Monticello Area Crowded With Thanksgiving Visits
A stream of visitors and relatives crosses through Monticello this week with stops in Cedar Rapids Waterloo Des Moines Davenport and Manchester. Local residents include Miss Ethel Magee from Cedar Rapids Mr. and Mrs. K D Miller in Morley and Miss Frieda Gruenstein in town for the day. Additional notes mention Thanksgiving gatherings and travel plans across the region.
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Frieda Gruenstein
Cedar Rapids
Mrs
George Guyan
Monticello Weekend Occupied by Local Visitors
A miscellany of short notes from Monticello reports Elmer Lee visiting his parents Mr and Mrs H S Lee Chicago visitors Mrs W V Keith and daughter from Hopkinton Mabel Bullis Mims Stirton and Leah Hubbard Coe College students Agnes Stirton and Leah Hubbard spend weekend with families. An upcoming English service in the German Reformed church includes a sermon by the pastor.
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Elmer Lee
Chicago
Mrs. H. S. Lee
W. V. Keith
Mabel Bullis
Hopkinton
Monticello
Monay
Agnes Stirton
Leah Hubbard
Coe College
Trains Cut Back On Light Traffic By Railroad Co
The C M and St P Ry has removed passenger trains 27 and 28 on the main line due to light traffic. Train 28, used by locals to catch the six o'stock at Oxford Junction for Chicago and the East, is affected. A quarantine has caused many freight trains to be off and prompted a crew reorganization with only senior workers retained.
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Bazaar to be held by Castle Grove Presbyterian group
The Philathea society of Castle Grove Presbyterian Church will stage a bazaar at J A Hubbard’s on November 27 selling aprons handkerchiefs and various articles. An outfaterie supper will be served.
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The
Philathea Society of the Presbyteran Church
Castle Grove
J. A. Hubbard's
Methodist Episcopal conference in Manchester discusses Christianizing Education
The fifty ninth session of the Du Buque District conference of the Methodist Episcopal church met in Manchester this week. Rev. J. W. Turner of Monticello spoke Tuesday evening on the subject of Christianizing Education.
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Dubuque District
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Manchester
J. W. Turner
Monticello
Local 600 Club Formed By Young Married Ladies
The younger married ladies and several young women formed a 600 club meeting biweekly. First session hosted by Mrs. VU E Brainerd and Miss Mary Coxsee, second by Mrs. Eugene Byers. Rev J Arthur Young pastor at Waukon Methodist Episcopal church, granted $200 annual raise. he is son of James Young of Center Junction and his wife is daughter of Rev and Mrs Van Buren formerly of this city.
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Mary Coxsee
Eugene Byers
J. Arthur Young
Methodist Episcopal Church
Waukon
Rev. Young
James Young
Center Junction
Rev.j
van Buren
Rundle Joins Roundup Bank as Stenographer Clerk
Orlando Rundle left last Saturday for Roundup Montana to take a stenographer and clerk position in a local bank. He recently completed a business course and is expected to be successful in the new role.
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Roundup
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Rundle
Local Marriage Licenses and Community Notes
The week saw issued marriage licenses by Clerk Fisher of the district court to C. Miner Anamoga Blanche Gier bart Anamosa Matthew Delay Mon ticello Genevieve Rielly Coggan C. D. Peddgecroad Center Junction Catherine Cashen Chicago. Rudolph Bohren will open his dairy depot December 1 from 10 to 12 on weekdays and 10 to 11 Sundays. winter hours start, no 8 o’clock summer season. Cascade Pioneer reports George Bonjour and wife of Monticello have rented part of John Taylor’s farm west of town. Taylor will stay in a portion of the house when visiting. Mr and Mrs Herman Hanken, southeast of town, marked their fifteenth wedding anniversary last Monday with a fine home and a good time. Thanksgiving services were held at the Catholic German Reformed and German Lutheran churches. this evening Congregational Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian congregations unite at the Presbyterian church with Rev W Z Allen delivering the sermon.
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Anamoga
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Anamosa
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Monticello
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Coggan
C. D. Peddgecroad
Center Junction
Catherine Cashen
Chicago
Rudolph Bohren
George Bonjour
John Taylor
Taylor
Herman Hanken
Presbyterian Church
W. Z. Allen
Matthew J. Delay
Genevieve Reilly
John Reilly
Coggon
Stephen Peterson
Mullady
van Hogan
Castle Grove
Mr. Peterson
Peterson
Charles Campbell
Mirick and
Redmond
Lincoln center reel ad and local relief appeals
The Monticello area shows a cinema ad for Paul J. Rainey’s African Hunt at Princess Theatre on Saturday November 28 with a $250000 production cost. Separately Lovell Bank accepts Belgian relief contributions while Monticello and Maquoketa residents organize Balgians aid efforts. A town clock illumination plan draws local mockery. Matthew Delay and Genevieve Reilly wed at Church of the Immaculate Conception in Castle Grove, the groom’s family noted for business steadiness.
