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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
3
Reports of Dillon Franks death in Kansas City after contracting pneumonia during military training. Obituaries for Leslie Myeir and Dasil Propst, with funeral details and burials. Mail updates from Ralph Heasty in France, and reflections on morale and liberty bonds progress. Local farm progress, social events, and small-town notices conclude with civic and business updates.
Castle Grove April reports show James McLaughlin recovering after surgery in Cedar Rapids for a back growth. R. A. Parker supplies Standard Oil products. Pender of Monticello expands business here. Postmaster Lanigan spoke to schools on thrift stamps. Orcutts of Manchester visit. blood poisoning in hand noted. Taxpayers subscribe to liberty bonds. several seek care at John McDonald hospital. Mary Hughes finishes teaching term at No. 2. Anna Fahrni visits from Monticello. young Measles cases at Caspers home.
A Red Cross unit sent a care box with 9 bathrobes 90 hospital shirts 3 pajama suits 1 pair socks 3 sweaters 6 wristlets 1 helmet 10 napkins 14 tray cloths 9 wash cloths 9 baby bootees 20 9x9 pads 425 8x4 pads 175 4 inch squares and 80 folded gauze strips. Local election named Miss Jessie Orr as primary room official and previous teachers re elected. Various visits health and family notes including Colfax Springs rheumatism treatment and funeral for Cecil Propst. A service flag with twelve stars placed in Red Cross windows.
List of local residents and visitors in Sand Spring and nearby towns. Households from Buck Creek Hopkinton and Dubuque are noted visiting relatives and shoppings. Notable items include births and illnesses, measles case, and several trips to Monticello, Cedar Rapids, and Delhi.
Dr. Frank Loveland spoke in Prairieburg on his first sermon in 25 years and raised 110 for Belgian mothers and children. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Cowan and daughters from Monticello, J. C. McQueen from Central City, and various local families. Several others visited or attended events in nearby towns over the weekend.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger note discusses placing the word camouflage on a retired list while a Waterloo Times-Tribune quote reflects on gender norms and a provocative remark about a hat. The snippets illustrate period language and editorial voice.
In Center Junction on April 16 a call goes out for a fifty cent donation from each contributing lady to fund Red Cross work. Contributions may be left at Alsever's or Ward's. A contributor list will be printed later as local residents and visitors are noted.
Louis Stoddard moves from Monticello to Hopkinton to work with his brother H F Stoddard as the Stoddard family returns to town. Ed Ross buys the Dunkle farm north of town, loading 220 acres with Missouri land included in the deal. Hopkinton school board reelects the current teachers with a $10 monthly raise. superintendent position pending. Dr George K Meyer osteopath from Monticello visits Hopkinton on Wednesdays. A Farmers Shipping Association hog car shipment from Sand Spring shows favorable results with low costs and a small local commission. Perry Littlefield sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for cattle killing and hides selling near Delhi. long-standing misdeeds noted.
Dr. J. P. Lane ill since Sunday. Mrs. John McLees visited relatives in Monticello. Mr. and Mrs. John Martin and Lenora met Bugler D. E. Martin at Camp Dodge. Peter Pedersen home fire caused heavy losses. Dr. C. W. McQuillen’s family visited to see his ill father T. H. McQuillen. Private Hugh Dixon on furlough. Cascade school district heads form Liberty Loan committee. James H. Devaney spoke at Breen schoolhouse. $5,000 subscribed with only three declines.
German newspapers express anger at the Allied seizure of Dutch shipping, accusing the move of betraying ethical ideals and provoking strong indignation.
Public notice outlines a 1% pound weekly wheat limit per person, with Victory bread counted as equal to wheat. It allows meat in moderation until May 1 and calls for substitutions like corn, oats, and rice plus regional purchase limits.
Older settlers recall the Shane family five miles north of Monticello. Robert N. Shane, 55, died February 16 in Portland after living in Minneapolis and Portland. his brother John Shane died February 4 at 36. Survived by widow Susie Samels Shane, son Frank L. Shane, and siblings Mary Nancy Frances. Funeral in Portland at St Francis Church with burial Mt Calvary.
John McDonald Hospital Notes report Marguerite Walton had tonsils removed this morning. Charlie Stott arrived last Saturday with a fractured hip. J G Oltman is at the hospital for medical treatment. Howard Ainsworth had tonsils removed last Saturday morning. John Egger, previously at the hospital, returned home last Sunday. Joe Hutton of Wyoming returned home last Monday. Jim Porter of Olin, with a fractured hip, went home last Tuesday after two months in hospital.
Notice to Selectives states that men leaving for Camp Dodge Iowa for a five day period starting April 26 may visit their local dentist for any necessary dental work at no charge. The Preparedness League of American Dentists coordinates the effort with Jones county dentists contributing time and materials gratis for the country.
The Jones county local draft board designates 27 selectives for the government call. Names include Gavin Cascade, Coppess Olin, McClaughry Anamosa, Merritt Olin, Schneider Monticello, Reier Glen Arm Md, Bartels Monticello, Rhatigan Monticello, Yanda Anamosa, Beardsley Anamosa, Moran Cascade, Brady Monticello, Shimanek Oxford Jct, Burlingham Anamosa, Dostal Oxford Junction, Barker Anamosa, Roubinek Monticello, Sadler Cascade, Show Monticello, Byrne Monticello, Benishek Anamosa, Schneider Monticello, Gavin Anamosa, Newton Anamosa, Green Monticello, Pegariek Wyoming, Etten Monticello. They must appear within five days after April 26. Some may be deferred due to farming. Dispatch to Camp Dodge, Des Moines.
Brooklyn Eagle in New Jersey begins rounding up idlers with a tongue in cheek note that its famed mosquito brigade will not be among those collected.
Next week offers a slate of silent films led by Vengeance and the Woman and Pawn Broker's Heart. April 24 features Vitagraph and Keystone, April 25 brings The Aryan with Wm S Hart, and April 26 presents Every Girl's Dream by Fox, plus Enid Bennett in Bond of Fear and His Taking Ways. Matinee at 3:00 with a jazz orchestra at night.
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