Monticello High School Class Day Exercises Schedule
The Monticello high school holds graduation exercises on Wednesday evening May 29 1918 at 830 pm. The program includes an orchestra a senior class invocation a girls choir song and a medley of historical epochs featuring cast members and a house party scene. Seats go on sale May 25 at Kettlitz & Kay drug store with reserved seats 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmena
Monticello High School
Vikings
America
Nellie Fact
John Thought
Mr. Thought
Wm. Stuhier, Jr
Florence Sampson
Madge Griffin
Rerson
Emma Laude
Marie Elliot
Maccessra Pransene
Ardis Swordes
Helen Langton
Osasineanisuarvinamt
Beastqehelaove
Margaret Stott
Ruth Townsend
Qastanappensaagtursenances Regateneah
Olive Warner Bess Brown
d’Autremont
Ray Campbell
Donald Sutherland
Glee Club
E. Reed
C. E. Cushman
Kettlitz & Kay Drug Store
May 1878 Monticello News Highlights
Fred Grassmeyer travels to Germany for a month. The Hopkinton Messenger debuts. Charles Showers and Della Wallace wed May 18. S. G. Harris assumes Burnett House ownership. Teachers’ payroll totals listed. Oliver Magee and Mrs. Joseph Price funerals noted. Murphy temperance club organized with officers and committee members named. A rock attack damaged a passenger train window. Fred Lott fined. An Irregular inquiry letter to Robert Ing ersoll on immortality quotes him on the soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Fred Grassmeyer
Germany
Messenger
Hopkinton
Charles G. Showers
Waterloo
Della Wallace
L. W. Brentnall
S. G. Harris
Burnett House
D. A. Magee
Scotch Grove
Joseph Price
Methodist Episcopal Church
Murphy Club
J. Q. Wing
J. R. Stillman
J. B. Smith
Isaac Philips
N. W. Austin
W. Towne
Clinton County
Fred Lott
Manchester
Robert Ingersoll
Red Cross drives thrift and nurses in wartime drive
Pages recount sewing of surgical dressings by pupils and teachers in Lovell Castle Grove and Deer Creek districts. Belgian blankets knit by students, and a call to recruit 25,000 Army Nurse Corps by January 1 1919. War Council cites relief funds across France Belgium Italy Russia and other nations plus millions for American operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Becker
Lovell
No. 7
Lawrence Allamand
Red Cross
Ruth Lovell
Essie M. Coleman
Deer Creek
Dena Willms
Lizzie Wilms
Florence Black
Minnie Huls
Mabel Ricklefs
Harold Hubbard
Wilhelmena Knake
Florence Calkins
Castle Grove
Mary Fa
Army Nurse Corps
War Council
France
Belgium
Italy
Russia
Roumania
Serbia
Great Britain
Armenia
Syria
Palestine
Canada
Poland
United States
Germany
United Tales Eee
Plymouth County
Red Cross Meeting At Opera House Sees Strong Turnout
A Sunday Red Cross gathering at the opera house drew a full house with Mayor Voorhees presiding. Local ministers filled in after failing to secure an out of town speaker and urged swift, liberal support for the Red Cross drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Opera House
Voorhees
Germany
America
A. P. Walton
Presbyterian Church
W. H. J. Schuetz
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Scotch Grove
Kaiser
S. Ide
St. Mathew’s Lutheran Church
Sammy
C. E. Cushman
Eeeon A
City Meeting Backs Red Cross Fund Drive
A patriotic meeting applauded calls for full aid to the Red Cross and kicked off a city fund drive. George Sowers, returning veteran with a service stripe, led the flag during the Our United States chorus and the audience gave him heartfelt applause as America was sung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Cushman
United States
George Sowers
France
America
Hopkinton Wedding Invites Verne Wheeless and Ursula Millen
Verne Wheeless, a wireless operator on Atlantic coast steamers, and Miss Ursula Mil len, a Hopkinton acquaintance, are to wed next Wednesday at the M. H. E. church. The bride is a niece of Mrs. Julia Ricketts. F. C. Williamson and A. K. Cramer visited Sioux City to inspect stock market prospects and consider calves for feeding. Farmers in western Iowa and South Dakota fear a dry season due to insufficient spring rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Verne Wheeless
Ursula Millen
M. H E
Verne
Atlantic Coast Line
Julia Ricketts
F. C. Williamson
A. K. Cramer
Sioux City
Williamson
A. K
Iowa
South Dakota
Belgian Relief Goods Lost In English Channel Mine
