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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
9
Ey es tested and visitors noted across Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Monticello with names such as Dr Redmond Miss Clara Boner and Mr and Mrs Dahling. Peaches sold at 1 80 per box and locals spent weekends in Cedar Rapids Manchester Ames and Belle Plaine among other towns.
Cedar Rapids residents Roy Adamson and Miss Margaret Vernimont visit friends in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. Local families travel, relocate, and report illnesses and recoveries while Monticello, Spencer, and other nearby towns host visitors, sales, and a hardware promotion.
A community church picnic will be held August 17 on the Lenox college campus at Hopkinton. Roger Leavitt of Cedar Falls delivers the main address at 11 a m with invites for all to bring picnic baskets.
Children’s day will be observed at Wayne Lutheran church next Sunday August 15 with forenoon services at 10 30 Rev Schaffint city missionary of Minneapolis will preach In the evening a program will be rendered with over 100 children participating All are welcome A missions collection will be taken J Wilims Pastor
The Richland Presbyterian church invites all to Sunday worship with Sunday school at 10:00 led by Miss K Buol, 11:00 church service with sermon by W F Schneck on Obedience to God Mans Paramount Duty, and 7:30 Christian Endeavor with special music. Come and bring a friend.
A Monticello reunion at Mrs. Della Sutherland’s home features several octogenarians and the paper asks readers to name residents aged eighty or more. Other notes cover Charles L. Foster in Turtle Lake, Modern Woodmen finances, a train stone-throw near Marion, coal and timber fuel topics, and a bank capital raise at Cascade with new officers. A Ford theft near Sacred Heart church prompts car security tips. a funeral aboard a U.S. Army corpse from Liverpool is announced for New York then Monticello. The Dreibelbis case, a Cedar Rapids to Olin accident, and a county suit appeal round out the miscellany.
Monticello walked off with an 11 to 1 victory over Dyersville as Snyder and Miller sparked a rally. The narrative follows hits, outs and scoring plays through seven innings with Monticello tallying 11 runs and Dyersville failing to respond.
Thomas J Corbett offers a farm one mile east of Onslow Iowa for 120 acres at 65000 dollars. The sale ends October 15 1920. Address R F D 1 Hackensack New Jersey USA.
Cascade defeats Monticello 5 runs to none as Thompson holds the mound and Miner and Hauss spark hits. Red Faber’s brother Art fanned bats for Cascade while Grogan mishandled a key ball, aiding Cascade’s fourth and fifth runs and sealing the shutout in a low scoring early season clash.
A 1895 snapshot from The Monticello Express lists transactions and events: Michael McAleer bought 100 head of steers for 4000 dollars from A R Loomis of Manchester. Celia Whitney returned from Chicago after a surgical operation. Henry Rettig and Miss Mayme Winner wed. land deals feature Lyman Bennett selling and others buying acreage near Monticello. young Artie Maurice injured by a bucking colt. Louisa Whittemore buried from Einbull, South Dakota at 83. Blanche Hunter turns four with a party. high school building contract let to George Netcott for 9399. 116-year-old Christian Conrad visits Monticello. Charles Hardesty dies at 78. new baby born to Henry Freese. ex-sheriff Hogan’s mate Belle Pilot wins a trotting race in Galesburg. A Hanken returns from Germany recalling ten-day voyage and ten-week initial voyage. old Bowen’s Prairie daybook reveals small credits and low prices for muslin and eggs.
The 67th Great Jones County Fair will run August 24 to 27 in Monticello. Entries close 6 pm Tuesday. judging runs 9 to 11:20 am Wednesday for horses and cattle. a full program of vaudeville acts, bands, fireworks, and moving pictures follows daily, with races including six pace and trot events for purses up to 600 dollars each.
The Congregational Church invites all to Sunday school at 10:00 with teachers available and a welcome for visitors. Morning worship at 11:00 features a sermon titled The Narrow Way to a Widening World with scripture Mathew 7 18 14. Minister William Porter Ames offers a hearty welcome.
The Campbell Bailey Hutchison Combined Circus brings baby lions monkeys and Siberian goats to Monticello on August 19 with trained wild animal acts high school horses ponies dogs and performing elephants. A free street parade at noon precedes two afternoon and night shows at 2 and 8 PM. Judges E B Stiles and George W Wood are Republican nominees for judge in the Delaware Blackhawk district.
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