Easter hats and visitors fill Monticello scene
A Chronicle notices round: Cedar Rapids visitors Marie, Ed and Frances shop for hats at Devlin Millinery. Mentions tours to Iowa City, Marion, Anamosa and Charles City. Easter promos at The Peacock Shop run with specials on chocolates and brick ice cream. Local residents travel for business and celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Peacock Shop
Local notes from Monticello salutes, sales, and society
Monticello area news items cover social visits from Delhi and Anamosa, church services, teaching staff weekends in Cedar Rapids, and upcoming events. Mentions include Misses Ruth Young and Belle Devlin, visits by Mr. and Mrs. Schoonover, a March 26 sale at Hayes Furniture, and a Kinsetzen hall Legion dance. Prices for milk and cream drop in Bellevue while local demonstrations feature Fordson plows.
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Ruth Young
Cedar Rapids
D. P. Young
Kinsella Hall
Monticello
American Legion
Donnely
Anamosa
Monticello News Roundup Spans Divorces Roads and Legion
The issue covers Arthur Winans obtaining a divorce from Grace Winans in Linn county, Monticello basketball losses, Libbie Rohn Gallagher’s death in Des Moines, road improvements to primary road No 28 from Cedar Rapids to Dubuque, and Monticello American Legion urging a Women’s Auxiliary Unit with a meeting set for March 30 at the public library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Winans
Monticello
Grace Winans
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Marion
Dubuque
Jones County
Cascade
State Highway Commission
Seattle
Amber
Fairview
American Legion
Women
United States of America
Monticello and Vicinity
George J. Wenzlick
High School Notes from Elfriede Cartuno Report
School bulletin chronicles sports wins in Dubuque and Springville, honor sashes for basketball and declamatory winner William Rickels. Students receive Palmer Method honors with silver star buttons across three grades as spring activities and guest visits spark assembly room shrieks and poems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rickels
Iowa Falls
Springville
Walter Vaughn
Marton
Rickles
Henry Krouse
Ackley
Iowa
Bubuque
Peacock Shop
Linfred Hauss
Mr. Cross
Iowa City
William
Alice Hubbard
Augusta Seibles
Jennie Bodenhofer
Judith Deischer
Harriet Rohn
Helen Meyer
R. c
Ann Hauss
Alfrieda Cartano
Saverns
Miss Wilcox
Strawberry Point
James Riley McCawley
Riley
Scotland
Opera House
Erhmal Farnham
A. N. Palmer Co
Chicago
Illinois
James
Raymond Campbell
Jack Kay
Joseph Becker
James Redmond
Janet McNeill
John Locher
Leeta Peterson
Cassie Vesey
Elmer Rickels
James Bender
George Schoon
Fred Kreeb
Ruth Hayes
Robert McAlee
March 1891 Monticello News Recap From The Express
Thirty years past Monticello records note March events including flour at 1.35 per sack and butter at 2.50 a pound on the Elgin market. Mrs. N A Rice dies aged 85 from pneumonia. Miss Fannie Overley weds Henry Laude in Center Junction. Diamond Creamery pays 1 per cwt for milk. School election returns 354 votes. Herman Tiarks and Dr W W Hunter win full terms. H D Sherman fills vacancy. Edward Barnhill dies in Nebraska of stomach cancer. Mary Orr and George Wardam wed in Scotch Grove. Dr M H Calkins’ mother dies in Wyoming. Podhaski family moves to Milwaukee. Fry & Co. grocery established in Monticello. Dr W J Coughlan opens dental parlors. Farmer Joseph Reiger attacked by bull, bruised. Mrs Hattie Walworth McCartney dies in Denver of consumption. Monticello graduate. Teachers Rose Fuller and Ann McAleer serve district No 2 and Kennedy school. Herman Schodde arrives from Germany. Agnes Russell studies at Cedar Falls. Ma nuoketa River floods wash out 100 feet of dam at Lange’s ill.
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Monticello Express
Elgin
William ‘Drinkwater
Monticello
First Street
Merriam
N. A.rice
Diamond Creamery Company
Avas
Herman Tiarks
W. W. Hunter
H. D’'Sherman
Edward Barnhill
Scotch Grove Township
Nebraska
Mary I. Orr
George J. Wardan
Baldwin
M. H. Calkins
Wyoming
Frank Podhaski
Milwaukee
John Fry & Co
W. J. Coughlan
Hicks & Hilers
Atore
Newton
Joseph Reiger
Castle Grove
Hattie Walworth McCartney
Denver
Colorado
Monticello High School
Rose Fuller
Ann Mc‘Aleer
Castle Grove Township
Kennedy School
Castle ‘Grove Township
Herman Schodde
William Schodde
Germany
Agnes Russell
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Manuoketa
H. J. Lange
James Young obituary outlines family, roots, and public life
James Young born January 14 1841 Mercer County Pennsylvania died March 16 1921 Center Junction Iowa aged eighty years two months. He helped build the Mississippi valley and raised a large family near Center Junction. He was active in church education and politics, opposed alcohol, supported prohibition and League of Nations. His children and grandchildren continued his civic work in Methodist and Congregational traditions.
