Monticello Social Notes and Local Visitors
Cedar Rapids and Monticello residents appear in a stream of social notes. Ernest Skelley and Miss Leta Armstrong visit Cedar Rapids. Henry Schoon and Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Bader travel for business in Davenport and Des Moines. Miss Georgia Walker visits Monticello from Anamosa. Dr. Redmond and Dr. Stuhler are cited for eye tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Skelley
Cedar Rapids
Godfrey Bader
Davenport
Leta Armstrong
Georgia Walker
Anamosa
Monticello
Charles Butler
Minnie Matthiessen
Fred Matthiessen
Local notes detail community moves and events in Monticello
Monticello columns report residents visiting relatives in Cedar Rapids and Davenport, moves of families to Monticello and Anamosa, church services, and local business items. The piece also notes factory hiring, tax reminders, train derailments near Greeley and in Farley Cedar Rapids lines, and municipal election indifference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farley
Cedar Rapids
Sand Spring
Monticello
Monticello community notes and local events roundup
Otto Meyer of Sorum remits his subscription through Jan 1, 1921 and notes his stock of registered cattle hogs and sheep. The Express office rearranges for a new $2800 Miehle press. A Naomi Stevens luncheon honors her Sylvia operetta coaching. Fire destroys Isaac Littlefield’s Hopkinton implement shop with $80,000 loss. Memorial Day plans and G A R veteran leadership discussed. Marriage, divorce cases and local social events fill Monticello society pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Meyer
Sorum
South Dakota
Otto
Robert
San Francisco
Monticello
Isaac Littlefield
Hopkinton
Monticello News Highlights From March 1890
The Monticello Express notes a cold wave dipping to 20 below in early March. It records office moves, the H Shipman & Company dissolution, and Lena Rohn continuing the business. Local marriages include Homer Hanna with Mary Fairbanks and William Shelley with Jennie Balcome. The city elected L T Alexander mayor and other officials. Maple syrup and flour prices are listed, along with farm sales, school board races, and community deaths. A merchant convention and a novelty Express costume are mentioned. Continuous local births and deaths add to the month’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Mercury
Monticello Post Office
Monticello State Bank
The
Xpress
H. Shipman & Company
Lena Rohn
Homer Hanna
Mary Fairbanks
Cass Township
Barrows
L. T. Alexander
F. W. Koop
William Stuhler
T. J. Penk
James Young
Louis Scherrer
H. M. Carpenter
G. L. Lovell
W. W. Hunter
William Shelley
Jennie Balcome
David Ralston
Beatty
Cedar Rapids
Opera House
Congregation Church Society
Express
Franc Herrick
John Lane
Eliza Lane
Monticello
William N. Mayberry
Jackson County
Iowa
Lora Gee
Onslow
Lela Young
Matia
Nellie Alexander
Lela Montague
Fred Magee
Perkins and Slocum
Center Junction
Epworth Seminary
Smith Hall Creamery
Castle Grove Township
Dayton Cunningham
M. J. McNeilly
Mary
Livingston
C. G C. Potter
Fred Newton
Joe Petcina
McGowan
Wills & Dentrick
Lulu Rohn
Louis Thomas
Maquoketa River
Gathering of school notes and obituaries from the week
Miss Scott arrived to take Miss Haynes's place while a history class quips about Hannibal. Students staged a gym program by younger children and a St Patrick bow day. The Schrader funeral was held, noting German origins and five children. Isla Bentley, 16, swallowed a pin and was treated at Iowa City university hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Keffler
Windom
Minnesota
Monticello
Mr. Keffler
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Mary Turnis
John Turnis
John Knapper
Sand Spring
Scott
Haynes
Mark
Hannibal
Benjamin Franklin
B. B
Monti
Epworth Cemetery
George Balsiger
George
Isla Bentley
Maquoketa
University Hospital
Iowa City
Monticello Loses to Marion in Cornell College Tourney
Monticello high boys fall 18 to 16 at Cornell College tournament against Marion after a late foul tie and a Marion long basket. Springville wins tournament with 88 to 19 over Marion as Monticello ends season with 19 wins and 3 losses, plans 24 games next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Springville
Marlon
Cornell
Secore
Cilley
Marion
Iowa City
Oxford Junction
Holgewood
Anamosa
Hopkinton
Strawberry Point
Monticallo
Edgewood
American Legion
Mt. Vernon High
Cascada
Lenox
Coe
Cascade
Fayette
Wheatland
Ovary
Robert Cushman
Shelley
Laude
Cushman
Rockstad
McLaughlin
Public Library New Arrivals List Distribution
