Monticello Local Gossipy Home News Roundup
Cedar Rapids visitors Mrs. Frank Podhaski and Mrs. H. M. Carpenter appear in town reports along with a string of acquaintances visiting relatives in Monticello and surrounding areas. Notables include D A Clay of Hale township and Miss Mary George visiting Chicago, with church events announced for next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Kula
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Marie Richley
Castle Grove
George Chambers
Local Notes from Anamosa and Surroundings
Frank Rucklin, visiting brother Oscar, has spent three years with Hall Manufacturing Co and covers Missouri as his territory. In Anamosa last week Mrs F P Stabler, Mrs Blanche Hoyt and Misses Ethel George Viva Moore Kate Hines attended a musical event. County assessors Howard Putnam and Henry Vernimont visited Anamosa for a meeting. No preaching at Scotch Grove and Center Junction churches January 19 and 26 due to pastor’s vacation. Congregational church to host a Sunday musical service with the pastor speaking on a local topic. Northbound train delayed about ninety minutes due to engine trouble. Higgins’ engine pulled the train into Langworthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rucklin
Oscar
Hall Manufacturing Co
Minois
F. P. Stabler
Blanche Hoyt
Ethel George
Viva Moore
Kate Hines
Anamosa
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
Miss Pond Leaves for Dallas to Promote Children’s Books
Miss Margaret Pond departed for Dallas seeking broader audience for children’s literature. She notes teaching remains less pleasant and less remunerative than her current writing and outreach work. Twin girls born to Mr and Mrs William Podhbaski weigh seven pounds each and resemble one another. Dr Mirick calls them finest twins seen in days. Fred Matheson rural carrier hosts surprise party for birth anniversary. He welcomed guests and joined games. Thomas Miller dies in Montana freight yard accident between two cars. funeral held at Catfish last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Pond
Dallas
Texas
William Podhbaski
Mirick
Fred Matheson
Thomas Miller
Mattie Hickok
Elmer Hoag
Catfish
Montana
Anamosa Fire Hurts Home and Local News Roundup
Cc C Overley of Wyoming heads to Anamosa after his son in Le Mars loses most household goods in a furnace fire while the Overleys were away. John Heeren of Le Mars visits his old Monticello area farm. Harness oils offered by Renk and Cropp. Hall Manufacturing Co. elects officers for another year with J. S. Hall as president. Funeral for Mrs. Nancy J. Wills held. burial in Fon du Lac. Behrends dies in Barnston Nebraska. family travels for funeral. Real estate assessment to rise 5 percent due to 1911-and-1912 adjustments. Townsfolk honor M W Herrick and wife on California trip with floral decorations and rice. Dr. L. G. Stubler offers eye care services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. C. Overley
Wyoming
Anamosa
Mrs. Overley
Nancy J. Wills
W. Z. Allen
Sarah Mendenhall
Mary Gibson
Yeagertown
Pennsylvania
Fon du Lac
Wisconsin
Mrs Howe Plans Millinery Venture Near Cascade
Mrs Mary Howe waits in Cascade for her mother Mrs Van weenburg while Esther Howell prepares to start a millinery business. She will operate independently before spring trade and will fit up a former Dr Gilmore office building for the shop. An alarm at Deutrick dry goods store last Tuesday noon was recalled before fire crew arrived. a small blaze from an accident was quickly put out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Howe
Cascade
van Weenburg
Esther Howell
Gilmore
Deutrick Dry Goodaatore
Grover's sale nets four thousand with strong cattle prices
Stephen Grover held a sale last week that grossed over $4,000. The cattle ranged from calves averaging 44 to two year old steers at 86. The top price cow sold for 72.60 while the bottom brought 50. Corn sold up to 54 cents a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Grover
Birthday Surprise Celebrates Grace Podhaski
Grace Podhaski was the victim of a pleasant surprise party held last Tuesday evening for her birth anniversary. The gathering reached a high point when the anniversary number was nearly revealed, and the party ended on a happy note with Grace cherished by her young friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Podhaski
Grace
Pastor Rev F von Strohe Sees Friend Tiarks Pass Away
Rev F von Strohe of Collinsville Illinois announced the death of Herman Tiarks and will attend the funeral. Tiarks was a faithful member of St Johns Lutheran church east of Monticello where he supported the minister during 21 years of attendance. The pastor served 13 years with his current charge and returned home last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. von Strohe
Collinsville
Illinois
Herman Tiarks
von Strohe
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Monticello
Tiarks
von Strobe
Ben Starks Dies at County Home at 56
Ben Starks died last Monday morning at the county home after years of ill health and financial hardship. His body was brought to Monticello the next day and interred at Oakwood cemetery. Survived by two sons Seymour and Moses, his last wife, and a daughter from his first wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Starks
Monticello
Oakwood
Starks
Mr. Starks
Seymour
Moses
Local nuptials and Iowa crop notes in brief
Miss Anna M Oswald and Thomas Bader wed at Sacred Hearts church with reception for relatives. The report also covers Jones County 1912 crop totals, Rev R O Hughes role in Ames church funds, a sixteen year old parole violator case, Maud Littleton's note on Jefferson's Monticello purchase and potential park plan, plus Dr Redmond eye tests.
