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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1920
Page
9
A local column reports numerous visitors and social notes across Anamosa, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Hopkinton, Manchester, Monticello, and nearby towns. Mentions include Miss Tdna Corbett, Mrs. Louis Lang, August Siebels, Dr. Stuhler, Dr. Redmond, and others, plus furniture sales by N. G. W. Winner and ads for engraved calling cards.
Monticello glimpses record Miss Mary Huila visiting sisters in Monticello and Dr Prentis at University hospital. Adela Wilkens and Ernest Stambaugh visit family. local church services, box social, school events, real estate ads and upcoming tailor visits. Several notices on illness and quarantines accompany obituaries and voter notices.
A. Q. Peterson becomes traveling salesman for a men s furnishing house with a Dubuque to Council Bluffs territory and Monticello trips twice yearly. Local sermons, library meeting on building loans, and grooming for James Lazell’s Naval Academy bid are noted alongside a spate of births, weddings, and deaths including Mrs. Walter Horton and Mrs. Mary A. Dunn. The Jones County Fair dates and new officers are also listed.
The Monticello Gun Club schedules a meeting at the library on February 20 at eight o'clock to elect officers. The article also notes local deaths from influenza and pneumonia, a school essay contest on enlistment benefits with national and local prizes, and local prize offerings by Gildner Bros. & Hughes with a future publication of essays by The Express.
A weather summary notes February cold snaps and record warmth from 1854 to 1909. It lists years with subzero lows in February including 1856 1862 1866 1873 1874 1885 1886 1887 1888 1895 1898 1899 and highlights warmest Febraries such as 1878 1868 1882 and 1909 with mean and daily highs. It mentions 20 below zero frequent in February and a warm day reaching 65 degrees in 1909.
Miss Michel returns to school duties after illness and exams begin next week. Sophomores plan a party for next Saturday night. Wednesday opened with musical numbers by Miss Perrine and Miss Thoeni. Mr. Pease discussed conservation of fish and game. Monti five hosts Coe freshmen five next Friday. team praised for good play with Springville loss by two. Thanks to Mr. Stirton for arranging a special train. Theme contest Friday on benefits of US Army enlistment. prizes include 10, 5, and 2.50 gold from Gildner Bros & Hughes.
John G. Krouse born March 4, 1846 in Kane County Illinois died February 9 1920 near Center Junction Iowa just shy of 74. Civil War veteran with service in Iowa units he married twice first to Jane Wasson four children and several grandchildren survive along with two sisters. Funeral held February 11 1920 at his residence with interment in Wyoming Iowa.
The Americcn Legion basketball team defeated a Cascade pickup squad 36 to 26 at the high school gym. Both teams showed rough play with many timeouts amid a game marked by a stronger Legion effort this year.
Mrs J A Seibles died at her daughter Anna J Gordes's home in Monticello after a flu illness. Born November 7 1885 in Leerhave Germany she and John A Seibles emigrated to the United States in 1872 and settled in Wayne township. She is survived by six children twenty eight grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren with funeral services planned at the Gordes home and Wayne Lutheran church.
Springville defeated Monticello 23 to 21 last Friday as rooters traveled by special train. Shelley's early free throw and Laude's baskets sparked a tight tussle, with Monticello tying and Springville reestablishing the lead before halftime.
H J L Lantz from Town State College urges careful pruning of neglected old apple trees in February. Focus on removing dead wood lowering the top, and thinning top limbs to improve sunlight for healthy fruiting wood while avoiding sunscald and excessive stub creation. Use a pruning saw and sharp loppers. beware of overzealous cutting.
John Friedl died this morning at his daughter Mrs. Lizzie Steiner’s home near Monticello after a two day pneumonia illness. Surviving children include Mrs. Andrew Steiner Mrs. Rudolph Bohran Casper Kodl and Joseph Friedl. The funeral date is pending word from son Rev. Joseph Friedlis of Huntington Indiana.
Springville high school basketball defeated Monticello 23 to 21 last Friday and then topped Anamosa 70 to 5 the previous evening in a sequence of strong showings.
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