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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
5
Cedar Rapids guests and visitors appear in many towns including Anamosa Oxford Junction Monticello and Wyoming with names like Joe Meyer Miss Anna Vernimont and Mrs Urban Haenasler. Other notes mention trips to Chicago Dubuque and Omaha along with summer shows and a July 21 LaMont Bros. event.
A crowded update details visits and travel of residents including C. S. McAleer, Mrs. Stary and family, Mrs. Brazelton and son, and Prof. Hudson. It notes sidewalk construction, a concrete sidewalk upgrade, and local sales. Ice cream social planned for Sacred Heart on July 20 and Monticello shows by LaMont Bros. on July 21.
Mrs Benson arrives back at her Clinton residence last Saturday evening after visiting her brother-in-law Howard Deischer. Mildred Deischer accompanied her for a short visit.
Wim Lehney the barber has gone to Clinton for treatment of a lame hip after a winter fall. He has suffered the condition since and hopes current therapies will restore mobility.
For sale by O A Errickson and Company Heintz distiked pickling vinegar recommended to keep pickles from spoiling and preserve freshness the ad notes availability and selling party.
Charlie Brown, a brick layer from Anamosa, is staying busy with work in Monticello for the summer. Morris Bebb of Winona Lake Indiana visits Mr. and Mrs. Ed Leclair and returns home from a trip to South Dakota, receiving a warm welcome from local friends on the hill.
Cedar Rapids police court fined Ed Brundage ten dollars twice last Tuesday for disorderly conduct and carrying a dangerous weapon brass knuckles. John Perrine reported a morning scuffle near the Wapsie river where a catfish incident allegedly occurred as part of the trouble.
John Kairns of Wellington Kansas traveled through town en route to Strawberry Point after visiting family near Montreal Canada. The band drew a large crowd for a weekly concert with strong applause signaling audience appreciation. Mr and Mrs F H Berry and their twin sons of Omaha arrived for a visit and plan to move on to Minneapolis leaving the boys in Monticello. Aletha Babcock seeks to resign her Monticello public school post freeing a vacancy. LaMont Bros Shows announce two Monticello performances Friday July 21 with a daytime parade followed by a free exhibition at the show grounds.
Professor John E. Foster travels in Scotland sends a printed menu with raw Scotch dialect that stumps Senator Stirton as a reader. The item highlights difficulties in reading inveterate Burns era wording and names of several dishes. Dr A M Maurice sues Jones County Telephone Co for damages from excessive trimming of his shade tree by workers. Settlement reached with three dollars in damages and costs.
Fireman Kid Hischied reports seeing a balloon participating in the race that started in St. Louis. He observed the balloon high in the sky with a discernible human shape, visible from Oxford to Hidridge.
Howard Putnam, a trusted local gardener, exposed a scheme by Billy Allen's garden to supply large roasting ears since the seventh. Putnam learned of the deceit on the eleventh but chose to drop the matter, noting Allen's cunning this season.
John A. Doutrick reports a dry but not oppressive season for the Monticello colony in Western South Dakota where crops were not expected in their first year. Funeral for John Haller conducted at Sacred Heart church with Rev. John McCormick praising industry and honesty. A group of drunken locals caused mischief around town, overturning walls and damaging property. Visitors H. T. Ogden of California and A. B. Ogden of Iowa toured scenes from their youth, later traveling toward Cascade and the Twelve Mile House. The body of George Carney was moved from Anamosa sanitarium to Monticello. he died after illness at about 75, with burial by his son.
Superintendent K D Miller spends six weeks as instructor at Cornell College Summer School. A Cornell graduate and loyal supporter, he notes the program is strong with over 200 students enrolled. Teachers from various counties prepare for July examinations as sessions run smoothly and enthusiastically.
Dr Puleston claims a rupture cure using the fidelity method with no pain and no detention from work. He asserts patients may resume duties quickly and that the treatment is non surgical and effective.
