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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1915
Page
9
Matt Noyes stays in Colfax briefly as Doutrick’s promote remnant bargains. Several residents travel to Chicago for business and visits, while local stores advertise low prices on garments and groceries. Recounted are health news, shop events, and family updates from Cedar Rapids to Dubuque and Monticello.
Monticello residents attend the funeral of William Stambaugh and relatives from Sharon Pennsylvania plan to attend. Local visitors include Miss Louise Stambaugh from Pittaburg and Mrs Minnie White with her baby. Monticello and Cedar Rapids residents are briefly noted amid a sales ad and court elements.
Friends of Miss Kate Hubbard, longtime resident west of Monticello with her father T S Hubbard, send congratulatory cards from Orange California where she now lives. Volney Webster, Monticello pioneer, 80 plus, deteriorating health, taken to county home after years of hard work. Civil service exam for Monticello post office clerk set for January 23 for applicants ages 18 to 45, details from U S Civil Service District St Paul Minn.
Rev. W Z Allen attended a Presbytery meeting in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday to arrange the installation of Dr. McBride of Topeka Kansas as pastor of the Cedar Rapids Presbyterian church filling the vacancy caused by Dr Burkhalter's resignation. Dr McBride is a college classmate of Mr Allen.
Letters mailed January 6 from Anamosa to Monticello took until January 9 to arrive. Residents in Anamosa report delays in mail sent to them from Monticello. Attorney R. M. Corbit opened a law office in Oxford after moving from Wyoming last summer. Jones County’s 1914 corn total reached 8,370,400 bushels with 44 bushels per acre. oats 943,600 bushels at 28 per acre. spring wheat 5,400 and winter wheat 9,600 with yields 18 and 28. Hay and alfalfa production figures are noted.
Miss Gwendoléon Gavin wed Ralph Lahey at the Immaculate Conception Church in Castle Grove with Rev. Murphy officiating. A reception followed at the bride's parents’ home. Also noted: corn prices rise to 75 cents in Chicago, a book agent’s failed attempt at a schoolhouse, Hogina of Greeley jailed for fraud, and Miss Matilda Moore married Lester Blair in Cedar Rapids with home at 803 Ellis Boulevard after January 30.
A. Hanken sells dry goods and grocery to Emil Ricklefs and John P. Liddy with possession set for February 1. Ricklefs brings hardware and post office clerking background. Liddy is trained in business under A. W. Steiner. The note also reports on local railroad safety, thrift education, census timing concerns, and early water meter readings.
A farmers meeting at the public library adjourned after forming a committee led by G H George to study a proposed cooperative packing plant. They estimate minimum capital of 100000 dollars and review La Crosse Wisconsin precedent, stock rules, and managerial needs. The group plans further investigations and promotion if local support remains strong.
Des Moines based Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Co hosted a banquet at Lovell House last Friday for Monticello policy holders and prospective buyers. Speakers included secretary Sid A Foster and district managers J Stuart Davis and Mervyn Sinclair, with Cedar Rapids publishers Luther Brewer and others attending.
Miss Nettie Hazard files the 1914 report showing 4 594 volumes, 253 added, 64 periodicals, total circulation 18 424, largest daily 84, smartest daily 3 likely a misprint, 34 percent adult fiction, 1 121 borrower cards.
Eyss tested and glasses fitted advertised by Dr. L. Q. Stubier. Doutrick’s offers house dresses and eye care services.
William Stambaugh died last Monday forenoon at age 83 years, 9 months, and 4 days after a long feeble period. A Monticello resident for over 50 years, he was known for industrious, charitable acts and steady business conduct. Born March 17, 1831, in Sharon, Pennsylvania, he lived in Iowa, Pennsylvania, and settled in Monticello with his wife Rachel Rigby, who died in 1893. Surviving children include Joseph Peterson, Asa Logan, Louise Stambaugh, and Grant Stambaugh, with nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church with Rev. W. Allen officiating, interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Correspondence between George L Lovell and the state veterinarian outlines limited options for public stock sales during foot and mouth disease controls. A 60 day post cleaning rule allows shipment of fat stock without inspection for slaughter, and farm sales may occur with inspection under a quarantine zone.
Dr. Paxson the federal livestock quarantine inspector visited Tipton with assistants and met local farmers and stockmen. He said the quarantine could not be lifted in less than thirty days and farm sales would be the last activity allowed. A five mile radius might be restored in a week or two if no new cases appear.
The Olin Recorder reports a venison treat delivered from Pine River Minnesota by James Coppese with thanks from Low Fields. The editor Lon is recalled for his hunting excitement and the deer shot, a tale provoking Buck fever imagery.
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