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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
2
Center Junction Darting News From Cedar Rapids To Maquoketa
Center Junction notes include Ruth Hansen taken to Iowa City for tuberculosis diagnosis, various class and social events at Pastimawa Inn and with Roy Young, and multiple families camping on the Wapsie. Several residents travel for medical care, visits, and church activities while fair advertising and construction projects are announced.
Fire at Barrett building lanterned by Jansen blacksmith shop
Fire alarm sounded about 12 30 Tuesday morning as a blaze broke out in the Barrett building occupied by Herman Jansen’s blacksmith shop. Firefighters quickly contained the fierce blaze though the origin remains unknown. The long list of social notes follows with visits, travels, illnesses, and local events from residents and guests in East Cascade and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett
Herman Jansen
Night Watch
Lila Grogan
Chicago
Wm. Grogan
Lila
Omaha
Robert Aitchison
LR. V. Ross
Ross
Marie Grogan
Cascade
John Flogel
Potosi
Wisconsin
Jacob Conter
Geo. Talbott
James McGrain
GC. . Huntington
Schwarzcreek
Michigan
Skinner
Lesch
Chris
Nick Algnang
Milwaukee
Warriett Sullivan
Iowa City
J. D. Sullivan
East Cascade
Luella
Virginia Breitbach
Jacob Breitbach
Liattnersville
Krumery
Ernest Vogel
James Koster
Dean Convery
Charles City
Susan Garrity
John Reiter
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Hejinian
Catherine Aeschtgen
Michael Aeschtgen
Carry
Prairieburg Notes Family Visits and Local Events
The town records visits from relatives including Albert Truesdell and family from Glenns Falls New York. Mrs Jos Newton Funeral at the Catholic church followed by care at Independence asylum. Local residents on vacation and travel updates include Miss Mable Flockhart Ezra Barker Leah Sproston Roy Flockhart Mae Rowley Frank Holub J E Wlaherty F P Doran Orval Deen and family planned Central City trip and Paul Lauser building a wood house and garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Albert Truesdell
Glenns Falls
New York
Mable Flockhart
Ezra Barker
Mankato
Minnesota
Melvin
Leah Sproston
Roy Flockhart
Flockhart
Mae Rowley
Cedar Rapids
C. O. Rowley
Frank Holub
Rock Island
J. E. Wlaherty
Anamosa
Benson
F. P. Doran
O. Caldwell
Orval Deen
Central City
Paul Lauser
Roy Byerly
Local Social News From Onslow And Surrounding Towns
Mrs Byron Lawton and Mrs Ida Thomas from Manchester Iowa visited Mrs W H Orr and family last week. A French connection picnic on Orrs lawn drew thirty five guests. Altrurian club member Mrs Scroggie hosted a social evening. Edna Moreland, Mrs Sam Richardson and Mrs Will Richardson callers in Lown Sunday. Robi McCready of Springfield Illinois stays to help on a local farm. Wilma Mackrill returns to Rapid City after her mother’s death. John Millsap and family plus Mr Bralo went to Cedar Rapids and back. Beth Kinttle and Grace visit Mrs Robi Scroggie. Miss Ross Rowe spent weekend in Cedar Rapids. Carroll Beake hosts a birthday party this afternoon. Mrs Sarah McIntyre is ill at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Henry Collier
Ha Tomlinson
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Hansen
Will Hansen
Iowa City
Egelma Prahm
Porter
Caro
Anamosa
Gwendolyn Coder
Sioux City
Will Leech
Trahm
Roy Young
Puto
Reformatory
Young
J. A. McDonald
Frank Himebaugh
H.l Duncan
Peter Prahm
Andrew Serbouselk
Chas
Nelson
Marie
Robert
John Livingstone
Lorma
Baily
Wapsie
J. L
Alan Serbousek
Charles Nelson
F. L. Serbousek
Monticello
Guy McDonald
Farl Stingley
James Leech
Butterfield
James
Robert Park
Chicago
Margaret Schloeman
C. A. Burmeister
Miss Schloeman
Jones County Fair
B. R. Young
Cleghorn
Cherokee County
Iowa
D. D. Clark
Selma Prahm
Maquoketa
Delmar
Paul Holm
J. W. Knight
N. C. Holm
Peoria
W. S. Pangburn
H. M. Hill
Scotch Grove
Scotch Grove Park
Elizabeth Latta
D. Sutherland
Schultz
Sheets
Marie de Stelle
Boston
Mary Johnson
Jonesville
Mother Sinclair
Thelma Gregory
M. M. Sinclair
F. W. Royden
Lyle Callahan
Frank Royden
Eloise Sutherland
Junior Sutherland
Merle Hutton
Laura Sinclair
Wilma Clark
Esther Sackett
Emma Hughes
D. O. Sinclair
G. J. Hughes
Lew Hutton
Robert Clark
Andrew Davidson
W. B. Clark
Frank Peterson
Florida
Lillian Fairbanks
Edward Warner
Muscatine
Los Angeles
California
Warner
Sunbeam Mission
Carl Maxwell
Mildred
Hidon
Ep Worth
Maxwell
Floyd Sinclair
S. G. F .Amily
Blankiniverside
At. Dle
C. A. Sutherland
Keith
Byron Lawton
Ida Thomas
Manchester
W. H. Orr
Orr
Edna Moreland
Sam Richardson
Will Richardson
Dennison
Lown
Robi McCready
Springfield
Uineis
Wilma Mackrill
Rapid City
South Dakota
John Millsap
Bralo
Beth Kinttle
Grace
Robi Scroggie
Ross Rowe
Little Carroll Beake
Sarah McIntyre
Monticello Visit Leaders and Local Out-of-Town Guests
Sand Spring residents and relatives visited Monticello on Tuesday. Several townspeople traveled to Cedar Rapids and Delhi for shopping and picnics. Misses Gestel and Reehl returned to Cincinnati after weeks here as visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Pierce
Dorothy
F. M. Dean
Paul
Hopkinton
Monticello
Clara Gestel
Flora Reehl
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lewis Kurth
Ernest
Delhi
G. H. Guetzko
Manley Bryan
Harold
Herbert
Mesdames
Frank Ferring
Caspar Arduser
Cedar Rapids
Verderber
Joe
F. J. Gestel
Mr. Morris
Dubuque
Lightning Losses Reported Across Townships
Castle Grove August 10 losses of stock by lightning last week were reported by Thos J Kinley of Boulder township W P Hogan of Union township and G H George of Lovell township 8 C Pfeil lost a good cow by light
