This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1940
Page
2
A Monticello social roundup lists residents visiting relatives in Cedar Rapids Detroit Chicago and Minneapolis. Notes include optometrist ads Conserve vision vitality and a furnace coal sale. Several local families host guests and report weekend outings and minor injuries.
Dy and Mars Earl DeShaw and family plan a July 7 Lake Minnesota vacation with return to work July 22. Raymond G L Clark Jr leaves for Chicago to finish vacation with relatives. Mrs E E Reed and daughter Alice depart for West Union to visit Rev and Mrs Mitchell. Fred Heidecker of Sibley visits Cecil Goettsch family. St. Louis and Gladbrook visitors join Goettsch household.
Mr and Mrs Max Voight of Chicago visited in the Henry Adams home with Mrs Voight’s father C L Van Meter. Voight left Monday while Mrs Voight stayed longer. A June 26 picnic at the Balsigers honored Mrs William Balsiger and Clarence Shaffer on their birthdays with Shaffer’s employees and families present. A note on coal prices mentions lower summer rates and a Hoag Duster Company reference.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Clough and children Duane and LaVone hosted Mrs Cloughs relatives Miss Delores Hultgren and her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Multgren at McGregor. Delores stayed home after a school year with her sister. Duane and LaVone remained to spend vacation with grandparents.
A surprise evening picnic on July 1 honored Mr. and Mrs. Jey Kane, marking their third wedding anniversary. Mr. Kane serves as a stenographer at Shaffer Implement Store.
Shaf fers implement store staff and families visit the Bal Siger home. Fritz Herrman and daughter Lisa join as visitors. Supt Arch B Grimes and wife leave for Milwaukee to attend the National Education Association sessions where Grimes serves as Iowa delegate and is to conduct a seminar. They expect to return next week.
Mr and Mrs Howard Evers and daughter Loraine of Seattle Washington arrived in Monticello last Friday for a short visit with relatives and friends. Mrs Evers was Vera Webster before marriage daughter of Mr and Mrs John Webster former residents of Mon-
Mr. and Mrs. Evers completed a trip visiting New York City Detroit and Chicago returning home. In Chicago Mrs. Evers renewed friendships with Inez Young and Dora Kettlitz now Mrs. W W Low.
Federal census supervisor David J. Murphy releases preliminary 1940 census data for the Second district. Cascade records a population of 1 375 up from 1 221 in 1930 and gains 154. Farley reaches 739 up from 637 with an increase of 82. Epworth declines to 454 from 464.
A mile and a half dirt stretch on the Clinton Jones county line is being surfaced with crushed rock. Grading was completed last fall. The project is a joint effort by Jo and Clinton counties to improve the shortcut from highway 146 to the gravel road into Lowden and the Lincoln highway.
Members tracing lineage from both Union and Confederate soldiers involved in the Vicksburg siege organize a cross‑divisional association to honor shared history and preserve veteran memories.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.