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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
9
Local notes report visitors and travels including Tony Hiler Mrs James Anderson Dr Redmond and Edwin Lightfoot in Decorah Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Anamosa. Devlin Millinery advertises trimmed hats sale while Peterson's Clothes Shop promotes boys wear and sales.
A roundup of visits, arrivals, and departures in Monticello and nearby towns includes Mrs Minnie MacIntosh and the Steiners in Iowa City visiting, Mr and Mrs Steiner, illness at Kay drug store, and various family trips to Cedar Rapids Hopkinton Davenport and Chicago. Local business ads invite diamond sales and eyeglass repairs while several residents report moves discharges and reunions. A church social and county examinations are announced with tickets and dates.
Mrs Augusta Helgens sold her 157 acre farm adjoining the Lutheran church near Wayne Center to her son William for 224 dollars per acre. Crops are in good condition overall though some lowlands slow corn plowing. Mrs Gerd Rickels of Wayne township broke her hip last Saturday morning after tripping on a foot scraper set in the cement walk.
Mike Byrne and family from Farmington Minnesota have been in Monticello during the past days visiting Mrs. Michael Kennedy the ill sister of Mr Byrne They report Henry F Templeton graduated this week from Iowa State College Ames with a Civil Engineering degree noting the demanding mathematics of the field.
Work has begun on the proposed improvement to the Monti cello State Bank building. The bank, crowded for room, will reconstruct the rear of the structure to be used by the bank, converting space previously occupied by tenants.
Raymond Hogan son of Mr and Mrs Mike Hogan arrived Saturday after eighteen months away in the regular army He has a fifteen day furlough and reports hard service including a wound Mrs A Ehrisman and her son Louis and daughter Marie left for an extended visit with relatives in Sioux Falls South Dakota Miss J Mora Ehrisman accompanied them to Cedar Rapids and returned the next morning Judge Moffit who has been presiding over the June term adjourned court for a week and will reconvene Tuesday June 24 to hear pending orders and business
The Slough district No 4 pupils Hattie Folkerts Kathryn Himebaugh Johanna Balster Frena Kammerman George Warner and BWdwin Helgens collect donations for adopting a French war orphan. Cedar Rapids optometrist Ralph N Baker visits Monticello after advertising in The Express. Kehoe returns from eight months as ambulance driver in France. Navy electrician Karl F. Clark visits home northwest of town on furlough. Elmer Kurt and Minnie Murray wed in Worthington. Doxsee family visits in Hagle Grove as Hawkeye highway mud hinders travel.
Sam Thompson of Center Junction disputes the informant’s claim of a lengthy period of plowing and corn planting. He says the real acreage was five acres less than reported in Monticello and that the week’s work was completed oddly and was not timely, though the figures are sizable.
J. T. Stall proprietor of the Lovell House announces a billiard room opening on Friday evening June 27. The event welcomes Monticello ladies and their escorts with Sunday evenings devoted to them. The Monticello concert band will perform, and Mr. Staff extends a cordial invitation to all residents to attend.
Citizens are urged to support one of the town’s best chautauquas by buying season tickets and gifting them to those unable to pay. Public spirit and charity are encouraged to bolster the guarantors and ensure the program’s success.
Anamosa plans a grand July Fourth celebration with a mammoth parade and band concert. Congressman Charles Sloan of Nebraska will deliver the address, followed by a free street dance at night and a noon dinner for all soldiers and sailors.
Otis L Perfect a former notable Anamosa citizen died yesterday in Brooklyn. His body will return for burial with funeral planned in Anamosa on Saturday. He is survived by his widow Tirza Holt and three children Tirza Josephine and William. He was nearly sixty. Her brother is Mrs Charles Howard whose husband died recently.
The hall manufacturing property sold to W L Hanssen is now owned by Monticello Building Co. The factory section not leased to Gruber Tire Co will house Franklin Barn Equipment Co which has begun moving in. The business expansion will gain from the extra floor space.
