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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
5
Ladies footwear includes white gun metal tan and patent leather in Colonial Strap pumps and oxfords. Men’s line features gun metal tan and patent leather oxfords in new styles. Everything good in footwear.
Cedar Rapids visitor Harry Locher. Dubuque visits by Miss Fannie Locher and Miss Belle Devlin. Anamosa and Galena trips. Davenport and Clinton excursions. Cresco Iowa guest Ione Kakac visiting Francy Schneider. Rev Father Eardland visiting Van Horn. Monticello and Marion visits noted. embroideries sale at Deutrick's. Buick roadster owned by Dr Albert Albery. optometrist Patrick’s eye care appeal. blood poisoning incident of blacksmith John Dress. Manchester visits by Ban Haring and Charles Sheerer. camping at Clark's Grove. Hicks & Rickless coats made to measure. excursions and short visits to Independence and Des Moines. many small trips and social calls listed.
Various residents travel for visits and family gatherings across Cedar Rapids Hiawatha and Monticello. Notable moves include G W Eastwood in Cedar Rapids and Mrs J H Gilmore visiting relatives in Marshalltown while O H Soetje and others visit Toowa City. Several births and family events noted with local trades and shops advertising services and sales.
Mrs. F. BG. McCuskey traveled to Seattle Washington to visit relatives last Tuesday. Rev. McCuskey and their children will stay there until her return and plan to resume their trip to India by mid August. H. D. Sherman of Cedar Rapids was in town yesterday renewing old friendships.
Mrs J W Barry and family from Cedar Rapids visited Mrs Mary Fawcett in her Ced ar Rapids home last Sunday. They traveled by automobile and Miss Fawcett returned with them to Cedar Rapids, coming back Monday evening.
Landlord Woollett of the Lovell House will offer two meal times 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. Sunday to accommodate Monticello residents. He continues a strong run of custom and merits it with the dinners provided.
The Monticello band gave a very enjoyable concert on First Street last evening. This is the first in a series of weekly concerts provided by local business men for the public, with performances every Wednesday evening. Harold Podhaski of Clinton will visit his parents next weekend after starting as a reporter for the Clinton Herald last January.
Mr and Mrs John Perrine came back from an automobile tour to Chicago with their daughter Samara who had lived with her uncle in Chicago for three years and will reside in Monticello with her father. A minor clash between two O M and St P Ry Co employees described as a Johnson Flynn style altercation ended with talking predominant over fighting.
McNeal, the new jeweler, offers repair service with on site work. Weather notes show Sunday hit 100 degrees with hot southerly winds and a 40 degree drop by Monday morning making for a comfortable day.
Mrs. M V Kehoe learns of her sister in law Grace C Coykendall death in Dubuque last Sunday morning. Dubuque papers praise her musical attainments. Miss Florance Barnts fell ill from poisonous dye in new stockings and could not walk by day’s end.
The additional boiler installation is finished at the canning factory. Mr Eastwood reports the canning company expects its largest pack of the season. A double shift with all night service is likely during the busy period. Dr W A Mirick had a minor automobile accident in Richland township last Friday night but continued home on foot after his gas wagon stopped. He reached home around two in the morning.
The notice promotes Salt Sulphur water by Hanken and Jacobs and Lewis E. Hoag, traveling in Missouri, reports a July visit to Jefferson City where Hoag met his boyhood friend Elmer C. Lee. Lee organized a stag party of 13 to celebrate away from superstition, followed by a fish fry, swim and amusement in the woods.
The Grand Commandery of the Knights Templar of Iowa elected Judge F. O. Ellison of Anamosa as Grand Commander at its annual conclave. The honor is the highest gift in the order and pledged to uphold the banner of Free Masonry. Ellison’s friends celebrate his promotion.
The postoffice inspector surveyed last week about renewing the building lease for postoffice use. Bids were filed two months ago and owners proposed alternatives, but insiders expect the inspector to recommend releasing the present location and keeping the post office in place.
M. W. Herrick, in Dubuque, pursues an injunction against the executors of the late O. B. Wales estate. He alleges a partnership with Wales in the Wales Hotel venture and seeks to maintain his status as surviving partner and manager, while the defendants deny the partnership.
A jewelry retailer urges customers to look for items bearing the name on the box, noting that personal identification adds value. Patrick, described as leading, jeweler and optometrist, promotes the custom.
