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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
2
At noon on Wednesday Adah Ames married Albert Jansen at the home of Charles and Adah Ames. Adah, a Wyoming graduate and teacher, will live on the Jansen farm south of town with her husband. The note item also recalls local life, road concerns, and community updates from the area.
The Center Junction High School Literary Society hosted a program and basket social to support the school piano, though turnout was disappointing. Locals report visits, illnesses, travels, and family news including Mrs. Belknap’s stroke, a new baby for the Hansens, and several outings to Monticello, Cedar Rapids, and Anamosa.
Frozen Hill January 25 Congregational meeting at Bethel church reports on the year's business and acts on the resignation of pastor Mr Benbow. He has received a call from a field in Illinois and will depart at the end of his time there. He moves to a larger work, taking a step up the ladder.
A sequence of brief notes covers Eliza Norris death in Scotch Grove and funeral plans, Daisy Maxon and Harry Chase wedding at Onslow, church events at Presbyterian church, G J Hughes cattle purchases and family news, a Cedar Rapids baby birth to EB Hughes, Otto Lang buying a 190 acre timber farm at 70 per acre, Judson Nichols moving homes, Roy Overley operating a saw mill, Mrs Sutherland visiting Cedar Rapids, Mrs Galen Mirick visiting Olin, Paul Warner health status, William Henrichs business trip to Delhi, and local illness updates on Mrs Robert Clark and S J Rice wood saws.
Relatives in Castle Grove mourn the death of Hume Twamley at his home near Alexandria South Dakota on Monday morning. He was an longtime Township resident who moved to South Dakota years ago after an illness that began with grippe and developed into pneumonia.
Word from Springville says Mrs. L Rogers is very ill with little hope of recovery. Mrs. Allie Mangold needed another tooth drawn before healing. Schools and churches likely closed until no new scarletina cases. Alva Whitney hosted relatives for weekend. Fred LeClerc welcomed a daughter, per relatives. Fred Trowbridge visited Warren Whitney home. Louis Smith hopes to recover soon after return from Anamosa. Agnes Benson home from three weeks in Anamosa. Mrs. Caldwell of Coggon visiting northwest of town. Ed Fish shipped stock to Chicago. Scarletina or grippe debated as common illness.
Onslow January 26 Harry Chase of this place and Daisy Maxson of Scotch Grove wed last Wednesday at Monticello. They will occupy a new home there. Fred Hansen, drug for Armstrong Co Clinton, lost a thumb and two front fingers in a serious accident. Rev Benbow resigned as Presbyterian pastor here and is called to a larger field in Illinois. Mrs Jessie Wasson McBride and son visit Jos Wasson and Duncan in town from Canada. Mrs John Young is ill at home of her daughter Mrs John Janson. Nurse Miss Vera Paul teaches at Monmouth ill with measles. Mia Merton and daughter visit in Chicago.
A collection of local asides and gossip from Center Junction mentions Mrs A heading to Cedar Rapids and Mr A to the north pole next week, playful notes about candy cheese prizes, a prize fight and sledge hammer contest, and questions about when Mr Spinge will move Hatch and Brookman’s perfume store. Rev Elges and the northern auto trip are praised, Kellie’s painting and papering flagged, and train service questions arise as Mr Welch stays home with grip.
The auction at the John Young farm three miles north of Onslow on Saturday January 29 1916 begins at 1 p m with free lunch at noon. Items include 8 horses 25 cattle 20 hogs 13 tons hay farm implements and more. Terms: cash for 10 and under, credit twelve months on bankable notes at 7 percent.
Miss Mary Waddick mourns the loss of both parents within days as Mrs. Catherine Waddick dies then her father Thomas Waddick passes at 1:45 AM in Independence. Funeral services set for St Johns Catholic church with burial in Catholic cemetery. Waddick served in Civil War and lived in Independence after moving from Castle Grove. The Monticello Improvement Club elected officers and planned a forthcoming banquet and regular meeting schedule.
A list of new books added to the public library includes works by Kunkle Lee Webster Ward Gibbons Fisher Cather Barbour Barrie Kensington Gardens Canfield Craik Deland Grey Hall Janvier Lang Peck Pyle Reynard the Fox Andrews Burton Carpenter DeLaRamee Fox Fraser Jacobs Wilson Tad Sheldon Alcott Altsheler Foote Paret Ballard Fairy Tales From Far Japan Brown Star Jewels Hill Lessons From Junior Citizens McKvaine Outdoors and Up Chim ney Stoddard Red Mustang and more. The compilation highlights varied genres from classical novels to children’s tales and practical guides.
Lincoln Journal reports indignities faced by Mrs Pankhurst at New York by immigration authorities, criticizing government conduct and bureaucratic missteps.
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