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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
7
Local society notes show numerous residents and visitors in Cedar Rapids Anamosa Farley and Manchester with many names including Mrs Newton Parrott Miss Louise Glouser and Miss Maude Arduser. Events include church service next Sunday and stock show trips to Chicago along with Thanksgiving visits and county court business.
Local notes report numerous Thanksgiving visits across Cedar Rapids Anamosa Perry and Dubuque with relatives and neighbors. Missing in action lists and influenza illnesses appear alongside travel updates and a few hospital and school notes. A boy born on Armistice Day is recorded and several residents return home after short trips or illness.
Dr and Mrs H McGarvey joined Mr and Mrs J W Hoult for Thanksgiving in Lovell township. Miss Madeline Franklin visited the Hoult home as a guest of Miss Frances Hoult.
A blustery Thanksgiving day brought three to four inches of snow locally with heavier falls about a hundred miles northwest and eight inches reported in some localities.
Max Rettig son of Mrs George Rettig is commissioned as a first lieutenant in the army quartermaster department and has been sent to France for conservation and restoration work. He resided in Denver prior to his enlistment.
Ben Obe bought the Bruce Cropp place just north of Monticello and moved from his Delaware county farm last Monday. He will divide his time between the two properties and keep the Delaware farm.
The Monticello Motor Co announces it can now obtain Ford automobiles for buyers after wartime shortages. Changes to the passenger train schedule on the line take effect Sunday December 8. travelers should check with the local agent before planning trips. plus details on local notices including births, injuries in France, squash seed contest results, and coal bin fires at a school building.
John Perrine plans retirement from farming six miles northwest of Anamosa with an auction sale of stock and implements. He has leased his farm and will move to Monticello. readers can find the sale advertisement in another column.
Irvin George Netcott, 1891 Independence born bricklayer, died about ten days ago at Independence from influenza followed by pneumonia. He left a widow and four children. His brother William Netcott, also a bricklayer, survives.
Miss Martha L. Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs John F Moot married Edwin F C Cooper of the United States Navy on November 20 at Newport News Virginia. Mrs Cooper is connected with War Camp Community Service at the place of her marriage. Cooper is to be congratulated on his wife choice.
George FE Freese son of Mr and Mrs Tobe Freese Amber region died in England from pneumonia on October 2 aged 24 last April. He lived near Amber before joining his country’s service last summer and was among local selectives who left July 25 for Camp Gordon. His brother Carl went to France while George fell ill after arrival. Parents mourn twice as their daughter died last Sunday.
John H. Cramer died suddenly at his brother in law Samuel Milroy's home in Hazeldeen township Delaware county aged 76. Born in Trumbull County Ohio he moved to Jones county 55 years ago living with brother A W Cramer in Castle Grove. He married Ellen Creel who died eight years ago and he had no children. Funeral services were held at Buck Creek Methodist Episcopal church with burial in the nearby cemetery. Cramer was known as an honest sociable man with many warm friends.
The Fourth District congressman Charles H Sloan of Geneva Nebraska mourns the loss of his son Frank Blaine Sloan who died October 2 in a Red Cross military hospital in Liverpool from bronchial pneumonia after influenza. He joined the service May 27 1918 at Camp Dodge and declined an officers training slot to go overseas. He was born May 14 1892 at Geneva and educated locally at the state university and a Washington DC business college. He worked in Nebraska banks led by his uncle Frank Sloan and belonged to the Methodist church and Masonic order. Previous to his death three Sloan sons served abroad or in training corps.
The influenza outbreak is widespread with many houses placarded and doctors overworked. Anamosa reports the wife and daughter of railroad man Ray Powers have died. Caution wanes as people return to activity too soon, risking relapses into pneumonia.
Henry Zak brother of Mrs. V L Hanssen died last week and was buried in Oxford Junction. The Mason fraternal order conducted the funeral. Born May 14 1879 in Pasaka Bohemia he came to the United States as an infant and lived in Oxford Junction until moving to Marion in 1912 to work in railroading. He leaves a widow and three daughters aged 12 8 and 2.
National headquarters urges aid for French war orphans amid ongoing hunger and cold risks. Ten cents can support one child for a day. the appeal notes French men and women sacrificed greatly and asks Americans to contribute. The local subscriber is Mrs. J. W. Coxsee, with secretary Mrs. 4. Ricklefs reachable by phone.
Lewis Terwilliger lost his right fore arm when his hand was caught in a corn husker at Tom Shover’s farm yesterday noon. The machine malfunctioned making it impossible to release the gear. Surgeons at John McDonald hospital removed the stump two inches below the elbow and he rests quietly after surgery.
The court will not hear jury cases this term as officials are unavailable and influenza disrupts witnesses. Albert Null aged 20, of Jones county, died of pneumonia after influenza, eight days after his brother Fred. Funeral by Rev. Wm. H. Schuetz.
Benedict Stiffler, a Monticello resident born in Switzerland, died at home Tuesday of tuberculosis after a long illness. Survived by wife Emma Schneiter, two sons Edward and John, a brother John, and parents Mrs. Margaret Stiffler and Miss Anna Stiffler. Funeral at 2 PM with Rev. R Kuentzel. Maggie Freese Osterkamp of Wayne township died of pneumonia after influenza, leaving husband Carl Osterkamp and two young children. Funeral held at the family home. she was a Lutheran.
Lieut. Leo A Kiburz son of Al Kiburyz Cedar Rapids died of pneumonia in London while on leave awaiting papers for instructor duty in Canada. He enlisted in Canada in 195 and trained at British Columbian officers school before serving in France Belgium Egypt and Scotland. He credited with shooting down four German aircraft and survived many dangers. He was born Monticello Iowa, 24 years ago, attended Washington high school, starred in football, and was active in Knights of Columbus and Immaculate Conception church. He is survived by his mother and two brothers J A Kiburz and J L Kirburz of Cedar Rapids with burial to be arranged.
Monticello basketball edged Springville 20 to 9 in a tense match with determined defense by Cushman Cashen and the squad. Johnston spurred Monticello with two hoops while Springville star Butler battled hard. upcoming December 18 game looming if flu conditions permit.
Two children of Carl Ost er kamp are ill with pneumonia at the hospital. Lewis Terwilliger had surgery yesterday to amputate forearm two inches below the elbow. C A McLaughlin of Castle Grove ill with pneumonia. A list of patients at the hospital includes Henry Jacobs Edna Ricklefs Elsie Ricklefs Reuben Leggett Andrew Hoffman Helen Keith Mrs Will Smith George Helgens and Mrs W Marek with influenza. Mr and Mrs Clem Liddy welcome a son born at the hospital last Monday. The young son of Mr and Mrs David Winans is receiving medical treatment. Paul Hoffman had an appendectomy last Monday. Mrs Fred Cramer of Castle Grove is at the hospital for treatment. Mr and Mrs John Dirks and daughters Esther and Henrietta of Center Junction are treated for influenza. John Liddy Emma Behrends Augusta Null Mrs IF Wilkinson Alice Cowan Edna Ahraken Grace Podhaski Godfrey Bader and Mrs John Liddy and daughter have recovered from influenza and returned home.
Dubuque veterinarians report widespread swine influenza in the county with symptoms clearly resembling the illness. They were called to attend hogs in multiple areas and confirm the diagnosis.
Special services will be held at Lutheran Zion church Wayne next Sunday December 8 at 10 o clock a.m. Rev J Willis the new pastor will preach his sermon of introduction An offering will be taken.
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