Local notices from Monticello reveal visits and travel
Visitors and residents are listed throughout Monticello notes, including E. S. Overholt of Onslow, Emil Monnier of the Coggon region, Bernice Drees heading to Dubuque Bayless College, and many others calling on friends, traveling, or returning home. Several small items mention post office notices, weather, shopping at Deutrick’s, church services, and local business notes.
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Bernice Drees
Gonar
Dubuque
Bayless’ Business College
Monticello Updates and Upcoming Chautauqua Week
Local news notes include sheriff visits and primary election tips in Monticello. Monticello residents attend Cedar Rapids events, and Chautauqua runs June 11 to 16 with plans for an airdome showing moving pictures. Memorial Day observances loom as Civil War veterans plan a combined ceremony.
Fourth of July plans face apathy and wage strike echoes
Improvement Club debates a town Fourth of July celebration as boosters dwindle. New labor law after July 1 1914 makes employers liable for on duty injuries, with J Pond Insurance offering coverage. Ten strikers leave, others fill jobs at 2.25 a day for nine hours, Cedar Rapids origin noted. Matt Saber returns after surgery boasting a rapid recovery.
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J. &. Pond
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Weather Damage and Local Notices
A heavy rainstorm caused downed telephone lines and electrical shocks near Anamosa. The Oxford Junction Mirror notes Florence Errickson’s upcoming wedding shower by colleagues. City council debates water meter installation to curb waste. Health concerns of Pastor Gruenstein and paving issues with doorway concrete are discussed. Obituary reports Lena Reuter Decker, 30, with family details. Court session resumes after jury retention. cases involve aluminum novelties and a $1000 auto raffle dispute from Anamosa fair.
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Anamosa
Northrop
Baery Dry Goods
Monticello
Manchester
Chris Decker
Lena Reuter
Mason City
Lyle
Minnesota
Bowen’s Prairie
Carl Reuter
Hamphere
Iowa
Minnesota Via
Roth & Co
Flaherty & Co
Mary A. Donnally
H. N. Grimm
Cedar Rapids
Grimm
Dusty streets prompt city oiling plan at Olin
The city will oil principal streets at Olin to curb dust while nearbyJet owners, who currently lack sprinkling, pay for their own oil. Those who have tried oiling report relief from dust and welcome the freedom it provides.
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Olin
Surgeons Operate at Anamosa Sanitarium
Among recent operations at the Anamosa sanitarium were Mrs. Peter Robertson of Amber for tumor removal Miss Jo Gavin of Onsende Miss Genevieve Reilly of Castle Grove and Miss May Wallrutt of Center Junction The operation on Miss Wallrutt for appendicitis was performed by Dr Colen Thomas of Monticello.
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Anamosa Sanitarium
Peter Robertson
Amber
Jo Gavin
Onsende
Genevieve Reilly
Castle Grove
May Wallrutt
Center Junction
Colen Thomas
Monticello
Monticello Citizens Invite Slogan Contest and Wedding News
Rev and Mrs W J Van Buren of West Union visit Monticello and surrounding towns to attend graduations and Memorial Day events while Monticello Improvement Club seeks slogan ideas with a $4 prize. Miss Ethel Young wed Frank Wiegand in Monticello home ceremony with relatives from North and South Dakota in attendance.
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Monticello
Ethel Young
Frank Wiegand
Mreeport
Ilinois
Robert Young
Roy V. Porter
Methodist Episcopal Church
Young
Edna Miller
Hettinger
North Dakota
Dora Hosford
Platt
South Dakota
Monticello Engineer Lyman Lewis Dies After Ill Health
Lyman Lewis a Monticello resident and traction engine engineer on a county road grader died Friday after telephoning his family and collapsing in M Dittmer Sons shop. He leaves a wife and three children and was interred at Elkport.
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Lyman Lewis
Monticello
Lélknader
Elkport
Elkader
Lewis
M. Dittmer & Son
Regan & Witt’s
John S. Lewis
Commencement Week Opens With Sermon and Music
The high school commencement week began with Rev. Charles Cushman delivering a two part sermon at the Congregational church last Sunday evening. Music featured the orchestra, a solo by Mrs. P. Stabler, and a duet by Ralph Baker and Ruth Streib. Assistants included Revs. Allen and Porter. The 28 graduates include 12 men and 16 women led by Borduna Wonger as top scholar and Leo Locher salutatorian. The class day exercises followed in the high school assembly with a program by Ivan Steiner, Ludwig Rickels, LincolnThoeni, the Boys Glee Club, and George Pond leading the class song.
