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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1917

Page

5

Local residents visit across Iowa and Illinois towns

Miss Maude Ardager visits Ryan. L W Lovell travels to Chicago on business. Mrs Nell Davis visits Strawberry Point. Dan Hearn calls on Cedar Rapids. Miss Carrie Page visits Marion. Mrs W A Mirick visits Boone. Anna Eden visits Dubuque. Horace Maynard stays with sister in Waterloo. Henry Obe travels to Versailles Missouri. Miss Gladys Kiefer visits Hazelton. Mrs BE Reed and daughter Alfreda visit Cedar Rapids. Misaes Hannah and Anna Gerdes visit Davenport. Verna Neal visits Stutt home. J H J Stutt and Iola George visit Cedar Rapids. Miss Mabel Heisey goes to Dubuque for tonsil removal. Miss Purlinsa Waugh visits Anamosa. Mr and Mrs Seymore Bennett visit from Bristol CO. M W Herrick improving. Mr and Mrs Eli Ely visit in Monticello. Mrs Foley and daughter Jannet visit Dr Hogan home. Mrs Renny Hellberg visits Ana­ sona. Joe Snyder Alice Snyder and Emory visit Anamosa. Max Rettig visits from Denver. George Stutt and wife welcome newborn son. Mrs Dutton returns from Belle Plaine. Helen Tuletta Johnson return from Anamosa. George Hubbard buys goods in Cedar Rapids. January painting specials at Monticello garage. Mr and Mrs George Rettig visit from Independence. Mt Elizabeth card social in Newman hall Jan 9. L B Steinicker of Omaha visits Monticello. Siegfried Gruenstein visits George Guyon. Mrs William Putnam visits Manchester for New Year. Paul Dow attends Y M C A Chinese convention in Waterloo. Marie Fitzsimons returns to Waucoma after visit.

Hey. Hugh Robinson Lenox College M. W. Herrick J. 8. Hall St. Augustine Florida J. B. Bateman Jessie Delaware Joseph Podhaski Wyoming F. J. Podhaski Siegfried Gruenstein Lake [Forest ‘University G. L. Lovell Climax Michigan Robert Shane Monticello Cedar Rapids Warner & Bort Mr. Bort Warner John Fadley Georgia Fadley W. W. Rhodes Elizabeth Mead Davinhompson Gardner E. C. Squires Chicago A. I. Jackson

Local society notes from a Iowa town year end events

Mrs Amma Lose travels to Rochester by Monday for daughter's illness. Families visit, births announced, and residents attend events. eclipse noted for January 7 8. bird feeding urged as snow stays.

Non-resident teachers visit homes. Asa Gesting stays

All non-resident teachers are visiting at their homes during vacation except Asa Gesting the manual training teacher who began work only two weeks before term end.

Asa Gesting

Miss Clara Ricklefs Takes Teaching Post in Perry

Miss Clara Ricklefs moves to Perry to teach in the public schools after three months clerking at Hicks & Ricklefs. The January 1917 Big Box Social offers free library conveyances at 7 30 p m with sleds if snow allows a fifteen mile round trip. Boxes to be auctioned at Theodore Legtem farm home. William Sowers suffers a stroke Friday evening. third stroke but doctor hopeful of recovery. Eyes tested and glasses fitted by Dr J G Stabler.

Clara Ricklefs Perry Ricklefs Hicks & Ricklefs Dry Goods Big Presbyterian O. S. Society Theodore Legtem Presbyterian C. I. Society Theodore Leytem

Son Cranks Studebaker Breaks Finger

Ray Adams, son of Mr and Mrs A W Addis, was cranking his father's Studebaker last Monday when the car back fired, causing a broken finger and annoyance.

Ray Adams A. W. Addis Studebaker

Greek repairer installs versatile sole stitching machine

Sam Christ, a Greek shoe repairer, has installed a new machine for stitching shoe soles. The expensive unit costs about 8500 and adapts to any sole thickness or width, handling fine ladies shoes as well as heavy boots with smooth results.

Sam Christ

DeWitt Joins Lenox College Quartette on Two Week Trip

Hingene DeWitt leaves last Monday for a two week tour with the Lenox college male quartet. He will serve as second bass as the group travels to larger cities in the state. A violinist and a reader accompany the party.

Hingene DeWitt Lenox College DeWitt

Hall Manufacturing Buys New Public Truck

Hall Manufacturing Company purchases a new Re public truck while BH. J. Farley and Slauson and Skelley consider similar buys. Slauson and Skelley have used one of these trucks for a year and report satisfaction.

Hall Manufacturing Company Republic BH. J

Harms and Yossi pool hall dissolved partners split

Fritz Yossi gains partnership, Sieblt Harms retires. Yossi added three pool tables and runs a ten pin alley with soft drinks at the former Harms and Yossi business in Worthington. The piece notes social event and a coasting accident plus a death in Worthington.

