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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
4
New season footwear arrives with ladies styles in white gun metal tan and patent leather. Colonial pumps strap pumps oxfords and a line for young men in gun metal tan and patent leather are on display. Everything good in footwear by E G Burrichter.
Local brief lists residents and visitors at nearby towns including Tom J George Earl Locher Emil Ricklefs and many others visiting Burlington Anamosa Dubuque Marion Cedar Rapids Springville Rock Island Oelwein Amamogsa Dubuque Chicago Belle Plaine Hopkinton Monticello Maquoketa and Iowa City. Names include Berdina French Mary McMahon Anna Emsley and J F Podhaski with notes of garage erection and summer sales at Deutrick's.
A crowded schedule of visits and travels dominates Monticello life with Cedar Rapids guests, relatives from Appleton and Des Moines, and trips to Manchester Iowa City and Sioux Falls. Socials include Camp Fire at Ethel George and a strawberry ice cream social at Henry Carson’s.
A red cow was found on Mr. Kerr’s premises and is for sale by payment of keep. Miss Francy Schneider and family host summer visitors in Cresco. The high school class donated a filing cabinet valued around $60 for recordkeeping. musical entertainment at Scott home featured by Miss Hannah Delay and others. Reverend Van Buren traveled through town to conduct funeral services in Anamosa. Samuel Pfiel purchased a Hudson 33 automobile and toured Cedar Rapids with Frank Page. Monticello visitors Elsie Strawman Olive Gould Helen McClaughry Esther McClaughry Clifford Strawman from Anamosa traveled by auto. Mrs. W. W. Hunter attends Cornell College commencement with daughter Blanche Hunter. J Huyer of Little Falls visited Fred Huyer and brought home his wife’s remains for burial in Wyoming. Michael Kremer of Worthington dies at home. he is linked to Wilson H Brazelton and Mrs. Leslie Dunham.
William B Sloan entertains relatives from Geneva Nebraska and Philadelphia as speculation rises about a new Milwaukee railroad timetable next Sunday. Readily noted events include Libbie George returning home for a new Aberdeen South Dakota post, and Harry Locher winning bids for church electrical work.
Mrs. John Bateman traveled to Iowa City last Monday for the University commencement. Her daughter Marie graduated from the College of Liberal Arts with an excellent scholarship record. Mr. Bateman joined on Wednesday. Charles Van derham of Platte SD remits his subscription and notes good country conditions with rain favoring crops and alfalfa hay growth.
Martin Geiken and Rev. Naether of Castle Grove attend Wartburg College commencement at Waverly where Geiken Jr. earns a degree. He will teach in Nebraska this summer and enter a theological seminary in the fall. Mr. and Mrs. Hall and two children and Miss Bates start for Rock Rapids on an auto trip with Bates headed to Stamford South Dakota for summer.
Mr and Mrs Spencer Guiles and their son traveled through town from Postville to Scotch Grove. Mr Guiles has been re elected as principal of Postville school for the past year. The high school graduated its largest class last week. He will spend the summer at the University of Chicago.
Leroy Templeton of Sioux City visits his nephew Edward Templeton at their home. Mrs Templeton, over eighty, remains energetic. They attended Upper Iowa University commencement last Tuesday where Leroy Templeton, a former trustee, gave an address.
Dr. L. G. Stubler offers eye examinations and glasses fitting services, detailing tests and eyewear fitting for patients seeking vision correction.
Miss Martha Wernimont of Council Bluffs travels to the convention with her father and siblings while serving as secretary to Ernest Hart. Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Henry Stearns visited town hinting at past bootlegging arrests. Clara Lundon and Robert Hayes wed at Castle Grove with plans to move to North Dakota. A Cascade man faces seduction charges in Monticello, case continued. Major Noble Winner showcases exceptionally large strawberries, underscoring local farming effort.
Carl Reuter living with son Fritz Reuter near the county line north of town marks his 90th birthday this Tuesday. The Express congratulates him on reaching four score and ten, noting his vigorous mind and ready humor.
City officers press to curb reckless driving with warnings and a winching. Cedar Rapids sees a former local youth fined. Park improvements rise with cement sidewalk curbing a fountain and drinking cups under Ei J Lightfoot. Weddings, letters, and aviation notes fill the rest of the week.
Miss Abbie Ferguson died yesterday morning at Finley hospital in Dubuque after long illness from dropsy and Brights disease. Born May 9 1865 in Delaware County she lived in Monticello most of her life and cared for her parents during illness. Survived by brothers Edgar Walter and William and sister Amelia Calking. Funeral at 2 o clock tomorrow at her home on Angle Street.
The Cedar Rapids Republican reports Jimmie Ward under contract for three days at the Jones County fair in Monticello. Ward, a top professional, performs three harness races, altitude flights, and a motorcycle race with rapid laps and precise banking above Marion Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. The piece also notes cemetery improvements and local visitors.
J Perrine now offers Holsum bread from the Kor Baking Co Davenport praised as a clean sanitary loaf not touched by hands until it reaches the kitchen. Millinery at cost and rugs carpets linoleums on offer from Hicks Rickles Eyes tested by Dr L Q Stuhler and Hanken Jacoba advertise health tonic 4714d.
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