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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1919

Page

9

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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

German Mutual Fire Insurance Ags'n Mon- Heallhy Town Asim Wayne Center Wayne Township Jones County Towa

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Post-Office J. W. Doxsee Chas. A. Doxsee E. G. Burrichter Home News Fritz Yossi Waterloo Oscar ‘Newton Clinton John Wenger Marion Robert Ewing Stuhler John Schoon Ben Roberts Benjamin Davenport Bertha Schatz Anamosa Dr. Redmond Mike” Adams George L. Lovell Victor Records Denkhofft Mary Hull Asa Lambert M. H. Teeter Point Garvis Messrs Carl Jones Howard Shelley Otis Nichols N. GW. Winner W. H. L. Schuetz Clear Lake Devlin Millinery William Hintz Mate Siemering B. T. Balear Anna Schultz Thomas Kiggins Akron Ohio Gruber Tire Company P. E. Ratsch Portland, Oregon Supt. L. W. Dunlap F. P. Stuhler Devlin G. A. Coon Manchester C. R.coon Mrs W. W. Rhodes Kendall, South Dakota Doyt F. Rhodes Mesdames A. I. Jackson W. W. Stickford Mary Elmer Hubbard Fairbanks Harriet Thoeni Yellowstone Park Albert Kempf Mesdames J. O. Lawrence Amanda Hosford C. R. Golly Equitable Life Assurance Society of Waterloo Henry Carlson Verner Stockwell C. A. Stockwell Wyoming A. Bhrisman Oldham Joseph Peterson Coloquet Grant Stambaugh A. Smith Washington, D. C Edward Templeton Gladys Welch Lancaster Wisconsin John 8S. Welch Atina Mitchall Ded’ Moines Robert’ Owing Minnie McIntosh Esther A. W. Steiner Vernon Wright del Wright United States Army William Liebsle Lou Waddick Grace Podhaski Brown’s Business College Victor August Ricklefs Mike Hogan Raymond Hogan Farmington Vernet Cilley Ricardo and Alberto Buenos Ayers South America Mr. Cilley T. S. Lazell Sigmund Ide Maynard New Hampton Dave Corbett Rock River Gus Weasels Wisney, Nebraska John Lubben Mr. Wessels Mrs. Lubben L. A.iverson Verdell Iverson Harrison Lubben Methodist Church Odd Fellows Howard Hosford Evanston Northwestern University Mitchell Northrop George Bort Leo Locher Royal Hubbard Ames Town State College Carrie Hoag Reiss Stuhler Madison Wisconsin University Allen Anderson Rex Rickless United States Marine Corps Harry Cox Catharine Farley Ab Adams Harry McGarvey Charles Des Moines McGarvey Missouri Valley Medical Society Emil Rickless Inlaw D. C. Olmstead Willow Point Linifred Hauss Coe College Phi Alpha Pi Fraternity George Poeppe Carroll, Iowa Joseph Neumeyer Baby Breda Joseph Oswald A. T. Dunlap W. H. Sterns Ralph Wagoner Ivan Mann Springville L. W. Dunlap C. R. Howie Castle Grove Township McDonald Hospital Olin Reed Howie Jr W. H. Laude A. B. Laude Greenfield James Laude Messis H. S.richardson L. H. Lang Charles City Upper Iowa Methodist I Episcopal Church Monticello Post Office Ulysses Whitaker Rubie Slifer Grant Merillat Frank Foote C. Gehrke Ellen Sampica C. R. Scroggie R. C. Stirton Onslow W. W. Hunter Mesd Amea Homer Hanna William Hunter Morley William B. Allen Chris Reuter Ben Behrends First Division Pinnell D. Kammerman Scotch Grove Township A. G. Wylds Ruth Heisey Forest City Arkansas J. H. Heisey Rock Island Joe Earl Locher Knights of Columbus John Coon C. R. Coon John Anamosa Fair Pauline Newton Lucille Hogan Margaret Maurice Frances Cushman Alfred Etten France Camp Dodge Mrs. Etten A. M Elmer Hicks Eben Hicks Rochester Harry T. Hicks Mayo Hospital Ellison Moffit Dawley Peter Smith Walton George Wilkens I. P. Stuhler Wilkens Alexander Kehrli Ryan Kehrli Casper Kehrli J. J. McConnell First Presbyterian Church McConell Steiner Roy Adamson Quartermaster Department of the Army Switzerland Italy Germany British Isles Fitzsimons Reuben Dress Crim Brothers Wayne Lutheran Church J. Willms Wishek North Dakota Chris Schoental J. W. Schweitzer Mr. Schweitzer Schweitzer Chris Harriet Lubben Mamie Hartman J. W. Conmey Sigworth Chipman Second National Bank George Gibbs P. O. Box Esther Swift C. J. Northrop Meeks Martalle Town Gerd Harms J. E. Bateman Monticello, Iowa Nyce R. K. Baker Optometrist Second Avenue West Side Cedar Rapids State Bank Horse Hospital George Albery Cedar Street First Street Alty Lovell State Bank Mel Gay Cee Cal Eerie Sead Monticello Roller Mills C. H. Schipman MAIN Royal Society Cordichet Cotton Satin Flosselle Cotton India Floss Beary’s Dry Goods
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