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Charles HH. Cushman
Congregational Church
Mra. FP. P. Stabler
Ralph Baker
Ruthstreim
W. 4. Allen
Roy V. Porter
Mr. Cushman
Gilizona
Thom
Mgr. Cushman
Wom
Borduna Wonger
Leo Locher
R. OD. Miller
Music High School
Glass History
Ivan Steiner Storm Kiond
Ludwig Rickels
Lincoln Thoeni Sonng
George Pond
Seniors Present Twain Comedy At Opera House Play
The graduating program at the opera house features a humorous acted adaptation of Mark Twain’s Inno cents Abroad instead of formal addresses. The evening includes a complete lineup with The Bohemian Girl Balfe, Invoc ation by Rev. W. Allen, Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascupil High School Chorus, Leo Lasher, Lullaby, Ilumoreske, Dvorak Girls Glee Club, Glow the La Rue, Stakas Were Lost, Martha Balour, The Blue Danube Waltzes by Strauss.
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Mark Twain
Balfe High School
Allen Ugavalleria Rusticana
Mascupil High School
Leo Lasher
Ilumoreske
Americans in Rome Cast Orchestrated Gallery Row
List of persons and roles appears as a catalog of figures and performances in Rome. Names include George Pond Guido Thomas Kingsley Mrs Jones Laura Milera Mira Johnson Gladys Swift Mrs Cross Frances Coyle Mrs Leggette Grace Grassfield Willie Leggette Ralph Lambert and Vatican Guards Leo Locher among others. The page mentions music acts and costumed titles such as Madonna of the Chair and Beppar Boy O Lovely Night with performers like Gladys Swift and Matanantat Offenbach.
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Stewart Stabler
Dr. Sober
Marshall Hall
Mark ‘Twain
Lincoln Thoeni Han
Ludwig Rickels
Minerva
Mahal Welch
Gladys Swift
Beppar Boy
Memorial Sermon at Monticello Union Church
Rev. Roy V. Porter delivered a memorial sermon to the Monticello union congregation at the Methodist Episcopal church last Sunday. He praised Lincoln and Grant, credited divine guidance for the nation, and honored Civil War veterans now numbering about a dozen. Reverends Allen and Cushman assisted. choir and soloist Mrs. Ervin Reed provided music and a Chautauqua event was announced for Center Junction June 11–16.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Roy V. Porter
Monticello
Lincoln
Grant
Napoleon
Seadera
Thas
Allen
Cushman
Methodist Episcopal Choir
Ervin KE. Reed
High School Notes and End of Year Reflections
William Steanbaugh reports on the final school term activities. Seniors are highlighted as important, exams approach, and students prepare for final try-outs by orchestra and chorus. Freshmen host a Killias spring picnic, snakes observed, and weather may affect study. Dr. Stabler offers eye care, and hats go on sale at Howell millinery. The Burlington Hawkeye notes a Sioux City Journal quote about Judge Lee.
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William Steanbaugh
Miller
Killias
Big wash out near here causes brief disruption
An early morning wash out occurred locally but ended quickly with no injuries. Residents report staying safe and in good spirits as cleanup begins. A neighbor gifted a Clay Lawn Drier to his wife and they seem pleased with the gift.
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Hiusband
Eclipse
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Coggon
O. N. Patrick
John 8. Welch
Nebraska
Herwig
New Hampton
W. W. Hunter
D. B. Kehoe
Don Rathbun
Perry
O. B. Rundle
Deatrick’s
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Cresco
Mrs. Palmer
Gertrude Dautremont
Melrose
Jerome McMahon
State Center
D . Pond
Deutrick D. G. Co
David Heisey
J. A. Heisey
H . Lawer
Ed Bennett
Will Matthiessen
Doutrick’s
John H. Perrine
Margaret Wismeir
O. H. Soetje
Catherine Stuhler
Catherine Liddy
Deutrick’s
Nellie Fletcher
Elgin
F. P. Stabler
George L. Lovell
Catherine
KE. M. Byers
Parlor
J. P. Willis
Wiabek, North Dakota
John Burrock
Libbie Voorhees
Richard Dawson
BR. J. Farley
L. W. Lovell
Iowa City
Mabel Gleason
Hall Factory
Elma
Sheriff Hogan
S. A. Sarles
West Superior
California
Coast
Mrs. Bradford
Grand Lodge of the Order of the Eastern Star
Libbie
Florence Thoeni
Minneapolis
Mrs
Martin Thoeni
Ruth Them
Katherine Hines
Center Junction Chautauqua
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Chester N. Patrick
Renk
Hartley Wilkinson
Edward Link
Peter Webber
Reuben Webber
Wisconsin
Peter Dress
George van Buren
Kearney
A. W. Cramer
L. A. Beaver
E. Monahan
Carl Dutton
Charles Moore
D. EB. Hunnawalt
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Ted
O. B. Crane
First Street
Merrill
James A. Voorhees
Faith
Gearhart
Howell Millinery
Jones County
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Medical College
J. B. Albrook
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P. O. Babcock
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Theodore Thomas
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Dorothea North
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Edward Clark
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Anamosa Reformatory
Claude Fothergill
Hops
Matilda Schweitzer
BR. V. Porter
Madison
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P. M. Phillips
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West Union
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