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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1925

Page

7

Ice cream social planned by Campfire girls this Saturday

Notice lists an August 1 ice cream social by Campfire girls for Saturday evening. Other items mention visitors in Monticello, trips to Clinton and Darien, and various local errands and sales.

Campfire Wabun Central Lumber Company

Monticello Social News Highlights Extensive Summer Visits

Mrs. Teeter entertained guests from Waterloo and Monticello. many residents hosted visitors from Des Moines Waterloo Chicago and Ames. Attendees included teachers nurses and clergy visiting families and attending events. several trips span Yellowstone Philadelphia and Lake Okoboji with rumors of ice cream socials and campfire fundraisers.

Local ads note hardware deals and travel plans

A collage of notices includes McNeill's Hardware offering a No 412 water heater hookup for hot water on demand. Mrs Catherine Kasper and granddaughter Kathleen Carlson visit LeMars Sioux City with California friends then Lake Okahoji for two weeks.

McNeill’s Hardware Catherine Kasper Kathleen Carlson LeMars Sioux City California Lake Okahoji

Epworth League members head to Clear Lake Institute

A convoy of Epworth League members leaves for Clear Lake for this week’s Institute sessions. Rev. Coe Mrs. Coe and daughter Dorothy join Paul and George Meyer and several girls in the auto trip. Dr. Albery suffers a serious leg fracture after a collision. another crash injures A J McNeill and family as their Ford truck hits a pole near Monticello.

Epworth League The Methodist Episcopal Church Clear Lake Clear Lake Institute Coe Dorothy Paul George Meyer Alice Reed Helen Pulver Dorothy Hance Gladys Shelley Gladys Stickford Ruth Gropp Eloise Gardner Fred Mahannah F. E. Stimson George K. Meyer Institute A. J Little Thomas Mr. McNeill Margaret Monticello

Social Notes from Monticello Area Public Gatherings

Reports from town social events include the July Working Band of the Congregational church on Mrs Martin Thoent’s lawn with 50 attendees, Northwestern Bell employees’ picnic in Ellis Park Cedar Rapids, and Camp Fire Girls dinner at Mrs S J Reed’s home. Other items cover birthday parties for Lola Milroy and Colin Thomas Jr, plus multiple bridge and social gatherings, and notable job and residence moves. The section also notes obituaries and local crime history including the escape of Walter Henkes and subsequent recapture.

Congregational Church Martin Thoent Frank Podhaski J. W. Suter J. H. Fraser Ei. J. Noble Martin Thoeni Telephone Company Péenie Commercial and Plant Department Northwestern Bell Telephone Company of Cedar Rapids Ellis Park Paul Danke Harold Mann Monticello

Fatal car crash on Worthington road near Cascade

Charles Brechner 21 of Dyersville, a Town City College of Pharmacy graduate, died at 2:30 after a Studebaker crash on Worthington road. Five companions were injured. two escaped unharmed as onlookers moved the injured to Cascade hospital. Brechner planned to join his father in the family drug store.

Charles Brechner Edward Brechner Dyersville Worthington Road Cascade John McDonald Hospital Powers Studebaker Peter Thl Breckner Bernard Lahsmann Dro Luhrsmann Nick Fruster White Frank Saha Charles Breckner College of Pharmacy Town City Brechner McDonald Hospital Monticello Charles

George Watt Dies After Long Illness at Cass Township

George Watt, aged 77, died Friday at John McDonald hospital after a June–July illness culminating in pneumonia following a second operation in Monticello. Born in Scotland on October 27, 1848, he immigrated to Canada and then the United States, becoming a leading Cass Township farmer and stock raiser. He leaves a wife Henrietta Horne Watt and four children Agnes Condit, Andrew Watt, Mabel Lake, Ella McCulloch, plus five sisters, a brother, seven grandsons, and four granddaughters. Funeral services were held at Cass Congregational Church with burial in Cass Cemetery.

George Watt John McDonald Monticello Mr. Watt Aberdeenshire Scotland Andrew Agnes Henry) Watt Henry Horne Ernest Condit Souris North Dakota Mabel A. J. Lake Ella H. E., McCulloch St. Louis Missouri Floyd Lake Cass Township Watt Canada Ontario United States Iowa Jones County Board of Supervisors Cass Congregational Church J. E. Grinnell George W. McNary W. A. Hale Cass Cemetery

Eleetele Plant Sold to Waverly Group

Monticello Electric stockholders sold the local electric light plant and lines yesterday to M. A. Harrison and associates of Waverly Iowa. They plan to form a corporation within three months and may move to Monticello, with Harry Lang managing until control shifts in ninety days.

Monticello Harry Lang

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