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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1923
Page
2
Publication shows editors and proprietor names Doxsee Charles A and Doxsee, with subscription rates listed at 62.00 per year. Details resemble a historical newspaper masthead and pricing snippet from Monticello Express.
Castle Grove township voters grant cemetery control to trustees W D McLaughlin F C Cramer and George F Specht after a board meeting. Prairie Hill cemetery associates appoint S Specht secretary and F Barien treasurer. Township plans tax for cemetery upkeep and bids for road work while delays in local services are noted.
Onslow April 3 The Astrarian club met Saturday with programs on Ancient Egypt To day Industries Cities Mountains and Round Table A social followed with home made candy. A baby daughter Betty Natalie born to Mr and Mrs Robert Leaper last Wednesday. Several residents traveled and visited relatives in Anamosa Cedar Rapids Detroit and Clinton with various happenings noted through town. Easter services at Presbyterian church and many short visits among families marked the week.
Amber residents report Deb Chase recovering after a Sunday stroke while in the company of his daughter Mrs Will Clark. Bartley Bros creamery men renew for another year with higher pay. Dena Husman returns home after illness from John Husman’s residence with a ear infection. A B Robinson and George Bodenhofer ride the gas car in Anamosa. Sunday school and church services scheduled throughout spring and summer. next Sunday election of Sunday school officers. Atlas Julia Toenjes returns Tuesday from Anamosa after a visit.
Monticello Iowa lists regular and special meetings from March 1923. Minutes approve prior sessions, approve bills for the school funds, note resignations, reelect superintendents, and appoint officers. A smoking mitigation resolution and vendor notice are included. Names: W Lovell A Koop T J Hoag I B Elong F B Stimson Cropp Stimson Lagell. Locations: Monticello, Iowa. Dates: March 1923, April 2 1923.
Scotch Grove Community notes report Women's Club meeting with eighteen attendees led by Mrs OC A Sutherland and a Sunday school program. Local church services were canceled due to Rev W Bond illness. Residents discuss measles, house fire losses, and family moves around Scotch Grove with visitors from Savanna and Cedar Rapids.
Mae Slauson visits from Monticelo as Louise Gestel Dale Whelless and Will Guthrie enjoy a school break in Houkinton. Clara Murray spends Easter with parents in Sand Spring. Pred Lang visits his in laws. W S H McNeill from Minot, North Dakota, makes an extended visit. Caspar Arduser and H M Chaplin visit Monticello. H B Pierce buys fence posts. R J Guthrie and P J Kurt conduct business and cattle shipments. Fred Mugger suffers tonsillitis.
Mr Holub was taken to Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids for possible cancer operation. The Methodist church saw solid attendance despite bad roads. Oliver Caldwell drove Mrs Doran to Central City for a Cedar Rapids train. Mrs John Siebels bedridden with flu. Miss Dale Woodland spent the night with parents at Kenwood. Newell Gillilan has a painful boil on his hand. No movie Sunday night as films went astray. Mrs Irvin Bebee and children visiting Iowa City. Florence Rhatigan has the measles.
A Sioux City Journal opinion quotes Bolshevik boasts that Russia has banished God and argues the claim exposes delusion and madness. The piece rejects the idea that government fiat can end God, comparing it to denying the sun’s existence.
A member of the House Banking and Currency Committee plans a university course in banking this summer, reflecting the growing trend of theoretical experts studying abroad.
Senator Hale returned from Des Moines to vote in the city election. Anamosa high school won first in the humorous pre district declamatory contest in Fayette with Mary Dorothy Daly taking top honors. Jank Boyer died of pneumonia after months of ill health and a Mayo visit offered little hope. Malachi Kelly, former Anamosa resident, died in Cedar Rapids aged 78. C. W. McMahon won the mayoral race 539 to 298. Eleanor Strawman became the first woman elected to the county council from the Fourth ward. A narrow Beaman edge over Witham reshaped the council while Joslin Ireland Clarke Ellison were re elected. The Washington Star notes Jud Tunkins on movie star mottos.
The document records payments for road work in Clay Township including numerous named laborers such as Nunne Hanken J A Coppess Horton John Pietfer Mead Moran and others. It also notes blacksmithing and drag operations with names like George Sears J I Hanson C H Huntington and Clarence Supple and trustees and clerk commission figures.
A cobbled reminiscence from Edmard J. Icfefer in the New York Sun about everyday curiosities and social observations. The piece riffs on smoking women socks candy and seasonal habits with humorous asides and fragmented reflections.
A wry note suggests giving a Turkish figure a chance for affection, praising his appeal and ease of warmth, while hinting at broader cultural or literary humor in framing admiration.
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