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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
5
Monticello brief notes show Arthur Kiburz visiting, and Mrs Lang, Mrs Hubbard, Miss Goucher, Miss McNamara and others visiting Cedar Rapids Hopkinton Marion Anamosa Manchester Des Moines and Chicago. Millinery ads by Devlin and Hastman film at Denkhoff. Theatre listings include Fighting Odds and North of 53. Community notices urge bond purchases and rummage sale dates.
Local residents visit relatives and attend Easter observances across Monticello and nearby towns. Notes include alumni meetings, theater listings for Mary Pickford film The Little American, birthdays, hospital updates, and visits by families from Hopkinson, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, and Iowa City. People travel to Des Moines, Madison, and Davenport for events and care.
Mr and Mrs Ben Heeren visited Des Moines last Friday to see their son a soldier at Camp Dodge who told them he expected to be sent soon to another cantonment.
Ben Hussman Herman Ricklefs and John Null visited Camp Dodge last Friday night to meet with boys awaiting departure to other camps. Mrs Capitola Peet of Buhi Idaho counters claims of Far West I W W influence and notes Idaho's hostility to such groups. She shares a Buhl Idaho Red Cross fundraising wipeout noting $12000 raised in one day by local auction.
The announcement calls The Honor System the most intense gripping photoplay yet produced at Crane Theatre. W A Storm travels to Tucson to meet his wife and two youngest children. C J Oleson of Lemmon will act as station agent during his absence.
A. T. King visited West Union last week with Dr. Tom King’s family. The doctor holding a medical reserve commission was ordered to report to Camp Riley and left for the assignment last Monday.
Mrs Thomas Egan and her granddaughter Emmaline traveled to Iowa City to visit her son Joe Egan who is hospitalized there. Joe Egan underwent an appendicitis operation last week.
The church announces a single time system for all services next Sunday Bible school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m. Parishioners are urged to arrive on time since this is the only time for the summer.
Mrs Charles Bridges and her infant travel from the Ambuehl home in Randolph after visiting her parents in Marion. Mrs Ambuehl accompanied them to Marion and returned home. A dust storm hit the area last Sunday with strong winds blowing dust through First street toward North Gedar.
The sale offers installment options with a 5 percent cash payment at purchase. A 20 percent payment is due on May 28, 35 percent on July 28, and 40 percent on August 15.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Rhode of Tabor arrived by automobile early in the week. Mr. Rhode will stay a week while Mrs. Rhode remains indefinitely with her mother Mrs. A. G. Drury. Mrs. Long, Drury’s niece who had been with them, has returned to her Oklahoma home.
Eloise and Audrey Welch Patricia Meyer and Catherine Mc Aleer spend a few days with relatives while attending Clinton school. Sisters Roberts and Carmen accompany them and visit Father Hauck with Miss Catherine Mc Aleer. James Young returns to Monticello after winter with Harry Young’s Rock Island family. He notes Rock Island’s recent dry vote.
The Congregational and Methodist Episcopal unions ended last Sunday after eight weeks of joint services. Each congregation will worship in its own edifice until new union plans are formed, with talk of resuming combined evening services in summer. Rural carriers may get pay raises under a pending bill, with 15 percent hike and two dollars per month for each mile beyond 24.
Most of the Jones county boys sent last February have been relocated as the company they joined was dissolved. James Wilson is in New Jersey, Herman Henrichs in Long Island, Charles Coxsee to Fort Leavenworth Kansas, others to Camp Custer Michigan and various locations in Massachusetts New York, with some unknown.
The Great Lakes Naval Station band stops in Monticello Tuesday morning between 7:30 and 9:30 for a patriotic concert. Induced to detour from Cedar Rapids for a few hours, the group will bring music to Monticello with Mayor Voorhees arranging details and residents invited to greet the sailors on First Street.
Judge Smith discharged the jury last Thursday afternoon. All trial cases not continued by consent were disposed of. Jurors were told to return home and resume farm work. The Mary McLean versus W B Fagan case was dismissed by the plaintiff after partial trial. The first case tried was likewise dismissed, and the only other case reached a verdict for the defendant by court direction.
The county treasurer has left a copy of the tax list at Monticello State Bank where all taxes can be paid.
The fifth annual Monticello Improvement Club banquet at the Lovell house drew 150 attendees. A flag with 80 stars honored local youths in service, with three more stars to be added for volunteers. Rev. Drew spoke on humor and duty, urging cheerful resilience amid war. Maggie Donovan of Cascade died in Denver and was buried at Cascade and Castle Grove.
Jones county will subscribe about 680000 dollars to the third series liberty bonds. The drive aims above the quota and the government will accept subscriptions beyond the three billion request. Uncle Sam seeks borrower support. investment, not a gift, and all should participate cheerfully.
Assessor Putnam has raised the Monticello city assessment to over 1 080 000, a record for the city. The figure surpasses prior years despite Red Cross and Liberty bond drives, and residents are urged to respond promptly to the third Liberty bond drive starting this week.
Directors met in Anamosa to discuss Farm Bureau activities for the month. A report from the county agent highlighted the seed corn survey and seed corn situation. They instructed creation of a county exchange labor bureau and a ladies auxiliary to support a home demonstration agent for Jones County.
Miss Nellie Morey won the county superintendent of schools post at a meeting in Anamosa last Tuesday on the sixth ballot. Prominent rivals included Chauncey Hoff man Tiffany and Edgar Johnson. Morey, a former Aberdeen South Dakota teacher, is praised for her work and persona.
A March 6 law protects service members from default judgments while in the military. Judge Smith voided all such judgments from the term after the act took effect and required affidavits on military status. When status was unknown, an attorney filed an answer to protect defendants' rights.
A farmer criticizes The Express daylight law, claiming farmers gain nothing and must work from sunrise to sunset. He notes towns will close earlier and entertainment will shift, forcing earlier hours. The remark echoes Judge Smith’s quip about Joshua stopping the sun to fit his schedule.
Local high school notes report Burgess Terwilliger visiting in Navy service and Friday’s class play When Duty Calls. Students raise war savings stamps totaling $2,828 and note high participation in the boys reserve registration. The flag ceremony and patriotic addresses are described, plus an alumni-vs-students basketball game won 31 to 14. A garden club is formed to boost food production with state and local prizes offered.
Joseph Locher writes from Kelly Meld near San Antonio Texas to O B Rundle recounting his transfer from mess sergeant duties to line 3 in Kelly Field No 1. He notes pay raise from 30 to 44 dollars, saving 835 for the squadron in February, duties feeding 160 men and planning menus, and memories of friends, alamo visits, and daily chores amid wartime service.
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