Monticello High School Holds Commencement Exercises
The Monticello high school graduation filled the opera house with friends of the class. E. K. Reed awarded diplomas and urged patriotism and service over seeking mere personal success. Valedictorian Ellen Adele Wilkens and salutatorian William Stuhler Jr led a patriotic program praising American history and featuring class member roles. The paper commends retiring superintendent K D Miller for eight years of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Opera
E. EK. Reed
Board of Education
Reed
Elsa M. Behrends
Florence Sampson
Bertha Blassing
Albert Schneider
Wilbur Cartano
Clarence Schneider Mraney P
Guyan
Leona M. Spragge
Clarence Hayden Adam
Stadtmuller
Irving R. Hintz
William Stuhler, Jr
Paul J. Kehoe
Margaret EE
Stott
Emma V
Donald Sutherland
Harold Ff
Mann Olive M
Warner Ardis Swordes
J. Adele Wilkens
Verena d’Autremont
Ellen Adele Wilkens
K. D. Miller
Monticello
Local society notes and arrivals in Monticello area
A compilation of health updates and social visits. Residents returning home after operations, hospital stays, weddings abroad, and visitors from Anamosa, Mt. Vernon, Rock Island, and Manchester are listed with brief notes on their status and travel. Highlights include Alice Hanawalt's Idaho Falls marriage and others visiting schools, theatres, and friends in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Hanawalt
D. E. Hanawalt
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Robert T. Simerly
Monticello
West
Simerly
Mrs. Limerly
Drummond
Prices In Belgium Report On Food Scarcity And Prices
A Washington dispatch reports severe Belgian food shortages under German occupation. It notes dog and cat meat as common table fare, high prices for coffee and Swiss cheese, and widespread tuberculosis among adults and starvation among the elderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Belgium
Albert J. Carney
University of Louvain
Germany
Hoover appeal urges Iowa rationing to aid soldiers
Herbert Hoover asks Iowa residents to stop wheat bread, limit meat to two pounds per person weekly, and cut sugar. Food Administrator Deems assures compliance, and Hoover has mobilized preachers, lodges, clubs, schools to promote a statewide rationing program for soldiers in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Deems
Hoover
Lightning Strikes Gorman Home In Anamosa Storm
A violent thunderstorm Friday near sundown struck the residence of attorney Geo C. Gorman on Walnut Street, blowing bricks from the chimney and tearing the roof. Mrs Gorman and her mother were inside and frightened by the loud crash. The bolt reportedly followed a ventilator pipe to the sewer, sparing the rest of the house. The storm also damaged the Ed Namara farm barn in Cass township, tearing its roof and siding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Journal
Atty
Geo. C. Gorman
Walnut Street
Ed. McNamara
Cass Township
Enforcing the Law at Oxford
Oxford Mirror reports a busy start to the week in Mayor Magruder court with two traffic law violations. George Shimerda paid $5 and costs for driving on the wrong side of the street as Fern Theatre discharged its audience. Joe Barto paid similar fines for permitting minors in pool halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Mirror
Magruder
George Shimerda
Fern Theatre
Joe Barto
Wool Record Load Brought To Mechanicsville
Frank S. Miller delivered two wool loads in Mechanicsville yesterday. One load earned $2910.70 and may set a town record. the smaller load earned $1329.90. Total weight was 6660 pounds and total value $4240.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville Pioneer Press
Frank S. Miller
Man chester Visitors Note H M Carpenter At Bank Meeting
In Manchester a banker meeting lists H M Carpenter of Monticello State Bank as a top figure. The piece comments on travel pace and notes federal moves to raise freight and passenger rates, plus a food administration rule requiring wholesalers licenses for egg buyers. It also mentions Chicago bakers halting doughnut production and smoking tobacco becoming army ration policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Bankers
H. M. Carpenter
Monticello
Carpenter
Silent film bills for early June theater schedule
On Monday through Saturday in June a string of 5 part Triangle and 5 part Fox features play across the week. Titles include The Stainless Barrier Somebody s Wife The Conqueror Golden Rule Kate A Hotel Disgrace The Good Bad Man Stolen Honor Fighting Back and A Hero s Fall with matinee at 3 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle Players
Louise Glaum
Triangle
Douglas Fairbanks
Bessie Love
William Desmond
For Sale Local Farm Animals and Homes and A Residence
Two registered yearling Shorthorn bulls listed by P D Bell at 482 for sale. Large white Pekin ducks eggs priced at 1 for 11 by A Andrews Center Junction Iowa. Universal Cyclopaedia set of twelve volumes offered by C S Bidwell at less than one third first cost. A seven room bungalow for sale by N G W Winner at 482 with modern appointments and immediate possession. Eight room residence for sale at Walnut and Third Monticello Iowa by J S Hall with paved street, white enamel finish, oak floors and modern systems priced at 3800.
