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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
9
A string of residents travel to Cedar Rapids Anamosa and Hopkinton for visits and shopping. engagements and sales promotions appear at C R Coons Jewelry Smiths Variety and George Stubler Sons Co with notices of upcoming millinery openings and Singer sewing machine deals.
Monticello items report Charles A. Sutherland’s three week absence with lip growth removal in Monticello. Local ads promote a Saturday shoe sale at Peterson Clothes Shop with March 15 bargains. Social notes include births and moves, anniversaries, fire department calls, and community entertainment plans for next winter.
A Redpath Lyceum Bureau representative visited Monticello this week to organize a winter entertainment course. A four or five recital program is likely, dependent on public support as canvassers seek ticket subscriptions. The bureau promises a high grade course and urges generous family purchases.
Winnie Boots, a Monticello soldier wounded in France, is in a Fort Des Moines medical hospital with one leg in a cast after several operations. The Monticello Improvement Club plans 4th of July observances and a March 21 address on good roads at the Lovell House. Monticello High School’s basketball team won two tournaments at Lenox and Cornell colleges, earning silver cups. Rev. Wm H L Schuetz and John Woellert attended a Lutheran gathering in Waterloo for a three million dollar campaign endowment. Paul Richard Maire and Marguerite Ellen Perrenaud wed at the Maire home with a small ceremony. The county Red Cross reorganized and outlined a April liberty loan drive with Jones county pledging 938000 for war needs and expenses.
A Christian Endeavor party will be held in the basement of the Presbyterian church on the night of March 21. All are invited to come and have a good time and something to eat. Admission is 20 cents.
The Monticello Express salutes W. B. Sloan, known as Billy to generations of pupils, who has closed a thirty year tenure as city school janitor. He knew every child by name, kept harmony on playgrounds, and remained a valued asset to the Monticello public schools as he and his wife, and their dog, continue to be part of the town.
Mrs Colezrove wife of the president of Upper Iowa University Fayette spoke at the Methodist church on the Centenary movement to fund church growth and benevolence. She urged tithing describing a return for giving though some may require personal motivation. A deacon’s plaster accident prompted the quip Ier I meant I’ll give fifty dollars as the room laughed.
A school organized sing two weeks ago drew enthusiastic praise and sparked plans for a regular community sing. Friday night March 21 is set as the date with Miss Sox directing. A large orchestra will lead old and popular newer songs, with specials to delight all ages.
An article notes smut as a contagious grain disease harming stock, and promotes Anti-Smut with a guaranteed sale. It reports Dr. T. M. Redmond being reelected to a three year Monticello school board term with only eleven votes, praising his past service. Waterman’s Ideal fountain pens offered at C. R. Coon’s with a sales line about the pen being mightier.
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