Local Cedar Rapids visitors and theatre notes
Mrs. Thomas Smithson spent last Tuesday in Cedar Rapids. Miss Florence Graves visited Cedar Rapids Sunday. Warl Locher and Royal Hubbard were in Cedar Rapids over Sunday. Virginia Pearson in Sister Against Sister at the Crane Theatre Friday. Baby Mine and Wooden Shoes shown at the Crane Theatre. Miss Frances Coyle visiting Cedar Rapids friend Miss Anne Stirton. Mesdames Stickford and Jackson were Dubuque visitors yesterday. Miss Schneider from Anamosa visiting the Griffin home. 37-2P
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Smithson
Cedar Rapids
Florence Graves
Virginia Pearson
Crane Theatre
Warl Locher
Royal Hubbard
Frances Coyle
Anne Stirton
Cedarapids
George Abel and Baby
Philadelphia
James Abel
Social Gleanings Highlight Monticello Area Visits
Monticello readers note numerous visits and calls across Cedar Rapids Anamosa Ames and nearby towns. Shifts include heirs, attorneys and tradespeople with public notices and theater ads mingling with social updates and local business promotions.
Hallauer Visits Parents As Powell House News
George Hallauer of the U S navy stationed in Boston visited his parents Mr and Mrs Hans Hallauer this morning. Private Fred Mastin returned on Saturday from Camp Logan Texas to spend a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs G W Mastin. County Recorder Soper notes real estate transfers this year are under 70 percent of last year. The Earlville girls basketball team beat Monticello 14 to 4 in Monticello on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Ike Suter and son visited Traer and Emmetsburg last Friday. A Monticello meeting for township committee members overseeing the third liberty loan drive is scheduled for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hallauer
U. S. Navy
Boston
Massachusetts
Mrs
Hans Hallauer
Fred Mastin
Camp Logan
Houston
Texas
G. W. Mastin
Soper
Ike Suter
Gon
County
Monticello
Center Junction pupils host program led by Miss Clara Ricklets
Mrs A G Hanken and Miss Ama Ricklets attended a program by Center Junction school pupils taught by Miss Clara Ricklets last Friday evening. Keno the St Bernard owned by Mr Britting was found dead on his porch Tuesday evening. cause unknown. Mr and Mrs Ernest Speedy of Allison IA welcome a baby boy born March 10. Mrs Speedy was Mary Hanawalt before marriage. Seigfried Guyan traveled to Cedar Rapids last Friday to enlist in the U S Army. he left Saturday for Jefferson Barracks and plans to enter the medical department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Hanken
Ama Ricklets
Center Junction
Clara Ricklets
Keno
St. Bernard
Mr. Britting
Ernest Speedy
Allison
Iowa
Speedy
Mary Hanawalt
Seigfried Guyan
Cedar Rapids
U. S. Army
Jefferson Barracks
Lecturer Francis Lybarger to Speak at Lyceum Night
Francis Lybarger will deliver a lecture at the Congregational church on Wednesday evening March 27. It is the third event in the winter lyceum course. The lecture subject remains unannounced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lybarger
Congregational Church
Lyceum
Mastin Family Visits Before Soldier’s Return
Mr and Mrs G W Mastin accompanied their son Fred who returned to Camp Logan Houston Texas as far as Davenport Wednesday evening Mr Mastin returned this morning but Mrs Mastin expects to visit for a few days in Oxford Junction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Mastin
Fred
Camp Logan
Houston
Texas
Davenport
Miss Hubbard Visits Grandparents Before Return to Cedar Falls
Miss Nelle Hubbard, a Cedar Falls student, spent Friday evening with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Nedgar Hubbard. Her grandmother accompanied her home to Cedar Rapids on Saturday morning as far as Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle Hubbard
Cedar Falls
Nedgar Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
County School Board Presidents Meet to Elect Superintendent
The notice indicates a county school board presidents meeting to elect a county superintendent. No opposition candidates are announced against Miss Maurice, and she is expected to be renominated by acclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice
Balsiger Returns Home After Visit From Monticello and Dubuque
J A Balsiger goes back to Hettinger North Dakota after weeks with relatives in Monticello and Dubuque. He owns a 480 acre farm near Hettinger and plans a large wheat crop but favors stock raising as his main interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Balsiger
Hettinger
North Dakota
Monticello
Dubuque
Mr. Balsiger
Bar Association Meeting in Anamosa Revises Fee Schedule
Jones county bar association met at the Gillen house Anamosa last Tuesday noon. President H. M. Remley presided. The group discussed welfare matters and revised the fee bill to reflect changes since the old twenty year old scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bar Association
Jones County
Gillen House
Anamosa
H. M. Remley
Women Move On To Chicago and Duluth News
