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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1923
Page
4
Subscription price for the Monticello Express is 82.00 per year as listed by editors and proprietors W. Doxsee and Chas A. Doxsee.
The M B Ladies Aid present a four act comedy drama An Arizona Cowboy at the Center Junction opera house on Friday March 2. Cast includes Farley Gassett Ray Sanford Paul McQuillen Leslie Himebaugh Maien Smith Hezekiah Buges Ray Young Margaret Moore Coralie Blackshear and others with local residents noted in the lengthy list. Community notices follow about a wedding anniversary gathering at the Nelson home school events and local club activities.
Nearby residents and visitors are listed as spending weekends with friends and relatives. Al Dean of Kirksville Missouri stayed at the J F Livingsatone home. Mrs 0 M Miller plans to spend time in Cedar Rapids. Herley Bulgrin of Lenox visited local families. J M Moses and Henry Gertjes called on business in Monticello. Misses Biggs Baird shopped Maquoketa. Miss Emily Smith visited Lost Nation relatives. Harvey House of Olin visited A B Porter.
Melvin Leigh son of Horace and Aldha Leigh died February 9 1925 at the University hospital Iowa City after a life marked by early hardship and work in Maine Rhode Island Moline and Iowa. He left a wife Elizabeth Tracey and three children Florence Mary Ruth and Donald Thomas with several siblings and a half brother. The Onslow Presbyterian church held his funeral and burial at South Mineral cemetery. The issue also covers community notices including new business ventures residents travels school events and other local happenings in Onslow and nearby areas.
In Scotch Grove on February 18 the Presbyterian ladies aid held an all day session led by Mrs. R P Clark. They tied two comforters finished others cut and pieced. hemmed tablecloths for the dining room and gathered curtain material. A social at the Clark home was planned for Valentine’s Day. Six girls joined a birthday party for Geneva Loomis who turned six with six candles on the cake. Two baby girls arrived recently. one to Mr. and Mrs. John Otten born February 10 and one to Mr. and Mrs. John Husman born February 8.
Amber notes a February meeting of the Amber Co operative Creamery at the Amber Savings Bank with year’s volume near $400 000 and costs around $14 000. Luther League elects officers Rev Willis Mary Molen Hannah Willis Herman Zimmerman. Also reports quilting bee at Mrs August Toenjes and various social visits and visits to family homes in Amber and nearby towns.
Castle Grove reports the first involved Jones county farm bureau board meeting in Anamosa with A. B. White resigning as treasurer and J. R. McNeilly elected. A membership drive is planned and several farmers shipped stock to Chicago. Mary Delay declined secretary post. C. A. McLaughlin named. program committee listed. Various local farm sales, leases, and visits noted with community milestones and upcoming meeting February 23.
Miss Phyllis Brown of our city has been elected president of the alumni of the nurses training school at the 3.0. I. She currently supervises two medical and two surgical wards at the university hospital, with fourteen beds each and oversees thirteen nurses. The report also notes local club meetings, a Valentine party, obituaries, and various community notices across Wyoming.
Claude Slauson sheltered four boys ages ten to fifteen in his separator house after they fled an orphan's home workday. Hopkinton Girl Scouts 19, led by Mrs Laughlin, hosted an oyster supper at H. S. Pierce’s. Henry Renk traveled to Cedar Rapids for his son's eye treatment. Funeral attendance marked Sophia Johnston’s service in Hopkinton. Mrs. C I Wilson of Lamont visits family in Hopkinton. Local dances, neighbor visits, and gatherings trace weekly social life with W. F. Wheeless family, Fred Dean and Paul, and Monticello travel by J. V. Murray and nearby residents.
A Cascade farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Lindeman precedes their move to Farley with a large home gathering of neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. Skahill celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary with friends and a late hour of merriment. Recently Ada Armstrong visits Cascade after thirty years, while Mr. Goos remains noted in local affairs.
The article notes Mr Heery, of unspecified location, weakened by gangrene from a foot injury caused by a sliver weeks earlier. His son Peter of White Lake and daughter Clara of Racine visited recently as Mercy hospital treated him.
Fire insurance experts in Washington warn that women who smoke are largely responsible for costly conflagrations. They argue the feminine smoker is not yet skilled in handling cigarettes and matches, increasing fire risk.
A fragmented quote hints at a fashion discussion involving a designer named Goldsmith and a partner selecting an outline gown. The odd phrasing suggests a playful or cryptic note on qualities like sweat-wicking fabric and style. Names appear as hints rather than complete identities.
The text describes two cocks from the Des Moines show in 1921 and the Iowa State Fair 1922. No. 1 weighs 10344 pounds with striking red eye and deep body, a proven breeder. No. 2, 84% pounds, bright even red color, is a son of No. 1 and placed first in young pen at Des Moines 1921 and first old pen at Iowa State Fair 1922, with second to No. 1 at Monticello show.
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