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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1923
Page
2
Center Junction reports a distant funeral for James Leech with many attendees from Cedar Rapids Stanwood Monticello and Marne among others. The week included social visits farm bureau picnics band concerts theater outings and school and church activity with multiple residents traveling to nearby towns.
At Scotch Grove on June 6 fifteen members and guests met. The program featured readings, songs, and a sewing demonstration, with plans for a future all day pocket-making session at Fern Leggett's home. A Presbyterian church service and a church social followed, and a feed grinder and grain binder demonstration was reported with performance details.
A large crowd and twenty five boys from Maquoketa camped at Lange's Mill for several days. Several men accompanied them and the gathering enjoyed the river, now high from a long dry spell, with many swimming evenings. The narrative mentions local visitors, a roof being laid, and a stray section about a night disturbance and a poetry fragment.
A Jones county farm bureau picnic at Monticello drew regional attendees reflecting profit and pleasure from such gatherings. John A. Hubbard remains in fragile condition after hospitalization. J A Delscher and family visited Virton and Mrs Hunter. Castle Grove farm bureau to meet next Friday evening June 9. W G Zimmerman and Alva Stadi mueller sought business in Cedar Rapids.
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