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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
2
Rev and Mrs W A Montgomery leave Castle Grove for Manchester where Mr Montgomery will assume pastorship. The note highlights their many Castle Grove friends and predicts faithful work in Christianity at the new church.
R C Von Sprecken prominent Wyoming township resident dies at family home six miles northeast of Wyoming after a long illness. He sought treatment from doctors in Chicago Iowa City Cedar Rapids and Ottawa and is survived by wife and children. Funeral held at home then burial in Wyoming.
Local notices report fishing party outings and picnics at the Wapsie River. Readers note visits by Miss Inez Platner and Harriett Summers to Central City and St. Cloud, Minnesota. Families travel to West Liberty and Morning Sun for visits with relatives and grandparents.
The Scotch Grove band boys led by Frank Royden delivered a highly attended concert and ice cream social. The message notes a cemetery improvement plan, church slide shows, corn outlook, and community events including children's day practice and the Co operative Creamery warehouse painting.
Judge Moilit presided last Tuesday settling claims for improvements and ordering a partition of sale proceeds. H B Richardson of Monticello named referee to oversee the property sale. The court adjourned to June 21 for limited time to probate a will and issue a few orders. Rev. F P Shatter spoke at Upper Iowa University. his son Lloyd to graduate this week.
Teaching at Aberdeen South Dakota returned home last Saturday. Dr and Mrs H W Sigworth have gone to Pennsylvania to attend a reunion of all the Sigworth living. Miss Ida Osborne will take a summer course at Columbia University New York. Ray Andrews of Grinnell is the newly elected principal of the high school.
Center Junction announces the home talent play The Turn of the Tide to be staged Friday evening June 18. A variety of local events fill the week including birthdays, church group gatherings, shopping trips, and remarks on school funding and teachers.
Center Junction held commencement at the M. EK church on Thursday evening June 3. The 8th grade class decorated in old gold and white and presented diplomas. Students Marietta Letze, Margaret McDonald, Franklin Phillips and Milton Henderson delivered original orations. B R Jenkins taught and delivered The Necessity of Education. Alumni banquet followed at the Presbyterian church with a four course dinner and charity message from James McNeilly.
Onslow reports extensive corn replanting as ground stayed soft at planting. Some stands failed due to depth, while April weather yielded better corn. Local crop notes mention strawberries from Henry Carson and fair harvests elsewhere. News includes marriages, arrivals, travel, and community birthdays with several residents noted in brief items.
Two Irish travelers sample an unfamiliar American dish, an apple dumpling, which slips from a fork and rolls under the table as a dog sniffs and sneezes. One quips the treat is a dog’s hairball, delivering a humorous glimpse of immigrant humor and shop ads for Ladies' Under Muslins at Doutrick's.
Nearly a hundred alumni and friends attended the gathering held in the high school gymnasium. The Presbyterian ladies served a menu praised for taste and service. Miss Kate Maurias county superintendent delivered witty toasts as others offered remarks and songs. Auld Lang Syne closed the post banquet exercises. A novel kite contest is planned for the Independence county fair with prizes for best display.
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