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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
2
Center Junction notes passengers traveling to Omaha and Washta Iowa. local groups host canning club and bake sale. births, visits, and hospital calls mark social life. Area residents attend gatherings in Monticello Cedar Rapids Olin and Gooselake. several autos crash with minor damage. land deals transfer farms and local service runs begin.
Scotch Grove residents greet Sergt A P Himebaugh and Sergt R D Sanford back from overseas service after Camp Dodge discharge on the 12th. Children’s Day services praised with a 2 dollar offering for Sunday school work. Rev L V Nash visits Wisconsin. Rev J F Hinkhouse to lead services next Sunday. Hinkhouse formerly served here and at Montillo.
A Tuesday through Sunday span brings local items. A Sand Spring car wreck north of town caused light injuries to several youths. Bart Walters family reunion gathers Roy Walters in Arizona Sibyl Walters in Washington DC Ada Walters Hensinger in Dyke and others visit. Other notes include Howard Hall and Irene Hall Cedar Rapids visits and Howard Neelan’s navy discharge. Local dances, Maquoketa caves trip, and several town residents’ travels and illnesses are reported.
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs J G Duncan and son Harold with Mr and Mrs W H Roab of Manchester and Mr and Mrs Jr H Martin and daughter Helen of Eads Grove. Allen Olmstead and Clyde attended Ever ett Olmstead funeral in Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Egger and children from Sioux Falls are visiting the Fred and John Egger homes. Sunshine club hosted by Mrs W J Murray. Mrs Tompson and two children from Dubuque visited at the Linderman home. Harold Duncan of Manchester visits grandparents Mr and Mrs A Blair. Mrs Jennie Garlinghouse and Orpha spent Friday at Monticello. Mrs H S Pierce spent Friday at the…
C W Metcalf sold 262 acres south of Anamosa to John Austin of Mechanville for 110 dollars per acre. Caroline Glauser and N L Coppess were ordered by Jones County commissioners of insanity to state hospitals at Independence. Lieutenant Howard Remley passed the Iowa bar, will stay in Iowa City for credits, and hayfield work pays five dollars a day. Luke Freely died in the reformatory at sixteen. Fred Clark welcomes a son at Mercy Hospital.
Ongoing border disturbances prompt authorities to affirm the continued legality and presence of custody arrangements amid unsettled conditions. Officials emphasize the legitimacy of the border post and the need to maintain orderly operations despite tensions.
Farm sales dominate the page with 170 acres sold to Pat Kelly of Farley for 38500 dollars, a 100 acre Nick Hirtz farm bought by Dr May at 250 dollars per acre, and a 140 acre Strief farm purchased via Keefe Tallman at 205 dollars per acre. Private Melees returns from France after service in Vendome. Mrs James I Duffy dies at 68 in Temple Hill with funeral at St Peter’s Church. C.D. heads to Des Moines.
Rev and Mrs Geo Coleman welcomed a son on Monday. Mr Main turned 70 Tuesday, receiving a gold watch from his children. Williamson returned from Canada with mixed crop prospects. Sebeku Minnesota shows fine outlook. Masons plan a new hall or remodel existing quarters this year. Master Robert Milroy had a near drowning incident at the river. Lonnie Winters rescued him as he nearly went under. River swimming urged caution despite the fun.
The week brings several farm transactions around Hopkinton led by James Littlefield selling 346 acres known as the Spence place for 71 200 dollars at 200 per acre to Worthington broker S Bertling for a separate party. Charles Reggentin Jr buys 100 acres from B Lowe for 24 000 while Courtland Appleby acquires Elmer Barker farm for 20 000. Cedar Rapids buyers pay 75 000 for 320 acres of the R R Robinson farm in Prairie township, Caldwell having owned it briefly and profiting 10 000.
The Manchester Press notes a statewide rush to buy farms as prices rise from $150 to $250 per acre. It warns of risk for buyers while comparing sales to Iowa where farms fetch $100 to $150 more per acre, highlighting a climate of bold investing and perceived nuttiness.
German peace commissioners who were stoned on leaving Versailles may sense allied ambassadors' feelings as war declaration echoes through Berlin. The Saint Paul Pioneer Press notes the tense mood among diplomats and the broader European tensions amid growing conflict.
A Fort Scott Kansas woman sought to shield her name after a neighborhood dispute reported by the Sioux City Journal. She was acquitted the next day and then demanded the paper stop publishing her name in coverage of the trial.
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