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Princess Theatre
Africa
Ba zaar by Scotch Grove church December 4
The Scotch Grove Presbyterian ladies plan a December 4 bazaar at Mrs. W. B. Warner’s home with practical and fancy goods for sale and an early evening supper. Attendees are invited for a pleasant Christmas shopping and social occasion.
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W. B. Warner
Former Monticello and Stuart superintendent buys Colfax Clipper
Clarence McCracken, longtime school leader, has purchased the Colfax Clipper and will take possession December 1. The paper, established June 1879, has been published 35 years by H. W. Robinson. The transition is welcomed as a promising venture by a thrifty, businesslike leader.
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Clarence McCracken
Monticello
Stuart
H. W. Robinson
McCracken
Auto passengers endure rough mistimed rescue and cast off
An automobile stalled on the Cascade to Monticello highway late Monday night leaving travelers waiting for Monticello help. A weary rider in the disabled trailer was bounced off when the trailer hit a bump, injuring him as the front car pals returned to town. The city installs a new high capacity water pump and meters cutting daily water use by 100000 gallons. Ben Kellum played in Dyeraville football last Sunday with Monticello independents, was knocked out, but returned home Monday to attend an opera show.
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Funeral for Mrs Will Cropp Remains of Eva Schoonover
Mrs Eva Schoonover Cropp, born September 12 1866 in Sarley, died of cancer in Missouri. Her funeral was held in Farley with George Cropp and his family in attendance. She had lived in Sarley most of her life and joined the Methodist church in youth. Survived by husband and two children Myrtle and Luella.
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Farley
Will Cropp
Missouri
Myrtle
Luella
Suit Over Auto Crash In Monti Cello Court
Frank Lyons of Monti cello sues H G Manuel of Madison township for 99 dollars damages from a dark night auto collision. Manuel countersuit for damages to his car. A jury awarded Lyons 90 dollars. An appeal to district court is planned.
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Frank Lyons
Monticello
Justice Court
Squire Matthiessen
H. G. Manuel
Madison Township
Local Football Upset Ends in 32 to 0 Loss at Dyersville
Eddie Sargent's independent team aiming to defeat the Dubuque sluggers fell short 32 to 0 at Dyersville last Sunday. Band played Good Bye Everybody as the team carried their flags in defeat.
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Eddie Sargent
Dubuque
Dyersville
Kellum
Death of Mrs. Mary Wennekamp in Wayne Township
Mrs. Mary Wennekamp died after a stroke at her brother Henry Dirks home in Longmont Colorado. Survived by two children Gerhard Henry and Wipke Wennekamp Bennen and siblings Henry Dirks Daniel Dirks and Mrs Hol Harma, born in Hanover and emigrated to the United States in 1880. Funeral held yesterday at the German Lutheran church in Wayne with Rev. Co Mardorf officiating.
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Henry Dirks
Longmont
Colornado
Gerhard Henry Wennekamp
Wipke Wennekamp Bennen
Monticello
Wayne Township
Co. Mardorf
John Wapeekone
Wennekamp
Henry Dirka
Colorado
Daniel Dirks
Edgemont
South Dakota
Hol. Harma
Onslow
Narrow Escape Near Dubi City Rail Crossing
A party traveling to Dubuque in an automobile driven by Orlando Curtis survived a near fatal crash after a Chicago and Great Western engine struck their car near midnight. Injured were Frank Merfeldt and Ambuehl, both treated at Mercy Hospital and later released. damage to the car estimated at 4225. The driver failed to see the train headlight until within thirty feet due to obscured view from buildings and freight cars. The wreck occurred after eight to nine o'clock, with train crew aiding the injured before the engine halted.
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Orlando Curtis
Robert George
Pat ‘Troy
Hana Ambuehl
Frank Merfeldt
Cascade
Chicago & Great Western
Messrs
Merfeldt
Ambuehl
Monticello
City Assessed Payments Face Formal Objections
An assessment notice in The Express sets the objection deadline for the final batch of paying assessments. The council’s previous work suggests small objection rates. formal objections should be filed if proposed values exceed a quarter of property value. The Modern Eve review notes limited top talent amid stage antics and balcony humor in a danced tango show.
Identity of a steer sparks district court appeal in Jones County
James Inglis et al appeal from a verdict in Onslow justice court over a black steer claimed by both Inglis and Quirk. Quirk says he found and returned the animal. Inglis and Anderson say they owned it, based on prior purchase. The dispute hinges on which party identified the steer for ownership. The case has intensified since trial with renewed efforts at trial and a photograph recently produced. The note mentions a sale at Stabler's from November 28 to December 5 at $15 per week.
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Jones County
James Inglis
William Quirk
Onslow
Quirk
Anderson
Inglis
Justice Court
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