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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1923

Page

2

Community club gathering and local notices at Scotch Grove

A May meeting of the Scotch Grove Community club drew a good crowd of women and girls. The program featured music, milk and cream care talk, millinery demonstrations, and a girls sewing club reorganization plans for summer activities. Multiple local weddings, graduations, and visits were noted, including Kenneth James Brough as valedictorian, and various family movements and church events in Scotch Grove and nearby towns.

Scotch Grove IF. D. Sinclair Thelma Brady J. N. Kiburz Scotch Grove Township F. DD Sinclair L. J. Schlemme Seatch Grove Township Kenneth James Brough R. A. Brough Presbyterian Church of Kenneth West Bend Iowa John Stahlberg Coelr Celina Anton Lurkens Germany Willms C. T. Hutton U.S Mullany Santego California M. M. Sinclair Minnesota New York State Presbyterian Church Princes Grace District No. 2 Cascade Esther Kibura Center School Ladies' Aid Society Ohn Brokens Will Brokens Manchester Fred Brokens Will Carson Fort Dodge Sargant Road Grading Company James Wright Silas Lewis Wright C. B. Carson Hlopkinton Velma Tobiasson Matie Harms Trinity Ladies’ Aid Society Fred Husman

Center Junction seniors hold social and commencement events

Center Junction May 29 report outlines senior class activities including valedictorian Selma Prahm and class officers Roy Young and Lucille Himebaugh. Notes faculty dinners, memorial services, piano plans, and visits from relatives as the town gears up for graduation week.

Decoration Day Observed With Parade And Cemetery Tributes

Cascade marked Decoration Day on May 30 with a parade of ex service men to the cemetery. Judge Kintzinger delivered the address, paying tribute to those who gave their lives for the country.

Cascade Kintzinger

Castle Grove Farm Bureau Holds Picnic Plans and Rain Destroys Poultry Yards

Castle Grove Farm Bureau meetings discuss township picnic with a favorable response and a committee formed. July 4 as picnic date favored. A farm tour considered. County Agent Sheets shows four reels of farm films. A storm brings rain and wind, downing trees and damaging poultry houses. corn replanting underway. Notable notes include C W Speake's operating update and a shorthorn bull loss.

Castle Grove Thestle Grove Farm Bureau Iowa M. Hosford L. F. Balster C. Cramer C. A. McLaughlin James B. Waddick J. Black G. J. van Buren Farm Bureau Federation C. W. Speake Monticello John Henessey

Local Social Notes From Monticello Area

Teaching in Strawberry Point the past year, a vacation spent at the home of her brother M. Greer and wife. H. B. Pierce traveled to Chicago with cattle from G. Matthiessen. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Wheeless and Mary Elizabeth were visitors in Ryan Wednesday. Mrs. R. J. Guthrie and sons shopped in Monticello Saturday. Joe Currier of Chicago called at the Guthrie home Monday. F. J. Gestel and family visited George Gestel’s in Delhi Thursday. Aulen Olmstead and Arthur Huggins drove to Monticello Monday. Mrs. Imindermann and son of Fillmore visiting relatives here. Marie Murray visited relatives in Monticello Wednesday. Fred Krueger shipped hogs from here Monday. Leo Tobin was in business here Thursday.

