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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1914
Page
2
Onslow hosts the third lecture in the series January 6 at the opera house featuring O Mitchell of Mutual Bureau. Bethel Church presents Gilbert Atlee Eldredge on January 8 as part of a winter entertainment series. Christmas exercises at the Presbyterian church were well attended with Miss Jessie Brown overseeing the past eight years.
Christmas was celebrated with church trees and treats for scholars in the Methodist Presbyterian and Lutheran schools. A large Main street Christmas tree was dedicated with Santa Claus, to remain lit through New Year. Local residents and visitors sent gifts and greetings. several townsfolk and out-of-town relatives are mentioned as home for holidays. The town notes a change in caregiver at the Crissick home and references a past Chicago trip for the Jansen family.
Estherville residents Mr and Mrs Pixley Smith visit Mrs Smiths parents W S Garrison and wife despite a storm. Cattle and hogs shipments continued this afternoon. Mrs John Westphal attends a brother s funeral at Maquoketa Friday. C M Atherton and family spend Christmas near Maquoketa. C E Wherry travels to Cedar Rapids for business last Thursday. Leota Wherry visits Mr and Mrs Alfred Nickles in Chicago.
Prairieburg residents share Christmas family gatherings and illnesses. Mrs. Mansilos Rowley dies of typhoid after a three month illness at Mercy hospital. funeral in Cedar Rapids. Local figures include Ralph Richards improving after a close call. Various visits and holiday events are noted with names and places among Prairieburg families.
Castle Grove reports a Christmas family reunion at Mrs. A. Heiken’s home with children Warner Heiken Anamosa Mrs Henry Johnson and G H Heiken Broadway. A white gift Christmas observed at the chapel raised funds over 55 dollars plus clothing. Lutheran church Christmas exercises drew a large crowd. School pupils in district No 4 under Miss Marcella Britting offered a fine program. Farmers Mutual Insurance directors closed the year’s business. Calves with blackleg caused losses for W D McLaughlin. Miss Margaret Deischer visiting Ames over the holidays. Mr Mrs O F Hosford Monticello spent time with their son. James S Lahey Farley attended to interests here. Will Heiken Ireton visiting. Mrs Fr C Cramer spent Christmas at Farley. Henry Wilts left for Strawberry Point.
Center Junction reports a Christmas family reunion hosted by Mr and Mrs W A Stingley with members from Denver Davenport Robinson Elwood Milan Grundy Center and Center Junction. Obituaries note services for Oscar Robertson and C R Scofield with local clergy assisting and many friends attending.
Miss Velma Henderson travels to Walker Iowa for the holidays Gail Miller from Cedar Rapids visits in town Leo Courtney spends Christmas with parents Sam Alexander in homa for the holidays
Mrs. A M Wallace underwent an operation in Anamosa for chronic appendicitis and is recovering well. Frank Brudke sought a Cedar Rapids specialist after a flying spike injured his left eye. Little Margaret Mae Brownell died of peritonitis at age nine, after infantile paralysis left her crippled. A light smallpox outbreak prompted quarantines as authorities reported cases in the countryside and town.
Aged resident Judson Alderman dies after extended illness. George Howard visits Anamosa from Pasadena while attending Colorado Springs college. W H White, former Eureka staffer and Journal owner, dies at Cedar Rapids. wife is sister of local residents Belknap and Sones. David Russell receives Florida fruit cargo. fears cold may ruin it, but storage planned and sale locally.
Mrs. Fred Grubeck of this city suffered a severe hand injury yesterday when a dynamite cartridge exploded after being pricked with a pin by her husband and himself while examining an unusual roaking cartridge. The blast ripped away her left thumb and two fingers. Dr Bresn provided immediate surgical care.
The program lists Part I with Depot Band March Sale Mrs Elger Dreaming 3 Valse From a Far Country Reading Miss Depuy Hoffnunge Reichardt Mr Zeuch Crown Jewel Southwell Mr Glenn Rounder March Part II Overture Enchantress Lomsey Its A Long Way To Tipperary Judge Williams Men's Quartette The Red Bird reading Sing Mir Dein Leid Greene Bingham Mr Zeuch Allen Quartette Selected Mixed Voices Representative March
Amber residents recount visits and family updates as Ray Eschwernack spent holidays in Mechanicaville with kin. Mary Farragher and Ed Farragher visit Missouri to see ill sister Mrs J P Schwartz, while John Robertson travels between Clinton and Charlotte for family illness and Oscar Robertson’s passing. Hogs are shipped this week from the station and farmers haul coal. Lenox College students return home for break. demand for sleds is brisk.
A Popular Magazine tale recounts a Latin American president Harera in Du mitri facing a palace assassination plot. The six traitors are executed by their fellow soldiers after Harera survives a banner trap with a wound to the hand. The piece argues swift decision making defines leadership in the region.
The article describes northern Nigerian women and girls bearing lip disks called tichiak to prevent eating dogs, with early lip piercing beginning around ages seven to eight. Both sexes decorate bodies with scarifications, and at marriage age girls receive forehead headlines and long cheek cuts as part of adornment.
Atlantic Monthly notes a shift from shared rail travel to individual conveyances. The essay argues the nineteenth century’s democracy of travel fades as the twentieth returns to eighteenth century individuality with gentlemen touring continents in their own coaches.
In Westchester County New York a band of horsemen fought for the British side during the Revolution. They operated as cattle raiders, driving off herds and earning the name cowboys. Opposing them were the skinners, a marauding faction aligned with the Continental cause.
A report from the Saturday Evening Post describes surgeons using a varnish on hands in place of rubber gloves. The varnish, honey colored and pliable, cannot be washed off easily yet preserves touch sensitivity for handling materials like catgut. It is applied after washing and dries quickly, with removal by a different chemical solution.
An Atlantic quote by Robert H. Schauffler extols tennis as a moral and subconscious reveal. The note then lists land area conversions from acres to square feet and records an eye exam and glasses fitting by Dr. L. G. Stuhler.
An ad urges readers to stop buying costly ready made cough syrups and instead make a home remedy using Schiffmann's Concentrated Expectorant with sugar and boiling water. It claims strong cough and asthma relief, no narcotics, and a money back guarantee from local druggists.
An advertisement warns against mercury based catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It claims the product contains no mercury, is taken internally, and reviews testimonials as free while noting a price of 7 cents per bottle.
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