Summer hats and visitors fill Monticello notices
Monticello column lists multiple visitors including Mrs Fred Matthiessen in Hopkinton Dr T M Redmond on business to Dysart and Mrs Samuel Adamson visiting her son in Cedar Rapids Numerous local residents and guests travel to Cedar Rapids Anamosa Des Moines and Iowa City with ads for Devlin Millinery McNeill Hardware and White Lilly washing machines domestic notes on births trips and church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Adamson
Roy
Cedar Rapids
Monticello News Briefs Briefly Touch Monticello Region
Monticello area residents and visitors are noted in a long list of social and civic items. Highlights include travels to Edinburgh Texas and Cedar Rapids, hospital updates, family arrivals, and community events plus a mayoral and church note, a birth, graduations, and school activities.
Local political chatter and community notices from Monticello
Republican sheriff hopefuls Mosars Bray and Stout campaigned in town while Newell Rice and George Wilson attended an Iowa Telephone meeting in Cedar Rapids. Monticello Improvement Club plans a June 4 dinner open to all business and farming residents as high school wireless and civic events unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Newell Rice
George Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Telephone Company
Monticello
Truck Parades Highlight Monticello Visit From Cedar Rapids
Last week Monticello hosted two automobile truck parades from Dubuque and Cedar Rapids. About six to seven standard makes lined First street with dealers Beck Hawkeye Beck plus Chevrolet Rude Auto Co Ford Latthner All American Reliance Wright Chapman Maxwell Transport Truck Nash Simmons Motor Ford Corn Belt Dodge Oldsmobile Truck Service Federal Don Sales. Speaker B H Dawson of Des Moines urged farm truck use and highway paving while Senator W G Haskell supported good roads but cautioned against immediate heavy costs. Representative C F Clark also spoke briefly during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Beck-Hawkeye
Beck
G. 4
Shugart
Chevrolet
Rude Auto Co
Ford
Latthner Motor Sales Co
All American
Reliance
Wright Chapman—Maxwell
Cedar Valley
Nash—Nash
Simmons Motor Sales Co
Republic
Corn Belt Motor Co
Dodge
Oldsmobile Sales Co
Oldsmobile
Truck Service Co—Federal
Don Sales Co
B. H. Dawson
Des Moines
W. G. Haskell
C. F. Clark
Mrs Maria H Eilers Dies At Monticello Home
Mrs Maria H Eilers died Friday afternoon at 2 30 at her Main street home after a six day pneumonia illness. Born September 1 1844 in Hanover Germany she immigrated to the United States with her parents and settled in LaCrosse Wisconsin. She married Renk Eilers March 2 1866 at Wayne Lutheran Church Iowa City. The couple lived on a Lovell township farm before moving to Monticello in 1908. Surviving are husband six of nine children Bernhard Edward Gerhard Alva Benjamin plus 23 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at the family home conducted by Rev H C Irvine. burial Oakwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria H. Tilers
Main Street
Hilers
Anton B. Harms
Hanover
Germany
United States
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Renk Eilers
Wayne Lutheran Church
Iowa City
George Brecht
H. C. Irvine
Castle Grove Presbyterian Church
Oakwood
G. A. R. Members to Meet Before Memorial Day Services
All members of the G. A. R. veterans and sailors of the World War are to meet in the high school gymnasium next Sunday at 9 30 am to attend Memorial day services at the opera house starting at 10 o'clock. Members are urged to wear uniforms if possible but should not stay away if lacking one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Opera House
Paul—Statesman
Kingdom of Christ
Memorial Day Program for Monticello Observance
Memorial Day will be observed next Sunday at ten in the Monticello opera house. Music by the Scotch Grove Monticello band and solo by Mrs. C G Thomas precede an address by Rev William Hayes Mitchell and a benediction. Automobiles will transport G A R and World War veterans to the cemetery where further services include schoolchildren, ritual honors, and band music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Opera House
A. M. Jayne
Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
William H. Mitchell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rice
Laude
Messers
Main
Carson
Mitchell
Georgia Scott
Jones
Robert Cushman
Ebenezer Goodly
Anatomy
H Edward Machart
Antony Goodly
Ballayet
Vernon Brazelton
Richard Heatherly
Marjorie—Lloyd King
Thomas Halden
Norman Wilson
Wmn
Bigher
Alva Giebels
Henry Fuller
Mrs. Goodly
Ebenezer
Alice Johnson
Cissy
Wsther Swift
Marjorie
Minerva
Dora Kettlitz
Hdna Ahraken
