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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
2
W H Tourtellot dies at 67 a Hartford Insurance special agent in Iowa survived by widow and three sons and a daughter Funeral set for 2 30 Friday. Community reports on street work school board hire Lydia Bader and local visits from Rev Bronson August Wolfe and others. farm upgrades and a 8 pound boy at the parsonage.
June 23 report from Onslow notes Mrs. C B Hasler traveling from Kansas City for her father N B Noyes illness, Noyes home recovery praised by friends. R M Corbit no longer a Jones county citizen, moving from Wyoming after long residence. Frank Fagan family welcomes a son. J C Fagan, 70, first grandchild and sixth son. Jessie Garside graduates and heads to Cres ton to teach. Electric lighting reaches Onslow’s 200 residents. long time company foreman confirms small town milestone. Mrs Harrington visiting M B Walters family. Harringtons formerly from Clay Mills now in South Dakota. Win Hogeboom family from Goodland Kansas visiting, early county settlers.
Castle Grove reports children's day exercises at the chapel with good program despite rain low crowd. Upcoming ice cream social at German Lutheran church on Tuesday evening. Carl Caspers in serious condition with fever and knee inflammation. Farmers Mutual Insurance in Castle Grove exceeds 200 members with over 800000 in risks. Rev John Byrne recently ordained said mass at the Catholic church. Presbyterian missionary society meets at Mrs W D McLaughlin's Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs H A Deischer of Monticello at the children's day event. Dennis Delay sold 95 porkers for 7.75 per hundred. James F Delay orders a new Reo automobile from Monticello Auto Supply. Prof Laughlin of Hopkinton promoting Lenox College. O F Hosford of Monticello did cement work. Frank Ferring of Monticello on local business. School board to meet next Wednesday. Henry Moenk buys a yearling Shorthorn bull. Mrs W A Montgomery hosting a West Branch guest. John Caspers from Wayne visiting home. Rev M S Murphy attended a retreat in Dubuque. S M Hosford reports loss of a registered cow earlier in the week.
Center Junction June 24 The Rebekah lodge met for officer elections with N G Mrs Lucy Dodge V G Mrs Helen Ward secretary Miss Carrie Preas and treasurer Mrs Adalyne Preston to be installed July 14. Local notes report Children's day at the Presbyterian church and several residents visiting and traveling throughout the week. A schoolhouse contract has been let and work expected to start soon.
Prairieburg residents report a lumber company will construct a new elevator replacing the burned structure, with the lumber yard to be moved down near the new facility. Local social notes include visits and travel by residents such as Roy and Mrs Fisher, Mrs Postlewaite, David Maxwell, Mrs Elmo Delancey, Ralph Richards, Mrs Ray Richards, J G Franks, Albert Kula, Iva Wollmut, Ada Burnside, Adam Flockhart, Rev Dwelle, John Lauser, J Wollmut, Will Schoonover, J L Joslin and others visiting Cedar Rapids, Minnesota, Marion and Anamosa in recent days.
Sand Spring notes a visit by Mr and Mrs Will Matthiessen from the county line to the home of his parents. Kathren and Viola Paulson from the county line spend a short time at their brother J Paulson's home. Mrs Garlinghouse and Orpha are mentioned in the same column.
A list of residents and visitors noting their weekend return trips and commutes. Bert and Nettie Dighton traveled from near Hopkinton as Anamosa passengers. Marven Nickel and Everette Nickel of Monticello visited. J Matthiessen hauled baled hay to Monticello. others traded or visited in Hopkinton Anamosa Buck Creek and Monticello.
City council of Monticello Iowa adopted a resolution to pave South Cedar Street from the north line of Lot 109 Warvel's Addition to the south city limits. Public hearing set for August 8 1914 at 8 p m with owners and railroad liable for remaining costs. Notice published in The Monticello Express and Jones County Times.
Mt Vernon Hawkeye argues increased interurban and auto access aids country merchandising by expanding urban districts outlets. The piece asserts modern tests are fitness to deliver goods and that trade moves toward the efficient path. It praises country towns for lower rents and taxes while urging merchants to stock sought items and stay responsive.
A Tuesday tornado hit Watertown injuring twenty and killing two. Fifty homes were wrecked with estimated damage around $100,000 as the storm carved a two block by twenty block path. A Rock Island passenger train lost all windows but only one passenger suffered serious injuries amid wide wind storms across the Dakotas and Minnesota.
The Burlington Hawkeye notes Cummins is nearer a protectionist than his Democratic opponent Connolly. This stance suggests Cummins may attract more votes than Connolly.
A collection of witty quips and aphorisms on manners, work, humor, and social behavior. The snippets touch on fools, sleep, policemen, telegrams, jobs, Satan, heroes, Rome, self defense, heiresses, suitors, and social calls. The tone is satirical and observational, offering pithy one liners.
Jones County Times defends R R Moore a Democrat and district committeeman for endorsing the Fifth district postmaster hopefuls to please the people. It asserts Moore sought the best showing for the position and to strengthen the party and administration.
Sylvia Pankhurst claims to have solved the high cost of living while in prison. She refuses to eat in or out of prison. The note mentions eyes tested and glasses fitted by Dr. L. G. Stubler.
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