Local notices and ads from Monticello and Cedar Rapids
Local items list visits by Glenn Bancroft and others to Cedar Rapids, advertisements for hardware and groceries, upcoming events including a dance in Castle Grove hall and a theater show at Princess Theatre, and notices of household sales, farms equipment, and canning supplies. Readers are urged to watch for next Express ad and note various residents’ travels and visits.
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Express
Henry Hotz
Castle Grove Hall
The
Knight of Columbus
Social notes and visits fill Monticello week
A flurry of visits and travels fills Monticello including Miss Blanche McLaughlin heading to Colorado Springs, Theodore Denkhoff visiting from Iowa City, Alma Genrce Washburn in from Chicago, and many locals hosting relatives. Mentions of theater shows, coupons offers, village events, and price notes accompany everyday news and community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Genrce Washburn
Chicago
Mrs
Frank Lux
Monticello Socials and Local Business Notes
Mrs. Mary Neiermeyer visits Monticello from California while Merle J. Cass hosts a bridge party. Local farms offer 65 head of Jersey and Guernsey cattle for sale. A trip to New York and Cherbourg figures in upcoming plans. A resident touts Iowa’s oldest rose bush planted in 1862. July promotions at Palmer's Drug Store highlight fountain trade and bulk ice cream. Monticello residents visit Marion and Lake City. The town notes airline from Elgin IL and wedding trip returns. Legion dance night features Brunswick Panatrope music. Furnace contracts awarded to Balster Stores for Wayne township schools. St Elizabeth society hosts an ice cream social at the city park. Fire department responds to a short circuit at Wilbur Adamson’s home. Frank Adams visits from Auburn NY with daughter and family. A new municipal tennis court opens and attracts many players. Eucharistic congress attendees listed from Monticello. Mrs. Bradley Davis visits from Iowa City. Water rates increase with monthly minimum to 1.50 and 26 cent late fee. Republican county convention scheduled in Anamosa with delegates notified. P R McDonnell sells Mack Poster service to Plaza Poster Co and plans to move to his farm.
Monticello News Briefs Highlight Legion Drive and Local Events
Arthur P. O Rourke and George Barnts lead a statewide American Legion membership push as eleven former soldiers join the local post. Ames hosts Presbyterians annual meeting with delegates from Cedar Rapids and the women’s division. Mrs Donald Sutherland and others host a large bridge party at the country club with Rhoda Doolittle and Alfriede Cartano performing violin solos. A Monticello to Calmar jitney repair and delays affect train service. Mayor First reminds residents of laws on toy pistols and firecrackers and urges yard use to avoid accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athur P. O’rourke
American Legion
George Barnts
Monticello Legion
Chas. E. Bates
Kitty Sutherland
E. J. Noble
Ames
Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church
Noble
Cedar Rapids
Bates
Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
Ray Echternacht
Wilbur Cartano
B. L. Confare
Country Club
B. B
Corn Growth and Community Notices from Monticello
Weather predicts corn knee high by the Fourth of July may be reached soon with warm spells. Monticello youths eye citizen military camps at Fort Des Moines or Fort Snelling in August for ages 17 to 24. Local road south of Monticello to Langworthy graded for graveling under Frank Lux. Funeral held for Mrs. Herman Donnem an in Wayne township with burial in Zion church cemetery. Mrs. Eirza Meadow reports early potatoes and large strawberries for The Express. Mrs. Gladys Smits and Miss Katherine Stuhler visit from Lincoln Nebraska. Smits heads a Lincoln hospital and Stuhler oversees nurses at the same facility.
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Monticello
Fort Des Moines
Fort Snelling
Langworthy
Frank Lux
Herman Donneman
Orange
California
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
John FP. Willis
Gladys Smits
Katherine Stuhler
Lincoln
Nebraska
George Stuhler
Smits
John McDonald Hospital
Miss Stuhler
Women Social at Mrs Coughlin's Home
Women of the Congregational church enjoyed a social afternoon at Mrs Harriet Coughlin's home with piano solos by Elfriede Cartano and readings by Florence Noble. Refreshments were provided by several hostesses.
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Congregational Church
Harriet Coughlin
Elfriede Cartano
Florence Noble
Coughlin
Edward Templeton
W. A. Beery
J. H. Fraser
Fire destroys Gary store sparking Independence Day warning
Monticello youngsters are urged to heed a Gary Indiana fire incident last Saturday. A group of boys entered a shop to view toy pistols and a toy machine gun. A spark from the toy gun ignited fireworks in a box, triggering a rapid blaze that consumed the entire store. Damage reached 260000 dollars and three youths suffered serious burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Gary
Indiana
Death of Hubert F. Ives at Pasadena California
Friends in Monticello report the death of Hubert F. Ives in Pasadena California. An undertaker, he contracted smallpox from exposure at work leading to his death. He was a son in law of Dr. Jones of Monticello and is survived by his wife Mina Janes and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Hubert F. Ives
Pasadena
California
Ives
Dr. Jones
Mr. Ives
Mina Janes
Monticello Stock Shipments and Mystery Contest
Stock shipments from Monticello increased with two carloads of cattle from William Hintz and two cars of hogs from Farmers Mutual Creamery plus one car of cattle from Ray Adams on Monday. The creamery sent two hog cars yesterday and Ed Eiler shipped one cattle car. A John Perrine farm cattle car from Anamosa fetched top Chicago price. Robert McAleer identified as Mr X won five dollars and two hundred junior business builder coupons, amid street crowds and a sponsor group of junior business builder stores.
