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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
9
The clipping lists numerous social calls and visits across Cedar Rapids Oxford Junction Des Moines Monticello Dubuque Decorah Anamosa Manchester Benton Harbor and other locations. Names include Mrs James Abel Mrs Oscar Newton Mrs P C Keith C N Patrick Miss Ida Ferguson Miss Marie Bell and Rev J B Hauck among others. Community members travel to see relatives attend events and seek services such as foot care and optics.
Local residents announce visits across Cedar Rapids Decorah and Greenville plus trips to Columbus Indiana and Manchester. Sales of homes and new railroad positions are reported along with a weather rain improving pastures and corn. A baking sale at St Elizabeth and post office uncalled letters are listed.
Bert Barnts visits his parents before heading to New Mexico where artillery company is quartered in Davenport. Two grandsons of late Capt. James Davidson enlist in the war. Licenses issued in Marion for marriages of Oltmann Ehlers and McNamara Dolan. carpenter Millington Carpenter sent to Houston Medical corps. Lovell township farm sold for 225 per acre to L F Pieper by Johnson Land Co. Martha and Freida Moore travel Cedar Rapids by car handling tire trouble. Mrs Etta Matthiessen recovering after Mercy hospital operation. Threshers start in early August with late start noted. grain yields look good.
Mr and Mrs Alonzo Hosford of Platte South Dakota visit daughter Mrs E J Lightfoot. Mr Hosford is nearly blind and cannot read, able to distinguish only light from darkness, limiting social contact and daily activities.
A. G. Byerly a former Jones county legislator visits Des Moines. The Capital notes that among his life events the standout is serving as a witness in the Jones county calf case.
Frank Dautremont was seen in New York City suggesting the division of engineers may be called into service soon. Officials decline to reveal sailing time or destination to avoid spreading news.
Dr M H Teeter bought a seven passenger Willys Knight automobile last Monday through the Otto Burrichter agency. The itemized purchase signals a shift in local mobility and hints at future practical farming uses.
Mrs A W Steiner was summoned to Chicago yesterday morning upon learning of her brother James H Heichhold's death. Her afflictions follow closely after the recent death of her mother a few weeks ago.
Mrs Hannah Young from Detroit visits her mother Mrs Anna Coleman before joining her husband a professor at a boys school in the Hawaiin Islands She plans to take a teaching position in one of the grades there.
The Express will publish two extra pages this week to maintain its normal reading matter and provide Liberal space for advertisers who have booked additional announcements.
The state and local harvest events are being heavily advertised. The Jones county fair is scheduled in Monticello from August 21 to 24, marking the conclusion of late summer fairs.
W. A. Tidball formerly of Monticello and now a merchant in Independence is in Rochester consulting the Mayo brothers about facial neuralgia that has troubled him for weeks and resisted other remedies.
Mrs William Drinkwater received a telegram from Oshkosh Wisconsin announcing the death of J A Powers brother-in-law to herself and Mrs C J Stedman She departed Friday for Oshkosh to attend the funeral held Tuesday of this week.
Ben Haeussler faced a roadside mishap last Tuesday evening when his car slid near the south end of the race track at the fair grounds and became stuck in a deep ditch. Rescue teams took some time to free the vehicle.
Morning sermon titled From Grief to Joy. Rev and Mrs J H Barr spend the week at Mt Vernon and will return in time for Mr Barr to resume church duties Sunday.
George Stuhler, William Stuhler and Dr Louis Stuhler travel to Hot Springs South Dakota for Georges health rest and a several week stay. George recently recovered from illness but doctors advised the mineral springs and rest for further benefit.
Russell Stahler suffered a deep cut to his cheek after Miss Augusta Haeussler swung a golf club while he stood too close. The injury occurred last Tuesday evening during a lesson, the report notes a glancing blow from the club end.
The latest crop bulletin notes threshing has begun and early reports show good yields and quality of small grain. Oats yield 40 to 100 bushels per acre and winter wheat yields exceed expectations, barley up to 37 bushels per acre. rain is needed to prevent damage to corn and potatoes.
George Hendricks of Onslow area paid 23 dollars 55 cents for a dance and fights. Heiko Seimers sued Hendricks in Judge Locher's court claiming 100 dollars for facial damage and emotional hurt after a pugilistic incident.
Ben Harms, suffering from an internal cancer, was taken to Mo line last evening to consider an operation by a local surgeon. He previously visited Rochester for consultation where doctors offered little encouragement. He knows the odds are slim but remains determined to take the risk.
Reports from area farms praise the barley as the best in years with some fields yielding up to 50 bushels per acre. Oats are large and high quality with a Richland township observer noting a single oats load delivering 56 bushels. In Sand Spring region Art Lawrence harvested 22 acres for 1,307 bushels.
