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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
7
A parade of names and towns appears as residents journey to and from Cedar Rapids Dubuque Decorah Oskaloosa Ottumwa and Minneapolis. Frequent visitors include families from Monticello Davenport and Jefferson with mentions of engagements and business trips throughout the week.
A parade of community notices covers visitors and travel to and from Monticello, church events, library hours opening on June 9, medical updates, school and college news, and sales at Locher Bros. plus local business ads and weddings. Notable names include Lubben Smith Le Clair Lanigan Tuel Rodman Prahm Moore Clinite Thoeni Stabler Pond Kellogg Webster Heisey Fawcett Morse and others.
Children’s Day exercises will be held in the Presbyterian chapel Castle Grove township on June 15 at 7 30 pm. There will be no services in the afternoon of that day.
Miss Bartha Locher traveled to Cedar Rapids last Saturday morning to begin a summer course at the city’s business college. She was joined for the day by her sister Miss Mary Locher.
B F Van Vliet and wife attended Decoration Day exercises. Mrs E B Skelley and Miss Irma Thoeni hosted a six o'clock dinner for sisters Libbie and Florence Thoeni, followed by theater at Princess. Jones County Medical Society met in Anamosa with Drs Gorman Druet Hejinian and King presenting papers. J E Fisher Free sewing machine demonstrator advertised at Hanken and Jacoba store.
Miss Bernice Redman misplaced thirty one dollars last Sunday when her purse was rifled after she left it in a public place. The purse was found in the same spot with its contents missing and no clue to the thief. Dr. T M Redmond of this city named examiner for admissions to Oakdale sanitarium near Iowa City for tuberculosis patients.
Miss Lillian O'Neil of the Lowell State Bank has traveled from Hima Iowa to Rochester Minnesota for a possible appendicitis operation at Mayo Brothers Hospital after returning home due to illness.
Galen Mirick left Sunday morning for a 300 mile ride to his brother Irving in New Auburn Wisconsin hoping to finish by 4 PM that day. Jones county youth expected to graduate college this month include J H Seba Monticello Hart Barker Anamosa Anna E Baum Stone City Stanley A Streeter Anamosa Edith M Glick Anamosa.
Miss Mabel Heisey returns from Ionia to take the assistant principal post at St Ansgar High School for the upcoming year. She accepted without applying and received a salary increase.
Miss Margaret Carey daughter of Mr and Mrs Carey of West Cascade and Mr Joseph Winans son of Mr and Mrs Winans of East Cascade were married Tuesday morning at Fillmore by Justice David Cookey. They plan to reside at Monticello and are well known in the community.
The alumni association hosts an open banquet at the Lovell house Friday evening for friends of the high school and the graduating class, with tickets available for attendees. Charles Hunt and family from Seattle visit Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Mages. Hunt is editor of the Post-Intelligencer and son of former local editor G W Hunt.
Messrs M W Herrick and H E Reed attended a Des Moines Supreme Court session yesterday. They argued the appeal Sewell N Farwell vs H M Carpenter and Herrick also argued for the appellee in H M Carpenter assignee of the W G Wales heirs vs The Modern Woodmen of America.
The Alumni banquet will be served at the Lovell house next Friday evening. Postprandial exercises directed by Spencer A Guiles. Toasts by Ralph Baker, 712, Eda Hein, 713, Frances Koop, 063 Millington Carpenter 06. Senior girl quartet to sing and Ralph Baker to solo.
Mr and Mrs J F Porter began from Davenport for Decoration day exercises at Monticello with seven in the party. Near Center Junction the auto mired and a double team of farm horses pulled them free. They headed home early, likely sidestepping the earlier trouble.
Thirty five women clerks and office girls enjoyed a picnic supper at the park last Tuesday evening and reported a splendid time. The writer praises the group’s brightness courtesy and good looks while noting the town has many fine girls.
The board of supervisors yesterday finalized state road routes in Jones County. The routes largely repeat earlier announcements with minor changes, including a westward extension past Castle Grove Catholic church to meet a Delaware County state road. The Dayton Cunningham route to the Glass Creamery was removed due to Linn County not linking with it.
Franklin B. Gualt of the University of South Dakota resigns to retire from education and move to California. A Jones county native, he studied at Cornell College, led Tama and Mason City schools, headed Pueblo and Tacoma districts, ran a Washington college, and for seven years steered USD to prosperity.
The Monticello community gathered yesterday at the Bateman home for the marriage of Miss Marie Bateman to Ossian Brainerd. Rev. Charlies L. Gould officiated with Rev. M. A. Breed assisting as guests sang Lohengrin’s wedding march. The couple, pledged with a Peruvian gold ring, left for a short wedding journey in an automobile. Marie Brainerd, educated at Monticello High School and Iowa State University, is the daughter of longtime residents, while Ossian Brainerd, a civil engineer and Iowa City native, has worked in railroad construction and now plans to reside in Monticello. Their home is prepared for housekeeping, and the couple is praised for education and character. Guests from afar included O. H. Brainerd and Eloise Brainerd of Iowa City, and other relatives from Davenport and Anamosa.
The Monticello high school commencement week opened with Rev. W A Allen delivering a Luke 12 48 sermon to a full church. Seniors present included Florence Barnts Howard Hosford Marcella Britting Fern Hubbard Lois Cowan Arche Koop Lillian D Autremont Joseph Locher Blanche Deischer Josephine Meyer Alice Hanawalt Laura Moore Eda Hein Ward Poet Frank Hicks Ethel Taylor Rachel Hofacre Edna Wenger.
Nettie Cunningham, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. William Cunningham, died in Chicago. Her father served as pastor at the United Brethren church in this place many years ago and later at the Olin church. She graduated from Olin high school, Leander Clark College, and the University of Chicago. Survived by her father.
Decoration Day events were held in the opera house despite threatening rain. Rev Dr E E Reed spoke of his college's Civil War service and the old monument, urged national unity, and the crowd traced battles at Chickamauga Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. Veterans and wreath girls then honored graves at the cemetery.
Henry Seba who returned from Ames for a short visit went back Monday evening to attend graduation exercises. He completed four years of study and will be awarded his diploma today. He had missed six weeks due to a surgical operation but regained form and passed examinations.
The chautauqua will be booked for Monticello during a five day period from July 26 to 30 inclusive starting Saturday and ending Wednesday A Sunday date near the beginning of the course is expected Mr Vawter promises twelve or more varied attractions including lecturers entertainers bands and troupes to keep every meeting engaging Full particulars will follow Keep the date in mind
Miss Eunice Hanna and Mr. Burton Brown were married last evening at 8 o clock at the home of Mr and Mrs A L Fairbanks in Cass township. Rev W R Bundy of Cass Center Congregational church officiated before eighty guests. The couple will reside at Cass Center and begin life with broad good wishes from friends.
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