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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
7
A string of residents and visitors pass through Marion Anamosa Cedar Rapids Hopkinton Center Junction and Cedar Rapids with travel for business visits family stays and theater outings. Notable moves include Miss Alta Farnham Cedar Rapids aunt visit and Mrs V A Stockwell Cedar Rapids visit with children. A theater showing of She and Vengeance and the Woman at the Crane Theatre are scheduled.
The Monticello column notes multiple residents traveling to California Montana and Indianapolis returning from visits. It mentions a quarantine for scarlet fever at a local home, theater plans with four star performers, thrift stamp drive efforts, a milk machine event, and a fire destroying a school building after Frank Williams installed a heating plant.
About twenty friends and relatives gathered at Jim G. Schoon’s home last Tuesday for Clara Schoon’s 12th birthday. After games, refreshments were served and all reported a splendid time.
Messrs. A. O. Petergon and Harry Stuhler travelled to Des Moines last Monday to join the State Clothiers convention sessions. Both men favor networking with peers in the same trade to learn new ideas in the clothing business.
Mrs W A Storm and her two children left for Tucson Arizona last Friday morning to stay three months. They travel for the health of little Miss Fila Storm who suffers a severe bout of whooping cough and has been slow to recover.
After severe illness two months ago M. W. Herrick has recovered enough to visit his office and handle some duties. He remains under doctor supervision but continues to enjoy mental work and solving legal puzzles, balancing health with his diligence and curiosity.
Kettlitz and Kay bought the watt cases and soda fountain once used by H B Beam of Anamosa. They will remove one side display and install tables for 32 patrons to run a general soda fountain alongside their drug business.
Last Friday mornings registered 22 degrees below zero, easing to six below Saturday. The city logged 34 days with zero or lower, and wood burning rises due to coal shortage. Lawa coal arrives, price up to seven dollars per cord. Van Meter, Hall factory, and Farmer’s creamery burn wood. Tennessey returns from Chicago after a storm delays shipment. stock delayed enroute and cared for until trains ran.
Margaret Johnston daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Johnston died at age nine from lung trouble on the 28th. Funeral and burial took place in Webster City. She leaves her parents a three year old brother and a newborn baby, with Mrs Johnston nee Lizzie Rauch having grown up in Monticello.
Miss Anna Ketelsen daughter of Carsten Ketelsen and Floyd Shew of Taris Illinois wed last Monday afternoon in a small family ceremony led by Rev. C 19 Cushman. Bride’s sister Miss Catharin Ketelsen served as bridesmaid and Davis Shew brother of the groom was best man. Mr Shew is in the draft, leaving future plans undecided.
Interior improvements at the Lovell House include repainting repapering and recarpeting larger rooms and hall carpets. Gandiord Stott and wife praise Monti cello hotel prospects and with owner G L Lovell are making the hotel a comfortable stop for travelers. Steam heat and electric lights service each room.
The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week Will Brawand of Mechanicsville Louise Bohren of LaCrosse Wisconsin Henry Gerhard Rieniers Margaret Guyan both of Monticello C A Gardner of Cortland Nebraska Jean L Atkinson of Anamosa Fred Rehmke of Center Junction Anna Richorn of Oxford Junction Floyd Shew Anna Kettlesen both of Monticello Carl H Rohwedder Eulalia Merritt both of OHn.
Rev. Martin H. J. Geiken married Hattie Regina Pressler on January 28 at Selby South Dakota. They will live in Aberdeen where Geiken coaches a Lutheran church. Geiken studied Wartburg Lenox and Wartburg Theological Seminaries and was ordained in 1917.
A 1866 Express correspondent notes 300 school age children with one building and three teachers, about 100 per teacher, contrasting with modern views that a single teacher can effectively educate 30 pupils. The piece questions whether 50 to 60 pupils per teacher once justified.
High winds last Sunday damaged the railroad cuts around Monticello, delaying several trains. Calmar and Farley services were notably late with arrivals moving to Tuesday morning. The Cabmar schedule showed a 6:30 pm departure delayed to Tuesday morning, with return late Tuesday afternoon. Davenport service continued on its planned schedule.
The Express interview with Mrs. Mary King recalling early county days has drawn many congratulatory letters from former residents. William McCartney of Kingsley Iowa writes in as one who worked with her father in those days and recalls youth era adventures. Tom recounts a shared memory of a wagon brake on a steep hill using a sapling between wheels.
The Farmers' Co-Operative Creamery Company of Monticello held its annual meeting last Monday with about 200 of 300 patrons present. Reports showed 306 500 dollars in business for the year, 83 000 over 1916. officers were elected including C G Schneiter president and Reuben Dress vice president. New articles renew and extend incorporation for twenty years to 1988, rename the firm The Farmers' Mutual Creamery Co, and note capital stock has grown from 4 500 to 25 000 dollars not in shares but as property value. The firm manufactures butter and sells salt, feed, flour, coal and other goods at cost plus handling.
Public schools in Monticello will reopen on Monday February 11 after a period of closure. The announcement urges students to return for the new term and notes updated schedules and attendance expectations.
February records note births to Leonard Buol and John Schweitzer Jr. weddings for Frank Hoss and Ann Michaels, Mary Poppe and John Zimmerman, Hannah Luken and Alfred Pillard, and Philip Fimpe and Emma Schwartz. Also reports a penitentiary inmate count peak, postmaster appointment for Daniel Pond, and the death of D. C. Tice.
Thomas M. Paine a former Monticello resident died in Glencoe Minnesota January 28 at age 67 years 7 months 11 days from cancer He was a brother of J J Paine a former Monticello mayor and of Dr D A Paine He lived in Minnesota since 1872 where he worked in banking and served four terms as Glencoe postmaster Survived by his widow and three children.
George Killinger, a former resident writing from Tramping Lake Saskatchewan, recalls extreme cold with 57 degrees below zero and snowstorms. He describes being caught in a blizzard, spraining his leg after his horse fell into a badger hole, and compares his ordeal to wounded soldiers aided by the Red Cross.
Strawberry Point began observing new store closing hours last week with shops opening at 8:30 a.m. and closing at 6:30 p.m. The town reports church services are held only on Sunday mornings.
The county treasurer has left at the Monticello State Bank a copy of the tax list for payment of all taxes. The notice directs residents to visit the bank to settle their ADEN taxes and related charges.
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