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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
2
A Jones county bankers picnic at Olin featured a 13 to 1 ball game won by the vigilants and a full program of music and food. Miss Eva Moats and Wesley Hanken wed in Anamosa with neighbors in attendance and well wishes. Community day events, a Davenport fair report, school openings, and local social notices fill the period, plus multiple visits, travels, and farm bureau activities across Center Junction and surrounding towns.
Scotch Grove August 15 report notes the Scotch Grove farm bureau met per announcement in last week's bulletin.
The Wyoming township farm bureau reported a program at the Spencerville school house with songs readings and talks on seed corn and manly strength. Changes to the Madison Center program occurred due to busy organizers. Local events include the Hampshire pig club show at Anamosa with Harvey Manuel winning first prize and prizes for Marjorie and Mary Dawes.
On August 15 Onslow residents report Emory Cole his wife and son Jack drove from Clinton returning Monday. They and Mrs Sears and daughter Lou visited Mrs Maggie Sears Lawrence at Monticello. J G Warren is quite ill with daughters aiding care. Frank Johnson and wife went to Denver to visit daughter Grace Hansen. Mrs Ethel Heasty and son returned home to Marshalltown. W C Paul wife and daughter Vera and Mrs Smith and Cecil visited Ruthton and Coburns and Perry Scroggies last week and plan to return. Carrie Mackrill and granddaughters Dorothy and Mary Ruth also noted.
Kirselman returned from a two weeks visit in Sioux Falls South Dakota. Mrs Nelle Buck and daughter Dorothy are on vacation from the central office. Mrs Floyd Chatterton is taking her place at the board. W H Orr and wife assisted their daughter Mrs John Hall in moving to Clarence last week. Miss Leona Pickner of Cedar Rapids visited James Kennedy's home last week. Will Kennedy and family of North Dakota visit James Kennedy's family. Vernon Rynerson and wife and Harry Bramer and wife motored to Davenport yesterday. Carpenters began repairs on the Presbyterian church. Ben Warren and wife welcomed a baby boy born Friday. Peter Murtaugh of Minneapolis visiting town. Miss Clark of Monticello visiting Mrs Loren Orr. George French employed building a silo. Joseph Tracy of Mt Vernon in town yesterday. Ruth Rowe returned Monday to work in Moline. Mrs Hayes ill again at home. Miss Hannah Jeffries at home now.
Residents and guests from Hopkinton, Manchester, Clinton, Monticello, and Delhi share visits and outings. Events include club meetings, fishing trips near Cascade, a Thousand Dollar days event at Dyersville, and a large legion picnic at Hopkinton.
Prairieburg notes a new dry goods store opening as locals host visitors from Wyoming and nearby towns. Several trips and visits are listed including Thelma Chilmore from Kansas City and appearances by the Floyd, DeLancey, Benson, and Bowman families, with relatives from Anamosa, Perry, Lost Nation, Cedar Rapids, and Marion.
The bulletin notes Iowa has 841 535 motor vehicles registered at year end with 430 678 pleasure cars 30 966 trucks 16 000 official cars 3 897 motorcycles and 344 trailers Also 112 994 new car sales and 17 2387 transfers 1 755 dealers and motor license fees totaling 7 719 127 47 dollars.
The article quotes a Chicago opinion that the United States Senate will not interfere with the president’s prerogative to handle strikes. Congress is the source of legislative initiative, but any new laws will wait for the president to determine necessity.
The Crowley district near Acadia parish shows a low land coast where open water is distant and fields flood for rice. Growers built canals and dikes to irrigate and drain, with six pumping plants and large collective mills. today associations control the rice trade and profits.
Amber August notes visits and family events across Cedar Rapids Center Junction and surrounding towns. Mentions eye doctor visit for Lowell, multiple family gatherings, hospital stays, and neighborly calls with names like Lincoln Andrews and McVey foster home visits.
Report from MCPKINTON details H F Hill ending up injured after tripping on a hidden wire near the scene of Fowler Andrewa and three children's drowning. Wilbur French counts a rattlesnake discovery near blackberry bushes, then action to remove it. A severe hailstorm in Hazel Green township damages crops and windows, with extensive losses noted.
The western approach into Anamosa is now clear with no detour needed after the road was opened Monday. Local notes include L. Harvey and L. W. Millsap training at Fort Snelling to bolster the reserve army, and Co. M. Strawman of Lewistown Montana overseeing Wheat Growers business in Minneapolis before visiting Anamosa. Hugh Harrison Cunningham, civil war veteran of the 137th New York, died July 29 1922 in Eskridge Kansas aged 82 years. He and wife Emily Washburn had lived in Cass township before moving to Eskridge in 1908.
The notice lists a wife in very feeble health and three children Mrs Lega Ferris Miss Edith Cunningham of Oakridge Kansas and son Hugh Cunningham of Topeka Kansas also four grandchildren Robert Ferris Harrison Palmer William Cunningham and Marie Cunningham with one granddaughter Marie Cunningham.
You can see what you are buying before you buy. You do not have to copy long numbers fill out order blanks or add up figures. You avoid weights and shipping costs and do not need drafts or money orders. No waiting miles away.
The piece urges buying groceries from local retailers to keep funds within the community. It argues against prepaying for long-term, distant purchases and notes that money spent locally supports local rent taxes schools roads churches and institutions through which neighbors invest in shared benefits.
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader assures readers the country will not collapse after the rail strike ends and mines resume coal production, crops ripen, frost returns, and business hums as usual, emphasizing resilience beyond coming winters.
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