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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1930
Page
2
Local residents travel to Cascade Sioux City Cedar Rapids and Des Moines for visits and business. Eyewear and optometry updates are noted with Karl M Keyes as sole Jones County optometrist. Many mentions of family gatherings anniversaries and weekend trips to Iowa City Marion Lake OClare Niagara Falls and Strawberry Point.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Clark of Manchester with Betty and Buddy visited Mrs Clark’s parents Mr and Mrs Hans Roof. Mrs Fannie Wallace and Mr and Mrs Olinvalbac of Warren DL stayed with Mr and Mrs L J Swift. Miss Fathryn Dress returned from Anamosa after a two week vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Reuben Dress. Rev and Mrs Fred Peterson and family from Lennox SD visit the Duckett home. Rev and Mrs August Peterson of Richland visited Mrs Retty and family in Independence. Marguerite Wernimont and sister Mary Jatte returned to Cedar Rapids after three weeks with the Charles Wernimont and J B Oswald homes.
Health authorities warn that rapid growth of tourist camps demands strict sanitation. Provisions include drained sites, safe water from approved sources, proper sewage, daily garbage disposal, screened kitchens and cabins, and supervised food handling. Local notices note staff changes and recent farm bureau activities.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Doxsee and their children Antonette Mary Wilbur and George drove to Eagle Grove last Saturday. Mrs. Doxsee and the children will stay three weeks while Mr. Doxsee returns home Sunday afternoon.
Sara Oltman spent a week with Rev. G. Rickels and family at Atkins. They accompanied her home yesterday and will spend a week’s vacation in the cottage recently built by Henry Rickels in the woods on the George Oltman farm.
Miss Marjorie Deidrich, lately in Monti cello, traveled Tuesday evening to Minneapolis to visit relatives. She plans to meet Miss Helen Rehorst on Saturday and tour the Black Hills of South Dakota with the Rehorst family.
Rev and Mrs Samuel G Guten shohn and daughter Jeff visit Gnadenhutten Ohio for August with relatives. The family plans to return to Monticello and conduct Congregational church services on August 31.
A Farm Bureau gathering Tuesday evening July 29 was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Matthiessen. Margaret Hansen and Margaret Behrends conducted a bean canning demonstration while Mrs. Walker and her sons David Glen and Gene provided music.
Mr and Mrs P A Kurt welcomed Sunday relatives including Elmer Kurt and two children Charles and Eleanor from Dubuque Harry Kurt from Lone Tree and Miss Bricthard from Muscatine Leonard Kurt from Waterloo and Miss Thelma Smith from Cedar Rapids for a family visit.
Miss Lola B Smith of the Tth District of Iowa OES spent last Friday and Saturday consulting with Worthy Matron Miss Caroline Schoenhut about the forthcoming local meeting in Monticello on September 4. She also visited the home of Mr and Mrs Arch Grimes during her stay.
Mrs Henry Rehorst and daughter Helen of Belle Fourche South Dakota arrived Monday to visit Mr and Mrs J F P Kettiitz Mr and Mrs E J Farley Mr and Mrs P O Britt Mrs Theodocia Pulver and Helen Pulver and Mrs Atkins and Mr and Mrs F E F Stimson spent Sunday at Terrell's Park in Manchester with relatives from Earlville
Mrs. O. E. Brainerd and her children Edward and Barbara returned to Northampton Massachusetts this week after visiting Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Brainerd in Iowa City last week. In Monticello they stayed with Mr. and Mrs. John E. Bateman.
Last Sunday a Mission Festival took place at St John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. Pastor Rev Paul T Gut knecht led German services in the morning with Rev W Lchreiber from Delaware preaching, followed by English services in the afternoon led by Rev Herman Maas of London. A picnic dinner was served at noon.
A coroner's jury ruled George H. Scharf of Solon caused the death of Frank Fisher, 28, of Morse, in a vehicle collision last Sunday night. The verdict says Fisher died from injuries in a car driven by Scharf in a careless and negligent manner.
Mrs Edward Foley of Detroit Michigan with her daughters Marguerite Dorothy and Patricia visit at the home of her father Tom J White in Monticello. Mr White met them near Detroit and brought them to Monticello where they will stay a time and then visit other relatives in northern Michigan.
