Weather and Society Notes From Monticello 1915
Weekly weather forecast for Upper Mississippi Valley and Plains States predicts rain midweek, followed by fair weather by Sunday. Temperatures to rise early then fall later. no extreme cold expected. Local society items include visits from Miss Mary Hall Anaomona, Mrs F M Huyck Anamosa, and numerous Cavendish style outings and millinery novelties at McAleer.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Upper Mississippi Valley
Plaine States
Northwest
Central Plains States
The Foster Clothing Co. at 816 offers suits and overcoats
Monticello shoppers are urged to inspect The Foster Clothing Co. value displays at 816 before buying as sales of suits and overcoats heat up. The paper notes frequent local visits, theatre plans, and a busy scene of social calls, illness, travel, and community events across town.
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Foster Clothing Co
Sermon Topics at Congregational Church Next Sunday
The Sunday morning sermon will be A Question of Privilege. In the evening the sermon titled The Ministry of Healing will be illustrated with 75 colored slides.
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Congregational Church
Ministry of Healing
Farmer Andy Ambuh to Sell Surplus Property at Public Sale
Andy Ambuh plans to move from the farm to Monticello and will offer his surplus property at a public sale. Full details will appear in The Express advertising columns next week dated November 9.
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Andy Ambuh
Monticello
the Express
Baker Couple Welcome Baby Betty Marie in Monticello
Dr and Mrs Arthur Baker of Moline announce the birth of a daughter Betty Marie about a month ago. The news reaches Monticello friends. the parents are noted in local circles.
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Arthur Baker
Moline
Betty Marie
Mrs. Baker
Monticello
Left Hand Swelling From Blood Poisoning Case
Mrs. Austin Wilcox suffers blood poisoning in her left hand after scratching a small pimple a week ago. The infection has caused the finger and hand to swell badly, with the illness described as a spreading infection.
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Austin Wilcox
Stubler Family Visit and Local Socials Recap
The Stubler families visited Canton last Sunday for a few hours. Rev Roy V Porter of Greene and his Monticello friends traveled by car to attend, with Porter visiting Hopkinton earlier. An oyster supper at the Congregational church Monday featured readings and music. Prof John Stout and Mrs Stout of Mt Vernon stayed with K D Miller and hosted Mandy Adama, Monticello high school teacher, during the visit.
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Stubler
Canton
George Stubler Sr
Monticello
Roy V. Porter
Methodist Episcopal Church
Greene
Porter
Hopkinton
Congregational Church
John Stout
Mt. Vernon
K. D. Miller
Mandy Adama
Monticello High School
Local notes and notices from Monticello and region
Lieut A Wilfong, former Monticello resident and Utah National Guard member, visited friends after a Jacksonville target practice. John Marugg returned from Lyman county with corn samples showing a prosperous semi arid region and a strong oat crop. Clark lots go to auction next Saturday. Harry Clark will be on site Friday with a plot blueprint to guide buyers. A local teacher claimed a three mile circuit after work but fears two escaped convicts are at large.
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A. &. Wilfong
Monticello
National Guard of
Utah
Jacksonville
Florida
John Marugg
Lyman County
South Dakota
Clark
Harry Clark
Princess Theatre to Present Rosen thal Vaudeville Show
The Princess Theatre books the Rosen thal vaudeville act from Dubuque Iowa's Majestic Theatre for next Wednesday November 3. The program features three acts and one reel of motion pictures with advance tickets at Stickford's drug store admission twenty cents.
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The
Princess Theatre
Majestic Theatre
Dubuque
Iowa
Stickford’s
Miss Neal Knowles to Speak in Monticello Lectures
Miss Neal Knowles of the Iowa State College extension service will deliver the fourth series of domestic economy lectures in Monticello. At the request of the ladies she will give lectures and demonstrations in the afternoon and evening instead of morning hours, with the first afternoon talk starting at two o'clock.
