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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
2
In a brief notice the publishers announce a yearly subscription price of 1.75 dollars for XSEE CHAS A Doxsee tors proprietors. The item states the rate and credits to the house.
A crowded correspondence page details local trips to Cedar Rapids Maquoketa and Springville. Camp life itineraries near Central City and Eby s Mill plus a Sunday school picnic set for August 16 at Phil Norris Grove.
John Hasler traveled to Chicago with two carloads of cattle amid dull yards due to race riots. Martin Trimble sold his farm to J M Simmons for 200 per acre, who also bought Thos Shaffer's farm in Linn county for 162 per acre. Mrs D J Hogan of Coggan recovered enough to visit relatives locally. Improvements noted along the Monticello road include barns, garages, porches, and paint jobs. The threshing season neared completion with light yield and poor quality.
Mrs Geo Sears Jr along with others traveled to Dubuque last Thursday. Mrs Riggs and daughter Martha of St Louis visit Dr Rawson and family. Mrs Lou Easler continues the grocery business. Harold Norton and family of Anamosa visit Will Knight and family. Mrs Grusur and Ray visit Elma Behrends near Monticello.
In Prairieburg August 8 several residents are noted. Margery Came underwent eye surgery in Cedar Rapids with Mrs Came staying nearby. Families prepare moves as J L Murphy heads to Nora Illivis as lumber yard manager. Visitors include Wallmuts and York Nebraska guests.
Miss Jeanette Blair returned from a visit to Manchester and Ed's Grove. Harold Duncan came back from Manchester after a two week stay with relatives. Mr and Mrs J G Duncan and Mrs W E Rousins visited the A Mair home Tuesday evening. Many locals attended the Chautauqua at Mopkin ton this past week. Mr and Mrs M C Green and Mrs A Blair were Monticello visitors Wednesday. W J Greer of Marion spent a few days with his brother C I Greer. Bert tall of Onslow made a business call here Monday.
S Hogan paid Steve Peterson $252 for three bars, recalling a time when he bought a carload of hogs for under $600. Lieut Duane Wilson reports crops battered by hot winds in Minjor Saskatchewan and western Canada. Dr Hinkhouse leaves Friday for Audubon then Sioux City for family reunion. sons return from travels in Asia and overseas service. The Chautauqua opens big with record advance sales and strong merchant support. M Wheeler leads ticket sales with about $130, followed by H L Main.
August reports include Mrs. Geo Sears Sr injured in a bank fall breaking her hip. Harb Orr and Mrs Jessie wed recently and plan housekeeping at Neelan house bought by Mr Gicks of Monticello. Will Paul and family travel to Eau Claire Wisconsin to visit Miss Vera. Mrs Chas Rome visits Rock Island Illinois to join son Frank recently discharged. Ice cream social at Joe Tracy’s lawn for M B E church. Sam McCarty family visits Davenport to meet sister from Kansas City. M M Franks return from Excelsior Springs Missouri. Mrs Edna Wasson and daughters mentioned.
Edwin Wilcox sold 240 acres northeast of Wyoming to Stanley Hopkins at about two dollars per acre. H. P. Hanna bought the J. Howe place near Anamosa at 135 dollars per acre. Oats yield around 30 bushels per acre. Miss Beryl Joslin and Wm. R. Lawson wed in Marion with plans to live in Anamosa. James Nickle and Mildred Harrison married in Anamosa. Nickle to live in McCracken Kansas. Reverend Lang returns from travel. Clevengers to move to Waverly for school superintendent post. Inspector J J Nolan found two silver dollars in a stockyard beam in Kanawa.
The notes describe flood damage to a soil experiment on the State Farm in Cass township ruining corn plots, making results unusable this year. It announces rural new experimental fields to start this fall August 25th and promotes Farm Bureau Day at the Iowa State Fair with camping space, registration, and guidance for members. It urges school reuse and stresses education for Iowa youth and future welfare.
FF J McKeever of Ryan was ruled unsound and a fit subject for treatment at the State hospital in Independence after witnesses described escalating violence and mental deterioration. The case follows an earlier hearing and now moves to habeas corpus in District court amid strong local interest from Ryan and nearby areas.
The weekly weather crop bulletin reports Iowa spring wheat unlikely to exceed eight bushels per acre with half the normal crop. western counties worst, while winter wheat shows better prospects at ten to thirty five bushels per acre. Oats remain light and alfalfa hay cuts promise good quality yields.
The piece argues August 10 16 as a national push in Iowa to urge youth to attend school. It cites US Bureau of Education findings that an eighteen year old who stays in school earns more by age 25 than a fourteen year old who leaves. It notes higher pay and suggests education equals investment and national strength. It contrasts success with and without schooling and urges parental consideration of schooling value.
A local figure known as Troquois Chief questions the honesty of a man who criticizes neighbors while awaiting inspection. He jokes that the critic would struggle to pass as a perfect man, especially with those same neighbors serving on the jury.
The state negotiates a bold highway upgrade with a goal of trunk lines crossing each county both east west and north south funded by bond issues. In 1917 1918 Iowa spent 15 million on roads. this year 20.5 million. Counties voting for hard surfaced roads could advance fast while sentiment supports extensive building to end mud. Will Jones county join early movers?
The land boom stimulates business at the recorders office with rising filings in early 1919. The two halves of 1919 and 1918 show increased activity, signaling a real estate boom underway.
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