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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
7
A Cedar Rapids visitor, Mrs. Fred Kellum, spent the week end in town while Don Barnes and many locals visited friends in Monticello. Included are social calls, store promotions at Smith's, travel to Des Moines and Chicago, dances planned by the Knights, and a push to invest in town housing by March 1. Local families hosting guests from Anamosa Clinton Hopkinton Perry and Wyoming are listed along with upcoming basketball rail.
Monticello residents and visitors are listed in a long series of social calls trips and events. Among them Mr. and Mrs George Schaeffer of Polo Missouri visited Monticello friends last weekend while Mrs Eugene McLaughlin returned from Farley. Others traveled to Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Omaha for conventions and family visits.
Henry G. Rickels sells his 180 acre Scotch Grove farm to Otto Lange who will take possession March 1, 1916. Lange previously worked on a Clark farm and is described as a steady young farmer. Rickels earned about $1,000 yearly during six years of ownership and may seek another farm.
A Cascade farmers institute runs on the 16th to 17th with exhibitions and lectures by Iowa State College Extension professors. Rev J W Innes of Ames preaches at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning and evening. V L Hanssen and J Q Lawrence plan to attend the Chicago cement and concrete conventions. O P Hanssen may miss due to a broken shoulder. Tom Carson buys Welch estate property across from the American House for about 5000 dollars. Several marriage licenses issued to local couples. Mrs Doolittle of Hopkinton lectured to the Presbyterian ladies' missionary society with next talk at Mrs Ahab DeWitt's. QC P Hanssen fractures shoulder last Saturday at the creamery platform. out of work for a time.
Administratrix of Rudolf Kasper’s estate presided over a farm auction last Tuesday. Receipts totaled 87,000. Chickens sold in large lots from 72 to 80 cents each. Cattle brought 850 to 70 dollars, eleven black heifers two years old at 41.06 each, yearling beifers and steers at 24.50 each.
Miss Helen Anderle wed Rudolph Nowatny on February 1 in Blairstown with a reception in Victor. Miss Herimmine Gerdes married Kent T Kendall. he works on the Davenport Monticello mail train. Several Jones county appeals are docketed for March 13 in Des Moines Supreme Court. The Woman’s Club heard Rev. J H Barr on women’s development and plans an illustrated talk by Rubee Pearce in March. Jessie Cooper Heapel, Monticello native, died in Chicago. funeral in Clinton, interment there.
Ex-Congressman Robert G. Cousins will deliver a talk on Abraham Lincoln and the Preservation of Our Country at the Presbyterian church on Washington's birth day, Tuesday February 22. He rose to national fame as an eloquent congressman known for careful preparation and precise wording. If given a fitting audience, the young churchgoers may gain much from his prepared lectures and measured delivery.
Andreas Ambuehl of Monticello died February 4 after a brief illness at 81 years. He was born in Davos Platz Switzerland in 1834 and immigrated in 1872 with his family to Bowen’s Prairie. Survived by his widow and eight children, his funeral was conducted at the German Reformed church with Rev. Roland Kuentzel officiating.
Last Friday evening at the gymnasium Monticello defeated Anamosa in both girls and boys contests. The girls won 13 to 8 with Foley scoring most for Monticello and Laude and Aebi tallying for Anamosa. The boys clinched a 26 to 13 win behind strong team play and solid free throws. A return game is set for next Friday in Anamosa, with booster support and a proposed Monticello to Anamosa special train.
Suster and Son advertise a slaughter house offering hog dressing into bacon and shoulders with smoking for $2.00 per hog. They slaughter about three days a week. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs William Rogers of Cascade on the 29th ult.
Conrad Pfeil of this city celebrated his ninetieth birth anniversary last Tuesday amid greetings from many friends. Born in 1826 in Hessian Germany, he immigrated at 22 and helped found a German Evangelical circuit in Illinois. Now retired, he lives with his daughter Mrs. Howard Deischer and has seven living children.
The article urges feeding birds when ground is snow covered and rations scarce. It suggests breaking up moldy bread, scattering crumbs at doors, and placing seeds or suet in tree holders. A teacher set an example by nailing feeding receptacles on trees with food, while a bluejay is described as a bold thief of hazelnuts.
Hazel Pangburn reports on students awaiting chemistry texts, senior oration plans, and a camera craze among senior girls. Monticello hosts Anamosa basketball, with girls and boys wins, plus travel by train for the big game. Wayne Polk of Sidney sets state corn show records at Iowa State College. Victor Pierrot wins grand champion single car.
Eyes tested and glasses fitted advertised by Dr. L. G. Stabler at Smith's variety store window. Savings offered on eyewear with prompt service in a small community retail setting.
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