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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
9
Local residents attend the Marion fair this week with Ed Hicks and Noble Winner promoting popcorn stands. Visitors frequent nearby towns including Oelwein Cedar Rapids and Anamosa while merchants and nurses travel for events and sales at Deutrick's and Neutrick's.
Local residents and visitors are listed with dozens of visits, trips, and gatherings. Names include Mrs P H Schlatter of Decoah town Miss Rose O Rourke of Dubuque Mrs Edward Burrichter Miss Nellie Lawr ence and Miss Mildred Lawrence Miss Agnes Stirton Miss Anne Stirton and many others visiting Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Chicago, Wisconsin and Illinois from Monticello, Anamosa, Epworth, and surrounding towns. A pension for Sarah O Rourke is noted and local errands and travels to Des Moines and Saskatchewan are recorded.
A Monticello roundup reports Harrison Corbin and chauffeur Thomas Warner ending a long trip to Los Angeles California. Mrs. Dr McHugh returned from Omaha after a death in the family. James A McNeal named watch inspector for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway at Monticello. Several health and travel updates, minor accidents, and two marriage licenses issued.
WH J Ramsey of Keota Iowa plans a September first week bakery in the Stirton building beside Barton Tutt ice cream parlor. The town, without a bakery since Robert Young’s retirement, expects relief amid an ice famine as households face reduced daily ice supply.
A spell of hot weather from August 14 to 17 with highs in the high nineties to above 100 was broken last Sunday evening by a severe thunderstorm. The wind was strong during the rain which came from the North and August is expected to run several degrees above normal.
Children’s hosiery offered in white black and tan priced at 10 and 15 cents at Dou trick’s.
Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Miller,夏 spent the summer in Daytona Florida, will be in their school building office Saturday August 30 to meet anyone with business before school opens. A coal car derailment north of the coal sheds buried tracks but a wrecker relocated it Tuesday. No services at the German Lutheran church next Sunday due to Rev. Ide joining Wayne Lutheran for a Mission festival. John Hoss orders The Express to Tekoa Washington after leaving Fitzhugh. He praises Iowa after a career with railroads.
Thompson Taylor of Anamosa married Miss Amelia Hoffman at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage by Rev V Porter. The couple will live in Anamosa. The bride is Henry Hoffman's youngest daughter and has long served as her father's housekeeper. Dr William Drinkwater visits Ames for hog cholera diagnosis and treatment updates and will attend the state fair in Des Moines. Perrine restaurant plans to feed crowds during the fair week. City council records show a 64 mill levy for city purposes plus school and state taxes, projecting about 120 mills total tax next year for property owners in Anamosa.
The Monticello Canning Co commenced canning sweet corn last Tuesday. Many workers are employed and President Eastwood states acreage is intentionally reduced from last year. The season’s pack will be completed quickly, with corn described as crisp and high quality. Waste will be conserved in a tile silo recently built for this purpose.
Frank Stary suffered severe crush injuries to several fingers while guiding a loaded paint barrel off a dray at Elmer Hoag's residence. The horses backed suddenly, the barrel rolled over the fingers, and he will be laid up for some time.
The Congregation al church members hosted a retiring pastor Rev M A Breed and his wife with a Monday evening farewell. The event featured no speeches and a social hour with sherbet and cake. Ray and Mrs Breed and son Morris departed for Stuart Iowa last Tuesday morning, with many friends at the station bidding them goodbye. The Breed family were deeply liked and will receive a warm welcome if they return.
Walter Miller of Monticello died at University Hospital in Iowa City last Saturday after an operation for acute appendicitis. He was about forty, survived by a wife and six children. The body was sent to Monticello and buried in Delhi after a funeral service. Miller had worked at the Hoag Duster factory and previously in the lower meat market.
Sunday night rain drenched the area with nearly two inches of water while Dubuque reports over two inches. A severe Dubuque county storm struck crops and barns, with lightning killing Peter J. Meyer of Holy Cross and causing more than $50,000 in damage elsewhere. A fraud case at the Anamosa fair ends with the sharper arrested and money recovered. Dr Redmond offered eye testing.
The Monticello Band held a delightful concert last evening as streets filled with eager listeners and cars. A sacred concert is planned at the city park next Sunday afternoon and a program at the fair on Tuesday.
The four year old daughter of Mrs. Alfred Meyer suffered severe scalding on her feet last Sunday morning after overturning a hot kettle from a table. The burns are described as very painful and will require time to heal.
Clarence Spence of Carozzo New Mexico returns after five years to lease his Delaware county farm and continue ranching for free range water is scarce with wells costing up to 2000. Robert Livingstone of Center Junction seeks Rochester Minnesota specialists for a jaw growth. Mrs W K Pearson of Anamosa injured in an auto collision near Tipton Town. husband County Treasurer Pearson unharmed.
In the second inning of the second game last Sunday, Goertz of Dyersville suffered a right arm fracture while delivering a pitch. The injury ends his season as he had been a star pitcher for Dyersville. Dyersville won both games 2 to 0 in the rain-shortened second contest after taking the opener 12 to 1.
Reverend M A Breed pastor of the Congregational church delivered his farewell at union services with the Presby terian and Methodist Episcopal churches last Sunday. After ten years of service he expressed gratitude to his congregation and pledged continued help from himself or family. He spoke of friendships in Monticello and looked forward to Stuart where he will serve next. The town mourns the loss of a scholarly, capable minister and his agreeable wife and talented son.
Mrs. Garrett Wilers, of Monticello, died last Friday morning after a prolonged illness linked to a prior scarlet fever outbreak. She leaves a husband Garrett Wilers, two children aged six months and five years, her mother Arvilia Hayes, two brothers and two sisters. A Methodist Episcopal member, Rev. Roy V. Porter conducted the funeral at Oakwood Cemetery burial followed at nearby Oakwood.
Travel ad inviting readers to join an Ox Bow Alameda District Southeast Saskatchewan excursion on a Tuesday in September. Offers vacation details, harvest views, rates, routes, berths, and contact at Bauder & King, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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