Opera House William Knepper Mercy Hospital Aridmosa Holy Name Society St Mary's Church Schuh Hopkinton John Knapp Ambrose Elsenius Catherine Ann Potocailo Idaho Matt Bisenius Bill's Circus South Cascade O. J. Winters Sai Dave Independence Brooklyn Iowa George Taussaint Mike Taussaint West Union Peter Streng Leslie Garfield Chris Cigrand Wyoming W. HL S W. Cleveland Marcel Swordes Martha Williams Billings Anderson Kia Anderson Clarence Adams Alice Brown Clyde Campbell Rowena Moyers Frank © Edwards Veda von Sprecken Lumir Wolub Jaak l Edwards Heurrietta Behnke Mackintosh South Dakota Leata Wherry Uolstein Marjorie Smith Rogers Town Carl Behnke H. O D. Barber J. G L. A. Smith Maye Reynolds Mar-garet Madison Wisconsin 3. E. Meyers John Jenkins Carl Nebraska Bill C. W. Bramer Anna Dennison Raymond Carter Rockford Hingis W. S. Roush N. Stoffel Merchantesville C. P. Smith Waverly Smith W. Owen Oak Park Ilinois AL. Vaughn Hans Hoop Geraldine Mr. Hoop Chinton Rev Melchart Tundee Frank Dusanek Joh McDonald Hospital Monticello John Robertson Charence Adams von Sprecken Lowena Meyer Tirle’ Glee Club Crdillie’' Erm Boys' Glee Club Shee Brown “Gumir Holub Frank Eidwards Suptardner Cooley Selma Prahm Kenneth Moats Harold Alexander Laucille Himebaugh Merle Pangburn Roy Young Andrew McDonald Glen Watson Lucille Himebaugh J. G. Himebaugh C. ©. Watson John Schweitzer Tacite Miss Schweitzer Grinnell Center Junction Cecil Caro Denzel Weasmer Preston John Vargasen J. A. Woodward J. M. Crane Oxford Junction Strawberry Point Oxford C. A. Burmeister Chicago Burmeister & Leech Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band J. F. Livingstone Ackerman James McDonald Washta Towa Auto H.C. Dice Charles Sutherland Lucille Dennison J. A. McDonald John Lee Tankawa Oklahoma Dora Brucks H. C. Dice George McDonald Ellen Ruth McNeilly Suett John Carson Rock Island Bangs Onslow S. W. Clark O. M. Miller 8. K. Greer

Early Bird Corn Replanting Amid Cold Weather Subdues Farmers

Amber May 29 reports local farmers replanting corn due to lingering cold. Social notes include visitors Mrs. Ben Husman at McDonald hospital, Husman operation, and several residents visiting relatives in Cedar Rapids and Anamosa. The Amber Co operative Lumber plans a shed addition and various family visits mark a quiet week.

Amber Ben Husman McDonald Hospital Tom Carson Freeman Cartwright Montlakea John Cirey Donald Leslie Peter Lincoln Maquoketa Ross Art Ine Coly Lerman Waglehart Reese Anamosa Amber Co-operative Lumber Company Lloyd Robertson Dene Bailey George Andrews Myron Dodge Tom Powers Mrs. Powers Cedar Rapids Arthur Lincoln Wyoming

Prairieburg News Highlights Local Wreck and Social News

Mrs. Jessie Caldwell and children were struck by racing cars on the Prairieburg road, narrowly escaping death as Mrs. Caldwell suffered serious injuries. Community notes report a school picnic at McQueen Grove, visits by Miss Mattie Caldwell and Abrs Ad Caldwell, and upcoming summer plans. Anna Levona Holub wed a Fairbault Minnesota man, while Mrs. Adam Flockhart recuperates after an operation at Mercy hospital Anamasa. Additional items include a Divale supper at Els Mill and visits from Cedar Rapids and Ambosa acquaintances.

Prairieburg Jessie Caldwell Anna Levona Holub Fairbault Minnesota Adam Flockhart Mercy Hospital Anamasa van Chereh Frank Church Nat Els Mill Doran Gon Donald Cedar Rapids Caldwell J. J. Flaherty Ambosa Benson Howard Cattwell LeClerc Cozgon Amanda Franklin W. Trefz

Anamosa Beats Oxford Junction 9–0 in Sunday Game

The Anamosa ball team shut out Oxford Junction 9 to 0 at the fair grounds with Carlson's pitching highlighted as the feature in a otherwise listless contest.

Anamosa Oxford Junction Fair Grounds Carlson Mercy Hospital Training School St. Patrick’s Church Harry Miller CG. P Chicago

Six Applicants Take Civil Service Exam at Wharlville Office

Six candidates for the Wharlville post office civil service exam awaited Washington reports on the winner. Names listed include S W Klaus George Hunt W O Markee A Larson H C G Snyder and Rose Sporring. A Manchester deputy warden visited and fined several for crappie under size limits eight inches for crappie ten inches for bass.

Civil Service Wharlville Washington S. W. Klaus George Hunt W. O. Markee A. Larson H. CG. Snyder Rose Sporring Manchester Dorp

Warning to boys about kite strings near high tension lines

A Sioux City boy died from a kite string snag on a high tension wire. The incident follows other fatalities from the same cause. Clem Offerman found and captured four young foxes in an abandoned woodchuck hole. The fox mother critiqued the intrusion with barks as the brood was kept for future disposition.

Sioux City Clem Offerman Durance Vile Fox Offerman

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