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Neal Knowles
Iowa State College
Monticello
Marriage licenses issued by district court clerk
The following licenses were issued in the past week by G. A. Fisher, clerk of the district court: Roy Taylor of Monticello. Net tie Wallroff of Scotch Grove. John Henrichs of Center Junction with Alvina Schrader of Center Junction. F. L. Calvert of Viola. Oey Pickering of Anamosa. Francis J. McNally of Cascade with Alice Finn of Cascade. BE. A. Turner of Quasqueton with Ella Scherrer of Monticello. Alfred Yossi of Monticello with Emma Egger of Monticello.
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G. A. Fisher
District Court
Roy Taylor
Monticello
Nettie Wallroff
Scotch Grove
John Henrichs
Alvina Schrader
Center Junction
F. L. Calvert
Viola
Oey Pickering
Anamosa
Francis J. McNally
Alice Finn
Cascade
BE. A. Turner
Quasqueton
Ella Scherrer
Alfred Yossi
Emma Egger
Bayless Business College Ad in Dubuque Iowa
Advertisement for Bayless Business College Dubuque Iowa urges parents to enroll daughters for knowledge of bookkeeping and business to safeguard future. States students receive instruction every Monday and emphasizes financial security and self reliance through schooling.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Bayless Business College
Dubuque
Iowa
Winsor Guests Revisit Old Clin ton Ties At Deweytown Echoes
Mr and Mrs J H Winsor formerly of Clin ton and former local agents for the C M St P Ry visited last Sunday with Mr and Mrs M W Herrick. Mrs Winsor’s parents Mr and Mrs D S Dewey were early residents, Deweytown flouring mill once stood on the river and the village near it faded from memory.
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J. H. Winsor
Clinton
M. W. Herrick
Winsor
Deweytown
Miss Emma Egger Weds Alfred Yossi in Monticello Church
Emma Egger daughter of Mr and Mrs John Egger of Castle Grove married Alfred Yossi yesterday at the German Reformed Church in Monticello. They will reside on the Bennett place in Lovell township. Yossi has lived in Grindelwald Switzerland before coming to the United States five years ago. The couple has many friends who wish them great success.
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Misa Emma Egger
John Egger
Castle Grove
Monticello
Alfred Yossi
Bennett Place
Lovell Township
Yossi
Grindelwald
Switzerland
Boy in Plaster Cast Recovers After Operation
Bert Hubbard reports his son Clarence is progressing well after surgery. The boy is in a plaster cast and will remain so until the wound heals completely. Doctors plan a second operation only after full recovery from the current one.
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Bert Hubbard
Chicago
Clarence
Miss Schrader to Wed John D Henrich at St Johns Church
Miss Alvina Schrader daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Schrader will wed John D Henrich this afternoon at St Johns Protestant Church at two oclock Rev W A L Schnetz will perform the ceremony. A dance will follow at Onslow Hall Onslow. The couple will reside on a farm and a congratulatory note from The Express wishes them a happy prosperous life.
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Alvina Schrader
Henry Schrader
John D. Henricha
St. John
Potran
W. A. L. Schnetz
Mrs. Henricha
Shimanek Seeks Right of Way in Creamery Case Reheard
Frank Shimanek of Oxford won a district court dispossess suit against the O. M. & St. P. Ry Co over a right of way to the Diamond Creamery site after Montisello firm failure. The supreme court reversed, a rehearing petition was granted last Monday, and the case will be reheard by the Supreme court.
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Frank Shimanek
Oxford
Diamond Creamery Co
Montisello
District Court
Supreme Court
D. Chase Returns From Saskatchewan Harvest Triumph
D. O. Chase came home from Riceton Saskatchewan after four months spent on harvesting and threshing. His grain graded No 1 and net proceeds yielded 11 percent on his investment. He traveled by automobile over rough roads. He warns North and South Dakota farmers will lose grain due to late fall rains delaying threshing.
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QO. D. Chase
Riceton
Saskatchewan
Rough Ronde
North
South Dakota
Woman injured in buggy crash near stockyards
Mrs. Ed Brazelton suffered severe bruises after her horse alarmed by a large white dog resembling a polar bear caused the horse to bolt, overturning the buggy near the stockyards. The harness and buggy were wrecked. the horse was recovered after a short run.
