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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
7
Mrs D EB Pond visited Davenport while Walter Storm enjoys Delmar vacation. Numerous local residents traveled to nearby towns for visits and shopping at Deutrick's, Center Junction chautauqua events announced, and several letters and guests noted including Miss Mary Jarman Cedar Falls and Iowa Falls, Miss Frances Coyle Hopkinton, and Mr and Mrs John Webber Chicago trip. New Mexico visitor Mrs Charles Parker among Monticello relations.
A sweep of society notes from Center Junction and nearby towns highlights visits, travel, graduations, and performances. Notables include the Howard Hall quartet, the Caswells opening the Jones chautauqua, and numerous trips to Cedar Rapids, Rock Island, and Chicago for events and comings and goings.
Miss Clara Noyes departed last Monday for New York City to join a Bureau University Travel party and spend the summer sightseeing in Europe. She sails today.
Rev. P. M. Phillips of Center Junction preached last Sunday at the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Roy V. Porter will return in time to conduct all services next Sunday.
Mrs. Orville Hosford and her two children who stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young in Platte South Dakota returned home last Tuesday evening. Mrs. Alva Miller who had been visiting in the same home went back to Hettinger North Dakota yesterday morning.
Misa Agnes Anderlin and two nieces spend the day in the Parlor City. Mrs. John Franklin and Mrs. E. F. Biggs visit Rodman home. Miss Hogan returns from Clinton St. Clair's school. Miss Rickless returns from Wyoming teaching. Hefner also teaching in Wyoming. Father Erdland in town, stationed at Strawberry Point. Ivan Steiner moves to Grand View Washington to join coast region residents. Public Library seeks old paper and magazines via telephone pickup.
Mrs Jujia FE Bowen widow of George S Bowan a pioneer in Sand Spring and later a Chicago and Elgin merchant died in Elgin She was linked to early Sand Spring development Will Shelley of Austin Minnesota visited Monticello relatives and boasted of rich land in Austin where farmers tread barefooted The new gymnasium on First street makes progress with school use planned on the upper floor A Frank Vernimont girl was cut when a window broke Paul Abrams of Iowa City visits prior to his Iowa State University law college graduation Superintendent and Mrs Miller visit Morley La Porte City then plan summer routes
A. C. Foster of Williamsburg rents the Perrine building formerly used by W. F. Bingham and plans a gent's furnishings and shoes shop. Stock installation is set for mid summer.
Mrs. F P Stubler and children Stewart and Caroline with Reiss Stubler visit Elgin Illinois. Boys may attend invitation track meet for high schools in Chicago next Saturday. Monticello Alumni elects officers Augusta Hacussler president Emma Bingell vice Doris Northrop secretary James Wilson treasurer. Piano class invites to June musicale at Presbyterian church June 15 7 30 pm with Mrs M E Williamson from Hopkinton assisting. Mr and Mrs D E B Kehoe and Mr and Mrs Allen Fairbanks visit Dubuque attend Loras Hall dedication and St Josephs college graduation where Wm D Kehoe graduates. Cemetery volunteers to meet June 29 at Bowen Prairie for mowing and cleaning. lot owners donate $1 per lot to J W Schweitzer. Deva Coykendall graduates Finley hospital Dubuque with Helen Kehoe accompanying. Coykendall visited with Martin V Kehoe. Mrs Kennedy travels to Lakeville Minnesota to attend Rev Father John Byrne first mass. Father Byrne son of Michael Byrne of Southern Minnesota and Cantle Grove graduate of a St Paul college. W H Hoult and son Fred visit John W Hoult. elder Hoult looks well after years. Fred returns home.
Henry L Stout son of Mrs Clara Stout will marry Misa Gertrude Lenore Ziesing of Glencoe Illinois on the twenty seventeenth list Henry works at a Chicago bank Mrs Stout a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Charles Wales former Monticello residents
The steeple jacks workers hang a hundred feet up to paint the clock tower. They choose high work over ground jobs as their rates match those of ordinary painters working on the surface.
Ward Peet nearly drowned last Saturday afternoon while swimming near the point north of the fair grounds. Ansel Tutt pulled him from the whirlpool and he was unconscious on the bank but soon revived.
