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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
3
Multiple short notices report residents and guests traveling to and from Cedar Rapids Anamosa Morley Oskaloosa Perry Waterloo Des Moines Chicago Davenport and other places. Names include Bertha Wolf Lillie White Olive Cramer Edith Rettig Fern Hubbard Mary Pond Joseph Faber and more. Eyewear shop ad and local sales promotions appear alongside letters pending at the Monticello post office and local business notices.
Miss Myrtle Longhurst visits Greeley while Galen Mirick returns from New Auburn Wisconsin. Miss Doris Northrop attends Marion relatives and Cedar Rapids Christian Endeavor. Monticello youths seek teaching certificates in Anamosa. Local notables and businesses host visits and sales including a 40 HP Michigan auto sale. The Monticello band to start weekly summer concerts.
Miss Lena Haeussier senior nurse at the State University nurses training school in Iowa City returned to her work last Saturday morning after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ben Haeussier at their home.
A section of Thrall Street opposite the homes of A J H McNeill J W Coxsee and A W Cramer was oiled to curb dust from large cars. The street was last year oiled with satisfactory results and a June treatment kept dust down for the rest of summer and autumn.
E Morrison of Medford Oregon visits his sister Mrs Arviila Hayes in Wayne Township near Amber. Rev Gilbert J Chalice of Hopkinton will preach both services at the Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday, while Rev Porter leads at Hopkinton. Remember to buy a Kodak dealer message and optometrist Patrici offers services.
The past week saw licenses granted to Ohnis W Gray Ana Mosa Esther E Van Slyke Scotch Grove W A Gage Wyoming Bessia Seeley Wyoming A J Moravec Cedar Rapids Fannie Bees Oxford Junction and notes that J G Suter will seek eye consultation in Milwaukee due to long work hours. Also mentions Mrs O W Rigby traveling from Los Angeles via Grand Island and Denver, Hippolite Perrenaud and daughter Daisy in town for the Hoult Smith wedding, Miss Susanna Thompson's death near Center Junction, and an IT notice arriving too late for this edition.
Rev Ide of Dubuque has been chosen as pastor of the Monticello Lutheran church and will begin duties in two weeks. He graduated from the Dubuque seminary last Friday and will be warmly welcomed by the Monticello congregation.
Rex Ricklefs completed his course at Gem City Business College in Quincy Illinois last Saturday and accepted a position in the Hall Manufacturing Company advertising department. Hartley Wilkinson also finished at the same time but will stay in Quincy.
Mr. H. J. Wilcox and Mrs. Wilcox with Mrs. Catharine Moses of Chicago occupy the Magee residence. Wilcox plans a Lake Geneva trip for a month before returning to Monticello. A recent heat wave ending with rain yields moderating temperatures and rapid crop growth.
The Monticello Chautauqua will be run by the Redpath Vawter Co for five days starting July 26. A carefully chosen talent lineup of lecturers entertainers and musical groups promises an enjoyable week. Brotherhood Bible class of the Methodist Episcopal church recently laid a new cement sidewalk. George W. Davis, Gettysburg veteran of the 102 New York regiment, will attend the Union reunion there on the anniversary of the three days battle. E G Drury will depart the following day. Mr and Mrs J B Hall and son Marshall return from an automobile tour through eastern states via the lakes Detroit Chicago to Monticello, reporting fine roads and a pleasant trip.
Miss Mary Clark Carrie Clark Rose Wenger Vera Potter and Vera Arthur went to Anamosa last Tuesday evening to hear Bishop Homer Stuntz of Buenos Ayres South America. He spoke at the Davenport district Epworth League convention of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mrs. ih BE Nevin of Oxford Junction died in Beaumont Texas on the 16th inst and the funeral was held at her father’s home on the 18th inst She was wife of Edward Nevin former Monticello resident daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Dubois highly esteemed She came South for health about a year ago The Monticelo Alumni association closed its year with satisfactory banquet reports and a treasury surplus Officers elected for the coming year are President Mrs Amanda Hosford Vice President Miss Caroline Hicks Secretary Miss Lillian D Autremont Treasurer Emil Rickless Miss Della Arduser married W G Blair of Rock Island on the 16th inst The marriage took place at Tama Iowa Her husband and she will reside in Des Moines Mrs Blair has long lived in Monticello and spent time recently with her mother in Dubuque and California Eyes tested and glasses fitted Dr L G Stuhler.
Miss Eleanor Moore of Waupun visits Grimwood relatives after obituary ties. Anamosa plans a big Fourth of July free picnic at the fairgrounds with motorcycle races, games, parades, and a concert by the Anamoga band. Library shells donated by Mrs. F S Dunham will be displayed and explained. A burglary at Page's foundry yielded $60 to $80 missing, with no clues. Lowell Bank expands authority to act as guardian or executor under state law. A Miss Gibson pupil program featured vocal and mandolin performances. May Hoult marries Harry Douglass Smith in Monticello and plans to move to Canada. New Century fiction and Bird-Lore features noted. Embroideries sale at Doutrick's.
Eunice Starks Linnell born Champlain New York February 18 1840 married J M Linnell Baraboo Wisconsin 1859. She died last Saturday at the home of her daughter Jennie Schipman following a long illness. Funeral at the Schipman residence conducted by Rev Ray V Porter Oakwood Cemetery interment. Survived by daughter Jennie, wife of O H Schipman. Belonged to Starks family of Monticello and was a faithful Methodist Episcopal church member.
The county assessment abstract shows Monticello leading in money and credits, personal property, and bank capital, while Anamosa tops town lots and merchandise values. Other towns like Center Junction Wyoming Olin Oxford Junction Onslow Martelle West Cascade and Olin appear in various categories with notable figures.
Public library lists new books available for withdrawal. Titles include The Amateur Gentleman Farnel Miss Jimmy Richards The Woman in Black Bentley Roast Beef Medium Ferber Pete Crowther Salesman Fervia The Judgment House Walker Moneymoon Vanishing Points Brown The Sixty First Second Johnson V V s Eyes Harrison Twenty Years at Hull House Adams.
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes typhoid vaccination is now widespread and producing excellent results. It is compulsory on a Canadian Pacific division affecting 20,000 men, starting with the general superintendent, and is being enforced in the army and navy. Objectors to smallpox vaccination may resist this as well, with the forecast that the scourge will soon be ended though new diseases may arise.
Miss Harriet McCuskey who attends manic teachers session in Cedar Falls appeared prominently on the Members Recital program last Thursday. She performed Valse de Concert op 3 by Wieniawski among eight to ten participants chosen from a large assembly of Iowa music teachers for the statewide event.
The state highway engineer FT H McDonald seeks to ban ads painted on bridges, arguing defacement of public property. Dubuque plans a new 400000 dollar hotel with directors John I Adama W F Dennin A E F Heeb O H Kighmey Geo McLean W H Day Jr and U A Voelker leading the project.
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