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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
9
A Cedar Rapids held list of visitors includes A G Rodman Mrs L P Waddick and Miss Grace Hollingsworth. Many residents plan Christmas visits to Dubuque Anamosa Iowa City and Ames. Stores offer Palmer's Pharmacy Christmas sale with 20 percent discounts and Perrine's Restaurant promotes best oysters and Christmas candy.
Local notices list dozens of Monticello residents visiting relatives for Christmas. Sioux City visitors include Mrs. Anna Hazard and Nettie heading to Farley, while Elmer Hicks hosts Frank Mead and Alice Fulton from Denver. The Express office closes for the holiday and merchants offer 20 percent off Christmas goods.
Barney Bilere and Mrs. Mary Porter wed last Thursday evening in a ceremony led by Rev. Roland Kuentzel of the German Reformed church. The couple, longtime residents of Monticello and vicinity, have begun their married life amid warm congratulations and wishes for joy and good works.
T H McQuillen of Cascade visited Monticello yesterday en route to Iowa City to spend Christmas with his son Dr Charles McQuillan and wife. A big Christmas tree entertainment is planned tomorrow afternoon with band Santa Claus free presents and a free picture show for children. The Monticello Improvement club promotes the event. Farmers near Sand Spring discuss forming a cooperative creamery to take over the old creamery company and plan building on railroad land for better shipping.
The following students attending Iowa State College in Ames are home for the holidays Royal Hubbard Doris Northrop Mitchell Northrop George Waite Ward Peet Henry Templeton Howard Hosford Burgess Terwilliger Proctor Wilkens
A Christmas tree event is planned at the Presbyterian church in Scotch Grove on Friday evening December 24 with a program by local school children. All are invited to attend. Also noting that August R. Gerdes was setting up cigars yesterday and announces the birth of a healthy girl to Mr. and Mrs. Gerdes last Tuesday.
Miss Isabel Meyer returned from Dubuque last Saturday evening where she has been attending school Miss Mabel Welch returned from Maryland where she has been at tending a girls school Both will return to their respective schools after the holidays
A free kids picture show follows the public Christmas tree entertainment this Friday afternoon at about three o clock. The Princess Theatre has donated its use by managers Messrs Landis and Slauson for the Monticello Improvement Club event.
Music lovers in Monticello may see a special train to Cedar Rapids for the Geraldine Farrar concert on Wednesday evening January 5 if enough subscribers from Monticello and Anamosa are secured. See ad in another column of The Express.
The funeral for Rudolph Kasper was one of the city’s largest recent services at the German Lutheran Church last Saturday. Two thirds of attendees crowded inside as Rev. O Mardorf spoke German and Rev. S Ide spoke English. burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
The state reports increasing influenza cases with Cedar Rapids estimating about ten thousand infections. The illness prompts urging bed rest and early surrender to limit spread. Miss Meta Freese wed Carl Oestercamp at Amber in a home ceremony with a dance to follow. The couple will settle on a farm near Anamona.
The 50 foot Monticello Christmas tree, donated by Mr Royden, lights up after dark with colorful electric bulbs provided by the Monticello Electric Co. A Santa Claus will oversee a kid frolic tomorrow afternoon offering gifts to children who greet his North Pole Majesty.
Harry K. Newcombe a 45 year old government mail clerk on the Milwaukee was killed Thursday when he stepped from a car and fell onto the tracks at North McGregor as a train passed. His wife is Crusinberry of Des Moines and niece of Ed Brazelton of Monticello.
Prof B W Carson principal of Coggan school resigns to become business manager of the Jones Chautauqua Co and move to Parry. He and his wife daughter of Arthur Fairbanks were feted at Drexier’s hall Coppon by high school pupils with gifts of a gold ring and an electric grill.
Miss Arvilla Carl arrives in Mon ticello from University Hospital Iowa City Monday evening. Accompanied by her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Carl, she shows a happy smile despite her recent left leg amputation. If recovery continues, she may rejoin school at the start of the next term.
A state commission approved an additional train from Calmar to Monticello to operate January 5 1916. The schedule calls for a morning departure from Calmar reaching Monticello by 9 20 and a return from Monticello at 6 45 with a layover all day. The Monticello Improvement Club thanks Landis and Slauson managers of the Princess for donating theater space to boost Christmas tree day and community progress.
The state board of health issues a rule requiring gasoline and substitutes to be stored and sold only in red marked containers. Milk cans and other nonred or unstenciled vessels are prohibited for sale or transport. The rule targets all dealers and users nationwide.
The baby grandson of Mr and Mrs Barnts died from clothes fire after playing with a piece of paper near a kitchen range. The child, a little over a year old, died Tuesday afternoon despite medical aid. Funeral services are set for this morning at eleven, with burial at Oakland Cemetery in Manchester. Minnie Barnts, now Mrs Frank White, is the mother.
Edward Rueggar’s livery stable in DeWitt burned early last Monday. The fire consumed the building a horse hay several buggies and harnesses. June Saye a caretaker at Davenport’s winter harbor was murdered in his Davenport cabin last week with no clue to the murderer.
John Fry a long time Monticello resident died at J W Foremans home in Alexander North Dakota in the early hours of December 14 He was 78 years old born September 1842 in southern Illinois He served in the 13th Regular Army and fought at Yazoo Bayou Arkansas Post Vicksburg Missionary Ridge and more He is survived by his daughter Florence and was buried after services in Monticello beside his wife His life included homesteading near Midland SD and later work in a Monticello stone quarry and grocery partnership.
Joseph J. Wernimont, second son of the late Henry Wernimont, died at St. John's hospital Springfield Missouri after cancer of the liver. He had worked for Hall Manufacturing Co and Hamilton Brothers Cedar Rapids. Born December 27 1871 at Fillmore Dubuque County he left a wife Misa May Davis and four children. He was buried in Monticello Catholic cemetery after a funeral mass conducted by Rev George A Hauck.
The program lists Xmas week showings featuring Paramount and Mutual Master titles. December 24 features Winifred Kingston in Love Route and David Harum in six parts. Christmas Night shows The Man From Dragon in five parts. December 27 presents Kathleen Emerson in Rule G. December 28 Who Paya. December 29 offers The Toast of Death in six parts. December 30 Wallace Edinger in A Gentleman of Leisure in six parts.
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