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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1923
Page
7
Local items note new products at Locher’s including Singer sewing machines and Edison phonographs. A string of visits and social news covers Dr. Redmond Miss Alvina Gienapp from Hampton and others to Cedar Rapids Omaha Des Moines and Anamosa. New births and business visits are mentioned along with ads for hats kerosene and home supplies.
Local residents visit Monticello for brief stays and social calls. Notable names include Miss Alta Farnham, Miss Verdell Iverson, and Mrs. L A Iverson visiting relatives, with notes on Raymond Echternacht and George Lovell households. Community notices cover bake sales, cleaning services, and shop announcements from Cross Hardware and Palmer's Pharmacy.
Monticello sees a flurry of local activity with Superintendent Mahannah at a northeast district teachers’ convention in Dubuque and chosen as district leaders. A social calendar item notes Hazel Batchelder’s marriage to Arthur Groover in Marion, with the couple moving to Waterloo. A Minstrel of life includes births, business moves, and a public school boiler upgrade as the town readies for spring.
Monticello and Keosauqua square off tomorrow night at the opera house in a debate over the hard surfaced road question. Keosauqua fields Willa Fellows Lucile Beer and Cyrus Newbold against Monticello speakers Dorothy Ky Raymond Denkhoff and Ted Koop with state executive committee judges. The winner advances to face Mt Ayr for the state championship at Iowa City on May 4. Admission 25 and 35 cents.
Clifford Manning 26 son of Charles and Mrs Manning of Cedar Rapids died after slipping between two cars while rushing to work at the Sinclair packing house yards. His body was mangled, head severed, and he died at 12:50 p m. He lived with his sister in Cedar Rapids and was born near Scotch Grove Jones county. He served in World War I and funeral services were held in Monticello with American Legion rites at Oakwood cemetery. Chester Carroll 15 of Boone died after attempting to disembark a freight train last Friday.
St Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran church will be formally dedicated next Sunday April 16 with German language morning service English afternoon service and early English evening service. The program includes hymns prayers sermons by Wartburg Seminary staff and guest ministers from Dubuque Muscatine and Oelwein with a building-fund offering and free lunch in Luther Hall. Prof G J Zollinger Wartburg Seminary will preside at the organ. All are invited.
Mrs Anton Cartano of Springville mother of R C Cartano Monti cello died March 27 at age 93 after a February 19 hip fracture left her bedbound. Born Caroline Sophia Klein in 1830 at Bischmisheim Rhein Pruessen Germany she immigrated to the United States in 1860. She married Anton Cartano in 1851 in Pottsville PA and had sixteen children. Ten survive: John Anamosa IA Anton Springville IA Jacob Ireton IA Elizabeth Baxler LA Charles Louive Springville IA Daniel Seattle WA Richard Monticello IA Trace Embree Madrid IA Teri Granger WA Funeral in Springville conducted by Rev L P Krome and Rev W H Blgos. burial in Springville.
High School notes cover substitute teachers, the Philomathean program at the opera house, and an operetta in May. Track workouts resume at the city park amid poor track condition. Coach Parsons plans relay carnival meets in Marion on April 21 and Iowa invitation on May 8. Debates include Monticello versus Keosauqua Friday night. Lovell farm bureau meets April 14 with discussions on summer underwear and table etiquette. Manchester swears in a re elected city council, Ralph Milroy remaining city manager.
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