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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
9
A syndicate of daily papers begins a state poll on Republican governor candidates. Voters may cast multiple ballots by mail in envelopes of up to three, risking fraud and skewed results. The box remains open weekly, but stuffing could occur daily, making the poll more a test of paper purchases than opinion.
The Jones county district court convenes next Monday March 8 with grand jurors to report then and petit jurors March 15. The docket lists new equity cases and numerous civil matters including guardian, garnishee, judgments and quieting title actions, along with several divorces and partitions.
Springfield reporters note the Democratic Party faces a blank field as three leading figures McAdoo Pomerene and Marshall decline within a week, leaving no clear frontrunner before the preconvention period. The party may rely on uninstructed delegates to alter the course of history.
William Googe died at Martello on February 21. Born July 4, 1864 in Brooklyn New York he moved to Iowa at sixteen to live with the Stone family near Springville. Also noted are a golden wedding reunion at Morley for Mr and Mrs A C Burroughs and the deaths of Richard P Johnson Frank Otto Wood with details of long illness and family losses.
Henry Ward Witham born near Amber Iowa on June 26 1873 died February 24 1920 at Menahga Minnesota at age 46 years 7 months and 28 days He lived on farms in Jackson Madison and Alburnett towns with a final move near Cascade He never married leaving a father two brothers and four sisters and was known for a quiet peaceful life and kindness He joined Antioch church faith but never formally joined a church
Fred Schone died last Tuesday evening at 6:30. He was born October 14, 1839 in Holstein Germany and married to Margaret Rohbere. Survived by his widow and five children, funeral at the John Schone home Friday at 11 then Wayne Lutheran church at 1, burial in Wayne Lutheran cemetery.
Obituary notices for Clarrmont D. Loper of Charles City at 99, and other deaths including Harold Harrington near Vinton and Inez Jeffries of Onslow. Reports of a fatal tractor crash, church loss by fire at Tiffin, and a suicide by Samuel Resch in Cedar Rapids. Also covers legal notices, land deeds, and basketball tournament results in Springville and Hopkinton.
Friday March 12 marks Jones County Farm Bureau’s first county meeting since the national movement began. Speakers C W Hunt of Logan and Carl N Kennedy of Des Moines discuss farm policy. event at Anamosa Opera House invites nonmembers and families with a noon dinner and educational films.
The Vinton Eagle notes a public wish to return railroads to owners to restore old time courtesy. It laments ticket agents in railroad centers no longer smiling and implies a renewed focus on polite service.
Gladys Horton reports Miss Morence Moses is absent after her father's death with Mrs. Q Brainerd filling in. Entertainment committee members Farnham and Brazelton hosted readings by Miss Haynes. The glee clubs plan a cantata at the opera house on Friday night March 8. Pupils Lillian Bolien and Dwight Cushman left town for Wisconsin and Iowa Falls. Freshmen held a gym party with a home economics supper. Starry Cross spoke about pay for pupils receiving free education. Essays on Army enlistment were won by Mark Reade, Ted Koop, and Beahl Perrine. Six weeks tests occurred amid tournament attendance at Hopkinton and regional competition. The boys earned silver medals and acknowledged strong coaching from Springville and Monticello.
The article praises American aid to Armenian and Near East refugees and urges Jones County Iowa to allocate its share from the United War Work Fund. It notes 7000 tons of flour monthly required and highlights that all relief funds go directly to aid with private individuals bearing collecting and administration costs.
Lee Vankirk of Anamosa announces his Republican bid for county auditor. A World War I veteran with Battery D service from 1917 to 1919 and later work with the Paris peace commission in 1948, he brings extensive clerical and abstract experience. Vankirk is described as a capable, irreproachable young man and is endorsed by local Republicans and voters.
At the city election to be held on the last Monday in March the following officers will be elected mayor treasurer assessor park commissioner one councilman from each ward two councilmen at large polling places are city hall the station and the office of H B Law polls open 8 am to 7 pm nominations must be filed with the city clerk at least fifteen days prior to election.
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