Local correspondence notes visits and travels across Monticello area
Residents and relatives gather for holidays and short visits. Names include Spring Jan 1 1919 Lawrence Schuster from Dubuque Daniel Muladey Henry Eggers Alvan Eggers Cedar Rapids Olive Slauson Monticello J P Schuster J R Guthrie L J Lang H C Richmond Omaha Nebras ka etc. Several friends and family travel to and from Dubuque Monticello Hopkinton Lemmon Miles City Onslow Earlville and Moline Illinois with short stays and farm work updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Schuster
Dubuque
Daniel Muladey
Lester Gearhart
Camp Devons
Mass
Harnest Gearhart
Ellen McDonough
J. P. Schuster
John Lang
Moline
Illinois
J. J. Lang
Ann Guthrie
Monticello
R. J. Guthrie
F. H. Dunlap
Hopkinton
C. K. Greer
M. C. Green
W. H. Ensign
W. J. Matthiessen
J. L. Batchelder
Langworthy
F. W. Lawrence
H. C. Richmond
Omaha
Nebraska
L. P. Guthrie
George Kenny
Earlville
Fred Egger
Harry Chaplin
Chicago
J. W. Murray
Gene Stevenson
Onslow
Russell Chaplin
New Year Socials and Visits Across Center Junction Area
Center Junction and surrounding area residents held a New Year picnic dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Prahm and multiple families. The Ladies of the M E church plan a surprise New Year dinner and fruit shower for Rev. and Mrs. J M Smith. Numerous residents visited relatives in Cedar Rapids Monticello Am ber Wyoming and Sioux City and teachers hosted a New Year dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Peter Prahm
J. F. Livingstone
Myrtle
George McDonald
M. G. Alsever
C. A. Burmeister
Will Leech
Chicago
Wilma Foreman
Peter Robinson
M. E. Church
J. M. Smith
Fr. L. Coder
Gwendolyn
Joy Smith
Belknap
Amber
Margaret Schloeman
Cedar Rapids
August Siebels
Herman Seehusen
Paul and
Stuart Smith
Ames
Wm. Alexander
Charles Rowe
Onslow
Wyoming
M. J. MccNielly
Muscatine
Marguerite McNielly
Elsasser
Monticello
George Seehusen
Edna Kegley
J. N. Smith
Lulu Grimm
Charles Nelson
Prairieburg Deaths and Local Socialnotes
Beryl Rogers died December 22 after a two week illness in Prairieburg aged 17. Rev Irvine led a short service with four young companions as pallbearers. Burial was in the cemetery west of town. Mrs Jos Kula and children plan to travel to Minnesota for the winter. Ethel Chandler returns home from Cedar Rapids Business College for holidays. Mr and Mrs Jos Smith of Cedar Rapids visit at the Kula home. Mr and Mrs Clair Conklin of Davenport visit the parental home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Beryl] Rogers
Irvine
Jos
Kula
Minnesota
Ethel Chandler
Cedar Rapids
White in Name Only in Germany’s White Book
The New York World argues that if Germany’s White Book contains all official documents on the war’s origin it will be white in name only. The Columbia Record notes a caricature of class distinction in Russia, claiming the difference between Bolshevik and bourgeois amounts to about thirty rubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia Record
Onslow College and Military Families Share Christmas
Onslow witnesses a holiday mingle of residents and service members. Perry Walters weathers furlough from New York and a navy stint, while Frank Rowe returns to Virginia after a marine Christmas leave. Students and relatives travel between Ames Cedar Falls and Clinton as flu eases and Christmas fittings wrap up.
