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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1915
Page
2
In Wyoming on March 2, a letter argues against repealing the current road law, praising recent highway improvements and asking for only minor tweaks granting more county discretion. The correspondence also reports many local moves, sales, society events, and births, with residents relocating, meetings held, and a series of social and community notes.
J G Michels and W A Neelans move within town and to farms nearby. John Hanna and Grace Duncanson return from Washington state to settle at the old Scroggie place in Clay. Rev E W Benbow visits Manchester, Clifford Driver preaches here, and several residents recover from illness. New floors installed by Chase and Ballou, bank transfers draw crowds, and mumps keep 8 G Streeper homebound.
Rev. Austen preached at his Prairieburg appointment on Sunday for the first time in five weeks due to sickness and bad roads. W. Lascell and Mrs. Alicia Ward with her children visited Mina Truesdell. Ward family plans to move to Minnesota soon as Ray Richards relocates their household goods to the Burg.
Center Junction reports Ed Norris broke a small bone near the ankle after a muddy bank slip last Saturday. J J Duncan plans to move his family to Princeton Illinois. Mrs Duncan and Hearst visit relatives for a few days. Multiple Monticello linked visitors and relocations noted among townspeople.
Castle Grove residents note quarantine end after foot and mouth disease link to two farms. John Hennessey relocates to Linn county line farm to till soil again. Neighbors welcome McAleer family back near old stamping ground. George Tyrell sells property, moves to Canada. farm leased to Albert Monnier. Various family moves and visits noted around Castle Grove and nearby towns.
In Scotch Grove on March 3 neighbors report several moves affecting households from Hutton to Fuller and a Kubns family relocation to Monticello. An illustrated Life of Christ sermon is planned at the Presbyterian church Sunday night with no charge. Local residents visit, travel, and church events fill the week.
The state railroad commission held a hearing at the state house on a proposal to force the Milwaukee Railway to convert the Cascade branch from Bellevue to Cascade to standard gauge. Residents backed by engineers estimate the change at about 1,000,000 less than the railroad’s cost, with the line needing substantial rebuilding. The Thirty-fifth General Assembly ordered an investigation and possible action if traffic justifies it. The two sides contended over estimates, with the case submitted to the commissioner after arguments.
John N Hughes is appointed general attorney for the C M & St P railroad in Iowa, replacing Judge J A Gook. Headquarters stay in Cedar Rapids. Hughes, a Jones county native, is brother to G J and Ed O Hughes and related to local residents. He trained at Chicago University and Cedar Rapids, later serving as city attorney before joining Judge Cook’s office. R Sutherland becomes Hughes’s assistant. both are among the state's youngest in these posts.
Joseph Henry former Monticello citizen died last Monday at six in Belle Plaine after a long cancer battle. Born December 8, 1869, in Belle Plaine he headed Eclipse Lumber Co here before moving with family to Belle Plaine. Survived by his mother wife and daughter with one son deceased. Funeral at Belle Plaine two o'clock this afternoon.
A brief, humorous dialogue unfolds as an older couple quarrels playfully over gallantry and buoyancy. The wife chides the husband for not helping her into a car, while he retorts that she is not as buoyant as when she was young.
A terse note from the Atchison Globe urges moderation in wording, warning against excessive certainty and unreserved positivity in public speech and writing.
The cemetery road bridge near the electric light plant went out Tuesday as flood waters filled the flat between road and river bed. W L Shankland postponed his blooded stock sale due to quarantine rules after a public sale of general goods. Dr T C Gorman plans to open a Cedar Rapids office after relocating his household. A men’s club meeting is planned in the Congregational church dining room. Hoof and mouth disease hit the Daniels farm near Springville, triggering county quarantine and rapid slaughter to prevent spread. Forty odd herds in Iowa have been affected, with inspections and disinfection ongoing.
Clinton Herald reports Dr J H Spence assistant state veterinarian in Clinton received a mysterious telegram from Dr J I Gibson state veterinarian ordering quarantine enforcement and noting Sheriff Claude L Ramsey was alerted. No complaints of noncompliance had been filed with Spence.
A Topeka Capital reflection notes that a man rushing home at night may seek to renew an unresolved breakfast quarrel rather than show love for home. The piece uses a pithy marital insight to illustrate appearances can mislead.
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