George Topping employed by W M Welch suffered a broken nose a severe forehead cut and serious bruises to his arm and leg when a hay fork release cord broke. He fell onto a sharp cornered beam at Welch’s farm on the county edge northwest of Monticello and was taken to Monticello for medical care by a surgeon.
Russell Hood aged 41, a tramp printer who recently worked in The Express office, was killed near Lowden on the North Western road after midnight Saturday while beating his way home to Wittenburg, Wisconsin. Identified by papers including a wife’s letter, Hood had spent Saturday in Cedar Rapids seeking work.
George Thompson, suspected thief, stole a horse, buggy and harness from Anamosa liveryman R. Henrickson. He was arrested in Glenburn Pennsylvania and awaits Sheriff Hogan with a requisition to secure Pennsylvania governor approval. The search had been considered fruitless until the Pennsylvania lead.
The ball game last Tuesday between Monticello and the Nebraska Indians drew a small crowd and a gate of under $12. The Indians showed weakness as Chris Tschantz suffered facial injuries from a steam blow-off at Klondike creamery when a team frightened horses. He escaped with facial cuts and a bruised shoulder after a doctor examined him.
John Mickenhire of Pama Illinois drowned while fishing during a Monticello colony stay in the Black Hills. He slipped on a trail near Sanaw Creek Canon and fell into Bath Tub Falls, dying instantly. His body was taken to Deadwood for relatives. The Monticello party included J A Voorhees J Campbell Mrs J A Doutrick Ion Farry Mae Eunice Christie Starks and Raymond Slauson.
On a Saturday afternoon in Casa township A W Hale’s farm Monroe Printup of Oak Park Illinois, visiting with Hale’s nephews, drove a mower. A wheel hit an obstruction, threw him, severing the right arm between wrist and elbow and causing cuts. He was bandaged and taken to Anamosa Sanitarium for treatment.
The three Masonic orders and the Eastern Star of Anamosa urge Masons and families to a basket picnic at Riverside Park on Wednesday July 24. Cedar Rapids pastor Joseph R. Newton will speak on The Mission of Masonry. Free beverages. attendees bring own dinner. Athletic contests and a base ball game between Anamosa Lodge 46 and Ancient Landmark 200 of Olin.
Peter Meyer aged 33? No, 1840 to 191? The obituary notes his death on Monday July 16 after a long illness from diabetes in Monticello where he lived over thirty five years. He ran a restaurant with Swiss customers and later operated an ice cream parlor. Survived by second wife Harriet McFarland, no children, sister in Switzerland, nephews and nieces near Monticello. Born October 6 1840 in Graubunden Switzerland. Funeral at German Reformed Church conducted by Rev. Roland Kuntsel, burial at Riverside Cemetery Anamosa assisted by Rev. Felix Pickworth.
Miss Margaret Sutherland of Blanchard Iowa died last Saturday July 13 at Enasworth hospital St Joseph Missouri from Brights disease. The funeral was held July 16 at the Presbyterian Church of Scotch Grove conducted by Rev Roy V Porter. She was born July 17 1850 near Savanna Illinois and spent most of her life in Scotch Grove and Blanchard. Her benevolence and charity were noted as defining traits. The article also notes a design change for the nickel featuring a buffalo and a Native American head on the reverse.
The supreme court before adjournment overruled Laura Arnold's request for a rehearing of her appeal seeking to challenge her mother Sarah Livingston's will. The lower court had directed a verdict upholding the will based on contestant testimony.
The Camp Fire girls from the Congregational church camp at Killings Springs for the week. Party members include Clara Rickless Ethel George Frieda Hanken Mary Hulz Ruth Young Helen Hosford Nellie Hubbard Christina Marugg Doris Northrop and Lena Casper. They are chaperoned by Rev and Mrs M A Breed.
Mr and Mrs Fred P Stabler and their children Stewart and Carolyn start an automobile tour today visiting Illinois Chicago and parts of Wisconsin. They plan to be away for two weeks.
Sunday evening union services at the Presbyterian church feature a varied program with Beethoven piano prelude Adagio from Moonlight Sonata, anthems, solos by Mrs. Blanche Hoyt and Miss Fern Hubbard, and an offertory by Mrs. Carrie Palmer. Also noted are town advertisements for wheat crops, glasses by McNeal, kitchen aprons from Deatrick, optometrist Patrick, Hicks & Rickler rugs, and undertaker A. G. Hanken with eye tests by Dr. L. G. Stubler.
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