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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
2
The Monticello Express editors J. W. Doxsee and Chas A. Doxsee announce a yearly subscription rate of 1.75 dollars. This price applies to the period covered by the newspaper, inviting readers to subscribe for the coming year.
Mrs G Katherine Antons nee Janssen died at her son’s home near Center Junction on December 14 after two years of illness and a prior stroke. She was born November 23 1838 in Mars Astthesia Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1881. Surviving children include John Gerd Henry Strahlberg Carl Teton John Redloft and others with several grandchildren. The issue also notes church activities and assorted local notices and visits.
In Wyoming on December 17 at the Methodist parsonage Rev. H J Bowder joined Miss Blanche Larby of Olin and Peter Von Sprecken of the area in matrimony. The couple will manage a north of town home stead after January 1 and Miss Larby is described as well suited for homemaking. Also, last week Frea Noachek and Clara Fritz wed at Anamosa with Gen C Lawrence officiating. Noachek is the Fritz family's eldest daughter and will help in the new home. Fred is
Local update from Wyoming covers class events at the high school and a reception for Miss Lora George, family movements, deaths and burials in Center Junction and Wyoming, and community notes on schooling, quarantine recoveries, mail changes, rail shipment concerns, and holiday travels.
Miss Minnie Greer oldest daughter of Mr and Mrs M C Greer of Sand Spring married Rudolph Reggentin of Hopkinton at the M I K parsonage Hopkinton with Rev C G Fort officiating. The couple will honeymoon in South Dakota and settle on the groom's father's farm northwest of Hopkinton.
Cascade on December 22 hosted a crowded Cascade opera house showing of St Marys high schools The Prince of Peace Christmas drama praised for its fine student performances and strong training by the Sisters Ice harvest begins with Kingsley Cascade Creamery Co employing a large crew The ice measures 10 to 12 inches thick marking an early season for years Local news notes marriages family visits trips and medical emergencies among Cascade residents
Castle Grove reports G J Van Buren purchased the Monticello State Bank building during repairs, dismantled the structure, and moved the material to his farm for future construction. Also noted are local travels and a busy holiday season with hog house construction and insurance policy activity.
Scotc h Grove notes December 22 with Loneda Warner and families at home for the holidays. Timber school pupils, led by teacher Lyle Calahan, gave a Wednesday program. Carl Lazare of Oxford Junction visited and sold his Ford runabout to J. Hughes. Several residents traveled or visited relatives over the holidays including Miss Esther Kiburz Miriam Rice and Mrs. Keith. A horse loss and local arrivals are also mentioned along with several returns from distant places.
Master Harold Schlimmer is ill with pneumonia in the hospital. Mrs. Westley Starks left the hospital yesterday. Mrs. Gruenenwald was a surgical case last Monday. A baby girl born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kernen at the hospital. Mrs. Charles Neal of Scotch Grove operated on last Monday. Mrs. Abbie Pierce had an operation last Sunday. Master Leon Liddy was a medical case last week. Mrs. F. J. Peppin, a medical case for three weeks, left for home last Monday. Mrs. Gladys Smits, superintendent, left last Monday for holidays in Fairmont, Minnesota. Grinnell College to open again December 30.
Local householder recounts using RAT SNAP for two years and reports a rat dying after nibbling at the bait near a river. The product is sold in three sizes 25 cents 50 cents and one dollar and guaranteed by W. W. Stickford and druggists everywhere.
An elderly 75 year old patient claims five physicians gave up on him and a neighbor suggested Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. He says after starting the medicine he recovered quickly from long starvation and yellowing, and credits the simple preparation with alleviating stomach and intestinal inflammation. The ad promises a money back guarantee and cites W. W. Stickford and druggists.
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