The Covered Wagon coming to Monticello crowd
Local notices mention The Covered Wagon coming soon to Monticello and multiple residents visiting relatives and teaching positions. Entries list Cedar Rapids visits, farm duties in Cuba City, and Chicago Heights business travel. Community events include a rummage sale by Sacred Heart Church and store notices for vinegar and beauty services.
Monticello Notes and Local Happenings Across Town
Mrs Clem Welser and family hosted guests in Martinsville with J T Staff and Rosalie Spears. Locals attended the American Junior League convention in Atkins. Library hours extend evenings from September 8. Several residents traveled to Dubuque and Cleveland for events. The Ex press notes school opening and a new birth Lois Ann at J B Bateman works. Community notices cover hospital training starts at John McDonald, Eastern Star meeting, and local weather chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem Welser
Blaine
Martinsville
Indiana
J. T
Rosalie Spears
Monticello News Briefs Lift Spirits and Updates
Mrs J S Welch together with her daughter Mrs George Miller and Verona Miller head to Montana then Omaha to make a new home. Peter Bell visits Father McCormick who is ill with malaria after three weeks. Concert Band Picnic at fish hatcheries draws 80. band plans a winter program. Jones County Bar Association picnic planned at Anamosa state park. Monticello Canning Co prepares corn packs under LeRoy Farmer. Public health nurse Miss Mary E DeLaskey resigns to join University of Iowa City. new post carries 1250 salary. Red Cross meeting in Monticello to decide future scope. Sacred Heart school opens with 20 percent higher attendance. library boosted by Knights of Columbus. Ruth Alora Young marries Herbert Charles Metcalf at Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. Mr and Mrs Henry Rink celebrate 26th anniversary with 100 guests. family of ten. Rink family roots in Germany and Jones County include multiple children.
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J. S.welch
George Miller
Verona Miller
Miller
Montana
Welch
Omaha
Nebraska
Casper Mackenbrook
Poccel State Bank
Peter Bell
Winthrop
Father McCormick
Sacred Heart’ Church
Monticello
Frank Royden
Mary Ee, DeLaskey
Jones County
Miss DeLaskey
State University At
Iowa City
Red Cross
Ruth Alora Young
David P. Young
Herbert Charles Metcalf
Anamosa
Sturgeon Bay
Wisconsin
G. D. Yoakum
Congregational Church
Pines
Henry Rink
Wilhelmshofen
Germany
United States
Herman
Edward
Elizabeth
Freda
Clara
Rink
Philomena Dirks
D. W. Dirks
Lving
The
Monticello Express
Iowa
Town State College
Ames
George Mardoff
Isaac Orcutt
Laredo
Missouri
Berlin
Jones County Fair
T. M. Redmond
Dysart
Bell
Eastwood
Pauline Hosford
Alicia Whiting
Public
Aliie Lank
Nicholas Holst
Onslow
Moses Barto
August Gravel
Jake Miller
John Schweitzer
North Cedar Street
the Reformed Church
B. T. Balcar
B. B. Gruenstein
Wayne Yousse
Lucy Doran
Paul &B Bellamy
Redlands
California
Sam Holmes
Gerd J. Ahlrichs
Jacob Matthiessen
Sand Spring
Monticello Canning Co
Andrew Ambueh, Sr
James Ferguson
Passing of Andrew Florine a Scotch Grove Township resident
Andrew Florine aged 82 died at his Scotch Grove home last Friday after a stroke on August 27 1915. Born in Sernaus Canton Graubunden Switzerland on August 25 1842 he came to the U S in 1867 and settled in Scotch Grove in 1868. He married Lucetta Kiburz in 1869 and celebrated 55 years of marriage last January. He leaves a widow seven children 21 grandchildren and is buried in Oakwood cemetery after funeral at Monticello Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Florine
Scotch Grove Township
Florin
Sernaus
Canton
Graubunden
Switzerland
Peter
Anna Figrin
Alps
United States
Lved
Richland Township
Scotch Grove
Lucetta Kiburz
Fred
Leonard Durst
Wiliam Hoffman
Frank Ferring
Monticello
Ben Reichart
Huntington Beach
California
Andrew
Reformed Church
W. F. Schneck
Presbyterian Church
Kuentzel
Alfred Durst
George
Hans Hoffman
Kenneth
Clifford Ferring
Ray Schlick
Des Moines
Oakwood Cemetery
Petition Signers Boost Area Plan Efforts in County
Nine hundred fifty three signers on T B petitions are recorded by Tuesday evening from fifty petitions raised, with about a hundred more expected. Greenfield leads with 135 signers and 81 percent of owners. Fairview 159 signers. Jackson 130 signers with 87 percent. Merle Murfield, Greenfield farm bureau president, tops signers with 48. Counts may change as more petitions are turned in and additional names are gathered from townships across Jones County.