Fritz Yossi Harms and Yossi Sieblt Harms Fritz

Doctor George Drinkwater Heads to Helena for Exams

Dr. George Drinkwater, practicing in Ryan, has been visiting his father Dr. Willian Drinkwater and left for Helena Montana yesterday to take the state dentistry examination. If he passes he plans to locate in that state and has proven himself an energetic and top student from the Iowa State University at Iowa City. The Monticello Country Club elected officers including President R T Jenney and Vice President E B Reed. Directors named include W A Beery and others as the club plans its first assessment and spring construction of a modern clubhouse. Ice harvests were near completion in December with farmers building ice houses to store the harvest for summer use.

George Drinkwater Ryan Willian Drinkwater George Helena Montana State University Iowa City Monticello Country Club R. T. Jenney E. BE. Reed H. W. Stuhler L. W. Lovell W. A. Beery C. OC. Marshall T. M. Redmond H. E. Reid

Installation of A. I. & A. M. Lodge Offic ers

The Masonic lodge A. I. and A. M. installed new officers last Tuesday in the new lodge hall on the third story of the Cross hardware building. Worshipful Master J. H. Perrine led the slate with O. E. Brainerd as Senior Warden E. C. Rickless as Junior Warden D. P. Young as Secretary and Q. L. Lovell as Treasurer. The redecorated rooms and relocated home reflect a prosperous lodge with several candidates advancing through degrees.

Masonic Lodge J. H. Perrine O. E. Brainerd E. C. Rickless D. P. Young Q. L. Lovell Cross Hardware

Monticello State Bank selects new year directors

At the annual stockholders meeting on Monday January 1 the Monticello State Bank re elected the same directors and officers for 1917. Directors include John A. McLaughlin William Stabler M W Herrick G Henry George H M Carpenter HK Hoag H Richardson and John W Schweitzer. Officers re elected are H M Carpenter president William Stabler vice president G H George vice president H S Richardson cashier F F Becker assistant cashier Halstead M Carpenter assistant cashier.

Monticello State Bank John A. McLaughlin William Stabler M. W. Herrick G. Henry George H. M. Carpenter HK. H. Hoag H. §. Richardson E. B. Hicka John W. Schweitzer G. H. George H. 8. Richardson F. F. Becker Halstead M. Carpenter Lowell State Bank Stirton Geo. L. Lovell R. C. Stirton L. W. Lovell J. M. Redmond Bidwell F. A. Hanken J. W. Doxsee R. C. Burton

Rabbit hunting accident wounds 15 year old Manternach

Gus Manternach of Richland town ship was shot while rabbits hunting last Thursday. A companion Moss of Dubuque fired as a rabbit bolted and a second shot hit the boy in the lower rib area. The wound left a gaping chest wound but a Cascade physician said recovery is likely barring complications.

Gus Manternach Richland Township Moss Dubuque Young Manternach Mesa Manterich

Pioneer William Crowley Dies at Castle Grove Home

William Crowley an aged pioneer of Castle Grove township died at his home last Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Born in Ireland February 6 1838 he was nearly 84. He emigrated to the United States at 16, lived briefly in Ohio, then moved to Jones county and remained a resident. He married Misa Mary Grey in Dubuque February 4 1869. Survived by widow and children James Sullivan Michael Crowley Edward Crowley Patrick Crowley Mrs W P Flemming Mrs Frank Kehoe rs W T Kehoe William and John Crowley. Funeral Mass at Church of Immaculate Conception Castle Grove last Monday at 10. Interment Castle Grove cemetery.

William Crowley Castle Grove Township Ireland United States Ohio Jones County Mr. Crowley Misa Mary Grey Dubuque James Sullivan Michael Crowley Ryan Edward Crowley Delhi Patrick Crowley W. P. Flemming Frank Kehoe W. T. Kehoe William John Crowley Church of Immaculate Conception Castle Grove M.S. Murphy

Illinois appoints Miss Bates as assistant attorney general

Miss Jeanette Bates of Wyoming is named by attorney general-elect Howard Brundage as a law aide. Former Chicago welfare adviser, Bates will be the second woman in the United States to hold the post. She was born in Cedar county Iowa and grew up on a South Dakota ranch, educated at Hoffalo normal school, University of Chicago, and Northwestern University Law School. She taught at Hyde Park High and was admitted to the bar in 1908. She lives in Ardmore with two adopted children.

