Residents Visit and Family News from Cedar Rapids and Minnesota
Mr and Mrs Lambertus Leesekamp traveled to Deer Creek Minnesota for a two week visit with relatives. Mrs Frank Luse of Cedar Rapids returned home last Saturday after visiting Miss Nellis Wales. Mrs Frank Collins ne Daisy Burkett of Cedar Rapids visited Cecil Hosford’s home last Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambertus Leesekamp
Deer Creek
Minnesota
Frank Luse
Cedar Rapids
Nellis Wales
Frank Collins
Daisy Burkett
Cecil Hosford
Everett Tremaine
Sam Humble
Frieda Gruenstein
George Guyan
Local residents return from regional events and teaching posts
C R Coon came back from St Louis where he attended the National Jewelers convention. Henry Templeton returned to Ames this morning to enroll at Iowa State College for the coming academic year. Miss Edith Rettig left today for Mason City to teach in public schools next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Coon
St. Louis
National Jewelers’ Convention
Henry Templeton
Ames
Iowa State College
Edith Rettig
Mason City
Charles Brodt
Iowa City
State University Hospital
Social Roundup of Monticello Residents and Visitors
A long list details Miss Celia Bobletter and Miss Mary returning from Norway Iowa. Many others travel to Waterloo Clinton Iowa City Cedar Rapids and Minneapolis for visits fairs hospitals and school. Local residents attend camps farms and funerals with relatives and friends across Iowa Illinois and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Bobletter
Mary
Norway
Iowa
Ladies Host Afternoon Party At Country Club
Mesdames Hall Janet and R T Jenney and Miss Harriet Hall held an afternoon gathering at the Country Club with knitting for the soldiers as the main activity. Miss Margaret Thompson departs for Roundup Montana to teach in the city public schools for the coming year. Mrs Harold Adams visits her parents while Mr Adams attends officer training camp at Ft Snelling Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
J. S. Hall
R. T. Jenney
Harriet Hall
Country Club
Harold Adams
Catherine Lovell
George S. Lovell
Mr. Adams
Ft. Snelling
Minnesota
Welchs welcome a daughter as newest family member
The Welch couple welcomed a baby girl this morning. V. O. Welch smiles proudly and plans a larger hat to mark the event.
Rainy Monday Brings North Winds to Ease Frost Fears
Last Monday morning a good rain fell and residents worried by a possible frost dusted by north winds found relief as the breeze shifted to the east.
Couple from Center Junction Return After 18-Year Visit
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Paulsen of Center Junction return from a week with relatives in Sanborn Washita and LeMars. They note great improvements since their last visit 18 years ago, remarking on the changed condition of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Paulsen
Center Junction
Sanborn
Washita
LeMars
Mission Feast Promotes German Services Next Sunday
Rev. S. M. Ide visited Hawkeye last Saturday to lead a mission feast. He announces preaching in St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in this city next Sunday morning. Services will be conducted in German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Ide
Hawkeye
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Grinnell Failors Visit for Eyewear Fitting
Mr. and Mrs. George Failor and their son Clarence of Grinnell visit C. N. Patrick home with Mrs. Agnes Failor and her children Samuel and Florence of Gilman for glasses fitting last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Failor
Clarence
Grinnell
Agnes Failor
Samuel
Florence
Gilman
C. N. Patrick
Mr. Patrick
Milroy Teacher Drafted Into U S Army
J H Milroy a Monti cello high school teacher who filled the position last year has been drafted and accepted for service in the United States army. He began teaching last Monday but expects to be called at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Milroy
Monticello High School
United States Army
Cowan Sisters Take Teaching Posts in Iowa Towns
