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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
9
A sweep of society notes lists numerous visitors and guests: Wv. O. Welch in Chicago on business, Mrs. Sarah Kennedy in Cedar Rapids, Miss Lena Kasper in Cedar Rapids, and many others visiting towns like Marion Dubuque Monticello Anamosa Central City and Rock Island. Dated encounters include births and shopping specials at Smiths variety store and travel to Austin Minnesota Mount Clemens and Boone.
J A DuBois district manager for Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York visited Cedar Rapids yesterday on a business trip.
A string of visitors and arrivals across Monticello and nearby towns includes Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wiflan and daughter visiting relatives in Westgate Iowa last Saturday, Dr and Mrs Love and two children visiting in Cedar Rapids, and Miss Zella Welch guest of Miss Gail Servois. Multiple guests travel from Manchester Marion and Omaha while local progress notes report ground grading at the country club and a major popcorn sales day on the Fourth of July.
Len Clark, who slipped on the garage floor two weeks ago and broke two bones in one ankle, is nearly on crutches and reports no pain from the injury. Rev. J. H. Barr leaves for Illinois to visit his parents, with local ministers covering the pulpit. Rev. O. B. Chassell of Mt Vernon will preach next Sunday, and Dr. A. M. Billingsley, also of Mt Vernon, will speak at the Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday July 22.
Miss Mabel Welch and Miss Estella McNamara travel to Chicago for a week's visit and plan to join a camping party near the Windy City. Paul Maire takes a week's vacation to Lake Okoboji and will return via Sioux Falls where his sister Lillian visits friends. Center Junction and Fulton families gather at John Thompson’s home with extended kin from Cedar Rapids.
Lestus Kuhns of Scotch Grove travels with a very sore hand troubled by blood poisoning from a thumb pimple. His father assists with farm work while Wayne township reports a record Red Cross drive led by Phillip Daly who turned in 1631.50 last Tuesday from a township of 980 residents.
Mr and Mrs Charles J Northrop learned last week that their son Mitchell has landed safely at Bordeaux France He will immediately begin work as an ambulance driver for the French army with headquarters at Paris
Harvey F. Adamson filed for admission to the second training school for reserve officers at Fort Snelling. He traveled to Cedar Rapids for examination earlier this week and will learn on Saturday if he is accepted.
Mrs. Hattie Griffith announces dressmaking services in the Henderson building west of the railroad. She offers first class work and can be reached by telephone daily between 11:30 and 1 PM or 6 and 7 PM.
A Des Moines workman spent the week repairing the tile roof of a Catholic church injured two weeks ago by a lightning strike. His skilled ascent and bold handling of danger drew attention from passersby.
Mrs Joseph Henry and daughter Ruth of Oklahoma were guests of Dr and Mrs M H Teeter last Friday. The late Mr Henry once managed Eclipse Lumber yard in the city. J A Voorhees and J O Lawrence left Saturday on an automobile trip to Sioux City and the Dakotas prepared to camp roadside to enjoy the overland journey in summer weather.
The county widens its road oiling to a larger stretch than in 1916. The 1916 effort was experimental yet effective at reducing dust and preserving road grades, leading officials to extend coverage this year.
William Barrack a recent theological seminary graduate will be ordained as a Lutheran pastor next Sunday at St. Matthew's church. Services will be led by Rev. Willis of South Dakota and Rev. S. Ide of the church. Miss Lenora Reichmann Miss Katherine Witzigman Miss Hazel Smith and Miss Hazel Allard with Maurine Allard are guests of Mrs. Earl Carson and Miss Gladys Fairbanks at the Arthur Fairbanks home in Castle Grove township.
Lowell E. Hicks son of Mr and Mrs G Hicks of this city was admitted last Monday at the army office in Cedar Rapids to the engineers corps Harl Mc Laughlin of Bradgate Iowa son of Fred McLaughlin of Castle Grove township was accepted for the infantry
The Monticello ball team played a mighty good game at Oxford Junction on the Fourth. They were beaten 1 to 0 but pride themselves on the fight and the quality of play. Frank Thompson pitched against Joe Havlik, Oxford Junction's famous pitcher.
Morning trains into Monticello adopt a new timetable with the Cedar Rapids Calmar service arriving at 7 30 and Higgin's special at 7 23. Evening trains from Cedar Rapids arrive around 6 85 and depart at 7. Jitney for Calmer leaves at 6 35.
The Scotch Grove people gathered last Friday in large numbers to honor Herman Lange before he left for the army. The event featured the band playing patriotic airs and left Lange with a memorable sendoff for years to come.
