Miss Mayme McMahon Visits In Town Sunday
A compilation of local social notes lists visits and out of town travelers including Miss Mayme McMahon of Dubuque visiting in town Sunday. Other entries mention Dr. Redmond testing eyes and various residents spending days in cities like Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.
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Mayme McMahon
Pubuque
Monticello Notes Include Church Event and Civic Happenings
Local diary items report the Castle Grove church badaar in Forester hall on a Tuesday in November and social visits across Monticello. Readers note radio demonstrations at Denkhoff’s Jewelry and community updates on libraries, schools, and local families plus a 1924 October weather reminiscence.
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Castle Grove Catholic
Forester's Hall
Resignation of Mayor Opens Monticello Vacancy
Dr. A M Maurice resigns as mayor citing time demands of his profession. Councilman Charles E Bates named mayor pro tem. Monticello news notes a poultry culling demonstration by Paul Smith in Castle Grove township next Thursday November 13. County Agent Smith will discuss poultry management and culling.
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A. M. Maurice
Charles E. Bates
Will Hiller
Castle Grove Township
Paul Smith
Passing of Thomas J Shafer in Monticello area
Thomas J. Shafer died suddenly last Sunday noon at his home near the City Park from heart failure following a stroke. Born April 14 1844 in Pittsburgh he would have reached 81 next birthday. He came west in 1848 with his parents and served in the 46th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. He married Hattie Clark in 1876 and farmed in Jones County before moving to Monticello 15 years ago. Survived by wife and two daughters Mrs Joseph Cline Cedar Rapids and Mrs Frank Drexler Norcross Minnesota funeral services held Tuesday at the family home with Rev Leonard Duckett and burial at Calewood cemetery.
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Thomas J. Shafer
Mr. Shafer
Pittsburgh
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Lawn
Buchanan County
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Freeport
Ilinois
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J. F. Iting
Peoria
Alinda
Bertha Main
Hopkinton
George Shafer
James Santee
Aaron McNab
Earl M. Cane
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Cline
Harry Main
Sadie Shafer
Clifford
Anamos
High School Notes and Local Events Calender
The Philomathean society held a Halloween social to raise funds for stage furniture. Monticello beat Anamosa 7 to 0 as they prep for November 11 game. Girls and boys PE classes run weekly. Forget-Me-Not Day flowers benefit disabled veterans. Armistice Day events planned with services at 11. Ex-soldiers to assemble at the gym for a parade and civic observances. Michael Altman of Cascade dies at 83 after heart trouble. Funeral at St. Martin's in Cascade yesterday morning.
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Raymond Denkhoff
Philomathean Literary Society
Monticello
Mount Vernon
Anamosa
Coolidge
Davis
la Follette
Andy Gump
Mystery Food Contest Draws Crowds at Iverson Furniture
A Green Box Mystery at Iverson Furniture ended Saturday with a rooster eating 345 grains of corn in thirty minutes. M R Tobiason correctly guessed the total amid a crowd that packed the sidewalk, while six winners received aluminum ware prizes.
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Iverson
M. R. Tobiason
Henry Adams
F. Kleineck
D.C. Winans
Minnie Roller
W. A. Beery
Twenty Years Ago in Monticello November 1904 Recap
Review of November 1904 events from the Monticello Express includes Proll owning striped pigs, Diamond creamery prizes at the St Louis Exposition, Republican county ticket sweep, births and deaths, a Roosevelt plurality in Monticello, a new meat market, marriages at local churches, a river freeze, and notable local figures such as Samuel Dearth and Seymour Bennett among long-time residents.
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W. J. Mills
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Richland Township
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Henry Bohlken
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Cascade
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John Stutt
Gearhart Harken
Castle Grove Township
Harriet Smith
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Ene
James Carson
Center Junction
A. G. Zimmerman
Amber
Henry Speigel
L. Russell
William Speigel
Jone Chelem Decon
Watertier Tone
Remembering Disabled Veterans at Monticello Forget-Me-Not Day
A Dubuque group reported in Monticello for Forget-Me-Not Day to aid disabled World War I veterans. Henry A Bitter spoke at the Princess Theatre about his wartime injuries and ongoing engineering work, urging generosity as schoolchildren sell flowers Saturday.
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Exmple
First Street
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Lillian Cary
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Herbert Mead
Mead
Lush
Nutrition lesson series begins in Jones county
On November 3 ten ladies from Richland, Clay and Washington townships met at Mrs. Frances McNally's home near Temple Hill. Mrs. Cecil Witmer Meyer of Amens led the first lesson on fundamental foods stressing balanced meals and vegetable values. December will cover cereals with brands named. meeting at Mrs. Frank Costello's home with food contributions for a noon lunch. County project leader is Mrs. Ray Stivers of Olin.
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Clay
Washington Townships
Frances McNally
Temple Hill
Cecil Witmer Meyer
Amens
Meyer
Frank Costello
Ray Stivers
Olin
Jones County
Masquerade at Monticello High School Draws Hundred Attendees
Philomathean society hosted a gymnasium masquerade last Saturday at the new Monticello High School with about one hundred pupils teachers and alumni. A pumpkin pie and cocoa lunch followed at 10 30 pm with a small admission to fund a speaker's table for the auditorium. Hans Wenteke of Davenport marked his 100th birthday entertaining relatives including nine grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren.
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The
Philomathean Society
Monticello High School
Hans Wenteke
Davenport
Monticello Cow Testing Report October 1924
The Monticello Cow Testing Association reports 320 cows tested in October averaged 597 pounds milk and 22.0 pounds butter fat. Top herds include Tobinson Bros Behrends Bros Hoag Petersen and Shomont Farms with high yields. The ten top cows list several purebred Holsteins with strong milk totals and fat yields. Farmers urged to balance rations despite high feed costs and to seek tester guidance for feeding decisions.
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Behrends Bros
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Fred Shover
Shomont Farms
Tobiason G Bros
Queen Pontine Hazoel Segis
Tobiason Bros
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Wilcox & Sons
Jade Lolstein
Election at Monticello Sets Record Turnout in City History
Monticello voters surpassed previous elections with 1 109 ballots cast. Women voted in record numbers and Third Ward and Lovell precincts reported high activity with ballots sent from the auditor's office. The tally: Coolidge 751 Davis 201 La VoNette 0 Brookhart 35 Stock 7.
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Coolidge
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la VoNette
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Stock
Sre
Monticello Routs Mount Vernon 7 0 in Sunday Football
Monticello defeated Mount Vernon 7 to 0 at Mount Vernon. Opening drive produced a touchdown in the first three minutes on off tackle runs with a successful goal. Monticello threatened again near Mount Vernon’s one yard line but failed on a couple misplays and offsides calls. Touchdown credited to Zubler. Aubler praised for repeated line gains. Next game set for November 21 against Meda Monticello.
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Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway To Run Through Sleeping Car
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway will operate a through tourist sleeping car from Calmar Fayette Strawberry Point Hopkinton Monticello Anamosa Cedar Rapids to Los Angeles via Kansas City and Southern routes. It departs weekly on November 11 18 25 December 29 16 26 30 January 6 13 20. For full information and reservations consult ticket agents.
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Chicago, Milwaukee &St
Cedar Rapids Architect Eugene H. Taylor Killed in Auto Crash
Eugene H. Taylor age 71 a Cedar Rapids Iowa architect and founder of the Iowa chapter of the American Institute of Architects was killed last week in an automobile accident. He previously partnered in Joslyn Taylor and served as secretary of the local architecture group for many years.
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Cedar Rapids
Ile
Iowa
American Institute of Architects
Joslyn & Taylor
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