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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
7
Cedar Rapids guests and visitors populate the week with noted names such as F Reade G F Wilkens and Misses Eloise Audrey Welch. Upcoming events include Male and Female at the Princess August 10 11 and theater bookings featuring Jack Pickford Bill Appersons Boy. Patients’ eye tests osteopathy ads and loom of local shops pepper the column.
Monticello residents share family visits from Iowa City Cedar Rapids and Davenport while entertainment ads promote Brown's Business College and the Princess theater with Male and Female showings. Community members travel to Chicago Greeley and North Carolina on vacations and to attend events.
Henry Rittmer, driving his car, was struck by the Monti bello Oxford Junction freight last Monday morning. He attempted to stop but could not, the engineer applied brakes, and the impact was small with only a bent fender as damage.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Robert Hersome at Cedar Rapids Weslyan Hospital on the 27th. Mrs Hersome formerly Miss Hether Sullivan of Monticello. Mrs George Gould of Conrad visited relatives last week. Mail boxes to be placed on the right side of the road to protect mail carriers. County assessors must fill two assessors books for county auditor and township clerk. A group including Mr and Mrs E K Reed and others left for Clear Lake for a ten day Methodist conference. Rain benefits Monticello farmers easing drought and promising bumper crops. Premiere ads promote the film Male and Female at the Princess, August 10 and 11. Rev Leonard Duckett takes his annual vacation to Auburn New York. John Welch accompanies him. Monticello band concerts set on First Street with roped blocks and no cars. Tuesday was Ladies Afternoon at Monticello Country Club with Olga Peters providing piano and cards, pineapple sherbet served. Engagement announced Miss Doris Northrop to Donald H Drake of Council Bluffs. wedding set for August 31. Andrew Cassidy receives news of his brother James Cassidy’s death in South Dakota. funeral held in Marion after services.
The Morgan's Rainbow Division Band gave a concert in Monticello's opera house last Monday evening under the Arthur P. O'Rourke Post of the American Legion. Rain forced the switch from the planned city park, resulting in a small but appreciative audience. The band offered generous encores with Marion Morgan performing vocal numbers. The program mixed rag-time and classical pieces, praised for precision and overall quality.
Directors subleased 206 acres to T H Evans of Waterloo last Monday and sold the sweet corn crop. Evans buys the cans on hand, rents the factory and machinery, and will harvest and pack the corn at Monticello for shipment to Waterloo. Fred Dahling resigns as former manager amid losses from packing costs vs market price.
The 68th annual Great Jones County Fair will run August 28 to 26 inclusive at Monticello city park with entries closing August 23. Highlights include horse and cattle judging, free Children’s Day, six horse races with purses totaling 2500, nightly vaudeville acts, a six reel comedy, aerial and bicycle acts, and a balloon drop by Miss Lucielle Belmont.
Monticello loses to Oelwein 19 to 0 at Manchester fairgrounds after nine innings. Thompson hurls five innings of strong pitching before Oelwein bats explode. Monticello later defeats Warfield Pratt Howell Cedar Rapids and plans August games including a June 11 tilt with Anamosa for a $600 purse in Anamosa.
Mrs A L Fairbanks died at her Cass township country home last Friday at 10 30 am after neuralgia likely affected her heart. Born December 1 1833 in John son Vermont she was 88. She married August 16 1868 in New Hampshire and moved west to Illinois then Cass township. The Fairbanks family expanded to 4300 acres. they celebrated their golden and sixtieth anniversaries, with Rev John W Jones presiding. Funeral was at the family home conducted by Rev Vans. burial at Cass Center cemetery.
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Houdini joins The Mur Bringers and History of the Norwegian People Vol. 1. Burns Complete Poetical Work and The High School Boy by Clariant Artists Hubbard also appear alongside Childrens and adventure titles from Colum, Tarn, Davien and Fylomian.
The Wayne Lutheran church observes its annual mission festival on Sunday with speakers Rev. G Zellinger, Rev. W Fruehling, and Rev. M Scherf. Services begin 10 am and 2 pm with lantern slides on foreign missions at 8 pm and missions collections at each service. Everyone invited. The old capital building at Iowa City is slated for summer remodeling including a gilded dome and a new west entrance. A $60 000 state appropriation funds fire proofing and renovations. Judge Milo P Smith of Cedar Rapids marks his 84th birthday while continuing duties in the 18th Iowa judicial district.
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