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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
7
A long list of brief items mentions Miss Freda Hanken visiting Iowa City and others visiting Cedar Rapids Davenport Dubuque and Crops across Monticello Delware County and Clear Lake. It notes shop moves insurance pitches and small travel mentions with names like Frank Locher Miss Mabel Welch and Rev Father Weirich.
Local Monticello column lists frequent visitors and guests from Galesburg Iowa Cedar Rapids and Chicago. Notes include church bake sale Labor Day barbecue plans and numerous family visits plus travel to Spirit Lake and the Black Hills. A future electric fixture ad and church services in German and English are announced.
Local notes recount visits among families from Monticello and nearby towns, a fire scare at Charles Vese y home, a broken leg from a porch jump, and community events. Iowa Baby Health contest entries, car service to State Fair, a new hospital birth, and a Lutheran church picnic with a 35 year reunion are also covered.
Officials in the Midwest anticipate the biggest state fair turnout ever with more than 8 900 in prizes offered in the unions department. A tragic auto crash near Oelwein kills Theodore Rhoder 27 and fatally injures Howard Blaisdell 26 while Walter Roeder 23 suffers non critical injuries. Heavy rains retreat into flood conditions with Maquoketa river rising and 30 telephones out after a lightning strike on Cedar street.
The Clay township Community Club held a July 19 picnic on the Maquoketa riverbank near Supple’s bridge. A small, happy crowd enjoyed a dinner, storytelling, and games on land and water led by Mrs. Hicks and Hdna Ore. Henry Ore and Jack Smith tied for storytelling honors. W Hicks and Arthur McMaster placed second. Ingversen was top batter in baseball. L Hanken impressed at fielding. Ames solid at short. A planned women versus men tug of war was dropped to avoid defeat. Club Reporter hopes the Clay farm bureau may hold another picnic later.
The Independent School District of Monticello Iowa held a special election at city hall last Thursday. Nineteen voters approved selling old school property to finance a new site and building, while two opposed.
The Monticello school board elected Fred L. Mahannah as superintendent replacing Paul Shelley who resigned. Mahannah, a Cornell College graduate, comes with extensive experience as principal in North English, Rockwell City superintendent, Cerro Gordo county official, state inspector of normal training schools, and superintendent of the Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans Home. His varied career includes reviewing school building plans and advising on modern facilities.
Thompson’s Invincible pitching leads Monticello to a 14 to 0 win over Worthington as Guilford and a early six run outburst set the tone. Hutton finishes the shutout, while Worthington mustered no offense. Monticello, after a string of weak opponents, faces a strong schedule starting next Sunday.
The Gollmar Bros circus bills itself as The Moving City of Enchantment and promises a two show under the big tents in Monticello on August 5. The program features a modern three ring circus with trained wild animals, a large menagerie, 700 staff and 400 horses. The act blends circus acts with a wild beast show and includes 200 American champions, many from continental circuses, making their first American appearances.
Concordia College quartet from Springfield Illinois will perform at an open air concert on Friday evening July 28 on the church lawn at Sand Hill. Admission tags are 25 and 40 cents in advance, 35 and 50 cents at the gate. Ice cream and candy will be available. Proceeds support the church with a program of vocal and instrumental numbers. A brick-lifting accident at the new Lutheran church left Harms briefly stunned. he recovered and returned to work. A Mount Vernon firm launches a new automatic pump factory with a 260 by 350 foot building.
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