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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1916
Page
7
A compilation of home news items lists residents and guests traveling to Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Anamosa, Monticello, and other towns. Entries mention Oscar Newton, Mrs. Hanssen, Miss Adams, J. A. Voorhees, W. A. Beery, and many locals visiting relatives or engaging in business trips last week or over the weekend.
A Monticello city clerk board appoints Fred Matthiessen as justice of the peace for Monticello township. Various community items follow including uncalled letters in the Monticello post office, visits and travels of residents, a DeLaval cream separator for sale, Eastern Star meetings, church and charity events, a Knights of Columbus dance, and a lecture by Ex-congressman Robert G. Cousins on Lincoln.
Miss Elizabeth Sanford daughter of Mrs Otto Duis of Scotch Grove married Elmer Rathbun last Monday at noon. Rev Elges of Scotch Grove Presbyterian church officiated at the bride's mother's home. They will reside on the Delano Sanford farm in Wayne township after a short wedding trip.
Mrs Elizabeth J Freeze and her sister Mary Knapp sold their Grand street residence formerly of the Linnell estate for 8800 dollars and plan to move to Farley by March. Kathryn King married Guy R Matteson in Regina and will settle on a Davidson Saskatchewan farm. Arvilla Carl in critical condition after a hip amputation linked to tuberculosis. Margaret Ruth Soper married Henry J Stutt Jr at German Lutheran church with a party at Kinsella hall. many marriage licenses issued in the past week in Anamosa Oxford Junction Wyoming Scotch Grove and other area towns. A young man attempted a barbershop scam, paying 85 cents with a dollar and later settling the difference. The Brown estate homestead in Castle Grove sold for 140 dollars per acre to Philip Brown, part of an estate distribution. An Iowa Farmers Protective Association lecturer arrives in Monticello February 19 to discuss farmer interests and legislation.
Members of the Woman's Club plan a four-item course for next winter. They will canvass Monticello to gauge interest in a Redpath-Vawter System program featuring the Smith-Spring-Holmes orchestra quintet, Parish Players with three modern one act plays, Professor Woods lectures with experiments, and Henry M. Hyde on the Wholesale Manufacture of Criminals.
The report shows new readers registered 10, books issued 1453, largest daily circulation 102, smallest daily circulation 34, adult fiction 38 percent, visitors in reading and reference 1949, non resident cards issued 2, nye tested and glasses fitted, Dr. L. Stubler.
Mrs Christina Eiben aged 72 died at her son Christian G Eiben's home on First Street after a brief illness from asthma pneumonia and heart failure. Born Christina von Beesten in 1848 in Frannix Amt Witte mund Germany she and Gerd W Hiben came to the United States in 1859. She leaves fourteen children eleven living including Cornelius William Henry Iba and John G Eiben plus numerous grandchildren and a sister Mrs Johnson Gerdes. Funeral at German Lutheran church Monticello with interment Bowen's Prairie cemetery.
Monticello high school boys win at Anamosa 23 to 21 in a tight finish after a double overtime period. Maruggi scored the decisive basket as fans packed the Anamosa gym for a special return trip from Monticello.
The Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal church announces a two concert course featuring the Cornell College orchestra and the Grinnell College Glee Club. The Cornell ensemble of 30 returns to Monticello on March 21 after a larger tour, and the Grinnell Glee Club with 20 members performs April 5. Tickets are 75 cents for the course and 50 cents for a single concert.
Suter and Son advertise curing hog meat for summer at $2.00 per hog with slaughter three days per week. They offer bogs dressed as hama bacona and shoulders and smoke them. The old opera house at Springville is converted into a movie theater.
Mrs. Mary A. Fawcett of Monticello died at her daughter Mrs. Joseph Nye’s Manchester home last Sunday night February 13 after a pneumonia illness that began January 21. Born Mary Jones in Mount Pleasant Ohio, she married Dr. Henry B. Fawcett in 1863 and lived in Dixon Monticello and Mechanicsville before settling in Monticello. She was a longtime Methodist Episcopal member who provided free care to the sick. Survived by three daughters Harriet Nye Cedar Rapids Mrs Martha McClintock Cedar Rapids and Jessie M Fawcett Mechanicaville. Funeral in Monticello with Rev J H Barr preaching and interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
Cecil J. Cross and Eva J. Worley wed at 10 a m Tuesday February 8 in the parochial residence of St Patrick's with Rev J M Molloy officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs E Worley, wore white silk net and silver trim with orange blossoms. attended by Marie Worley and Gordon Cross. After a three course breakfast at the Commercial Hotel the couple left for an eastern trip and will reside in Central City. همچنین Oxford Junction postal savings station ends as Washington orders blanks returned.
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