Local notes from Davenport and surrounding towns
Various social visits and business trips across Davenport Anamosa Cedar Rapids Oxford Junction Manchester Scotch Grove Sumner and other cities. Mentions of shopping items theater announcements Phonographs and Fatty Arbuckle at the Princess. Several residents are noted traveling visiting relatives or testing eyes and glasses.
Local notes from Wayne township and Cedar Rapids area
Reads list of visits births church events and local shopping notices. Mentions a daughter born to Mr and Mrs O Britt at John McDonald hospital in Cedar Rapids and various residents traveling visiting relatives and attending church and social events in Wayne township and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. ‘Britt
Local social notes and greetings from Monticello
Cedar Rapids visitors Mrs Franklin Smith and Mrs Bliss spent time with Mr and Mrs C L Van Meter. Miss Selma Carlaton of Lorens visited Miss Alice Cowan and Cowan accompanied her to Cedar Rapids. Fatty Arbuckle film at the Princess July 6 and 7. Missionaries Dr and Mrs Spence of Barrow Alaska spoke at the Presbyterian church. Mrs W J Good celebrated her birthday with a surprise party for 25 guests. Clarence Dellerich and wife of Kansas City toured central states. Many readers attended Luther League convention in Arlington. Nic Maurice grows corn to nine feet three inches in five weeks. 500 return from Chicago by auto to Monticello. New electric fans installed at Zion Lutheran church. Sam Reade offers shoes with low prices. Several families plan extended auto trips to Colorado and Yellowstone. Presbyterian missionary society picnic at John Matthiessen’s. Mrs C A Doxsee returns from Hagle Grove with mother Mrs Korslund to visit. Della Leonard begins Mercy Hospital nurse training in Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs H Lee travel to Norfolk Virginia to visit son. Dr M H Teeter hosts Frances Cushman birthday dinner for four with blue fan favors.
Monticello News Roundup Highlights Local Events And Games
Nearly 500 people attend the ice cream social at Wayne Lutheran church with Monti cello-Scotch Grove band providing music. Receipts of 155.45 are pledged to build a Luther League hall in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Lutheran Church
Monticello-Scotch Grove
Luther League
Monticello
Fatty Arbuckle and Bryant Wash Burn at the Princess
Fatty Arbuckle and Bryant Wash play at the Princess a week from Wednesday and Thursday. The two acts bring comedy and entertainment to the local stage with performances scheduled for consecutive nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatty Arbuckle
Bryant Washburn
Jones County Republican Convention Held in Anamosa
The Jones county Republican convention met Saturday at 11 in the Anamosa courthouse. A. A. Cole was chosen temporary chairman and Mrs. Strawman the temporary secretary, with a motion to form a permanent organization. A five member committee nominated fifteen delegates and fifteen alternates for the Cedar Rapids district convention. The delegates and alternates listed include J. Kk Hale Anamosa, J. K. Remley Anamosa, Leo Vankirk Anamosa, F. J. Serbousek Monticello, Park Ogden Cass, and others. The gathering welcomed broad county representation, with many women present, and resolutions endorsed Cyrenus Cole for Congress to succeed J. W. Good, urging unit votes for his nomination. The convention adjourned after the resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
Court House
Louis Gardner
A. A. Cole
Olin
Strawman
Ana‘mosa
Cedar Rapids
J. Kk
Hale
J. K. Remley
Leo Vankirk
D. M. Strawman
F. J. Serbousek
Monticello
T. J. Gerdes
Laura Koop
Park Ogden
Cass
Harry Peet
