Bridge Dinner and Birthday Celebrations Highlight Society Notes
Mr and Mrs Halstead M Carpenter hosted a dinner bridge for eighteen at Maples Inn with a cross table setup and silver tapers. High scores went to Mrs Rex H Rickless and Fred J Kay. Several birthday gatherings followed including Frank L Serbousek turning seventy and his son Will marking forty. extended families attended from Center Junction Monticello and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
Halstead M. Carpenter
Maptes Inn
Carpenter Home
Rex H. Rickless
Fred J. Kay
Frank L. Serbousek
Will
Moline, Jr
Allen Serbousek
J. L. Serbousek
C. H. Nelson
Center Junction
Donald
Serbousek
Andrew
William Fuller
Fuller
Jud Nichols
Nichols
Lilly Leggett
Monticello
Minnie Manning
Cedar Rapids
Herson Fadley
Onslow
Charles Schneiter, Jr
Dora Brucks
City
E. H. Hayes
Puller
Property Descriptions for Archdiocese Lands in Sec 6-86-1
Legal notice describing parcels of land to be used by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Details include chain and link measurements, bearings in degrees, and acreage for two tracts, plus a $1.00 consideration. Read the Want Columns for further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Propagation of the Faith of the Archdiocese of
Dubuque
Archdiocese of
Cascade and
Maquoketa
Monti High Notes From Winter Semester and Winter Sports
Monti High resumes classes after the Christmas break with semester exams next Thursday and Friday. The Red and Black defeated Wyoming 29 to 8 on December 19 led by Captain Eby's 10 points. January 1 saw a 25 to 4 loss to an all star Monti alumni team on the home floor. Monti lost to Anamosa 26 to 27 in a rough, fast game with Harry Mathiessen as top scorer. A dance sponsored by the M club with Harry Soule’s orchestra preceded the games. Sylvia Cooper has scarlet fever. The one act play tournament starts January 19 with three plays, January 26 with two more. Declamatory work under Miss Georgia Miller reports the largest enrollment ever, about 55 students, with boys in all divisions. Contestants include Tim George, Richard Calkins, Russell Hughes, Helen Harms, Viola Hutton, and many others across oratorical, dramatic, humorous, and other categories. Richard Netcott left the first grade. The Parent-Teachers' association bought an aquarium to circulate among grades. the grade with the most parents at the monthly meeting keeps it for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red and Black Warriors
Wyoming
Monti
Eby
Monti Warriors
Dame Fortune
Anamosa
Harry Matthiessen
Monti High
Harry Soule
Sylvia Cooper
Georgia Miller
Tim George
Richard Calkins
Russell Hughes
Fred Hanken
Billy Kettlitz
Howard McLaughlin
Vivian Smith
Vivian Bancroft
Milton Langer
James McLaughlin
Margaret McNeill
Pauline Cramer
Eldora Semmert
Henrietta Bohlken
Harold Houston
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Mary Stickford
Ruth Howie
Margaret Phelps
Wanda Cooper
Esther Bender
Pauline Cooper
Violet Meyer
Ione Benish
Wilma Clark
Edwina Hughes
Fern Bender
Clemma Wenger
Ruth Bender
Trene Johnson
Mary Belle Collins
Alice Green
Bertha Burlingham
Clare Adams
Richard Netcott
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Parent
Complex Deeds Filed Across Iowa and Wyoming Lands
Abraham Guthrie transfers land in Wyoming to Anna Schoff for 1000 dollars. Oliver D Harford and wife convey Lots 21 and 22 in Monticello with full survivor rights for one dollar. Shapley and Mills to Byron L Brown lessee deed for 474 acres across Jones and Jackson counties totaling 23700 dollars. Stover transfers all NN and SE parcels in Jones County with adjustments for prior deed, and love and affection conveyances noted for one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana Guthrie
Anna Schoff
Wyoming
Oliver D. Harford
Oliver
Harford
Henrietta Harford
Monticello
T. W. Shapley
W. J. Mills
Byron L. Brown
Matilda R. Allen
John Young
Jones County
Obituary of Mrs. Mary Crilley of Linn County
Mary Ellen Crilley nee Fleming died at home in Linn County on December 28 after seven weeks with the flu. She was born in Indiana on June 30 1853 and married John Crilley on April 10 1877, surviving nine children and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church with a requiem mass and burial in Immaculate Conception cemetery, with many relatives and friends attending from across Iowa Illinois and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Mary Ellen Crilley
Mary Crilley
Linn County
Mary Ellen Fleming
James
Mary Fleming
Indiana
John Crilley
John
William
Fannie
W. P. Crowley
Coggan
C. J. Conklin
Davenport
Bridge McCusker
Mayme
Emmet
James Morrissey
Will Fleming
Clarence Drummy
Coggon
Immaculate Conception
John McCrea
John McNamara
Pat Crowley
Dan Sullivan
Louie Pillard
Dan Donovan
Dan Murphy
Moville
Iowa
Tom Murphy
Sioux City
Nellie Ryan
Cyril
Dan Fogarty
Marion
Harry Rondebush
Chicago
Lowell Miller
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Keiser
Rockford
P. J. Kehoe
Louis
Dubuque
J. M. Conway
James Conway
Eardley
Anamosa
John McCusker
Earlville
Leo Doyle
Manchester
Rose's Midgets at Paramount Cedar Rapids Stage
Rose's Midgets a 25 member vaudeville act from Hollywood will perform a 45 minute show at the Paramount Cedar Rapids starting Friday January 9 alongside Edmund Lowe Mae Clark in Men on Call. The bill includes a unique midget jazz band and the Van Draysen sisters two tallest women in the world. Prices unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount Theater
