Visitor notices populate Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns
Miss Mame Able and many others are listed as visitors in Cedar Rapids Anamosa and nearby towns with dates from last week. The items include Miss Pansy Carter going to North McGregor and Mrs Moh of Fayette visiting the Burrichter home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mame Able
Cedar Rapids
O. H. Soetje
Mrs. Moh
Fayette
H.F. Burrichter
I. B. Tibbetts
Hopkinton
Louis Lang
Clara Noyes
Matt Noyes
Local notes of visitors and events in Manchester and nearby towns
A mosaic of social updates lists visitors, weddings, illnesses, and births across Manchester, Anamosa, Waterloo, Wyoming, and surrounding areas. It notes J.S. Welch’s Manchester visit, Abbie Ferguson’s illness, a funeral in La Motte, a baby born to the McAleers, and multiple shopping ads.
Week of Socials and School Debate Stir Anamosa
Several parties were held at the Stirton and Stuhler homes and a Hallowe en event at the Heisey home. A dispute over a new schoolhouse in Anamosa prompts calls for better facilities as Monticello teachers inspect surrounding towns. An unnamed correspondent’s items cannot be published without a byline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Stirton
Stirton
George Stuhler
Heisey
Matthiesen
Castle Grove
Life certificate holders named in Jones County list
The Jones County Teacher publishes a list of life certificate holders: Lena Brokaw Grace Lathwell Nellie Morey Mary Rigby Adelle Bevans Fr. W. Jones G. J. Farley Sirinda Gibson Mary Morrison Mary Spellman Gertrude Hamaker Effie Story Easterly Kate Hanlon E A Cramer Theresa Lamey Anna Paduska Nellie Doolittle Nora Spellman Grace Maple K D Miller. Also notes recent homestead claims and local civic notes including an opera performance, a football loss for Monticello, and a marriage of Miss Mary Davidson to Dr Benjamin Budge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Lena Brokaw
Grace Lathwell
Nellie Morey
Mary Rigby
Adelle Bevans
Fr. W. Jones
G. J. Farley
Sirinda Gibson
Mary Morrison
Mary Spellman
Gertrude Hamaker
Effie Story Easterly
Kate Hanlon
E. A. Cramer
Theresa Lamey
Anna Paduska
Nellie Doolittle
Nora Spellman
Grace Maple
K. D. Miller
Baylard now. Sitters. Noyes reports new goods
Noyes at Onslow announces receipt of Pen Yan buckwheat flour and new 1911 walnuts and figs. Puritan flour shipments will include a premium with more sugar per dollar. The Working Band of the Congregational church plans its annual sale and supper on Wednesday November 22. Supper 5 to 8. Gold fish offer with Rexall purchases. Subscriptions accepted at D. E. Pond's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyes
Onslow
the Express
Pen Yan
Congregational Church
E. Shelley
Fifty Years Married October 28th
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Kidd celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary last Saturday with warm wishes from friends and telegrams from distant relatives. Born in Ireland and Canada respectively, they married in Utica in 1861 and settled in Iowa, later making Monticello their home. They had one daughter Ida who died young, and their golden portrait is their first in nearly six decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Kid
Monticello
Hugh Kidd
Hugh Kiddis
Mrs. Kiddis
Mr. Kidd
West Indies
County
Londonderry
Ireland
United States
Little Park
Massachusetts
Iowa
Mrs. Kidd
Mary Jane Avering
Cowell’s Manor
Canada
Chateaugay
New York
Ariakeny
Utica
Melville
Hyde Park
Old Veteran John Fitzsimons Dies at 78 in Monticello
John Fitzsimons a Civil War veteran of the First Iowa Cavalry died at his home on Saturday night October 28 at age 78 years four months and 22 days. He served three years and reenlisted till the end of the war and was buried after Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart. He is survived by his widow Annie King and children John Frank Bernard Stephen Edwin Mary and Mrs Hicanor Dress. He lived in Anamosa Monticello and later Monticello for over thirty years and left a proud military record and good name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fitzsimons
Fitzsimons
John McCormick
Church of the Sacred Heart
P. Atwood
Anamosa
N. Maurice
Monticello