Greenfield
T. K. Buxton
Clayton Hartman
Pairview
O. A. Gable
Oxford Junction
Jennie Smith
Onslow
J.A. White
S. M. Hasford
Castle Grove
Lesia Dunn
Wayne
J. M. Young
Center Junction
Eugene Porter
Jackson
Cyrus Lamb
Rome
M. M. Franks
M. M. Sinclair
Scotch Grove
John Rowen
Stone City
D. A. White
Wyoming
B. E.rhinehart
G. P. Rockstad
N. A. Wall
John Hutton
Garrettson
Martello
Republican Good Fellowship
Cyrenus Cole
Congress
J. W. Good
Cole
Iowa
Monticello June 1891 social news and graduation items
In June 1891 Monticello society sees multiple marriages including John McGovern and Nellie Hogan on June 6 at Argand Catholic church and Lizzie Huels with Henry Jansen in Wayne township. A daughter born to Nelson and Mrs. Reade of Onslow. Melvina Winner wed Emmett Carroll. Monticello High School marks graduates led by salutatorian and valedictorian Josephine Rice and Margaret Young. Rev. Hugh Robinson ordained as Scotch Grove pastor. John B. Lovejoy funeral at Scotch Grove. Oscar Soetje returns from Michigan pharmacy studies for summer. Lenox college graduates include John Orr Charles Scroggie John Dennison. Monticello prepares for July 4 with W. R. Stuart as orator. Governors Greys and Company C to drill. New school year hires list wages for superintendent W. A. Doran and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les
Monticello
John McGovern
Cascade
Nellie Hogan
Castle Grove Township
Argand
Nelson Reade
Onslow
Lizzie Huels
Henry Janssen
Wayne Township
Mardort
Melvina
Emmett R. Carroll
W. W. Hunter
Monticello High School
Josephine Rice
Frank Keenan
Alice Sherman
Howard Lang
Zepha Rodman
Frank McConnon
Alberta Soetje
George Pierce
Mamie Keenan
BE. Reed
Mamie Winner
Margaret Young
Hugh Robinson
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
John B. Lovejoy
Scotch Grove
Oscar Soetje
State University of Michigan
Jones County
Lenox College
John Orr
Charles R. Scroggie
John Dennison
W. R. Stuart
Anamosa
Governor’s Greys
Dubuque
Company C
Cedar Rapids
W. A. Doran
Minnie Armsworth
Mary ,Marvin
Carrie Hickman
Lottie A. Goff
Nettie Hazard
Nellie Dunham
Nettie Sutherland
Jessie Fawcett
Nettie Sleeper
Alicia Whiting
Jones County Supervisors Back Petition to Modify Road
The Jones county board of supervisors approved a petition from local farmers asking the State Highway Commission to modify the new primary road to avoid diagonal cuts through the Toenies and Dirks farms. The board’s resolution directs the county auditor to notify the Highway Commission to adjust the plan for wider turns and reduced damages, awaiting the commission’s decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Anamosa
State Highway Commission
Jones County
Toenies
Dirks
Highway Commission
O. K
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Iowa
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Gorda
TiNon
City ‘and
Codwiy Paper
W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxser
E. G. Burrichter
Shoes of Quality
Home News
Singer Sewing Machines
Locher’s
Frank Johnson
Alice Pyle
Hans Ruof
Dr. Redmond
C. L. van Meter
Paul Maire
Redmond
H. A. Cross
Central City
Henry Carlsen
Hyes
Dr. Stabler
Ruth Reid
Ethel Parrot
Manchester
Hoison
Lochera
MacIntosh
Iowa City
Mrs
Elise Schatz
M. H. Teeter
Waterloo
John Zimmerman
Lila Farnum
Sumner
Harriet Rohn
Peacock Shop
Mark Hogan
Davenport
George Stutt
Den's
Stuhlers
Marcella Britting
Reuben Shover
Emmetsbureg
Jack Kay
Farley
Robert
Williamson
T. M. Redmond
W. A. Storm
Clarksville
J. G. Thomas
Joseph Hoegen
L. E. Brown
Ethel
Augusta Siebels
Edna Siebels
R. H. White
Arvilla Hayes
Dora Kettlitz
William
Marion
Independence
Mabel Kehoe
Maxine Orr
Rock Island, Ilinois
Joseph Trunec
Gerry Gareth
Sioux City
Katherine Schneider
Sand Spring