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James Young
Mercer County
Pennsylvania
Center Junction
Iowa
John Young
Houldsburg
California
David Young
Eliga Young
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Brush Creek
Bellevue
Jackson County
Amanda Printz
Cottorsville
Scotch Grove Township
Lila Young Fickle
Ves
Mount Vernon
Edward Ray Young
Canter Junction
J. Myron Young
D. Lawrence Young
Boise
Idaho
J. Arthur Young
Vinton
W. Harvey Young
Ed Paso
Uinols
Ross Young
Amanda Young
Adell I. McKelvey
Mississippi Valley
Hoe
League of Nations
Brother Young
Congregational Church
Jones County
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church
Young
God
Jesus
Church Militant
Church Triumphant
Vampeous solicitor preys on orphans in Clinton case
Citizens mourn as a vamp posing as a solicitor for an orphanage at Clinton collected money from locals, then vanished revealing no such orphanage. A warning to cautious donors urges canvassers to show credentials. Frank Bomish, 60, hanged himself near Prairieburg after distress over his son’s injuries from a horse incident. A local feed grinding demonstration is set for March 20 at Monticello Motor Co.
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J. A
Waddick Chevrolet .Automobile Agency
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Companies
J. A. Waddick
Monticello
Iowa
Clinton
Frank Bomish
Prairieburg
Mr. Bomish
Monticello Motor Co
Fordson
Jones County Study Center Meeting Set at Anamosa High April 3
The next Jones county study center meeting will be held at the Anamosa high school building April 3 at 10 00 o clock.
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Jones County Study Center
Anamosa High School
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Ay W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
E. G. Burrichter
the Home of Shoes of Quality
Home News
T. M. Redmond
L. F. Reid
Stubler
L. G. Stubler
Iowata
City
Dr. Redmond
Fred Kellum
Oxford Junction
J. J. Reding
5. B. Hicks
Town City
Edna ‘Alricken
Henry H. Schoon
Alic ‘Pyle
White Lilly
Henry H. Schoon’s
Mesdames
John Liddy
Charles A. Coxsee
Ernest Shelley
Samuel Adamson
Roy
Charles City
Ann Stirton
Frances Coyle
Devlin Millinery
Ed McBride
Elvira Fagan
Harry Locher
O.B. Rundle
Des Moines
Kay's
Mesdamen H. M. Carpenter
Halstead Carpenter
Parlor City
Martin Kehoe
D. M. Jones
Hopkinton
William Sloan
Eleanor Montgomery
Fannie’ Meltes
Clarence Matthiessen
Eddie Sullivan
Arcie Koop
Jane Hanna
Frankohnson
Onslow
S. F. Reade
Henry Carlson
Omaha
Carolyn Stuhler
Rose Wenger
Anna Blake
Mary and
Carrie Clark
G. K. Meyer
C. W. Bosley
Charles
Mrs. BE
Helen
Mildred’ Pulver
Delhi
Frank Stimson
Millington Carpenter
Leo Locher
Ames
Belle Devlin
Hutchison
Emma Laude
Beloit
Wisconsin
D. B. Minehart
George Schoonover
George Lovell
Hayes Furniture Store
St.Whitabeth Society
George A. Hauck
James Anderson
Geraldine Anderson
Jessie Fawcett
Mechanicsville
J. W. Coxsee
Messrs
Fred Burrichter
A. C. Krishman
Otto Burrichter
BE. G. Hicks
Frank
Waterloo Courier
Waterloo
Henry Schoon
Harry Bricker
Dan Hearn
Monticelo
Union
Congregational
Methodist Episcopal
Presbyterian
Imogene von Schrader
Maquoketa
Imogene Stahler
Harold Adams
Marjorie Campbell
O. B. Crane
J. H. Wessey
George
Washington, D. C
Palmer
Monticello Motor Company
Suter
Clark's
West First Street
Monticello Motor, Company
Clark’s
Clark
Howard Hosford
Amanda Hosford
St. Louis
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Allen Egan
Rose Mary Egan
A. L. Applegate
Creston
Mra*Heasty
Kansas
Farm Bureau of
Lovell” Township
Lizzie Behrends
Henry George
Watson Brazelton
Harold Deischer
Miss Hazen
Express
Warren Dodge
Medford
Oregon
Dodge
Outland
Thoe
Leaper Va. Landis & Evans
Iowa State Teachers’ High
Laude
Montivello
Davenport High
Anamoga
Cross
Libbie Rohn Gallagher
Charles J. Gallagher
Martin Thoeni
William Rohn
Auguste Rohn
Dés Moines
Gallagher
Lfe
Elfriede Cartuno
Noellie V. Moray
Jounty
Jonox
Asn
Potar
Lalico
Hite
Peter Hni
Mareh
A. M
RWS
Clark District Court of Jones v
Doxseo & Doxaos
Matato
M. Remley
James Remlacy
Remley & Remley
Ttorneys
Ananoga
I. V. Dautremont
Collections Insurance
M. F. Hogan
F. A. Hefner
Stickford
Monticello Iowan
Albery
Odar Street
Final Street
T. McGarvey
Paul BE
Gitwon McGarvey
Gibson
Monticello, Lowa
Burrichter’s
Roy.d. Cooley Auctioneer
F. D. Sutherland
Jones Co. Trust & Savings Bank
Mans
Avery Atyle
J. E. Bateman
Lowa
de- Laval
Emerson
Oliver
Oxford Hay
Calmar
Gorham
Letz
Grinnell
Stover
Fairbanks Morse
Hayes Corn
W.f.rehn
Monti
Cello
Terri
Tory
Lowell State Bank
Monticello, Iowa
Dan
Jonauiuion and
Spinal Aniwlgala Pra
J. W. Rimmer
Princeuq Theatra
Mldp
Accon
Sam
Central Lumber & Coal Co
G. P. Rockstad
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
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