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Monticello.
The Monticello Commercial Club en-
tertained its members and guests to a
banquet Monday night at the Lowell
house. About 125 were present. in
Guiding prominent farmers from the
surrounding townships. The banquet
was served by r. j. Woolett, proprietor
OF the hotel The toastmaster was
J. w. Doxsee. T. s. Lazell responded
to the toast Here's to Monticello" H.
M. Carpenter, president Of the Month
cello club, responded to the toast THE
Banker and the Farmer" Others on
the program were E. E. Reed, E. e.
Hicks. and X. D. Miller. The Month
cello orchestra furnished music during
the banquet and the male quartet en-
tertained the club with selections of
vocal music. The evening was an en-
joyable one and cemented the feeling
of goodfelloWship among the members.
Cedar Rapids.
The fact that 1t is a poor policy,
not only from moral standpoint, but
for monetary reasons as well, for a
pedestrian to allow colored woman
to hug him on the street was again
demonstrated. It cost Charles Josifek.
a west side resident, $40 in cash for
one hug, and Mr.. Josifek Is the third
or fourth person who has paid dearly
for amusement Of this sort within the
past few months. He was homeWard
bound about $3.50, and had reached the
Intersection at Eighth avenue and H
street, when a young colOred woman
came up, threw her arms around his
neck and asked him for chew OF
gum. Josifek happened to have some
gum with him, and he gave her a
stick. She then asked him the usual
questions about coming along for a
good time, but Josifek refused, and
after giving him another squeeze she
departed Josifek reached in his pock-
ct short time later for his package
Of Dukes" to roll a cigaret, and was
surprised to find that both his tobacco
and money had disappeared.
Cedar Rapids.
II did not know I was married un-
|tl Judge Nugent extended his hand
to. congratulate me-" declared Mary
Matrey who appeared before Judge
Treichler yesterday afternoon seeking
g. divorce from Andrew Matrey. The
principals are Syrians and the case
ono Of tho oldest that has ever come
into district court. According to the
evidence Mary's father picked her a
husband, but not the one that Mary
wanted. Despite her protestations her
father insisted that the ceremony
should take place. According to the
Syrian belief 1t Is the custom to per-
form q formal ceremony at the time OF
the engagement which IN almost al
formal as the marriage service. and
that this IL always done by the priest
Of the Greek church. Mary testified
that she had been in this country
six or seven years and that on July
4. 1918, she and Andrew Matrey went
to Justice Nugent's Office IN Cedar
Rapids and q ceremony was performed
which she supposed was the engage
ment service such as is required In
her country. Not until the Judge, ex-
tended congratulations did she know
that q marriage ceremony had been
formed and that the man standing be-
side her was her husband. Then
Mary rebelled, refusing to live with
Andrew. Since she has never lived
with him the marriage was annulled
by Judge Treichler. E