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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
7
Mrs. Lewis Lang and Miss Frances Coyle visited Hopkinton. Laura Tift of Oelwein stayed with Mrs. Charles Vifian. Rev W H L Schuetz and family visited Delaware. Doutrick's promo continues with winter dry goods urged. Local names and errands fill the town page with social visits, sales, and small moves.
Mrs McIntyre returns from Denver visits daughter Mrs Albert Stubler. Miss Gladys Welch Jeft goes to North Platte Nebraska to teach. Cedar Rapids visitors include Mesdames Stubler Gerdes Stutt Vendorf. Various locals travel to Brownsville Texas Ames and Langworthy for visits, school, and events. Slaughterhouse ads appeal to farmers and residents plan property sales and home improvements.
Fragmentary note describes a transfer involving Charles H. Shhipman purchasing from Mrs. C A Crawford in Fruithurst Alabama and a subsequent negotiating party S Houser. Details are incomplete and locations uncertain.
Messrs. Orlando Rundle and Arch Koop have left for Quincy Illinois to undertake a business course of study. They are described as good boys with plenty of pep and are expected to do well in their studies.
Percy Guilford recently returned from Colorado and has taken a position with the George Stabler Sons Co. in the clothing department. He is described as a dependable boy and should become a good clerk.
Rickles Gerdes as executor of the Anna Ommen estate contracts to sell a house on lot 14 of the original town plat. The sale price is 975 dollars.
Sacred Heart church members display warm regard for Rev. G W Hauck with an easy chair gift from men and a silverware chest from women. The report notes social gestures and community ties amid local happenings in an Ames area column.
The Hoag Duster Co. annual meeting reconfirmed the directors and officers for the coming year. Reports showed a successful year of business and continued prosperity for the company.
City subscribers who did not receive calendars last week should report to the post office or this office for accommodation. When calendars are distributed separately from the paper a miss may occur and is unavoidable at times.
Among the teachers who returned to their school duties the last of last week were Frances Koop to Osape Mary Hanawalt to Norwoodville Marjory Nelson to Hartley Gladys Fairbanks to Larchwood Clara Noyes to Vinton Mabel Heisey to Ionia May Hostetter to Manterville Minn Margaret Pond to Charles City
A. P. Moats of Scotch Grove spent most of the summer in the Mussel Shell Valley Montana where his three sons filed on claims. He filed on a homestead and will return in spring. Monticello Improvement Club invites members and guests to a complimentary banquet at the Lovell House on Monday January 12. Mrs. Marcus Hayden went to Marshalltown to visit her daughter Mrs Elma Garjing, who was burned in a gasoline accident with burns to hands and arms. details and extent of injuries are not known.
Dr. W. A. Mirick attended a Tuesday gathering of railway surgeons in Marion. Demonstrations were offered by managers of a Red Cross car operated along the O. M. and St. P. Ry. Co. lines. Mirick has served as the railway company’s surgeon here for over 25 years.
H C McKean of Drinkwater Saskatchewan visits relatives and reports good crops in the northwest but notes scarce money due to banks tightening loans. The complaint about credit conditions appears widespread across Western Canada.
The board of supervisors met in Anamosa for a regular session this week with many items to address. The January session began Friday as required by law and John Thomson was sworn in for a new three year term.
The Monticello State Bank prize for the best ten ears of corn grown in Jones county went to N. B. Lathrop of Oxford Junction during the Towa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association event at Iowa State College in Ames.
The clerk of the district court issued marriage licenses this past week to W A Leggett of Scotch Grove and Lilly Leggett, Charles Benhart of Oxford Junction, Agnes Henak of Oxford Junction, Nicholas Hirtz of Cascade, Theresia Takes of Cascade, Jack R Edwards of Anamosa, Mae White of Anamosa, F L Phillips of Oxford Junction, Mabel Chatterton of Onslow, Fred Guhl Jr of Olin, Louise Langeschwager of Olin, George A Sears of Onslow, Mina Blackedder of Chicago Illinois.
Sieg Webster of Scotch Grove township arrived in Monticello with three of his eager hounds en route to Tama county for a wolf hunt billed as a Central Iowa sensation. The dogs strained at the leash, forcing Sieg to move quickly, as word of their fame spreads and excitement builds for a future wolf capture.
A New Year celebration marked the birth anniversary of Mrs. William Fuller at the home of Mr and Mrs William Fuller. Family and friends gathered including Mrs Fadley and two boys from Delaware and Mr and Mrs Nichols with two girls and the Leggett family from Scotch Grove.
Wm. A. Gifford and Miss Lucy Secretan were married at Cedar Rapids on January 1. The newlyweds, both from prominent families, are staying in Monticello for the winter. Mrs. Gifford is new to the community, while Mr. Gifford has recently settled here and made favorable impressions.
Yesterday set for continuance as Calmar line complaints before the Railroad Commissioners addressed better train service. It was unclear if the hearing concluded. Des Moines papers had no reference this morning. Complainants seek a daily passenger train in both directions under a potential order.
Charles H. Huntington of Cascade, on crutches for seven months with a left ankle neuritis, travels to Iowa City on his physician’s advice to stay under the medical college faculty’s observation after trying hospital surgery and manipulation without relief.
Temperance advocates have appealed a board of supervisors ruling that Cascade and Dyersville petitions meet consent requirements to operate saloons. They argue parts of Cascade and Dyersville lie outside Dubuque county, likely reducing valid signatures. Dyersville cites a large petition while Onsseade may be close to a decision.
The Ooe College gospel team held meetings in Monticello with Fred Hansen of the Y M C A delivering an afternoon talk to young men and an evening address at the Presbyterian church. Organizers praised zeal and impact while outlining plans for a new Antioch church with 833 members and future joint services. The piece also notes Col. G W Evans’s petition stunt on airship toilet rooms and reform talk in Wyoming.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Grimm of Cass were presented with a pleasant surprise on January 7 by about sixty neighbors and friends. They plan to move to Minnesota where their daughter Mrs Kelsey Hanna lives.
Marion wagon halted by the state inspector when a driver showed a scale ticket for a ton. The load was reweighed and found 630 pounds short. The coal was headed to a widow and the dealer received a $25 fine.
Mrs Barbara Pfeil wife of Reverend Conrad Pfeil died Monday after a long period of invalidism due to rheumatic trouble and a paralytic stroke. Born in Germany June 17 1886 she came to America in 1849 and married in 1856. Survived by husband seven children thirteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral at the Methodist Episcopal church with interment at Oakwood cemetery.
Rev. David Jenkins former pastor of the Congregational church of Monticello from 1879 to 1882 died December 22, 1913 at 346 Hanover St Milwaukee Wisconsin. Funeral by Rev John Obynoweth of Ragine Wisconsin. Interment Forest Home cemetery Milwaukee. He was liberal in theology and enjoyed large congregations here. Married here, wife survives.
A Washington dispatch reveals a delay in Moore prospects for the U S marshal post. The White House and Justice Department remain divided over Iowa patronage with recommendations bounced between offices and Secretary Tumulty and Attorney General McReynolds weighing each option.
Jasper Dalbey fell in a bath at his daughter's home last Saturday injuring three ribs and bruising his back while he was exiting the tub. He received prompt medical care and rests well. The Cardiff Giant hoax is to be returned to Iowa with more frauds likely to appear in the coming year. Doutrick's offers muffs and collars for sale.
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