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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
2
Wyoming news notes include Elma L. Heasty and Leslie L. Fishwild wed at the bride’s home with Rev. E. C. Wilson officiating. Profiles of the couple and other local marriages, deaths, school openings, land sales, and community updates follow, including Allison Fishwild’s war service, Crescent improvements, cemetery efforts, and local horticultural and farming developments.
Onslow notes from August 26 report three carloads from town went to Muscatine to eat watermelons and bring some home. A girl was struck by a car last Thursday evening but recovering. a musket accident in a high school play sent a bullet into Robert Scroggie’s leg and he was hospitalized. Several residents return from service in England while others attend the State Fair and visits to Clinton Essex Coggan and Des Moines fill the local schedule.
A Castle Grove township group spent a day at the Castle Grove cemetery clearing brush and weeds. They elected Peter Matthies sen treasurer James Howie F C Cramer and Ford Clarke as trustees and raised 65 dollars for future upkeep. The neglected cemetery hopes to be kept in better shape henceforth. In the year 1883.
Three farm sales in Martello district reported with the Holcomb Ingelking and Ruggerberg properties selling the last named at 300 dollars per acre. Dr Breen of Oxford Junction stood trial for driving without a state license and was fined twenty five dollars. Nyal Witham at Camp Caldwell in New Jersey for ROTC rifle event spends 30 days there. R D Gordon family injures in auto crash near Gillen hotel corner. Kate Maurice and father plan move back to Monticello where she served long as county superintendent. Iowa Q Electric extends lines to Amber Monticello Morley Forest Chapel Scotch Grove county home area expanding rural power.
The forty eighth annual Anamosa District Fair runs September 9 to 12 with a $10 000 stock pavilion for horses cattle and hogs. Premiums exceed two thousand dollars for trotting pacing running events plus stock poultry grain and arts divisions. Highlights include Band Grande orchestra Royal Mikado troupe aerial acts and a large baseball program featuring teams from Oxford Junction Olin Lisbon Anamosa and more.
Social roundup lists visits and travels of locals including Mr and Mrs Tony Power A Blair and daughters Jennette and Mildred Miss Clara Milroy Mrs H C Richmond of Omaha visiting R J Guthrie and A Blair homes. George Ormsby from Mountain Home Idaho stayed with friends en route from Chicago.
Prairieburg notes multiple visits and travel details as residents and relatives move between Monticello Cedar Rapids and other towns. Mr and Mrs Barker and others host picnics while Howard Rowley departs with his family. Dr Wilkinson may relocate to Shellsburg. Frances Marquis returns from St Paul. Harry Flockhart resumes duties in Washington DC. Miss Minerva Corn returns from Walker. Mrs Truesdell visits from Wyoming. Mrs Flaherty stays with relatives. Mrs Beckholt visits Eagle Grove. Katie Franklin visits from Mitchell SD. John Sible and family enjoy Monticello visit.
A fine baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Leo Skahill last Saturday. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Lee Burkey of Garryowen this morning. J H Weber was starting judge at the North Iowa Fair in Mason City noting big horse fields and costly attractions around $11 000. The Masonic picnic at Bakers Grove Tuesday drew a large gathering with baskets a baseball game and other events. Chicken consumption among Farley Cascade members was astonishing and a highball for doctor was joked. The annual event unites county and nearby communities and this year matched the best yet.
Hon E D Chassel visited from Chicago and spent Sunday with his wife in Wyoming. J S Brownell sold a 160 acre Madison township farm to Park Chamberlain at 200 per acre. Chas Eggers sold a 158 acre farm west of Wyoming to a Mr Goldsmith of Mechanicsville at 300 per acre. Local men recently discharged from service carry their papers as they return from the camps and dodge the final days at Camp Dod.
Armour and Company completed a colossal cheese weighing 31 964 pounds and 10 and one half feet in diameter for display at the National Dairy Show October 6 to 12. The giant cheese uses 857 500 pounds of milk from 12 000 cows on 1800 farms, 800 pounds of salt, and 1 251 ounces of rennet. Three bandage cloths were used and two motion picture concerns filmed the manufacture for worldwide showing.
Wm Porter sold his residence and five acres to James Tharp and plans to build another house if a lot is found. Prof Guthrie spoke at Scotch Grove and Covenanter picnic, touring the middle west. Mose Lamont injured when his jitney toppled on his dog, breaking a collarbone and ribs. Buck Creek Fair set for Tuesday September 2 with committees at work. School board accepts Lenox College aid to maintain twelve grades, with 6th and 7th grades at the college and Dean Laughlin assisting high school classes. College hosts domestic science and gym access for pupils at set times. district pays $2,000.
The piece argues that Wilson overreached by appeasing Europe and disregarding voters, magnifying his power until the people’s authority reemerges as American common sense. It notes the collapse of his grand design as a result of this shift, with Sioux City Journal remarking bacon as a top seller at post office stores.
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