Wedding in Peiping Unites Willis Sawyer Virginia Yardly
Center Junction and Anamosa residents read of the Peiping wedding of Lt. Col. Willis B. Sawyer and Virginia Helene Yardly. The couple married in Shanghai with a Chinese procession to greet them at the British embassy area and a ceremonial chair, musicians, and gift of a pink-dyed goose.
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Shanghai
Peiping
Center Junction
George Wessels Sr
China
Anamosa
Willis B. Sawyer
United States Language School
Virginia Helene Yardly
Topeka
Kans
Sawyer
Glendale
Calif
Sawyers
Clarence Yardly
Farm Woman Finds Snake Guarding Eggs and Kills It
In Volga a farm woman collecting eggs discovered a five foot snake coiled atop the eggs and killed the reptile with an axe. Local reports note the unusual encounter at the rural homestead.
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Volga
Monticello Express Marks 84 Years Of Community Service
The Monticello Express reflects on 84 years since its 1865 founding by Orville D. Crane and notes the death of former editor and publisher Charles A. Coxsee. The piece traces ownership changes, editorial evolution, and the paper’s role in Monticello history from frontier beginnings to a modern eight to twelve page format.
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Monticello
Middlewest
Charles Coxsee
Dad
Monticello Express
the Express
Charles A. Coxsee
Orville D. Crane
Crane
Maquoketa
The
Express
Nevada Democrat
Maquoketa River
James Davidson
Davidson
J. H. Scott
E. N. Howard
N. G. Sales
G. W. Hunt
Jones County
Liberal
John Blanchard
Dubuque
Doxsee
Cornell College
Drake University Law School
ABC
Earl English
School of Journalism
Missouri University
Iowa
Iowaness Association
National Editorial Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations
Sote Advertising Representative
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Chicago
Illinois
Real Estate Transfers in Clay Mills and Monticello Iowa
Transfers include Louis P Wulf and Lillian to Fred C and Emma R Kuhlman by joint tenants deed for properties in section 11 and surrounding parcels near Clay Mills, with detailed description and encumbrance noting overflow grant to Eastern Iowa Power Co. Also Hilda L Bowers and Joseph A to Eclipse Lumber Co for lots 107 108 in Railroad addition Monticello Iowa. Several Vochoska and Shedek family transfers noted with single buyers.
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Bessie, Vochoska
Blanch Vochoska
Joseph Vochoska
Lydia
Otto Vochoska
Louise Vochoska
Edith Brinker
Howard
Millie Staehle
Elmer F
Edward A. Vochoska
Hans P. Fuglsang
Bertha Fuglsang
John Hess
Ira van
Nicholas Fritz
Wit Blizek
Josie Vochoska
Joe van Sickle
Louis P. Wulf
Lillian
Fred C
Emma R. Kuhlman
Clay Mills
Eastern Iowa Power Co
Hilda L. Bowers
Joseph A
Eclipse Lumber Co
Monticello
Iowa
Emil Vochoska
Frank Vochoska
Tillie Shedek
Joseph C
Youngster Burns Self With Dynamite Cap Capled Dirt Incident
Satisfied Paul Franken, a Norton Corners youth, lit a dynamite cap placed in a dirt can. The blast caused only minor burns and cuts, with no serious injuries reported.
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Paul Franken
Norton
Thornton official first to turn in primary results
W. S. Nelson, publisher of The Thornton Enterprise, was the first election official to turn in returns. Grimes-Thornton precinct results were reported exactly ten minutes after polls closed.
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Thornton Enterprise
W. S. Nelson
Grimes-Thornton
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Memoriam
Willis Sawyer
Virginia Yardley
Frank Sawyer
Washburn
Colonel Sawyer
California
C. A. Bier
Greene
Lantz
Rusco
Center Junction Lumber CO
McNeill Hardware
Owa
Is Service
Hargraves
Hargrave Cleaners
Monticello and
Chariza A, Doesese
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubuoue
Cascade
Bernard
Wyoming
Bennett-Greten Orchestra
Sponsored BY
Cascade Commercial Club
Rickless‘ Dry Goods
Maquoreta
Legion
Legion Hall
Timber City” Post
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