Jeanette Bates BH. T. Bates Wyoming Ilinois Welfare Societies Chicago Monticello Mildred Bates Chicago News Miss Bates Tinois Howard J. Brundage Ardmore Bates & Thompson Alice H. Thompson United States Jane Addams Cedar County Iowa South Dakota Hoffalo N. Y University of Chicago Northwestern University Law School Hyde Park

Jury deadlock in Shaw murder trial at Olin

The trial of Robert Shaw for murder ended with a hung jury after three days of testimony and a 3 to 9 split between conviction and acquittal. Shaw resides at Olin, and self defense was disputed though the fatal blow to Earl Emerson was admitted. New Year celebrations in Monticello followed store closures.

Robert Shaw Shaw Olin Earl Emerson

Neighborhood Scribe Recaps Town Happenings And Jests

A column notes misc items from the town including house warming plans for Dr. Colin Thomas on February 22, 1918 and a hospital running joke about Tom Cassady’s appendicitis. Local vignettes mention golf jokes, school tales, a joke about a banana and a kiss for tardy pupils.

Colin Thomas Tom Cassady John McDonald Hospital

January 1807 Monticello notes full of births deaths and marriages

Jan 1807 Monti cello Express records Adolf Prader at business college in Iowa City. Harm Fechtmann weds Miss A Dirks at Langworthy on the 24th. Dr L D Norcross dies at Keota on the 12th. Fred Starka loses finger in fodder cutter on the 1st. Many marriages births and movements of residents are listed with dates and places including Sand Spring Anamooga Greeley Des Moines and Monticello.

Monticello Adolf Prader Iowa City Harm Fechtmann A. Dirks Langworthy L. D. Norcross Keota Fred Starka Mamie McDonough N. &. Samels Sand Spring Paul A. Nandell Weat Union William B. Scott Adelaide Gillan Anamoga Eiby J. W. Royden Greeley Frederick Markle Des Moines Misa Mary Rickels

Also Mentioned on This Page

Monticello ‘Express J. W. Doxse Chas, A. Doxsee E. G. Burrichter Home News Miss Maude Ardager Nell Davis Strawberry Point Dan Hearn Carrie Page Marion W. A. Mirick Mrs Ralph Cooper Boone Anna Eden Horace Maynard Waterloo W.O. Welch Henry“Obe Versailles Missouri Gladys Kiefer Hazelton Fred Kay BE. E. Reed Alfreda Cedar’ Rapids Misaes Hannah Anna Gerdes Davenport Verna Neal West Liberty J. H. J. Stutt John H. Fraser Iola George Mabel Heisey Purlinsa Waugh F. B. Millsap Anamosa Seymore Bennett and Son Bristol, Colorado Lyman Bennett Eli-Ely Reuben Ely Renny Hellberg, Sr Harry Lang Joe Snyder Alice Snyder Emory Max Rettig Denver George Rattig George Stutt Wayne Township Mrs. Dutton Belle Plaine Mrs. Rabe Helen Tuletta Johnson George Hubbard Hubbard Furniture Store George Rettig Independence Mt. Elizabeth Society Newman Hall L. B. Steinicker Omahba Lande & Paleston Tte Daily Nova George Guyon William Putnam Manchester Ray Nandel Paul Dow Misa Marie Fitzsimons Waucoma John Fitzsimons Amma_ ‘Lose Rochester New York Cleve Welch J.A. Deischer Miss Maragret Robert Howie Minnie Ricklefs Jobo Ricklefs Bowen’s Prairie Bessie Duer King Saskatchewan Canada Tom King Tom J. George Emma Behrends John Behrends Asa Lambert Omaha College of Dentistry Creighton University Loren Palmer Creaco Jacob Schneider Schneider Wayne Campbell New Hampshire Campbell Mae Vifian Mias Edna Swift Waterloo Business College Howard Putnam Mias Libbie George Mises George Special’ Primary School of Methods The Farmers’ ’ Protective Association C.A. Schatz J. W. Nelson Marjorie Nelson Frances Koop Ottumwa High School C. R. Coon Fred Dahling Dahling Helen House Dubuqué Katherine Simons Farley Katherine Lovell Mt. Clemens North America John Reichart Valentine Eby New Orleana Louisiana Joseph Eby Scotch Grove Township Kent Kendall Elizabeth Lavina Minnie McLaughlin John McLaughlin Kentucky William Sowers J. G. Stabler Merl Deischer Howard Deischer Second Street Hill Merl Mary Frieden Worthington Mra. Frieden Mary O'Brien John O’brien Oxford Express Vozenilek Wyoming Journal Kent Oxford Township Frank Vozenilek Ta Man Monmouth First Street Stubler Hospital Hill Charlie Scherrer George Stabler Bill Beery Corbin al Steiner Andy Kasper Charlie Shipman Sycamore Street John Locher Frank Royden Jim Gilroy Boya Ted Farley Woman’s Club Dyersville E. A. Hubbard J. E. Bateman L. H. Lang Horse Hospital George Albery North Cedar Street A. Doxsee Doxsee Doxsee Lovell Block
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