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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
7
Home News notes visitors from Chicago Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Sioux City. Local figures like Dr Redmond and Miss Pearl Heisey are mentioned among social calls and business trips. A Deatrick millinery promo and community events such as Ascension day services and school picnics are highlighted with hometown color.
Mrs. O H Soetje returns from Chicago and Miss Theresa Boblken attends Anamosa carnival. E J Farley ships eleven carloads of eggs since April. Eugene Dewitt returns to Monticello for the summer. R A Dewitt of Sioux City visits with his father Ahab Dewitt. Rev and Mrs E A Lang of West Branch visit the Lang family. Samuel Eby visits DeWitt to see his invalid wife. Karl Renk and Roy Cropp take charge of a harness shop purchased from C W Brown. Uncalled for letters remain at the Monticello post office. Paul Black of Castle Grove tours in a new Buick. Anamosa depot burglarized with baggage and valises opened. Two carnival-following suspects are arrested. W L Rosa spends winter in California and plans Oregon visit. John E Foster to lead a Europe-tour group leaving Montreal June 17. Miss Margaret Pond and Miss Dorothy Pond visit Davenport to see John E Pond. Byron Eastwood and wife visit G W Eastwood in Rockford for a week by car. Neva L Larson of Britt, Drake student, elected sixth-grade teacher replacing Mary Webber who declined. J Krouse and son visit to celebrate Krouse parents’ golden wedding. Mrs Adelbert Sandhouse and Grace attend Tilford Academy commencement. Herman and Raymond Sandhouse to graduate. B F Van Vliet and Mrs Van Vliet attend Monticello Memorial exercises. Mrs S E Sarles spends Memorial season in Monticello with friends after daughter Katharine’s death.
Mrs Gerhard Behrends operated on at University Hospital Iowa City last Tuesday. OC Brown couple plan Kansas farm visit for evaluation of future improvements. Mrs John Miller and children visit Monticello relatives while husband attends sick mother in Pennsylvania. German Reformed women present pastor’s wife with purse and gifts. D Chase returns from Canada reports good farming prospects and flax plans. Elmer Webster restrained at Inde pendence asylum escapes briefly from Langworthy rail yard before recapture.
Squire Wheeless, at 86 the youngest old man in Hopkinton, remains active in affairs and votes Democratic while attending church. The Monticello High School Alumni Banquet is set for tomorrow at the K of P hall with Rev. M A Breed as toastmaster and participants including Leona DAutremont and Wilhelmina Grenenwald. D E Pond offers leases mortgages deeds licenses and insurance from the Lovell Bank Building.
William G McConnon son of Mrs John McConnon leaves for Europe to supervise construction work for Westinghouse. He sails May 10 and will work about 100 miles west of Christiana Norway for three to four months in the land of the midnight sun. J C Irvin adds a mower grinding machine to his blacksmith shop promising true edges and reliable results with his automatic sharpener. The district court hears Mills Miles accused of insurance premium embezzlement with a directed verdict motion deferred until defense evidence is shown.
A milk wagon with Bartlett Holler and his nephew fled when frightened by an automobile. The team dashed down a hill and turned south at the post office corner. One horse fell but no one was hurt, and bystanders avoided a crash.
A boy under thirteen was arrested last Friday for larceny of six dollars from Mrs. Albery near town. The justice of the peace lacked jurisdiction, so he was ordered to appear before Judge Treichler in juvenile court. The youth hoped to buy a used bicycle and, after confrontation, is said to have confessed.
Sheriff Hogan arrested Tate in Fowler Indiana after an indictment for forgery two weeks earlier. Hogan traveled to Des Moines for requisition papers and to Indianapolis for the governor’s requisition acknowledgment. Tate was a workman on the county home contractor and forged his employer’s check for about $30 before leaving the state.
At a Sunday evening service more than sixty children crowned a statue of the Blessed Virgin with white flowers. Rev Father Meloy spoke on Mary’s role in the church. A horse owned by Wm Folkerts of Cass township was killed after an acid attack. Sheriff Hogan raised the reward to 100 dollars for evidence leading to an arrest, with the community decrying the crime.
Clara Butler Boland died in Sioux City on May 26 at age 29 6 8. Daughter of Frank Butler formerly of Monticello now Hopkins. Survived by children Mabel 12 John 11 and Bessie 9. Funeral by Rev R V Porter and burial in Oakwood Cemetery last Sunday afternoon.
The funeral for Henry Paulsen was held Thursday at the German Reformed church with Rev. Getterman of Wheatland officiating. Born in Holstein Germany in 1833, he moved to America after his wife's death with three children and settled in Lyons Iowa before relocating to Jones county. Surviving are daughter Lena and sons Henry and Gustav.
Directors announce floral hall relocation to the grove entrance and removal of the south wing which eliminates the center pavilion. A cupola will be added with a new foundation and re roofing. Concessions will line a wide street from the entrance to the hall as a committee begins preliminary arrangements.
John Riben of Prairieburg kept five young foxes as pets after a hunting morning. His dogs chased a fox to its den where six cubs were found. one died, five survived and were adopted by John. The cubs, tame with visitors, risk disturbing the Sunday School. Eileen shot the mother fox during a raid on her home.
More than a hundred Monticello people traveled to Manchester on a special train last Friday evening for Stephens meetings. The train left at five and returned at 12 62. Monticello converts contributed with testimonies and Viva Moore and Mr. Storrs sang a duet. The event drew a large audience and sparked growing interest.
Miss Edith Jarrett and Mr Urban Haoussler were married in the bride and groom's home after a union service led by Rev George Stephens and Rev J W Innes. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs John B Jarrett, worked as a saleslady at Patrick's jewelry. the groom runs the Wowerment market. Also noted were the high school senior class day exercises with reflections and farewells from faculty and students.
Rev E K Gruenstein of the German Reformed church returns from the General Synod in Danton Ohio and accepts a call to Wimbledon North Dakota. He will end pastoral work at Monticello in August as members regret his departure. He preached last Sunday to his future parishioners and praised the location and salary.
Patrick’s ad notes a Presbyterian union prayer meeting filled the church with amen corner to gallery. Rev. George Stephens, recent Monticello revival evangelist, arrived after services, spoke to high school pupils, and expressed warm regard for Monticello. Train changes on the Milwaukee line affected connections and local travel patterns.
Rev. M A Breed delivered the baccalaureate address to Monticello high school graduates last Sunday evening at Conpreparational church. He urged building a life on spiritual worth and personal allegiance to Christ, citing art history and literature to illustrate his point. Mrs George L Lovell and daughter Catherine returned from Michigan visit.
Monticello marked Memorial Day with open-house exercises presided by G. W. Mastwood and Rev. M. A. Treed. The event featured band music, student performances under Miss Moore, and an address by Rev. Charles H. Beaver of Anamosa. Beaver urged reverence for veterans, criticized day desecration, and praised Union soldiers for liberty.
Perfection vil now ten cents per gallon Crown gasoline now one cent per gallon Cross F Hardware Co announces price cuts with local service and value emphasized in the notice.
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