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Ed Brazelton
Interesting Church Service in Cedar Rapids Colored Methodists
The Methodist Episcopal coloured congregation held a Sunday service with speakers Messrs Johnson Finley Eliott and Kilbourn from Cedar Rapids. W J Eliott, a Cedar Rapids banker, delivered the main address on finances in a forceful style. Kilbourn, once of Monticello, ran a local photograph gallery and praised the town’s growth in thirty years since his departure.
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Methodist Episcopal
Messrs. Johnson
Finley, Eliott
Kilbourn
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Eliott
Monticello
ISU Campus Photo Display Draws Local Alumni Interest
Local Iowa State College alumni helped with a display in Hicks and Rickles dry goods store showing a 4 by 16 foot photograph of the Ames campus. The photo, the largest ever printed on one sheet, required a 110 foot tower for the camera. Monticello residents show strong interest as many students attend ISU.
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Iowa State College
Hicks & Rickles
Ames
Monticello
Bank displays Villa Mexican currency specimens
The Lowell State Bank shows Mexican currency samples issued by General Francisco Villa. Denominations range from one peso to fifty pesos. With Carranza’s recognition, the notes have limited value even in Chihuahua, where printed for circulation. Not on U S safety paper, yet better executed than expected for a disrupted country.
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Lowell State Bank
Francisco Villa
Carranza
Chihuahua
United States
Inmate Ann Phelan Dies at County Home After 38 Years
Ann Phelan, 57, an Anlamosa county home inmate for 38 years, died last Saturday noon of cancer. Buried at Wilcox cemetery near Viola with Rev. C G Gould presiding. No relatives attended. a brother serving at the Soldiers' home could not attend.
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Ann Phelan
Anlamosa
Wilcox
Viola
Miss Phelan
C. CG. Gould
Cedar Rapids Firm to Run Line to Monticello for Monticello Co
The Iowa Railway and Power Co of Cedar Rapids controlled by Dawes Smith and Reed will construct a line from Amber to Monticello to service the Monticello Electric Co. The Monticello firm will pay a monthly sum for the privilege and can switch on Cedar Rapids current when needed, ensuring continuous service even during plant outages. The arrangement is not intended to compete with Monticello Electric Co and reports claiming otherwise are inaccurate.
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Iowa Railway & Power Co
Cedar Rapids
Dawes, Smith & Reed
Amber
Monticello
Monticello Electric Co
Monticello Co
Veterans of the Rail Defy Age Life Expectancy Claims
The article praises veteran locomotive engineers Davy Gordon and George Green denying a claim that engineers average eleven years in the profession. It recounts decades of service on lines like Farley Unlimited and Higgins Cannonball, noting Green’s 49 years with engine number 13 and Davy’s long tenure with few serious incidents. The piece asserts they will work to age 111 and invites readers to ask the engineers themselves.
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Davy Gordon
George Green
Monticello
Farley Unlimited
Higgins
Davenport
Green
Davy
Stone Ory
Viola
Hat
Milwaukee
George
Pythian convention to be held in Monticello next Thursday
The annual Pythian convention for Jackson and Jones counties in the 16th district will meet in Monticello on November 4. Lodges from Maquoketa Preston Sumner Oxford Junction and others participate with nineteen candidates from Monticello Lodge. Activities include regis tration reception school of instruction and a banquet.
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Jackson and
Jones Counties
Monticello
Peerless
Maquoketa
van Buren
Preston
Volunteer
Subula
Sumner
Annamosa
White Rose
Martella
Ivy
Meridian
Foster EB. Outing
Ivy Lodge
Grand Lodge
Meridian Lodge No
Olin
H. I. Moore
Monticello Improvement Club Discusses Baby Beef Contest Prizes
The Monticello Improvement Club met last Monday in the public library lecture room with H M Harter deputy county superintendent of Jones county speaking on the Baby Beef Feeding Contest. Prizes include a trip to the Ames short course next fall paid by the fair association and a simple trip to Ames as a second prize. The State College will provide free tuition for boys entering the short course. A farmers institute proposal and a colt show were suggested but no action taken, referred to the agriculture committee.
