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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
4
The article urges Americans to join the Red Cross and donate to a $100,000,000 subscription. It notes memberships or donations can be arranged at three banks and promises full joining details in other advertisements within the issue.
John Prult drives a Paige touring car. Emma Lees visits Farley. Lucy Altman visits Cedar Rapids. A son born to Gottlieb Bronneman. Cascade visitor C Nachtrieb. Dr. Peet family visit Cedar Rapids. Lillian Ritchie visits Charles Vision home. Vesta Janich visits Kellum home. Cooper family visit Monticello. Orville Peet on Davenport train. Sarah Kennedy visits Dubuque. Sturtevant visits Caldwell Idaho. Zimmerman named estate administrator. Bonjour family attend Marie Howie wedding. Henry Templeton to Akron Goodrich. Hanawalt Cowan Meyer Thoeni and McKean party visit Cedar Rapids. Heisey returns from Grinnell visit. Pelton guests of Palmer. Presbyterian Ladies Aid set bake sale July 7.
Residents report lavish Fourth of July decorations in Monticello business districts. Mrs George L Lovell and daughter Catherine plan a week in Chicago. Sue Johnson returns to Rock Island after visiting Mrs Heisey. Lucile Perrenaud arrives from Sioux Falls for a stay with Mr Ullyses Maire. Various locals greet guests and host gatherings including an ice cream sociable at Will Hiller’s in Castle Grove.
Mr and Mrs Emil Rickless and their son James arrived home from a three week visit with relatives in Willo Point New York last evening.
Miss Emma Kranz and William G. Timm of Zanesville Ohio are guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Woolner.
Mrs. Jennie Bartell of Iola Kansas visits in the home of her nephew Elwood Brazelton and his aunts Mesdames Hudson and Sexton during a stated social stay.
Milton Thoeni took the semi annual civil service postal service examination at Cedar Rapids yesterday and passed with a perfect score of 100 percent. Mr and Mrs John McLaughlin visited Ravinia South Dakota last Tuesday evening to see their son working on a farm near that town.
Miss Katherine Reichart returns from eleven months at Oakdale sanitarium for her health. Her condition is reported as much improved and she resumes daily activities.
Mrs. George Hubbard and her son from Brownsdale Minnesota arrived last Tuesday evening for a visit with Mrs. Hubbard’s parents Mr. and Mrs. W W Hogan in their Brownsdale home.
Miss Grace Russell and her companions Katherine Roberts and Velma Bright, summer school students at Lenox Village Hopkinton, visited with friends at Monticello yesterday, enjoying a day of sightseeing and conversation.
F. H. Woodward, a caller at the office, reports his corn is knee high and superior to others seen in the vicinity, describing its growth as notably strong and healthy.
Mrs J S Hall stays with sister Mrs Chauncey Bates in Stamford South Dakota. Her son Marshall spends the summer vacation on a ranch nearby.
Letters addressed to Mrs. I W Miller Josephine James James W Vaughn H C Currier F M Grafft and Joseph B Fagan remain uncalled for at the Monticello post office. No evening church services were held at local Congregational and Methodist Episcopal churches after a large Red Cross gathering at the park last Sunday afternoon. Mrs Place of Lancaster Wisconsin returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs G D Smith and was accompanied by her daughter Mrs Smith to Dubuque.
Miss Edith Rettig travels to Madison City to teach in the high school for a twelve months term. She returns to her duties after a short vacation.
Carl F. Clark living north of Monti cello in Lowell township enlisted in the navy. He was accepted at the Cedar Rapids recruiting station and left for Des Moines early in the week.
Miss Helen Hosford visits in North Dakota with relatives after spending the past school year at California State University Berkeley. She is visiting in the home of her mother Mrs Aman da Hosford.
Messrs. Cyrus Heisey and Harold Harford traveled to Des Moines on Tuesday evening to take the final examination for entry into the United States Cavalry. They had passed the preliminary exam at Cedar Rapids previously.
