Talking machines repaired and cement at local firms
A collage of small items notes repairing talking machines at Denkhoff the Jeweler and cement purchases at Central Lumber & Coal Co. Visits span Iowa, Illinois and South Dakota with relatives in Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Marion, and Dubuque. Names include Mrs. Wenger, Miss Hull, Mrs. Smits, Miss Stuhler, Rev Schuetz, and local firms.
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Denkhoff
Central Lumber & Coal Co
Gladys ‘Smits
Kate Stuhler
Cedar Rapids
Monticello Local News Briefs Chronicle Community Happenings
Monticello notes list visitors and arrivals including Mrs Atina Mitchall in town, Miss Grace Podhaski at Davenport, and families such as the Cilley Lazell and Lubben clans. Veterans Harrison Lubben and others return from service. enrollments and travels to Ames, Madison, and Evanston are noted. A charity sale and local church events are announced amid daily social updates.
Monticello News Roundup Highlights Local Life And Departures
Monticello news details retirements and moves including Locher brothers leaving for Iowa City to attend State University for four years. John Coon returns to Manchester to work in jewelry trade and may join a local shop. Premiums won by Monticello girls at Anamosa Fair span multiple fruit and produce categories. Alfred Etten returns from France after serving with AEF and guards German prisoners. Various family visits and church events note wedding anniversaries and a Wayne Lutheran Lord's Supper service. Court calendar for Jones county set through 1920. Local accidents and rail service complaints accompany social updates.
Monticello couples and locals prepare for varied life changes
Jake Bader Jed Nelson and Sam Holmes head to northwestern Minnesota for a three month hunting and trapping trip, not expected home until December. Oscar Newton plans to sell his confectionery business to Illinois man Reardon with transfer set for October 1 as Newton contemplates relocation to California. Reverend J F Hinkhouse will preach at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning and evening with the themes The Successful Man and The Great Invitation. Miss Helen Hursh and John Rickels wed at the church parsonage in a small ceremony attended by immediate family after graduating together from Monticello high school.
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J. H. Barr
Methodist Episcopal Church
Monticello
Barr
Jake, Bader
Jed Nelson
Sam Holmes
Minnesota
Oscar Newton
Illinois
Reardon
Mr. Newton
California
Iowa
J. F. Hinkhouse
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Presbyterian Church
Hinkhouse
Helen Hursh
Homer Hursh
Kansas City
John Rickels
Emma L. Rickels
A. P. Walton
Monticello High School
Hall Manfacturing
Kenwood Park
Rickels
Adel
Hall Company
Miss Caroline Schneider Weds Roy Berry at Parents Home
Miss Caroline Schneider daughter of Isaac and Mrs Schneider married Roy Berry son of Alexander Berry of Iowa City. Rev R P Kuentzel officiated at Monticello Reformed Church. Margaret Maurice was ring bearer. The couple will reside in Iowa City. Mr Berry served as a first lieutenant in the aviation corps in France and will resume medical studies at the state university. Mrs Berry, a Monticello graduate and nurse, recently aged Red Cross service at Fort Des Moines hospital.
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Caroline Schneider
Isaac Schneider
Roy Berry
Mr. Berry
Alexander Berry
Iowa City
R. P. Kuentzel
Reformed Church of
Monticello
State University
Berry
United States Red Cross Service
Fort Des Moines Hospital
Charles Fields
Guthrie returns from western trip to report burnt crops and republican politics
Robert Guthrie recounts a three week western journey ending in Portland Oregon. He visited his daughter Ann Guthrie in Deer Lodge Montana who is recovering and busy with work. He notes drought conditions with cattle sold for hides and long distances to water. He praises President and criticizes the league of nations and Hiram Johnson's policies.
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Robert Guthrie
Portland
Oregon
Deer Lodge
Montana
Ann Guthrie
Ann
Bob
Guthrie
United States
League of Nations
Hiram Johnson
Big West
Pilgrim Memorial Fund drive gains local pledges
Local Congregational Church members and friends celebrate progress toward the Pilgrim Memorial Fund five million dollar goal for needy fields at home and abroad. A Monticello appeal by Rev. T E Wilson raised about 2600 dollars toward the 2200 dollar local share. The plan, tied to the Pilgrims anniversary, aims to provide a permanent memorial and support for aged workers.
