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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
7
U S Bureau Washington issues the week starting June 30 1915 forecasting generally fair weather and temperatures above normal for the Upper Mississippi Valley and Plains States. Local notes mention visitors shoppers and events around Monticello Cedar Rapids and Anamosa with ads for Stublers Deutrick’s and Delatrick’s.
Mrs. John Zimimerman returns from Kansas visit. Lillian Dautremont completes nurses training in Chicago and comes home. O N Patrick attends State Optometrists convention in Des Moines. Community car convoy to Wyoming on July 3 urges boosters. Numerous visits and travels by local residents including Engelhauser, Ruth Nelson, Helen Hefner, Anna Arduser, and others. Movie ads announce Marguerite Clark in Wildflower at the Princess. prices 5c and 15c. Campfire girls camp at the Palisades. Arvilla Tuel undergoes tonsil/adenoid surgery at Anamosa sanitarium. Postscript notes letters to Arthur Patterson and J P Dunn to be sent if unclaimed by July 12, 1915.
Load up your car Saturday July 8 and join Wyoming friends in a good old fashioned celebration of the Glorious Fourth with a festive trail outing and communal spirit.
The Monticello baseball club traveled to Cascade last Sunday and lost 5 to 2. Cascade failed to connect on several chances, but the home team pulled ahead and secured the win.
P. Be Jaqua, advertising representative of the Vawter Chautauqua system, was in town last Monday and Tuesday to post advertising material for the event two weeks away.
The report notes a mixed strawberry season with some abundant berries from H. J. Lang Sr. and Mrs Lucetta Albery. Cedar Rapids Rev H E Harned visited Mrs Harriett Coughlin. he returned home Saturday, she stayed longer. Also listed are movie plans for July 3 at Crane's and Air dome Marshalltown, plus marriage licenses issued to several couples.
Miss Edith Rettig, former Akron high school teacher, returns to Monticello to spend summer with her mother Mrs. George Rettig. A Palmers Pharmacy ad promotes ice cream and fountain service. J A Deutrick reports improvement at Excelsior Springs while noting Monticello company members are well behaved.
Miss Pearl Heisey is at home ready to take music pupils for piano pipe organ and music theory instruction. Those wanting to join her classes may contact her directly or by telephone.
The Wyoming parade assembles on cemetery hill at 2 PM Saturday after an hour’s drive from Monticello. Lawrence R. Jacobs, back from Chicago, notes his brother Rev H Jacobs is improving in hospital. Monticello stores close at noon Saturday July 3 to allow all to join the Wyoming celebration.
Mrs W F Rohn and daughter visit Cedar Rapids to see Mr and Mrs W F McClintock. Mr Rohn and son Eldon take a car trip seeking good fishing beyond the city limits.
Clark Hubbard, a soliciting agent for a tea and coffee company, went to Cedar Rapids last Monday morning to pack his household furniture and relocate to Monticello. His wife, Mrs. Hubbard, is currently visiting in the northern part of the state.
Daniel Frohman presents Marguerite Clark in Wild Flower a four part motion picture by Mary Germaine produced by Famous Players Film Co at Princess Theatre Saturday July 3rd Children five cents adults one dollar sixty five cents
Arthur McDonald of Castle Grove was thrown from his buggy when his tense horses bolted near Worthington. He suffered a badly bruised left arm and two cracked ribs in the incident last Saturday.
Masters Robert and Lawrence Carmichael children of John Carmichael of Chester Illinois spend the summer with grandparents Mr and Mrs Jacob Carmichael. Cassady grandma died recently. Byrne travelled Lincoln highway from Chicago to Clinton reported rough rambling roads and poor drag roading with the best stretch Maquoketa to Monticello. F B Byrnes and Eugene DeWitt returned from Chicago with two Ford roadsters as Ford demand grows prompting agency to fetch cars from Chicago.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Hicks sold a thirty acre tract north of the fair ground to Bruce Cropp for 5000 dollars, considered a fair price. The land was originally part of John W Shelley Farm possessions, the Hicks family ancestor.
Lovell House proprietor Mr Staff reports strong business after a full refit. The hotel offers an inviting appearance and three new guest rooms increasing capacity. Travelers praise the Staffs for attentive service and hospitality.
Beatriz Michelena stars in the stage adaptation of Alice Higan Rice’s novel Mrs Wiggs of The Cabbage Patch at the Crane Airdome next Thursday July 8. Blanche Chapman Andrew Robson and House Peters also headline the cast.
Start early at Hayes furniture store for free advertising banners and ribbons. Cars will meet at Cemetery Hill near Wyoming at 2 p.m. twenty miles from Monticello for the Monticello Improvement Club event.