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A. Andrews
Center Junction
Iowa
C. S. Bidwell
Salh
N. G. W. Winner
Walnut
Third Streets
Monticello
Hall
Auction bids for county road grading in Jones Iowa
Sealed bids are invited by the Jones County Iowa auditor for grading a section of the county road system from station ten to station seventeen in Lovell township. Estimated earth moved 1000 cubic yards. Bids due by 10:00 a.m. on Monday June 3 1918. Plans and specs available at the county auditor’s office 472 BE J Hines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa
Lovell Township
BE. J. Hines
Bids Open for County Coal Delivery in 1918
Sealed bids are due by 1:00 p m June 8 1918 at the county auditor office for supply of 250 tons of Franklin Co ill or Bloomfield ill coal to Amber 20 tons of Franklin Co ill or Bloomfield Ia coal to Anamosa and 35 tons of range or stove size Scranton anthracite coal to Anamosa J Hines county auditor issues the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Auditor
Franklin Co
Ill
Bloomfield
Amber
Anamosa
J. Hines
Nervousness on the Decline
An old advertisement promotes Phosphated Iron capsules as a remedy for nervous exhaustion. It claims overwork drains nerve centers, and that a few weeks of the product strengthens nerves, restores sleep, blood quality, and vigor, with visible improvements in appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Stickford
Adv
Monticello Widow Cries for Joy
A Monticello widow proclaims recovery after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy claiming relief from stomach and intestinal ailments. The advertisement touts the product as simple and harmless, promising money back after one dose and featuring W. W. Stickford the local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
W. W. Stickford
Land for sale on fertile Michigan lands 40 000 acres offered
Clover potatoes rye beans wheat oats alfalfa and fruit grown on hardwood lands promising profits. Choose 10 to 80 acres at 15 to 30 dollars per acre with small down and monthly payments. Near Kalkaska Antrim Charlevoix Michigan markets schools churches. Swigart Land Co Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Kalkaska
Antrim
Charlevoix
Swigart Land CO
First National Bank
Chicago
Glycerine Mixture Promoted to Prevent Appendicitis
Monticello residents are advised to use a glycerine and buckthorn bark mixture in Adlerika to flush the bowel and relieve sour stomach gas and constipation. The advertisement claims instant pleasant action and prevention of appendicitis, noting Kettlitz & Kay as the druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Kettlitz & Kay
Free Boschee's Syrup Sample at W W Stickford Drug Store
An offer invites all adults with cough cold or bronchitis to call at W W Stickford Drug Store to receive a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup. The ad touts fifty years of successful use and claims the remedy gives a good night's rest and morning expectoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Stickford
Boschee
Dr Hand's Teething Lotion Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Hand's Teething Lotion to ease cutting teeth in infants. It claims to soothe gums reduce swelling and pain, with gentle application by finger and safe if swallowed. Priced at 25 cents from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hand
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John Liddy
Thomas Schoon
Rockstad
Raymond Slauson
Anna Blake
R. P. Kuentzel
Belle Devlin
Hattie Heiken
Myrtle Cowan
Dan Heeren
Walter McAleer
Ralph Glass
William Farnum
Crane Theatre
James Young, Sr
Rock Island
Harry
Gladys Robb
Mt. Vernon
Dorothy Robb
Thompson Taylor
Henry Hoffman
Gladys Brockwell
Claude Fothergill
Hope
North Dakota
F. A. Hefner
Benjamin Roberts
Little Son
Delaware
Susanna Helsey
Austin
Minnesota
Ray Hearn
Frank Mead
Cornelia Shelley
Hellberg
Harry Lang
Rickless
Great Lakes
Nic Maurice
Kate Maurice
Miss Maude Waite
Anne Guthrie
D. A. Huene
John Blanch
Pansy Carter
Coggan
Centerville
P. M. Ladd
Anamoga
Charles Huene
Henry Kingsley
Cedar Rapids
L. H. Leng
C. N. Patrick
Oxford
Federal Food Administration
Kansas City Star
Omaha World-Herald
the Conqueror
Fox
Virginia Pearson
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ryhs
L. G. Stuhler
P. D. Bell
J. G. Krause
John Schoon
J. H. Zimmerman
Estray
North Main Street
L. C. Howland
Hattie Hoag
A. Ebrisman
Swigart
S. Dearborn
Rickless & McNeill Hardware Store
H. M. Remury
James Remley
Remley & Remley
Main Street
A.M. Maurice
Lovell Block
A.P. Lambert
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
McGarvey R Beery’s
R. D. Cooley, Auctioneer
Wyoming
M. F. Hogan
Secrest
Stickford Drug Store
Monticello Town
J. E. Bateman
Thrift
Stampa
Sato
Vaery Goourie
Morenet
Goodrich
Rocky Mountains
South
North Midland
Great Plains
Virginia
New England
Silvertown
America
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Third Ave
Goodrich - Akron
Ohio
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
J. W. Doxsee
Chas, A. Doxsee
Doxsee
Brown’s Business College
Davenport
Charles W. Bosley Mrs
Lara Bosley
Bosley
Doctors of Chiropractic
Princess Theatre Building
Dubuque, Iowa
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Tank & Silo Co
Rudolph Bohren
John G. Schoon
Insurance and Real Estate
Geo. K. Meyer
Dr. Peet
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