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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1914
Page
7
Rev R V Porter visited Hopkinton while Martin Kehoe traveled to Davenport and Joe Oswald toured Council Bluffs. Numerous locals welcomed guests to Cedar Rapids Anamosa Dubuque and other towns with autumn like social pages.
Old Mr. Winter lingers as ground bog thaws. K P feed and smoker planned at Castle Hall this evening. Rev O B Chassell visits Rev Roy V Porter. Ames students return to study. Cedar Rapids visitors call on local residents. Farmers urged about hog slaughter and ham curing at Suter & Son. High school gears up for game with Manchester at Hawkeye hall. Several residents travel to Independence Straw berry Point and Dubuque for various visits and business. News of weddings, church events, and local commerce fills the week.
Paderewski, the world renowned pianist, will perform at Cedar Rapids city auditorium on Monday February 9. Tickets and seating prices available through Miss Harriet Mc Cuskey local representative.
Clark McKean, visiting his parents Mr and Mrs C B McKean, returned yesterday to Drinkwater Saskatchewan. He was seen to Cresco by Augustus Dreibelbis of Scotch Grove where they will make a brief stop for a visit.
Max Rettig of Denver returned from a trip to New Orleans and Havana with stories of Southern city romance. He has been confined to his home with a severe cold since returning.
Former Sand Spring resident Miss Lizzie McCluskey died in Dubuque last Thursday at age 53. At Dubuque last Saturday funeral attendees included Mrs Anthony Locher Miss Mary Locher and Messrs John and Frank Locher.
Howard Putnam of Monticello attended a county assessors meeting in Anaheim last Monday. He was re-elected president of the association, a role he has held for many years.
A baby girl arrived December 1 to Mr and Mrs Charles Davis of Marysville California. Margaret Bacher is remembered by old friends as the mother. A. C. Willard and daughter Artie of Darien Wisconsin visited Castle Grove friends. Willard and Hubbard sisters link the families. Several marriage licenses issued including A Miller Nellie Hackett Roy Wright Katherine Valanta Henry Peters Augusta Behrends Thos Kennedy Katie Skahill David Winans Martha Grenenwald.
The Calmar passenger train ran an hour and a half late in the morning due to engine trouble near Cedar Rapids. In the evening, two freight cars derailed between Delaware and Delhi, requiring a detour over the Illinois Central to Farley. The train arrived about ten o'clock, nearly four hours late.
Mr and Mrs A W Cramer came home last Friday from a three week trip to the South. They visited Denton Texas for a reunion with Mrs Cramers relatives and noted four inches of snow at Siloam Springs Arkansas. They preferred Texas to Arkansas but the Arkansas snowstorm influenced their comparison. A separate note mentions a young man jailed two weeks for assault and the ongoing effort to identify bootleggers and curb liquor peddling in Worthington and Cascade.
Miss Augusta Behrends daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Behrends and Mr Henry Peters son of Mr and Mrs Carsten Peters were married last evening at seven o clock at the bride s parents home by Rev S Ide of the German Lutheran church in a small gathering of relatives and mutual friends They plan a short visit to Minnesota afterward and are praised as worthy representatives of good families.
The Manchester Democrat reports Mrs C M Hanna traveled to Anamosa last week to enter a sanitarium for treatment. She has endured long illness and will undergo an operation to remove an affection in the bone of a limb, a procedure her friends hope will ease her suffering.
David Winans and Miss Martha Grenenwald were married at the Presbyterian parsonage by Rev. W Z Allen yesterday morning. They left for Chicago to begin their honeymoon and will reside in Monticello after their travels. Winans is a trusted Hoag Duster Co. employee and son of a widowed mother. Grenenwald is Rudolph Grenenwald’s daughter with amiable qualities.
Morley owner H. D. Miller nearly lost a fine cow when Dr. Albery of Monticello performed an operation to open the stomach. A roll of tangled wire and nails were removed, showing a foreign feed likely causing distress. The cow is recovering and expected to be ready for future uses in barbed wire and railroad spikes.
