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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
6
Local Monticello shoppers read about McAleer millinery promotions and a wide array of visitors. Names include Mrs. C B Goareke of Cedar Rapids and Miss Catherine McAleer visiting Dubuque, with Memorial and Decoration day appearances noted for area families and friends.
Local residents report frequent visits and arrivals from Cedar Rapids Ames and Mt. Vernon. Families such as Pond Dress Northrop Franks and Moore join relatives, while elections and court activity outline civic life. John O Rourke and others travel to Iowa City for family and medical matters as Fork community horizons expand.
A four day court case Direka versus Youni concluded last week with a verdict of one dollar for the plaintiff. The judge noted the outcome as hardly a profitable venture for the plaintiff.
Miss Beulah Benedict of Cedar Rapids visited her mother Mrs. Jerome Brazelton last Tuesday. She was accompanied by Miss Adria Bailey and FB. O. Wells, both of Cedar Rapids.
Jay Hoyt Dreibelbis a University student who previously injured himself in Iowa City has recovered and enlisted in the United States army. He had already served two enlistments. Misses Josephine and Florence OBrien of Cedar Rapids visited the home of their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Henry Matthews yesterday. Florence returned the same evening while Josephine stayed longer.
Miss Jessie Fawcett, Monticello teacher, re elected for next year with a salaried advance after returning from Mechanicsville. A mission festival at Johnsontown Evangelical Lutheran Church scheduled next Sunday at 11 am and 2:30 pm will replace St Johns Church services. Mr and Mrs Schipman and Dr and Mrs Teeter visited Usdar Rapids by auto during a heavy rain storm, taking five hours home. A I Jackson received word Dr T M Redmond is appointed local burgdan for the O M St Paul railway at Monticello, succeeding the late Dr W A Mirick. County Superintendent Miss Itate Maurice was in Sioux Rapids for a meeting on agricultural instruction. J H Miller of Anamosa, a Democratic aspirant for the district nomination, was in Monticello meeting voters and asserting lifelong Democratic ties and no prior offices.
Voters are asked to remember two candidates in the Republican primary for county supervisor. A. M. Fairbank of Gass and Len Buol of Richland townships are described as good men and likely to be remembered by friends next Monday.
P. G. Keith sells the house he was erecting on Sycamore Street to Mrs. Mary Kehoe of Farley. The house will be completed within a month. Keith has laid the foundation for another house on the adjoining lot.
Mr and Mrs Robert Jenney and Rosalind with boys camper group at Pictured Rocks last Monday and Tuesday. Local visits include P J Woollner seeking eye treatment in New York and a Zaneaville family reunion. Monticello prepares for July Fourth with Paine fireworks, park access, and picnic provisions.
Cecil Rotf was arrested on charges of taking $90 from Charles Manning. Rotf waives examination and is bound over to the next grand jury. Manning, reportedly intoxicated after a trip to East Dubuque, alleges the robbery occurred during that period. Rotf protests innocence, says he returned all money, and that others were present. Manning mourns and refuses consolation.
Fred Prentice aged 28 or 29 died in a Main Street automobile crash in Anamosa last Saturday. The car veered into a ditch near the Metropolitan factory. investigation found sudden heart failure caused the death. He was the only child of Mr and Mrs William Prentice and had been a Cedar Rapids Business College student. A two year old boy was in the car.
The Methodial Episcopal church in Monticallo will hold services next Sunday with Professor John I. Stout of Cornell College delivering the morning address. A gospel team from Cornell will lead the evening service and supervise Sunday school classes, plus provide music. An invitation is extended to residents to attend.
Mr Vernon Racord and Genarga J Van Buren former Cornelian and ten years athletic director in several colleges met Athletic Director Winger on Monday. Van Buren may be chosen as assistant football coach for next fall working with Coach Finger for a championship calibre team. He is a farmer near Central City who just finished sixty acres of corn. By September the football bug may lure him back to the profession he long served.
Misaamma Hein of Richland and Edward Girklebaugh of Scotch Grove wed yesterday at the bride’s parents home with Rev. B T Balear officiating. A small ceremony followed by a dance at Kinsella hall Monticello. The bride, a teacher since 1909, and the groom, a farmer, will live on the Litte farm in Scotch Grove.
Emma Valenta daughter of Mrs A Valenta married Otto Hubbard son of John Hubbard at Sacred Heart Church yesterday morning at eight. Pastor George A Hauck officiated before a large crowd. Bridesmaid Miss Almedna Bell and best man Roy d Autremont attended. A wedding breakfast followed at 9 30 at the bride’s mother’s home. Mrs Hubbard formerly worked as a linotype operator at Jones County Times until two weeks ago. The couple will reside on the old Gill place in Castle Grove township. O N Patrick optometrist and optician notes.
Rev. O. E. Cushman preached the annual Memorial sermon to Congregational Church members and a full house of G A R. He urged national reflection on past valor and urged Christ’s supremacy, noting the ongoing battle for spiritual emancipation. Rev. Cushman recalled Civil War sacrifices and urged keeping the nation free from corruption. Rev. Walton and the Presbyterian pastor assisted, reading scripture and leading prayer.
Thomas Lynch of Richland township died at his home yesterday morning from acute diabetes after a long illness. Born in Ireland on May 12 1843 he came to the United States with his mother, lived in Maryland and near Monticello before settling on a Richland farm with Elizabeth Fluckiger Lynch. Eight children were born to the couple. six survive in Monticello and Cedar Rapids. The funeral will be at 10 tomorrow at the family home conducted by Rev A P Walton of the Presbyterian church with interment at Oakwood cemetery. Also noted are storm damage reports across Linn and Delaware counties including windmills and outbuildings, the Monticello high school baccalaureate sermon by Rev Walton and Mrs J A Scott’s fall and dislocation at Mercy Hospital, Anamosa.
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