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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
2
Wyoming community reports progress on Onslow bridges and North-side electric lighting with a May update on fr avor of the electric light franchise. Local officials and residents discuss street cleanups and school projects while residents celebrate social visits and chautauqua attendance.
The death of Miss Mary Kehoe in Cascade brings sorrow to Castle Grove with her family returning for burial in Argand cemetery. Rev H Naether conducts services in Hopkinton and youth engagement grows around The Leader meetings. An ice cream social at the chapel was cut short by a thunderstorm. two twin calves were born to Mike Haley’s cows. Elsie Noble returns from Marshalltown where she taught. Children’s Day exercises postponed to Sunday at 10 80. Carl Caspers injures knee. Joe Holub visits. Wm McAleer installs new roof on barn. W D McLaughlin builds a windmill.
In Scotch Grove on June 17 the ladies honored Mrs. Mildred Mirick at her parents home Mrs. A. A. Sutherland with a miscellaneous shower before she leaves for Olin. About fifty guests attended and gifts were both useful and ornamental as they offered best wishes for her future. Mrs. Sutherland served refreshments to all guests. Mrs. F. W. Royden hosted part of the entertainment.
June entries list visits and travels of Walker and Deene, Dr Payne visiting relatives, J J Dolan and C O Rowley trips, DeLancey family to Cedar Rapids, Monnier at Des Moines Masonic Grand Lodge, Lascelle accompanying Rev Austin, Schoonover family moving to Marion, Keegan visiting P Stevens, J B Rhatigan at Rogers, Crosby parents visiting Norman, Dudley and Irene Desne visiting grandparents in Rolfe, Martina and Smith in Minnesota, Elmo DeLancey L A S event, N J Benson visiting Burlington.
The M. E. church in Center Junction was reopened with a union service on Sunday. Rev. Elges gave an address and special music was presented. Residents express satisfaction at the church improvement. Various local visits and illnesses are noted, including Mrs. Mack Sinkey's return from Walker and J. B. Moses falling ill at the Chautauqua.
Sand Spring reports a Lenox College commencement attendance including Mrs A Blair and daughters Jeannetta and Mildred Paul Matthias en, Mr and Mrs George Holmes and Mrs O Brien and daughter. Anamosa visitors include Mr and Mrs John Bobblen and Mr and Mrs Henry Bohklen. Mrs J Paulson visits Anamosa to see a sick mother. G J Bohlken and Louise Warner visit Anamosa. G Bohlken and Jetta spend day in Monticello. Ina Blair of Manchester visits her mother.
Amber June 16. Milton Stecal and wife of near Allentown PA visiting relatives. Town hosts a moving picture show for several evenings. Mrs Peter Robertson returned from Mercy hospital last week. Mrs J Dierks very sick under Dr Thomas care. Fred Seegar sold automobiles in the vicinity last week. Mrs Andrew Robertson of Charlotte Iowa visiting here.
Mrs. Pieper from Olin and Mrs. H B Bohlken of Monticello were operated on this week with Laverta Shoop near Anamosa undergoing a mastoid procedure yesterday. Lanigan of the Times comments on the Monticello post office politics as ongoing rivalries resurface. Main street work began removing telephone wires last week and will restore daylight to the sidewalks as electric light poles are slated for removal.
Reported quarantine fears sweep Anamosa amid talk of health investigations. The town cites only a few smallpox cases and urges vaccination while noting broader Iowa spread. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Emily J. Walworth Fifield at age 94 in Minneapolis where she died May 8.
Reports show hog cholera wiped out nearly the Timmer farm herd in north Cass County township including over a hundred piglets. Matt Faber left for a Europe trip last week sailing from New York on the Red Star liner Kroonland and plans months abroad including Luxembourg. Death visits the McDonald home as four year nine month old James McDonald dies of meningitis on June 2, third child lost by the family. Mrs. McDonald once Miss Lynn McLess of Richland township, friends offer sympathy.
Monticello council debates converting to metered water usage after a long era with flat rates. The Hawkeye notes residents have wasted water in all seasons to avoid frost or thirst for cold water, risking the need to measure consumption and charge accordingly.
The column jokes about career ambition from farm to editor to banker to magnate and ends with a rural quip. It contrasts idealized paths with a thought on weather and work, noting the Mitchell Republican editorial voice about rain and startups.
At Cedar Rapids last week the Monticello delegates were honored with offices in the Eighth district Christian Endeavor society. Howard Irwin Edinger was named president. Grace McCormick Tipton as vice president. Augusta Haeussler Monticello as secretary. J A Waddell Bennett treasurer. Rev C B Cushman Monticello as superintendent of Bible study. Judge Milo P Smith Cedar Rapids as superintendent of Good Citizenship. Maude Stanuffacher Center Point as superintendent of junior and intermediate work. Ethel George Monticello as superintendent of missions. Anamosa chosen as next year’s meeting site.
A Boston minister recalls a little girl who kept a candy cat for days, admiring it as too pretty to eat. When asked about it, she said she would keep it until it became dirty, then she finally ate it, revealing a lesson in desire and departure. Dr. L. G. Stuhler, eyes tested and glasses fitted.
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