Miss Alice Cowan will teach in Marion public schools this coming year. Miss Lois Cowan will teach in Anamosa public schools and Miss Myrtle Cowan will lead a rural school near Morley. Presbyterian services next Sunday move to the church lecture room due to lighting work unfinished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Cowan
Marion
Lois Cowan
Anamosa
Myrtle Cowan
Morley
Syracuse Dentist Joins U S Army Dental Service
Mr and Mrs John Welch announce their son Dr Cleve Welch of Syracuse New York has been commissioned as first lieutenant in the U S Army dental service and will accept the post to contribute to the war effort for Uncle Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John §. Welch
Cleve Welch
Syracuse
New York
United States Army
Uncle Sam
Monticello Gun Club to hold eastern Iowa shoot at city park
The Monticello Gun Club schedules a shooting tournament at the city park on the 12th with generous purses expected to draw top trap shooters from eastern Iowa. Interested participants should contact L E Schulz, club secretary. Mrs. Julia Roff and four children travel to Blaine Washington for the winter to stay with relatives. A Friday party at the Laude Puleston necktie factory honored Mrs. Roff and her daughter Bernice with about fifty guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
L. EB. Schulz
Julia Roff
Blaine
Washington
Denkhoffs Return From Trip Near St John Church
T. F. Denkhoff and his son Theo dore returned to Chicago last Sunday after their auto skidded into a ditch near St John Evangelical Lutheran church. The car needed several hours of rescue by Denkhoff and local farmers. The Knights of Pythias plan a war fund of 500000 with Iowa’s share 25000. locals have paid one dollar each toward the total. Raymond Schlect, son of Mrs. Emmeline Reichart, is on a 14 day navy furlough visiting his mother after serving in Cuba and stationed at Norfolk hospital. He recently received a promotion and higher pay and speaks enthusiastically of his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Denkhoff
Theodore
Chicago
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
Knights of Pythias
United States
Iowa
Fred Kay
Raymond Schlect
Emmeline Reichart
United States Navy
Raymond
Norfolk
Virginia
Cuba
Parsons Name Oscar Hemmann to Teach at Johnsontown Parish
Oscar Hemmann of Altonburg Missouri has accepted a teaching post at the Johnsontown Lutheran church parochial school and will lead morning services at St John’s Evangelical Lutheran church next Sunday at 10 30 a m and preach again at 2 15 p m at Johnsontown Lutheran church Rev W H L Schuetz pastor of St John’s Evangelical Lutheran church will be in Williamsburg for a mission feast
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hemmann
Altonburg
Missouri
Johnsontown Lutheran Church
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
W. H. L. Schuetz
Willamsburg
Porter resigns Davenport railway post for Kansas City power role
J. Porter, a longtime Davenport business figure and brother in law of R. W. Henderson, resigns as president of Tri City Railway and Light Company. He will become president of Kansas City Light and Power Company, after overseeing about $10 million in plant improvements during 11 years in Davenport Moline and Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ¥. Porter
R. W. Henderson
Tri-City Railway & Light Company
Davenport
Kansas City Light & Power Company
Moline
Rock Island
Hicks Brothers Prepare for War Fronts in 1918
Sergeant Lowell Hicks of the engineers corps in the forestry division is set to depart from Washington for New York City and sail for France within weeks. His younger brother Frank Hicks has joined the United States Army in the quartermasters department after enlisting in Cedar Rapids following a recent physical exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Hicks
Washington, D. C
New York City
France
Lowell
Engineers’ Corps
Frank
Mission Feast and Lectures Highlight Monticello Church Activities
