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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
4
Numerous brief items list visits and travel by residents in Des Moines Worthington Cedar Rapids Anamosa Dubuque Hopkinton Monticello and Wyoming. Notables include Dr Stabler Rev Mitchell and Miss Rose Rebi with mentions of business trips funerals and social visits. An advertisement for engraved calling cards and local factory recruiting appears.
Mrs Clara Mitchell and granddaughter Janet Lothian from Marian visited Gen Northrop’s home. Ruth Wilson from Anamosha spent weekend with parents Mr and Mrs James Wilson Sr. LaVetta Perrine offers piano lessons at Perrine residence. Helen Hoag visiting from Coe College spent weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs E B Hoag. Cecil Curtis attended a soft drink bottlers convention in Davenport. Hoag Duster Co seeks fifty workers. Frank Byerly notes Marion property values. Rev J Stucki to speak in German at Reformed church. Jessie I Hernon married William L Dodson in Cedar Rapids. Alfred Ross sale yields high dairy prices. ten cows avg $136.95. Methodist church themes for Feb 1 and a box social Feb 6. Lovell No 9 hosts a farm event Feb 6. Farmers Co operative Creamery to hold stockholders meeting Feb 2 with Iowa Dairy Council field secretary W A Wentworth speaking.
The fire department fought a chimney fire at Cecil Curtis home this morning with a roof hole Crews gained control after the blaze. Wal lace Lyon, son of Mr and Mrs J W Lyon and a Monticello telephone lineman, was badly injured by a fallen pole tearing ligaments and will be bed bound for thirty days. The Presbyterian church vote on federation with a Congregational church showed 78 in favor and 84 against with a three fourths majority required. Jones County Trust and Savings bank directors elected J H J Stutt John Turnis G H Bohlken J J Locher J H Dirks A M Cloud Herman Rickels Henry J Ricklefs G W Ireland Henry R Folkers F B Stimson and officers J H J Stutt president J J Locher and G W Ireland vice presidents F Stimson cashier Paul T Schuetz assistant cashier Herman F Harms bookkeeper. bank reported satisfactory 1919 results.
Monticello mayor urges care in crowds over the coming month due to contagious influenza especially at the post office. The town reports an epidemic spreading to camps and cities. quarantine orders follow as four cases appear locally.
Monticello high school defeated Mt Vernon 28 to 16 after a tight first half 13 to 4. Shelley Laude and Hickman led scoring with five field baskets apiece for Monticello while Benish and Hickman totaled several points for Mt Vernon as the game intensified in the second half.
The Express records a January across town with about thirty five New Year visits and a general festive mood. J W H Stauring builds a new house. L T Alexander is removed as postmaster with M W Herrick appointed. Alfred Miller amputates a foot. grip sickness affects many, with one doctor reporting eighty cases. James Carey dies at 70 from paralysis. Benedict pays the heaviest tax aside from banks at 362.93 dollars. Mrs Behler dies in childbirth southeast of town. Belle Herrick returns from Concordia Kansas. H Clark dies of pneumonia. L Curtin also dies from pneumonia after grip. John Wetz, Luxemburg native, dies at his son Michael Wetz’s home. Rev W L Demorest serves Congregational church. Births include twins for O R Ricker. The coldest day 14 below zero on the 16th, snow four inches. Alice Fisher dies in Monticello after apoplexy. born 1854, long linked to Morrison. burial in Morrison. Fisher’s remains are accompanied by Kiburz and Arduser families.
Anna Eden reports Monticello High School hosted a Lyceum night at the opera house with a French singer valued by boys from France. The annual and music theory courses closed, juniors visited by Loeda Warner, and student speeches honored sponsors. Basketball preliminaries and Monticello versus Mt Vernon await Friday night action with proceeds aiding travel costs.
Grinnell Herald reports Miss Margery Warner, daughter of Rev. C C Warner, has accepted a three year appointment as instructor of music at the Kodaikanal School for Missionaries' Children in Kodaikanal South India. The school serves children from ages seven to fifteen with vacations with parents, and coordinates with United States and England colleges. Warner, a noted musician and Grinnell parishioner, will sail when a date is set.
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