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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
7
Local notes record visits and travels of residents including Vera Alcorn Edith Haeussler and Ruth Hanson. Numerous Christmas related events, family visits and schooling details across Center Junction Bremer Iowa City and Monticello alongside church news and a major auction sale at Lubben Peterson netting over 23000.
Monticello readers hear many holiday visits as Max Rettig and Mrs. Gao host Minnie and Mildred Pierce while Cedar Rapids and Ames students spend Christmas at home. Local listings include factory work ads, library notices, church topics, and the Monticello State Bank open house with community scenes and personal updates.
The Bacher family from Live Oak California visited in town last week with friends. They plan a Chicago visit to see Mrs Bacher’s sisters Mudge Robertson and Miss Gibson. An editor’s card from Jay H Drei belbis Newport News Virginia notes his long army service and captaincy. The town clock’s face appears altered after nightfall suggesting a possible shock or disturbance with no official cause given.
Superintendent L W Dunlap found the Monticello assembly room festive with a lit Christmas tree, bells, and wreaths. Abbie Pierce remains critically ill after an appendicitis operation, with Forest Matson from Cedar Rapids by her side. Billy Stuhler of Princeton University, home on vacation, plays piano for the Triangle Club tour in the East, including a recent Chicago appearance. Mrs A J Carlson wed Albert Meadon in Davenport on the 10th, former Monticello resident. The Zeadow couple plan to live in Freeport Illinois after farming in Richland township. Oscar Newton and daughter Pauline visit Oxford Junction before heading to California, marking the Newtons' second recent move to the West.
The War Department orders recruiting officers nationwide to distribute a booklet listing American soldiers in France upon departure home. Davenport will forward booklets to the adjutant of the local American Legion post after exact needs are calculated. Soldiers in France should leave their names with Percy Guilford at Stubler clothing store.
Lou Beauchamp addresses Monticello high school and local entertainment course, urging students to commit to 95 to 100 percent effort now to reap rewards later. The piece then notes local business moves, auto registration delays, and a January cattle sale with details on location, sellers, and catalog contacts.
Iowa readers are urged to ignore ads from out of state banks promising 6 percent for a year or more. Citizens should consult trusted local bankers before considering such solicitations, as local banks offer safe investments at current market rates. Fore-warned is fore-armed. rely on local financial institutions.
The owner plans to quit farming and move to town and will hold a public sale on January 6, 1920 starting at 12 o'clock noon at the Stephen Walsworth farm 144 miles north of Onslow. Items include 33 cattle with 9 cows and 10 steers, 6 horses, honey bees, hogs, hay and grain, 2000 bushels corn, 250 bushels barley, farm machinery such as wagons plows mowers cultivators, harness, and other articles. Free lunch at 11:00. Terms as usual. Auctioneers J A Tracy R D Cooley and clerk R J Bone.
Judge M D Porter announces Jones county enumeration begins January 2 with local appointees listed by township and city. Enumerators carry government IDs and must not publish gathered data except to the Census Bureau. Also notes a lecture on Sunshine by Lou Beauchamp with mixed humor and cautionary points about crime and restitution.
Iowa towns report complaints about refusals to comply with restrictive fuel regulations. The piece notes that every community has men who resist changes, reflecting wartime attitudes carried into the census drive beginning January 2, 1920.
Thirty five years ago in December 1885 Monticello and surrounding townships recorded many marriages births and deaths. John Rather wed Carrie Blake at Anamosa while John Burch married Mary Higgins at Anamosa on Christmas day. Daisy Epsey died at Center Junction. a fire destroyed O R Ricker’s home in Castle Grove. Dr Henry’s skating rink burned with $3000 loss. Long list of weddings anniversaries appointments and school events mark the month.
Monticello high school defeated Edgewood 82 to 12 after a strong display of teamwork. Shelley was briefly injured but returned, and Alberto Cilley remained on court as the team used short passes to break through Edgewood’s defense. The first half ended 14 to 8. A second game at Strawberry Point saw Monticello win 49 to 10 as the home squad praised for clean play.
December 23 notices from Langworthy record Miss Eliza Batchelder attending a Mon ticello high school event and a school popcorn party. Mrs. George Ireland travels to Cedar Rapids. A Schoonover and local families attend a funeral at Center Junction. Conrad Poppe ill. Hans Heyen returns for Christmas. The Marshalltown Times-Republican office suffered a fire in the early morning, causing about $40,000 in losses with $36,000 insured.
A sequence of place names including Oxford Fairview Cass Castle Grove Madison Greenfield Rome Richland Monticello Monticelo Wayne Wyroming appears as readable fragments in the OCR, suggesting a regional listing or directory snippet without identifiable event details.
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Mia and Lizate Cherry face fifteen days in jail after judge Mitch Smith rules they drove across Bosher farm seeking the route around bad roads. Each pays a $60 fine and no committment is issued until ordered by the court.
John Tuthill reports rats at his home were wise to poisons until RAT SNAP was used. He says a single cake broken and laid where rats run eliminated them in days. The ad promises three sizes priced 26 cents 60 cents and one dollar, sold by W. W. Stickford and druggists.
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