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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
4
Numerous residents and guests are noted visiting towns across the region including Cascade Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Monticello with visits by Harriet Hall Marie Bateman Florence Foley and others. Court matters noted with Welch & Welch in Delhi and a general round of social visits and small-town commerce conclude with a local undertaker A G Hanken responding to calls.
Miss Hon Keith of Hopkinton visits Miss Frances Coyle. Rebecca Best in Cedar Rapids. Mrs Hlmer Hicks visits sister in Manchester. Edna Wenger and Margaret Maire tour Davenport. Mrs O H Soetje to Maquoketa. numerous other residents travel, visit relatives, or attend events. McNeal advertises glasses and fixtures. local goods and repairs noted amid community updates.
Miss Lena Haeussler arrived in Iowa City this morning after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Ben Haeussler. She serves as a nurse at the University hospital.
Herman Alrichs employed by Henry Eden sustained a deep leg wound last Saturday when he was struck by a manure spreader. Dr. Hunter treated the gash, which penetrated to the bone.
James McNeal and T. J. Gerdes form a new partnership in the Monticello jewelry store last week. The firm plans to enlarge stock and add many new fixtures as part of the transition.
The white grub is destroying corn in parts of the county and Cascade with 15 acres in danger at the hands of John W. Schhwistzer. Farmers grow nervous as brown patches appear and larvae remain a problem. Rev J W Innes and Mrs Innes return from a Northwest wedding journey for a brief visit before duties in Ames. Miss Lizzie Valanta and Joseph Egan marry at Sacred Heart church with a reception at the bride's mother's home. Iowa Telephone Co reports baseball scores nightly via telegraph from Chicago. C J Northrop operates the instrument. Knoebinger's new Iowa highway atlas reaches Monticello showing county pages and Monticello as junction of regional roads.
The Club of 1894 releases a fiscal year program beginning in September focusing on Germany. It plans studies of German history geography and literature. Officers include President Mrs Wilkens Vice President Mrs Prahm Secretary Mrs Marshall Treasurer Mrs Eastwood. Members listed are Janet K Hazard Blanche W Jackson Laura Hh Koop Louise M Lang Harriet S McNeill Viola S Miller Gwendolen D Reed Ida L Ricklefs Alma S Stickford Jessie W Stubler.
Don’t take chances with your eyes, come in for a thorough examination. One licensed optometrist proclaims state approval to fit glasses, with no drugs used. July Clearance Sale highlights bargains in wash dress goods at Doutrick’s and Waterman’s pens at McNeal’s jeweler.
The Express files recount August 1882 events: marriages including John Wenger to Minnie Peters and Bertha Halsey to Howard Hitchcock. deaths of George Lovell’s mother and Harry Kemmerer from a bottle-explosion injury. arrests of seven boys for train hopping. two jailed girls. several weddings across Langworthy Monticello and Scotch Grove. a phantom draft incident in Nebraska. a lightning strike near J H Hessey’s home. political nominees from county conventions. Ernest Mason’s death after swallowing a silver dollar.
Rumor says the Ben Haeussler building will house a new moving picture theatre in Monti Cello with O B Crane as proprietor. He visits Chicago today to study equipment as city officials consider an ordinance to require safety exits ventilation and fire precautions for future theatres. Excerpt notes a severe injury to Jones county poor farm steward I H Sanderson from a fall a week earlier.
July 30 1912 special meeting of the board of education approves minutes and bills. Ruth Langseth is elected teacher of Domestic Science after a ballot vote. Secretary E E Reed adjourned the session.
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