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T. B
Jones County
Fairview
Greenfield
Jackson
Merle Murfield
Greenfield Township Farm Bureau
Madison
Hale
Castle Grove
Scotch Grove
Lovell
Rome
Cass
Wayne
Washington
Wyoming
Oxford
Richland
Clay
Ita
Will Stanton
George Buol
John Deischer
R. W. Chatterton
G. J. Hughes
Leslie
Dunn
Lon Burroughs
Chas
Atherton
Cecil James
A. B. White
Hartman
Duane Rigby
N. B. Lathrop
Latherpete
Greeneld
Playford silos touted to salvage poor corn crop
Anamosa Cement Products Co urges farmers to invest in Playford cement silos as a first year 100 percent return, noting silos salvage immature corn into valuable feed and citing deliveries from Anamosa Cascade and Hurstville Iowa. The piece also reports a fatal motorcycle race accident at Marion injuring several riders including 19 year old Cecil Giovanazzi of Cedar Rapids.
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Playford
Iowa
Anamosa
Cascade
Hurstville
Towa
Anamosa Cement Products Co
Anamosa, Ilowa
Cecil Giovanazzi
Jones County Fair
Marion
Bar] Woods
Monticello
James Young
Cedar Rapids
Giovannazzi
Giovanazzi
San Antonio
Texas
Monticello September 1904 Obituaries And Local Notes
The Monticello Express items show 37 local youths in Iowa colleges, Ames leading with most. Notable events include deaths of John C. Reuger and Mrs. James Ferguson, births and marriages, a canning season finish, and personal crises near Anamosa.
Students from Monten High Aid College Prep List
The article lists students from Monten area high schools entering or returning to colleges across the Midwest. Names span Iowa State College Ames, Coe College Cedar Rapids, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Creighton Omaha, Grinnell, Johns Hopkins nursing programs, Mayo and Mercy hospitals, and many others. The piece notes the list may be incomplete. Rains forced postponement of Anamosa automobile races, now rescheduled for September 10 with full program.
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Monten
The
Express
Iowa State College
Aimes
Ricardo Cilley
Myron Hubbard
Rudolph Aebi
Lucile Deischer
Ella Mahannah
Blanche McLaughlin
Stuart Lang
Carl Schneider
Joseph Heeren
Donald Bell
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Paul Hintz
Harold Mann
Mary Stadtmineker
Florence Noble
Wsther Sinclair
Iowa State University
Iowa City
James Laude
Raymond Jacobs
John Hoult
Edna Hanken
Hans Reni
Leyland Shelley
Harry Heisey
Alva Siebels
Ted Koop
Carolyn Stuhler
Merle Deischer
Cornel College
Mount Vernon
Alfreda Reed
Janet Young
Columbia College
Dubuque
James Fleming
James Delay
Lester McAleer
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Nebraska
Burton McLaughlin
Creighton University
Omaha
Lyle Kelly
Elmer McAleer
Emil Dondelinger
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Harriet Rohn
Anne Hauss
Josephine Meyer
Lucile Schweitzer
Chicago Teachers’ College
Chicago
Illinois
Kathryn Orcutt
University of Michigan
College of Law
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Beac Perrine
Minnesota State University
Minneapoclis
Lisle Arduser
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Elfriede Cartano
Johns Hopkins University
Katherine Smits
Iowa State University Hospital
Pauline Jacobs
Mary Heyen
Mabel Brazelton
Celestine
Donald Serbousek
Walter Zubler
Emma Johnson