St John s Evangelical Lutheran church held a mission feast with morning and afternoon services led by Pastor W H L Schuetz and visiting ministers Rev Kreutz of Westgate IA and Rev Greif of Williamsburg. A 12 o clock dinner followed on the church lawn. The parish school will open next Monday under Carl Hulle of Seward NE. Monticello ladies will hear Mrs G Darling-Heron of Chicago speak on Red Cross work in England at 8 pm in the public library lecture room Friday evening. Mrs Heron, an English visitor, is guest of Mrs Robert C Jenney. Drafted soldiers from Anamosa Monticello Wyoming and other nearby towns left yesterday for Camp Dodge under Vernon B Hodges, with five percent already called to colors and the next call due September 19 expected to exceed 40 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
W. H. L. Schuetz
G. A. Kreutz
Westgate
Iowa
H. Greif
Williamsburg
Carl Hulle
Seward
Nebraska
Monticello
Red Cross
England
G. Darling-Heron
Chicago
Public
Ladies’ Clubs of
City
Heron
Robert C. Jenney
Anamosa
Camp Dodge
Herman H. Ricklefs
Arthur It
Poland
Gustav IF. von Sprecken
Wyoming
Karl Wm. Grimm
August Thomson
Vernon E. Hodges
Board of Exemption
Vernon B. Hodges
New York
The
Treasury
Leona Reade
Ruth Gundlock
Margaret Maurice
Imogene Shelley
Teddy Koop
Kasper
Jenny
Castle Grove
Church of Immaculate Conception
France
Decree Held Up in Kasper Case Over Land Title
A decree for Meta Kasper against Andrew Kasper is stayed for further proceedings. Post trial, title to part of the disputed land is found to be in Kasper's wife, who inherited it from her father. The defendant seeks a hearing and modification of findings to exclude land not owned by Andrew Kasper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meta Kasper
Andrew Kasper
Kasper
Canadian officer to lead Cornell military training program
Lieutenant MacQueen of Toronto will head Cornell college military training for the coming year. He will supervise a course in military engineering map reading and tactics. He suffered a shattered leg and other shell wounds after four months on the front in France and spent eight months in hospital before a Canadian war department eight month leave. He holds B A and M A degrees from Toronto University where he served as Y M C A secretary before going to France as a Y M C A captain and later receiving a lieutenant’s commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacQueen
Toronto
Canada
Cornell College
France
Canadian War Department
Toronto University
William Burns Dies at 81 in Castle Grove Township
William Burns aged 81 died at his daughter Mrs Patrick Leonard's home last Monday. Born in Ireland he immigrated to the United States and lived in Pennsylvania before moving to Dyersville. He farmed near Ryan for forty years and is survived by Mrs Leonard Minnie Burns Edward Dennis William and John Burns. Funeral services were at the Church of Immaculate Conception Castle Grove township led by Rev M S Murphy with interment at Masonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Burns
Patrick Leonard
Ireland
United States
Pennsylvania
Dyersville
Ryan
Minnie Burns
Edward
Dennis
William
John Burns
Church of Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove Township
M. 8. Murphy
Masonville
Davenport Engineer Dies of Typhoid at 26
Dugald Gilbert Porter son of Mr and Mrs Joseph F Porter of Davenport died last Sunday morning from typhoid fever He had lived in Davenport 11 years and was general manager of the People’s Utility Power company He was a graduate of Iowa State College Ames and survived by his wife and two children aged three years and four months respectively His mother Jennie Henderson was born in Monticello
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dugald Gilbert Porter
Joseph F. Porter
Davenport
Monticello
Jennie Henderson
Porter
Tri-City Railway & Light Company
Iowa State College
Ames
People’s Utility Power Company
Rock Island
Moline
Jones County Dairy Day Plans With Governor Harding
