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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1923
Page
4
The Cello Express editors and proprietors Chas A Doxsee announce subscription pricing per year. The notice lists annual rates for readers and highlights continued publication by the paper's leadership.
Mrs Catherine Tallman dies at 108 in Cascade after long residence here. Funeral at St Martins with Rev Roche. survived by nephew T J Tallman and niece Mrs Gretty of Waterloo. Also wedding at St Martins for Miss Margaret O Shea and Charles Rogers. James Peters, Civil War veteran, dies aged about 75. Various visits, arrivals, and New Year events mark Cascade community life.
Scotch Grove residents organize a fifteen lesson Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick course taught by Miss Catlin the Red Cross nurse. Sixty cent text fee, signups open through Mrs M M Sinclair. Certificates offered after twelve lessons and examination. Also notes church meeting and club activities with updates on local residents returning to Cedar Rapids and travel plans.
In Onslow on January 3 Frank Rowe wed Miss Jancis Coyne at the Presbyterian manse with Rev. Pickering officiating. The couple will visit Davenport before home in Onslow. Mrs. Matilda Lewis died at her sister’s home aged over eighty, funeral at the South Waterloo cemetery. A busy period follows with dances, visits, weddings and social events as residents mark New Year celebrations and community happenings.
A New Year wedding united Jennie C Robertson daughter of Mr and Mrs J S Robertson with J Herschel Moore of Nashville Tennessee at the Robertson home in Wyoming. Rev Arch Conde officiated. they plan to reside in Nashville where Moore works in wholesale business. The bride wore dark blue satin crepe and a corsage of sweet peas snap dragons and roses. They left for St Louis in the afternoon and will live in Nashville. The bride previously trained as a nurse in Cedar Rapids and Nashville. Out of town guests included Miss Janet Connell of Scotland and Miss Sara Ethel Kollman of Brooklyn.
Castle Grove Iowa discusses the newly enacted wide sled law and predicts failure due to poor roads and limited sled use. The Castle Grove farm bureau held a Saturday meeting electing new officers led by President George Specht and Vice-President [name not provided].
The item lists local residents and officers including Mrs. 8 G Piett secretary and Miss Mary Delay treasurer. Arthur Fairbanks retires as township trustee and Joseph F Delay succeeds. Winans saw mill to move into Hosford timber for lumber. Moenk Caspers family New Year gathering and young people at J A Deigher home. Trustees held a cleanup meeting and adjourned sine die. Rev W B Van Buren visited G J Van Buren, and G H Gerdes visited Strawberry Point.
January notes from Sand Spring recount Robert Guthrie Jr sustaining a serious foot wound from a slipped ax while chopping wood. Roy Slauson injured his knee by a pitchfork, delaying work. Several locals travel for funerals and visits, including Clara Murray at Dubuque, J L Batchelder's Minnesota trip, and Burney White’s funeral in Worthington.
Harvey Hunter visits from Chicago to his father Dr. W W Hunter's home. Senator J K Hale plans to depart for Des Moines for the legislature. W E Aitcheson resigns from Anamosa publication to join the National Masonic Service Association. Mrs A R Brerly of Fredonia Kansas injured by auto. Foley Bros plan spring rock work on the Anamosa Wyoming road project. Charles Weiss injured in an auto horse accident. Oxford Junction fights electric light rates. council repeals ordinance after suit notice.
The Osage orange is not a true orange but a bow wood. Forest tests show a 30 inch by 2 inch block bending to 18 600 pounds, with monkey nut hickory as nearest rival. The piece also notes a 100 pound hammer test and cites Czecho Slovakia figures for area and population.
George Harper suffers a deep cut on his right hand Friday but retains his full hand. Frank Mooney, longtime Delhi blacksmith, dies. Funeral from Catholic church Saturday morning. Esther Mackintosh to Charlotte NC for a Seminary faculty post after graduating State University. Des Moines papers report Herman F Zeuch named Municipal Judge at the state capitol after forty five applicants. Zeuch, Hopkinton native, son of William and unknown mother, studied law at State University and taught to fund education before practice. Community takes pride in local success.
A village quarrel over the coal strike unfolds as Esquire Ramsbottom and Emory debate its real cause. A memory of a niece prompts immediate actions, with Ramsbottom eager to perform two operations without delay.
The Pittsburgh Leader notes an anecdote from Old Charlie Isaacson about three poker players on a train in Buffalo and a New York fountain joke. It also cites Montreal scientists linking aurora borealis to wireless telegraphy, claiming reception improved during aurora yet transmission failed.
The essay describes a busy, multi department office of nature with a laborer like flower and notes a coat nick linked to General Moreau. It explains a secret sign using the letter M on lapels to show sympathy with Moreau during Napoleon's era.
Domestic poultry show distinct foraging patterns. Ducks march in a tight, regular line across fields. Chickens scatter and only reassemble when following a hen. Turkeys are between ducks and chickens in mobility and cohesion.
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