The Jones county council of defense held a meeting at Center Junction yesterday electing R. C. Stirton as chairman and E. E. Reed as secretary. A resolution asks senators and representatives to support denying the mails to German language newspapers during the war period. The move reflects sentiment that such papers spread propaganda.
A panoramic motion picture shows the Willys-Overland factory with a close up of John N. Willys and pairs with A Tale of Two Sleeves the Willys-Knight Sleeve Valve Motor story at the Princess theater on Thursday evening August 16 1917 announced by O B Burrichter who plans two showings and predicts a capacity crowd.
The Jones county examining board sits in Anamosa with W J Mills B J Hines Dr Hejinian and Dr J M Young conducting tests. Of 368 examined 258 before this week and 100 drafted men called today 20 to 30 percent exempted for physical disqualifications. Examinations include weight height chest expansion vision hearing and general health with many rejected for flat feet defective sight or hearing hernia or goiter.
The Red Cross chapter operates from the library basement with sewing rooms and Camp Fire quarters repurposed as a supply room. A daytime sewing class, with 24 students, runs six hours daily to complete a 24 hour course this week, led by Miss Wildey and Miss Byerly. Helpers include Camp Fire girls who cut scraps for fracture pillows, with younger children supervised by the group. The piece cites praise for bright pajamas sent to French hospitals and notes a call for old kid gloves to be transformed into linings for aviator and ambulance driver vests.
Miles Colton of Cass township near Anamosa and Olin visits town with the vigor of a colonel. He notes a sickness last April labeled auto intoxication, joking that he never owned an auto or drank intoxicating liquor. He adds a quip about aging and his hardiness.
Northeastern town sees a group of young girls stage an afternoon matinee in Lloyd Sexton barn. Three cent admissions drew a large audience as a prize giveaway of a perfume bottle sparked envy. Show profits totalled 1.65 and may be donated to the Red Cross.
The Jet sales in Clark Heights proceeded every evening last week with buyers including E. B. Hicks F. E. Becker Louis Hoag Sam Reade H. M. Carpenter John Smith Mrs A H J McNeill Anna Stirner The sale continues this afternoon and tonight the attendant may win $100 from the bandbox. Several drew 10 or 20 dollar gold pieces in the later days with recipients Mabel Williams Mrs Douglass Smith Buck Haeussler Mrs Ben Stiffler Ben Stiffler.
Three year old Helen Herren, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Herren, fell on a Amber street sidewalk while at play and broke her right arm. She was taken to Mercy hospital where she is resting nicely.
The Express记 records events from August 1892 noting Ernest Mason died from an internal hemorrhage after swallowing a silver dollar four months earlier. Harry Kemmerer died of blood poisoning after a bottle explosion injury. James Morgan fractured a leg at a fence during a charge auction. Levi Berlin received a $76 draft labeled conscience money from a Nebraska minister. Dr Theodore Kunz began brief practice in Monticello. Marriages include Miss Mary Devlin to Joseph Meyers and Miss Minnie Peters to Herman Peters. Grand Lodge attendees include A P Jennings and Robert Young in Cedar Rapids. George Lovell attended his mother’s funeral in Michigan. Maud Applegate married George T. Shatter. Jackson Gains sold a mail route to John Britt. May Pearl Clark died of membranous gangrene. Bertha Halsey married J H Witchcock. Hubbard & Bort dissolved. C C Bort continued the business. Mrs Margaret Murphy died in Castle Grove. Lucy Brown married Henry Wooster. An eight-month-old child of Bernhard Huels died.
A series of property transfers recorded includes W O Welch to Mabel Welch for lots 16 in Davidson's Addition Monticello. Rodgers to Tyler and Downing for 206.4 acres. McLaughlin to Noble for Section 11 86 4. and multiple other deeds in Anamosa and Morley with prices mostly $1 or $3,000, reflecting quitclaim and warranty deeds across several townships and subdivisions. Named parties include Welch, Rodgers, Hogan, Paul, Cham berlain, Hanna, Matthiessen, Shover, Yarolin, Read, Dana, Seeger, Starry, Mills, Leete, Eastwood, Kiburz, Jacobus, Kula, and Helmer.
The eighth grade rural exam will be held August 17 and 18 at the Monticello high school building for students seeking entry to the high school. Testing is open to those who have completed part or all of the rural eighth grade exam. examinees may arrive after eight o clock Friday morning. K. D. Miller.
Frank KE Roberts who bought an interest in Farmers State Bank at Hopkinton and served as cashier has sold his holdings and returned to Des Moines. Purchasers of his stock are E. L. Gifford and L. J. Ortman formerly of Littleport. Roberts is in ill health.
Dr L G Stuhler conducts eye examinations and fits glasses, offering corrective eyewear services.
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