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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1926
Page
2
Center Junction hosts a meeting of the county cooperative shippers with speakers from Iowa and Chicago groups. Over thirty farmers and officers attended to discuss business methods and potential improvements.
Onslow scene marks Mrs Carrie Mackrill 30th birthday with family and friends. many local residents listed with travel and illness updates. Wyoming hosts Hawthorne club Christmas party with 52 attendees. Will Westphal wedding and club officer elections noted. local society events, auctions, and travel plans outlined.
The past week brought severe cold and NW winds with a foggy Sunday and an ice storm followed by snow. A mirrorist driver skids into ditches and ruts while others meet on the road. The Scotch Grove Players set a New Year’s Eve pay date for Farm Bureau benefit. further details to come.
Committees formed for Christmas Eve observance by Mrs. M M Sinclair. School holidays begin December 17 with Timber School continuing under Mrs. Kruse. Mr and Mrs Robert Aldrich buy Monticello home and plan move with three sons. Local events include a hot shine social and a school program. Reverend Long posts sermons on Harness the Horses. Town residents report health, travel, and flu symptoms as winter settles in.
Mrs George Dolphin died November 14 1926 at her Cascade area farm after a long illness. She had been at Mercy hospital Annamusa for several weeks then returned home. The deceased was Aenes Dhunevan born in Carry About years ago and married to George Dolphin.
Agnes Dolphin, beloved by her husband and children and a St Martin's church member, died after a noble life. Her funeral was held at St Martin's with Rev Rooney officiating as family and community mourned. Surviving relatives include her husband and several sons and daughters, with sympathies extended from many.
Amber December 14 1926 notice states a second lesson in home furnishing work by Miss Nora Workman of Ames will be held at Mrs. J W Streeter’s on Friday December 17 All day program dyeing household fabric. Wear wash dress or coverall apron. Also notes church program, farm moves, and travels of local residents with brief social updates.
Postponement of a Monday event here, returning students after whooping cough, Wil Corbitt buying a Monticello farm, and weather hurting corn crops. Listings include Dakota horse sale buyers Ross Lincoln, Howard Ek and Jack Husman, Mrs Lulu Robertson at a ladies aid meeting, Will JangenV’s Mercy Hospital return, Charles Gray visiting near Morley, Ethel Dodge visiting Ruth Young in Cedar Rapids, Henry Bailey in Onslow, and Gladys Frost in Cedar Rapids.
Very cold temperatures reported with local thermometers between 12 and 20 degrees below zero Tuesday morning. Roads are slick, hindering travel. Residents like Mr. and Mrs. C Slauson and Mildred Arduser were shopping in Dubuque. W H Behrends visited G Freesa's home. A creamery carload of feed and Kentucky coal arrived. local stock shipments were sent last Wednesday. Dan Arduser and family visited Monticello for Santa Claus. others toured Monticello and the area.
Horace Conklin returns to Sioux City with the Wheggoners and will visit southern state counsling. Mr and Mrs Louis Drexler welcome a baby daughter Evelyn Anna. A young party enjoyed a coasting outing on Bliss hill Saturday. Evelyn Anna baptized Sunday afternoon. Miss Marie Elledge visited Castle Grove. Raymond Richards receives hospital treatment. Mrs Rose Chilmore visiting Cedar Rapids. Parker DeLancey of Central City in town Sunday. Mrs Charles Lamont not well. M D Woodward family to move to town soon. The governor must act on the good roads question.
In a reflection on the Philadelphia sesquicentennial the writer argues American curiosity has faded. Advances in media and technology let people see distant wonders from home, making expositions less thrilling and travel less necessary. The public’s appetite for spectacle has changed with modern science.
A farmer once quipped that heating water for dairy cows is cheaper with corn cobs wood or coal than with corn and oats. The wry saying ends with the moral to use a tank heater and feed pigs gunshine to save money.
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