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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1926
Page
2
The Monticello Express edited by W. Doxsee and Ch. A. Doxsee lists its editors and proprietors. Subscription price per year is $2.00.
The community mourns Bobbie Schrader who drowned in a creek near his dooryard after being left under observation. Funeral services were held at his home and Wayne Center Church with interment in a nearby cemetery as friends extend sympathy to the Schrader family.
The town mourns D D Clark after a heart attack in Kansas City where he died March 20. He long served as Center Junction school janitor and was active in the Presbyterian church. A pageant and reading of community events follow, including a Daughters of Liberty pageant, a father daughter banquet, school notes, and a Holstein cow sale report with top price $173.50.
Mrs. T. H. Lightfoot dies at 73 after a brief illness in Onslow. Born in Canada, she moved to the United States as a child, married Thomas H. Lightfoot in 1882, and lived in Onslow. Survived by son Carroll and two grandchildren Herman and Irene Lightfoot, plus sister Martha Scroggie. Funeral at the Presbyterian church with Rev. Meyer. interment in Wyoming cemetery. Also notes of local events: school spelling bee winners Vera Garnett and others, a drowning death of Robert Schrader, school visits, club meetings, and multiple community notices from Onslow and surrounding areas.
A series of brief notes detail visits and health news from Center Junction Cedar Rapids and Anamosa. Highlights include Mrs Merlin Moses hosting at Center Junction Mrs Frank Barnes joining her husband in Cedar Rapids and Mildred Mabel Streeper returning from Cornell for a week’s vacation.
The remains of Melvin Brown died Friday after a long illness at his mother's home in Dubuque were brought to Cascade Monday for burial in St. Martin's cemetery. Rev. J. B. Albers officiated. He is survived by his mother, sister Lillian of Dubuque, and brother Grover Brown of Gasdadd.
Miss Mazie McGovern of Chicago visits her parents in West Cascade after a three week Montana trip. L. F. Barrett wins the mayoral nomination by a large majority at the March 11 town caucus. Miss Isadore May, Iowa City student, spends days with her mother. Anna Parker shows improved condition. Rev. Bohlke of Ryan visits Rev. Schmeetz Sunday afternoon.
Rev Father Schmeitz and Rev Bohrke visited Dubuque on Monday morning. Miss Margaret Albers visited Miss Susan Thomas in Bellevue. George Toussaint attended his brother’s funeral in Des Moines last Friday. Rev Rooney returned from Anamosa hospital Tuesday improved. A 12 quart milk pail will be sold Saturday for 60 cents by MecNeill’s Hardware.
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