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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
7
Local notices list residents visiting Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Monticello last week and today. Names include Harold Bingham Grace Podhaski Bessie Errickson and many others with trips to Chicago Wyoming Oxford Junction and Platte South Dakota. The Jones County fair is announced for the first week of September in Monticello.
Mrs. John H Heisey visits Dubuque with son Dr David Heisey family. Threshers report 60 bushels per acre oats in Scotch Grove. Mrs J W Hoult and two children visit Sioux Falls. Various locals travel to Chicago Kansas City Minneapolis and Dysart. Auction ads and church notices listed. Baby born near Worthington. Postmaster W D Magee takes office. No services at Sand Hill Lutheran next Sunday.
A light shower fell last Monday morning with minimal impact except at Cascade where dust remained. In Bowen's Prairie rain was enough to create puddles on the highway. Mr and Mrs John Moore and their two children returned to South Dakota last Tuesday morning after a three week visit with Mr and Mrs John F Moore of Bowen's Prairie.
Miss Maude Mirick hosts Ames girls Alice Howe Ruth McClin tock Bertha Busby and Louise Tuttle at a house party. Christine Arduser returns from Dubuque with uncle Otto Arduser. Mrs H E Foster and children depart for Toledo. Mr Foster travels to the Pacific coast. John B Oswald and Matt Henson sail for Belgium via Red Star line, Antwerp, two months. Linene Wash Suits now 3 50 at Deitricks. Joney county delegates to Des Moines Republican convention include Eber Peet James Remley and others. Monticello White Sox lose 18 0 at Prairieburg. Fay Clark Clark Hubbard Gene Byers shelled. Gilbert Miner homers in eighth.
The column reports visits by Mr and Mrs Charles E Mitchell of Marion to the Northrop home and return trip with Donia and Mitchell Northrop. It notes H P Harris closing the Monticello Diamond Creamery Co branch, an auction sale notice, and circus day next Wednesday with an afternoon show after travel from Mt Carroll Illinois to Perry. It covers school board actions naming Miss Maud L Fretta as primary principal and Rev Hugh McCarroll’s church visit, plus local weather service outreach, fair announcements, and community letters.
Mrs. Sarah Ann Matthews widow of John Matthews died last evening at 11 16 from stomach trouble after two weeks in bed. Born in Boston on May 14 1829 she was 81. She lived in Monticello for over 60 years and leaves her son Henry Matthews and granddaughter Clara Noyes as surviving relatives. Funeral at Church of the Sacred Heart next Saturday morning officiated by Rev John McCormick.
Esther Laone Davis born 1890 in Williamsburg Kansas grew up in Monticello after being adopted by the Brown family. She married Frank K Koijane of Cedar Rapids in 1909 and died in Cedar Rapids after a brief illness. Funeral services were held in Monticello with Rev Roy V Porter officiating and high school classmates as pallbearers.
Public sale without reserve of personal property from Diamond Creamery Co in Monticello Iowa. Approximately 25 horses and mules 12 wagons 2 buggies 12 sets harnesses 6 bob sleds and miscellaneous stable equipment to be sold at 1 PM terms cash. Also a separate listing offers a 320 acre Howard County Iowa farm with a low price per acre and financing terms.
Cascade defeats Monticello 8 to 4 in twelve innings after a scoreless ninth. Marsh started for Monticello and allowed eight runs in 9 1 2 innings before Monaghan held Cascade hitless after relief. Monaghan’s twelfth inning triple scored Bisenius for the decisive run as Cascade wins on home grounds.
Monticello powered past Strawberry Point with Holm earning standout pitching. McKee controlled the visitors, G Newcomer left the game injured early, Lund collected a home run and three base hits, and five Monticello players hit over .300 as the team posted strong hitting and fielding throughout the game.
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