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DOXSEE CHAS A DOXSEE editors and proprietors announce annual subscription price set at 32 dollars per year.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
2
DOXSEE CHAS A DOXSEE editors and proprietors announce annual subscription price set at 32 dollars per year.
Correspondence recalls Ollie Theodore Olson born December 25 1849 in Norway. He journeyed to America, married Elsie Anderson in 1890, and farmed across Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska before settling in Dodge Center and later Iowa. He died July 12 1922 aged 72. Short services were held at Wyoming cemetery. The note continues with local social events and community club activities in Wyoming including gospel teams, meetings, farewells, picnics and various visits and travel plans public and church events.
Cascade notes visitors from St Paul Lyons and Clinton mt Alverno Mary Wise Barin Wyom ing travel by car to Mason City families of Gearhart Supple and Flannigan share a week long visit to relatives. Mt Alverno home for the aged cared for by Sisters of St Francis described as peaceful and comforting.
Center Junction and nearby areas report a busy week with the Double Ho club and North Madison Woman's club hosting meetings on July 25. Activities include demonstrations in table setting, educational talks, playlets, and club songs, plus plans for a county fair and a large August 18 Community Day with Royden’s Concert band.
Onslow July 26 report says last Saturday afternoon a fire damaged the Presbyterian church steeple though the building was saved with extensive water damage. The Methodist church will host services during repairs. A show wagon performed Friday and Saturday. Aunt Sarah Orr celebrated her 89th birthday with family in Cedar Rapids.
Heavy rains raised the Maquoketa River near Scotch Grove nearly to spring levels but camping avoidance prevented marooning. Reports say damage at Manchester fish hatchery will require four to five years to replace losses. Various residents travel to Cedar Rapids, visits to relatives, and holiday guests frequent the area along with nurse Grace Pritchard visiting from California.
Prairieburg on July 24 reports Robert Caldwell’s birthday party on Thursday evening and a Sunday school class gathering with games and refreshments. Mrs N L Floyd hosted Miss Mable Ftockhart at a six o clock dinner for her two week vacation. Relatives from Strawberry Point visited U Caldwell home. The piece lists several local residents visiting, returning, or traveling including the Flockharts, Deen, Rowley, and Delancey families with mentions of trips to Portland Chicago and Nebraska.
Castle Grove on July 26 reports the ladies' Community club meeting at Jas. F. Delay home. Red Cross nurse Miss Catlin and Dr. Gibson of Monticelly examined preschool children. Nurse Miss Frieda Hanken from Monticello also attended. Miss Kate Maurice of
A series of social visits and outings are noted from Sand Spring Lamont and surrounding areas. Families including Pierca Wheeless Ges tel Chin kle and Dean traveled to Lamont to visit C I Wilson. Others spent weeks visiting relatives in Manchester and Dubuque while attending shows and picnics in Monticello Cedar Rapids and Marion.
Anamosa Eureka reports Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Graham observed their 50th wedding anniversary with 63 guests at a noon city park dinner on Tuesday July 18. A 50 candle cake and a purse of 72 in gold were presented, while Anamosa fair organizers secured rain insurance totaling 4000 for a three day span. The policy pays if 0.20 inch rainfall occurs between 8 am and 8 pm with gauge readings by an independent observer. Anamosa National Bank bought the second story from Br canbrack estate, gaining five feet of frontage and full ownership of the building. George L. Schoonover will keep Jones county banking interests after moving to Cedar Rapids.
Twelve children attended the Madison township community club meeting at Mrs. John Wanken's home on July 26. Public health nurse Miss Catlin and a Monticello physician conducted examinations. Most children were in good condition. two underweight, three with correctable physical defects found. Mothers appreciated the co operation and received child care literature.
An Ohio Methodist minister said in a recent sermon that creeds were made by men and probably none are true. The remark emphasizes a long standing debate about religious beliefs and doctrinal authority.
The state fish and game department launches a campaign to guard wild birds. Signs posted in wooded areas warn it is a misdemeanor to kill or possess song birds or nests without a scientific permit. Robins bluebirds thrushes kinglets chickadees wrens orioles and others are listed.
The state protects birds such as meadowlarks bobolinks blue jays kingbirds cuckoos phoebes flycatchers hummingbirds woodpeckers whippoor-wills kingfishers and other non game species at all times with certain exceptions including English house sparrows great horned owls sharp shinned hawks Cooper's hawk blackbirds and crows.
A statistician notes that investing one hundred dollars in a savings bank twenty years ago would now exceed two hundred dollars, enabling comparable purchasing power today. He argues thrift increases wealth and buying power over time.
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