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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1922
Page
2
The Monticello Express lists J W Doxsee and Ch A Doxsee as editors and proprietors with subscription price per year set at 6.00. The item notes ownership and pricing details for readers.
In Castle Grove township the Community club and farm bureau plan a child welfare station on July 21 at 2 p m at the Delay home. A local physician will exam children and advise mothers on health, nutrition, and growth, with reports given to parents for future reference.
The St Marys parish picnic on July 4 drew a large crowd to the park with a bountiful parish dinner served by married ladies. Music by the Cascade Cornet band delighted attendees while Catherine Jane Peterson, 3, died Thursday night after a brief illness. funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. with Rev Peterson officiating.
The Jolly Stitchers met Esther Sinclair with a lively program on colors and uses of sugar and flour sacks. Care of the teeth talk by Florence Streets and a piano solo by Kathryn Robinson followed. Storm damage included downed trees and lightning impacts, with jelly from windfalls praised.
Amber Mrs. Herman Danneman and daughter Mary traveled from California to care for Mr. Danneman who lost a foot in a mower accident. He is recovering as well as could be expected and friends are relieved. Also visiting are Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nickles of Marengo Illinois and Frank Johnson and family.
A busy weekend portrait shows Manticello Hermian Englebart and spouse hosting a family dinner. Guests include Ernest Himebaugh and daughter Kathryn plus Muriel Stingley, with Ouija Lake Okoboji delegates Alma Anderson and Gretha Thompson returning home after a 12 day YW camp.
Onslow notes Ben Christensen and family arrived from Germany to settle in town. Christensen had lived here years ago and returned after World War I service. Vera Paul left for Eau Claire Wisconsin and will join a Yellow Stone Park tour. Will Rhodes a blind Cornell student will sing at church with a collection to follow.
Mrs Sears and Mrs Robinson of Wyoming visited, Vernon Aynerson and Earl Aynerson with wives spent Sunday and Monday in Davenport. Mrs Will First stayed with her mother Mrs Fairbanks in Cass township. Lucile Franks of Linbon visits grandparents M. M. Franks. Chas Rowe and wife visited in Anamosa. The Guild to be entertained at church parlors tomorrow. Bess Rowe spends the day in Davenport.
Sand Spring residents recount Sunday picnics with families from Hopkinton and Monticello, discuss illness and death of Fred Lawrence, and note visits from relatives in Colorado and Michigan. The piece also reports Dartmouth connections of a local graduate and outlines adjustments to the primary road between Anamosa and the Jackson county line, detailing changes to intersections and routes to reduce hills and corners.
Roy Flaharty fainted from heat while watching a ball game at the Monticello Fourth celebration. A doctor revived him and he returned home by automobile. He has since recovered and is about again. The Community Club float to Olin for the Legion parade won first prize, a boat shaped float with delicate trimming carrying jackies and sailors.
An old column offers tips to fix scorched milk by cooling the pan and adding salt. It suggests using a raw potato to redeem overly salted soup. Warming suet in a dripping pan will keep for weeks. A marble in the pan supposedly stirs milk automatically to prevent burning.
The article notes that employers are not obligated to provide booths for strike vote participation. It frames this as a fortunate exemption for employers, implying no mandatory setup or ongoing duty to facilitate voting processes at their premises.
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