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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
9
Local brief collects visits by residents to Cedar Rapids Anamosa Davenport and Monticello. Millinery ads from McAleer highlight summer hats and values. Mentions of illnesses and births plus cleanup week reminders and refuse pickup schedule.
Monticello residents and visitors share news of gatherings, visits, and illnesses. Highlights include Campbell and Campbell visit. new calf sales. greenhouses. May breakfast at Congregational church. confirmation at St. John’s Lutheran. clean up week. hospital recoveries. letters awaiting. and Knights of Columbus initiating 60 members next month.
The Clansmen have remodeled and repapered their club rooms located above the Suter meat market and will hold an opening dance tomorrow evening. Twelve couples are expected to attend.
An advertisement notes a modern house for sale on South Chestnut Street with request for particulars. Contacts include Mrs. George Schoonover at 202 W Ave 53 Los Angeles and Dr. M. H. Teeter Monticello Iowa.
The Monticello improvement club plans a Fourth of July celebration with over $1,000 raised for fireworks and entertainment. Obituaries note John Anderson of Prairieburg aged 83, funeral in Anamosa, burial at Sand Hill. Marriage licenses issued include Siver Kohl, Stoddard Hannan, Bieber Frahm, Lubben Harms, Hannon Bodenhofer, Inglis Corbit, Maire Arduser.
Will Stambaugh reports a busy seven week exam period with the high school. Visitors Marietta Letze Royal Hubbard Elizabeth Haeussler Augusta Hogan attend Wednesday events. The physical training class completed its work and held a picnic. Rev. C E Cushman visited Wednesday morning and led opening exercises. Baseball: high school boys lost to the Clansmen on Tuesday.
J M Sleeper longtime Monticello resident and former Bell Telephone commercial manager died at his Fruithurst Alabama home last Tuesday. Funeral at Congregational Church next Saturday. Survived by widow and two daughters, with Nettie Sleeper long-time Monticello school principal deceased.
George Ellingwood Joy wrapped up a series of well attended lectures at the Presbyterian church with growing Thursday and Friday crowds. His in school talks impressed high school boys with self mastery and practical guidance, while city officials and residents praised his sane, helpful approach and hope for future similar events.
The Monticello Improvement Club held a supper at Sacred Heart church basement. President Clyde Marshall urged chairmen reports, backed a July Fourth celebration, and endorsed a county agent for Jones county. The group also discussed gravel roads, expanded membership, a town cleanup week, and locally manufacturing a patented gate.
Monticello launches a multi ward cleanup starting today through next Wednesday evening with prizes donated by local businesses. Wagons will haul refuse from each ward on successive days while residents place debris in one pile. Various merchants and organizations offer prizes and cash, encouraging yard and alley beautification.
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