Miss Helen Fairbanks and her aunt Mrs. Lundon left for Eureka Montana yesterday. Mrs. Lundon has been visiting in the A. M. Fairbanks home and Miss Helen will visit at her home for a month.
Mrs J L Cline and her daughter Hazel of Cedar Rapids visited the Shafer family, spending last Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs T J Shafer. Mrs Cline returned Monday evening while Hazel plans a longer stay.
Miss Vera Alcorn and Miss Myrtle Cowan attended the annual Christian Endeavor convention in Waterloo as delegates from the Presbyterian church’s local society. They represented the branch of the Christian Endeavor society.
All members who have not paid their Red Cross membership dues are urged to pay at any bank and obtain their membership card and button. The notice states paying now will save time in collecting dues through personal visits and is issued by H. S. Richardson, Treasurer.
Masters Seward and William Smith sons of Dr Dwight Smith of Mason City visit the LeClair home along with their parents Dr and Mrs Smith A new baby boy was born to the Smiths last week the family’s third child.
Lowell Hicks visiting his parents Mr and Mrs I G Hicks. Employed by Wyoming state he applied to join a forest ranger unit bound for France to aid the allies. If accepted he would proceed with the company to France immediately.
Last week Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque graduated students known in Monticello area and assigned as Lutheran ministers. Named are Fred Ide Leonard North Dakota William Barrack Venturia North Dakota WH Senst Alvord Iowa G Melchert Wyoming Iowa Martin Geiken Dawson North Dakota.
William Souis died at his Monticello home yesterday from a stroke of paralysis. He had endured two prior strokes, leaving him weakened. The funeral was conducted this afternoon at the family residence by Rev. J. H. Barr and he was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs John Thomas came home from an extended visit with her son Lieut Raymond Thomas at New London Connecticut last Saturday evening She also visited with her daughter Dr Edna McHugh in Chicago Lieut Thomas finished submarine school training and passed exams for lieutenant commander and now awaits orders.
Dr. EK W Meis a Sioux City surgeon visited Monticello with his wife and daughters Evelyn and Maurine while staying with the Denkhoffs. He praised the McDonald hospital’s room arrangement and showed keen interest in the facility during the Sunday visit.
Johnsontown Lutheran hosts a mission festival next Sunday July 1 with services at 1045 AM and 215 PM Rev Hans sen of Sherrill and Rev Rickels of Rockwell City deliver sermons bring lunches church ladies provide dishes and coffee St John’s Lutheran joins celebration.
The Lovell State Bank and the Monticello State Bank each subscribed 1 percent of capital for Red Cross relief. The contribution will boost the local chapter by 772 dollars, and the banks have also subscribed and paid for 196 500 dollars of Liberty Bonds, showing ongoing commitment to national efforts.
George L. Lovell and son-in-law George L. Schoonover of Anamosa visited Minneapolis last Sunday. Schoonover, under the dispensation of the Grand Master, was installed as Grand Secretary of the Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge, to which he was recently elected. Four Iowa grand officers were present. Lovell remained at Fort Snelling cantonment due to duties, preventing his return to Iowa to assume office.
Mrs. William Netcott suffered severe burns on her right forearm and hair singeing after water mixed with gasoline caused a flare up when she attempted to light a corn cob soaked in gasoline. Mrs. Jackson Youssee helped extinguish the flames.
Lake Vandermark died at the state hospital for the insane in Independence on the 23rd inst. His funeral was at the family home in Monticello last Tuesday afternoon led by Rev. A P Walton. Interment followed at Monticello cemetery. He was born in Ulster county New York in 1861 and was 56. He is survived by his wife five children four brothers and three sisters. Children include William of Storm Lake Arthur Clifford of Pasadena Leona and Loretta of Monticello.
Jacobsen, employed by Henry Eden, drove a team into a six foot ditch in front of Dr. Colin Thomas' residence last Friday evening. Despite two lanterns marking the danger line, the trotinto ditch occurred. One horse vanished from view. the other lay atop. It took thirty minutes to free the animals and refill the trench. No serious injuries reported. buggy tongue broken.
