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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1921
Page
7
Readers record a string of notices and ads from Monticello area papers. Vitalic battery claims two year guarantees and pricing at $22.50 while Huyck Garage and Devlin Millinery promote services and hats. Multiple visitors from Cedar Rapids and Dubuque are noted, plus social events at Stahler's and the Congregational church bazaar.
Notices announce Jackie Coogan in Peck's Bad Boy at the Princess on November 9 and 10 with subtitles by Irving Cobb. Local events include Hallowe en parties, a mission at Sacred Heart church, and community notices. Families welcome to autumn gatherings and postal holiday closings.
The item recalls a 1881 blizzard and lists local happenings from Monticello area including Halloween parties, plans for a new St Matthew's Lutheran church, a dissolution sale on the Kellogg farm, and a burglary at Rudy Winkler's north of town. Also notes Legion convention attendance, bakery ownership changes, and post office politics in nearby Manchester.
Monticello banker and former state senator Robert C. Stirton died suddenly at his home after heart failure. Born in England and raised in Scotland, Stirton immigrated to America, settled in Monticello, served as cashier of Lovell state bank, and held public office in Iowa. Funeral services were led by Rev. Leonard Duckett with Masonic rites at Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Margaret J. Hulett Hayden, born Milwaukee August 14 1848, died last Tuesday at her West Flint Street home after a long illness. She and Marcus Hayden lived in Monticello most of their married life with years on a Manchester area farm and in South Dakota. Survived by three of five children, burial at Oakwood cemetery. An avid geologist with fossil collections from local coral beds.
Mrs J C Scoville of Waterloo Mrs George G Scoville of Marshalltown and Frank D Hayden of Lovell township survive with two grandchildren Harold C Garlinghouse of Marshalltown and Neal Hayden a Monticello high school student. They celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary January 1 1920 with a family dinner. They married January 1 1870 at Monticello by Rev C C Symonds. Funeral services were held at 2 o clock at the family home conducted by Rev W P Ames.
Hog specialists from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station advise farmers to time farrowing for maximum sun exposure and to design houses with higher windows in March. Early farrowing lowers window height and using wire gates between pens improves sunlight, drying, and sanitation.
Bold Hallowe eners placed a damaged Ford touring car on the Monticello garage roof as a Halloween joke. The engineless auto was hoisted onto the roof and displayed with sharp signs for onlookers. Residents note the stunt and the season’s playful mischief.
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