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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
3
Center Junction notes a Saturday dinner at G. Thompson home honoring Lyle's eighteenth birthday attended by the senior class and high school teachers. The event featured pink and green decorations, a candle lit cake, and gifts, followed by singing and visiting.
Hopkinton Mrs Clair Flannagan died Sunday January 27 at Anamosa hospital after an appendectomy. She had lived in Buck Creek and was formerly Emma Mettler. The article notes local sympathies and mentions various community events and local staff changes including Dr R C Ripple leaving for Northwood to aid tuberculosis eradication work and local social and school activities through the week.
Funeral services for James James a 42 year old Cedar Rapids cattle and hog trader were held at the Wyoming Methodist church. Marie Schmalfeldt Sieverin 62 died of pneumonia and was buried after services at the Presbyterian church. Local school and county events include a Jones County Teachers meeting in Wyoming a county nurse retention pledge and plans for a Feb 15 county declamatory contest with eight schools in each class.
Edwin Vaughn was elected in November and qualified at the January meeting. He assumes a role announced by the board and records show the January qualification followed the November election.
Monticello area residents engage in family visits and anniversaries while clubs hold events. Notables include Onslow dares in Cedar Rapids travelers, Emily Reade turning 86, and the Astrurian club meeting with a future date set. The Masonic banquet, school program, and Sunday service provide community cohesion.
Amber Mrs Will Hildergardt and daughter of Cedar Rapids were guests at the Carl Eden home last week. Born to Mr and Mrs Vernon Ray a son on Feb 2. Mother and infant are doing nicely at Mercy hospital Anamosa. Jerome Cook left with his daughter Maxine for Chicago where he will make his home. Roscoe Lincoln was a guest of his mother at Maquoketa last Saturday. Peter Hagen is seriously ill at Anamosa hospital with pneumonia.
Castle Grove trustees met Saturday and appointed road supervisors for four quarters. P. J. Crowley will supervise the Northwest quarter, C. B. Vernimont the Northeast, Henry Stadtmueller the Southwest. no applicant for the Southeast. Road conditions are deteriorating with no open roads for automobiles.
Richland Center reports the Ladies Aid society elected officers including Mrs Henry Marks as president and Mrs H L Wismeier as vice president. The group held the meeting at Mrs Margaret Stadtmueller home and planned a February 14 gathering. Local residents visited and attended church services nearby with multiple families mentioned in attendance.
Scotch Grove resident H. H. Carson suffered two deep head gashes after stepping on a loose floorboard in a hay mow and falling into a manger. A physician arrived by car, meeting John Schone who helped transport him for treatment.
Charles W. Gable, arrested last week when sheriffs raided his Maquoketa home and found three gallons of alleged alcohol, paid a $300 fine and $34 costs Saturday and received a suspended jail sentence of three months in Judge OC L Ely's court.
Prairieburg venue Woodward and Elizabeth Marek wed at Anamosa on Tuesday A dance followed at the movie hall that evening Miss Anne Collins spent the weekend in Cedar Rapids with relatives Mr and Mrs Jack Ahlrich and Mr and Mrs Arthur Walmutt visited in John Walmutt home Central City last Sunday The Palmwateres of Burlington visited Joseph F Holub home O A DeLancey spent two days in Cedar Rapids Joseph D Holub underwent appendicitis operation at Anamosa hospital Dwight Smith of Blairstown visited local relatives Mrs Winifred Elledge left for Waverly after visiting daughter Mrs W McElroy
The publication lists C. M. St. P. & P. trains arriving and departing Monticello. It shows numbers and times for freight and passenger trains between Calmar Cedar Rapids Farley Davenport Dubuque Omaha Chicago and points east and west with connections at Delaware and Oxford Junction.
The article lists eight major planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune orbiting the sun. It notes Mercury and Venus lie inside Earth's orbit and mentions hundreds of minor planets unseen by the naked eye. The Moon is a satellite, not a planet, and some planets have satellites.
A recently arrived recruit in a World War training camp fails to salute a commissioned officer. The officer points to shiny leggings and feather putties the rookie admires, prompting a startled and stammering reply about the gear he was issued.
In a courtroom scene a worried Rastus tells his lawyer he would rather be let inside than obtain a jury exoneration. The attorney notes a possible path to acquittal while the inmate emphasizes his simple wish.
The article notes the royal coat of arms at Nor. 62 and 53 Hatton Garden London and recalls the former Hatton Garden police court where Oliver Twist was sent by Charles Dickens for a three months sentence for stealing a pocket handkerchief.
The piece urges individuals to invest in thought work and service to receive dividends of peace happiness and contentment. It frames living as repayment for what is owed to every man and emphasizes value received in return.
Osceola county board of supervisors, by resolution printed in its records, withholds poor fund relief from anyone owning an automobile or a radio or indulging in luxuries. Several counties adopt similar measures. Homemade radios may not be affected. Many state high school boys have built radio sets, seen as ingenuity rather than extravagance.
Press dispatch reports Montgomery Ward earned a net profit of 19.571 million in 1928, the highest in company history. President George B. Everitt announced the annual statement noting profits rose 4.462 million from the prior year as the chain grew in department store retail.
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