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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
7
The ad dense note lists Stuhler's clothing sale with many items and price cuts including all wool blue serge suits at 17 dollars and dress shirts for 1.69, plus mentions of various Cedar Rapids and Monticello visitors and trips to Chicago Davenport and Anamosa.
Mrs W H Hopkins and Mrs Wm Kness with two children visited in Hopkinton yesterday morning. David Smith and his wife of Hopkinton stayed with Peter Smith. Mrs Lewis Scott of Des Moines visited her daughter Mrs C W Bosley. Several items note sales and shipments from George Stabler's Sons Co. plus various local visits and travel.
Charles Ehrisman of Wagner visits his parents for a few days. George Barnts resumes barber shop work in Aberdeen after overseas service. Thomas Lyons and daughter from Aberdeen visit Mrs. Eliza Lane. Ethel Parrot visits Anamosa with her mother who had surgery Monday. Cliff L. Main recovers from bronchial pneumonia and may return to work Monday. Mrs. Sandy Shoemaker leaves McDonald Hospital to visit Scotch Grove before Fontanelle return. L. A. Iverson travels to Grand Rapids Michigan to buy new stock. J. W. Doxsee and wife at Rochester Minnesota seeking medical advice. absence from office for two to three weeks. A. S. Locher returns from a Dubuque sanitarium in weakened condition and is brought home on a cot.
Harold Fulton of Denver visits his aunt Mrs. E B Hicks after military discharge at Camp Garstner Louisiana. Monticello youths Fred Hein Paul Sowers and John Wenger return from demobilization camps in England France and Louisiana respectively. Castle Grove township trustees set February 8 1919 meeting to elect road superintendents at 1 PM. Richard Geary of Cascade arrested in Bellevue for possessing liquor two suitcases full. fined 100 and costs with liquor destroyed.
Monticello residents receive notices on uncalled mail at the post office with several names listed. Local visits include Fred J. Dahling in Chicago and J. S. Hall's trip to Kirksville Missouri for his wife’s health. Roy White visits from South Dakota after a discharge from Camp Dodge.
Miss Helen Hefner of Grinnell College named to the Oratorio society as part of its Christmas Messiah and May festival chorus work. Dr. Lawrence Locher, a former Monticello boy, survived two fires at Farley last week with little damage. tax lists for Monticello and nearby townships are now at Monticello State Bank with taxes due January 1 and half payments by April 1 to avoid interest. Monticello Electric Co plans to extend lines to Langworthy with local support. Nina Scroggs of Anamosa installed new Rebekah lodge officers in Monticello.
Petersons Clothes Shop moves from Perrine building to the Schoon building formerly Carlson grocery. The remodeled premises feature an up to date plate glass front and unusually large display windows for better showcasing goods.
The wedding took place yesterday afternoon at Scotch Grove with Miss Anna Otten daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Otten and Fred Bohlken of Canada. Minnie Sanford served as bridesmaid and Ben Otten, the bride’s brother, was best man. A wedding dance followed at Kinsella hall for the couple and guests. The newlyweds plan to live on a Canadian farm after March 1.
Local lodge members and families attend a banquet at Lovell House on Friday evening. After the meal Mrs Colin G Thomas sings a group of songs and Rev Robert Tipton, past grand chaplain of Iowa Masonry, delivers a talk titled A New America. Committee reports 125 reservations.
Henry Seehusen of Castle Grove visited his former pastor Rev Hans Naether in Sterling Nebraska. Naether once led Castle Grove Lutheran church and earned a degree at Iowa State University and now teaches at Sterling Lutheran College. Seehusen attended a relative's funeral in Barnston Nebraska.
The Monticello band is organized with L. W. Dunlap as director Milton Thoeni as manager R. E. Rickless as secretary Sixteen instruments to start and more to be added Rehearsals set for Mondays in the city hall from June 1st Concerts planned on First Street through the season
Mrs Delilah Chandler of Oxford Junction died at John McDonald hospital last Monday night. A Jones county resident for many years, she was born in Crown Point New York on October 9 1836 and was 83 at death. Her husband predeceased her. The body was taken to Oxford Junction for burial. Men’s sex 2 for 25c at Stuhler’s.
Edna Abrnnken reports ninth grade visitors Htta Cooper Wilma Heiken plus Miss Htta Willey from Tipton and other high school guests. The first semester six weeks spelling tests are Friday. Fourth grade sang at opening exercises Friday. Cedar Rapids plays Friday night with girls teams in a preliminary game. Monticello defeated Amamosa 23 to 7 last Friday. Percy Guilford leads grades five through eight in military training. high school boys to follow. A psychological test given to high school students involved listing words, results to be tabulated and shared.
Monticello defeated Anamosa 23 to 6 after leading 12 to 1 at halftime. Cushman and Cashen starred with multiple field goals and free throws while Stambaugh and Erb contributed for Monticello. Referee Bryant officiated. substitutes Laude and Rockstad appeared for Anamosa with a varied lineup.
A two week health crusade in Monticello Public School uses chore charts with eleven daily health chores. Pupils earn credits toward ranks from Page to Knight Banneret over five to ten weeks, with certificates and pins. Iowa Tuberculosis association supports a National School Tournament for Modern Health Crusaders.
Loyal Podhaski ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Podhaski was shot in the eye by a companion near Rudolph Richlefs home. The bullet lodged behind the eye and doctors hope to save the eye. An X-ray shows the bullet behind the eye ball and no removal planned. Also notices the death of Frank Gillet Wood in Los Angeles after paresis of the spinal cord. Wood was born in Hart Prairie Wisconsin and lived in Monticello Stewart and Salt Lake City before moving to Los Angeles. Survived by widow and daughter Nellie and brother George E Wood Columbus Ohio.
The Monticello Improvement Club held a banquet at Newman Hall with the Catholic church serving. President J T Staff and officers were elected and a twelve month plan urged. guest speaker J F Moss urged unity, civic effort, and democratic action. Upcoming talks on farm records by Prof H Thompson and sewing guidance by Miss Callon were announced along with basketball games at the gym tomorrow night.
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