Delicious Polar Cakes Sold Only at Princess Cafe
A jumble of social notes from Davenport and Monticello recount visits by Miss Janet McNeill, Miss Elizabeth McLaughlin, Miss May Scovern, Miss Claira Chipman, and others. Local events include bake sales by St Elizabeth Society and Reformed church, Memorial day flower orders, dance at the Legion hall, and various shop notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Cafe
Ladies of the St. Elizabeth Society
Denkhoff
Eens
Monticello News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Monticello reports community activities including visitors to town, Memorial Day flower orders, alumni dances, theater notices, and local shop openings. Notable items include Monticello Greenhouse Memorial Day efforts, weddings, bank holiday closures, and civic meetings.
Monticello News Highlights Include Local School, Club Events
Monticello and surrounding area report hospital visit for a child, graduation plans for 1925, alumni banquet tickets, birthday party for Winifred Rohr, Lovell township farm bureau and girls club activities, local Rotary talks on youth programs, upcoming Anamosa motor races, Memorial Day plans, a car accident injuring two girls, a 13 year old death from influenza, Monticello high school baseball beats Worthington 8-9.
Monti cello Country Club opens with scheduled parties
The Monti cello Country club opens next Tuesday May 26 with cards and dancing. A long list of hostesses is announced for each party date from June 9 through October 27, naming numerous ladies responsible for organizing the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
Kate Maurice
B. C. Roberts
W. W. Stickford
Frede
J. E. Bateman
Henry Carpenter
George Guyan
Elmer Hicks
Marie George
Carrie Page
Minnie Rettig
J. W. Doxsee
John Fraser
M. H. Teeter
Mary Doxsee
Co. A. McLaughln
W. D. McLaughlin
Janet Hazard
BE. Templeton
A. Kasper
Mar. Hogan
John McLaughlin
William Stuhler
L. A. Iverson
William Laude
P. Rockstad
L. W. Lovell
F. S. Stuhler
A. J. H. McNeill
Funeral service for Frederick H. Bohlken held in Riceton Canada
The former Scotch Grove township resident Frederick H. Bohlken died May 6 at Regina General Hospital. Born May 25 1869 in Shortens Germany he and Amelia Oelrich married December 5 1893 at Monticello They had twelve children ten living. The family moved to Riceton in 1908 where they farmed widely. He served as school secretary treasurer and trustee for ten years and belonged to the Lang Saskatchewan German Lutheran Church. In a separate note Cornell alumni at Mount Vernon pledged support to a Cornell development council aiming to raise 176000 before June commencement and 2000000 in five years led by A L Killian of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Herman Bohlken
Scotch Grove Township
Riceton
Saskatchewan
Canada
Regina General Hospital
Bohlken
Shortens
Germany
Amelia Theresa Oelrich
Monticello
Otten
G. Bohlken
W. Bohlken
J. ©. Deagan
Botwell
Washington
Mary Bohlken
Seattle
John Bohlken
Molly Bohlken
Otto Bohlken
Herman Bohlken
Hannah Bohlken
German Lutheran Church
Lang
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cornell Development Council
A. L. Killian
Cedar Rapids
Mancofsthe Develonmient
Student honor roll honors shuffled in Iowa City report
Ted Koop of Monticello attending the University of Iowa ranks among the top students in the freshman class honor roll for high scholarship in the first semester. The honor roll includes all with a B average or better, comprises less than ten percent of freshmen, and no individual rankings were published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Koop
Monticello
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
H. C. Dorcas
Local residents Mourning Two Jones County Deaths
Mrs. Louis Smith of Anamosa died at Mercy hospital after a week of illness aged 35 years eight months. She leaves her husband Louis Smith and two sons Warren and Ray plus her mother and several siblings. Funeral at Congregational church followed by burial at Oakwood cemetery Monticello. William Haynor of Jones county died suddenly on the William Drummy farm near Ryan aged about 63. He is survived by son Charles and several daughters and siblings. Funeral held at Olin with burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Smith
Anamosa
Mercy Hospital
Clara Taylor
Attamosa
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Central City
Warren
Ray
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
William Haynor
Jones County
William Drummy
Ryan
Charles Haynor
Mr. Haynor
Drummy
Canton
Olin
Charles Hayner
Albert Boots
Clarence Boots
Mechanicsville
Harlan Raynor
Dubuque
Berksow
Bellevue
Albert Hutton
Castle Grove Township
Fred
Albert
North Dakota
Memorial Day Observed With Ceremonies in Monticello