Cedar Rapids
Rose
Paramount
Hollywood
van Draysen
Paramount Stage
Edmund Lowe
Mae Clark
Adyv
DeMolay Dance At Monticello Charms Attendees
The George Washington chapter of DeMolay in Monticello sponsored a Friday dance. Alumni and teachers attended, adding to the holiday mood before school resumes. Tim and Jim's Hot Points played their first public engagement and performed splendidly. Sandstone found in NC is unusually flexible when cut into thin strips. Domestic natural gas users rose from 3,984,000 in 1927 to 4,366,000 in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
DeMolay
Monticello
Tim
Jim
North Carolina
Church Services Listed for Sunday Jan 11
Churches across the area announce Sunday Jan 11 worship and Sunday school times. Denominations include Lutheran G Wolf German worship 11 am, Methodist Episcopal 11 am, Congregational 11 am, Sacred Heart Masses 8 and 10 am, Presbyterian 11 am, St Matthew’s German 10 am Sunday school 10:45 am. all invite public attendance. district meetings and officers also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Lutheran
G. Wolf
Methodist Episcopal
Roy V. Porter
Epworth League
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Young People’s Society
Presbyterian
Leonard Duckett
St. Matthew’s Ev
H. L. Adix
Luther Hall
Inside Information For The Busy Housewife
Practical tips for winter kitchen use. Dry shoes away from heat to avoid cracking leather. Cold storage eggs serve well in most cooking. Use dried fruits to make confections with nuts. Suggests combining winter vegetables like carrots, peas, celery, turnips and various fruit pairings for varied dishes.
Uses for Whalebone in Modern Brush Making
Whalebone once common in corsets is now mainly used as bristles in hair brushes and other combing tools. The material shift reflects changing fashion and industry as whalebone fibers find new utility in grooming implements.
Window origin tied to wind-eye not Norse word
The note explains that the term window does not derive from a Norse word but from the idea of a wind eye. Historically unglazed windows were simply openings or holes in the wall.
Los Angeles Woman's Home Companion Caption
The fragment suggests a bold proclamation about Los Angeles and its voice, attributed to a Women's Home Companion context. It hints at regional pride and media voice without detailing a specific event or date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Canada Status as Dominion Inside British Empire
The text explains Canada as a self governing dominion within the British empire, autonomous within the empire and equal in status, united by crown allegiance and part of the commonwealth. It also defines overhead in manufacturing as costs beyond direct labor and materials, including salaries, office expenses, indirect labor, travel, interest, insurance, legal costs, plant care, and depreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
British Commonwealth of Nations
Snow Bank Deflects Bullet Surprisingly
A six foot thick snow bank stops a bullet fired from 10 yards while a solid embankment fails at triple that distance. The soft snow shatters steel and absorbs the shot, seemingly soothing and taming the lethal lead.
For Sale Purebred Holstein Bulls of Serviceable Age
For sale a few purebred Holstein bulls of serviceable age bred for type and production. Contact Fred Shover at phone 40-F-12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Weber & Sons
Cascade
Iowa
Fred Shover
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Society
CLUB
Edward Zumbach
Mrs. Zumbach
Caroline Dietiker
Halls of Learning
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
N. Sycamore Street
A. L. Lorenz
Armin H. Tendick
Sunday School Board
Wayne Zion
John P. Willis
H. Freese
J. &. Folkerts
F. H. Otten
Henry Monk
William Oltmanns
San Francisco Chronicle
Angel
Leroy Clark
Poland
Carl Plueger
Oswald Dolan
Ryan
C. C. Bort
G. M. Brainard & Son
Thomas Shover
Fred Ladehoff
Scotch Grove
J. H. Fraser
R. McNown
Wilkinson
Omaha
Neb
3Rd Street
H. E. Twigg
West Third Street
Monticello State Bank
Samuel Sulzener
L. F. Eggers
Fred Kellum
William Podhaski
Fluckiger
H. J. Picray
Dimension
Adolph Schoon
Crilley
Adolph Kernen
Kash
Karry
Tippy
Wayne Center
J. H. Rickels
John J. Lechky
N. Gilbert
Iowa City
Gerd Harms
George Harms
Harry Kuhns
REAL
Silk Hosiery Mills, Inc
Merchants National Bank
John Carson
Francis M. Benedict
Co. B. Darrow
Grace I. Benedict
Winfred Cotton
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of
Castle Grove
School House No. 2
Castle Grove Township
S. B. King
S. M. Hosford
Lowell State Bank
Orne
Jones
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State OF
J. W. Doxsee
L. W. Lovell
L.W. Lovell
J. W. Coxsee
Federal Reserve Bank Banking House
Uapks
Total
State OF Iowa
H. M. Carpenter
Wm. Stahler
C. E. Fothergill
Wm. Stuhler
Matthiessen
Dos
John Turnis
J. J. Locher
E. E. Hicks
Geo. Ambuehl
J. H. J. Stutt
C. G. Thomas
R. A. Cartano
F. E. Stimson
Onslow Savings Bank
Yowsa
Capital Stock Surplus Fund
Ss. We
M. Spencer
N.C. Holst
Geo. H. Paulsen
J. R. Ramey
N. C. Holst
Co. O. Lightfoot
Howard Willison
P. H. Paulsen
C. M. Holst
McCormitc
Deering
Jared
R. H. Balster
Monticello, Iowa
McCormick-Deering
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