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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1926

Page

7

Millinery sales and social notices fill Cedar Rapids week

Devlin Millinery announces new pattern hats for Saturday September 18. Miss Maeme Pasha visits Monticello last Saturday. Miss Mary Locher takes her annual vacation from the post office. Patrons see handcolored pictures and Ivorex plaques. Locals visit Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Rochester. An article notes eye strain among schoolchildren and a Sept 29 bake supper by Methodists.

Devlin Millinery Mary Locher Post Office Force

Dances and visits mark busy Monticello week

Monticello news lists numerous social calls and travels. Inez Young heads for Chicago to study library science while Miss Catherine McAleer plans to enter St Theresa’s College in Winona Minnesota. The St Elizabeth Society hosts a bake sale at J J Hayes furniture store on September 18.

Catherine McAleer Winona Minnesota St. Theresa's College The Elizabeth Society J. J Hayes

Monticello notices mix of events and births

Community bulletin lists events around Monticello including a Philomathean bake sale at Rickless Dry Goods, a fourteenth birthday and new licenses for Eldon Rohn as undertaker, a postponed golf tourney due to weather, a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Martinsen, and visits by George Stuhler's son John from Edinburgh Texas.

Local Notes and Marriages Highlight Community Life

Mr and Mrs John Kiléhauer of Ma tine City Michigan visited familiar homes in town by auto. Miss Helen Cairy of Cascade wed Ernest Anderson at Sacred Heart parsonage. Nellie Wales edits Stethoscope at Oakdale Sanatorium. Firefighters battle Basment blaze at Halstead Carpenter home. Gottlieb W Egger reports good roads and dry grain conditions. Leta Mullen wed William Seehusen Cedar Rapids. A and Benner promoted to Farley yard manager. Mrs Frank Berry of Omaha visits Heisey family. her twin sons married. Knights of Columbus elect officers for Monticello council.

John Kiléhauer Matine City Michigan J. M. Woellert William Schoon Hbllen Cairy Cascade Ernest Anderson George A. Hauck Sacred Heart Parsonage Monticello Gottlieb W. Egger Sioux Falls Egger Leta Mullen William Mullen Anamosa Williana Seehusen Henry Seehusen Castle Grove Township Cedar Rapids Seehusen Anamosa High School Wayne Township Frank Berry Omaha Heisey Berry Omaha and Council

Grant Crawford Visits Monticello Friends From Long Ago

Grant Crawford of Washington DC visited Monticello last Saturday as a guest of Mr and Mrs James Morton. He recalled his early years as a tinner in Monticello working first at M Haran hardware and later in Fred E Dunham store before moving to Hopkinton where he spent over a generation in hardware business.

H. F. Kettlitz William Augusta Hay John Marion Ben D. Haeussier Haeussier Grant Crawford Washington, D. C Monticello James Morton Mr. Crawford M. Haran Hopkinton

Laude-Biebesheimer Nuptials at First Presbyterian

Miss Emma Vivienne Laude and John L. Biebesheimer wed in a fall ceremony at the First Presbyterian with Rev. Leonard Duckett officiating. The service featured fall flowers, solos by Mrs. John Brown, and violin by Otto Riedel. The couple, both from Illinois and California roots, plan to live in Chicago after a brief wedding trip.

Presbyterian Church Emma Vivienne Laude John L. Biebesheimer Leonard Duckett First Presbyterian Church John Brown Creston Edna Balsiger Otto Riedel James Laude Rockford Illinois Margaret Phelps Winifred Rohr Esther Cass Myrtle Dreibelbis Anita Crane Ruth Lambert Donald Sutherland Wilbur Cartano Maples Inn Biebesheimer Monticello High School John McDonald Hospital State University Hospital Iowa City Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey,linois Chicago Charles Biebesheimer Santa Monica California St. John’s Military Academy Dellafield Wisconsin Harvard Military Academy Los Angeles University of Iowa Sigma Phi National Bank of the Republic Cornell Apartments Louis Johnson Steamboat Rock Lee Jones Cedar Rapids C. R. Mills Walter Beloit

Farley Expands Poultry House as Feeding Capacity Grows

BE J Farley adds a story to his building, creating a 125 foot feeding room to serve 10 000 birds at once. The move coincides with a rising poultry market as 87 cents per egg on grade basis is reported. Extension expert F D Churchill urges seed corn selection Sept 20 to Oct 2, warns of last year’s poor holdover and stresses healthy stalks and early dent stage. Jones County Farm Bureau meets in Monticello park with S H Thompson of American Farm Bureau to speak, plus pig and corn shows and a baseball game, band music, and awards after picnic.

J. Farley Liddy Ted Farley Poultry House F. D. Churchill Jones County Farm Bureau Monticello S. H. Thompson American Farm Bureau Federation Thompson Chicago Linn Marion Jones County Delaware County Farm Bureau

Miss Lena Zimmermann Weds Herman Helgens at Zion Church

Miss Lena Zimmermann and Herman Helgens married at Zion's Lutheran Church Wayne township in a 1:30 pm ceremony conducted by Rev. J. Willms. The bride, a 1922 graduate, wore white silk georgette attire with orange blossom veil. Attendants included cousin Lenora Coleman and Edward Helgens. A wedding supper followed at the Zimmermann home, with a dance and a surprise party honoring the couple held in Wayne township and at the Legion hall, before a four week honeymoon to Minnesota and the Black Hills.

Lena Anna Johannah Zimmerman Zion’s Lutheran Church Wayne Township Herman H. Helgens J. Willms Lenora Coleman Tripp South Dakota Edward Helgens Langworthy Wayne Center Helgens Harm Helgens Scotch Grove Township Herman Zimmerman Minnesota Black Hills Legion Hall

Canning Plant To Finish Season Pack Soon At Monticello

The J LeRoy Farmer Canning Company expects to finish the season pack of sweet corn within a week. It projects about 5 million cans produced across five plants, with Monticello payroll near 106 workers and total season payroll about $16,000. Corn shipments go to New Mexico Texas Oklahoma and northern cities Spokane Duluth Minneapolis and the plants employ 40 foot processing, huskers, washers, and four new husking machines.

Texas Oklahoma Minneapolis Duluth Spokane Washington Farmer Story City Columbus Nebraska Grand Island Tipton Monticello Canning Alma Behrends

M Foley Bank Leader Dies After Illness

M Foley longtime president of Security Trust and Savings Bank died suddenly at Ryan after a three week foot infection. Born in Peosia Dubuque county in 1878 he opened Ryan’s first general merchandise store in 1890 and led the bank since 1920 leaving a widow and three children.

M. Foley Security Trust and Savings Bank Ryan Mr. Foley Peosia Dubuque County

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