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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
9
Local residents and visitors are listed in a mixed roll of social notes. Births, travels to Dubuque Marion Cedar Rapids Caston Wisconsin Caston, and visits from Anamosa Hopkinton Mankato Sheboygan Ishk, plus events at Deitrick’s Haworth League ice cream social and an ice cream social at the Congregational church.
Residents share visits in Oklahoma City and Oskaloosa while church groups plan social afternoons. Local officials issue marriage licenses and Odd Fellows officers installed. Weather clears with rain aiding crops as summer travel and vacations continue.
A picked up Monticello club faced a traveling Union Giants in a one sided ball game. The home team was whitewashed with the visitors credited with 13 runs.
Fred Matheson the mail carrier was kicked by a horse last Sunday. A broken bone in his hand and a dislocated thumb were reported. Mrs. Matheson will drive his route for him this week.
Mary E. Coxsee returns from State Teacher's College summer school while Mary George visits Nebraska to see an ill cousin. Mrs. Frank Dickey of Mechanicsville Iowa visits with Mrs. John Heisey and attends Lenox College reunion in Hopkinton. Al Wood of Chicago demonstrates air cooled Franklin auto mobility. Mary Hanawalt visits Cedar Falls amid her sister's election to Norwood school principalship. State University to grant forty four degrees with Helen Baum among honorees. Dr W A Mirick sustains severe cut to right thumb while tightening a burr on his automobile.
Dr. A. M. Maurice mourns a beloved bird dog found poisoned. He believes the dog may have ingested poison intended for rats rather than an intentional act, and notes the dog was a constant companion to his children, bringing distress to the family.
Newsroom reports a rumor of an extra accommodation train running between here and Davenport. Officials deny it, citing a history of false alarms and cautioning readers about believing Milwaukee management’s serious intentions.
Mrs Isaac Maxwell laid out an experiment in the sun noting the thermometer hit 115. Her eggs became edible from heat though not boiled, achieving a soft boiled texture rather than a full boil.
Miss Florence Livingstone closed her Hall factory stenographer duties last Saturday and returns home near Center Junction for a month long vacation before resuming duties expected as a normal young woman’s ambition.
Rev Roy V Porter will take a vacation next month but will return to preach on the evening of August 3 his turn to conduct union evening meetings He preached at the union services at the Methodist Episcopal church last Sunday evening.
Yesterday's heat reached 102 degrees in the shade per Lestie's government thermometer, with three prior days in the high nineties. Farmers push oats and hay harvests as a fine lot of hay was stored last week. Major N. G. W. Winner attended the Al Barnes animal circus in Cedar Rapida last Thursday and praised its clean show and strong wild animal features ahead of its B8th appearance.
Fred Koop remains critically ill after hemorrhages with a grim outlook. Mrs. George Inglis shows improvement from Troutdale Oregon and Monticello friends welcome the news. Reports of grub worms harming corn and distant travels by Lamsby and A Danks. Richard Topping and Helen Ladehoff wed in Anamosa with Mayor Jivans officiating. Crop prices move on Chicago market while South Dakota crops show drought and farmers relocate.
The railway company repeatedly blocks Hirst street for six to eleven minutes violating city ordinances. Conductors and engineers on duty seem unaware of past arrears in such operations from the Herrick era as mayor.
Daniel B E Pond has not left his home for a year and a half due to paralysis of his lower extremities. He sits on his porch in the afternoons as friends visit. His business remains steady and has even grown as his children run the office and handle insurance promptly.
The newly called pastor Rev Ide will be installed next Sunday at 10:45 during the morning service with Rev F Lutz of Earlville preaching and Rev O Mardorf of Wayne and Rev J Romburg of Austin assisting. Rev C Mardorf will preach at 2 o clock in the afternoon. No evening services. Choir practice at 8 Saturday.
Rev and Mrs J Romberg from Austin Texas stay with Mr and Mrs Ommen and Mr and Mrs Walter Ferguson and J B Ommen family in Langworthy. They came from Oshkosh Wisconsin after attending the synod of the German Lutheran church. They will travel to Iowa towns before returning south next week.
M. W. Herrick and Ervin B. Reed announce the formation of Herrick and Reed a law partnership set to begin August 1. They will occupy offices in the Monticello State Bank building and carry on independent work while dissolving the prior partnership with Rhinehart of Anamosa. Herrick is a county bar president with a long Monticello practice. Reed is a seasoned, recognized briefs author and former county attorney.
The Monticello resident and longtime Jones county pioneer Catherine Sutherland Moses died July 13 after 76 years in the county. Born in Manitoba December 26 1833 she arrived with her family in 1837 joining George Sutherland and others who helped settle Scotch Grove. Funeral held at Center Junction with burial in Scotch Grove cemetery beside her husband Charles B Moses.
Three young men H. S. Warnock O. J. Deribus and D. B. Jesse Jr. from Chicago arrived last Tuesday after a hike toward Denver. They travel with light packs sending suitcases by express and plan to enjoy health and endurance on the road. They rode through Dubuque in a single day and headed to Iowa City via Mount Vernon noting summer school activity and avoiding delays. The trio prefers the road over lawn tennis and enjoys the friendly greetings of others as they seek the broad fields and sweat earned freedom of hiking.
The Iowa crop bureau notes clover hay very heavy and timothy fair to good. Winter wheat rye oats and barley are in shock and threshing has begun in southern counties. Late potatoes and garden crops ripening, apples dropping, and rain needed to boost corn yields as tassels form.
A week remains before the chautauqua and local leaders urge strong public support. They praise the event as educational and entertaining with minimal local effort and encourage buying extra tickets to gift to those unable to afford them.
Mrs Henry Heisey traveled to Dubuque early this week for the funeral of her nephew Edward Kannolt who died last Saturday at midnight. He was 37 years old and is survived by a wife and one son. He is also the nephew of Mrs O D French and Miss Emma Kannolt of the city.
Widmer and Hallauer advertise special prices on meat bought in quantity for harvesting and threshing.
Rev M A Breed resigns as pastor after ten years of service to the Monticello Congregational Church and Society. He cites a decade of joint work and shared joys and sorrows, noting his scholarly view and educational moral welfare aims.
The letter from M A Breed announces resignation from the Monticello church and society after long service. It requests a July council to decide severing the relationship with the church and sets August 31 as the pastorate end with August 17 as the last Sunday, noting a two week vacation prior to transition. It expresses gratitude for harmony and cooperation and wishes guidance, mercy, and peace.
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes two large crowds enjoyed Al G Barnes circus with trained animals performing diverse acts. A standout feature was a den of twenty five African lions as the fearless trainer guided them through clever tricks amid clowns bareback riders and acrobats.
Wa J Maxwell of Cedar Rapids and secretary treasurer of the Order of Railway Conductors died last Monday.
William Simons died from wounds after a Greek man shot him in the back in Cedar Rapids during a winter incident. Simons, 31, was born in Monticello and worked at the oat meal mill. his father Fred Simons was a local blacksmith.
The July government crop report lists corn with a high average, oats short, wheat fair with a great drop in the Dakotas, and hay yield also short.
Miss Morna Eldred of Battle Creek Michigan visits the home of George L Lovell. Mrs S Beery of Garwin is guest in the family of her son W A Beery.
Widmer and Hullauer offer special meat harvesting and threshing prices. All debtors of W F Bingham are urged to settle promptly. Doutrick's advertises dress goods sale with prices low to close out.
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