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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1922
Page
2
The Monticello Express edited by Chas A. Doxser lists subscription price per year at 6.00. The note identifies editors and proprietors of the paper.
Center Junction held a community day on August 22 with a morning ball game the Fats beat the Leans 11 to 9. Royden's band performed in the afternoon as Lt. Gov. Hammill spoke about state budget reform and streamlined inspections. The day featured races, a tug of war, and a large turnout, followed by memorial notices for Mrs. Jacob Coder and other local reflections.
Mrs Coder dies after illness prompting funeral in Scotch Grove Presbyterian church. Balster family ties noted as grandfather of local merchants. Local events include Sundown social profits and farm bureau booth prep for county fair. Updates on residents Henry Schrader surgery, Timber school repaint, teaching staff, and local social visits across Center Junction Castle Grove and Monticello.
W C Paul and family return from Minnesota and visit friends in Ocheyeden and Waterloo. Mrs Hannah Willison at Mercy hospital in Almosa after surgery and recovering. Visitors include Mrs Mayme Pordbany, Hettie Fordham, Mrs Ed Franks family, Maude Fuller Miller, Miss Fannie Pranks, Velma Neilson, and Mrs T B Johnston. Church and ball game outings noted along with travel to Waterloo Clinton and Des Moines areas.
Castle Grove reports a successful Center Junction community day last Friday with free events and a strong display of local enterprise. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Irvine and visitors from nearby towns, while residents and guests shared news of relatives and routine visits. The note also mentions a calendar clash with Monticello fair and updates on church and social activities in the area.
Local families from Hopkinton and Sand Spring share a busy period of travel and visits. H S Pierce F M Wheeless F J Gestel and F M Dean journeyed to Petersburg Earlville and nearby towns this Sunday. James and Mary Murray spent a week with relatives in southern Minnesota before returning home Saturday. Mrs Chinkle left Tuesday for South Dakota to visit the Paul Pridey family and will then go to New York. Mr and Mrs Fritz Bohlken of Prescott Wisconsin became parents of a nine pound baby boy. Dale Wheeless and Dorothy Pierce attended a party at the home of Mrma Bradle in Hopkinton Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Hall of Strawberry Point, soon to teach Sand Spring school, were here on business Saturday year jumbled text. Mr and Mrs J P Schuster son Paul Mrs Tessie York and John McDonough went to Dubuque Monday. Mr and Mrs Frank Lux hosted guests.
A list of Monticello visitors and locals includes Mrs. I. M. Dean and son Paul from Henkinton visiting relatives, S. Pierce and Dale Wheeless from Montresilo visiting Monday, and Matt Staudacher of Aghton visiting the F. J. Gestel home.
In Prairieburg on August 21 Mrs Mable Flethning and her children returned to Cedar Rapids after a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Buringham. Mrs A L Doran and son Donald also returned to Cedar Rapids after a visit at the Caldwell home. Selas Benson came home after two weeks with her sister and relatives in Anamosa. Mrs A A Bowman and daughter Luelle returned to Lost Nation after a week here. Maude Josephs of Montana is visiting the Conklin home. James Wollmuth and children called at the Burg. Oliver Caldwell and Ed Burlingham traveled to Missouri. N J Benson of Burlington was at home over Sunday.
Hon E A Grimwood and John Matthiessen plus Fred Taylor visit Anamosa for political business. Edmund Booth returns from Dartmouth and Madison to Omaha, while county officers attend Dubuque conventions. A civil suit in district court seeks 1000 dollars. a 1922 Anamosa District Fair closes with strong races and stock exhibits. Sol Shimerda suffers a deceptive sabotage of his horses with barbed wire. bloodhounds fail to track the culprit.
Miss Elsie Bender daughter of Roy Bender of Wyoming departed August 16 for Cairo Egypt. She is remembered by residents who recall her attendance at summer school here years ago. J C Means who lived on the Til Grapes farm three miles west of town shipped sway last week to sell blackberries and did not return. Evans from Dubuque county bought the Grapes farm paying a thousand dollars with the rest to come but gambled on other prospects and fled leaving his wife and twin daughters at home. Legion boys held a successful picnic last Thursday with good turnout and a late evening crowd as jitneys and parking filled the town. The colored team from Moline failed to score against Ryan who beat them soundly. The Royden Band concert in the evening was a complimentary program for the Legion and was enjoyed by all.
Manchester Press argues county needs regularly stationed patrolmen to maintain and improve roads. It cites deteriorating gravel routes, a rough Ridgewood to Greeley highway, and efforts by other states to drag and repair surfaces for safer travel. Obituary notes William H. Norris, banker and lawyer of Manchester, dies after years of illness. survived by widow, two sons, and a daughter.
C. L. Fitch of the Iowa State College extension service urges Iowans to use and promote local potatoes and vegetables to reduce losses from a large home crop. He calls on growers merchants and county agents to discard poor stock and stock cellars with quality and price signals, while limiting outside shipments to keep money in Iowa.
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station experts advise harvesting corn for silage when kernels are hard and at least a quarter of leaves and husks are brown. Cutting too green raises acid. too dry reduces moisture for fermentation. Pack in 1 inch pieces and tamp edges. use blower to refresh air and remove gas buildup.
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