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Monticello
William Hintz
Mutual Creamery
Ray Adams
Creamery
Ed Eiler
Anamosa
John Perrine
Chicago
Mr. X
Robert McAleer
Ray Echternacht
First Street
Junior Business Builder
Jones county reunion draws near hundred in Los Angeles
Nearly one hundred former residents of Jones county gathered for the annual Jones county association picnic at Sycamore Grove park in Los Angeles on June 19. A brief program followed a picnic under the trees with songs and speeches. Names of attendees from Pasadena Long Beach and Los Angeles were listed, with additional guests from Wyoming noted.
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Jones County
Los Angeles
the Express
Harry S. Doutrick
Pasadena
Doutrick
Jones County Association
Sycamore Grove Park
Sycamore
Charles F. Hubbard
Ontario
R. G. Lyons
Chloe Brazelton
Noel Brazelton
Bidwell
C. D. Hurlburtt
Neva Starks Wilson
W. A. Doran
Clara Evans
W. H. Waugh
Long Beach
Viola Tibbetts Adkins
B. W. Blanchard
Jennife White
W. C. Ferguson
Louise Eberhart Campbell
Kate Overing
Mable Keniston
George Schoonover
Edna Schoonover
W. L.rosa
Maggie Bullock Bixby
V. 3B. Stockwell
BH. Price
Minnie Barnhill
Mary Scales
South Pasadena
Wyoming
Monticello Chautauqua Returns for Five Day July Event
Travers' chautauqua resumes in Monticello July 24 to 28 with two three act plays Believe Me Zantippe and Little Miss Bluebeard. Tickets sold by Wabun and Maquoketa Camp Fires. profits to organizers. Week features Gilhelm Quintette Dolly Varden trio Thomas Players Allpress Concert Company and Gifford Concert Company with lectures by Frank A. Travers Dr John A Gray and Dr L M Dorreen. Wednesday closes with Little Miss Bluebeard.
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Travers’ Chautauqua
Monticello
Wabun
Maquoketa
Zantippe
Gilhelm Quntette
Allpress Concert Company
John A. Gray
Allpress Company
Dolly Varden Trio
L. M. Dorreen
Joseph B. Gifford
Gifford Concert Company
Chautauqua
Lovell Township Farm Bureau Meets with Alfalfa Talk and Films
The Lovell township farm bureau held its monthly meeting in the public library auditorium led by Frank Hayden with secretary pro tem Mrs. Will Hintz. C A Coxsee spoke on paper making and County Agent Strike discussed alfalfa field inspections in Jones County and soil liming. He presented three film reels on the European corn borer, lumber from forest trees, and a concluding prairie animal cartoon.
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Lovell Township Farm Bureau
Frank Hayden
Will Hintz
C. A. Coxsee
Jones County
Iowa State College
Ames
Strike
Dog
Wil
Car Crash Near Key West Highlights DUI Warning
A Saturday night crash near Key West at the junction of highways 20 and 28 involved a car driven by a drunk driver ramming a Laude Huntoon Monticello bus returning to Dubuque. The smaller car was wrecked, no injuries. The bus driver halted to let the oncoming car pass. the other vehicle struck the bus, causing only minor bus damage. The drunk driver suffered only scratches. the incident will be settled out of court with no action by the bus company.
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Dubuque
Opening afternoon party at Monticello country club
The Monticello country club hosted an opening afternoon party on Tuesday with large attendance. Guests enjoyed bridge, piano solos by Miss Constance Meyer, and refreshments. Mrs. Anna Ehrisman chaired the entertainment with assistants listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
Merle J. Cass
Constance Meyer
Anna Ehrisman
L.A. Iverson
M. F. Hogan
C. J. Northrop
A. J. Rickless
Fifty Year Honor Roll Adds Manchester Reader
CM Hanna of Manchester joins the express readers honored for fifty years or more. He traces his family’s reading back to 1874 when his father H. D. Hanna began taking the paper. Hanna notes his own 62 years of reading and 45 years as a subscriber. He recalls moving from Scotch Grove to a farm near Manchester, selling the first local farm for about $100 per acre in 1907.
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CM. Hanna
Manchester
The
Express
Mr. Hanna
H. D. Hanna
Scotch Grove
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Clara Schodde
Peter Kloostra
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S. M. Ide
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
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Theodore Denkhoff
Iowa City
T. F. Denkhoff
Palmer’s Drug Store
Frank E. Stimson
Theodosia Pulver
Helen
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C. G. Thomas
Canada
Charley
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Leyland Shelley
Sigma Chi
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J. J. Noble
Allie McLaughlin
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Nellie Wales
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Rhinehart Doden
Harm Fechtmann
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J. L. Bader
William Stabler
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H. B. Heisey
Niermeyer
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Cherbourg
France
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Fayette
W. K. Lothian
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Lee Duer
Elgin
Tinois
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St. Elizabeth Society of the Sacred Heart Church
Wilbur Adamson
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Irene McAreavy
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Arthur Fairbanks
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Professor Davis
P. R. McDonnell
Mack
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Mr. McDonnell
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Chi
Nickless
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Whistler
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Presbyterian Church of
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Mildred E. DuFoe
Loren W. Wheeless
Orlando
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Gilbert Chalke
Wilcox
Wheeless
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George Weber
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