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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
7
Various town notices and social items list visits, business trips, and shop ads across Anamosa Cedar Rapids Monticello and nearby areas. Individuals named include McNeill Balster Renk and Hoult with mentions of harness oiling sewing machines and local sales.
Local briefs report travel to Los Angeles and Davenport visits, a birth, baking doughnuts, hemstitching services, and church events. The Mundinger farm sale, county teachers’ study center, debates at Anamosa, and state politics appointments are noted along with eclipse timing and bank stockholders’ meeting updates.
Chapter FP P BE O held its Founders Day at Mrs. G Russell Stuhler's home with a memorial service for T and C founders. Dances planned by American Legion to fund debts and a large gymnasium. band concerts and a Monticello Hopkinton Monticello basketball game follow. A fire destroyed the Marugg garage and insurance matters were noted. Rotary clubs hosted intercity events with Anamosa.
The troop unveils a four-ladder scoreboard showing patrol totems for each group with a Boy Scout climbing each ladder to reveal standings. The Crows lead now as Foxes Wolves and Owls close in. Saturday features hike day with a baking contest won by E Lightfoot. Lightfoot also led in speed with top quality cakes. James Redmond and Clark Brokaw join active Scouts while Jim Maurice completes first class tests. Many Scouts work to pass signalling tests and future events include fire building cooking scout pace and possibly tracking on hike Saturday.
Monticello high school basketball defeated Manchester 23 to 12 on their home floor, with Chambers scoring 12 and Zubler 9 as the red and black team controlled the game from start to finish. The victory followed by a concert and other school activities as fans packed the gym.
Monticello Cascade and Dubuque freight route discussed as a potential combined service with the existing bus line run by Mr Cass. Cass and Attorney J J Locher led a Cascade Community club meeting with local business leaders who approved and pledged support for the project.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announced a weekly through sleeping car from Calmar Fayette Strawberry Point Hopkinton Monticello Anamosa Cedar Rapids to Los Angeles via Kansas City and Southern routes with January 20 departures. Also notes Tama Ce resident Mrs Mary Stanek celebrated her 103rd birthday born January 17 1822 in Tabor Bohemia and immigration details. Federal grand jury sessions in this district included Charles Petrak Frank Waverick A Oxley and Hanna Condon denying census questions. Oxley also refused census access on his farm. The piece warns the men may face consequences.
Monticello Express notes January activities: Siegfried Gruenstein returns to Lake Forest. Mabel Wenger dies at five months. A Scotch Grove turkey shoot, a fire on Gerhard Eiler farm, street-opening petitions, and local schooling limits amid 81 primary pupils. Marriages, deaths including Charlie Miller in Arkansas, blizzard with 1.5 feet of snow, and multiple local departures and arrivals.
The Davenport Davenport High School hosted an all events declamatory program in the auditorium with sections in oratorical dramatic humorous and music. Entries included Donald Bell Raymond Denkhoff Bessie Hughes Thelma Gregory Margaret Maurice Jayne Shover Marion Yousse Miss Parry Camille Goings Alfeen Petersen Irma Rohr and Elizabeth Cooper with music by the Glee Club. The judges announced the Glee Club and overall participants. A separate item reports the Friendly House fire destroying the Davenport settlement on Friday with Head Resident Harry E Downer and his wife rescued by firemen. estimated loss 34000 with 18000 insurance.
Farmers Mutual Creamery Co announces readiness to handle ages in any quantity at highest market price. Cedar Rapids company president arrested for tapping a telephone wire to overhear wife’s conversations with Roy Duede, named corespondent in a divorce case recently tried.
George Ambuehl administrator announces open high bids for the Alfred B Tucker homestead Lots 8 2 and 88 in Bradstreet Second Addition Monticello Iowa. Sale at Coxsee Coxsee Monticello Iowa Saturday January 31 attendance permitted with right to reject all offers and a merchantable abstract of title provided.
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