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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1923
Page
9
Town column records visits by residents and guests in Anamosa Monticello Cedar Rapids and nearby communities. Advertisements promote Conserve cookers and used Dodges while sports note mentions Monticello baseball win over Cascade.
Monticello and nearby towns feature visits from Wengers Dreibelbis and Aebi families. social events include ice cream socials and bridge parties. farm notes report haying progress and a broken leg on a farmhand. baseball previews note Monticello vs Worthington rematch after a 13 12 loss.
Monticello stores and business houses will close at noon next Thursday July 26 to allow residents to attend the Pinafore day program at the city park. Local notices urge all traders to observe the early closing.
A new state law requires a petition from fifty percent of dairy cattle owners in the county to adopt a county wide tuberculosis eradication program. If approved the board of supervisors may levy up to three mills in tax funds, but state aid must be used first. Also notes a local family’s weekend trip to Davenport with travel woes and car trouble on slippery roads near Wyoming and Toronto.
Word reached last Monday of the sudden death of Lesie McCormick of Malta Montana His son accompanied him when a car breakdown occurred beside a river Both men swam to shore McCormick became ill and drowned He served as Malta school superintendent and is survived by his wife Ina Ovening and two children, a son and a daughter
Sheriff Bodenhofer and deputies seized moonshine mash and a still at the John Carpenter farm in Clay township last Friday. Leo Carpenter and Ray Rathbun faced a justice hearing. Carpenter posted 760 dollars bail via his father and Rathbun remained jailed. This marked Carpenter's second offense with fines ranging from 600 to 1000 dollars.
Announcement of the marriage of Ernest E. Stambaugh and Miriam M. Emhoff in Des Moines on July 9 1923 with details of their families education and current residence. Also notes Mrs Stambaugh’s Hamline graduation and Stambaugh’s Cedar Rapids schooling and employment with Sinclair Packing Co.
Pat Landtman bound over to the September grand jury after a seas over incident at Rickels restaurant where a rock was thrown but Miss Louise Rickels was not struck. Albert Billings bound over for wife desertion with bonds set including weekly payments. Frank Kehoe found not guilty and discharged after an accidental blow to Henry Schoon’s ten year old son during a dispute over a horseshoe game tally board.
Monticello residents will enjoy Pinafore Day at the city park next Thursday July 26 with horse races a guiding parade and the opera Pinafore performed by a cast of over 200 aboard a ship set at the amphitheatre. Night fireworks a concert by Royden’s Band and a 50 cent grandstand fee accompany an all day program.
Special features of the fireworks display include large 12 inch searchlight shells and a grand finale with rockets candles and fountains. The principal cast lists T S Lazell Dick Deadeye Mrs C G Thomas Josephine and others. a 10 piece orchestra conducted by I V Dautremont will accompany the operetta Pinafore to be presented Thursday July 26 by a large county chorus.
Mrs. Antke Tobiassen died at her daughter Mrs. Herman Hanken’s home in Lovell township last Friday July 13 at 9 am after nine weeks of jaundice. Born June 13 1840 at Reepsholt Germany she was 83. She married Henry Eden Behrends emigrating to the United States in 1861 later moving to Jones county and Illinois. She married Tobias Tobiassen in 1865 who died 1907 leaving seven children. She is survived by Ben B Behrends George F Tobiassen and Mrs. Herman Hanken, 24 grandchildren, two sisters Mrs. Henry Heiken and Mrs. Henry Folkers, and was a longtime resident of Wayne township and member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. Funeral at St. John’s Sunday at 11 conducted by Rev. W H L Schuetz. burial in St. John’s cemetery. The church bell was gifted by Tobias Tobiassen.
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