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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1914
Page
9
Local missives and social notes list visitors and happenings around Anamosa Cedar Rapids Oxford Junction and nearby areas. Names include Miss Harriet McCuskey Mrs Fred Berlin Mary Kehow Augusta Haenasler Catherine Ambuehl and many others with mentions of trips sales events and small community incidents.
Monticello area residents welcomed visitors and listed daily movements. John Weir of Lamont and daughter Amelia, Mrs. Morrison of Des Moines with Mrs. Brainerd, and others were noted. Local clergy announced English service at the German Reformed church next Sunday evening. A wide range of small items includes sales pitches from Suter & Son, property purchases, farm transfers, travel to Des Moines and Salem, and upcoming lectures by Ralph Parlette.
Fred Stabler traveled to Des Moines last Tuesday to meet fellow directors of the Retail Shoe Dealers Association of Iowa and plan the program for the forthcoming annual meeting of the association members.
Regular Friday 8 pm Lenten services in German at the Lutheran church. Tomorrow service will be in English. Next Sunday morning German services scheduled with no evening service.
James A. Voorhees & Co. disposes of coal business and sheds to Eclipse Lumber Co. Transfer to be made at once. Sheriff Hogan issued subpoenas to town residents tied to a ten day old fracas and to inform grand jury about the affair and peddlers of Cascade booze.
The community records a drawn grand jury for the current term with E A Osborne as foreman and Harriet Koglin as clerk. From social news, Miss Myra M. Cowan and Orville K. Duncan wed in Dubuque with return to Monticello, and Sophia Behrends tied to Henry Jacobs at the Behrends home. Jed Brainerd relocates a large maple from cemetery. Judge Ellison hears the O M and St Paul Railway suit over stock trespass. Jacob Yossy of the Yossy orchestra loses the right forefinger in a shotgun accident near Richland township. Dr. Colon Thomas treats the injury.
In cold weather the Cedar Rapids-Oalmar train now runs to the coal shed for supplies. Passengers race to catch the train each morning, with sprinting and swearing as the engine pulls away, sparking amusements for bystanders. Bob Abel leads the dash, oblivious to the return time.
A early week blaze on the McGovern farm in Richland township consumed the residence and its contents. John Kurt had bought the farm from Mr. McGovern, with Jake Koppess living there and Michael Souser aiding. Koppess escaped after waking to a crackling sound, Souser wandered seeking an exit and fell in the basement, and the structure was beyond saving.
High School notes recount basketball prep with Springville on Friday March 6 and a 22 to 13 girls win over Manchester. The chorus works on three new songs, Julius Caesar scenes delight sophomores, and Edwin Baker and William Kingsley are briefly absent. Oscar H. Soetje sells the Monticello drug store to Hans Kettletz and Fred J. Kay as Soetje retires for health reasons.
Witnesses testified before the Monticello grand jury last Monday and Tuesday with at least two indictments anticipated against local bootleggers. Floyd Trusdell was arrested on unlawful sale charges after a marshal’s information, while Frank Hughes faces a thirty day jail term as part of the case. Separately, a community institute is planned for March 13–14 with topics for businessmen, families, and farmers. Jennie Sowers died of infantile paralysis at age 12.
The millinery department once run by Deutrick D G Co was bought by Mrs Mattie Mc Aleer who will run the business with new spring shapes for ladies misses and children. She is aided by her sister Miss Devlin and a modern trimmer from Fisk wholesale millinery Chicago.
Local eye care note states that eyes were tested and glasses were fitted by Dr. L Q Stubler.
The March term opened with Judge F O Ellison presiding. Jury trials set for next week include Hall Mig O S W vs A D Mackrill and Welah vs Colling with several civil damage cases and breach of promise actions among the docket. Many default judgments and continuances noted, estates and guardianships reported, and various attorney appearances withdrawn or amended.
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