Adamson Couple Wed in Worthington Ceremony
Harvey Adamson son of Mr and Mrs S M Adamson of this city wed Miss Margaret Wolfe last Tuesday in Worthington. The couple will live in Davenport where Adamson manages a Woolworth ten cent store. Attending were Mr and Mrs S M Adamson and their son Roy of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Adamson
S. M. Adamson
Worthington
Margaret Wolfe
Beekeeping Inspector Post Proposed Reinstatement
Two years after creating the beekeeping office the legislature again considers funding an inspector for 80 000 beekeepers in the state. W S Pangburn of Center Junction is praised as a capable candidate, a student of bees and the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres
W. S. Pangburn
Center Junction
Prominent Switzer Couple Wed in Richland Township Deed
Yesterday afternoon in Richland township Miss Maggie Allen wed John Hein Jr in her mother Barbara Allen’s home. Rev B T Balcar officiated as relatives and neighbors watched. The Hein couple will live at the Hein homestead next year and receive best wishes from acquaintances. Dr Albert Dwight Smith and his bride visit Mrs Smith’s mother in Mason City, after his return from Rochester New York where he married Frieda Grasenz on January 8. The ceremony’s attendants included Mrs Elizabeth Vilnow as matron of honor and several bridesmaids and groomsmen. About 100 guests attended a reception at the bride’s father’s home. Mrs Smith will settle back in Mason City where he is practicing. Miss Mildred O Bates married January 11 at Culebra Panama to William R McCann of Chicago. Mrs McCann is a former Jones county resident and former Monticello teacher who studied at Iowa State Teachers College and Chicago University. Dr McCann is an electrical engineer working on the Panama Canal. the couple will live at Culebra near the canal offices. Jones county friends offer warm congratulations and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna M. Oswald
John B. Oswald
Lovell Township
Thomas Bader
Richland Township
John McCormick
Sacred Hearts Church
Switzer
Maggie Allen
Barbara Allen
John Hein Jr
John Hein Sr
B. T. Balcar
Albert Dwight Smith
Elizabeth Vilnow
Winnie Bacon
Minsie Suter
Emil. Vernow
George Smith
Elmer Amish
Rochester
Mildred O. Bates
Monticello
Culebra
Panama
William R. McCann
Chicago
Ilinois
Ancon
Wyoming
McQann
University of Madison
Wisconsin
United States
Panama Canal
McCann
Obituary: Mrs Alson O Danks Dies At Home
Mrs Alson O Danks died at her North Cedar Street home yesterday afternoon after a long illness. Because of her husband’s illness, the funeral will be held at the home Saturday afternoon instead of at the Methodist Episcopal church where she was a member. An obituary will run in The Express next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alson O. Danks
North Cedar Street
Dying Will of Herman Tiarks Filed for Probate
The 1905 Tiarks will witnessed by A G Bauder and J A Voorhees is filed with the district clerk. It lists legacies to Amelia Moore and others, with several sums to residents in Waupun Denver Sterling Monticello and Germany. Residue divided half to St Johns Lutheran Monticello and half to Amelia Moore. executors named O H Soetje and Hicklef Gerdes. probate at March term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Tiarks
A. G. Bauder
J. A. Voorhees
Amelia Moore
Waupun
Wigsconson
Eleanor Moore
Grace Moore
German Evangelical Lutheran Synod
QO. H. Soetje
Anna Soetje
Denver
Alberta Soetje
Edward Soetje
Theda Muller
Sterling
Miillinois
Abner Watson
Sterling Ilinois
Frederica Miller
Chicago
Ilinois
Henry Abels
Germany
Emma Hare
Marie Oetkens
Rev
von Strohe
Collinsville
Illinois
Ee ‘H. Weseloh
Cleveland
Ohio
J. J. Oatjen
Minnesota
Dornseis
Dornseijs
Wilton Junction
