Local social notes and shopping ads in Monticello
A montage of visitors and shoppers in Monticello includes Mrs Edward Templeton in Cedar Rapids, Agnes Fay of Anamosa visiting, and Miss Sue McMahon hosting. Advertisements highlight Denkhoff’s 168 percent discount on hand painted china, Loecher’s pianos, and Dra Cochrane Stuhler eye services.
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Edward Templeton
Cedar Rapids
Agnes Fay
Anamosa
Sue McMahon
W. J. Cochrane
Helen
Josephine - Foley
H. W.stuhler
M. F. Hogan
J.D. Garnes
Ruth
Norman Clark
G. A. Reding
George Dostal
Alma Dostal
Peter Dondelinger
Wilson Burkett
Monticello News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Events
A long column lists visits by Miss Rose Haines of Arcadia Wis to Miss Bertha Locher and many other travelers. Residents attend church picnics, ice cream socials, and summer activities. several families travel to Davenport Kalamazoo and Madison for visits. A new fire insurance firm opens as Schoon & Gerdes take over.
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Rose’ Haines
Arcadia
Wisconsin
Bertha Locher
John G. Schoon
T. J. Gerdes
Lowell State Bank
Schoon & Gerdes
Pond Insurance Agency
Lovell
Schoon
Monticello Notes: Weddings Travel and Local Happenings
Monticello gossip and notices describe residents traveling to Los Angeles Cairo and Ireland visiting relatives attending conventions and camps and changing jobs. The report covers school positions theater trips baptisms and a range of community events and upcoming meetings. A storm aftermath note recalls heavy rain in Boone Lamoni Colfax Newton and other towns.
Army officer headed to Corregidor Islands Philippines
Late Rufus A. Parsons former Vernon boy and first lieutenant in the United States Army has been ordered to Corregidor Islands in the Philippines. He leaves for his new assignment October 5. T. M. Burch, longtime Jones county resident, dies at 85 at his daughter’s home Mrs. John Breed. Burial at Wyoming cemetery. Lovell township farm bureau meets July 25 with girls club program and movies. Country Club hosts afternoon party with piano solos by Lucille Schweitzer and Miss Margaret Hicks. School superintendent search continues as Monticello considers two statewide applicants following Shelley’s resignation. he helped secure a new schoolhouse.
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Vernon Boy
United States Army
Camp Deming
Columbus
Ohio
Corregdor Islands
Philippines
T. M. Burch
Jones County
John Breed
Burch
New York State
Wyoming
Lovell Township Farm Bureau
Rose Winkler
Elda Martinsen
Country Club
Lucille Schweitzer
Grinnell College
Margaret Hicks
Detroit
Michigan
BD. G. Hicks
Ann @Krismann
I. W. Sutter
BE. Hicks
H. 8. Lee
F. M. Podhaski
E. B. Shelley
Shelley
Monticello
No Discount on Iowan Soil Claims by Newt Parrott
Newt Parrott promotes Iowa black soil as capable of three crops per season with careful care and no need for costly fertilizers. He cites smooth potatoes as evidence and compares Iowa to the far west, asserting reliable yields from the same ground.
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Newt Parrott
Newt
Iowa
Jones County Medical Association Holds Enthusiastic Meeting
The Jones county medical association met at John McDonald hospital last Monday with speeches by Drs. Erskine Crawford Cedar Rapids and Charles Ryan Des Moines. A business session followed and a buffet lunch was served by Mrs. Gladys Smits and hospital nurses.
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Jones County Medical Association
John McDonald Hospital
Erskine and Crawford
Cedar Rapids
Charles Ryan
Des Moines
Medical Association
Gladys Smits
William Breen
Oxford Junction
Post
Olin
H. G. Hejinian
W. W. Hunter
Sigworth
Dolan
Anamosa
Stookey
H. Sigworth
Waterloo
Taylor
Prairieburg
Knight
Erskine
T. M Redmond
Wayne township farm bureau meeting explores Amber Monticello road
The Wayne township farm bureau held a monthly gathering on the Zion's Lutheran lawn with Amber and Monticello business leaders. Rev. John Willis spoke on The Man on The Fence, then Rev. Willms chaired as members discussed funding and building a well graded road between Monticello and Amber with farmer labor and business donations.