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Thos. J. Kinley
Boulder Township
W. P. Hogan
Union Township
G. H. George
Lovell Township
C. Pfeil
Pearls and field yields feature quiet week in county
Jack Johnson found two pearls this week in Wapsipinicon country one sold for 65 dollars while the other promises substantial pocket money. Mercy hospital lab and X ray equipment arriving through local donation and installation progresses. Threshing yields report 80 bushels per acre near Center Junction and many fields yielding 50 to 60 bushels. County Democrats delay nominations while Geo C Gorman declines candidacy. Supervisors discuss shifting the primary road system from the military road near Anamosa to the Amber road toward Monticello for tax funded improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Johnson
Jack
Mercy Hospital
Joe Byerly
Center Junction
O. K
Geo. C. Gorman
Auttorney
Board of Supervisors
Monticello
Anamosa
Best time to cut corn for silage and box score thoughts
The guide says harvest corn for silage when kernels are hard and the lower leaves brown with husks drying. Too green silage is acidic and unpalatable, too ripe causes poor packing and mold pockets. Water may be added if corn is dry to aid packing. The piece then shifts to Ed Howe’s box score idea, noting its use in baseball to record a player’s hits and errors as a complete merit record and warns that the world lacks a box score of all people to prove overclaims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Ed. Howe
Saturday Evening Post
Where Are Marriages Made
A humorous meditation argues marriages are made on earth rather than in heaven. The author suggests appearances or flaws do not determine matches and warns against valuing angelic looks over practical compatibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha World-Herald
Cupid
Heaven
Earth
Rumor AFL Backing Democratic Ticket Cited
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes a long standing pattern that the American Federation of Labor tends to support the democratic ticket. The piece treats the rumor as plausible given AFL history and standard political alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay KE
Philadelphia Public Ledger
American Federation of Labor
Iowa Crop Forecast Shows Strong Corn and Oats Prospects
Iowa leads in forecast production for corn and oats with high August 1 conditions. Corn yield 94 percent of normal promising 412,284,000 bushels. oats forecast 208,010,000 bushels. Winter wheat yield up to 20 bushels per acre but total crop down due to reduced acreage. Spring wheat weak at 70 percent of normal. Town burley at 8 percent of normal yields 28.9 bushels per acre totaling 8,213,000 bushels. White potatoes forecast 10,399,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
The Growing Popularity of Golf
Hawthrone Daniel notes golf has expanded from a rarity twenty years ago to a national pastime. Links of all kinds proliferate across the country and participation rises among business and professional men. He argues golf’s popularity is tied to its health benefits and economic relevance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawthrone Daniel
Riddler of Bawtry Hanged For Refusing Drink
An old English tale recalls the riddler of Bawtry hanged for declining a farewell drink as his executioners halted the procession. A saddler marked for death refused the offered gear and was killed, though moments later a nurseman arrived with a reprieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bawtry
Bawtry Walefactors
Fans in History and Their Ancient Uses
The article surveys the role of fans across cultures and eras. It notes Indian fans as common servants and punkahs used to cool rooms. Historic ecclesiastical fans appear to guard sacred bread and wine, while popes once displayed large feather fans in state, not during Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Ues
Alfalfa Named for Best Fodder in Arab Word
Alfalfa gets its name from an ancient Arab word meaning the best fodder. The plant resembles clover and grows rapidly, allowing three or four harvests in a single summer.
Train a Rabbit Like Shadow in Suffolk Tale
A yokel with little railway contact describes a train as a rabbit that bolts from a tunnel, after watching near a tunnel and recounting the strange sight. The tale contrasts rural simplicity with sudden modern transport. In another note, Artena in Italy is labeled the City of Crime, famed for habitual criminals and widespread vice.
Absent minded professor ponders marriage in Norway
A fragment from Kare katuiven in Christiania Norway notes an halfway through the service admission that the speaker is not sure the girl he wishes to marry.
State fair women feature part III outlined
A complete women's fair will run August 28 to September 8 as part of the Iowa State Fair showcasing baby health contests cooking demonstrations and other features. A committee of mothers housewives and club women across Iowa have crafted a premier women's department program aiming to set a national standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Women’s Department
Free Circus At State Fair Sets Daily Show
The fair board advertises free circus attractions at this year’s state fair featuring clowns acrobats jugglers wrestlers and oriental troupes. The chief acts come from top circuits and the free circus runs daily in front of the grandstand during the exposition.
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