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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
3
Announcement from O N Patrick about an auction sale of stock with opening postponed from September 4 to September 7 due to a death in the family. The sale remains as advertised and will begin Saturday September 7. Numerous local notices follow of visits, trips, and advertisements in Monticello Iowa.
A long list of visitors and travelers intertwines Monticello society news. Dwight Smith visits grandmother Mrs. Edward Leclair while John Olmstead and Mrs. Olmstead stay with Henry Hilers. many others from Waterloo Hopkinton Cedar Rapids York Nebraska Davenport and Ames are mentioned as guests or travelers with local hosts and family ties. The item includes education moves and a sudden death of Deputy Warden Lowe at the Anamosa reformatory.
Local social notes report visits by Misses Arian and Ada Burnside of Prairieburg and Miss Anna May Lyons of Bertram with Montivello friends. Cedar Rapids and Dubuque visitors, a Monticello band concert, a 120 acre farm sale near Onslow at 137.50 per acre, and a Samels family week in Monticello are noted along with upcoming trips to New York and Washington.
Misses Mitchell and two sisters along with Missee Von Schroder and Fred of Maquoketa visit the Stuhler home. Rev Carl Mardorf and daughter from St Paul stay with Rev Mardorf's parents. he preached at his father's pulpit last Sunday. Rev W C Allen of Ourland California visits his brother Rev W Z Allen. The former will preach at Hopkinton Reformed Presbyterian church for the next three Sundays. M F Magee, among first local veterans to gain pension increase, now gets 14 dollars monthly from twelve.
The town faced nightly disturbances as hoodlums marred the fair grounds causing officers to patrol every night. A union service is planned at the Presbyterian church next Sunday with Rev. W.2. Allen preaching and a double choir. he will also speak at Castle Grove chapel at 3 PM.
H. B. Richardson and G. A. George sold their 55 acre farm near Mechanicsville to Carl Kaufmann who recently sold his farm in Delaware County. Kaufmann paid 57000 for the property, about 160 per acre.
Miss Alicia Whiting spends the latter part of her vacation at Monticello after two months in Washington. She plans to resume teaching duties in Charlevoix Michigan.
The Express went to press a half day early this week for the fair. Employees who have worked the year with only a brief vacation may enjoy the privilege of attending ball games and speculating on the pumpkins at the county fair.
The factory has operated for a week with full staff and two new husking machines from different makes. The machines do not replace the labor of about fifty workers in the husking shed, including both young and old.
Jewelers O N Patrick must quit his current storefront by October 1 and lacks a new building in sight. Compelled to sell his goods at auction, he runs a large advertisement on the first page of the second section of this week’s Express. Bargain hunters are urged to attend the sale.
A visitor noticed smoke from the roof at the Isaac Maxwell residence last Sunday. Quick action with a few pails of water stopped the fire. It is not announced whether the blaze began from a chimney spark or a chimney defect.
A G Hanken undertaker pledges prompt response to all inquiries and emergency calls.
Mary E. Doxeee returned from a European tour and sailed from Glasgow on the Hesperian of the Allen line, landing at Montreal last Sunday. She says icebergs are far more numerous than older travelers claim, with sixty sighted in one day on the return trip, noting ships are exercising unusual caution.
Mr and Mrs George L Lovell and daughter Catharine returned home last Friday after a three weeks absence from Seattle. Mrs Lovell fell ill midway and was forced to cut part of the itinerary. She is improving after rest.
A farmer argues that the heavy rain ten days ago, which damaged roads and bridges, was worth ten to twenty five bushels of corn per acre to farmers. He criticizes those who complain of road repair costs while benefiting from the ruin. J M Byers opened a new moving picture theater on First Street with a full house. Gene praised the show and the theater's cool, comfortable, ventilated, fireproof film booth meets fire underwriter standards.
Miss Lillian Marvin daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred L Marvin of Zumbrota Minnesota and niece of Alfred Tucker marries David I Swenson a University of Minnesota professor. They will reside at 87 Fourteenth Street Southeast Minneapolis after October. The couple were Minnesota University classmates and the bride taught at Minneapolis High School for several years. Rev F B McCuskey and wife with three children head to India as Presbyterian mission workers for seven years on extended furlough.
The local Catholic church hosted Father Erdland who spoke about his decade as a missionary in the South Sea Islands focusing on the Marshall Islands and New Britain. A storm canceled Monday’s session, but the lecture resumed Tuesday with anecdotes of hardship in spreading Christianity.
The Monticello school board released a handbook of study and regulations with a celebrated alumni list by class. It includes nine photo engravings of key school buildings and facilities and notes a rural pupil can obtain a two year teachers certificate by applying to E. E. Reed, secretary of the board.
On a Sunday evening Matt Noyes dozed beside a buggy on First Street as his horse Dobbin suddenly bolted. The frightened animal swung, toppled the buggy, broke a globe, and tore free the harness before calmly trotting off, leaving Noyes to assess the wreck and mutter a low remark.
Miss Eva Brazelton daughter of the late Mr and Mrs W V Brazelton married Orrin Bridenthall at Ward Brazeltons home in Portland Oregon The bride taught in Monticello schools and is a Lenox College Hopkins ton graduate now leaving Monticello for Hopkinton where Bridenthall is a professor The couple plan brief Pacific coast travels before settling in Hopkinton with their future in view
James A. McNeal & Co. The New Jewelers advertise the largest stock of jewelry and silverware in Jones county and invite customers to call on them for any needs in their line.
John and Bert Leesekamp, aged 18 and 16, of Scotch Grove, drowned while swimming above Eby’s mill in the Maquoketa river last Sunday afternoon. Bert drowned first in a deep hole. John heroically tried to save him, both lost their lives. Rescuers and neighbors attempted to reach them but could not save the pair. The incident occurred at a noted deep hole behind Himebaugh’s, known for its sudden drop to 14 feet. Burial followed at Wayne cemetery after a funeral at the Scotch Grove home with Rev. O. Mardorf.
The Interviewer cites Yellowstone Park road neglect and Congress funding gaps, noting Denver and others oil and dust roads. M W Merrick criticizes Wisconsin laws bolstering many petty offices, income tax, and reformers’ costs. He expects Democratic gubernatorial prospects.
George L. Lovell notes overcrowded service on the Usnndian Pacific railway from St. Paul to Vancouver as trains were expanded into sections and hotels filled beyond capacity. He retained reservations by telegraphing ahead, and cites the allure of the Canadian Rockies amid rising travel.
Prof Carl Lee cites limestone soils and good drainage as suitable for alfalfa. He notes practical bulletins from experiment stations and warns of high feed costs. Cultivation offers more feed without more land, with Wisconsin dunirmen expanding acreage. one farmer reportedly grows 135 acres.
Dr Puleston advertises the fidelity method to cure ruptures with no pain and no work interruption. The note claims a simple treatment and immediate relief offered by Bott.
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