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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1947
Page
3
Fragments describe an event honoring a Loyal Rebekah lodge member cited as a 50 year member. The text lists names and relations linked to a community ceremony with references to attendees, locations, and various family connections.
A garbled local column lists numerous names and relations, detailing visits, marriages, and family ties. It mentions residents in Fergus, Las Agee, and Maryland areas, with references to hospitals, mills, and universities. The piece reads like a social ledger of town residents and kinship connections across weeks and towns.
Nonsensical OCR notes mention Rev and Mrs G L Zollinger hosting guests for a fair week, Mrs Beckmann and family visiting Albion and Seb, along with Reaemary and Miriam. A funeral for Mrs Alvin Zollinger took place in Detwets with Beckmanns returning to Nebraska. Bennett and Mayme Cries drove to Davenport to visit C J Conklin, with scattered references to California.
Mr and Mrs Kea Prittie called on Monticello friends Monday Wilma Doris Yount Cedar Rapids Ida spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Daleo Yount Hinner guests Sunday in the B J home were Mr and Mrs Howard Willison Onslow nev J J Hennessey and Cletus Gowdken motored to Iowa Falls that week Fr Hennessey was stationed there prior to coming to Castle Grove
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