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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1923
Page
7
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. David E. Adams on August 11. The page notes numerous local visits, trips, and ads including Denkhoff's Jewelry promotions, medical optometry references, and various residents visiting Cedar Rapids Dubuque Clear Lake and Elgin Illinois. Individuals mentioned include Rev W H L Schuetz A M Lusk Basil Confare and others with trips to Fort Dodge and Dubuque.
Mrs Ford Clark traveled to Minneapolis last Friday to visit her daughter for several weeks. Laura Koop will lift last Monday for Wyoming, where she will stay in the home of Mrs Don Wherry.
Mrs. Margaret Beeks and her son visit Davenport with Miss Alma Morse while Miss Mayme McMahon stays with her mother in Dubuque. The Reformed church to hold a bake sale August 18 at B. G. Burrichter store. Notes of travels include J H Perrine near Anamosa and families visiting Cedar Rapids Maquoketa caves and Oxford Junction. Maytag washer ad and Brown's Business College promotions punctuate the community notices.
Twenty five Maytag washing machines have been sold in Monticello and nearby towns since December 15 1922. McNaill's Hardware reports steady demand and solid sales through the season.
Rev. C. Mardorf and his daughter Miss Anna along with son Christopher and Mrs. Hugo Lutz left last Saturday to visit relatives in Sumner and Waverly.
Dr and Mrs Paul E Gibson returned last Monday after a two week vacation that included stops in Des Moines Williamsburg and Spirit Lake.
Mrs. Harry Cross and two children of Central City visited her father John Heisey last Monday. Heisey accompanied them home the next day.
Mrs W G Cornish of Upland California visits her niece Mrs Emil C Rickless at their home. She recently completed a trip around the world and is staying for a visit.
Bargain coal notice lists Hard Barley Block Hazard Block and Kentucky Splint offered at 10.50 dollars per ton F. O. B. bins by Schoon and Jacobs. The advertisement specifies eastern Kentucky coal and notes the price per ton with delivery terms.
Mrs Fred Matthiessen and her grandchildren Helen Robert and Richard Thompson returned last Monday evening from a visit at Davenport and Rockford Ninots.
Samuel Schraber of Seattle Washington passed through Monticello last Saturday while walking from Seattle to New York carrying his camping outfit.
Gus Pappas of Ohio visits his brother Angelo Pap pas at his home for a rare reunion as the two brothers, long separated, enjoy an unusually joyful meeting after fifteen years apart.
Mr and Mrs Edgar A Hubbard left last Sunday for Clarksville to visit their son George Hubbard family. They plan to spend time at the lakes before returning.
Mrs Samuel Adamson spent last Muoaday and Wednesday visiting in Davenport at the home of Mrs F A Dougherty and attending the Mississippi Valley Fair and Exposition.
A. G. Whrisman sold his North Cedar street residence to H. Freese last Tuesday. Ehrisman plans to depart in two months for California to establish his future home.
Milton Thoons Leyland Shelley Royal Corbett and Alva Siebels traveled to Madison Wisconsin last Friday to inspect the college. Leyland Shelley expects to enter the college this fall after completing the inspection.
Miss Genevieve Britting, registered nurse, returns to duties at Cedar Rapids hospital after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Britting, in East Thursday.
Mr and Mrs H M Carpenter Sr and Mr and Mrs H M Carpenter Jr traveled to Chicago last Friday. Sr Carpenter returned Monday and the remaining party stayed a few more days in the city.
Miss Katherine Hines from Anamosa arrived last Friday for a short visit with Mrs. Harriet Coughlin. Hines taught in the Monticello public schools many years ago.
Mrs Don Ross of Quinlevin, Mrs Charles Roberts and Miss Finch of Strawberry Point, and Mrs Kinburgh with her daughter Jean of Waterloo visited today in the home of Mrs Laura Koop.
The Rotary Club held an attendance contest with winners treated to a 6 o'clock dinner at the Country Club last Monday evening chaired by Ben Roberts. Also noted are home guests from Warren Pennsylvania and Buffalo New York and plans for the Jones County Fair and Iowa Legion convention.
The girls' clubs of Jones county will demonstrate cooking and sewing in the exhibition hall of the Great Jones County Fair on Thursday morning August 23 starting at 10 30. Ten teams of two girls compete and the cooking and sewing winners earn state fair entries in similar events.
Pastor W H L Schuetz of St Johns Evangelical Lutheran church offers a farewell sermon next Sunday August 19. Morning services in German at 845 at Johnsontown and 11 at St Johns. Sunday school at 1030. English farewell service at St Johns Lutheran church 745 p m.
Firefighters were alerted at 6 o clock for a fire at the W. B. Ackerman residence. The blaze burned a hole from cellar to roof but insurance through Schoon & Gerdes agency covered the loss.
Rev S Ide was surprised during a Tuesday evening event marking the 10th anniversary of the church's founding. The congregation held services then hosted a party in the church parlors where a substantial purse was presented as a token of esteem.