Alvina Starlight
Abenezer
Blaine Reed
Helma
Matilda Crim
Will—Hazel Shover
Murray
Lassie Alcorn
Mary Heyen
Edwin Fitzsimons
Lak
Rose
Ethelbert Nevin
Sther Swift
Wlainey Reed
William Rickels
Monticello
Scotch Grove
I W. Lovell
A. M. Carpenter Jr
Scotch Grove- Monticello
Br. J. Reed
Alumni Banquet and Class Day Events at Local High School
Emma Rhatigan reports a high school visit by Miss Neily Clark and Mrs. Lemon, with Class Day exercises planned in the high school assembly Thursday. The W C T U state organizer Mrs Hate spoke to students last Thursday, and Friday hosts a sophomore singer after a busy week. Sixth and seventh grades lost baseball to the eighth 16 to 26 Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Rhatigan
Neily ‘Clark
Presbyterian Church
Lemon
Hate
Mon ticello Alumni Banquet Planned With Dance
The Mon ticello high school alumni association schedules its annual banquet at the Presbyterian church dining room this Friday evening, promptly 6 30. A dance at Kinsella hall follows for alumni and friends. program includes welcomes, toasts, solos, and a Juniors play. Tickets at Stickford's drug store at 1.00 for members and 1.25 for non members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alumni Association
The
Monticello High School
Presbyterian Church
Kinsella Hall
Millington Carpenter
Henry Heisey
Vernon Brazelton
F. Stuhler
J. J. Locher
Genevieve Britting
Blaine Reed
Stickford’s
Cautionary tale of a stock salesman’s windfall and escape
Manchester Press recalls a broker who funded his scheme with 25 percent commissions from worthless stock sales. He fled to Scotland with $100,000 in profit while others lost their money, insisting he held only government securities and high grade bonds. The piece urges investing in safe government bonds and strong mortgage or high grade securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Iowa
Scotland
Bids Sought for 200 Tons Coal by Monticello District
Sealed bids are invited by the Monticello school district for 200 tons of Franklin county 8x6 coal. Price must include delivery to the school house in Bing. Bids must be received by June 1, 1920, in the secretary's hands. R. H. Tticklefs, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Franklin County
Bing
Monticello notices and James Lazell naval academy news
Last notice to Mon ticelo property owners to clean up premises with city enforcement warned. James Lazell, son of Mr and Mrs T B Lazell, passed entrance exams for the United States Naval Academy and must report for a June 11 physical examination. He attended Monticello High School class of ’21 and studied at Phillips Exeter before Annapolis. The plebes face strict first year rules and pay equipment costs plus receive a small salary. Also listed: for sale the late Mrs John Haller’s Maple Street five room home with immediate possession and various household items. See White Lilly washers at H Schoon’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lazell
T. 8. Lazell
United States Navy Academy
Annapolis
Maryland
James
Monticello
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter
New Hampshire
Naval Academy
John Haller
Maple Street
Frank Quimby
Quieting Title in Jones County Iowa Plaintiffs vs Unknown Heirs
The petition filed in Jones County Iowa seeks to quiet title to the east half of the northwest quarter and part of the east half of the southwest quarter in section five township four north range three west, subject to a railway right of way. It names numerous heirs and defendants and claims uninterrupted possession for more than fifteen years, with actions to bar all claims. The court requires appearance by the second day of the next term, June 7, 1920, or default and judgment will follow, with publication ordered in The Atlantic News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
James H. Hines
Edward B. Jeffries
Ida Jeffries
Clara Strawman
Strawman
Ida Smith
Smith
Aliee Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Annie Berryhill
Berryhi
Emanuel J. Ames
Sylvia Hines
American Canadian Land Company
Chcago and
Northwestern Railway
Mystic Workers of the World
M. Strawman
Mra
DM. Strachman
Mary 8
Jeffries
Jobles
Sarah Aa
Cgramtt
Grattt
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Onty
District Court
Jones County
Towa
Philne Tit
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Anamosa
Iowa
Quieting Title Suit in Jones County Iowa Lands
In Jones County Iowa district court a petition seeks to quiet title to extensive land holdings described by section and plot in township 86 north range 3 west. The plaintiff claims continuous possession for over twenty years under color of title and warns defendants to appear by June 7 1820 or face default and judgment.