Exciting Close Call as Mailboxes Rub Roadside Bank
In Castle Grove Leonard Howell and family escaped harm when a broken bridle caused their horse team to bolt. They halted against a roadside bank after pulling down mail boxes. a baby was thrown but unharmed. Meanwhile the infant son of Mr and Mrs Harry Fairbanks died at Cass township. Funeral held Tuesday with burial in Monticello. Dennis Delay lost a colt to lightning last summer but it seemed to improve. Farmers Mutual Insurance directors settled the year’s business at a meeting. James Hogan has been unwell. Rev H C Irvine conducted Christmas funeral at Prairieburg. Thomas F Kehoe and James F Delay recently shipped cattle to Chicago. Township trustees met. EK J Nobles new house nearly finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Leonard Howell
Monticello
Leonard
Harry Fairbanks
Cass Township
H. C. Irvine
Dennis Delay
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
James Hogan
Prairieburg
Thos. F. Kehoe
Jas. F. Delay
Chicago
EK. J. Noble
Miss Nellie Mulvihill Taken to Monticello for Care
Miss Nellie Mulvihill, visiting her sister in Toronto, was taken to Monticello last Wednesday for medical care due to serious illness. Ed McCann and son L H McCann have moved Oxford Junction Motor Co. operations to Martello and leased a local garage. New Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul main line schedule went back to old times with small changes, listing eastbound and westbound trains and unchanged north south times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Mulvihill
Toronto
Monticello
Ed McCann
L. H. McCann
Oxford Junction Motor Co
Martello
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Milwaukee Road
Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Anamosa Iowa 1919
Jones County Farm Bureau schedules its annual meeting in Anamosa Iowa on January 14 1919. Dr K W Stouder Extension Professor of Veterinary medicine discusses animal disease causes control and tuberculosis with emphasis on prevention. Don Fish County Agent leader will discuss county agent work in Iowa. Officers and directors to be elected. reports by secretary treasurer and county agent presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Iowa
K. W. Stouder
Jones County
Stouder
Dr. Stouder
United States
Don Fish
Henry County
A Star Boarder
A Dallas Morning News item notes Holland seems as favorable to keeping the Kaiser as if he were paying his board, implying a favorable stalemate or support within a housing or boarding context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Morning News
Holland
Kaiser
Twenty Years Ago in Monticello Express January 1899
The Monticello Express recalls January 1899 events. Eugene Coakley planned a newspaper at Ryan. Weddings include Tony Hiler and Rosie Younker on the 25th. Local deaths include Abram D. Kline at 90, Robert Kennedy from pneumonia, and Amanda R. Hemenway. A fifth saloon opened, backed by Rock Island Brewing. Notables include John H. Heisey selling his restaurant, Fay L. Seeber's death in Colorado, and John McDonald’s 100th birth anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Eugene Coakley
Ryan
Tony Hiler
Rosie Younker
Paul Biler
State University
Charles
Chauncey Bates
New York State
Joseph Podlaski
Jane Beatty
David Beatty
Richland Township
Monticello
Rock Island Brewing Company
Abram D. Kline
Robert iSennedy
John H. Heisey
John H. Perrine
Harm Helgens
Wayne Township
Strawberry Point
Amanda R. Hemenway
Alexander Hemenway
John McDonald
Center Junction
Peter Smith
Fay L. Seeber
Colorado
Levi G. Hildreth
Jones County
the Express
Linn Schuefter
Hosford
Emily M. Smith
Henry D. Smith
John W McMeans Former Monticello Merchant Dies at Maquoketa
John W. McMeans a Monticello merchant for years dies at his Maquoketa home on South Second street after several weeks illness He served in Co A 9th Iowa Infantry fought at Pea Ridge and Vicksburg and later worked in railway mail service He leaves a son Frank and a daughter Mrs C C Carstens two grandchildren and two great grandchildren The funeral is set for Friday at 2 30 pm from his home with Rev J G Morgan officiating and burial in Mt Hope cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. McMeans
Monticello
Maquoketa
Jackson Sentinel
South Second Street
McMeans
Mercer County
Iowa
Andrew
Co. A
Towa Inf
Pea Ridge
Vicksburg
Dakota
Eliza Stephens
Frank
Davenport
C. C. Carstens
Brookline
Mass
Ruth L. Johnson
Congregational Church
A. W. Crips
J. G. Morgan
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Ex Soldier Burns to Death Near Anamosa
Harry Shields, son of John Shields, died after severe burns suffered when a lamp exploded at his father’s southeast Anamosa home. He reached a phone for help but died before noon. He had volunteered early in the war and served in camp, later discharged after failing a physical for overseas duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Shields
Anamosa
Harry
John Shields
Anamosa Hureka
Advertising surpasses sale bills in boosting newspaper ads
