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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
7
A long list of short items reports visits to Cedar Rapids Davenport Anamosa Cresco and Monticello by residents and out of town guests. Mentions include Dr Stuhler J T Staff B B Reed Misses Gail Servoss Rose Aebi Ruth Young and many others with frequent trips for visits and hospital stays. Local promotions urge canning peaches from Geo Stuhlers Sons Co and social events like an ice cream sociable at Richland Sreene.
In Monticello Mr Milroy emphasizes water power value for electricity and outlines planned modern improvements. The report also notes local travels, farming yields, and community notices including church services and a minor auto collision at First and North Cedar Streets.
Anna Wage Line Rickels 32 died last Monday from lockjaw after a July wall injury. She was born April 17 1888 and married Michael Tobingen with two sons Melvin Gerhard and Vernon George deceased age 2. Survived by husband son parents three brothers and four sisters in Wayne township. Funeral at home then church with Rev Willms. interment Lutheran Zion Cemetery.
Mrs. Asa Logan died at her Monticello home last Friday at 3 PM from paralysis following a stroke. Her husband Asa Logan had a previous stroke on July 28 and died twelve hours later. Born in Sharon Pennsylvania in 1862 she moved to Monticello as a child and married Asa Logan in 1882. She is survived by sisters Lou Stambaugh and Mrs Joseph Peterson and brother Grant Stambaugh. Funeral services were led by Rev William H Mitchell and burial was in Oakwood cemetery.
Mrs Clara Ward Thompson died at her Cedar Rapids home after a lingering illness. She was born September 26 1859 in Rockport New York and survived by her husband O S Thompson a daughter Mrs I M Milberg and granddaughter Mrs Gaylen Lindeman. Burial was at Linwood cemetery and she was a longtime Methodist Episcopal church worker in Monticello and Cedar Rapids.
Town reports show no rise in cases but more afflicted in countryside. Citizens urged to report suspected cases, as a community nurse will visit homes for inspections. Quarantine length follows state board rules and will end only after disinfection of all infected premises.
Work in the city park to support the county fair includes a new 60 foot women’s rest room in the amphitheater basement and adjacent toilets. Hog pens have been expanded and concessions are already more than half sold. Ground west of the entrance will reserve space for amusements while no cars may park west of the fountain. auto parking will be on the eastern golf links.
Oiling assessments may be paid at the Monticello State Bank during the absence of the city clerk. J. A. Voorhees, Mayor.
Monticello defeated Anamosa 10 to 2 at City Park, as Monticello’s bats exploded early and throughout the game. The Monticello lineup hammered hits off Thompson and Bagley, with Lucas delivering a three bagger and a later home run, while Snyder and Miller sparked key rallies. Anamosa managed only two runs, with limited offense after the first inning, and Chapman was erased at first in the eighth.
A Monticello Express record lists August 1900 happenings including residents moving to Washington, a balloon ascent at the county fair, sales and marriages, deaths, and local church developments. Notable items include Oscar Bucklin’s team accident, John Johnson’s death, a 160 acre farm sale, and the Congregational church foundation completion.
The notice states that the Board of Health requires all teachers and schoolchildren to present a certificate of a recent successful vaccination or proof of having had a single NOX before entering school in 1990. Also announced are Methodist church services on Sunday August 8 with morning and evening themes and Sunday school at the usual hour, signed by W. H. Mitchell.
The Monticello Board of Education met in regular session with all members present. Minutes from the prior meeting were read and approved. The board approved bills including Holcomb, Praiwit fund, and others, and elected Kate Manrico as secretary with a salary of 100 per year. R. H. Ricklefy salary and adjournment details noted.
The battleship Iowa at Philadelphia Navy Yard will be remotely controlled and unmanned as it serves as a moving target for Atlantic fleet superdreadnoughts in Chesapeake Bay this summer. Smoke screens cover the ship as guns and radio control simulate battle conditions, while two Iowa boilers shift to oil to enable full underway operation. The test, one of the era’s first moving-target trials, aims to refine gunnery under battlelike range changes before the vessel sinks, joining the fate of the old Texas and other retired ships.
The Cedar Rapids Republican cites two fatal car incidents in Grundy County and near Iowa City to illustrate reckless driving. It argues speed is valued over safety and urges no one to demand caution, noting daily deadly reminders while condemning moralizing.
Coroner Dr. WW G Rawson presided an inquest at Anamosa into the Amber accident that killed Bernice Kettleson. A jury found the death purely accidental and held no fault by Mr Siebels whose car caused the crash.
The Lincoln Journal notes automobile users may face higher railroad rates and predicts a surge in long distance touring and truck freight. It states the industry only needs to overcome fuel costs to gain its greatest era of prosperity.
American troops on the Rhine marry to secure return home, trading short term reenlistments for lifelong commitment to service.
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