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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1926
Page
9
Local residents visited Cedar Rapids and Marion this week with several social calls noted among Misses and Mrs. residents. Hardware and millinery shops advertise displays and specials, including lawn mowers sharpening services and a 12 quart milk pail for 6 dollars. Tax delinquency notices and bank tax payments are listed alongside upcoming store offerings and a brief travel note.
A compilation of visitations and small events in Monticello and nearby towns. Included are visits by Miss Edna Orr, Mrs. Alice Barnest, Miss Josephine Foley, and many others. announcements of sales and services from Cross Hardware and MacNeill's. school closings, operations, and community notices.
P D Bell visited Ames to see son Donald a student at Iowa State College. Donald ill with pneumonia. Cedar county teachers study center discussed by Mrs Lawrence Whitford in Tipton. Alva Behrends greet new son born last Tuesday weighing eight pounds seven ounces. Janet Young Cornell student from Mount Vernon Visited Monticello. Monticello bake sale planned by Monticello high seniors at Ricklets Next Saturday at 10.00 AM.
Stuhlers displays feature bright parrot and apple blossom garden backdrop with most styles priced at five dollars, aiming to attract customers who value quality footwear and value.
Isa Brundage, an Anamosa man, was sentenced last Monday by Judge Anderson in district court to life imprisonment at Fort Madison penitentiary. The judge said he found nothing to justify a lesser penalty and Brundage broke down with his wife as the sentence was imposed. He was transported to the penitentiary within a half hour.
Mrs Mary Ann Fuller Alloway died at her daughter Mrs Dora Brus home on Gill street after a year with internal cancer. Born February 9 1844 in Renesselaer NY she was 82. She moved to Scotch Grove at age ten and married James Alloway February 20 1861 in Edgewood. they had three children with one infant death.
Mrs Dora Brucks the adopted daughter Mrs Jeanette Callison at Laurel Montana and Mr and Mrs Alloway mark fifty and sixty five wedding anniversaries. February 20 this year both ill with Mr Alloway under care of Mrs Brucks. Funeral at Brucks home Gill Street next Friday at 2 Rev George W McNary will lead and Oakwood cemetery burial. Mrs Alloway joined the Christian church over fifty years ago and was beloved by neighbors for her kindness.
Mrs Jennie B Doxsee widow of Charles J Doxsee died at her Glendale home after a long illness She was born July 28 1859 in Cascade Iowa later lived in Rolfe Iola and Kansas City She is survived by one daughter Beatrice and was known for her work with the Baptist church and a large Sunday school class she led in Glendale nicknamed Mother Doxsee by pupils.
The funeral of Mrs Wesley Holub who died at her home in Castle Grove township last Thursday was held at the Immaculate Conception church on Saturday. Rev Michael Hardley officiated, with Rev John Hennessey as deacon and Rev Francis Schuh as sub-deacon. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers included James Haley James Supple Will Fleming W T Kehoe Joseph Delay and Joseph Appleby. Nicholas Kehoe of Omaha unable to attend due to quarantine at his home.
Philip Foster of Mason City and formerly of Monticello will star in the University of Towns production of Ramon and Juliet next week. He is the younger son of Herbert and who lived here until ten years ago and is active in university dramatics this year. His brother Richard Foster is a graduate student at the university.
John Beasley age 20 and Glen Jamison age 16 pleaded guilty in Manchester district court to stealing chickens from the Oscar Wilson farm near Delhi. They received six months in jail and costs, with parole to farmers after offering to repay the value of the chickens. D Sutherland of Manning, 81, is seriously ill. his son Lyle Sutherland of Sioux Falls visited. Mas Warner of Cedar Rapids accepted a surgical nurse position at John McDonald hospital in Des Moines, succeeding Mabel Seehus.
Fire of unknown origin wiped out the farm home of Charles Heath near Oxford Junction last week. The eight member family lost food and clothing and now receives aid from local businessmen. Mrs. N E Kendall died in Naples Italy after an apoplexy attack. She and her husband had been abroad recently. Paul Matthiessen is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Jacob Matthiessen.
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