Society And Club News From Monticello
Monticello hosts eight young ladies for a day picnic at Anamosa state park in honor of Agnes Maire who plans to leave town. Local gatherings include the Eilers hosting friends on Tuesday, Frank Ricks and son visiting from Rockford, and the Clover Leaf club meeting at Mrs Gerdes home with a planned picnic moved indoors due to rain. Mrs Halstead Carpenter plus Friday Bridge club, with Kate Stuhler visiting, enjoy a three table game and a colorfully set lunch amid national color decorations.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Agnes Maire
Hortieth
Marion
Fred Eilers
Clover Leaf Club
Gerdes
Halstead Carpenter
Edward Templeton
Kate Stuhler
Country Club
Fred McLaughlin
Mesdames H. S. Richardson
L. W. Lovell
Albert J. Stuhler
Charles Luett
John Fraser
Carrie Page
A. B. Grimes
William Laude
Anna Thoeni
Beaihes
Irma Fagan
Community groups host summer gatherings with games and talks
The Working Band of the Congregational church held a picnic at the city park with 75 members and guests. Members spoke on trips to Grinnell for a Young People's Summer Congregational conference, and a group sing ended the program.
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Congregational Church and Missionary Society
City Park
Alice Palmer
Alma Buel
George Richard Guyan
Grinnell
Young People’s
Grace Sackett Weds G Fred Rickels In Anamosa Ceremony
Miss Grace A Sackett daughter of Mr and Mrs M D Sackett of Hopkinton formerly Richland township marries G Fred Rickels at the Lutheran parsonage in Anamosa officiated by Rev Mathias The couple reside in Monticello The witnesses were Mr and Mrs George Poppe Langworthy Mrs Rickels taught rural school No 4 Richland township for five years and was reelected repeatedly Mr Rickels son of Mrs Harm Rickels Monticello formerly of Castle Grove township The couple have many friends in the area wishing them happiness.
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Grace A. Sackett
M. D. Sackett
Hopkinton
Richland Township
G. Fred Rickels
Anamosa
Mathias
Monticello
George Poppe
Langworthy
Rickels
Marion High
Mrs. Rickels
New Army Recruiting Office At Dubuque
Recruiting agent Melton announces a U S Army office in Dubuque offering physical and mental development, trade training, and discharge for good service. Soldiers receive tax free pay with living costs covered and strong promotion prospects, with earnings comparable to civilian jobs.
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Melton
U. S. Army
Dubuque
Iowa Highway Commission Awards Major Paving Contracts
The Iowa State Highway Commission at Ames last Tuesday awarded contracts totaling 1.73 million dollars to pave 174.5 miles across seven counties, gravel five counties, tile one, and build bridges and culverts in seven. Key gains include 12.11 miles in Linn county and 20.08 miles in Dubuque county, linking Des Moines to Dubuque and paving the Des Moines to Chicago route via Ames. Des Moines Asphalt Company will pave 12.11 miles in Linn from Marion to the Jones county line, while Johnson Construction Company of Minneapolis earns 20.08 miles in Dubuque county from Cascade east.
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Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
Iowa
Dubuque
Linn
Jones County
Chicago
Des Moines
Des Moines Asphalt Company
Linn County
Marion
Johnson Construction Company
Minneapolis
Minn
Cascade
Dubuque County
Delaware County Approves $500,000 Bond Issue
Delaware County voters approved a $500,000 bond issue for paving the primary road system by 1,224 to 848. Manchester favored the project while Hopkinton Del hi Sand Spring and other townships opposed. Proceeds will fund north–south Route No 13 toward Linn County and Cedar Rapids after a prior bond built No 20 east and west.
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Delaware County
Manchester
Hopkinton
Delhi
Sand Spring
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Dr Gibson Accepts Surgeon Position in Dallas Clinic
Mrs. Paul E Gibson travels to Williamsburg to visit her mother before joining her husband in Dallas. He has accepted a surgeon post in the ear nose and throat department of the Dallas clinic. They plan August vacation in Colorado and then return to Dallas to settle.
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Paul E. Gibson
Williamsburg
H. B. Daniels
Wayne Zion’s Lutheran Church Announces Service Changes
Wayne Township reports no services next Sunday July 14 as pastor J P Willms preaches at Waverly Orphan's Home festival. Biennial meeting set for Sunday July 21 at 2 pm in the school house. all members urged to attend. Baby boy born to Mr and Mrs John D Dirks in Amber region last Sunday. The Zimmerman girl’s baptism named Margaret n. The Fechtmann infant son, nine months old, recovering at St Luke's Cedar Rapids hospital and due home soon.
