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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
2
In Wyoming, Easter services at the Methodist church featured Rev. Smith sermons and choirs performing anthems and solos including The Angels Rolled Away the Stone. A spring program, wedding, club meetings, and local school moves highlight a busy community scene with notes on health, travel, and upcoming theatricals.
Elizabeth Young won first prize of 10 dollars in Wallace's Farmer essay contest for How We Organized Our Club judged by P. C. Taft Don Merrill and the editor. The paper notes club activity and local events including a horse collision, upcoming meetings, and area news from Center Junction Iowa as April details unfold.
In Dubuque on April 18 at 8 30 AM, Adele Lauser and Anton Streng married at Holy Ghost church. Rev J B Albers officiated, guests attended, and the couple planned a breakfast at Hotel Julien before a Chicago honeymoon with the bridegrooms relatives.
Amber April 18 The Merry Maids will hold a bake sale at Tom Powers store Saturday April 19. The notice invites busy housewives cleaning and yard work to enjoy Sunday dinner with minimal effort as the bake sale runs. Nearby social items note school vacations and church events with residents visiting Anamosa and Amber.
Sunday visits and travels noted include Mrs Johnston returning Monday for a short stay with her parents. M M Franks and wife returned from Tidbon after a two week visit with their son. Marion Garside travels to Morley to stay with Mrs James Buenter's family. Jessie Garside resumes school at Oskaloosa. Mrs Geo Sears Sr. visits Clinton to see daughters. Dr Soper visited Center Junction last Thursday. A new baby reported at Ford Lynch’s west home. Hazel Hoskin guest of Super family for weekend. Prof Stutzman and wife spent weekend in Anamosa. Geo Lyons and wife visited Wyoming Sunday. Mrs Geo Sears Jr. ill at home.
Davenport residents attended the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Crilley. Will Crosby traveled to Normal, Illinois, due to his father’s illness. Mrs. Roy Truesdell and her baby visited the Warren Whitney home. The carrier missed one route this season. Mrs. W. B. Frank visited Kenwood with her parents. Haster union Sunday school program was well attended. Hester and Mollie Wyjack of Iowa City visited. Mrs. Harriet Pillard of Coggon called on friends. Mr. Curtis of Marion spent Sunday with the Isham family. Miss Bradbrook started at the central office. Flave DeLancey visited from Amana over Sunday. L. B. Blahovec of Solon spent Sunday here. Eva DeLancey Eastered at home. I. G. Truesdell spent Easter in Marion.
Castle Grove on Friday elected L M Balater president L M Hosford vice president and G H Gerdes secretary for the coming year. Thirteen members sprayed orchards last year at a cost of 18 dollars 14 cents. Weather disrupted farming with rain hail and snow delaying operations. Next farm bureau meeting set for April 28 with a planned program. Mrs C A McLaughlin will entertain the Presbyterian ladies aid society Thursday afternoon. Cedar Rapids visitors Henry Husmann is recovering Mrs E H Noble and Florence Noble with Mrs W D McLaughlin. Martin Noble and Ernest Carpenter improving at McDonald hospital. Ladies club to meet with Mrs Henry Che Friday.
Scotch Grove notes an April 26 afternoon meeting led by Mrs. M. M. Sinclair with a program on county and state officers duties, home decorations, and a talk on false economies. Poultry topics include oil and coal brooders. J W Callahan tops with 245 chicks. Arthur Himebaugh travels from Hopkinton delivering nursery stock for Roydens. Families hosting visits and the Girls' club gathering on April 22 with Mrs. Wm Henrichs.
Miss Clara Murray returns to school in Duluth after Hidster vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Murray. Miss Margaret Murray goes home after a week with the C. C. Stevenson family. C. C. Stevenson and Margaret Murray shopped in Monticello, Saturday. Stevenson to Edgewood to fetch two cows. J. E. Mullen of Hopkinton visits Guthrie and Blair homes. Mrs. Lillian Neil and son Bart seen in Hopkinton Tuesday. Fred Egger ships a carload of hogs last Monday. R. J. Guthrie visits Monticello business. A. Blair visits Monticello for business. J. W. Murray visits Manchester on Saturday.
Sheriff John Bodenhofer returned with J. T. Mohaghan and F. D. Bryant, indicted in the county for obtaining money under false pretenses. The indictments grow from a swindle on W. A. Hale about a year earlier in a horse deal. Mohaghan and Bryant face charges stemming from the scheme.
Bryant men resist extradition through legal counsel and bluffing in Jones County while Sheriff Boden-Barge pursues them. Léroy Peat, a former resident, dies at about 76 in Cedar Rapids. Legion memorial bids opened with four bidders. the lowest quote exceeds $9,000 and funds cover a clock tower separate from the $8,000 memorial fund.
Local agent W. W. Stickford promotes Tanlac promising health gains for thousands of users. Claims emphasize widespread improvements and general well being as a selling point.
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