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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
3
Numerous residents and relatives are noted visiting relatives and friends over Christmas and holidays in Anamosa and nearby towns including Cedar Rapids Dubuque Olin Guttenberg and Wyoming. Travel includes Miss Selma Suter at home with parents and Ruth Berry visiting Enderlin North Dakota.
A hometown round of visits and greetings covers Marshalltown Dubuque Anamosa Springville Cedar Rapids Montecello and Madison. Local residents including Leffler Balsinger Schoenherr Waugh Pierson Magee and many families share Christmas and winter travel news.
Mrs Thomas Tasker and her children from Waubeek spent a short time in town Tuesday while traveling home from Onslow and Wyoming.
Misses Lillian and Mattie Binning return home from Earlville after visiting their brother-in-law Chris Ohr. Tony Thompson of Terris nears the Monti cello circle during Yule tide, then leaves Monday. Frank Koijane and wife return to Cedar Rapids after visiting O. W. Brown. Mrs. J. W. Coxsee travels to Ohio to visit her mother and sister. Peter Bailey of Osedar Rapids National Bank resumes work after Christmas. Several dry goods firms plan to close at 6 PM from January, with exceptions on Saturdays. Ward Inglis nurses broken ribs and recalls the sudden bump. The Bar association set January 7 to consider W. I. Chamberlain memorial resolutions. Bertha Kammerman enters state tuberculosis hospital for treatment. Mary and Libbie George return home for Christmas. C. L. Thompson and Gladys of Hubbard, Nebraska, visit Bates home and plan to return tomorrow.
The Hawkeye saloon was broken into last evening with only the cash drawer contents stolen. The amount was small and no other items were disturbed. No trace of the culprit exists. W J Smith of Battle Creek Michigan visited Lovell family for Christmas. he left, and Mrs Smith and their son stayed on.
The voters granted the electric light franchise requested by Harry Lang with no opposition. The decision was not exclusive, allowing two firms if market space supports it, otherwise a survival of the fittest outcome. Christmas Eve church activities drew large Sunday School enrollments and holiday cheer. Hog prices in Chicago reached a top price of 8724 with light receipts due to storms and snow blockades.
O0 8 reports Bidwell travels to Freeport for the holidays and then departs for San Antonio, Texas, with his ailing uncle Lalon Z Farwell seeking warmer climate and hoped quicker improvement. Papa's Boy Musical Co slashes prices to 25 35 and 60 cents for season hits. Opera house event set for Saturday evening January 1. Store hours updated to six o’clock daily for three months excluding Saturdays. Doutrick D G Co.
At the Anamosa gathering on the proposed Eastern Iowa League nothing was accomplished. Another meeting will be held January 11 in Manchester. Three or four business men and fans from the city expect to attend.
Fire from an open grate in the billiard room of H. M. Carpenter’s home yesterday afternoon led to escaping smoke and required no fire company aid. House occupants extinguished the flames. The Express sent each subscriber a sentiment calendar printed in its job department. Post office closes New Year’s Day 10:30 to 7:30 with registry and money order windows ending at 10:30. Daniel E. Pond, P. M.
Burns Lodge No. 173 A F and A M reports officers elected. Worshipful Master E E Reed Senior Warden L W Lovell Junior Warden A W Steiner Treasurer Geo L Lovell Secretary J S Houser. In Eastern Star Worthy Matron Mrs C W Northrop Worthy Patron John E Foster Associate Matron Mrs D E Pond Conductress Mrs Dr T J Peet.
Miss Gladys Welch is elected to teach German and Latin at North Platte High School Nebraska and will depart today to begin new duties. She had planned to skip teaching this year but accepted after a tempting salary offer. Mr and Mrs John Cowan of Winterset and Mr and Mrs Tom Cowan of Dickinson County visited George Cowan’s family last Friday and traveled with their wives to Cascade to spend Christmas with their venerable mother.
Gottlieb Bader returns home from a Ohio trip where he promoted Hall Manufacturing Co wire stretchers and safety hoists. Hall is expanding through mail order and circulars in agricultural papers.
The Davenport passenger train, due at 8 20 yesterday morning, arrived at 6 pm. It did not reach Davenport on the down trip until 5 am, having run all night in heavy snow. Old 1323 must do, or support may be withdrawn.
Across local churches last Sunday Christmas sermons inspired deep faith in the cross and Christ's mission. Monticello ministers are praised for strong preaching that teaches and uplifts readers and workers alike. Hoag Duster employees found extra wages in their pay envelopes a two dollar Christmas gift boosted morale. One worker tried to return the extra money but accepted it as a Christmas present with a New Year smile.
Post office lobby patrons donated four dollars to a street performer who gave a hand organ show. The event followed by a January 1 pipe organ concert at Congregational church featuring Miss Leatner and performers Lyle Utts and Miss Wherry. Tickets priced 35 and 26 cents. Superintendent McCracken praises Miss Jarman in a letter noting appreciation from colleagues.
Postmaster Pond notes the Monticello office did not handle heavy 4 mail as dispatched and received last week. Over 4,000 post cards passed through the office on the day before Christmas. A rise in receipts could push Monticello toward second class status.
The Milwaukee Railroad Company is said to be contemplating a schedule shift affecting the main line with no guaranteed changes for the Calmar and Farley lines. A through passenger train from Cedar Rapids to Kansas City is proposed as part of the plan.
The Christmas cantata at the Presbyterian church last Friday will be repeated next Friday evening with a 16 cent admission. Proceeds go to local charity. Attendees praised the performance and will encourage the young organizers while aiding a deserving person.
W R Leibsle was raised to Master Mason at the Masonic lodge on Tuesday evening. Brethren from Hopkinton including GQ H DeShaw Dr O H P Jeffries C L Mair Norman Landers J D McAllister W R Reeve P R Wheeless and Wm Zoller attended and participated. A luncheon followed in the lodge banquet room after initiation ceremonies.
Mrs W J Purchas entertained her husband Bill with a stag party last Monday evening. The friends, chosen for their known weaknesses, were fed generously as a cheerful celebration of his 28th birth anniversary.
Mrs Hattie Huyek also known as Miss Hattie Thompson died at her Minnesota home last Thursday at thirty one and was buried in Cedar Rapids. Her father was the Calmar passenger train engineer. Monticello and other towns face a coal famine with delays due to labor hour limits on train crews. A railroad man says fifteen hundred cars are in transit stalled between Chicago and Marion awaiting relief. Some hope lies in the coal backlog as delays continue.
The State of Iowa vs Dr. J E Gilmore ends with a guilty verdict for murder in the second degree after a swift jury decision early Tuesday. The 70 plus defendant faced testimony issues and claims of being a victim of circumstances as the case ties to the death of Gertrude Jackson near Anamosa. The King case connected to the same incident is set to begin next Monday with a 20 jurors venue issued. Prosecutors were Herrick Cash Rhinehart and defense was Welch Welch.
Jacob Zumbrunen an inmate at the state asylum in Independence died yesterday. His body will be brought to Monticello for interment with funeral services likely at the German Reformed church on Saturday. Both he and his wife were sent to the asylum from Bowen's Prairie years ago.
A lively masquerade on Tuesday night drew college students and friends in a rah rah mood with no faculty oversight. The report notes varied disguises from Prexy to a long haired athlete and a jubilant crowd, plus a reference to a lithograph calendar from Cedar Rapids Republican and Times.
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