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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1934
Page
2
A montage of visits and greetings from Cedar Rapids Anamosa Dubuque and Waterloo plus car ads and local service notes. Residents Miss Mildred Deischer Catherine Locher and many others visit relatives and friends while Madsen Motor Company promotes sales and service and a neon sign goes up for Ann's restaurant.
Postmaster Frank Peckosh and his wife from Oxford Junction visited Monticello on Tuesday. Numerous relatives and friends from Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Omaha, Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Niagara Falls, and St. Louis stopped by for visits or excursions, with several families planning trips to the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago.
Miss Dorothy Eden and Miss Frieda Balster student nurses at Lutheran Memorial hospital Chicago arrived home Tuesday for a two weeks vacation with parents. Mary and Vincent Kane Bud Suter and Miss Kane's guest Violet Knaspe of Grand Rapids Minnesota spent the past week in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cramer and Mr. and Mrs. Will Hiller attended the Cramer families reunion at Bever Park Cedar Rapids with eighty six relatives present. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hodson drove to Cedar Rapids Tuesday where they met their son Rex spending four weeks visiting relatives at Dexter. His cousin Charles Leightey accompanied him home for a visit.
Mrs W W Low and son Dick of Chicago visit her parents Mr and Mrs H F Kettlitz. Mr and Mrs Harold Bedell and son Donald of Cincinnati visit Mrs Bedell's mother Mrs E J Noble. Siegfried Gruenstein of Chicago visits his sister Mrs George Guyan convalescing after surgery. Foley Bros. begin Clay township road contract. a mule died from overheating. Numerous residents travel to Chicago and Colorado for visits or to attend the Century of Progress. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Harvey Manuel of Center Junction at Mercy hospital Anamosa. Funeral for Joe Loetscher attended by local families. others plan trips to Chicago and Storm Lake for visits and the Exposition.
A group of young ladies from near Langworthy left Sunday for a week long vacation at McGregor Heights where they rented a cottage. The Misses Gertrude Helen Laura and Mattie Prult and Mabel McVay of Monticello joined by Mrs. John Wolf sister of Fev Willis and Mrs. Edwin Wolf. A niece Mrs. Ray Brown of Wishek North Dakota arrived at the Willms home Tuesday evening. They were accompanied by Rev. Reents of Renwick. Mrs Donald Sutherland Mrs Irving Hintz and Mrs Ray Echternaest visited Mrs Eunice Rueppel in Waterloo last Wednesday for luncheon with former Coe college students as guests of honor.
Mr and Mrs Loyal Podhaski of Anderson Indiana are spending two weeks with his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Podhaski. Mr Podhaski has recently been appointed commercial manager of radio station WHRU at Anderson.
Mr and Mrs A E Hastings and Mr and Mrs O Ward of Underwood visited Monday and Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Aarph Bone on their way home from a trip to New York and Chicago. Mrs Hastings is Mrs Bone's sister.
Dorothy Smith spent last Sunday with Mrs Seely in Anamosa and has recovered from a wrist fracture sustained after a fall at her home a few weeks ago. In Monticello friends are glad to hear of her improved health. Mrs Gordon Marsden and her young daughter of Wall South Dakota visit the Starks home with Mrs Edith Starks before marriage and Mrs Mattie Starks of Princeton Kansas also guests.
Mr and Mrs N A Grassfield of Waverly and their two children were guests last Wednesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs B C Roberts. They returned home Thursday morning with Ruth Roberts who will spend a week visiting her aunt and uncle.
Mr and Mrs John Bateman depart Monday for a two week vacation to Chicago to attend A Century of Progress exposition. After sightseeing they will visit their daughter Mrs O E Brainerd and family in Northampton Massachusetts.
Langworthy residents Mr and Mrs J B Ommen traveled to Clinton on Sunday after the death of Mrs Ann Bendt Schneider the Ommen sister in law Funeral services were conducted at the Clinton home Tuesday afternoon Attending were Mrs Arthur Madison their son and Miss Pauline Ommen
A Cedar Falls weekend gathering included Mr. and Mrs. W S Webster and extended family plus the Behrends and Schatz clans visiting the Holmes home. News notes cover Harvest Home events, political speakers Dan Turner and Clyde Herring, upcoming baseball and kittenball games, and a blooming cereus plant observation at the Plueger residence.
Rev Father Lorenz of St. Josephs parish in Stone City visited Monticello on Monday to oversee parish picnic advertising for Stone City. The event set for Tuesday August 7 will feature a chicken dinner and dance with outdoor amusements to raise funds for the parish. Isther news notes: Mr and Mrs Paul Tuetken and daughter Joan and Miss Emgarth Redwinkle of Milwaukee recently left after a week visiting Tuetkens. They will tour northern Michigan and Wisconsin for two weeks before returning home.
Mrs Louise Byers marked her eighty second birthday on Wednesday August 1 at home. Friends visited with flowers and birthday cards and she received a cake. After a five weeks illness she can sit up briefly each day and is cared for by her three sons Bert Charlie and Gene.
Mr. and Mrs. O F Gorham of Los Angeles sought the times of death for Rev and Mrs R Buttolph longtime Monticello residents. Using bound Express files they learned the grandmother died in December 1887 aged to include Washington's era birth, and the grandfather died nine years earlier.
Edgar Hubbard marked his eighty four birthday at home on Wednesday August 1 in good health and clear mind. Friends visited to wish him many more birthdays, and more of them would have attended had they known. A Riverside drowning scare involved Max Grassfield two and a half year old boy narrowly saved from the Cedar river after slipping from a cottage dock. a nearby boatman rescued him, and he recovered quickly.