On Thursday August 23 the Great Jones County Fair hosts a full day with the Olin Concert Band and Royden Concert Band. The Olin Band of twenty men, led by Bandmaster Kersey, will perform an hour on Main Street in the morning and again in the evening, with additional appearances across the fairgrounds in the afternoon.
Gasoline prices dropped in Monticello last Tuesday with service stations offering 16.5 cents for regular gas and tank wagon quotes at 14.5 cents. The statewide reduction follows the opening of state operated filling stations in South Dakota. Prior to the decline motorists paid 23.1 cents at filling stations and 21.1 cents to tank wagons.
The Walther League of St John’s Evangelical Lutheran church in Wayne township hosted a rally of 163 members at the church last Sunday morning. Divine services were at 10 30 and a picnic followed at Anamosa state park. Rev W F H L Schuetz delivered the morning sermon. The rally succeeded despite heavy rain the night before.
The Castle Grove Ladies Community club will meet at Mrs. John Hasler's home in the afternoon of August 24th as planned. Members will demonstrate lace edge making and new officers are President Mrs. George Van Buren Vice President Mrs. Olin Howie Secretary Treasurer Miss Emma Helken.
John Boss Sr fractured his ankle last Friday afternoon while moving a large iron beam across the foundation of the News Public School building. He tripped on exposed iron rods, fracturing a bone area and risking long-term stiffness. He is hospitalized at Mc Donald Hospital.
A list of seventy five head entered for the Great Jones County Fair appears before press time. Entries include Walter Melloy Bernard with thirteen Herefords, J H Dehner & Son Cascade fourteen Shorthorns, Henry Schmuecker Blairstown ten Angus, Kelsa Watkins twelve Shorthorns, R W Plummer Davenport ten Angus, Thomas Shover Monticello ten Holsteins, and the Black Hawk County Holstein Breeders Association Waterloo ten Holsteins.
A heavy rain and high winds last Saturday in Monticello caused extensive corn field damage as winds blew down crops and trees, cutting power to lights. Local instructor Fenton arrives to lead shorthand, typing, and bookkeeping classes with free typewriters. Miss Bertha Locher assists. Baseball at the Great Jones County Fair features Monticello vs Marion, Ryan vs Strawberry Point, and a Jones county pick team with Forest Plans as umpire.
The fair next week will offer miniature car racing and a full midway with clean shows including a merry-go-round. A new Caterpillar Ride from Evansville Exposition Park in Indiana debuts, measuring seventy five feet in diameter with canvas covered seats. Cars rise and fall like a caterpillar and travel through a dark tunnel, which the management suggests is perfect for couples to hold hands.
Exhibitors list hog pens and breeders as space fills for the 70th Great Jones County Fair to be held August 21 to 24 at Monticello. Officials report expanded stock displays, enhanced horse races with a $2,500 purse, moving vaudeville acts, and a full program including the Pinafore opera and fireworks nightly. A season ticket sale runs to August 20.
An enjoyable afternoon gathering occurred at the Monticello Country Club last Tuesday. Hostesses included Mrs. George Wilkins Mrs. John Bateman Mrs. Martin Thoen Mia John McLaughlin Mrs. Russell Stuhler Miss Mary I Jarman and Mrs. Frank Podhaski.
The Wabun campfire girls came back yesterday from a week at Camp Iowar near Mt. Vernon. They enjoyed a busy session learning rowing and swimming, with sunburned faces and blistered hands noted as the only drawback. Alfreda Reed won best all round campfire girl honors. Blanche McLaughlin Margarett Maurice Alfreda Reed Imogene Shelley named among the group. Dr L H Pamme of the Ames Town State college botany department lectured on trees. Miss Davis and Miss Hartman led folk dancing and swimming. The camp followed the schedule closely and left with more than just memories.
Monticello observed memorial exercises for the late President Warren G. Harding last Friday afternoon between 3 and 4. Bells tolled at first hour as American Legion members marched from their hall to First and North Cedar. Rev. W. H. Mitchell led the invocation and Rev. S. M. Ide spoke at St. Matthew's Lutheran later in the evening. Three volleys and taps closed the observances. Stores closed. crowds gathered on Firat street to watch.
Jones County Red Cross chapters will展示 a public health nurse exhibit in the exhibition hall at the Jones County Fair. Demonstrations run August 22 to 24 at 1 p.m. cover posture exercises handkerchief drill washing hands model lunch baby care. Donations to Miss Mildred Pierce in India invited via local ladies. boxes will ship soon.
Miss Mary Delaskey, new Jones county public health nurse, begins duties in Monticello and plans a year long program. Supported by Red Cross chapters in Ana osa Monticello Center Junction and Olin, the county wide effort aims to cover southern areas first. Delaskey, resident of Milford MA, is a Rhode Island Hospital graduate class of 1908, with previous work in North Carolina and Calhoun County IA. She is expected to extend services to rural and town schools as the northern half was previously led by Miss Catlin.
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