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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
7
Local diamond saw Wyoming fall 1 to 0 to Oxford Junction as Levsen and Felker formed the home battery while O Connel Bros. of Lost Nation paired for the visitors. A couple of misplays near a critical moment yielded the lone run in a well played contest.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. 3B. Moses on Tuesday at 4 o clock Miss Victoria Fowler wed Mr. H. J. Wilcox of Cedar Rapids in a quiet family ceremony performed by Rev. O. Helsing. Attendants were Miss Myrtle Livingstone and Merlin Moses. Mrs. Wilcox is well known locally.
Relatives and friends celebrated Grandpa Reuter’s 89th birthday at his son Fred Reuter’s home. Residents of Route 3 record visits from Abe Allamand L Allamand J T Moore and others to various homes in Hard Scrabble Castle Grove Monticello and surrounding farms. A wedding is anticipated, and a baby is born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Himes.
The Presbyterian congregation at Castle Grove held Children Day exercises at the chapel with a full house and a strong program. Members cleaned the chapel, men repaired the shed, and new hitching posts were installed. An ice cream social raised about 15 dollars, and a leap year dance occurred in Argand.
Families and guests are mentioned across Monticello and nearby towns including the Dankas, Deischers, Caspers, Husmans, and Fairbanks. A blight affects a local strawberry crop while Harriet McCuskey seeks music lessons and Silas Grant plans a stay from Denton. A new girl joins the Geilken household and S C Pfeil drives a Hudson.
The May term of the district court shows intermittent sessions with Judge Treichler planning to reopen on June 14 to hear Grant vs The Modern Woodmen of America and related matters. Obituary notes honor John F Russell who died last Sunday. Local events include visits from Mrs. John Stewart of Minneapolis and Rev A H Ballard of Ft Morgan. Indicted Fred Cook pleaded guilty receiving up to five years. High school sports see Lawrence Dutton score 18 points and Bedell 31 in Marion meet. Mayor Sheean hosts sister Jennie Sheean of Galena Illinois.
Kingsley improves rapidly at Finley hospital in Dubuque and may rejoin soon. Local residents report summer returns from schools, a burial at John’s Creek cemetery, and visits by Noyes of Baldwin Savings Bank. Others travel for business, gossip, and vacations, including J B Aitchison, P J Moore, Thomas Carroll, and Conductor Ed Gongamore.
John F. Russell, prominent Anamosa liveryman and son of former Iowa state official Hon. John Russell, died Sunday June 9 after a several week typhoid illness. He was 62, born August 11 1852 in Highland Ohio and lived most of his life in Iowa. Survived by wife Evelyn M Chapman married 1880 and children Lester Russell Flor ence Margaret and Hoyt Russell. His death is mourned by Jones county friends.
The Jones County Sunday School association held its 46th annual convention in Martelle. New officers were elected led by President C A Beems and Secretary Treasurer Jean Attkinson. Resolutions praised pastors J J Kidder and Walter M Waite and urged county plans, state delegation, and continued temperance work.
Cedar Rapids business men wholesalers jobbers and bank ers members of the Cedar Rapids Commercial club plan a special train trip to Monticello on June 19 1912. The delegation arrives 11 29 am and departs 1 30 pm after visiting local firms as part of booster efforts to strengthen relations between jobbing houses and customers across the state.
Five operations were performed at the sanitarian last week within twenty four hours. Two Cascade men, Matt Faber and Frank Kurt, underwent serious double hernia repairs by Dr May. George Cramer of Olin received an appendicitis operation late Friday night for rapid life saving care as gangrene had set in. He is recovering well. Try our fresh caught fish shipped the same day they are caught.
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