A ship carrying Bel gi an relief supplies to Belgium hit a German mine in the English Channel and sank. Three carloads of clothing from Iowa were aboard, shipped through Des Moines. The Des Moines office has sent 34 carloads since December, more than any other state, with about 40,000 suits donated by Camp Dodge soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
BE. G. McNeal
Des Moines
States of the Union
Camp Dodge
Memorial Day closing request from city officials
The article notes a request that all business houses close on Memorial Day as directed by Mayor J. A. Voorhees. It also mentions personal items including Mrs. Eugene DeWitt returning from Marble Rock with her nephew and plans for a baccalaureate sermon at Monticello high school and visits by Mrs. Floyd Shew and Miss Kettlesen to Camp Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Voorhees
Eugene DeWitt
Marble Rock
DeWitt
Floyd Shew
Miss Kettlesen
Wyoming
Camp Dodge
Shew
Final Reports Filed for Jones County Estates
Notice to all interested that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in estates listed are filed with the Clerk of the District Court Jones County Iowa. The 38th day of June 1918 is set for final hearing and approval. Interested parties may appear file exceptions and show cause why reports should not be approved. Final report of J W Coxsee executor of the estate of George W Davis deceased near Anamosa Iowa. George A Fisher Clerk of the District Court Jones Co Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
J. W. Coxsee
Geo. W. Davis
Ananiosa
Iowa
George A, Fisher
Jones Co
Green's August Flower Offered Free at W. W. Stickford
An old advertising notice promotes Green's August Flower as a cure for indigestion dyspepsia and related ailments. It offers a free sample bottle at W. W. Stickford and claims fifty years of success. The ad notes headaches arise from stomach disorders and calls it a gentle laxative. It claims sale worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
W. W. Stickford’s
Notice to Bidders for County Road Grading
Sealed bids will be received by the Jones County Iowa auditor until 10 am Monday June 3 1918 for grading on the county road system from station ten to station seventeen on the section line between sections twenty one and twenty eight Lovell township about 1000 cubic yards of earth to be moved. Bids on regular form. plans and specs available at the auditor's office. 472 B. J. Hines County Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa
Lovell Township
B. J. Hines
County Auditor
Franklin Co
Ill
Bloomfield, Ta
Amber
Anamosa
J. Hines
Also Mentioned on This Page
Molana Ailatarw
Adele Wilkens
Wall
Harold Mann
G'se Club
Veteetl Ardis Swordes
Matilda Behrends
Mae
E .Faning
John Alden
Priscilla
Broughton
Albert Schneider
Ardis
Swordes
Ada Stadtmuller
Willard
Paul Kehoe
Irving Hintz
Royal Corbett
Leona Spragg
Ferris
Francy Guyan
Wilbur Cartano
Lincoln
Bertha Blassing
Clarence Schneider
Clarence Hayden
Olive Warner
Mandalay
Serenade
Oley Speaks Boys’ Glee Club
Schubert
The
Hopkinton Leader
J. H. Barr
Clayton Palmer
Maquoketa
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
L. G. Stabler
Main Street
Barney Magee
Lowell State Bank
EH. A. Andrews
Center Junction
C. S. Bidwell
J. G. Krause
John Schoon
J. H. Zimmerman
North Cedar Street
Hall Mfg, CO
J. D. Mateer & Co
1St Ave
Cedar Rapids
A. Hhrisman
Walnut
Third Streets
J. E. Bateman
Yowa
Michigan
Kalkaska
Antrim
Charlevoix
Swigart Land CO
First National Bank
Chicago
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
Dr. Hand
Swigart
S. Dearborn
A.P. Lambert
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
McGarvey Beery’s Store
R. D. Cooley, Auctioneer
M. F. Hogan
F. A. Hefner
Stickford Drug Store
Monticello Town
Iowa Telephone Company
Geo. K. Meyer
Charles W. Bosley Mrs
Lara Bosley
Bosley
Bosley Doctors of Chiropractic
Princess Theatre Building
C. N. Patrick
Rickless & McNeill Hardware Store
Towa
Mayr
W . W. Stickford
H. M. Remiey
James Remley
Remley
Astorbneys
AT Law
Main.street
Adler-ika
Kettlitz & Kay
Alamazoo
SILOZ
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Tank & Silo Co
Rudolph Bohren
John G. Schoon
Insurance and Real Estate
J. W. Doxsee
Chas, A. Doxsee
Doxsee
Probate
Tlovell Block
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