Mrs. John G. Thomas and Miss Christine Marugg departed for Chicago last Monday. Christine will enter nurse training, while Suzia Thomas graduates at Chicago University this week. Luzia plans to teach English in Duluth high school from April onward. Warm weather pushes farmers near Anamosa to sow wheat. many expect a busy week if conditions hold, though some favor a 10 day delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Thomas
Christine Marugg
Chicago
Christine
Thomas
Suzia Thomas
Chicago University
Luzia
Duluth
Anamosa
Confirmation at St John’s and Johnsontown Lutheran churches
Rev Wm Fr L Schuetz leads confirmations at St John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church on Palm Sunday for Louise Heeren William Hanken Carl Reuter Richard Hanken Anna Kammerman and Mary Stacimueller. The following Sunday Johnsontown Lutheran Church confirms Elwin Null Henry Cossenn Louise Schlemme Hulda Wranken Louise Broerkens Albertina Luerken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fr. L. Schuetz
Louise Heeren
William Hanken
Carl Reuter
Richard Hanken
Anna Kammerman
Mary Stacimueller
Johnsontown Lutheran Church
Elwin Null
Henry Cossenn
Louise Schlemme
Hulda Wranken
Louise Broerkens
Albertina Luerken
Confirmations at Wayne township German Lutheran Church
At the German Lutheran church in Wayne township Rev. Mar dort presiding, the following youths will be confirmed next Sunday: Tena Antons, Mary Lubben, Grace Bodeker, Grace Dirks, Emma Danne mann, Hattie Folkers, Clara Gross, Anna T Bodeker, Ida Moenk, Hanna Cordes, Anna Ricklefs, Lizzie Ricklefs, Edward Helgens, Gustoff Buscher, Clarence Rickels, George Harms, Henry Husman, Fred Hultz, August Moenk, Carl Cordes, George Paulsen, Meinhardt Paulsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Mardort
Tena Antons
Mary Lubben
Grace Bodeker
Grace Dirks
Emma Dannemann
Hattie Folkers
Clara Gross
Anna T Bodeker
Ida Moenk
Hanna Cordes
Anna Ricklefs
Lizzie Ricklefs
Edward Helgens
Gustoff Buscher
Clarence Rickels
George Harms
Henry Husman
Fred Hultz
Campaign for War Savings Stamps Encourages Weekly Sacrifice
The article urges investors to begin weekly sacrifices toward War Savings Stamps. It argues wage earners should save regularly to achieve independence, noting people with property already start small and forego pleasures to begin and sustain saving, aiding both government and personal welfare.
Martha Ann Byam Dies at 81 in Monticello
Martha Ann Byam widow of Clark Byam died at her home in Monticello last Sunday afternoon at 81 after a period of illness. Funeral held Tuesday at the family residence led by Rev. C. K. Cushman. Born Martha Ann Smith in New York, she moved with her family to Ohio and Michigan before settling in Wisconsin. The Byams married January 1 1861 in Muskegon and had one son Elwyn and an adopted daughter who died young. Clark Byam died September 3 1911. She was active in the Congregational church and Rebekah lodge and remembered for kindness and cheerful greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ann Byam
Clark Byam
Monticello
Bowen's Prairie
Ebenezer Little
Cascade
Rebekah Lodge
Congregational Church
Byam
Standard Oil sells vast Monticello fuel volume in past year
The Standard Oil Co. moved 260000 gallons of gasoline and kerosene in Monticello. Tom Pender handled the business totaling nearly 50000 dollars with no bad debts or incomplete collections. The note mocks local merchants while praising Pender and John Rockefeller for cash-only, loss-free conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Co
Monticello
Tom Pender
John Rockefeller
Easter and Palm Sunday Services Across Local Churches
Palm Sunday fellowship services are planned at the Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday morning and evening. The United Congregations hold a communion service at 3 p.m. Easter services follow the next Sunday with a sacred concert by the choirs at the Congregational church. A supper for the men’s class is set for Friday at 7 p.m. by women from the Congregational and Methodist Episcopal churches in the Congregational lecture room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Mpscopal Church
United Congregations
Congregational Church
Congregational
Methodist Episcopal
Local High School Student Injured in Horse Accident
Marcus Maire son of Mr and Mrs Ulysses Maire of this city who lives with the W A Adams family north of Monticello was in a serious accident last Saturday morning. His horse slipped while fleeing a barking dog and fell injuring him. he was unconscious until late that evening but is progressing toward recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Maire
Ulysses Maire
W. A. Adams
Monticello
Deaths and Funeral Notices from Scotch Grove and Sand Spring
Mrs. Anna Janssen died at 85 on her birthday at her grandson Otto Lang's home in Scotch Grove township. Funeral and burial at Scotch Grove Presbyterian Cemetery followed. Ralph Batchelder, six months and 29 days old, died of spinal meningitis at John McDonald Memorial Hospital. Funeral at Sand Spring home with burial at Sand Hill cemetery. Messages of sympathy noted for the Batchelder family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Janssen
