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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
2
The Monticello Express lists annual subscription price at 82 dollars. Editors and proprietors Chas A. P. note subscription terms and rate.
Center Junction Iowa February 19 1921 officers elected to head the new Community Betterment Association from the Red Cross unit balance of 93 92 dollars. A concert at the Presbyterian church February 26 features cantata readings and vocal acts. Local events note Deacon Dubbs play success and a pantomime baseball bit. Lucile Livingstone ill at home. Dr D Clark’s brother C Clark dies at Bedford. Various local visits and meetings are listed with community notices.
Mrs Botilla Carstensen died at her home near Wyoming on February 11 at age 78. Born January 22, 1843 in Horstedt Germany she was the eldest of eight children and is survived by five children 25 grandchildren and two sisters in Chicago. Emigrating in 1892 she settled on a Wyoming area farm and retired in 1902 Funeral was held February 14 conducted by Rev A S Bowder at the Wyoming Methodist church.
A Monticello group of Wyoming callers led by Bidon Rohn visited Saturday afternoon. The Wyoming Farm Bureau Association advertises a meeting at Must. Ridge on the 26th. Ernest Rotwedder holds a closing out sale before moving to a Monticello area farm. Ray Hensty and family reside on the John Wolfe farm southeast of town.
Onslow February 22 Altrurian club gathered at Mrs Pickering home for Bucat day with 35 attendees including four guests from Wyoming and Center Junction. Papers on Authors and Poets of Town and From Prairie Memories were read, followed by a luncheon. Church missionary society praise meeting yielded about 70 dollars. Local notices list lectures, visits, and community events through the week.
Miss Rosalyn Hughes moved her No. 8 class into the new Castle Grove school building erected by PDJ Church of Coggon and accepted by the township. The facility features a basement fuel bin sanitary toilets and a Smith heating system ensuring comfort. Also reported are local visits sales shifts and upcoming community events including a March 3 home demonstration meeting and Friday farm bureau program.
At a Scotch Grove township meeting held at Mrs. M. M. Sinclair home an all women co operative was formed with one member from each district. Mrs. F. D. Sutherland chairs the group and regular meetings begin March 24 with Mrs. St. P. Clark.
In Sand Spring on February 22 G H Guetzke and family moved to the Will Eurth farm near Delhi and Chas Stevenson family moved into their vacated house. John Lang of Moline Illinois attended the Lang sale and visited J J Lang Jr. and family. The Lang and Gadlient sale drew a large crowd. Several residents visited or hosted relatives and neighbors, including Mrs F M Johnson ill at home, and multiple trips to Monticello Hopkinton Edgewood and Delhi.
Prairieburg notes report Fred Plamadore seriously injured after a fall from a barn on the Albert Kula place. Several others sustained minor injuries and a few residents visited family in Central City. Local residents also recounted child injuries and routine dental work while neighbors, including the DeLanceys and Parker, were mentioned in social visits.
Levi B. Peet former Jones county home steward died after being struck by a car while crossing a street in Kansas City. He died en route to a hospital before his daughter could reach him. He leaves four daughters and details of their locations.
The Farm Bureau will host demonstrations on orchard pruning including high and low headed trees and grafting, spraying practices and pest control, and poultry husbandry to improve laying, housing, and feeding. Sessions run February 28 to March 1 on listed Iowa farms with expert talks and Q&A.
Monticello Iowa council met with all members present approving minutes and a $6 566 56 fund balance report. Clerk listed receipts including licenses fines water rents and meter sales and repairs. Several payments to local firms and companies were approved and public notice on monthly claims set. An electric light request at two downtown intersections was referred to the light committee. Frank Davis a Marion conductor died aged 64.
A series of warranty deeds filed shows transfers from Gerd Rickeig to John Pope and many others to various grantees, with prices ranging from 1.00 to 36 600. Dated entries cover parcels in Onslow Wyom ing Olin Oxford Junction Monticello and Monticello areas. Notable buyers include J M Thompson Rudolph Souke Albert Simmers Henry Perdue and many others.
Case and Comment discusses damages sought by a plaintiff injured during initiation into a secret society. The article notes various practices in ceremonies such as branding, rough horseplay, being dropped to floors, forced back bends, trips by sabers, use of mechanical goats, electric shocks, and attempted suspensions. It cites limited authority on whether benevolent societies may be liable for such injuries and references legal materials for further notes.
The Detroit Free Press quips that if Germany hides a reserve of small arms, it should learn from bootleggers by sending observers to study their methods. The remark blends wartime satire with current contraband concerns.
The article warns that trouble lies not in excluding orientals but in admitting them, highlighting anti Japanese sentiment in San Francisco. It frames immigration as a national risk and calls for careful handling of Japanese entrants amidst tension.
Tax guidance outlines what deductions are allowed for self employed individuals and family labor. Wages paid to the taxpayer, minor children, or household staff are discussed with limits, noting personal living expenses are not deductible and only ordinary necessary business costs reduce net income.
Washington Post describes the dollar regaining buying power as a broad benefit to wage earners and millionaires alike. It argues the United States is restoring resource control and credit, with the currency becoming more valued than the goods it can buy, amid global hardship.
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