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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1923
Page
4
Village notes list numerous visits by residents to Cedar Rapids Anamosa Marion and Dubuque. Local business ads promote Primrose cream separators and rug cleaning services by Ed Wirth.
Monticello readers note visits by Mrs Mary McMahon and Henry Templeton. A bake sale by Richland Center Presbyterian Ladies Aid is planned March 10. School events include bake sales and sports headlines with team travel, exams and matches. Local business updates cover auto sales, specials at Shelley's Variety Store, and the Cass bus line suspension due to road conditions. Community happenings include church services, road conditions, and a minor chimney fire at the Farrell home.
March 3 to 10 marked National Canned Foods Week with a demo event to display canned goods for inspection and tasting. George Stabler’s Sons Co promotes seed stocks as clovers and grains rise in demand. Virginia Hearn sustains arm fractures while attending Cornell–Mount Vernon events and a hospital in New Brighton, Pa. The Monticello debate with Mason City shifts dates. Dr John J Gilmore dies at 83 in Baldwin.
Monti cello High alumni association met at the public library auditorium last Monday to elect officers for 1923 and to map plans for the upcoming commencement season. Officers named were Lambert president Eehrernacht first vice president Rohn second vice president Heisey secretary Wilkinson treasurer with Stuhler Hubbard Lubben Pfeil on the advisory board. Family obituaries and a relief canvass were also reported with details on funeral plans and Near East Relief fundraising set for March 12 to 19 1923 led by G F Paulsen and C B Bates.
The Cornell Huskies edged Monticello 24 to 28 in a hard fought Friday contest. Freshmen size, strong defense, and a late Monticello rally kept the score tight. Diekhoff's free throw and basket kept Cornell close, with Monticello winning by one point as the final whistle blew. The team heads to the Dubuque tournament tomorrow despite illness in the squad.
The Monticello and Mason City high school debating teams meet in a semifinal at the local opera house tomorrow at 8 PM to argue hard surfacing Iowa primary roads with Mason City affirming. Judges are Supt F W Jones Strawberry Point Supt J H Peet Anamosa and Prof Cherington Cornell Mt Vernon. The winner advances to face Independence for district honors and the subsequent winner meets the southeastern district victor. Admission 35 and 25 cents with tickets available from students or at the door.
Grace Lovell Schoonover age 63 died at home in Cedar Rapids last Saturday night from acute dilation of the heart after a visit to Anamosa. Born January 30, 1881 in Monticello she lived in Anamosa for many years and later moved to Cedar Rapids. Survived by husband George L. Schoonover three children Catherine Lawrence and Donald her parents Mrs. and Mrs. George L. Lovell a sister and a brother. Active in D A R Eastern Star Red Cross and Congregational church funeral held in Anamosa with Rev. Ernest Evang noting universal respect and friendship. Funeral hours closed businesses in town during service.
Arthur P. O Rourke post of the American Legion held a nine o clock banquet at the legion hall on February 22 honoring George Washington s birth anniversary. Boxing exhibitions in the high school gym opened the evening followed by a brisk post banquet program with speakers Rev Leonard Duckett Nic Maurice and others. The event concluded with card playing radio listening and a red white and blue hall decor.
John A. Yousse died at 12:26 AM at his daughter Mrs. William Netcott's home after a period of declining health. Born February 25 1841 in Ohio he married Gehr of Pennsylvania in 1868. Survived by three of five children Wayne Ray and Mrs Netcott all Monticello residents. Funeral at Netcott home next Saturday noon with Rev Leonard Duckett officiating burial Bowen's Prairie.
Ban C. Roberts buys an interest in Cross Hardware Co where T. B. Lazell serves as president. Roberts will merge his doctrical and radio business into the hardware store, offering general hardware plumbing heating electrical fixtures lamps and radio outfits. Local history notes Lazell's 18 years as owner and Roberts prior electrical sales in Monticello.
The Ex press presents photographs from Tut Ankh Amon's tomb in the Nile valley showing objects that illustrate an ancient civilization predating the pyramids by centuries. The images invite readers to imagine life 8,600 to 8,500 years ago in Egypt and beyond.
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