The Johnson family held a Sunday reunion and picnic at Anamosa State Park with over sixty relatives from Monticello Anamosa and guests from Chicago including Mr and Mrs Rinesmeier and family. A fine picnic dinner was enjoyed at noon.
Mrs Grimes hosted a Saturday afternoon gathering for friends at her home in honor of Miss Essie Mae Thanson of Mt Vernon. Bridge games were played at two tables with Miss Mildred Pulver earning the high score. Refreshments followed and a guest prize was given to the guest of honor. Out of town guest Mrs Cyril Atkins of Chicago attended.
Mrs. Bertha Rohr and George Sutherland of Monticello wed last Saturday in Nashua with Rev. William Kent officiating. They will live on North Maple Street. she has worked as head cook at the Virginia Cafe and he is a carpenter. Friends extend congratulations. The Friday Club met at Mrs. John Fraser’s home with readings from the Study Book of Travel and papers on Paris and Parisians. guest Mrs. John Innis of Milwaukee attended.
Mr and Mrs James McAleer of Lisbon hosted a picnic dinner at Ana mosa State Park last Sunday to honor the Locher families with more than thirty relatives present. Guests included Dr and Mrs Lawrence Locher and children of Farley and several Locher siblings and spouses from Dubuque Cedar Rapids Monticello and Lisbon. A second picnic supper honored out of town friends at the Country Club with guests from Cedar Rapids Columbus Nebraska Lincoln Milwaukee and local hosts Mr and Mrs John J Locher and family.
A group from Anamosa celebrated Miss Kate Maurice birthday with a picnic at the city park and a bridge evening at her home. Guests included Hazel Van Zante Jane Soper O M Miller Jennie Birk Nane Cavanaugh Nell Morey Lena Miller Clara Mader Katherine Ferring and others. Katherine Ferring hosted a separate birthday party with luncheon and cake for friends Edith Vertrees Margaret Hares Lillian Locher Kathleen Hogan Blanche Kane Naomi Maloney Edith Ferringe Catherine Pothergill. The Reframed church held an outdoor meeting at the Park with a luncheon and program led by Mrs Tendick who was elected delegate to the Missionary Conference.
The Monticello Commercial Club received five thousand fish from Sabula hatcheries and released them into the Maquoketa River last Thursday morning. Day Marshall Harold Tedrow and Linifred Hauss oversaw the effort. Three thousand bass and two thousand croppies, mostly four inches long, were released with expectations of better fishing next year.
A Saturday morning blaze at the George Claus farm seven miles east of Cascade destroyed the barn seventy five tons of hay two calves eight sets of harness a new cream separator and other tools and machinery. The property belonged to tenant John Deischel and the loss is partially insured.
Major Harding Polk states Iowa training camps are oversubscribed with several thousand applicants rejected. Applicants without orders will not be enrolled and no travel allowances will be paid.
Edwin Wilcox reports 45 bushels per acre for Velvet barley and 50 for oats on his farm. Aldred winter wheat averaged 45 bushels per acre. He threshed 12 acres of wheat, 5 of oats and 12 of barley and invites reports from other farmers.
The author notes a national spending spree and a morning after mood. It argues the shift is not Hoover's fault, but contemplates how Al Smith would have faced similar or harsher criticism had he won.
The U S Department of Agriculture urges targeted early spraying to control garden pests. Use good equipment and a fine mist that wets all plant parts evenly, stopping before foliage drips, with higher pressure improving coverage.
The U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes small buyers pay a high price for honey. They may pay twice or four times as much per pound as for the same honey in a tin container of 2 ½ pounds or more. Glass honey costs 10 to 15 cents more per pound than tin of equal capacity.
Ray Soppe, son-in-law of Shemp Smith, is isolated at the Smith home northeast of Hopkinton with smallpox. He worked in Waterloo where the outbreak is prevalent and was laid off, then stayed with his wife at the Smith residence. Quarantine measures are in place and officials believe transmission beyond the premises is unlikely. A curious note finds newspapers from 1772 hidden behind wallpaper in three cupboards of an English hotel.
American literature continues to export at an estimated value around 13 million dollars annually. The figure reflects ongoing overseas interest and sustained demand for U.S. literary works across markets.
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