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Wayne Zion's Lutheran Church
J. P. Willms
Waverly
John D. Dirks
Amber
George
Zimmerman
Margaret N
J. ©. Fechtmann
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Houses Are Like the Human Beings They Shelter
Quote attributed to Victor Hugo, reflecting on homes as living spaces that house people and their lives. Not tied to a broader article.
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Victor Hugo
Methodist Episcopal and Congregational Churches Schedule
Church notices list services for Methodist Episcopal Robert Davis pastor with Sunday school at 10 morning worship 11 union youth meeting 7 union evening 8 July 17 church picnic. First Congregational union service next Sunday 8 pm. St John’s Ev Lutheran Paul Gutknecht pastor Sunday school 10 am German service 10 45 am business meeting 1 30 pm. St Matthew’s Ev Lutheran H L Adix pastor Sunday school 9 30 am divine worship 10 30 am Luther League 7 45 pm. Presbyterian Leonard Duckett pastor July 14 services 10 am Sunday school 11 am morning worship sermon The Place of Understanding union youth 7 pm union evening 8 at Congregational church.
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Methodist Episcopal
Robert Davies
Union
First Congregational
George W. McNary
St. John’s Ev
Paul T. Gutknecht
Trinity
St. Matthew's Ev
H. L. Adix
Luther League
Presbyterian
Leonard Duckett
Union Young People’s
Congregational Church
Dairy Herds Power June Milk Yields In Monticello Tests
The Monticello Cow Testing Association reports Lady a purebred Holstein owned by Hoag and Deischer led June with 2002 pounds milk and 79.3 pounds butterfat. Hoag and Deischer also topped other herds with 1,333 pounds average milk and 414 pounds butterfat across 19 milking cows.
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Hoag and Deischer
Monticello
Hoag and
Deischer
W. D. McLaughlin
Len Buol
McAleer Bros
Guernseys
Bert Kiburz
Kiburz
J. H. Rickless Estate
Pauline Atchley Weds Walter Wilcox in Des Moines Home
Miss Pauline Elizabeth Atchley of Des Moines and Walter W. Wilcox son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Wilcox of Monticello were married at the bride’s parents home 2609 Merle Hay road Des Moines on June 11. The bride is a University of Iowa graduate and former teacher. The groom, Iowa State College graduate, works in agriculture economics at the University of Illinois and will pursue his doctorate while teaching there. They reside at 307 South Lincoln Urbana Illinois.
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Pauline Elizabeth Atchley
Des Moines
Walter W. Wilcox
Edwin Wilcox
Monticello
John W. Atchley
Merle Hayroad
Wilcox
University of Iowa
Melcher
Iowa State College
Ames
University of Illinois
South
Lincoln Street
Urbana
Illinois
James H. Gordon Dies After Illness at 45
James H. Gordon of Quimby died last week Wednesday July 3 in Cherokee hospital after surgery for ruptured appendicitis. He was born August 17, 1884 near Baldwin and was 45. He married Mazie R. Matthiessen and had no children. He moved from a Woodbury county farm to Quimby in 1920 and last year tilled for farmers. He survived by his wife, his mother and stepfather near Wyoming, and two brothers Clarence and Earl in Woodbury County. The body was brought to Monticello last Saturday. funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at the home of F. M. Byerly with Rev. Leonard Duckett officiating. Burial in Oakwood cemetery.
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James H. Gordon
Quimby
Cherokee
Mr. Gordon
Baldwin
Mazie R. Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen
Gordon
Woodbury County
Jacob Probst
Wyoming
Clarence
Earl Gordon
Correctionville
Monticello
F. M. Byerly
Leonard Duckett
Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Jones County Coal Setting Bid Notice
Notice from Jones County Board of Supervisors invites bids for three cars of coal for the county home. Bids due at the county auditor office in Anamosa by 9:00 a m on July 17 1929, with delivery between September 15 and October 15.
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Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Laws
Anamosa
Cool Dishes For These Warm Summer Days
Summer heat dampens appetite yet invites lighter, cooler foods. This piece advises salads from home gardens, carrot and cabbage variations, and colorful combinations with various dressings. It also covers French, Chillonade, ketchup, and Parisian dressings, plus fruit juice add-ins for boiled dressing. It ends with a school bond notice in Jones County Iowa and a barn fire on the Daniel Snyder farm near Independence.
Willing to Darn the Kids Act in Exchange
Boston Transcript notes a proposal offering mothers day care and clothing repair services in exchange for support. The plan outlines mothers assisting with child care by day or hour while mending garments.
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Boston Transcript
Self Knowledge First People Discover What They Can Do
An American Magazine passage urges individuals to explore their own abilities, noting many never uncover their potential. The text emphasizes personal discovery as a route to fuller life and self reliance.