Anne Hauss
Ruth Wilson
Wisconsin
Palmer
Emil
Déndelinger
Cedar
Rapids
Phoenix
J. Leonard
Irane Leonard
Albert Leonard
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Pagacock Shop
HT. Little
The
Electric Construction Co
Illinois
S.J. Keane
George A. Hauck
Herman Brockhahin
Louis John
Alta Clark
Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Thomas Schaeffer
Frank Loso
Lutgen
Anton Locher
John “Matthiesson
Mary Stadtmuller
Ethel Wilcox
E. H. DeWitt and Son
Marble Rock
Walter Doran
Los Angeles
California
J. H. Perrine
Palm Beach
F. A. Dougherty
Samuel Adamson
Mrs. Mills
Mrs. C. Schoenhut
Frank Peckosh
Misses Altman
Kathryn Smits
Gladys Smits
Dr D. Rorick
Clem Carnahan
Ottumwa
J. W. Anderson
Marion Hayes
Mayme McMahon
Elizabeth Sigworth
Harry. Lang
Anna Ruley
Anna Valenta
Zion’s Lutheran Church of
Bernard Husmann
Alverta Lorene
W. F. Rohn
Harriet
Elden
Wheatland
W.H. Snell
Fred Lang
Joseph Egan
A. Valanta
Mae
Veda Podhaski
Savanna
Sarah Tubbs
C. A. Palmer
Fayette
Millington Carpenter
Iowa State University
Arthur Robinson
Rock Rapids
Mrs. Be, Gardner
BE. BE
Reed
Iowa State Bar Association
G. A. Reding
Peter Dondelinger
Wilson Burkett
George White
Sella Erisan
Delhi
F. H. Stimson
George Bort
Elkader
Clayton County
Gertrude Reeve
Hopkinton
Henry Heisey
Frank ‘Biler
Charles City
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
Mabel Welch
Miss Beith
John McDonald Hospital
John Fraser
Mason City
Inez Young
Chicago
American Physical Training School
Franklin Smith
Bliss
Selma Carlaton
Lorens
Alice Cowan
Miss. Cowan
Fatty
Coney Island
Princess
Spence
Barrow
Alaska
Guere
Dr. Spence
Presbyterian Church
W. J. Good
Herman. Gundlach
Madison
Ford Gundlach
F. Reade
Mark
Mr. Reade
Clara Loubek
Flora Chrisman
Fort Atkinson
Whrisman
Elsie Bender
Publc
Clarence Dellerich
Kansas City
Kansas
H. G. Hicks
Central States
Canada
E. B. Hicks
H. M. Carpenter, Sr
Col
Ed Curtin
Coon Cottage
Upper
Iowa River
Decorah
Ernest Gardner
Arthur Robertson
Frances Coyle
Pearl McLees
Edna Patterson
St. Mathew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gladys
Mary Stickford
Miss Mary Steele
Stickford
Harriet Thoeni
Arlington
Hanna Willms
Freda Zimmerman
Mary Eden
Wilma Heiken
Laura Toenjes
Lena, Zimmerman
Lizzie Zimmerman
Nic Maurice
Fred Lange
Nic
Paul C. Shelley
Balster Bros
Sam Reade
W. A. Beery
Ray Hoag
Colorado
Denver
Yellowstone Park
Lowell EB. Hicks and Son
Detroit
Michigan
E. G. Hicks
Hicks
John Moore
Presbyterian Missionary Society
John Matthiessen
C. A. Doxsee
Antonette
Hagle Grove
Della Leonard
Mercy Hospital
Mrs. H
Lee
Norfolk
Virginia
Raymond Lee
Atlantic Coast
Mr. Lee
Mrs. Lee
Frances Cushman
Frances ,Cushman
Mary Lovell
Alma Buol
Otto Behrends
Hastings
Minnesota
George Balster
Frances Koop
Adolph Johnson
Dudley
Mesdames
A. McLaughlin
W. D. McLaughlin
C. G. Thomas
Mary Coxsee
the Express
Gladys Fairbanks
Louis Hong
Ford
Miss Fairbanks
Miss Wairbanks
Keyes
Illinois Optometric Ass’n
Edward Wirth
Maquoketa River
Red Cross
J. W. Hoult
George Barnes
Percy Guilford
Harriet Lubben
Kate Maurice
Leonard Duckett
L. G. Stuhler
Lovell Township Farm Bureau
Public Library
Lovell Township
Ernest
Edith Hoult
Hutton
Palace Clothiers
Chapman
Bartlett
Board
Paolo
District Court
State of
Elzabeth Lynch
A.D
Alice Snyder
Doxses
Attorneys For State
Robert Clark
Bird
Ammosa
Ald
Clark
W. BR. Clark
Read
Doxsee
Chas, A, Doxsee
Doxsee Attorneys AT Law
Lovell Block
Monticello Tire & Vulcanizing Co
J. J. Eggers
J. E. Bateman
Lown
Mr. Pep
Artieles
Schaefer’s
Waterman’s
Conklin’s
T. F. Denkhoff
Lowell State Bank
Monticello, Iowa
U.S
Federal Reserve Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Middle West
Ihs
S. Michigan Ave
Prop
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