Otto Lang
Scotch Grove Township
Presbyterian
Scotch Grove
Holstein
Germany
John M. Lange
Jacob Lange
Janssen
Richland Township
Otto Lange
Ralph John Batchelder
John Batchelder
Sand Spring
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Sand Hill
Mary Batehelder
Littleport
Iowa
C. H. Batchelder
Wyoming
Local Hospital Updates on Postoperative Returns
John Cushman had hernia surgery last Monday. J W Gilroy returned home yesterday. Mr and Mrs Cecil Curtis welcomed a son born Monday morning. C A Campbell left the hospital last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cushman
J. W. Gilroy
Cecil Curtis
C. A. Campbell
Tax List Left At Monticello Bank For Payment
County treasurer leaves copy of the tax list at Monticello State Bank for taxpayers to pay taxes. W F Moffit of the Olin region underwent appendectomy in a Cedar Rapids hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello State Bank
W. F. Moffit
Olin
Cedar Rapids
Hartley Wilkinson at Kelly Field Describes Aviation Camp Life
In a letter from Kelly Field Texas Hartley Wilkinson describes life at the aviation camp with the 663 Aero Squadron. He details day and night crews work on aeroplanes in hangars housing six ships, the emphasis on maintenance and safety, and a mid air collision that killed two aviators while he helped extract survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartley Wilkinson
Aero
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Aes
Reformed Church Palm Sunday and Easter Services
Palm Sunday services include Sunday school at 10 a.m. and confirmation at 11 a.m. with Lucile Schweitzer Louise Dietiker Monica Arduser Carl Winkler Rudolph Ambuhl. Good Friday 11 a.m. preparatory service. Easter Sunday 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. Lord's Supper service with Home Missions offering and special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Margaret Schweitzer
Louise Margaret Dietiker
Monica Franah Arduser
Carl Joseph Winkler
Rudolph Oswald Ambuhl
The
Reformed Church
Dr. Seward White Receives Army Medical Reserve Commission
Dr. Seward White of Olin has been called to service after being granted a lieutenant’s commission in the military medical reserve. He departed last Tuesday for Fort Riley Kansas to report for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward White
Olin
Medical Reserve of
Army
Ft. Riley
Kansas
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Chas. A. Doxsee
E. G. Burrichter
Shoes of Quality
Home News
Fred Dahling
Devlin
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Roy Jacque
Helen Johnson
Ollie Smithson
Joe Reiger
Hopkinton
Bert Hubbard
Joe Egan
Ben Harris
Bertha Schatz
Ana Josa
Byrne
Rickless
Disyay
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Gussie Hogan
F. P. Stuhter
Verdon Welch
Grant Stambaugh
Fred Huyck
Thoeni
Harriet
Harry Lang
H. M. Carpenter
Don Rathbun, Jr
Knight
Jazz Orchestra
Mrs. Burns
A. C. Ehrisman
Bessie Barriscale
Saturay
Harry Rodman and Son
Center Juncion
Baby
Iss Mabel Welch
Warrloo
Geraldine Anderson
Marion
Mesdames
W. W. Stickford
A. J. Keckson
Gerd Graft
Emmetsburg
Monticello and
Coaity
Clarence R. Coon
Algona
A. K. McMaster
Onslow
Miss Schneider
Griffh
Ruth Lewis
Flapkinton
Messrs
Henry and
Will Schoon
Henry Monk
Langworthy
John Bateman
Pestone
Minnesota
George Guyan
George Chard
Dar Rapids
Purlinsa Waugh
Terwiller Station
Dave Winans
Minnie Grenenwald
Howard Deischer
Merle
Mrs. Stoddard
Rock Island
Co. C. Marshall
Lee Frizzell
Malcolm
Frank Johnson
Selma Steihl
Garnaville
G. W. Clancey
Edna Taylor
Central City
O. P. Hanssen
Hot Springs
South Dakota
James McAleer
Little Paul Locher
Lawrence Locher
Farley
Tim Morse
James
Camp Dodge
Edward Templeton
Edna Byers
Ames
Thomas J. George and Son
Burlington
the Congregational Church
Aebi & Aebi Ice Cream Parlor
John Tschantz
Chris Tschantz
Hazel Green
Waterloo
C. R. Coon’s
Lottie Zickler
Artington
Henry G. Harms
Henry Harms
Omaha
C. R. Coon
C. M. & St. P. Railroad
Isaac Sears
George Bort
George
Ruth Nelson
Williamsburg
Zuyder Zee
Harry Stuhler
John Broerkens
Strawberry Point
Fred Barrack
Arlington
Josephine Fleming
Independence
Cornelius Cashen
John
Welch
Fred Moore
John Moore
Engineering Corps
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
William Boyd
Kansas City
Fred Slauson
D. A. Huene
Nicoll
HH. M. Carpenter
Minneapolis
Lieutenant Halstead Carpenter
D. E. Pond
C. H. Shipman
Mary Behney
Denver
Colorado
Her
Homie
Gus Hudson
Frank Stephens
Knox
Earlville High School
John McDonald Hospital
Christian Indeavor Society
Presbyterian Church
Burke
Irish
Julia Sanderson
Russia
Mrs. White
Profs
Reuben
New York
Helen Rich
Paris
Chauncey Olcott
Venice
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
Beverly West
London
Reformed Church Services
America
U. S
Owell
KODAK
Eastman Kodai CO
Denkhoff
Service Department
Central Lumber & Coal Co
G. P. Rockstad, Mer
Lang Bros
Monticello Roller Mills
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