Speeds Timber Cruising Plan Using Aerial Photography
Ottawa project speeds timber cruising by aerial photography. An international plan would estimate tree count and varieties in a given area in a few days instead of months.
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Ottawa
Oneternational Airways
Wife's Note to Mate 26 Years in Mails
A dated 1908 letter from Mrs. FE Burkelder to her husband was delivered in Harrisonburg Virginia then routed to Washington. It bears a Harrisonburg postmark and Washington receipt, with a stamp saying Unknown at that address. The fate of the note after arrival remains unknown.
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Washington
FE. Burkelder
Harrisonburg
Harriganburg
Washington Post Office
Negro Painter Ford Delivers Visions From Above
In Washington a janitor and self taught artist Jesse Ford, age fifty, creates vivid oil paintings inspired by inner visions and personal tragedy. He describes a force that compels him to paint, recounting a life of hardship, a German priest mentor, and early struggles before his works drew attention at the Washington Arts Club.
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Washington
Jesse Oliver Ford
Washington Arts Club
Rockesboro
Seventeenth
K Streets
Jesse Ford
Karl Ottner
Tarentum
Alleghany
Ford
Patie
Jim
Tie
Tide Power Mill Built Century Ago Still Runs Tide Power Mill
East Boothbay Maine residents shrug at Passamaquoddy bay project noting a tidal mill has operated for over a century. Caleb Hodgdon of West Bath acquired a 40 acre pond at the Damariscotta river mouth and built a mill feeding on tidal power, remaining in the Hodgdon family for generations.
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Tide
East Boothbay
Maine
Passainaquoddy Bay
Caleb Hodgdon
Westrart
Damariscotta River
Hodgdon
Englishmen Eat Much but Few Put on Fat
A humorous excerpt notes Englishmen as a lean race who eat many meals daily. Accounts tell of Oscar Brown and C. B who schedule meals at night and throughout the day, including a long late supper and an elaborate dinner. An English admiral at ninety four recalls wishing to be eighty again.
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William Lyon
Scribner's Magazine
George Santuyuns
Oscar Browning
King's College, Cambridge
C. B
Wife of famed English bishop in hospital murmurs about Heaven
A brief amusing note from the Christian Register reports the wife of a well known English bishop, referred to as John Smith, became seriously ill and underwent a major operation. While waking from anesthesia she whispered asking if she was in heaven and then said No, there's John.
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John Smith
John
Christian Register
Norway’s National Saint Olaf Crowned as King Opponent of Paganism
Norway’s Saint Olaf, born in Ah, ruled sternly against paganism before being deposed. The crown went to Canute, Olaf died in battle, and he was buried at Trondheim cathedral, later revered as Norway’s national saint.
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Saint Olaf
Norway
Canute
Olaf
Trond Netm
First European city in the New World founded by Columbus
The article states Isabella as the first European city in the New World. It credits Christopher Columbus with founding it in December 1408. The location is given as the northern shore of Haiti about 25 miles west of what is now Puerto Vata.
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New World
Sabella
Christopher Columbus
Haiti
Puerto Vata
Local boy throws torpedo injuring girl in Manchester
Ed Matthews of Manchester hurled a torpedo in town last Saturday evening striking Margaret Mallgrew of St. Peter Minnesota who received a wound dressed by a physician. Delaware county supervisors awarded road gravel contracts totaling 25000 with M O Weaver Iowa Falls taking 12000 and Dan Barne Manchester 3591. Iowa printing and publishing business valued at over 30000000 annually.
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Ed Matthews
L. Matthews, Jr
Manchester
Margaret Mallgrew
St. Peter, Minn
Delaware County Board of Supervisors
Delaware County
M. O. Weaver
Iowa Falls
Dan Barne
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George White
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Congregational Working Band and Missionary Society Picnic
M. E. Missionary Society
Davies
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
L. H. Lang
H. R. Huibregtse
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Ernest Landis
Ruth Roberts
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Betty Thomas
Josephine McNeill
Miriam Lovell
Betty Marie Matthi ‘ Zuber
Eragioeee
Foot’ Gan
Watida
Haski, Yola Rodman
Royal Richard Landis
Highway Commission
Gibson
Dallas, Tex
Wayne Township
Cow Test Association
Wyman Fulton
Pauline Atchley
Walter Wilcox
James Hr. Gordon
Lovell Township
Lovell No. 6
Charles G. Schneiter
Daniel Snyder
Independence
Ike
Algeria
North Carolina Mountains
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
John Robinson
Nathaniel Ford
Jesse
Columbus
Iowa Electric Company
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Merchants National Bank
M. L. Smith
J. J. Hayes
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