The Monticello Express Editor and Proprietor
The Monticello Express is led by J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor. Price listed is $1.75.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
10
The Monticello Express is led by J W Doxsee as editor and proprietor. Price listed is $1.75.
Center Junction baseball opened the season with a 10 to 4 win over Baldwin last Wednesday. Jim Mac led pitching holding Baldwin to six hits while Stingley sparked the offense with two triples three extra base hits and a single. The team prepared on a pasture diamond near town and plans a home game against Onslow this Saturday. The community also hosted a Flag Day social by Presbyterian ladies with music reading and a light luncheon.
Miss Verda Taylor left Tuesday morning for Florida accompanied by Mrs. Scofield's sister Mrs. Burst and two sons. The brief notice records family travel plans and indicates kin presence during the departure.
In Wyoming on Saturday at the M. E. parsonage Miss Florence Mader and Mr. Armour Gould of Anamosa wed in a simple ceremony led by Rev. Wilcox. Florence, eldest Mader daughter, ran a local millinery shop with her sister. Armour serves in guard duty at Anamosa Reformatory and is well regarded by friends.
In Prairieburg on June 20 1912 at high noon near Manchester Iowa a double wedding united William Mangold of Ryan and Alice Whitney with John A McIntosh of Manchester and Louisa Mangold of Ryan. Rev McDonald officiated. After a brief wedding trip the Mangolds plan a Michigan visit and return by Minneapolis. The McIntoshes will stay in Chicago briefly before returning home.
Mrs. OG Jenkins and Mrs. Jenkins of Cedar Rapids visited last week. Mrs. R O Pinch of Martelle is a guest at the City Hotel. Miss Laura Schleicher attends an institute in Marion.
A Sunday mishap injures I Moore during chores with Dr J P Lane assessing injuries. Local residents visit relatives, attend commencements, and travel between Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Dubuque. Parochial schools close. various residents undertake trips and work on homes and county bridge projects.
Rural Route 3 residents recount recent gatherings and visits. Mrs O Vetter and children returned to Mans on after two weeks with Mrs Nordman. Several families, birthdays, dances, and ball games are noted with visits to Nordman, Decker, Cascade, Monticello, Worthington, and Monticello.
Castle Grove June 19 church news reports a strawberry and ice cream social at the home of A L Fairbanks in Cass township Friday evening with supper 20 cents. Local notes include S M Hosford buying a yearling at an Iowa City cattle sale to head the Silverdale herd and Miss Alice Deischer returning from Coe College in Cedar Rapids. Denver and Leighton Wilder visit Monticello area. J W Thompson and Mrs Thompson of Hazel Green visit Castle Grove. Miss Hazel Hubbard completes Langworthy term. A E Laude and relatives visit Scotch Grove. Rev M S Murphy at a church meeting in Dubuque.
U. F. Haeussler promises freshness with same day shipping and guarantees satisfaction. If customers receive inferior fish they may return them for exchange.
Amber June 19 notes the death of J. P. Bradley in Lamoni Iowa on Monday morning. Bradley long served Jackson township as a resident. His daughter Mrs P B Daly has traveled to Lamoni to tend affairs.
The document enumerates county convention delegates and committeemen across multiple towns. Notable entries include Cass with W. A. Hale and E. M. Hanna, Anamosa with T. E. Watters and O. A. Beems, Monticello with RE. E. Reed and L. H. Lang, and Wyoming with D. W. White and R. H. Spence.
The Argus-Leader reports Senator Cummins believes a Senate seat from Iowa would be preferable to a vice presidential nomination, noting the Republican party is currently divided and fighting itself.
Monticello State Bank sues Casper Kehrli and others with two notes leading to foreclosure. Reports and final actions cover assignee compensation, guardians ad litem, and discharge of executors and referees across multiple estates and title quieting orders.
In Cass township last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Lawrence, Chas. Fairbanks and Miss Mary EB Yount were married by Rev. W. K. Bundy of the Cass Congregational church. Only close relatives attended and a luncheon followed. The groom, son of O. A. Fairbanks, recently bought a 45 acre fruit farm near Anamosa. Mrs. Fairbanks, daughter of Mrs. S. H. Lawrence, is praised as a worthy partner for the couple’s future life together.
Hot Air notes much of the steam roller rhetoric rests on claims by the Roosevelters that lack solid ground, arguing the basis for aggressive action was not present.
In a playful note the New York Tribune contrasts a cup of coffee with a journey to Chicago, exploring everyday choices and travel desires through a light editorial lens.
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