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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
5
Cedar Rapids and nearby communities report a large list of visitors and short trips. Names include Joe Trunk Iowa City Louis Stuhler Davenport Belle Devlin Marion and Atkins Berdina Wenger Marion Des Moines Ruth Nelson Williams burg and Hopkinton with several others visiting relatives and attending local stops.
Dr L G Stubler conducted eye tests and fitted glasses, providing vision care services.
Miss Ramona French of Waterloo visits her aunt Mrs Henry Heisey. Cousins and friends drop by in Rock Island Cedar Rapids Marion and Manchester. War garden premiums missing from fair book. Local notables and travelers visit family homes with brief mentions of illness and draft status. Mrs Tremaine and baby join Cedar Rapids visit.
Miss Katherine Kruindenier of Brattleboro Vermont visited Tuesday evening in the home of her brother B Kruindenier. Another sister Miss Margaritha, a Monmouth Illinois college student, is spending her vacation there.
Ben Roberts sustained a deep head cut last Sunday while diving in the Maquoketa river. His head struck a stone in the river bed, causing profuse bleeding and necessitating a doctor’s visit when he returned to the city.
The Monticello Cornet band plans a concert in Wyoming next Thursday evening starting at 8:80 o clock. They request friends to arrive by automobile if convenient and to extend neighborly support to Wyoming with a friendly visit.
A Center Junction man reportedly insulted county registrants passing through town en route to Camp Gordon last week. A local committee confronted him, delivering a dab of tar and a scare that left him shaken and cowed.
Louisa B Cross dies in Delaware county bequeathing 4000 dollars to the American Red Cross. Local society notes include visiting relatives from Cedar Rapids and Eldora, plus a river bathing row and Dynatite blasting at Stambaugh quarry. Monticello Bank offers 4 percent bonds and Mr Stirton resigns as Jones county food administrator with Welch named to replace him. John W Schweitzer Jr and Ruth Arduser wed in Monticello with honeymoon in Kansas City.
August 1898 items record births and deaths in Monticello, land sales in Wayne and Scotch Grove townships, a large Castle Grove barn fire, a municipal hog ordinance enforcement battle, and local veterans serving in Manila. Major Farwell returns from Europe Africa trip, snow rumor from Anamosa Eureka, and the Jones County Fair with track record falls.
John McDonald Hospital notes report Harry Boots and Mrs. C E Parrott improving after treatments. Arthur Gould had an operation, Frank Fering welcomed a baby girl at the hospital, Mary Taylor suffers pneumonia but shows favorable recovery. Rev M S Murphy departs Castle Grove for Ryan to lead a Catholic church, leaving a beloved long service behind. townspeople of all faiths regret his move but welcome proximity.
A competitive examination for young men aged 16 to 20 seeking entry to the naval academy will be held at the high school building in Marshalltown on Wednesday August 7 at 10 o clock in the morning. Two vacancies will be filled at that time. Rev and Mrs R V Porter and their daughter Margaret of Belle Plains were in Monticello last Saturday visiting relatives and were vacationing in Hopkinton with Mr Porter's parents.
A list of registrants called to service trains at Amamosa and Cascade areas for a five day period starting August 5, with later moves sending two options to Ames for a two month auto mechanics course. Names and addresses of those left Anamosa bound for Camp Forrest are given, noting a Cedar Rapids mishap where 31 men were left behind as the special train departed.
The Waterloo Courier recalls Rev J B Kimball of Monticello who turns ninety nine today. The piece paints him as a cheerful, gracious, life-loving figure, offering a silent sermon of kindness by the window in sunlight, and hopes others learn from his view that life is well worth living.
The Monticello Gun Club hosted a park tournament last Tuesday with 6 15 and 38 20 bird events plus two $25 specials benefiting the Red Cross. About 900 targets were used and $70 in proceeds were donated. Top scores included W D Sheean and N Muncey at 139 of 150, with Fencil Hamblin Kochendorfer among the leaders.
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