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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
7
The advertisement promotes ladies and men footwear in white gun metal tan and patent leather. Colonial pumps strap pumps and oxfords are available with a range of styles. The notice encourages inspection of the new spring line from E. G. Burrichter.
A busy North Liberty style column lists visits and trips by residents and visitors across Hopkins ton Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Waterloo Plus notices of social events sales and a shoe shop prompt highlights including an ice cream social at the Methodist Episcopal church.
Local column records arrivals visits and departures across Monticello and nearby towns. Names include Matthew Campbell Gertrude Campbell J W Nelson Opal Nanse Ethel Taylor Ruolf Zimmerman and many more with brief notes on their movements and activities plus notices of sales and services.
Mrs Dora Brucks and Irene depart for Cole Ridge Nebraska for an indefinite stay. Mrs W E Van Buren joined her husband in Monticello last week and was greeted warmly. Mrs Ed Miller returns to Burlington Kansas after visiting her mother Mrs Alfred Miller. Mrs Bruce Cropp and daughter return from Cedar Rapids and Springville after a week with relatives. Carl Stubler, at Cedar Rapids business college, visited his father George Stubler last Thursday and Friday. Cedar Rapids National Oats falls to Monticello 5 to 1. Florence Hefner returns home from teaching domestic science in Alden Minnesota for summer vacation. Agnes Stirton and Susanna Heisey leave for Hopkinton for Lenox College commencement. Mrs George Magee’s children of Anam move to their home Monday morning.
Frances Koop returns from Wyoming where she served as high school instructor. Supt and Mrs K D Miller visit Chicago for summer studies. Slough school to hold ice cream social June 7. J Suter updates shopfront. Anamosa beats Monticello 5 to 2 in regional baseball. Numerous local travels, school events, and civic notices fill the week.
C N Patrick an optometrist promotes Kryptok lenses with a single lens design and reading portion ground in. George McKeever sold Cascade livery stable to Peter Herard and took a stallion Tom Archer as part payment to be kept southeast of Monticello on the Scotch Grove road.
J. H. Perrine advertises Holsum bread from Korn Baking Co Davenport as a clean sanitary loaf never touched by bands or dust until reaching the kitchen, promising freshness and safety.
Those who left for Hopkinton this morning to attend the Lenox College commencement included Mrs. Henry Heisey and son Harry, Miss Harriet McCuskey, Miss Hazel Herington, and Miss Anne Stirton.
C N Patrick spends the week in Des Moines attending the state optometrist convention. He plans to learn the latest methods of fitting glasses and anticipates gaining new ideas from the sessions.
Local items report Lowell Hicks heading to Couer d Alene Idaho for practical forestry work after two years at Iowa State College Ames. Misses Ferguson Robwedder and others visit family. Miss McCuskey to Monticello English post. G W Davis retires from hotel business. Cedric D Smith named editor in chief of Minnehaha 1912 13. Ransom Calkins visits Monticello on Decoraton Day.
Chas S Applegate remits his subscription to The Monticello Express from Weiser Idaho and praises the country. He notes ideal weather crops look fine and fruit raisers have bright prospects. His valley comprises five to twenty acre plots, ideal for living and farming.
Monticelo alumni association hosted its annual banquet in Kinsella hall last Friday evening with over a hundred attendees. A tour course dinner was served by the Indies of the Presbyterian church followed by toasts from Agnes Stirton Luzia Thomas Elsie Noble and Miss Thomson.
A calm Memorial Day in Monticello featured cemetery beautification and a Civil War veterans ceremony at the opera house with an audience, choir, and Rev. W. E. Van Buren speaker reflecting on national history. The day included wreaths at the cemetery, news of John J. Clark’s death in Salt Lake City, and local legal notices and social announcements.
A young Indiana operator is sought for switchboard service by the Jones County Telephone Co. in Monticello. Call at the office for details and application.
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