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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1919
Page
7
Numerous residents and visitors are listed with recent travel and hospitality in Dubuque Cedar Rapids Monticello Moline Lovell township Perry Perry Cedar Rapids Grinnell Iowa City Marion Maquoketa Davenport and Anamosa. Activities include visits visits to relatives friends and employment updates plus a church league discussion and a military resignation.
Miss Myrtle Fend returns home from a visit with sister Mrs. Newton Wilkinson in Minnesota. Anton Siebels goes back to Camp Devens after a ten day furlough with parents Mr. and Mrs. John Siebels. Adele Wilkins and Bernice Rodman return to Cedar Falls to resume school duties after holidays. Mrs. W. L. Hanssen and sister Mrs. Elmer Johnson visit in Marion yesterday. John C. Chapman returns to Great Lakes Naval Training Station after furlough with Monticello and Hopkinton friends. Miss Susanna Heisey goes back to Austin Minnesota where she teaches after holidays with parents. H. H. Locher opens a law office at Edgewood to spend three days weekly there and the rest at Monticello. John Lang of Moline Illinois and George Lang of Longmont Colorado return after attending Leonard Lang’s funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rhode visit in E. G. Drury’s home. Mr. Rhode departs for Tabor. Mrs. Rhode stays longer.
The report notes temperatures of 12 below zero on January 2, then 18 below on January 8 and 22 below on January 4, followed by a moderating spell. Snow is ample for sled use. Events include Miss Neal Knowles speaking to women at the public library January 14, Red Cross knitting halted, families aiding French orphans, and multiple local notices on accidents, elections, and obituaries.
The Vimy Ridge Concert Co. consisting of wounded Canadian soldiers will perform at the opera house next Monday at 8 15 pm under church sponsorships. Admission is free with a voluntary offering after a program including Mr Dotzel recounting his trench experience and loss of both legs at Vimy Ridge.
Soldiers from Wayne township and Dubuque report months without letters from relatives while their own mail arrives here. The Times Journal notes Dubuque mail often gets lost, and one businessman with two sons abroad says neither son hears from home for three months though another son in Cleveland receives letters regularly.
A note from historic records indicates that hearths or fireplaces in England were taxed during the reign of Charles II. The taxation reflected royal revenue practices and household priorities of the era.
The school nurse collects daily absence reasons from teachers and visits homes when telephones are unreachable. Only two dismissals for influenza symptoms have occurred, all influenza households are inspected and issued permits, throat and teeth exams completed, eyes and ears to follow, and a notice will urge physician exams. Attendance improved from sixty absentees to twenty seven.
The Texpress reports the death of Sandy Shoemaker of Fontanelle with services led by Rev. J. H. Barr and burial in Oakwood cemetery. Shoemaker, born January 15 1860 in Herkimer County New York, lived much of his life in Iowa, built a business and farms, was active in Masonic orders, and died after years of illness. Also noted is the death of Myrtle Elsie Walker at 39 in Monticello, wife of Rev. A. P. Walton, with funeral services in Monticello and Seymour, and interment in Seymour’s South Lawn cemetery.
The annual business meeting was held last Thursday with 140 members attending a church supper. Despite service interruptions due to quarantine and fuel conservation every department finished with a small net balance and the church raised its largest denominational benevolences total about 900 dollars. A Men’s Bible Class formed with about thirty members and the Every Member Canvass aims to cover the budget. Michael H. O'Brien of Ryan was buried last week with funeral by Rev. M. J. Murphy.
William H Callison died at Stillwater hospital after an appendicitis operation. He was born in Jamesport Missouri and later lived in Absarokee and Livingston. He married Jennie Alloway in 1906 and left a wife, his mother Frances Callison, a sister E C Wall, and a brother Frank. He was a rancher and former railroad conductor respected by many.
Hans Heyen a Langworthy former graduate in U S Navy on furlough visited the school last Thursday. John Cushman recently mustered out of the U S Army stopped by Monday. The new school schedule works well and gains time. A basketball game vs Edgewood Friday at 8 pm with tickets 25 and 15 cents. Manual training classes make ten hospital tables for the Red Cross to be shown at Hicks Rickless store. Public speaking class hones orations.
Local merchants in Monticello decide to close all stores at 6 p.m. each weekday except Saturdays during January February and March 1919, aiming to standardize hours and possibly aid winter commerce.
Miss Ida George resumed her role as home demonstrator in Bethany Missouri last Thursday evening after a holiday visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry George.
Mr and Mrs Cornelius Scott of Manchester marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary. They have lived in Manchester for over six decades, celebrating five decades of marriage and long residence in the community.
Mary Jane Doxsee widow of Alfred R. Doxsee died at her daughter’s home after an eight week illness in her 82nd year. Born May 27, 1838 in Ohio she lived in Iowa and Illinois before settling in Monticello. She survived by five children and was noted for industry, patriotism, charity, and steadfast faith. Funeral services were held January 6 at the daughter’s home with Rev. J. H. Barr. She rests beside her husband in Oakwood cemetery.
The Jones County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting January 14 in Anamosa. The event opens with dinner at the Methodist church basement, followed by reports on the year and an officers' election. Don. Hi. Fish and Dr. K W Stouder will speak on county agent work and animal diseases including tuberculosis. All farmers invited. Robbery hits Attorney James Bromwell’s Marion office, stealing bonds and stamps.
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