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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1927
Page
3
Center Junction reports a overnight Scout camp last Friday with tests in swimming and first aid. Local adults and families attend church, school events, and social gatherings as residents plan fall club meetings and a September 21 Women’s Community club event.
Amber notes additions to the Will Zimmerman resort improve interior space and dining service amid growing trade. Local events include numerous visits and celebrations at homes in Amber and nearby towns, with weddings births and visitors from Monticello and Cedar Rapids.
In Wyoming on Sunday September 11 the Lutheran congregation welcomed Rev. Ell Arhelger amid a year without a pastor and a newly built parsonage. Rev. G E Melenert of Strawberry Point led the morning service and installed the pastor after a redecorated church interior. A picnic dinner followed.
Lindbergh spoke from a microphone connected to the Public Address System in Omaha, with 10,600 onlookers near the speaker’s stand and hundreds more in trucks and on nearby embankments hearing every syllable. Audiences in Minneapolis St Paul Des Moines Sioux City and Sioux Falls gave warm welcomes to the Lone Eagle during the transcontinental tour.
The report lists religious dedications led by Rev J P Willms and Rev Melchert, a Bramer family reunion with attendees from Wyoming Monmouth Preston and other towns, and various visits and moves including Estes Park vacationers en route to Detroit. Local residents John Hendrickson and families, Hollywood California visitor Mrs Nora Hare, and multiple social visits and gatherings are noted.
The Luther League of Castle Grove held a Sunday picnic after church services traveling to ward Dubuque. Rev. Wolf led eighteen members visiting Wartburg seminary churches cemeteries and Eagle Point park. James Kehoe underwent an operation at Mercy hospital Anamosa and will stay in bed three weeks. Next meeting is September 18 with a social afterward. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas LeClerc and Mrs. Lena Poppe of Coggon noted.
Sunday callers in the Herman Hahn home. F G Kehoe and M J Hogan visited James Kehoe. Joseph P McDonald and S M Hosford were in Hopkinton for business last Saturday. Max Specht attends Monticello schools this year. Dr and Mrs A M Maurice of Monticello were in the area Tuesday evening. John W Milroy of Buck Creek was here one day last week. St King has fixed a new shingle roof on house and barn. Mr and Mrs Will Hiller spent Tuesday in Cedar Rapids.
Onslow hosts the district Sunday school convention with Rev. Meyer leading services. Program includes devotions by Dr. W P Nicholas and others, reports, elections, and talks on Young People's Work. Mrs Mabel Bigelow and her son visited with Vera Paul and Mrs Jennie Smith, recalling former ties to the town. Community day followed with a church and yard cleanup boosting its appearance.
The Ladies' Guild will be entertained at Mrs. Barnes home on Wednesday by Mrs. Lamey Etta Brown Langscow and Mrs. Frank Barnes. Russell Neilans from Ruthven is at his grandmother Mrs. Emily Reade’s home where he has enrolled in school. George Paulsen Ed Paulsen and Roy Beck attended a ball game in Chicago last Saturday night and returned the same day. Edna Blaickadder returns to Chicago after two weeks with Mrs. George Sears. Astruman club programs for the year are out. first meeting September 23. Mrs. C R Smith and Vera Paul drove to Iowa City last Sunday. Harry Rutenbeck and two sons of Lost Nation visited Mrs. Johnston. Bernice White and sons from Anamosa visited the former's parents. Garnett and T H Case spent a week in Harrison county with Mrs. Case's mother. George Barnes of Maquoketa visited F K Barnes and family. Ed Pealer and helpers from Wyoming are making changes at Dr. Smith's residence. Many attended S G Franks' funeral at Wyomin g Saturday. Harbison Orr of Cedar Rapids attended to farm interests here last week. A large crowd attended the Oswald sale Saturday and items sold well. Rev W W Maxwell of Strawberry Point filled the pulpit here yesterday morning. Mr and Mrs George French.
Miss Iva Greiser of Davenport visited her parents last week. Mrs. Etta Brown spent a few days in Cedar Rapids. Harry Scothorn is visiting town for several days.
The department of agriculture reports a 2.3 percent drop in farm population by January 1 1927 to an estimated 27 892 000. Farm labor wages are near stationary at about 70 percent above prewar levels, lower than industrial wages but near the rise in farm product prices.
A historical note compares Queen Mary’s entourage with Queen Alexandra and Queen Victoria noting Mary had 16 ladies in waiting while Alexandra had 24 and Victoria 42, highlighting smaller royal circles.
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