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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
2
The Monticello Express editors J. W. Doxsee and Chas A. Doxsee announce a subscription prize for the year at a rate of eight dollars and twenty cents per year.
Weather kept some away from the Castle Grove farm bureau meeting on Friday. Miss Morey and Miss Hazen were absent, the spelling contest postponed to June, and Mrs. J R McLaughlin sang two numbers with piano. Page notes mention county and township activity, primary election commentary, insurance association purchases, local nominations, cemetery work, and residents’ health updates.
Memorial day observances in Scotch Grove featured a cemetery setting with flags and wreaths at soldier graves, a Monticello-Scotch Grove band concert, and a church program led by CG A Sutherland. Visitors from Chicago, Cedar Rapids, Hopkinton and others attended. Rev J W Bond and Rev W H Elges gave addresses. taps ended the day.
Residents attended Memorial day exercises at Scotch Grove Montballo and Anamosa. Visitors include Mrs Frank Livingstone and sons James and Jack to Wyoming Priday. Cedar Rapids workers John Alexander and Myrtle Livingstone. Glee club and class day programs held Monday. Charles Davis Bryant guests. Donald Serbousek visiting Alan Serbousek. Mrs James Young went to Dallas Texas. Ladies' Working Band meets June 8. Charles Sutherland Chicago greeted friends. Center Junction events on June 2.
Cascade May 28. Grandma Armstrong suffered a severe accident when she fell on the doorstep Saturday morning breaking her hip. She lay alone for two hours before a neighbor found her and summoned help and a doctor. Her son Rev Hugh Robinson of Ibington Illinois arrived Monday. Decoration day observed by G A R ex servicemen and locals.
The obituary reports the death of Hopkinton mayor Mrs Md Miller after a long illness last Tuesday. Funeral held from her home Thursday afternoon. She leaves a husband three children a brother Frank Jones of Culwell and two half sisters Mrs Kephiart and Mrs Gelvin. The text also lists numerous relatives and local residents visiting, and notes community events and remembrances in ensuing days.
Memorial Sunday services were held in the opera house at 2 00 p m with Rev 3 8 93mith giving the address on Memorial day the exercises included song by a male quartet invocation by Rev Melchert reading general orders by W 18 Schrether Lincoln s Gettysburg Address by Lester Behnke and address by J A Grimwood a patriotic program followed by a cemetery decoration by school children and American Legion service. Local residents and visitors from Omaha Milwaukee and Cedar Rapids are mentioned along with graduation notices for Olin 1922 and other community events and travel news.
Ida Webster of Scotch Grove is committed to the state hospital in Independence after insanity proceedings. Mrs. Ora Appleby dies at 37 with six children left to a grieving husband. Supervisor Glenn Peet undergoes thumb amputation at Mercy Hospital due to blood poisoning. Cedar Rapids visitors include Congressman Cyrenus Cole Senator Haskell and families. Lyle Johnson Evans dies at age three. Iowa plans to produce cheese at the state reformatory using milk from 300 cows for state institutions. Frances Catherine Strickel dies at 30, daughter of James and Grace Strickel. Robert LaChapelle notes his brother H G LaChapelle to receive a Theodore Vail citation for the Pueblo flood wire work. Ethel Taylor resigns as deputy county auditor to attend shorthand school. William Rickels to fill the vacancy.
The Zion's Lutheran church in Wayne township marks its fiftieth founding anniversary on Sunday June 11 with services in German and English in the church and a tent. Rev Christian Mardorf will preach in German at 10 am and Rev Otto Prochl in English. Afternoon talks feature Wartburg College figures and musicians from Wartburg College Clinton and Wartburg Seminary Dubuque. Jaunch will be served at noon and a building fund collection will be taken at each service. All are invited.
Mrs. Lew Darling a former Monticello resident died at St. Marys hospital Grand Junction Colorado after gall stone surgery on May 18 following a May 1 8 operation. She was born December 26 1861 in Dubuque and survived by four children five sisters and her husband. Burial held May 22 in Grand Junction. Tanlac advertisement follows.
A public health nurse warns of the cost of lost sight and the health risks of eye problems. She notes eye troubles often stem from other diseases and that proper glasses can improve headaches and overall health. The piece cites children in Monticello and urges regular eye exams.
The Kansas City Star quotes Joyce Kilmer's poem The Tree with lines praising the tree's form and its bond with nature. It notes the author and presents the verse about a tree's hunger, God, robins, snow, rain, and the line that only God can make a tree.
B Ramsey of Fairview announces he will run on the Republican ticket for sheriff of Jones County subject to the June primary Ramsey has spent his life in Jones County and asks voters for support at the primary election Adv
Irving A Mirick announces his candidacy for Jones county sheriff subject to June primaries. Born and raised in Monticello he has five years of farming ties in Fairview township and seeks Republican veteran support.
A brief verse reflects on life’s luck and a sudden angelic moment at the door that blessed the speaker with his daughter. The tone blends gratitude with a contemplative view of fate and family.
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