Newly purchased titles arrive at the public library for circulation. Notable authors include Bradford Elson Hergesheimer Roosevelt Lanier Burgess Stratemeyer Lang Aldrich and others with a mix of children’s books and adult fiction such as Sunshine and Desires and Biographies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Elson
Black
Day
Glasgow
Hergensheimer
Happy Fenda
Hergesheimer
Linda Condon
Lewis
Free Air
Walpole
Jeremy
Altsheler
Sun
Quebec
Hazard
Mirabelle
Pampeluna
Burgess—Bird
Lanier
Kyne
MacFarlane
Bilige & Ma
Anon
Roosevelt
Seaman
Ames
Curly
Circle Bat
Burgess
Peter Rabbit
Stratemeyer
Dave’ Porter & Ramways
Wright
Udells, Lang
Aldrich
Marjorie Daw
Bad Boy Post
Bailey
Bryce
South Ameri
Armenian Relief Funds Reach Four Thousand
Up to the week’s start the Armenian relief drive reports 476 cards returned and requests that War Fund dollars be directed to Armenian relief. Town by town amounts total 3993.16 dollars with Lovell Fairview Jackson Oxford Richland Scotch Grove Castle Grove Rome Madison Greenfield Hale and other communities contributing. J A Hubbard and son George bought a Clarksville furniture store, George taking possession. I A Hubbard remains in the undertaking business. The Methodist sermon Sunday March 21 centers on The Schoolmaster Leading unto Christ with an evening topic titled Joseph. Sunday school and prayer meeting proceed as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell
Fairview
Jackson
Oxford
Richland
Scotch Grove
Clay
Washington
Castle Grove
Rome
Madison
Greenfield
Hale
J. A. Hubbard
George Hubbard
Clarksville
Iowa
Hubbard
Minnesota
I. A. Hubbard
Hubbard & Iverson
Monticello
Methodist Church
Christ
Joseph
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the Post-Office
J W. Doxseer
CBAS
A. Doxsee
Howard & Foster Shoes
Oxfords
Home News
John Gerdes
Byes
Stuhler
Howard Skelley
Dr. Redmond
Henry Carlson
Des Moines
I. B. Stimson
Delhi
Henry H. ‘Schoon
H. M. Carpenter Jr
Devlin
J. O. Lawrence
Grand Street
Frank Peckosh
William Cashun
Lenox College
Harry Miller
Devlin Millinery
Conkey
Henry H. Schoon
William Mastin
Kenwood Park
Elisa Schatz
Lawn Park
George K. Meyer
Sycamore Street
August Siemering
J. J. Locher
Messrs. I. D
Burgess Terwilliger
GC. R. Coon
Johnson
Grinnell
Congregational Church
Leo Locher
Iowa State College
Mildred Leanen
Francis Koop
Ottumwa
Laura Koop
C. R. Coon
Mitchell Northrop
Anne Stirton
Wilber Cartano
Iowa State College At
Vera Hamilton
Ruth Wilson
Harold Adams
G.A. Reding
Mesdames
Peter Dondelinger
Wilson Burkett
Maude Arduser
Cadar Rap
Mrs
Jake Arduser
Mrs. A. GB. Hanken
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Arnold Stevenson
A. M. Fairbanks
Otto Burrichter
Paige and
Overland Automobiles
Texas
Rudolph Bohren
Dunlap
Joe Hby
Caroline Hicks
George Schoonover
Helen
Richard
Hoag Duster Co
M. H. Hogan
Morley
W. B. Allen
John Heisey
Henry Heisey
Lisbon
W. H. L. Schuetz
Wm. H. L Schuetz
John Hein
Richland Township
Clifford Franks
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lawrence Jacobs
Burt
A. Hanken
Jacobs
H. M. Carpenter, Sr
Elmer EB. Hicks
Florida
Chestnut and
Fourth Streets
W. D. Magee
Perry
H. D. Grower
Earlham
John Wilhelm
Ryan
John Murray
John
Edwin Wilcox
Jones County
V. L. Hanssen
Cuba
V. L
Cedar Rapids-Calmar
Greeley
Ben Che
Alfred Ross
Wayne Yousee
John Prouty
Ford Clark
Grand Valley
Prouty
Southland
Foreman Main
Naomi Stevens
Virginia Cafe
St. Patrick’s
Miss Stevens
Sylvia
Beth Lightfoot
Frances Coyle
Louis Betz
Mary Abel
Alice Reed
Catherine Redmond
Thelma Fairbanks
Marion Hayes
Camiel Goings
Gertrude Cropp
Jane Shover
Catherine Jacque
Nella Davis
Ruth Cropp
Gladys Stickford
Honseta McHugh
Mona Lightfoot
Edwin Lightfoot
Moving Picture Show
Ralph Redmond
James Maurice
Robert Ricklefs
George Meyer
Dale Gruenwald
Carlton Landis
Francis Locher
Kenneth Harrs
Carlos Eilers
Allen Peters
Harold van Voltenberg
Elvin d’Autremont
Carol Podhaski
Robert Ewing
Manchester
J. H. Devaney
C. D. Baldwin
Jerico
Red Cross
Alice Hubbard
John Schrader
Henry Schrader
Wyoming
Melchert
Wyoming Lutheran Church
Schrader
Hanover
Germany
Tivka Otten
Qty
Public
I. i. Reed
G. J. Gerdes
G. P. Rockstad
W. F. Rohn
Bruce Cropp
Park Comimiastbner
C. E. Brainerd
R. A. Cartano
C. C. Bort
J. A. Voorhees
E. J. Hoag
Lester Hearn
Vic d'Autremont
P. D. Bell
C. A. Palmer
R. ©. Hong
Isaac Schneider Sr
Library Books
Monticello Produce Company
Eatonic
W. W. Stickford
Towa
J. E. Bateman
Sterling
Illinois
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
F. L. Story
Lovell State Bank
Liddy
Rickless
Ferndell Store
Ricklefs