The Express calendar offers a verse by Hon. Charles R. Skinner of Watertown New York a cultured figure who served as state superintendent of public instruction and authored The Bright Side. The three stanzas plus a fourth were first printed in the New York Sun six years ago.
The supreme court affirmed the Jones county district court ruling in John Woods versus Samuel Wenger. Woods appealed after losing in district court. the high court found no errors in the trial. The suit began in a justice court and ends with Wenger retaining the farm for three more years. Welch & Welch represented Woods. J. J. Locher and E Reed for Wenger.
Peter Ommen longtime Monticello resident and Civil War veteran died at his daughter Mrs Walter Ferguson home last Monday at 7:60 am He nearly reached 82 and suffered a fatal paralytic stroke while dressing Funeral services will be at the German Lutheran church Friday at 11 am led by Rev S Ide He was born February 1 1832 in Hanover Germany and came to America at age 20 He served in the 26th Regiment Iowa Infantry from 1862 to 1865 He married Matilda Hartman in 1866 later widowed and remarried to Mrs Anna Peters who died in 1918 He leaves three children Mrs Walter Ferguson John Ommen and Mrs J Romburg The community honors his memory as a thrifty honest citizen who embodied Civil War service and patriotism
Anna M. Smith died January 5 1914 at her daughter’s home in Los Angeles California after a long illness heart failure. Her body was brought to Monticello for burial with interment at Oakwood cemetery. The funeral was at the Methodist Episcopal church conducted by Rev R V Porter. Mrs Smith born March 8 1832 in Rochester New York married Alexander L Smith at Stone Ridge New York and had six children. Survivors include Mrs James Nichols of Burlington Iowa Mrs R Edwards and Mrs Agnes Rigby of Los Angeles California Mrs J M Edwards of Grand Island Nebraska and Wilbur Smith of Denver Colorado. She joined the church in childhood and remained active until ill health later in life. She lived in Monticello 1876 to 1906 then moved to Golden Colorado and finally to Los Angeles. Distance relatives attended the funeral from Burlington Grand Island Hopkinton and Los Angeles. The old Monticello residents recall her kindly and praise her character and generosity.
Miss Katherine Valanta and Roy Wright were married yesterday morning at the Church of the Sacred Heart by Father G W Hauck. The bride, a lifelong Monticello resident, becomes a dutiful wife. the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Del Wright of Scutch Grove. May they live long and prosper.
1913 tax notices state all taxes due January 1, 1914. Pay first half by April 1 to avoid interest on second half until October 1. If unpaid by April 1, interest at 1 percent per month begins. Mrs. J P Woolner called to Zanesville Ohio after her mother suffered a serious stroke.
Elmer Nobile of Castle Grove contracts with Chase & Page for a Hudson six, promising a mighty good and classy car in the coming season. Quincy H. Wylie, 16, of Dubuque, drowned in the Mississippi last Tuesday night while attempting to rescue a companion, who was saved. Hallauer & Widmer urge 1,500 people to visit their meat market and eat the tender baby steers on display.
The Monticello Improvement Club banquet at Lovell House last Monday attracted 118 guests, a large showing of business men. Music by the Monticello Orchestra accompanied postprandial toasts and remarks praising local industry and thrift. The event credited the entertainment committee M V Kehoe W A Beery and G P Kockstad for its success.
The St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church on the old military road in Wayne Township marked its fiftieth anniversary last Monday the 12th. Rev. William H. L. Schuetz has led the congregation since 1900 and the church, organized in 1864, now has over 400 members in a flourishing condition with recent repairs to parsonage and church. A jubilee celebration is planned for the future.
High School notes report Fred Moore and Miss Eloise Hallouer visiting the school on Friday and Tuesday. Exams approach per Miss Ida Clark. Girls’ manual training grows with a new member. Domestic science girls stage a mock wedding at Helen Hosford’s home. A Monticello–Manchester basketball game is set for Friday evening with 25 cent admission. all invited.
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