John H. Perrine, who held a public sale near Anamosa, said you cannot boost newspaper advertising for a sale enough. He cited selling farm goods at auction as proof, dismissing fence post hype as ineffective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Eureka
John H. Perrine
Mr. Perrine
Satan Helped The Ex Kaiser Says Harden
Maximilian Harden argues that Satan aided the former German ruler, a claim he calls self evident untrue. He asserts if Satan had bungled as the ex Kaiser did, preachers and churches would have collapsed long ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
Maximilian Harden
Satan
Tractor School to Be Held in Anamosa Iowa
A free tractor school on January 8 1919 at city hall Anamosa Iowa will feature International Harvester Company instructors. J A Hartman IH dealer supplies a tractor and equipment for demonstrations and attendees receive a free book on tractor construction care and operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Iowa
J. A. Hartman
IH C Fealer
International Harvester Company
New District Court Docket Docketed Since November Term
The January term opens next Monday listing numerous cases across attachments notes promissory accounts guardianship contest wills divorces quiet title separater maintenance and injunctions. Named parties include Carroll W Kimball C H Johnson First Trust Savings Bank Floyd Guyer Vlasta Guyer F W Hults E B Pickenrock Sons Sam Christ Elizabeth S Wolf Martha Ried Rosetta Ballou H B E Durgan M Fore Hall Mortgage Co Chas Metcalf Wauban Coal Co Henry Schoo H W Sizgworth Thomas Streats Lola Wiley Dunlap J Nobie Parks Henry Alerts S E Beam G F Faragher R D McIntyre Western Union Telegraph Co Frank Holub Emma Alden Schoonover Trust Co Emma Gillespie James B Gillespie Ida M Shipe Dessie Leinen Edna Yossi Neil M Davis and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll W. Kimball
C. H. Johnson
First Trust & Savings Bank
Floyd Guyer
Vlasta Guyer
Second National Bank
New Hampton
Iowa
F. W. Hults
E. B. Pickenrock & Sons
Sam Christ
Elizabeth S. Wolf
Martha Ried
Guardian
Rosetta Ballou
H. BE. Durgan
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co
M. Fore
Hall Mtg. Co
Chas
Metcalf
Wauban Coal Company
Henry Schoo
H. W. Sizgworth
Thomas Streats
Lola Wiley Dunlap
J. Nobie Parks
Henry Alerts
S. E. Beam
G. IF. Faragher
R. D. MclIntyre
Western Union Telegraph Co
Frank Holub
Emma Alden
Whittaker Mfg. Co
Henry H. Schoon
Iowa Electric Company
D. A. Dowring
D.H. Peck
Albert Johnson
Samuel A. Maley
Alice Ann Alcorn
James Milton Acorn
Schoonover Trust Co
S. EB. Beam
Emma Gillespie
James B. Gillespie
William C. Colby
Ida M. Shipe
Daniel Shipe
Dessie Leinen
Peter J. Leinen
Edna Yossi
Fred Yossi
Neil M. Davis
James BE. Davis
Lapps
Hospital Notes List Births and Discharges
A series of hospital briefs reports several births including a boy to Mrs. Carl Pluger and a girl to Mrs. Henry Stutt, with the latter mother and child leaving this week. Other births include a boy to Mrs. Robert McNeill. Multiple surgeries, recoveries, and a nurse’s school inspection assignment are noted along with a December patient total of eighty plus. A closing remark references a historical quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Carl Plueger
Henry Stutt
Robert McNeill
Paul Hoffman
Jesse Martinson
Mary Coxsee
Henry Che
Wilhelm
William Henrichs
Lillian Menrichs
Elsie Ricklefs
L. &. Jones
Henry Lubben
Irene Egger
Laura Wenger
Hayo Schoon
Ernest Osterkamp
Miss McNamara
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kate Walters
Arizona
Perry Walters
Isabelle Scroggie
Cornell
Frank Rowe
Marines
Virginia
Cecil Smith
Iowa City
Kenneth Kennedy
Emma Overholt
Ella McMaster
Cedar Falls
Amy Jeffries
Clinton Business College
Mildred Lamey
Carroll
Jessie Garside
Oskaloosa
Vera Paul
Jesse Smith
M. HE
W. K. Smith
A. C. Paul
Henry Scotthorn
Howard Neelan
Navy
Lizzie McMaster
Springville
Lucy McMaster
Ruth Rowe
Rock Island
Aynerson
M. E Aid Society
Carrie Mackrill
James Smith
Clinton
Alva Orr
A. H. Chase
Oxford Mirror News
Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
Washington Post
George III
George V
J. E
Bateman
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
F. L. Story
Patrick’s
Ricklefs & McNeill
Jones County Trust and Bavines Bank
Will M. Lubben
John Hagen
Tom Bader
Henry Stalhberg
Carl Ardnser
E. L. Krominga
Geo
Stutt
F. J. Dahling
Fred Harken
Jake Lange
John Knepper
John Otten
Rude Winkler Glen Orcuit
Will Warner
W. B. Clark
A. L. Laude
Lawrence Bal
Olin Howie
Henry Zimmerman
Herman Schaffer
C. J. Chapman
H. H. Kuhns
M. J. Cass
Arnold Gehret
Henry Stutt, Jr
Henry Siebels
Wm. Hoffman
Henry Marek
Will Matthiessen
A. Heiken
Nick Holst
Red Messerli
L. P. Stadmuller
Michael Breen
B. E. First
Fred Hajen
Marshall Neil
Ben Behrends
Tobias Tobiason
Clarence Stutt
Frank Marek
Rudolph Behren
Neman Movore
Ralph Zimmerma McNeill
Garrett Bartles
Will Rieken
R. Tebbiasson
Will Burrichter
Frank Jansen
Henry Necker
John Tsehantz
Willie Husman
J. D. Henricks
G. Schoon
C. D. Chase F
Tobiason John Wohlken
John Holt
Henry Eden
Herman Hanken
August Scheer Geo Schoon
Enetrennerns
A. P. Donahue Breeder and Shipper of
Model View Farm
George J. Wenzlick
W. A. Mirick
Towa
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