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Congregational Church
Pilgrim Memorial Fund
Plymouth
National Council of the Congregational Churches
T. E. Wilson
Olivet College
Monticello
Stranger's Death On Highway Near Wm Aitchison Place
Unknown man found by the road near the Aitchison place last Friday afternoon. A valise with clothes wall samples and a Bible led to a possible clue from a note “A B Samuels will call.” Born Chicago October 1 1850 he said he was headed to Watertown SD to visit a brother. Heart disease caused death per inquest. body sent to Iowa City for two months for possible identification and research use.
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Wm. Aitchison Place
Mr. Aitchison
H. S. Lee
Monticello
Mr. Lee
J. J. Hayes Undertaking Establishment
Cascade
Aitchison Place
Lee
Dubuque
Samuels
Breitbach
Cascada
Chicago
Syracuse
New York
Watertown
South Dakota
T. M. Redmond
Iowa City
Medical Department
The
State University
Medical School
Monticello items from September 1889 chronicled
The Monticello Express for September 1889 records Mrs. Isaac Rigby gravely ill with heart trouble, Miss Amma Pond teaching in Grundy Center, and the opening of Grundy Center public schools with W A Doran as superintendent and Miss Lucy Leach as principal.
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Mary Marvin
Agnes Russell
Ella Henderson
Clara Weir
Kate Maurice
Mattie Fawcaeti
Nettle Sleeper
Winifred Smith
Nellie McConnon
Monticello
Maquoketa
Max Suhr
Samter
Kiburz
Chapman
Pangburn
Ida Bennett
Isaac Maxwell
J. F. Montman
T. F. Bevington
Sioux City
Bevington
John McConnon
John McLaughlin
Castle Grove
Samuiled A. Farnum
P. C. Babcock
Susanna Quimby
Claude
High School Notes and Socials From Lansing to Pig Cards
High School notes report Miss Lillian Hogan visiting Monday and Miss Iva Belknap visiting the high school. Miss Selma Kluss has moved to Lansing for settlement work. Delphia Williams sustained injuries from a Saturday automobile accident. The Senior class plans a picnic next Saturday at Bby's Mill. The girls glee club now numbers eighteen with more to join. The Senior class enjoyed a Friday night at Jaine Reed’s home with dinner at 6 45 and games including pig. Harry Cross leads the basketball team and captain Robert Cushman has been chosen.
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Lillian Hogan
Selma Kluss
Lansing
Michigan
Iva Belknap
Delphia Williams
Bby's Mill
Jaine Reed
Harry Cross
Robert Cushman
Glass negatives offered to buyers at reduced price
A studio owner announces the sale of 25 years of glass negatives to a wholesale purchaser for novelty purposes and invites customers to call at once. The note also cites Texas state data showing automobile registrations rising from 931 in 1904 to over 341 000 by the start of the year and projecting 400 000 next year.
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Towa
Court actions span continuances divisions and divorces
A stream of 1919 Iowa court items shows continuances granted in Ballou vs Durgan with amendments due by Sept 1919, demurrers sustained in several cases, a divorce granted in Hu vs Hutt, and observers ordered to state road routes. Public sale notices for Dur oe Jersey hogs advertise 60 head plus yearlings at Woodland farm near Martelle Iowa.
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Ballou
Durgan
Dennison Va
Nat's Ray
Bone Ass'n
Dusanek
Bramer
Motton
State of Iowa
Gode Va Rungell
Hu Va. Hutt
Coumey Va
Miller
Smith
Jones County
Lambotal Va
Bomrose
Moroy
N. W
Mos
Nat'l Bank Va
Hults
Hodges & Co
Simmons
Williams
Lydia
Tracy
M. Pranks
Melvin Spencer
Ben Johnson
Fadley
Padley
Woodland Farm
Martelle
Iowa
Sonson
Woodland Pathfnder
Nue
H. M. Yoder
J. Church
W. Q. Broek
Gene Magen
Annual Meeting Notice of German Mutual Fire Insurance
Notice for the annual meeting of the German Mutual Fire Insurance Ags'n of Mon Heallhy town to be held October 4 1919 at 11 o'clock am at the Wayne Center school house Wayne township Jones county Iowa All members urged to be present Secretary Gerd Harms
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German Mutual Fire Insurance Ags'n
Mon- Heallhy Town
Asim
Wayne Center
Wayne Township
Jones County
Towa
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