The Hila Morgan Stock company will present plays and vaudeville all next week under its own tent. Repertoire mixes old favorites with new works not yet seen in the city. Popular prices apply. Eugene Scroggie in Des Moines says his son enjoys army life with the aviation corps and has flown between San Antonio and Austin. He was born in Monticello and attended local schools. Mrs. A I Jackson travels to Fayette after the death of sister Mrs. Cc O Holmes. Funeral services were held at the family home in Fayette. Miss Emma Kranz of this city married William G. Timm of Zanesville Ohio, at the Wollner home. Rev S Ide officiated. Mr. Timm works as a machinist in Zanesville.
Four boys departed last Monday for Davenport to join a contingent of the United States cavalry. Arthur Winans, Ralph Reichart, Bert Barnts and Pat Hartman passed their examinations earlier and awaited orders. Frank Lehman and John Reichart Jr. also left for Cedar Rapids, enlisting in the United States Marine Corps.
Loyal friends recall Sandy Shoemaker a former Scotch Grove resident. He suffered a second stroke weeks ago and remains in critical condition at home in Adair County after returning from a Florida winter, believed strained his weakened condition.
Ehrisman, known for past tricks, won the $250 prize at Marion Fourth as Hart's Stuntz car driver. Three five mile heats featured several entrants, with Ray Stod ard in a Ford taking fastest car honors and second in stock cars.
Ben Tharms traveled to Rochester for a Mayo Brothers hospital examination with a possible operation contingent on findings. No operation has occurred yet and local officials are unsure of plans. He was joined by his brother Edward Harms of Manchester, and friends report Harms is seriously ill.
The Iowa Weather and Crop service notes July 10 crop conditions: corn 87 percent oats 102 spring wheat 99 winter wheat 80 barley 98 rye and flax 4 potatoes 106 hay 85 pastures 95. Last year July 1 showed corn 85 oats 94 spring wheat 92 winter wheat 80 barley 95 rye 93 flax 90 potatoes 97 hay 96 pastures 100.
Headquarters appeals for rapid shipping of convalescent gowns bed socks handkerchiefs hospital shirts and other war garments to branch warehouses. Local Red Cross groups report volunteers sewing socks pajamas and aprons while classes for surgical dressings are organized and proceeds from July efforts reach the chapter.
Edgar G. Brazelton wrote the title with Orrin B. Crane providing the music. Brazelton and Crane publish the sheet music marketed by multiple Monticello stores. The song has a lively swing and broad local favor, urging readers to buy a copy and perform it to boost patriotism.
A thief stole an extra tire from the rear of a car driven by Butch Stahler on carnival grounds last Friday evening. The act, described as easy among parked autos when owners are watching a show, is likened to stealing a diamond ring due to high tire prices.
The Monticello public schools elect Miss Annette Carl of Green Bay Wisconsin as a primary teacher to replace Miss Mathel Lyon who resigns for Mason City. Irwin G Milton of Stanwood named instructor in manual training replacing Asa Geeling who moves to Illinois next year.
The Express offers a special inside article on the 687,000 men to be drafted and the county registrants with their serial numbers. The government lottery will be held within days, and the issue includes a full Jones county list to identify every man aged 21 to 31. Read daily papers for drawn numbers to determine drafted men.
Spencer Guiles visits the area with his brother Charles and reports his wife’s recovery from surgery at Anamosa hospital. He will head the new consolidated Boxholm school district, the first superintendent, as 16 land sections form the district and a $75 000 schoolhouse is completed. The Express marks 52 years of publication with a note on its Civil War origin and long community support.
Miss Helen Friedercke Poppe daughter of John D. Poppe united in marriage to Rev. Ewald J. Senst of Alvord at Waverly in a German Lutheran ceremony attended by close friends. Rev. Senst recent Wartburg seminary graduate will lead the Alvord church and the couple will reside in Alvord after July 15. Also noted is a Cedar Rapids visit by Mr and Mrs Hans Kettlitz their son and daughter and Miss Augusta and Lena Haeussler.
Mrs Fayetta Rick Heichhold mother of Mrs A W Steiner died at Steiner home in Monticello last Thursday night at eleven. Born April 26 1830 in Berneville PA she was 87 years 3 months 9 days old. She lived with her daughter since Civil War and faced death with grace. Funeral held in Steiner home and processing to Brookville First Methodist Church for burial.
July 1892 records from The Monticello Express list deaths, land sales, and local moves. Notable items include the death of Michael Twenley of Lovell Township aged 76, land sales by George W. Lovell and J. G. Drury, and marriages such as Frances L. Rohn to Fred W. Apel. The month saw hot weather, a major Anamosa lightning storm, and local incidents including missing children found safe and a dog incident with Chauncey Bates.
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