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Wayne Township
Zimmerman
Willms
Monticello
Amber
Monticello Chautauqua Promises Four Day Event
Monticello to host a four day chautauqua starting July 31 with Ash Davis, Bob Briggs, Emilia Bernabo, and Lorenzo Trepiccioni among featured performers. Proceeds from ticket sales go to the Sacred Heart church the Young Ladies Sodality sponsors. Early tickets available from sodality members.
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Monticello
Young Ladies’ Sodality of the Sacred Heart
Chautauqua
Ash Davis
Bob Briggs
Bernabo Concert
Emilia Bernabo
Lorenzo Trepiccioni
the Sodality
Monticello July 1897 notable events and tragedies
Monticello highlights include a teachers' institute with 196 in attendance under Supervisor Cowan, multiple drownings in the Maquoketa River, shows by Ringling Brothers drawing crowds, serious injuries from farm equipment, a highway robbery attempt near Cascade, deaths of Mrs. Anna Helgens and Major S. S. Farwell’s European trip, and the found death of Charles Hall Jr from poison.
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Monticello
the Express
Teachers’ Institute
Cowan
Alvin Clark
Leroy Clark
Chris Reichen
Switzer
Richland Township
Maquoketa
Mary Quimby
Ringling
Brothers
Tama
Freeport
Tinois
Ferdinand
Emily Mathey
Lnd
C. P. Lees
Cascade
I. W. Grover
Henry Monk
Ib Hicks
Fred Brennaman
G. W. Curtis
W. W. Burkett
Harm Helgens
Wayne Township
Charles R. Scroggie
G. W. Westwood
Franklin Grove
Illinois
Charles Hall Jr
J. T. Kennedy
Castle Grove Township
Mundinger Surrenders Bootstrap Ring Leader in Richland Township
Mundinger, jailed for violating prohibition laws, has turned state's evidence against Stewart Bennett, his partner in moonshine. Authorities pursue Bennett in Rock Island, with federal action possible for extradition to Cedar Rapids. Bennett reportedly dodges arrest, possibly as a key bootlegger in a long-standing Rock Island ring.
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Peter Mundinger
Stewart Bennett
Mundinger
Richland Township
Hfe
Bennett
Bodenhofer
Rock Island
Iowa
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
Death of Mrs. Samuel Bye in Anamosa at 87
Mrs. Samuel Bye mother of Mrs. Fred Huyck of this city died at the Anamosa home of her son on the 6th. Born Martha Jane Gibson in Pennsylvania on December 38th 1834 she lived 66 years in marriage to Samuel Bye. They moved from Pennsylvania to Springville in 1882 later relocating to Anamosa. A lifelong Methodist she died a devout Christian wife and mother. Funeral services were conducted by Rev L L Lockard at the son Geo F Bye’s home. Interment followed in Springville Cemetery.
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Fred Huyck
Samuel Bye
Anamosa
Martha Jane Gibson
Pennsylvania
Springville
Geo. F. Bye
L. L. Lockard
Teachers' Notice for Uniform County Certificates
Regular teachers' examinations will be held at Anamosa on July 26 27 and 28 Nellie V Morey County Superintendent announces the schedule for the uniform county certificate tests across the county.
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Anamosa
Nellie V. Morey
Toledo lawyer H J Stiger dies at 66 in Toledo
H J Stiger prominent Toledo attorney and businessman dies last Sunday night at age 66. Native of Marrow county Ohio he came to Toledo with his parents in 1863. He partnered with Judges G R Struble and G A Kinne and was a former state legislator and Democrat.
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H J. Stiger
Toledo
Marrow County
Ohio
G. R. Struble
G. A. Kinne
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