Rev. J. W. Innes, longtime Monticello Presbyterian pastor, has submitted his resignation to be effective by September. He plans a farewell sermon and will move to Ames to aid a new college area church and Sunday school. His decision follows the death of his wife and strong parish loyalty welcomes his departure.
Two girls boarded the Cedar Rapids bound train by mistake instead of the Davenport bound one last Monday evening. Rain fell heavily as they walked several blocks in the downpour after the error was found, and both slipped from the train and were badly mud stained.
Grasshoppers devastate oat crops in Linn County with Mr Huyck reporting a 20 acre field nearly stripped of grain heads. Farmers say the pest is widespread from Castle Grove to other parts of the state, with oats falling to the ground and reduced yields.
Richardson of Monticello State Bank will join a Holbert Horse Importing Company buyer on an August departure for Europe. They will tour Belgium and northern France by car in search of heroes. After business concludes they plan weeks of travel in Switzerland and Great Britain.
Cascade reports a Mon ticello car struck into town last Saturday at five in the morning and loaded $93 worth of booze from a saloon. The incident cites a code provision banning soliciting or aiding liquor delivery. The tale may be an exaggeration, with the sum enough for a large liquor collection.
Albert Nickol returned from South Dakota last Friday night and reported moisture there but crops damaged by hot winds that scorched corn tops. He noted drought effects across western Iowa with oats cut green and pastures drying up, while the best crops he saw were near Tama and between here and Marion.
Jacob Zelender, formerly with J. G. Suter, visits Monticello with old friends. He recently sold his South Dakota farm at a $30 per acre increase and plans to buy a farm in the St Lawrence valley in New York if conditions suit. He notes well-improved farms there can be cheaper than Iowa farms and believes a practical farmer can profit from such properties near the United States' best markets. He adds eastern farm youth are drawn to factories, aiding eastern farm value decline, while western markets attract buyers.
O A Errickson & Co advertises daily fresh bread rolls buns and cakes each morning for customers seeking quality bakery goods.
A brief notice invites readers seeking a lease mortgage deed marriage license hunters licence or insurance to contact D E Pond at the Lovell Bank Building for assistance.
Frank McCullough died in the calaboose last Saturday morning from delirium tremens after being jailed for causing a disturbance. He was 387 years old and unmarried, son of the late Michael McCullough, described as a quiet man when sober but driven to excess by drink. Father McCormick conducted the funeral. Coroner Chamberlain held an inquest with a jury that found death due to desiring tremena or alcoholism.
Twenty five years ago July 1886 events include Hlour at 1.20 per sack, Dan Davin and others fishing trip, Emily Orcutt and Margaret Hauensler deaths, Adolph Grassmeyer and Anna Lemcke marriage, a pigeon shoot at Anamosa, and a Cascade church bell incident. Weather, local licenses, and Democratic delegates listed amid quiet town life.
The library announces arrivals including Miss Gibbie Gault Bosher Napoleon Jackson Stuart The Bule Fairy book Lang The Long Roll Johnston Sheila Vedder Barr Dandelion Cottage Rankin Regeneration Haggard The Nursery Rhyme Book Lang Ten Boys from Dickens Dickens Flamated Quarries Waller The Broad Highway Farnel Adventures in Contentment Gray son Kilmeny of the Orchard Montgomery Rules of the Game White The Boys Drake Bacon Patricia Elliott The Crashaw Brothers The Boys Book of Mode Aero planes.
Notable deeds show Charles and Alice Pearce transferring interests to Anna Pearce in sections 30 and 20 with rights of way excepted for a railroad, plus adjacent parcels. J S Armstrong and E D Armstrong convey parcels in many townships for nominal sums. Levi A McQueen and others sell Lot 24 Block 8 in Ehignare addition to Anamosa. George Hubbard administrator transfers Lot 65 in Davidson’s Second Addition to Monticello.
Samuel Lowy the father in law of Louie Wolf formerly of Monticello died of cancer in Maquoketa this week.
An advertisement touts Dipolene as a disinfectant for bogs and cattle to prevent disease, noting availability at Enk & Cropps.
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