Quieting title in Smith Jobson vs O'Sullivan heirs Iowa case
District court of Jones county Iowa June term 1920 receives a petition by Walter Jobson asking to quiet title to land described as the south half of the northwest quarter and related parcels in section 35 township 86 range 2. He asserts open exclusive adverse possession for over ten years under color of title and warns defendants to answer by June 7 1920 or face default and judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo P. Smith
Anamosa
Bert Sinkey
Patrick O’connell
District Court
J. T. Moffit
Tipton
Iowa
Jones County
Walter Jobson
Mien O'Sullivan
Timothy O'Sullivan
Daniel O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan
John O'Sullivan
Dennis Kehoe
Jin O'Sullivan
William Sapp
Sapp
Laurance Kenney
William Laddwid
Ladd
James O'Sullivan
Kate O'Sullivan
Anne O'Sullivan
Mary Walderbach
Ben ‘Walderbach
Sophia Maria Cgrumin
William, Grumm
Frederick Grumm
Laur Grumm
Anna J. Jacobs
John Jacobs
Mary J. Gerdes
R. Gerdes
M Elizabeth Rickels
John H. Rickels
Matilda Hanken
Rosa Grumm
John Grumm
Tomma
Mieglig
Horain
Chilmants
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Chas. A. Doxsee
the Home of Shoes of Quality
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Bert Barnts
Marion
Lincoln Thoent
Devlin Millinery
Fred Matthiessen
Hopkinton
T. M. Redmond
Dysart
Dr. Redmond
Nina Hamilton
Henry Carlson
Dr. Stabler
Kate Maurice
J. S. Welch
Fyel
Redmond
VY. L. Hanssen
Davenport Vistors
Belle Devlin
Emma Laude
James, Laude
Devlin
Thomas Warner
Ray Heckernacht
Kent, Illinois
Mrs. Geo. Whalen
Waukon, Iowa
Reuben Dress
Clarice Hamilton
C. C. Chandler
John Balster Jr
C. H. Shipman
John Boss Jr
McNeill Hardware
William G. Bilers
Minneapolis
Minnesota
C. L. Kay
Farley
F. J. Kay
William Magee
Perry
J. W. Innes
Ames
Henry H. Schoon’s
T. V. London
Oliver
Eureka, Montana
A. M. Fairbanks
Harry Stuhler
Helen’ Louise
Mesdames
H. M. Carpenter
H. M. Carpenter Jr
G. F. Wilkens
F. K. Hahn
Fr. J. Kay
Robert William Hunter
Mrs. M. H. Teeter
W. Hardcastle
Iowa Falls
Congregational Church
Express
BE. B. Reed
Sacramento
California
John Fluckiger
Henry H. Schoon
John McLaughlin
Minnie McLaughlin
Henry Jacobs
Margaret Hanson
Linfred Hauss
Coe College
Abe Adams
Glenn Netcott
Independence
D. Young Home
Arnold Egger
Herman Harms
Edinburgh
Texas
John Thomas
J. T. Grayston
Lowell E. Hicks
Detroit, Michigan
Mrs. E. G. Hicks
John F. Moore
Harry Stahler
Leslie Reade
William O. Smith
McDonald Hospital
Lois Cowen
Frida
Syvening
J.’ J. Locher
Martha Oeschger
Columbus
Nebraska
Fred Lehman
Joseph de Boest
Phoenix
Arizona
A. G. Rickless
Hicks & Ricklets Dry Goods
G. L. Lovell
Harold Adams
H. E. Wylie
Reatha
Otto Blaul
Reuben
Peter Dress
BE. B. Hicks
Mrs. B. Curtin
Decorah
Dirk Coleman
Henry Welch
Chester Gray
Strawberry, Missouri
S. F. Reade
Andrew Davidson
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Charles Brown
Mrs. Farley
Pauline Farley
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
W. H. L. Schuetz
John McDonald Hospital
Roy V. Porter
Margaret
Belle Plaine
Webster
John H. Fraser
Nevada
Fraser
G. H. George
H. S. Richardson
Mt. Vernon
General Conference
C. E. Cushman
Francis
Dwight
Bert Shover
Springville
Shover
Marcella Britting
Berdina Wenger
Newhall
Mary R. Arduser
Milo R. Fuller
John Arduser
McGregor
Blanche Fairbanks Carson
William Hayes Mitchell
Monticello Methodist Episcopal Church
Louis Lang
Kensington Club
F. J. Dahling
H.C. L
B. D. Haeussler
Ladis A. Hay
H. F. Kettlitz
Kansas City
Margaret Eberhart
Eberhart
Mercer County
Pennsylvania
John M. Eberhart
Cascade
Rodman
Himebaugh
Skelley
Cushman
Cilley
Schneider
Hubbard
Rockstad
Shelley
R. H. Tticklefs
Monticelo
J. A. Voorhees
White Lilly
H. H. Schoon
J.J
Pharitif
A. A. Clarke
Atonticeno Mixpress
AL AL Clarke
Ot Jones Co
Notich
District Court of
Fordones County
Tern
Willian Li
Atdeieh
Tuts Wicker
Aliag
Ricker
Sry
Chriathin Amlek
Christopher Aniek
Ero- Me Scott
WR. Scott
Nunedune Scott
Rufus i. Tows
Dora Ly
Shearer
Leonard
Dora J. Appleton
Lure Alexander Thal S
Alexander
Catherine Dress
Mnest
Bertram ‘T Hubbard
Ida Hubbard
Leah Sarah
Clarence ‘Titus
Stephen Miner Hubbard
Gertrude Hubbard
Sarah J. Hubbards
Hon Traint
Township
Towmship
Plainell
Sid County
Deeres
Vv. O. Welch
Pliulintitr
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State Superintendent of Banking
Resources
U.S
Federal Reserve Bank
Cash and Light Exchange
Total
Lowell State Bank
Coffie Liddy & Ricklefs
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