Mr. Fitzsimons
County Down
Ireland
America
Union
Iowa Cavalry
Iowa
Mr. Fitzgimons
Co. K
Missouri
Arkansas
Waterloo
Frank Fitzsimons
Carlisle
Bernard Fitzsimons
Lost Nation
Stephen
Edwin
Mary
County home praised as best in Iowa by state inspector
State Inspector J. Corwin visited Anamosa Eureka reporting the new Jones County county home nearing completion. He stated it has no equal in Iowa for modern improvements and is the only fireproof building of its kind in the state. He praised its size and welfare for inmates. Farmers are urged to bring hogs to the slaughter house twice weekly at Suters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Eureka
Anamosa Eureka
J. &. Corwin
Jackson County
Markley
Osceola
Iowa
A. A. Willits
Sunshine Willits
Lyceum Platform
Henry Clay
Monroe Markley
Dr Monroe Markley to Speak on Doing The Impossible at Presbyterian
Dr Monroe M Markley a Denver divine and lecturer will deliver a lecture titled Doing The Impossible at the Presbyterian church next Monday evening November 6 This is the second number in the public library course of entertain ment Ninety per cent of the things that cant be done can be done He illustrates with humor and logic and has drawn praise from audiences from ocean to ocean Platt Jennings a Monticello native died in Chicago at 86 after two weeks illness and burial planned in Wyoming He was born September 22 1825 in Knox county Ohio and lived in Monticello since 1863 surviving four children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe M. Markley
Denver
Presbyterian Church
Public Library
Monroe Markiey
Ocean
Markley
Platt Jennings
Monticello
A. P. Jennings
Chicago
Wyoming
Mr. Jennings
Knox County
Ohio
Rachel A. Harris
Iowa
Clay Township
This County
Jennings
First Street
Elizabeth Stoif@l
Mechanicsville
Annie Price
Clarence Jennings
Springville
Alonzo P. Jennings
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St Monticello
JI. W. Doxler
E. & Burrichter
Home News
Robert Henderson Jr
E. A. Hubbard
M. W. Herrick
Dubuque
Deutrick’s
John Heisey
David Heisey
Matthew Campbell
Davenport
Moline
R. A. DeWitt
Omaha
Ahab DeWitt
Deutricks
Perry Buxton
Minnesota
W. F. Rohn
Mary Altman
Worthington
L. H. Huber
Rude Reitz
Mal Magee
Newell, Iowa
Samantha Gee
Kansas City
Kansas
H. F. Burrichter’s
Vernon Campbell
Preston
M. Campbell
Peter Meyer
R. D. Price
Marion
J. W. Coxsee
Independence
John E. Foster
Doatrick
van Kirk
St. Louis
Justus Darrow
Langworthy
Jacob Schneider
Mrs. Schneider
Frank Podhaski
Mary Locher
Baker
Montana
Deatrick’s
HE. J. Nandel
Manchester
Ray Nandall
Misa Kate Maurice
Nicholas Maurice
Maquoketa
J.S. Welch
Misa Bernice Paulsen
Dorset
Mrs. C. ©. Bort
Bessie
Florence Errickson
Mrs. Calkins
Colorado
Miss Abbie Ferguson
Dayton Cunningham
Daven
Marshall
McMaster
Reade
Etta Armstrong
Rockton, Illinois
Mr. J. Harman
la Motte
A. J. Cook
W. H. Collison
Livingstone, Montana
Jennie Allaway
James Allaway
Lovell Township
Weiler Piano Co
Kasper Building
Hi. F. Burrichter’s
Hallowe’en
A. W. Pierce
Cedar Falls
Frank
Oresco
Charles
Cornelius McAleer
McAleer
Deatrick D. G. Co
Janet Young
David Young
Dr. Gilmore
Marshalltown
Leffler- Gilbert
Otto“ ‘Bishop
Blanche Monroe
Oxford Junction
Cola Monroe
Ed Monroe
Fox
West
California
Washington
W. Z. Allen
Robert Livingstone
Center Junction
Farley
Florence
Mildred Sutherland
Scotch Grove
William
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
H. F. “Burrichter
Benson
Reuben Shover
Fred Burrichter
Henry Burrichter
O. W. Brazelton
Will Burrichter
J. W. Innes
Presbyterian Church of
Ames
H. G. Benson
Monticello Public Schools
Board of Education
P. M
Alva Like
Asa Logan
Edgemont
St Wall
Marian
Elmer Lang
Greeley
Opera House
Bohumir Kryl
Kryl
Marie Kryl
Josephine Kryl
Ferne Grambling
Dyersville
Monticello Boys
Dubuque Carlyles
Carlyles
Ike Schneider
Slough” Schneider
Lawrence Locher
Harry Locher
Galen Mirick
Ben Kellum
Louis Hoag
Harry Hoag
Heine Doyle
Mary Davidson
Benjamin Budge
Andrew Davidson
M. A. Breed
Budge
Iowa State College
Baylard
Rexall
W. W. Stickford
D. E. Pond
Lovell State Bank
DR. Monroe Markley
Monrof Markley
Beery Bros
Oameree
C. H. Schipman
South Cedar ST
Hicks & Ricklefs
Ek. A. Hubbard
Timothy
L. H. Lang
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