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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
4
Supervisor Noyes visited Olin last Tuesday while Jim Kiburz traveled to Milwaukee and Ike Suter toured Tama county. Numerous residents made visits to Anamosa Cedar Rapids Maquoketa LeMars Oxford Junction and Monticello. Several sales and trips to Chicago Dubuque and Madison are noted along with local business and weaving.
Local column records residents and visitors across Baldwin Anamosa and Monticello. Names include Frank Lubben W Brown Misses Anna Boner Fannie McLees and many others with travels, health trips, social events, and small business notices.
Mrs W L Bennett and her son 800 Alston of Chicago visit Mr and Mrs Theodore Lazell. Miss Margaret Errickson of Waterloo visits her parents Mr and Mrs C A Errickson. Misses Thais and Gloratha Van Meter, daughters of Mr and Mrs C L Van Meter, spent the last days of last week and Sunday with relatives near Olin.
Local note reports disturbances by Cascade drunks near a camp of young women at Killing Springs. The piece warns of inadequate action if further annoyances occur. Also mentions Kodak products, a California-bound Mrs Bacher communication, Rev Gould visiting Anamosa, and peaches being canned as households stay busy. The Templetons begin a cross country trip via Minneapolis and Canada to the Pacific coast.
A carload from the Tobiason farm was bought by A. F. Haeussler for local butchering. Mrs. John Brady and Mrs. Melvin Finch visited in Monticello and Center Junction. Mrs. Ricklet Gerdes traveled to Pomeroy after her grandchild’s illness, and a baby’s death followed. Rain boosted corn prospects. McNeal the jeweler invites repairs. No church services next Sunday. union service at Congregational church led by Rev. M. A. Breed. No third party county convention in Anamosa or Dubuque. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Richardson plan a western scenic trip, Yellowstone included, after visiting Templeton.
Among those at the Anamosa Masonic picnic yesterday were C. W. Hosford and family J M Hofacre and family Er B Hubbard Matt Noyes Harry Stabler T A King C B McKean J H Henry and family John E Bateman Agnes Stirton Anne Stirton Q P Rockstad Albert McNeill Newton wife and visitors Plus a notes line For Your Notions Doutrick s.
The community notes a strong rye barley and oat harvest with barley acreage up due to high prices. Threshing will begin soon and corn looks promising. Mrs E M Baker visited Boston but her brother’s car caught fire, reaching his house and destroying it. Matt Noyes counted 47 autos to 2 horse teams at the Mason ic picnic. Peter Like hosts Bart Like and Mrs William Lite visiting from Webster City and Cherokee, tied to Scotch Grove and Wyomin history. Donald Snider of Cedar Falls, grandson of Rev J O Magee, drowns at the river at age sixteen amid a treacherous current.
The county fair opens in a month with a line of attractions headed by three days of aviation flights by a nationally known aviator. Jimmie Ward demonstrated capabilities to Marion and Cedar Rapids residents last month. Visitors will see cement walks bubbling drinking fountains and many conveniences on the grounds.
Edward Sazma, a boy from Oxford Junction with paralytic symptoms, is seen at the Monticello depot at train time. He was stricken three years ago and unable to move unassisted for a year. Now he walks briskly and enjoys life, making tri weekly trips to Monticello for osteopathic treatment by Dr. Peet.
The band boys switch to a high portable stage to avoid small boys on the edge and blinding lights from automobiles. The change aims to keep performers above distractions and glare. A large crowd attended last night’s concert.
PATRICK registered optometrist urges readers to stop delaying eye care and visit today for real eye comfort. He promises practical improvements and invites new patients to experience better vision.
A Cascade team owned by Keegan bolted on Jirat street in Monticello last Sunday evening making a long dash before lines tangled around a buggy wheel. The buggy overturned near town center, three riders were thrown onto the brick pavement suffering only bruises and none were seriously injured. They rode back to Cascade and procured a new buggy for the trip.
The Wettatein purchasers of the Jones County Telephone Co. have not yet taken charge, with management still run by the former owners at their request. The buyers, land dealers, may not have a permanent investment and a report suggests they could intend to sell to Bell. Farmers in the Switzer settlement report grub worm damage to oats timothy and corn, with several acres of corn ruined and grubs collected from a patch.
The Modern Woodmen of America paid the district court judgment for the life policy on Ralph Deacon. Deacon’s sisters in Canada proved their relationship and that Willis Moore was not a dependent, so the sisters receive the proceeds. W E Reed led the plaintiff’s counsel. Dr. Puleston advertised a rupture cure using the fidelity method.
The piece notes A J Thompson of Anthon Town and Mrs Marion Nelson of Amea visiting sister Mrs John Bates, with Thompson a former Castle Grove Monticello resident who enlisted in the Civil War from Monticello. It also covers a large Freemasons picnic at Riverside Park Anamosa, honoring Rev Joseph Fort Newton and praising the Anamosa lodges.
The Glendale Presbyterian church hosted the Farst Lyons wedding on June 26 with about 200 guests. Bride Bessie Hine Furst and Robert Thompson Lyons were married by Rev. Walter Edmond with Rev. H Gaugh Birchbey assisting. The reception followed at the bride’s home and the couple plan to live on East Fifth Street after a brief mountain tour.
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