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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1922
Page
7
A parade of Cedar Rapids visitors stops in Monticello with Miss Harriet Thoeni Mrs W A Beery and Miss Kate Stabler among those seen. Local shops Locher s Edison phonographs and Gulbransen pianos feature ads while Keyes Optometrist and Central life insurance offer services.
Monticello area residents attended events and gatherings this week including a sale and supper at Lovell No 6 school and Armistice day meal hosted by the American Legion Women’s auxiliary. Local deaths include Frank L. Cummings of Norfolk Nebraska and S C Boswell obituary details. multiple weddings and visits from relatives are noted.
Local notes report Rudolph Langer visiting Davenport and Minnie Lewis staying with relatives in Wyoming. Grinnell business trip by Fred Matthiess, upcoming Red Cross seal sale promotions, and a closing sale on the Pat Troy farm. Community events include a Five Hundred club gathering, German and English church services, an American Luther League meeting, a Halloween basket social, and a reception for Pastor McNary at the Congregational church with 115 attendees.
Miss Anna Maria Siebels married Bernard Wrobleski at the Folkers home near Amber last Wednesday November 1. Rev. John Willis performed the ceremony at 11 oclock. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Siebels of Amber, is described as a capable housewife. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Franz Wroableski. They will reside on a nearby Amber area farm.
A football game between Anamosa and an opposing team is set for Saturday afternoon Armistice Day with 12 30 pm soldier drills and a town band donation. A grandstand will offer reserved seating at 15 cents. the hand will leave town for the city park before kickoff. The event aims for a strong crowd and good financial results.
Early yesterday a fire swept Nettie Mundinger's barn in Richland Township completely destroying the structure and contents. Neighbors, who had been up late watching election returns, woke to flames at about 430 AM and saved one badly burned horse, while a shredder was moved to safety. The barn, owned by Mrs Mundinger, was partially insured.
The Monticello Express records November 1875 events including Jones county votes with W S Barker as auditor and J W Waite as treasurer, marriages of Maggie Lavery and John Koppe, Martha Zacher and William Laude, Lena Holst and John Harms, and community deaths such as Mrs Susan Anthony and Mrs Sarah Burroughs. Community births include Joyce Rowina White and a daughter to the Hennesseys. The Lenox college football loss to Platteville, the election for post office, and local school happenings are noted with several local dignitaries named.
In Monticello a man named James Morse died Friday afternoon when a ditch at Seventh and Sycamore streets collapsed. Morse was seated in the five foot deep trench digging toward a connecting ditch. the fall likely caused fatal neck injury from a heavy concrete slab. Morse, 21? 1896 birth year, left a wife Marie Carmichael and infant son James Jr. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church with American Legion post honors.
Dubuque notes an Armistice Day clash between Columbia purple and gold and St. Viator’s of Kankakee Illinois. Bill Cashen of Monticello anchors Columbia’s line while Lester McAleer rising from the Monticello high school backfield shows star potential. Crowd plans include old grads in festive costumes and widespread fan support.
Monticello faces Anamosa in a big Armistice Day football clash aimed at preserving Monticello’s long winning streak. The town plans a large crowd with school shutdowns 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., bleachers on the west sideline, a Friday parade, and a yellleader-led celebration. Central City defeats Monticello’s Grant era, correcting prior 101 to 0 win claim and quelling Wildcat hype.
On select Tuesdays across November December and January a sleeper train leaves Monticello via C M St P to Kansas City and then Santa Fe lines. It promises economical comfort to see land with no winter, with 30 minute stops at Fred Harvey meal stations. Reservations via local C M St P agents or A T S F agent C A Moore 616 Flynn Ridg Des Moines Iowa.
The body of Mrs. William Ralston of Burlington Kansas was brought to Monticello for burial after a brief service at the home of her sister in law Mrs. Mary Brown. Rev. Thomas M. Neilson led the service with burial at Oakwood cemetery. She was born October 8 1852 in Ohio and married William Ralston March 14 1883. She had lived in Monticello Burlington and on area farms and had been ill with paralysis. Funeral services were held at the Burlington home. Attending from a distance were several relatives including William Ralston Bert Starks John Ralston Minnie Rice and Mrs William Schodde.
The Hedges Company advertises insured farm and city mortgages at 6 and 7 percent with semiannual interest remittance. Mortgages sold in varied amounts with properties shown. four decades of negotiation with banks and individuals nationwide. Also offering first preferred stock at 7 percent, certificates from 100 to 1000 dollars with quarterly dividends and monthly payment options.
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