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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
9
Local items report visits and travel by residents including Cy Bert in Chicago O L Van Meter in Davenport and Mrs Peter C Smith among the sick. Auctions and sales announcements mix with weather notes and store promos at Deitrick's and Dorset Store Deutrick's.
Word from Monticello reports Mrs. Orentz recovering in Dubuque after a recent operation. Mrs. Alfred Moore underwent surgery in Anamosa with Dr. L. G. Stubler attending. Local residents see relatives, travel to Iowa City, and attend church events as Endeavor day and sociables are announced.
Rev I W Beatty of Petosky traveled to Cascade for Miss Myrl Martin and Clifford Gosden’s wedding. Mrs William Fuller injured her head after a fall on an icy North Cedar street sidewalk. At A W Cramer sale in Castle Grove township cattle sold well with specific prices. oats and hay priced, winter noted as mild for buyers. William Simons, shot by a Greek in Cedar Rapids, likely mortally wounded. attacker fled. Peter P Weber and Catherine L Bader wed at Sacred Heart Church. they will reside near Sand Spring. Mrs Silon R Raffety, Cascade merchant’s wife, died at Anamosa sanitarian. three daughters remain. burial in Cascade.
Next Sabbath evening observations at the Congregational church mark Christian Endeavor Day with Rev. F M Wood of the District Union Christian Endeavor association presiding. The district group meets in June and the young people will meet Wood and the executive committee at 7 00 pm, followed by a 7 30 pm rally in the auditorium led by visiting brothers.
The dispatch recalls L. T. Gaylord a former Iowa State College graduate eight years after leaving campus for a visit. He leads the dredging operations for the Gulf of Mexico to Houston ship canal project valued in the millions with $600000 in dredges owned by Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Dredge Co. Nearby ISC alumni S. H. Ware 1909 OC V. Slater 1911 and P. V. Miller 1912 hold key positions with him.
The annual meeting of the Farmers' Co-Operative Creamery Company of Monticello will be held at the creamery on Monday February 38 1918. Election of treasurer secretary and seven directors plus other business to be transacted. O W Brazelton is involved.
Miss Anna Zimmerman eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Zimmerman and Mr Paul Hanken son of Mr John Hanken of Sand Spring married at the German Lutheran Church in Wayne yesterday at 11 am Rev Mardorf officiating The couple danced at Amber Hall last night and plan to live on a farm near Anamosa owned by the bride’s father. Frank Stephens suffered a severe arm fracture while repairing a belt in a gasoline driven machine Mrs Fairbanks acted quickly to stop the engine. Stephens home is in North Dakota and he will likely extend his visit. OC D Chase secretary of Hoag Duster Co retires Feb 1 selling part of his stock and moving into auto sales with Krank Pape next summer. He helped triple the company’s capital and expand abroad under E R Hoag. The resignation of John E Foster superintendent of Independence schools to become assistant state inspector of high schools is noted with hope he and Mrs Foster may remain in Independence. Typhoid cases in town prompt samples from water mains to be tested. state board reports two samples with higher bacteria but no typhoid organisms found and urges epidemiological study to locate the true source.
Miss Mdna Novak of Cedar Rapids visited the high school on Monday and Tuesday. Last Friday the girls beat Hopkinton 7 to 10 and the boys lost 45 to 82 to Hopkinton. A large group attended the games around four o clock after a day of cheering. Rey M A Breed visited the physics lab Tuesday morning and was invited to return for a rest from work. Miss Whitten attended the opening exercises. The teams will again play Hopkinton and are expected to deliver strong games. Lineups include Kingsley and Schneider for the boys and Carmichael Moore Wilson Hosford and dAutremont for the girls. New study topics this semester include Agriculture Reading Arithmetic and Solid Geometry. Mr and Mrs George Burrack of Strawberry Point visit the Burrack family. Mrs Mary Hogan visited Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Margaret Schweitzer widow of John Schweitzer died at her home last Saturday January 25 at age 83 years 8 months and 18 days. Born October 7 1829 in Fideria Graubunden Switzerland she came to America in 1867 settling near Monticello and married John Schweitzer later that year. Survived by three children John W Schweitzer Mrs John Marage and Mrs A J Buol along with an adopted son Joseph Wally and twenty grandchildren. Funeral conducted Tuesday at the German Reformed church by Rev Kuntsel and Rev B T Balear with a large congregation attending.
Henry Heeren 78 died last Sunday morning near Sand Hill church east of Monticello after more than 50 years in the area. Born October 6 1884 in Hesel Germany he immigrated to the United States at 20 and later settled in Jones county in 1861. Heeren married Elizabeth Grumm in 1856 in Dixon Illinois and left a large family including six surviving children George Edward and William Heeren and 31 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at his son Edward Heeren's home and at St Johns Lutheran church with German and English addresses by Rev Wm H L Schuetz and Rev H J Jacobs. He is survived by a sister and a step daughter.
January records from Monticello and vicinity note a baby born to Mrs Acker, new post office at Martello, Hon G W Lovell serving in Des Moines, marriages including Leonard Starke and Hannah Jacobs, Carrie Babbe and Fred Schaffer, George Rice and Olive Brazelton, Angeline Hall and William Hogan, and Mary Lobdell with Warner Town. G W Lovell prominent, city offices listed, weather closed schools and a stalled Davenport train. Livestock prices and staples recorded. Monticello National Bank formed with $50,000 capital led by Langworthy, Farwell, Duer, and Cyrus Langworthy.
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