C. R. Coon, a quality jeweler, advertises a range of bracelet watches in all sizes as attractive gift options.
The hospital has installed a $4,000 ex ray device demonstrated by the visiting expert. He will remain through Friday night and shows its versatility in revealing internal conditions and locating foreign substances in any body part.
Corporal Hoult and George Rickels slipped into Cedar Rapids and Monticello after discharge from Camp Dodge ten days ago. Both served in the 88th division and spent much time near shelling. George cooked for 3 900 men and faced short notice meals without flinching.
Millard Tirst, proprietor of Monticello Motor, serving in France with the 20th Machine Gun Company of the 7th Division, is quoted in the Hour Glass. The report jokes that Sergeant First Class Millard “Snippy the Snip” aims for the presidency of the soldiers who manage, while trying to arrange transport home.
The town prepares for a five day chautauqua with music and renowned speakers promising balanced variety. A low course ticket costs less than a single theater admission, while two score citizens back its success. The Improvement Club funds memorials and band concerts. members urge others to join for the civic benefit.
Miss Clara Duffin, former Monticello resident and U S arsenal stenographer, married Frank Funk a carpenter from Rock Island at 12 45 p m last Thursday at W W Duffin's Rock Island home. They plan to reside in Davenport.
Several Sunday accidents disrupted the area. Biz Florine attempted to cross a bridge near the Catholic cemetery with a tin Elizabeth but collided with a team of horses, shattering a windshield and fender while sustaining minor cuts. a female passenger suffered serious arm and facial injuries. A Cedar Rapids electrical crew slipped into a ditch but avoided major damage. W. E. Leggett collided with Ike Schneider's building, bending fenders. A Maxwell from Manchester driven by a Rann School student hit the curb, cracking a wheel. another call for a replacement wheel went out to Manchester.
One lot of trimmed hats valued at 5 to 8 dollars offered for 2.98 dollars. Devlin Millinery promotes a budget buy with a clear sale price.
Word arrived that Arthur P O Rourke son of Mr and Mrs Joseph O Rourke Monticello was killed in France in May 1918 and reburied January 20 1919. Harry A Hoag relayed Graves Registration record No 462 sheet 4 placing him in cemetery 176. Arthur enlisted July 20 1917 Jefferson Barracks and served in St Benjamin Harrison Indiana and France. He is survived by his parents sisters Maggie Billix Kate Lenn and brothers Jack Joseph O Rourke. The article condemns government failure to inform the family and notes the family’s yearlong efforts to learn his fate.
In Monticello yesterday eight o'clock two Hubbard daughters Leah Beatrice and Mildred Fern married Harold E B Dudycha and Dr Max A Wilson at home of Mr. and Mrs Hubbard Professor Bryant of Coe College officiated a small ceremony followed by breakfast Leah Beatrice a Coe College graduate taught in Messervey Iowa Mildred Fern trained as nurse at Iowa State University now practicing in Iowa City Harold Dudycha a Sinclair Packing Co chemist and Coe College graduate Max A Wilson a recent Iowa State University Dental College graduate will practice locally The couples depart with many Monticello well wishes and future visits to town.
Charles W. Ferris aged 67 and landlord of the Oneida hotel died last week. He managed the property for many years and his passing leaves the hotel with unknown arrangements.
Mrs. Bertha Webber of Sioux City and Mrs. D A Huene of Cedar Rapids visited Monticello last week to witness the graduation of Miss Hazle Harrington and Miss Pearle Huene. Communities like Manel Lester Anamosa Maquoketa and Cascade push Fourth of July plans, energized by wartime spirit.
Mr and Mrs Glen Netcott of Independence visited Monticello relatives and friends in the early part of the week. They traveled by automobile and were joined by Miss Glatha Van Meter who had been visiting with them for several days.
Mrs. Orren Freeman of Center Junction dies in Freeport Illinois at 83 after an eight month illness linked to grief from her husband’s death. The couple were cared for by nephew F M Perkins and had no children. Also notes several minor Monticello auto incidents and a fatal Dubuque crash amid concerns over reckless and intoxicated driving. Re-tread old tire casings by John Eggers.
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