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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
3
The June 8 correspondence from Wyoming reports visits by Anna Ballard in Olin Clarence Reade in Cedar Rapids and many others including Rev. Bronson Dr Coffman and the Shaffer family. It notes the Wyoming High School commencement on June 3 with sixteen graduates and praise for the band concert and local programs at the opera house and school events across town.
Onslow chatter reports Henry Reade leaving for Burt Iowa on Tuesday Frank Roe visiting the Alexanders at Stanwood W D Livingstone of Marion in town last Saturday Nic House the barber returned from Cedar Rapids Mrs C A Hall and daughter Ruth visited Maquoketa Monday morning lightning struck John Youngs residence three miles north of town and knocked down a chimney and tore around con-
Castle Grove notes report G Zumbrunnen building a new barn J F Eibeen losing a horse Miss Alice Deischer closing school in No 4 Mrs EKJ Noble ill Courtland Appleby at Buck Creek with Will Hiller Walter Appleby attending commencement in Hopkinton Mr and Mrs J B Zimmerman of Monticello visiting A B Laude German picnic at Bar racks grove Al Starr family of Oelwein visiting Farmers Mutual gains six new members and 48891 in risks since March 7 lightning hits two year old heifer insured by Farmers Mutual Miss Florence Hubbard completes second year of teaching in No 2 El sie Noble teaching in Madison South Dakota Cedar Rapids trip for Grace Noble Coe College commencement week students return home later this week.
Cascade notes list property purchase by John L. Little for 2000 dollars and M B McQuillen’s calves killed by lightning. Social items report Rosa Hunter to J H Healy and Blanche Fairburn to Mr Webbes on the 16th. A ball game between Monticello and Cascade ends 4 4. Mrs H R Williams father injured in a fall. hospitalization in St Luke's.
Center Junction residents welcome visitors including Mrs Charles Larkey and daughter and Peter Bailey of Cedar Rapids. Miss Ruth Berry Monticello attends graduation. The C M & St P builds a concrete bridge north of town. Myrtle Livingstone Cedar Rapids visits. Ed Smith and daughter Mariam Winterset visit. Graduating class includes Rose Berry Frank Livingstone James McNeilly. Rev P S Slocum delivers address.
Mrs John Eden has been ill with Brights disease and is slowly improving under Dr Puleston care. Wm Oltmanns of Scotch Grove also improves able to raise in bed and walk with assistance. A post nuptial picnic followed a spring wedding despite rain. Rev W Schuetz will deliver a sermon in Sumer with Rev C Pape substituting at St Johns Lutheran Sand Hill. Rain disrupts Route 2 mail delivery as rural riders use motorcycles. The post office permits motorcycles and rural carriers favor quicker service.
Miss Margaret Harms spent Sunday at home. Several residents visited Langworthy and Castle Grove. Switzer settlement roads are poor. Families visited, including Prull, Balster, Behrends, and Hein. A new machine shed 24 by 36 is under construction. A Hillside picnic for about fifty youths ended well.
Langworthy NOTES include H J Dirks sick list. Geo Stutt shows a new auto. B H Hanken did business in Monticello Friday. H Stulken drove to Monticello Saturday. Mrs P Miller rode to Monticello Monday. John Reuter from Castle Grove visited Gerd Pruits Sunday. D J Dirks shipped barley and oats to Chicago. Will Dirks family visited Gerd Dirks Sunday. H Scheer and John Harms went to Anamosa Tuesday. H Batchelder returned to Peoria after a week at home. Saturday hall dance well attended. all report a good time.
Scotch Grove June 8 Mrs C A Sutherland returns from Nebraska Grace Moats closes her No 3 school with a picnic Children Day exercises at Presbyterian church next Sabbath at 10 a m Lewis Sutherland returns home for summer Blanche Clark and Josephine Sutherland teachers in Wyoming and Anamosa schools at home for summer Miss Alfal Loomis of San Diego and Mrs Smead of Epworth visit BE Himebaugh and P M Himebaugh families
Amber reports Chas Porter very ill on June 9 while George Schoon lays cement walks. Mr Sherell from Wyoming visits Cass. John McNeilly recovers from illness. Peter Bailey from Bowen's Prairie visits here. Mr Willison of Wyoming attends the George Zimmerman dance. Harry Glatty of Cedar Rapids stays at Alex Robertson’s. Jones County Telephone lines undergo repair by a force of men.
In Sioux City Journal commentary, Washington officials retreating to mountains are mocked for enduring daily Chautauqua lectures. The piece laments rising senatorial acerbity as courtesy fades under constant talks and scrutiny.
Government researchers test a rifle equipped with a small electric light for night shooting. The device aims to illuminate targets and improve accuracy in low visibility. Field trials assess practical use, safety, and potential military applications amid ongoing equipment evaluations.
Management of the steam railroads entering Paris weighs a proposal to electrify all lines for a substantial distance into the suburbs, aiming to modernize service and reduce emissions.
A listed program for Children’s Day at the Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church on Sunday June 18 starts at 10 am. It features songs, recitations, and performances by children and quartets including Elmer Sanford, Veron Sutherland, Silas Wright, Willie Wright, and Mrs Riee, with titles such as Little Builders, What Children Day Stands For, And Onward and Upward.
A Delaware local option campaign card lists groceries and a $15.30 premium offered in exchange for abstaining from alcohol for a year. It argues the money saved from drinking three glasses daily would fund substantial goods, urging young men to break the temperance habit.
Public auction set for Saturday June 12 at 3 o'clock at the home of the late Mrs Nathan Smith two blocks north of the post office. Items include remaining household goods an eight room brick residence and a vacant lot at the end of Sycamore street. Also notes about telephone lines in Saskatchewan and the 1908 installation of 122 Japanese exchanges. Central City plans a Fourth of July patriotic celebration in an old time style.
The Mon ticello Iowa independent School district committee invites sealed bids for two houses east of the high school and for three vacant lots at N Cedar and Sixth streets. Bids due noon June 12 1909. Committee may reject any bid. Trial subscription offer for the daily Register and Leader runs to July 4 1909.
Mrs. O Rhinevault hails Electric Bitters as a divine gift to women, noting its uplifting effects and relief from nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backaches fainting and dizziness. Ad touts a 50 cent price at O H Soetje's. Separate note credits John Hollingshead with London's first electric lights at the Gaiety Theatre in 1878.
Through many doctors and $200 worth of medicine, B. F. Ayscne of Ingleside North Carolina finally used Dr. King's New Life Pills and was wholly cured. They cure constipation biliousness sick headache stomach liver kidney and bowel troubles. 25 cents at O H Soetje's.
Property listing offers 200 acres within three miles of Monticello at sixty dollars per acre. One third cash due March 1, with balance financed on long time at five percent by R C Stirton.
A fragmentary passage mentions a person who was keen on airships and flying machines and bought “the ater” while noting a theater with wings and files. The text is unclear and reads as a playful dialog about aviation curiosities.
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