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Monticello
Ames
The
Fair Association
Improvement Club
Ita
Amea
State College
Harter
Farmers’ Institute
Committee On Agriculture
Improvement Club Supports Paving Where Property Owners Petition
The Improvement Club by resolution endorses street paving where a majority of adjacent property owners petition and asks the city council to provide for the improvement. It says extended paving planned earlier is unlikely next season and work will focus on petitioned localities.
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Improvement Club
Collision between car driver and bicyclist in Lost Nation
Henry Burrichter of Lost Nation collided with Harold Corkery on a bicycle ten days ago. A misinterpreted move led to Burrichter's wheel throwing Corkery in front of the Ford. No internal injuries. Corkery sustained only bruises.
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Henry Burrichter
Lost Nation
Harold Corkery
Seventh Grade Group Chaperoned to Anamosa Trip
Miss Bonnelie Lyon chaperoned seventh grade students on a trip to Anamosa last Saturday. The group toured the reformatory and enjoyed a picnic supper in the woods before returning in the evening.
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Bonnelie Lyon
Anamosa
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J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Howard & Foster
E. G
Burrichter
Home News
Mary Hall
Anamoana
F. M. Huyck
McAleer
Carrie Page
Oscar Rapids
Margaret Maire
Deatrick D. G. Co
Dell Peet
W. A. Mirick
W. J. Mills
Lulu Scowl
Oolweill
Mrs. Lewis
Verna Baum
Worthington
Daisy Burkett Collins
Cecil Hosford
L. Squires
McAleer Millinery
F. K. Main
Kalispell
Montana
C. L. Main
Cyrus Bort
A. L. Bort
Tetzloff
Olive Smithson
Deatrick’s
J. Q. Kehoe
Farley
Anton Locher
W. D. Magee
Gail
L. G. Stabler
Oscar Newton
Pauline
Mesdames W.S. Wilkinson
Arthur Young
William Leibslee
William Altman
William Putnam
Ray Nandel
Manchester
George Tift
Baby
Westgate
Miss Almeda Bell
Lemon
Clyde Marshall
Rock Island
R. E. Knapp
Lewie
Gueets
Jane Freeze
Henry Knake
Iowa City
Galen C. Mirick
William Stkellay
Florence
Austin
Minnesota
Montioeillo
Carrie Clark
Rose Wenger
Tipton
W. E. van Buren
Deutrick’s
Monticello State Bank
Stella Lang
Greeley
Elmer
W. L. Hanssen
Deatrick
Elsie Barnts
Omaha
John Barnts
Lincoln Thoeni
Martin Tichoeni
Red’’ Faber
White Sox
Hazel Hoag
Joe College
Elmer Hoag
G. H. George
Herman Hanken
Edna
Alexander Davidson
Sioux City
Leroy Cropp
Elsie Hatch
Mable Carlton
Edgewood High School
H. M. Carpenter Jr
James Milroy
Robert Milroy
Franklin Barn Equipment Co
George Stabler
W. B. Clark
Glenn
Scotch Grove Township
Schoonover
John Freeze
E. of P. Lodge
David Heisey
G. A. RK
Messrs
Leslie Lyons
Wauseka
Arthur Lyons
Waterloo
Lulu Lyons
Marshalltown
Lloyd Sexton
W. B. Took
Fred Matthiessen
Minnie
Nellie Matthiessen
John Perrine
Clarence Matthiessen
Herman Schneider
Fred Heiken
Charles Stockwell and Son
Osmond
Nebraska
Frank Stockwell
Stockwell
Kansas City
A. Danks
Mitchell
Whits Lake
Ruby Bader
Reuben Ely
Bader
D. BD. Doyle
William Day
Wayne Township
San Francisco
California
Iowa Telephone Company
Express
J. H. Bateman
Misa Harriet Hall
Wes Moines
Order of the Eastern Star
Jocal
Veterans of the Rail
Ellison
Smith
Moffit
Jones County
Albinger Building
L. Q. Stubler
Lovell Block
Hicks & Ricklefs
C. H. Schipman
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Monticello, Iowa
E. A. Hubbard
Ayeraham
L. H. Lang
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