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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1925

Page

7

Local social notes span Cedar Rapids to Monticello

Miss Olga Bohren, Miss Janice Schneider and others visit kin in Cedar Rapids Cedar Falls Monticello and Dubuque. Theatre listings Charleys Aunt at Princess June 28 29 30. Camp Fire bake sale in Maquoketa Saturday June 27 at 10 am. Births visits and travels noted including Mr and Mrs James Conolly’s newborn son and several trips to Chicago Le Mars Hopkinton Elkader and Kingsley.

Olive Slauson Cedar Rapids Charley Princess Theatre Ture Maquoketa North Side Marguerite Maire Richard Sioux Falls South Dakota Agnes Maire City McGregor Heights

Monticello community notices and events summary

Local Monticello items include bake sales at Rickless Grocery and North Side garage to aid campers, church breast and ice cream socials, picnics at Anamosa park, and preparations for haying season. Residents travel, visit relatives, or attend church and Rotary meetings while lightning causes minor damage and farm bureau membership drives expand in Jones County.

Boy Scout camp moves to Buffalo River area after flood

Nineteen scouts loaded into cars and trucks provided by Rotarians and locals and settled into camp on the Buffalo below Tit's Mill two miles beyond Prairieburg. The camp features tents, a mess tent, a good well, and a large play arena with swimming nearby. Assistant Scoutmaster Coe oversees meals and camp tasks as scouts manage tents and gear. Weather delays and mud hinder some travel, but fishing offers relief as tests and advancement badges are targeted for Friday.

White Water Creek Fillmore Buffalo Tit's Prairieburg Rotarians Coe George Meyer Gerald Rohr Melvin Dobbs Dale Grenewald George Guyan Fred Kay

Meier and Treland Solemnize Marriage at German Reformer Church

Miss Susan Meier and Harry Treland were married yesterday afternoon at 4 at the German Reformer church with Rev. R P Kuentzel officiating. Attendants were Adele Meier and Florence Ireland. The bride is from Lovell township. the groom, a Langworthy native and Monticello High School class of 1922 graduate, works for the railroad at Anamosa and they will reside there.

Susan Meier Harry Treland R. P. Kuentzel Adele Meier Florence Ireland Alfred Meier Lovell Township George Ireland Langworthy Monticello Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Anamosa

Independence Day Auto and Motorcycle Races at Monticello

The Jones County Fair Association plans a large Fourth of July program on Monticello’s half mile track with time trials at 2 30 pm The event features prizes totaling 2500 dollars and entries from drivers in four states including Gus Schrader Frank Schenck Johnny Goeber Harley Wells H L Reynolds Albert Koepke Glenn Hiett Fay Gardner Hingis Louis Fenno and Bert Ficken Tickets cost 90 cents plus a 9 cent war tax Spectators can view from grandstand amphitheatre or track areas and calcium chloride will dustproof the track Public picnic areas and a tourist camp will accommodate visitors.

Monticello Jones County Fair Association Iowa Fast Association The Fair Association C. H. Ireland Anamosa Gus Schrader Cedar Rapids Frank Schenck Keokuk Johnny Goeber Meridan Kansas Harley Wells Kansas City Missouri H. L. Reynolds St. Joseph Albert Koepke Topeka Glenn Hiett Rock Island Fay Gardner Hingis Louis Fenno Davenport Bert Ficken Chicago Illinois Jones County

Monticello Businessmen Install New Drinking Fountain

June 1885 notes show Monticello businessmen buying a horse drinking fountain for the corner of First and Cedar. The Monticello Express moved to the second story of the Monticello State Bank building behind the Herrick Coxsee law office as plans geared up for a Fourth of July celebration and ex cursion trips to bring visitors. The junior editor Jd W Coxsee joined an ex cursion to Vancouver Island while editor posts stirred talk of a Monticello postmaster appointment.

Thorty Monticello Express Monticello First Cedar Streets The Monticello State Bank Herrick & Coxsee Law Office Jd. W. Coxsee Express Vancouver Island D. Terwilliger Laura P. Hall D. M. Mall D. Kk. Pond Pond Jones County Board of Supervisors Anna Soetje Eddie Oscar Bertie Germany Monticello High School Adena Little Maud Bilis Mma Pond Talitha Miller

Lisle F McNurlen Obituary Ends Long Illness

Lisle F McNurlen son of Monticello Iowa, grandson of Mrs Alfred Starks, died June 9 1925 after two years of illness. Born December 22 1894, he grew up in Byron Iowa, graduated Byron High 1914, DeKalb Teachers College 1917, served in World War I and was gassed at Argonne. He later taught at Kishwaukee and Stillman Valley, then led White Myers chautauqua before health failed and he returned to Stillman Valley.

Lisle F. McNurlen Alfred Starks Monticello Byron Lisle Iowa Byron High School DeKalb Teachers College Chicago University National Guard Rockford Camp Logan Houston Texas France Argonne Forest Kishwaukee Speedway Hospital Stillman Valley

Voice Department Head Named at University of Music Austin

Ralph Lee of Cedar Rapids head of voice department at the University of Music in Austin Texas. He has served on the Bush Conservatory of Music faculty in Chicago for two years and will depart for the south next month.

Ralph Lee Cedar Rapids Bush Conservatory of Music Chicago University of Music At Austin Texas South

Monticeto Concert Band Tonight At City Park

The Monticeto Concert Band performs a weekly concert at the city park this evening at 8 14 with a program announced by director Frank A Royden. Selections include March On Wisconsin Fox Trot and Now Is the Opportune Time for Iowa Farmers to Fight the House Fly.

Monticeto Frank A. Royden Wisconsin Icc Swaneee River Middleton Pro W. H. Wellhouse Iowa State College

Oxford Mirror Hikes Annual Subscription Price

The Oxford Mirror raises yearly dues from 1.40 dollars to 2.00 dollars expanding costs for readers and households.

The Oxford Mirror

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