Billy Magee Retires After Long Railroad Service
William D. Magee retires from Milwaukee Railroad after 57 years in telegraph, ticketing, and station work. He served as Monticello postmaster 1910 to 1914 and as Perry agent since 1917, with early roots in Monticello Iowa and later Perry Nebraska. He pursued photography and painting, maintaining a studio and zinc etchings for advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Magee
D. P. Young
Magee
Monticello
Milwaukee Railroad
Perry
W. D. Magee
Milwaukee Company
Billie Magee
Iowa
J. H. Windsor
Davenport and North Western Railroad
Billie
Sand Spring
Illinois
Wisconsin
Sioux City
L. B. Beardsley
Delmont
Soo City
Manilla
Billie's
Tripp
A. Goodnow
Mr. Goodnow
Iowa Division
Monticello High School
Oxford Junction
B. F. van Vitet
Riggs
Cosgrove
State Center Junction
S. C
Milwaukee
I. C
Waco
Jackson Junction
Waucoma
Mr. Good
Bull Moosers
Good
Wm. Laughlin
C. H. Marshall
Marion
Uncle Sam
Amber Birthday Notes and Local Social News in Amber
Amber residents report Nelda Englebart celebrated her 12th birthday with friends at home and cake after. Family visits include the Schoon and Boland households. church events promise communion at Amber Presbyterian. Various local trips and guests populate the week with family ties and community gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelda Englebart
Shirley Stebels
Vivian Englebart
Ruth
John Kofoed
Ethel Jean Bailey
Ruth Dirks
Leona Jean
Dale Englebart
Marvin
Ralph
Maxine Harris
Nelda
Ruby
William Black
George H. Schoon
Cletus
Boland
Joe Deeny
Waucoma
J. J. Boland
Decorah
William Martin
Stenwood
Amber Presbyterian Church
John Moenck
Henry Schafer
Berdena
Otto
Gerd Heiken
Leslie
Manchester
Carl Schoon
Wilmer
Mrassis
Warner Heikenome
Funeral rites for Barton Power in Manchester
Funeral services were held in Manchester on Tuesday for Barton Power 51 of Manchester who was killed the prior Sunday on a highway near Maquoketa. He was born near Monticello in 1886 and married Frieda Rodies in 1908. He leaves two children Harold Power and Mildred Fass. The article also notes upcoming local school and junior college conference events and various social visits.
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Manchester
Barton Power
Maquoketa
Power
Hopkinton
Elva Landis
Jones County
Monticello
Frieda Rodies
Harold ©. Power
Mildred Fass
Los Angeles
Calif
Oakland Cemetery
Parent-Teacher Association
Northeast Iowa
Lenox
Elkader
Tipton
Waukon
Independence
Dean E. V. Laughlin
Supt. Miller
Roosevelts Case Shows Love for Common People
The case of the Roosevelts suggests one can love common people without marrying into them.
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Mason City Globe-Gazette
Definition Omaha World-Herald reactionary remark and farming note
The text defines a reaction ary as an old fogey who asks where the money comes from. It notes methods to control rabbits in orchards including wrappers guides guards hunting trapping and keeping areas clear to prevent weedy covers and brush piles.
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Omaha World-Herald
Steers Reach Near Yearly High In Cascade Sale
Dick Cartano viewed cattle in John P Kurt Jr’s Cascade area feed lot. Kurt expected about 19.25 per cwt but sold eighteen 1315 pound steers for 19.50 per cwt, the highest price this year and near the September 1918 peak. Kurt often tops markets several times annually. Cartano is a known livestock buyer and Monticello State Bank president.
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Dick” Cartano
John’ P. Kurt, Jr
Cascade
Mr. Kurt
Kurt
Mr. Cartano
The
Monticello State Bank
Vocational Ag Boys Tour Hybrid Seed Corn Plant
Vocational Agriculture students visited the Onslow hybrid seed corn plant in Jones County. They observed drying ears heated at 110 degrees F and samples in yield test plots east of Center Junction. The class plans to select seed corn for next spring and notes cellulose as a major plant component.
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Jones County
Onslow
Center Junction
Corn Enterprise
Teachers plan meeting and community notices across Iowa counties
Tuesday teachers will attend a meeting in Manchester with cooperation from Dubuque Delaware and Buchanan counties and the state department of public instruction and Iowa State Teachers Association. About seven hundred teachers are expected. Speakers include Dr. Laura Zirbes of Ohio State and Dean Melby of Northwestern.
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Manchester
Dubuque
Delaware
Buchanan
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Laura Zirbes
Ohio State University
Dean Melby
Northwestern University
Chicago
Kensington Club
E. BE. Griffith
Ladies’ Aid of
M. E. Church
E. E. Griffith
Birthday and Social Gatherings in Richland Center
Mrs Ursula Hein hosted a birthday party for Sidney Schweitzer last Thursday night with a Monopoly session and refreshments by his mother. Eddie Fitzsimmons couple held a wedding dance at Len Hein home with plans to live on the Len Hein farm. Sidney and Janaan Schweitzer visited Cedar Rapids last Saturday. Will Balsiger opened his home last Sunday for Luella’s birth anniversary with a large turnout and cafeteria lunch. John Schweitzer and family visited Dubuque last Wednesday.
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Chicago
Cletus Boland
W. J. Zimmerman
Willis
Eugene Bailey
Lloyd Robertson
Baptist Church
Anamosa
D. J. Bohlken
Jim Arnold
Hopkinton
Edna
George Dirks
Cedar Rapids
Will Dirks
Genevieve Soper
Joe Soper
Clark
Luella Soper
Herman Zimmerman
Ernie Wahl
George Harms
Gerd Harms
Ernie Dirks
Stena Schweitzer
Monticello
Herman Schweiter
Sand Spring
Ulrich Schilt
Gene Hart
Castle Grove
Louise Schweiter
Carl Schweiter
Mary Ellen Wismeier
Cedar Falls
Sidney Schweitzer
Manchester
George Korman
Dubuque
Hein-Fitzsimmons
Lewis Terwilliger
Kathleen
Dean
John Schweitzer
Eddie Fitzsimmons
Len Hein
Sidney
Janaan
Will Balsiger
Luella
Also Mentioned on This Page
Billy Magee
Amber
W. J. Zimmers
Amber Ladies’ Aid
Weert Bennen
Will Rickers
Ed Keith
Central City
Elmer Sanford
Adolph Schoon
Merle Jansen
Will Ricklefs
George Siebels
Hank Siebels
Carl Siebels
Ben Wroblewski
Waterloo
Samuel Knox
John
Oneida
R. J. Milroy
Elizabeth White
Cashmere
Wash
C. A. Draper
David de Best
Minneapolis
Donald Smith
St. Louis
Lindley Allen
A. P. Himebaugh
Rochester
Minn
Allen
Charles Dunlap
Nellie Kehoe
Buck Creek
Alfred Lahey
R. A. Cartano
John P. Kurt, Jr
Near Cascade
America
Milwaukee Road
Tay Nol
Elle
Methodist Aid Society
United States
Richland Center
Ursula Hein
C. J. Hess
Big Type
Poland
Chinas
Worthington
Blackstone
Quaker OA
Mn Roy Dap
Wade
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