The St Elizabeth society of the Catholic church plans a baking sale at Mrs J T Lanigan's store next Saturday from 9 to 11 in the morning. Bread pies and cakes will be offered for sale. A pamphlet for dairymen issued by Hunter Walton Co of New York and Chicago was written by Carl E Lee assistant professor of dairy husbandry at the University of Wisconsin.
A three freight car wreck on the Calmar line blocked the northbound passenger service yesterday night. The line was cleared and the regular train reached Monticello, with a Cedar Rapids special transferring passengers this morning. A severe rainstorm last Thursday caused tree damage and four inches of rainfall, and a lightning strike shattered a tree at the Richardson residence. Marion Sleeper retires from the Iowa Telephone Co after 29 years and plans to move to Fruithurst Alabama with his wife and daughter. An auto delivery wagon tipped near the race track, wrecking the rack but causing no serious injuries. the flying machine notion proved false.
Fred Paulsen 36 of Wayne township died last Saturday evening at J Hulat’s residence near Amber from heart disease. He had come with family to spend the evening and died before a physician arrived. He leaves a wife and four children. Funeral services were held at Wayne Lutheran church by Rev. O Mardorf last Monday. Paulsen hauled cream for the Amber creamery.
Citizens push for extending paving from Monticello south to the worst road and toward the forks with private funds, hoping the county will provide support. Mrs H S Lee reports the death of her brother Stephen Ransom Tuttle in Walla Walla Washington from stomach illness after a January operation. He lived in Sand Spring and Kansas before moving to Walla Walla. He is survived by son Ralph and three daughters Inez Vivian and Mrs Ralph MelIntyre. Mary Kehoe daughter of Peter and Mrs Kehoe Cascade died at age about fifteen after typhoid fever. funeral plans not yet set. She was granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Kehoe of the city.
Orville Peet, second son of Dr and Mrs W W Peet, had the ends of the first three fingers of his right hand cut off while at Hall Manufacturing Co. He worked a basket bottom stamping machine and was pulled under the stamper while picking up waste tin. He received surgical care from Dr Colin Thomas.
Ransom Calkins traffic manager of the C M St P Ry Co with Seattle HQs and his wife spent last Friday and Saturday with Mr and Mrs Hugh Kidd before traveling to Chicago Ada Nelson found a lost pocket book near her home last Sunday containing $1280 in certificates and papers but no cash The finder likely kept the cash and discarded the book plus papers The Dorset Store-Doutrick's.
Park commissioners announce new playground equipment including swings teeter boards and shoot the chutes along with ten picnic tables and lawn swings. The park will be well policed and open to all visitors including automobile parties seeking a modern city park picnic.
Miss Bertha Gifford daughter of Rev and Mrs W H Gifford married John E Stumph of Whitney Nebraska at the Gifford home in Monticello. The ceremony was by the bride’s father with a small company of relatives. The couple departed for their new home after well wishes from Monticello friends. William A Gifford brother of the bride attended from Cedar Falls.
Robert M. Corbit and wife of Wyoming moved this week to Oxford Michigan to oversee property they own there recently inherited by Mrs. Corbit. Corbit has been a respected member of the Jones county bar for ten years and is held in high regard by judges and peers. Mrs. Corbit graduated from Michigan University Medical Department and is active in county medical society and state and national medical associations.
John Schaefer died at his Castle Grove home aged sixty eight. Born February 19 1846 in northern Germany he came to America at 83 and settled on the home farm. He leaves his widow Hel ena Heden and five children Kenry Roiken Herman Fannie Mary and Dena. Funeral Saturday at eleven with Rev Naether presiding.
In district court last Thursday the term ended early after the Electric Light case in Anamosa and several criminal matters were continued by consent. Pegerick v Peck concluded with a directed verdict for the defendant after settlement terms. Bailey executor v van Buckner resulted in a verdict for the defendants. The Improvement Club discussed paving a Monticello highway with city and county aid, appointing committees to solicit funds and cooperation from rail and county authorities. Miss Selma Suter and Robert P. Adams were married at Monticello with family and close friends present. Dr Colin Thomas left for Chicago for ten days of clinical clinics.
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