Louis Gardner of the Anamosa Eureka will deliver the Fourth of July speech at the Amber celebration next Saturday. The county’s orator promises a bold address under the inspiration of world events and aims to stir the crowd with spirited rhetoric about the eagle and tail feathers.
Miss Marie Kennedy of this city married Clarence Tibbitts of Hopkinton in Kansas City last Friday. The couple, visiting with Mr and Mrs Glenn Orcutt there, are reported by family to be well. Mrs G P Rockstad returned from Iowa City with her husband and daughter Myrtle after an operation at University Hospital two or three weeks ago, with improved health.
Henry Boblken the tailor and his wife departed Monticello seeking milder climates to aid health. They will travel to Coleridge Nebraska then Colorado. Locally a rare rainstorm hit last Saturday with two inches near Will Hawken farm while surrounding areas had none.
Charlie Moore displays the village of Tipperary in his studio cabinet drawing wide attention. The artwork, made famous by the world renowned song, drew Moore to London to obtain the picture after local galleries failed to supply a suitable frame.
A South Cedar Street resident claims the city’s June 10 deadline to enforce the automobile ordinance is real and violations can be found daily. Another resident says with a stopwatch and authority he could catch joy riders speeding at 40 miles per hour.
Nellis E. Soetje offers two residence properties in Monticello for immediate possession. One home is tenant leased until March 1, 1916 and the other is an adjoining property. both may be sold together or separately. Inquiries to The Monticello State Bank or Soetje at 427 South Hope Street Los Angeles.
At a recent Monticello meeting the club adopted a resolution for a large group to visit Cascade Amber and Wyoming on the 3rd and 5th of the month. Wyoming travelers should leave Monticello at 1 PM assemble on the hill by the cemetery and parade through the town. L. P. Waddick is marshal.
George Haines engineer on the Davenport line of the O M and St P Ry, formerly of Monticello, married Mrs Mayme Kettlesen of Oxford Junction in Dubuque on March 26. His first wife, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John Stevenson, died over ten years ago leaving two children who have since lived in Davenport. Friends in Monticello wish him well.
Alva Schoon, son of Jacob Schoon, about 13, was shot in the instep by a rifle ball last Saturday on a home farm near Amber. The gun, brought by a Newman boy, lay loaded and discharged during a disturbance. Dr. Mirick attended but the lead fragment remained unfound after probing.
The Royal Tailors of Chicago brings a valuable collection of European war trophies to Stablers' clothing window. Relics from Marne Siege of Antwerp and more were gathered under fire and at high cost. The exhibit runs five days and promises a rare peek at historic battlefield artifacts.
Word has been received of Albert Lewis's death in Arkansas from a horse kick. He leaves a wife and three children and was the second son of Alexander and Bilien Lewis, longtime Monticello area residents. He grew up north of Monticello on a farm later owned by Bruce Cropp and Fred Berlin, and was nephew of Jerome Brazelton.
New and adjusted departures on the O M & St P Ry main line from Oxford Junction include westbound trains 17 at 2 11 a m and 19 at 8 24 p m and eastbound train 10 at 0 14 a m. Other services run at 8 58 a m 11 04 a m 8 20 p m 10 56 p m 2 49 m 4 20 a m 7 05 a m 3 08 p m 4 11 p m.
Householders should secure homes and hide valuables tomorrow when leaving for the circus. The piece warns of crooks and sneak thieves present at big shows and notes limited police patrols in small towns, urging personal vigilance to protect belongings.
The three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph O Rourke of Castle Grove died in Monticello after a spa sm event at the O Rourke home. The funeral was at Castle Grove Catholic church with Rev M S Murphy officiating and burial in Castle Grove Catholic cemetery. Polly Brishman aims for race glory with a Ford machine at local meets. Hale placed third in a free for all at Maquoketa racing against high powered machines, but prizes remained limited by small attendance.
The circus and menagerie arrive from Sigourney tomorrow. The first section unloads by eight. The kitchen tent goes up first and breakfast is ready for arrivals. A mile long parade starts at 10 to entertain residents, followed by 2 PM and 8 PM performances. Also notes correction on alfalfa growth from Rickles Gerdes and praise for Iowa’s prospects near California comparison.
Indefinite bills circulated by Ringling Bros advertising their coming show are viewed as deception to lure attendance from Hagenbeck-Wallace, which performs in Sigourney today. City officials report Ringling literature claiming future appearances elsewhere amid a clearly planned Hagenbeck-Wallace schedule.
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