Hans Kettletz
Monticello
Minnie Vorkamp
D. E. Pond
M. E. Leichhardt
John Pond
Margaret Pond
Mary Pond
George Pond
C. H. Lowtie
Charis Scheer
St. John’s Lutheran Church
William H. L. Schuetz
Wisconsin
H. Soetje
Hicklef Gerdes
Another Good Man Has Gone Funeral for Herman Tiarks at St John’s
The funeral of Herman Tiarks was held last Sunday at St John’s Lutheran Church with large attendance despite bad weather. Rev W H L Schuetz preached on Luke 2 26 32 and Rev F von Strode assisted. Burial followed at Sand Hill Cemetery near Collinsville Illinois. His only present relative was niece Eleanor Moore of Waupun Wisconsin. Tiarks died from a stroke of apoplexy after returning from the Mon ticello State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Tiarks
St. John’s Lutheran Church
W. H. L. Schuetz
F. von Strode
Collinsville
Illinois
Sand Hill
Misa Eleanor Moore
Waupun
Wisconsin
the Express
Tiarks
Monticello State Bank
Longtime Monticello Pharmacist Tiarks Dies After Illness
Tiarks suffered a fall in a store, moved to Hans Kettletz’s home, and died at 4:30 on January 9. Born August 26, 1846 in Ettins Javerlande Germany, he immigrated with family in 1862. A skilled chemist, he ran a 40-year drugstore partnership with Soetje and later with Oscar H. Soetje, serving on the Iowa Lutheran church boards and as district treasurer. He never married and left bequests to church and friends, remembered as a faithful, honorable man who relied on grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Herman
Mary
Prairieville
Ilinois
America
Lyons
Theodore Soetje
Tiarka
Robert Oswald
Tiarks
Monticello
Oscar H. Soetje
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Brecht
Iowa
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Missouri
Ohio
Jesus Christ
Church
Henry O. Bohlken
Johnson Poppe
Carsten Peters
Rieke Rieken
John Bohlken
John Eden
Amelia Moore
Eleanor
Grace Moore
Waupun
Wisconsin
Eleanor Moore
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J. W. Doxsbee
E. G. Burrichter
Shoes of Quaality
Home News
Frank Podhaski
H. M. Carpenter
D.A. Clay
Hale Township
Mary George
Doatrick Co
Henry Carlson
Robert Young
Ethel
B. H. Hoffman
F. J. Cross
Hall
Charles S. Bidwell
Freeport
S. N. Lewis
Mapleton
J. W. Putnam
John W. Waite
Jay Matthews
Manchester
K. M. Byers
Lecher Bros
J. W. Innes
Ames
Monticello Presbyterian Church
New
Mesdames Beery
Huyck
Lillian O'Neal
Elma
Lowell State Bank
Nelson Curtis
Atlantic
George W. Curtis
John Becker
Sumner
F. F. Becker
Beckers
Deatrick D. G. Co
Amy Milner
Wallace, Idaho
C. L. Heath
Council Blutts
W. F. Hintz
Fontanelle
W. H. McClure
A. C. Barton
Plankington
South Dakota
Walter Ferguson
William Abel
James Abel
Mr. Abel
John Welch
Hartington
Nebraska
Anna Schultz
B. T. Balear
Catherine Kiburz
Sycamore Street
Col
L. P. Waddick
Messrs
Howard Putnam
Henry Vernimont
Lovell
Langworthy
Higgins
Deutrick’s
John Heeren
le Mars
Mr. Heeren
Rudolph Kasper
Plymouth County
Renk & Cropp
W. R. Leibsle
Lanette
Melbourne
J. 8. Hall
L. W. Lovell
M. W. Kehoe
G. L. Lovell
J.8. Hall
M. W. Herrick
Ernest Monahan
Frank Vernimont
Behrends
Barnston
Carl Schoon
Haye Heyen
Wayne Township
Behrend
Garl Seehusen
Wayne
Locher Bros
J. W. Waite
California
M. W
L. G. Stubler
Crop Service of
Jones County
R. O. Hughes
Presbyterian Church
National Organization of the Church
George Green
Judge Ellison
Marshal Lee
Ellison
Hogan
Sampson
Thomas Jeferson
Maud Littleton
Ing
Levy
Congress
Dr. Redmond
Danks
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Lehigh
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C. H. Schipman
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Kashmere
Hicks & Ricklefs
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L. H. Lang
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