Local fans can look forward to a Sunday August 12 event at the Monticello school diamond. Teams have sent entry blanks and fees, with five inning afternoon games and seven inning evening playoff rounds. Streets near the field will be blocked for the event with 10 cent admission per session to cover expenses.
On Thursday at the Geo Heeren farm southeast of Monticello a team ran away with Louis Heeren causing slight injuries treated at the local hospital. Soon after the same team ran away with Albert Heeren who also received medical attention. X rays confirmed no broken bones.
Farmers used felled trees to provide green fodder as heat and drought reduced pasture. Cattle were herded along roads and, after rains revived pastures, graziers kept road grazing until fields recovered. Manteo on Roanoke Island, NC, is named for an Indian chief who aided Raleigh’s colonists.
A new treatment hardens aluminum surfaces making them resistant to tarnish and scratches and improves defense against acids and corrosive agents.
Carl Smith secretary of the Jones County Corn and Hog Control Association reports that approval sheets for Jones regular contracts were received from Washington on Wednesday morning. Checks totaling $221,777.65 will be issued in three or four days if delays from the hog quota dispute with AAA officials do not occur. The first installment on 1,141 contracts already passed the acceptance division in the national capital. A prior installment of over $70,000 was received in Jones county weeks ago. Three payment depots will be set up at Anamosa Monticello and Wyoming when the checks arrive.
The Rural New Yorker describes the black widow or hourglass spider Lavioderes mactins as the sole poisonous spider in its family in the West South and New England. It notes its shiny black color reddish hourglass mark on females and possible red markings on males. It hides in old houses barns woodpiles and under brush and may bite without provocation. If bitten, treat like rattlesnake bites, apply bleeding and a tourniquet if on an extremity, and seek a doctor. pain peaks around three days and can last weeks.
A natural history sketch describes cowbirds as wanderers that lay their eggs in other birds nests and leave hatchlings to foster parents. It contrasts male glossy black plumage with a brownish breast and notes female disguise in slate-brown tones to steal into nests of vireos warblers and sparrows.
King Solomon son of David ruled Israel from 974 to 937 B C as the second ruler of the Judean monarchy. The article discusses race claims, linking Ethiopian rulers to Solomon and noting white ancestry among Ethiopian aristocracy.
A cross-tie placed in 1876 on the Vicksburg division near Newton, Mississippi, remains in continuous use after 57 years. A supervisor notes the tie has withstood five rail types and is good for about 50 more years.
The text lists six of nine Ulster counties Antrim Armagh Down Londonderry Fermanagh and Tyrone forming Northern Ireland along with no parliamentary boroughs Belfast and Londonderry.
Specifications and bids on a heating plant for the Jones County jail will be received in the auditor's office until 2 PM on August 8. Bids will be considered by the board of supervisors at that time. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. George Bpecht, Auditor.
Less than a month remains to the Big Jones County Fair featuring the Fritz Siegfried company and their Sports of Rome act with acrobatic dancers. The Kitties perform songs and Highland dances as roller skating novelty thrills accompany the show. Races and farm events run daily with prizes for farmers’ races within 35 miles. kittenball games Wednesday. Eastern Iowa Brush League baseball Thursday and Friday with Cascade Dyersville and Oxford Junction.
Richland Center guests Walter Bade and Thomas OBrien visited George and Louise Hein on Tuesday. Cedar Rapids friends visited the Balsigers including Mrs John Yossi Mrs Sam Hofman and Mrs Will Balsiger yesterday. Robert John Buol son of Mr and Mrs John Buol was guest of honor at a birthday party Sunday honoring his tenth birthday with family and friends. Adam Buol visited Dubuque last week.
The article notes acorns as ancient staple foods credited with longevity and strength. It mentions New England Indians eating white oak acorns, California white oak flour used in bread, and English rural rights to let pigs forage in royal forests for fallen acorns.
The American Nature association reports a membership near 120000, reflecting broad public interest in the organization and its activities. The count underscores widespread engagement across regions and demographics.
The phrases The Bunch and Hoi Polloi trace to Greek roots meaning the masses or common people. Their usage marks a contrast between elites and the general public in historic and modern discourse.
The Midgets win five straight to hold the league lead as DeMolays beat Stahlers and Oilers. Shomont and Stahlers split a decisive game while the Oilers fall. final standings show Midgets 6 0 1, DeMolays 5 1, Stahlers 2 2, Shomont 2 3, Firemen 1 3. Upcoming schedule lists games through August 10.
In Olin a movement grows for starting a new bank after a closure depleting depositors funds. County banks hold about four and a half million in deposits with six hundred thousand in capital and surplus, forming a five million credit base. Local leadership argues that recovery hinges on expanding credit facilities under community direction rather than government control.
Edward Hoyt, Union Army veteran, died at 87 after a long life as a nurseryman. He served in the last year of the Civil War and was honorably discharged. He helped educate siblings, started a Wisconsin nursery in 1872 with Hoyt Brothers, later sold the farm to R. P. Clark, lived in Cedar Rapids thirteen years, never married, and in old age declined health.
The obituary notes Hoyt, an Eastern Iowa reader of nature and Bible, died at his niece Aurilla Vegors home near Stratford after years of care by the Vegors. He leaves nieces and nephews including Aurilla Vegers, Lyman Dreibelbis, Jay Dreibelbis, and Sadie Hanna Belt, with burial beside his brother Benson Hoyt in a Scotch Grove Monticello cemetery.
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