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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
5
A string of short items records visits and travel among Dubuque Knoxville and Anamosa residents. Notables include L M Van Kirk F A Williams and Miss Stella Dunn visiting relatives and friends in nearby towns. Many trips span Wisconsin Cedar Rapids Manchester Center Point and Savanna with several households hosting guests. Lemonade promotions at Palmers Pharmacy appear amidst the chatter.
A long list of local visitors and guests fills the Monticello column from Cedar Falls to Decorah and beyond. See also a baseball win for Monticello over Oxford Junction 6 to 1 and an auction notice for the late H. M. Dirks residence with acres to be sold on Saturday, August 6.
Henry Templeton returns from surveying in Lake View Iowa and students from Iowa State College visit Monticello. Several marriages licenses issued for area residents. Community notices include church schedule changes and local travel plans, with residents visiting relatives in Chicago Cedar Rapids and Deer Lodge Montana.
H. M. Carpenter Sr purchases a Packard twin-six. William Schlemmer traveled to Davenport last Friday evening to study the car’s running in preparation for driving it to Montichelio.
Mrs. Margaret Tibbitts of Hopkinton arrived last Friday to visit daughter Mrs. Lewis Lang. She is accompanied by Miss Laura Arthur and Stewart Lang who have been visiting Hopkinton relatives.
A cousin of Robert and David Young died in France while serving as a Canadian volunteer. He was shot by a sniper as he left the trenches after a five day stay.
Corporal Charles Moore reports his unit, the First Iowa, trained at Camp Dodge in readiness for Brownsville Texas early this week. He sends regards to friends, says he is well, and expresses eagerness to reach the border.
Miss Katherine Hines of Anamosa formerly taught in Monti cello graded schools and lately has taught in Kansas City public schools. She was hosted last Friday by Mrs. Harriet Coughlin and Miss Mary I. Jarman.
Miss Edna Steihl returns to her Garnaville home Saturday morning after visiting her sister Mrs. W. W. Stickford. She is joined by Gladys Stickford who will visit her grandparents.
Crowds filled the streets last evening for a band concert on Fhrat street. Weather permitting these weekly concerts will continue. Next week the concert moves to a band stand rather than the street.
Ford Clark sells the south facing homes on the lower street in Clark's Heights. The larger house sells to Ed Brazelton while the smaller goes to Harvey Richardson. He plans a new house on First street opposite the Brainerd home.
Mrs. Mamis Kinsella Gregg of Sioux City visited Monticello friends from her girlhood days. She is the daughter of C. Kinsella, born in Monticello, and received a cordial greeting. Mrs. Mattie McAleer and her two children joined Miss Marie Meyer and Mrs. William Altman for a trip to Omaha.
Mr and Mrs Edward Janisle and children of St Paul Minnesota returned to their home last Saturday from a visit with Mr and Mrs Fred Kellum. Miss Alma Janisle of Cedar Rapids was also a guest in the same home during the latter part of last week.
Marguerite Clark stars in The Pretty Sister of Jose at the Air Dome and Princess Theatre tomorrow Friday July 28. Admission is five cents for children and ten cents for adults. Bring your children to see this Paramount picture.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Teeter plan to leave next Saturday evening and meet friends at the park entrance near Cody Wyoming. They will tour Yellowstone by automobile, then drive to Salt Lake City and return to Cody.
A girl at one end of First Street defies her mother by wearing a short sleeved dress in hot weather. She argues in defense that the right to bear arms shall not be interfered with as a constitutional defense.
Mr. Seibert, sales representative of Polarine oil, will relocate to Anamosa. The district boundary reorganization requires the move so he can be nearer the center of his territory. Anamosa should welcome Mr. and Mrs. Seibert as desirable additions.
Mr and Mrs H B Maynard spent last Sunday in Monticello with their daughter Mrs Verdon Welch. Mr Maynard, formerly from Waterloo, will soon move to Dubuque to manage the electric railway and light plant recently sold by Union Electric Co to Dubuque Electric Co.
Last Friday a car with a Waukee pennant halted near a Monticello restaurant. Rumor spread that Orpet was passing through town as a curious crowd formed to watch a seemingly ordinary family depart the vehicle and drive away.
The first half of the week saw young women including Pearl Heisey Mabel Inglis Iola George Blanche Hunter and Grace Noble camping at the Palisades near Mt. Vernon. Campers report a jolly time while nearby families Raymond Slauson Hanssen Hubbard and Mastin stay on the Buffalo. Ray allegedly caught the largest catfish yet seen by a Monticello man, according to Elmer Hubbard.
The Sunbeam Mission Band of Scotch Grove Presbyterian church hosts its 11th annual social with Mrs D O Sinclair on August 2 from 2 to 5 pm. A program begins at 3 pm with cake ice cream lemonade nuts and home made candy for sale to raise funds for the Mission Band treasury. Members invite all to attend and enjoy a pleasant afternoon.
Roadside weed control becomes mandatory for all landowners under the amended law. Landowners must cut weeds along adjoining lands between July 1 and August 1, with road supervisors and councils enforcing the duty at owners expense. Only four days remain to comply.
John Harrington, now at the soldiers' home near Marshalltown, writes that he has felt sympathy from a twenty year old nurse. He notes his hospital stay for a sore foot and praises the care he received. The home houses 860 inmates and he mentions a push needed to visit the widows' quarters housing many state residents.
The master’s second bid attempt for the C. A. & N. railway at Coggon failed as no bids were submitted. A third sale is set for August 1, despite farmer reluctance to invest 83 per acre. The outcome may render the line junk, harming nearby farm values.
The 1914 agricultural census shows Jones County producing 3 million bushels of corn from 79 641 acres valued at 2 244 190 dollars and oats 1 176 089 bushels valued at 513 381 dollars while barley and wheat were limited. Mrs. Mary Gesie died at 52 years old after an illness, leaving sixteen children. funeral held at home with Rev J H Barr officiating.
The piece notes 102 degree readings in Davenport Clinton and Ottumwa with Dubuque at 102 or higher. It recalls July 1901 as hotter with daily highs 90 plus on many days and 108 noted as the hottest July on record since 1854. It lists 16 days this month at or above 90 and 22 days at or above 88 with only three dates below 85.
The body of Hosea Oliphant, who died last Tuesday in Des Moines, was brought to Monticello today and sent to Cascade for burial. A former Monticello grocer and Butterfield area farmer, Oliphant came to Richland township in 1856 with his father Ezekiel from New York. He never married and is survived by sisters Mary and Libbia Oliphant and a nephew John Oliphant. Funeral party from Des Moines was met by Cascade and Richland township friends. Oliphant was known as a kind man and had long illness.
Ray Boman son of G A Boman and former Monticello resident captains Company K First Infantry Illinois National Guard now in U S service at San Antonio Texas. Born in Monticello 1888 he moved to Chicago aged one and joined National Guard October 1905 rising to captain last November before deployment.
Monticello held an adjourned meeting on July 25 1916 to open bids for curbing and guttering along South Chestnut Second North Cedar and Main Streets The bid from L Miner was accepted at 60 cents per foot with others bidding 568 62 and 64 cents per foot The contract was awarded in accordance with plans specifications and resolutions Attest Mayor Voorhees City Clerk Northrop
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