R. H. Ricklefs
Dairy Test Associations Report Benefits and Winners
The McGregor Dairy Association November report highlights seven purebred sires bought this year and eleven TB eradication aid applications. A group purchase of cottonseed meal was made, and the winning cow produced 70.5 pounds butterfat 82 pounds butter. The top ten cows averaged 543 pounds butterfat with the Pioneer Association at 628 pounds and Monona- Farmersburg at 490 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor Association
Lowa
Jersey
Kingsley Brothers
Pioneer Association
Monona- Farmersburg
Farmers Mutual Insurance annual meeting set in Castle Grove
The Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Castle Grove plans its annual member meeting at school house No 2 in Castle Grove township on Saturday January 10 1920 starting at 1 PM. The event will consider important rule changes. Doctor John Wolf of Mt Vernon has returned from Louisiana after selling a 4000 acre cotton plantation for 250000. In 1908 he and brothers swapped a Mt Vernon business block for the plantation then valued at 20000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of
Castle Grove
Castle Grove Township
John Wolf
Mt. Vernon
Louisiana
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J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
E.G. Burrichter
Home News
Edith Haeussler
Cedar Rapids
Moore Studio
L. A. Iverson
O. B. Rundle
Dr. Redmond
H. F. Kettlitz
William Skelley
Stuhler
J. J. Locher
Fred Matthiessen
Hopkinton
Rochelle
George Barnts
R. G. Stuhler
Waterloo
Frances Coyle
Bernita Hutton
Wyoming
L. W. Lovell
Hattie
Martha Rice
Moline
Iinois
Edward Burrichter
Winthrop
Bertha Jones
Marshalltown
John Router
Bessie Erricksen
Pipstone, Minnesota
Reuben Shover
Geraldine Anderson
Mesdames
H. M. Carpenter
Howard Templeton
Dennis Kehoe
Irene
Neal Hayden
J. W. Innes
Harm Helgens
Montgomery County
Ilinois
Lester McAleer
Marion
Linfred Hauss
Coe College
Lenora Callahan
Worthington
Harry Locher
Harl Locher
Lawrence Locher
Farley
Edith Hudson
Alberta Hallauer
Isaac Schneider Jr
Emma Laude
Mary Locher
William Luck
Laramie
John Sutton
Charles Goareke
Winton
Emil Stutt
Iowa City
The
State University
Charles Fields
Oxford Junction
Isaac Schneider Sr
Lester Gomhart
Robert C. Stirton
Frank Peckosh
Misses Mary and
Anna Altman
Leota” Withrow
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Fred Dahling
Helen Hosford
Washington, D. C
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Elis Rienits
Strawberry Point
Sam Adamson
William Longs
William .Altman
Albion
Nebraska
Simon Locher
Don Keating
Chauncey Hookstra
Howard Deischer
Hedith Deischer
Belle Devlin
Frank d’Autremont
State Brick and Tile Maker's’ Association
August D. Ingwersen
Hilda A. Ahrendsen
Olin
John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin Sr
Herman Schneider
Iiona City
University Hospital
Reis Stuhler
Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State University
Andrew Davidson
Benjamin Budge
Laurant
Opera House
George Hauck
Warsaw
Roy Berry
Alva Filer
W. W. Hubbard
M. F. Carpenter
the State University
George Guyan
Henry Dart & Sons
Rock Island
John Ross Jr
Kansas City
Missouri
Anne Pleuger
Hampton
Hoag Duster Co
D. W. Griffith
the Princess
Wm. Holub
James Delay
J. M. Hanna
Alfred Hanna
Monticello Post Office
Otto Herzeman
Edith Marton
Clare Champum
Mamie McMahon
Mary and
Sue McMahon
Esther Cord
Laudelle
Paul Kehoe
Frank Hicks
Crane’s
Leonard Heisey
Capital City Commercial College
N. G. W. Winner
New Kensington
East
Charlotte Liebsle
Melbourne
Isabel Meyer
Joe Meyer
Ruth Young
D. P. Young
Cresco
Jean Sutherland
Lehigh
F. P. Stuhler
Carolyn Stuhler
Nellie Fletcher
Herbert A. French
Statesville
North Carolina
C. B. McKean
West
Manchester
Clifford Franks
Philadelphia
Patrick Hogan
A. J. Ricklefs
Clarence Matthiessen
San Francisco
Joe
Earl Locher
Earl
Dental
William Stuhler Jr
Princeton
New Jersey
Princeton University
William Stuhler
Wade Franklin
Monticelo
Cornell
Lyceum
Redpath
Genter Junction
Stuart Stuhler
Inez Young
Cornell College
Elizabeth Hauss
Cedar Rapids Business College
Abe Adams
Supt
L. W. Dunlap
Tim Wendall
Portland
Oregon
John E. Bateman
Mr. Wendall
Mr. Bateman
Benjamin Roberts
Clinton Electric Co
Crane Theatre
Reilly
Methodist Church
Burdena L. Irvin
Samuel Irvin
Edward EB. John
Clinton
Wausau
John
Sand Spring
United States Army
Army
Infantry
Coast Artillery, Engineers, Medical Corps and Ordinance Department
Canal Zone
Luther League of the Zions Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Mary Danneman
EH. Willis
Laura Toenjes
Scotch Grove
J. & Breitbach
Iowa Electric Company
Woodward
Henry Gerdes
Henry
Jones and
Cedar Counties
Linn County
H. H. Burr
Burr
Lela B. Alstott
Roy L. Netcott
Congregational Church
George T. Hanna
Netcott
Hazelton
William Netcott
Netecott
Columbus Junction
Lovell Hotel
Bader Cafe
Hospital Notes
School Board Proceedings
S. M. Hosford
Lowell State Bank
State Superintendent of Banking
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Lovell State Bank
Erry Tarren
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Monticello, Iowa
Monarch
Central Lumber & Coal Co
Q. P. Rockstad
Geo. K. Meyer
Board of Health of
Dr. Peet
Doxsee
Lovell Block
Monticello Town