John R. Slick of this city, son of Mrs. Emma Reichart, is training at the United States Naval hospital in Norfolk Virginia. He sailed Cuban waters on a battleship, now serving in the hospital department and expected to be among the first units sent to the front in France. He notes the hospital can accommodate 8000 and already treats many British troops with French soldiers anticipated. Slick has served one year in the marine service with two years and eight months remaining on his first enlistment.
The president on the governor’s recommendation appoints the Jones county exemption board with Dr. A. G. Hejinian Sheriff W. J. Mills and Auditor J. J. Hines. They judge physical qualifications and exemptions as a class with appeals to the district board. Adjacent counties list their exemption board members.
Former Congressman Robert dG. Cousins of Tipton delivered a tribute to the Grand Army of the Republic. His remarks lauded the G A R for defending the nation and shaping the United States with lines praising liberty and unity.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Lang and their son Stuart are listed as Cedar Rapids visitors in the current society note. The brief mentions their arrival and presence in the city during the observation period.
Miss Margaret Maire eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Ulysses Maire wed Mr Olin Reed Howie son of Mr and Mrs James Howie yesterday morning at eleven in the Maire home with Rev A P Walton officiating Bridesmaid Miss Lucille Perrenad of Sioux Falls Best man Paul Maire. Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served The couple will reside on a farm in Castle Grove township after a trip to Chicago and Detroit
Frederick Renk of Stone City died at his son Karl Renk’s Monticello home after a fall and a week of pneumonia. Born March 14 1838 in Carldorf Germany he emigrated to the United States in 1885 and lived near Monticello before moving to Stone City. Survived by eight children and funeral plans pending with burial at Oakwood cemetery.
Anna Barbara Hein, oldest Richland township resident, died Friday afternoon June 22 at her son George M. Hein’s home at 98 years 7 months 12 days. Born November 10 1823 in Germany, she came to America at 20 and lived in Jones county 65 years. Survived by four children Barbara Allen Maggie Flein George M. Hein and Mrs Leonard Buol. Funeral at German Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev B T Balcar. Her husband John Adam Hein died in 1887.
The Red Cross canvass progresses with general good feeling and liberal subscriptions. Monticello chapter started late, but Jones county’s northern half shows promising totals. First seven Monticello subscriptions reached 4300 dollars, signaling a strong drive. Anamosa reports southern Jones County exceeding expectations as canvassers compile subscripts and plan for hospital and soldier comfort needs.
The Express notes Castle Grove township collected 955.75 for the Red Cross from a 613 population area as of the 1915 census. If all townships match this effort Jones county could lead the state. Subscription cards sit at Monticello State Bank and payments can be made at any city bank.
George Brown of north Cedar Street fell ill last Monday after a severe indigestion attack and fainted but was revived by a physician.
The Monticello Improve ment Club announces a full day of Fourth of July events in Monticello. Highlights include a noon parade with the Scotch Grove band and various groups, a patriotic address by Hon. Hort G. Cousins at 2:30 p.m., vaudeville acts, a 14 piece band, and a free screening of the Vitagraph feature Womanhood The Glory of the Nation in the amphitheatre. Carnival rides and games, a baseball game between Worthington Wyoming, and a shoot for Red Cross proceeds are planned, with admission free for most activities except carnival shows. Visitors may bring lunches, with ample picnic spots and water.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports a Red Cross committee in southern Jones County uses a so called slacker card. It lists a donor’s name and reasons for refusal and is signed by the canvassers. One rich donor who refused to subscribe later contributed $100 to avoid the card.
The Express notes an anonymous communication this week from Clay Township will be left out of news columns because the writer did not disclose his or her name. Notifications require identity for publication even if not printed with the article.
Miss Wanda Lloyd has lived with J. N. Perrine and Frank Podlaski for several years and is now moving to Elgin Illinois to reside with her sister Miss Hazel Lloyd.
Mrs Claude Sweet of Olin died in Iowa City on June 13. She is survived by five children and her husband.
Miss Minnie Matthiessen is listed as a visitor in the Parlor City for today, marking a notable social appearance in local society notices.
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