Brown's Business College
Davenport
Edward Kurt
Coyne Electrical School
Harvey Kurt
Campion High School
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Ralph Redmond
Visitation Academy
Johanna Smith
Freda Meyer
Mount St. Clair
Clinton
Audrey Welch
Sacred Heart Academy
Cedar. Rapids
Grace Kehoe
Anamosa
Charlie Ireland
City Reservoir Cleaning Promptly Arranged
City water users are informed that the reservoir will be cleaned tomorrow Friday September 5. Water supply will be off for most of the day and users are advised to take precautions by drawing water the day before or by eight oclock Friday morning. City Clerk Ray Hechternacht 111 Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hechternacht
John
Mary
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Tocals
Vern Slauson
Dr. Redmond
G. Hulton
Jon Carl
Singer Sewing Machines
Locher’s
Maeme Pasha
Oxford Junction
Gulbransen Pliver Pianos
Locher's
Walter Walcox
Tola
Ethelwyn Wilcox
Town City
Wr. Parley
Winchester
McNeill
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Harry Hoag
William Marshall
Cuba City
Winchester Paints
W. D. McLaughlin
Edgar A. Hubbard Jett
Moline, Illinois
Fred Eklund
E. J. Farley
Nelle Wilson Jett
Stanwood
Paul Daake
Rockford
Charles
Relatves
Ruth Hanssen
Chicago Heights
Beecher
Aunt Mary
Ladies of the Sacred Heart Church
Ada Stadtmueller
Charlotte
Mattie McAleer
Selma Stadtmueller
Princeton
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A. M. Maurice
Wisconsin, Lake Region
John Schoon
Hilgh Patton
Sibyl
Lalo Hast
Magnolota
Misls Ollila Smithson
Public Lbrary
J. W. Hoult
Fred Penniman
Hammond, Louisiana
Laura Koop
E. G. Hicks
Henry W. Jacobs
Selma Heeren
Edna Oltmans
American Junior League
Atkins
Hilah Hutton
Emma
Ada
Selma
Mary Stadimueller
Missargaret Hanssen
Walther League
Margaret Fawcett
J. W. Coxsee
Cleveland
Ohio
Otto Schodde
al Hess
Virginia
Augusta Bliss
Clara Schodde
the Express
G. W. Timmons
Lois Ann
Timmons
J. B Bateman Monument Works
Mitchell Northrop
Mrs
C. J. Northrop
Donald Drake
Council Bluffs
W. H. L. Schuetz
Lillian
L. Schuetz
Waterford
Charles Swaney
Upper Iowa University
Fred L. Mahannah
Professor Swaney
Mahannah
Henry Heisey
Cedar Rapids Transfer and Storage Company
Methodist Church
McNeill’s Hardware
Don Sutherland
Coin
Shenandoah
Order of the Eastern Star
John McDonald Hospital
Irma Jogepek
Cadar Rapids
Hazel Serlanto
Ethel Winch
Hopkinton
Martha Kakac
Cresco
Ray Hehternacht
Stirton Homestead
Brad Street
Joe Faber
George K. Meyer
Paul
Cliff Main
Harry Rodman
McGregor
Main
Manchester
Strawberry Point
Dyersville
Luxemburg
Mississippi River
Ray Fairbanks
Cass Township
Anamosa High School
Knights of Columbus
John Liddy
M. Ferrig
I. V. Dautremont
Leo Oswald
Theodore F. Denkhoff
M A. O'Rourke
John Connolly
M. Trimble
Qoutside
M. F. Hogan
I. Schneider
P. D. Bell
J. J. Hayes
Chaplin
George A. Hauck
T. F. Denkhoff, Jr
John McCrea
Jones County Bar Association
District Court
LeRoy Farmer
Lessee
Sacred Heart
Shakespeare
Thackery
Jones County Farm Bureau News
Edison
Yo City Water Users
A. M. Maurice Oo
Lowell
Collections Insurance
Ford
Rae
J. Rogers
Vanity Beauty
Peacock Shop
W. P. Evans
Grace Episcopal Church
Lowell State Bank
Burton
Standard Oil Company
Oil and Gas Journal
Middle Western States
Standard Oil Building Week
Michigan Avenue
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