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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
7
Cedar Rapids and neighboring towns host visits by Willian Moore Katherine Young Mills and many others. Franklin Locher music store features Victor Victrolas and Edison machines while residents travel to Chicago Dubuque and Perry. News mentions fairs, births, funeral attendance, school boiler work, and local business promotions.
A long list of visitors and residents at the Dubuque area nursing and other homes is recorded with excerpts about weddings, illnesses, travels, and social calls. Notables include Miss Coy and Miss Clara Ruchie. Dr. and Mrs. Louis Stuhler. families from Garnaville, Rock Island, and Madison. and visits across Iowa and Minnesota.
Mr and Mrs Halstead Carpenter suffered the loss of their newborn, with Mrs Carpenter in a dangerous condition afterward. Iowa City physicians cared for them alongside the family doctor. The community offers sincere sympathy to the couple.
John Boner sixteen year old son of Henry Boner, who fractured his arm weeks ago while taking hay for Fred Smith, is recovering and expected to regain full use. A frightened horse spooked by flies caused the accident. Mrs. C A Palmer and daughter Alice, visiting at Mrs Tubbs home, left for Monticello with Miss Laura Moses who will stay and attend the Monticello fair.
Mrs Louis G Stuhler and Miss Nettie Hazard entertained forty ladies last Saturday with light refreshments. Miss Mary Petcina of Boise Idaho sang several selections while William Stuebler played piano numbers and Mrs Krull of Rock Island Ill delivered two readings. The city glowed with flags and Dutch emblems amid a festive fair ambience.
A community event hosted by J W Hoult north of town Friday evening September 1 offers booths ice cream cones and musical entertainment. Proceeds go to the church and all are invited to attend.
Mrs John Sutton traveled to Vinton last Saturday to stay with her brother Charles Goarcke until next spring. She is accompanied by her sister Mrs Hannah Albertson who has cared for her during her broken leg illness and plans to return to Van Tassel Wyoming Sunday evening.
John Wonderlich led a group of twenty five Cedar Rapids residents touring the Jones county fair yesterday. Cedar Rapids wholesale dealers seek new chances edging into territory once held by Dubuque and Davenport jobbers.
Charles Moore of this city in Co B 1st Iowa Infantry applies for discharge due to his wife’s illness, stating duty to family overrides desire to stay on the border during uncertain times. Dorothy Robb of Mt Vernon elected English teacher at Monticello High by the board of education. she is a Lenox College and Cornell College graduate and Mt Vernon pastor’s daughter. A large Christ Tachantz farm bank barn burned Tuesday morning, 42 by 52 feet, hay stored, fire likely spontaneous combustion. hay loss $1,300, barn insured for $1,000 by German Mutual Insurance. Tachantz faces total loss about $1,800 plus insurance.
Raymond George travels to the state fair with five thoroughbred bulls, led by Selection the grand champion from Chicago 1909, describing his herd as highly valued by breeders. Meanwhile Ben Roberts and Ray Fuller launch a garage and electric wiring business in Garnaville after prior Monticello experience. Chauncey W Mead dies at Manchester aged 76, father of Delaware county official Frank Mead, with a long local residence and steady citizenship noted. Eyes tested and glasses fitted. Dr. L. G. Stubler.
Yesterdays forenoon a fire swept the stubble at the Vartano and Bilers farm, formerly Hofacre. Neighbors and Ed Eilers fought it as flames threatened buildings, arriving volunteers saved the barns and prevented further spread though several young pigs perished in the straw stack. Sparks from a passing locomotive are suspected as the ignition source amid very dry vegetation.
Olblenga dispatch reports John B. Streeter, sought for swindling $16,289 from George Lawrence of Anamosa in 1914, was found by Sheriff John Taylor of Marion Iowa after a two year search. Taylor prompted Chicago police to locate Streeter, who has been hiding and faces criminal charges now.
The era of profitable small packing plants appears over as the Corn Belt Packing Company seeks a receiver in St. Dodge amid mounting vicissitudes. Court papers detail the company’s decline and ongoing legal actions involving Garnett and Larrabee against the corporation and twenty six individuals.
The Monticello high school is an accredited state high school with credits accepted by colleges statewide and is rated by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The board supports faculty efforts, plans for manual training and domestic science, and maintains strong athletics with a modern gym. The Presbyterian church advertises on fair grounds with wholesome foods.
The Jones County Fair opens with concessions vying for attention and midway acts such as a three legged girl and an oriental show. Exhibits include machinery, barn equipment, floral hall displays, and abundant baked goods. Otto's Concert Band from Davenport provides top entertainment as new attractions promise quicker horse races and a full, engaging program for all ages.
Bids for the John McDonald hospital were revised after initial bids exceeded cost limits. A. H. Neuman of Des Moines won the building contract at 518,871, with Cross Hardware Co. securing the heating and plumbing bid at 510,500. The hospital will cost about 562,461 and should be completed in seven months with occupancy anticipated next summer for the poor of Jones County.
Insurance firms specializing in auto policies offer a 15 percent rate reduction for vehicles fitted with a Pyrene fire extinguisher. For sale by Siebela and Schoon.
The Pyrene fire extinguisher attaches easily with a bracket to your car. You cannot afford to be without one. For sale by Siebels and Schoon in Tw.
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