Jones county prepares a Dairy Day at Monticello city park next Tuesday September 11. Governor W L Harding will speak at 2 45 pm in the amphitheatre as part of a combined event by the Jones County Farm Improvement association and the Farmers Cooperative Creamery. The program features music livestock and dairy judging talks and athletic contests with cash prizes for cattle races and foot races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
State of
Iowa
W. L. Harding
Jones County Farm Improvement Association
Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery
Harding
Scotch Grove Band
Creamery
Fair Grounds
J. C. Cort
Msteel
Iowa State Dairy Association
Barney
John Bodenhofer
Fred IF. Clark
J. W. Coverdale
W. Ll. Harding
Jones County Farmers
Wyoming
Olin
Red Cross school auxiliary drives 25 cent pledge system
A school auxiliary becomes a Red Cross unit when each pupil deposits 25 cents, allowing display of a special banner and granting wearers membership buttons. Funds fund junior Red Cross supplies, with local districts using materials and programs across schools and volunteer drives noted in the column.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted by Dr. Stuhler
Dr. L. G. Stuhler invites patients for eye examinations and glasses fitting, offering professional vision care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Stuhler
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Chas. A. Doxsee
E. G. Burrichter
Home News
Stuart Stuhler
Paul Schuetz
John Noyes
Baldwin
John. J. Locher
Hardin County
Will Cashen
Harry Heisey
Dubuque
Fannie McLees
Louis Stoddard and
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J. J. Hayes
John Liddy
John Sutton
Vinton
George Hubbard
Brownsdale
Fred and
William Stahler
Clarence McLaughlin
John B. Hines
Marjorie Dumbaugh
Des Moines
A. O. Peterson
Merritt Burke
Iowa Telephone Force
Harry Stuhler
Henry Peters
M. B. Adams
George L. Lovell
Agnes Marshall
Robert Stirton
George Davidson
Sioux City
Roy Cropp
Adel Wilkens
Blanche McLaughlin
Mary Hartman
Spring Valley
F. B. Thompson
Frank Thompson
Albina Barta
Louise Richter
Ethel McKenzie
Margaret Wallace
Alva Zimmerman
Henry Reiners
Waverly
Andrew Carmichael
James Morse
Mrs. Rustin
Columbus Junction
Martha Williamson
Olive Cartano
Guttenburg
Anna Hull
Casey
Oklahoma
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Little Sioux
James Perley
Ellen
Harriet Marshall
Harold Marshall
Essie Hoag
Denver
Colorado
Soux City
Fiana Schnieder
Pukwana
South Dakota
Charles Appleby
Waterloo
R. G. Shankland
Nell Kellum
Illinois
Fred Kellum
Carolyn Stuhler
Vermont
Alfred Tucker
Minneapolis
Mrs. Scholl
Fred. Lehman
Joseph DeBoest
J. A. Voorhees
Omaha
Dakota
William Able
Jessie Able
Louis Schulze
Helen
Linfred Hauss
Savanna
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Cresco
Fred Schuck
Arthur and
Himer
Emil Wernicke
Edward Harms
Manchester
Ben Harris
Patricia Meyer
Catherine McAleer
Clinton
Mt. St. Clair Academy
Fred Puleston
Boston
Massachusetts
Ray Jacque
Genevieve
Strawberry Point
Florence Goings
Robert
Delaware County
Barney Bilers
G. W. Mastin
Fort Riley
Kansas
Fred
United States Infantry
Harvey Hunter
Eileen Aitchison
Richland Township
Sacred Heart Academy
Loren Palmer
Jacob Schneider
George Greene
Margaret Thompson
Round Up
Montana
Miss Thompson
V. O. Welch
V. O
Frank Weigand
Kenneth
Hettinger
North Dakota
Robert Young
Rudolph , Aebi
Peosia
John McDonald
Luzia B. Thomas
Chicago University
Elise Ide
Leonard
Rev
Pritz Ide
German Lutheran Church
Marshall Hall
Murdo
J. 8. Hall
Lee Martin
Eclipse Lumber Co
Wall Lake
Mr. Martin
Philippines
Rann
Express
F. E. Stimson
Stimson
Expressman
W. 5
Beals
Artemus Ward
Jowell State Bank
Victor
Cohen
Barney Bernard
Goldstein
Old Virginny
Orpheus
Nellie Gray
Schendel
Eceth
jGems
Kora Pena
Victor Light Opera Company
Gems
Nevin
Fritz Kreisler
Clarence Whitehill
Cooke-Ray
John McCormack
Thomas
Mabel Garrison
Ametita Galli
Carci
Lucia
Chimi Frena
Donizetti
Galli
Carei
Egener
Caruso
de Luca
Journet
Badu
Denkhoftf
Chester N. Patrick
Monticello, Iowa
Monticello Roller Mills
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