Memorial day will be observed in Monticello on Saturday May 30 with a 10 oclock march from the new public school to Oakwood cemetery. The parade includes American Legion veterans, Boy Scouts, school children, and the Monticello Municipal band. A program at the cemetery features music, an address by John J. Locher, and taps. Stores will close early to honor the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Opera House
Oakwood Cemetery
First Street
Monticello Motor Company
Kitty Creek
George McNary
Congregational Church
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
Pubiic
Monticello Municipal Band
Tragic death by carbolic acid ends life of William Sanford
William Sanford 38, of Center Junction and Monticello, died after ingesting carbolic acid at home following a trip to Palmer drug store for the Sunday paper. He was a World War veteran and is survived by parents, a brother Maurice Sanford, and four sisters. Funeral services were held at the Sanford home with American Legion honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sanford
Mead Sanford
Palmer Drug Store
McDonald Hospital
Stott
Reat Neale
Sanford
Center Junction
Monticello
Maurice Sanford
Lewis Terwilliger
New Hampton
Mesdames
J. W. Hillier
Elmer Anderson
Charles Bell
Greeley
Colorado
Bell
Cmpany B
Seventh Infantry
Albert E. Coe
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Arthur P. O’rourke
American Legion of
Legion Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
Onticello
E. G. Burrichter
J. W.*hoult
Devlin Millinery
Pauline Hartman
Marion
Edison
Locher
Eclipse
McNeill’s
Winchester
McNeill
Abraham Lincoln
the Princess
McNeill's Hardware
Gulbrangen Pilver Pianos
Locher'’s
Janet McNeill
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Davenport
Winchester Paints
MccNeill
Miss May, Scovern
Carrolton, Missouri
E. EB. Hoag
Claira Chipman of
Agnes Dailey
Walbur Cartano
Caro
Ann
Frank Locher
J. W. Andersen
Ralph Reichart
Marton
Monticello Greenhouse
Dr. Redmond
Thomas King
West Union
Thomas King, Jr
Frank Mead
Ruth
Manchester
EB BE. Hicks
J. Farley
Adv
the Reformed Church
Rundle
Mayeda Q. Richards
Beloit
Wisconsin
Helen and
Tolatto Johnson
J. W. Hoult
R. A
the Legion Hall
Smith-Pleton Orchestra of
Devin Millinery
J. F. Lieneman
Anna
Cart Ue
Millard
Robert, Ricklefs
R. A. Ricklefs
Oxford Junction
Henry Burrichter
Albert Dickman
Lost Nation
Palmer
George L. Lovell
Margaret Stadtmueller
Paul Hintz
Coe College
W. BP. Hintz
George Servoss
Mr. Servoss
Princess Theatre
Lee Bartlett
Moline
Joseph Heeren
Town State College
Ames
Edward Heeren
Chauncey Bates
Lynn Hart
Stamford
South Dakota
Charles E. Bates
the Legion Dance Hall
Smith Serenaders
Edith Deischer
Bradyville
Howard Deischer
Theora Smith
Thelma Smith
Mrs. Moon
Twila Rae
Illinois
Karl M. Keyes
Moon
Mrs. Keyes
John Gesie
Lignie McCarthy
Onslow
Gesse
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Luther Hall
Robert Balster
Florence Carmichael
Leonard Duckett
Presbyterian Church of
Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Duckett
W. McNeill
Albert Joseph Hawthorne, Jr
Fred Eklund
Edgar A. Hubbard
Eklund
California
Fred Lazell
The
State University
Wos
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
Monticello Tire Company
Matthiessen Brothers
Matthiessen
Thomas Carson
A. 5B
Hanssen
Peter Haeussler
Carson
Josephine Ricklets
Rex Ricklets
Dr. Foster
McDonald
Monticello Public Schools
the Express
Peacock Shop
Misa Winifred Rohr
Dorothy Smith
Miriam Fairbanks
Minoa Harford
Ruth Graves
Margaret Phelps
Pearl Slauson
Edna Harms
Ameline Hoffman
Ruth Zubier
Eleanor Stockwell
Fern Milroy
May Sharp
Antonette
Mary Coxsee
Freda Widmer
Anna Marie Orcutt
Lovell Township
Wapspinicon
Helena Wilcox
Alma Bliuol
Ruth Gundlach
E. C. Ricklets
Lincoln Thoeni
Otto Riedel
Alfred Remley
Alma Rassiger
Atta
Chris Balsiger
Kahler Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
Miss Balsiger
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Balsiger
Maples Inn
Paul Smith
Bill” Daly
Killian Company
Frank Stimson
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
Alyn Wohrends
Von
Loretta
Catherine McDonough
Sand Spring
Carsten Ketelsen
Ketelsen
Catherine
Clarence Samuel Sulzner
Ban Sulzner
Coggan
Edith
Irene
Arthur
Reformed Church
RB. P. Kuentzel
Monticello High School
Worthington
Barnes
Chambers
Frederick H. Bohlken
John Badenhofer
Fred Hanken
Frank Hayden
George Buel
W. F. Flinty
W. Eilers
G. H. George
Thomas Shover
Iowa Electric Company of
Iowa Electric Company
George
Shover
Eerane
Showers
I. Schoenbohm
Denver
Iowa
W. C. Graf
F. Schoenbohm
B. Mutschman
Schoenbohm Brothers
Wartburg College
Wayne Township
Castle Grove
Wyoming
Hopkinton
Dundee
Monticellor
LaFrance
Star Meat Market
Marshall & Marshall
BUICK
F. W. Page
Monticello, Iowa
Business Man
Lowell State Bank
TRIPL
Stahlers
Tre Jones County
J. B. Zimmerman
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