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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
4
Cedar Rapids visitors are named frequently with towns like Anamosa Ames Davenport Dubuque and Monticello tied to social visits. The Crane Theatre screens William Hart in The Primal Lure and Princess shows The Slacker with matinee. millinery openings and sales at Devlin Millinery and Smith's Variety Store are advertised.
Emily Stevens stars in The Slacker at the Princess Theatre with a Saturday matinee on March 16. The program includes a special Princess presentation also on March 16 and repeats the performance with the same cast.
Jones county men named as jurors for the Cedar Rapids federal court includes April 2 grand jurors W S Barker H J Beam from Anamosa and petit jurors John Lubbue and J A Dumont from Anamosa.
CG. J. Northrop received a letter from his son Mitchell this week the first since about December 20. Mitchell said he had written several letters that never arrived and that no mails had reached him since Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Northrop have regularly written two or three letters weekly since he left home. Of seven packages mailed, he has received only two. Mitchell was at Chantilly.
Mr and Mrs Herman Ehrisman and their baby and Adolph Ehrisman traveled to Wagner South Dakota for an extended visit with relatives last Monday morning Miss Mara Whirsman joined them to Cedar Rapids where she spent the day Cedar Rapids won the high school basketball tournament at Cornell college Makquoketa placed second Marion finished third Monticello fell early to Belle Plaine in the tourney The Express prints bank statements showing the citys healthy financial condition as of March 4 with national banks to publish statements on the same date.
The northern lights shone brilliantly between eight and ten o’clock last Thursday, attracting many residents. Observers noted it as the brightest display in twenty years, inspiring widespread admiration among those outdoors.
J I Reed met Jones county troops at Camp Dodge and found them in good spirits hoping to be out of quarantine. Monticello band reorganized with C N Patrick conductor and R A Rickless manager planning 14 seasoned players. Moving picture shows draw crowds at Crane theater as Polly of the Circus and Skinner's Dress Suit play. several marriage licenses issued. Royal Taylors brochure praises Monticello progress. Mrs Mary Howell found dead by gas in Cedar Rapids room. age 47, formerly of Monticello, survived by daughters, coroner reports no inquest. Co N Patrick glasses fitted.
Otto Wolmutt a Prairieburg boy died of pneumonia in a soldiers camp at Chattanooga Tennessee He was the first from Boulder township to enlist and the first to give his life His body will be brought to Prairieburg for the funeral His father and mother were with him during his last days Also included are new food commission flour sale rules requiring pound for pound substitutions with wheat flour such as corn meal rice flour and oats and special rules for whole wheat and graham flour.
A county gathering of township lieutenants under Captain Schoonover outlined plans for the next liberty loan. The drive opens April 6 and all who can assist are urged to contribute promptly and generously. Loyal citizens are urged to share the burden according to their means.
Last Monday the school election saw only two candidates T S Lazell and BE J Reed. Reed won reelection to the board, Lazell replaces retiring M V Kehoe as president, and a $3000 tax levy for school repairs and improvements was carried. J G Hicks was nearly unanimous for treasurer.
Next week is Library Week with a plea to Monticello residents to donate books to public libraries for war service libraries run by the American Library Association. Do not send old magazines or outdated Sunday school volumes. donate current fiction and technical works. Pack books with name and address, and the library will forward them to camps abroad.
Mrs Mildred Mirick daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Sutherland Scotch Grove township died in Longmont Colorado Friday March 8 after a lingering illness from tuberculosis. She had two serious surgical operations at Anamosa earlier in life and nurses training in Chicago. Funeral services were held at Scotch Grove with Rev R A Brough officiating.
Mrs Loomis of Hopkinton returned home after a serious operation the operation occurred three weeks and twenty days ago. Mrs Hogan returned home today. Charles Campbell had surgery for hernia last Tuesday. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Kruidenier last Sunday. Miss Myrtle Hockady of Greeley had an operation last Saturday. Mrs Bachelder and her baby of Sand Spring are at the hospital for medical treatment. Mrs Morse had an appendicitis operation today. The county treasurer left at Monticello State Bank a copy of the tax list for payment of taxes.
Leo Locher recounts his London visit during a Luftwaffe bombing raid. He and companions witness searchlights, bursting shells, and shrapnel as crowds seek shelter in subways and doorways. He notes two separate raids, fear among residents, and plans to preserve shrapnel as a keepsake.
The Republican caucus at city hall last Friday nominated a full municipal ticket led by Mayor candidate C. L. Van Meter and Park Commissioner St. J. Hicks. The Democratic caucus the next evening backed James Voorhees for mayor and a full slate except for assessor H. Putnam, who remains the field’s choice.
Bosley and Bosley chiropractors declare they plan to remain in Monticello praising the practice and community as rumors circulate about leaving. A Cedar Rapids report notes a contraband booze shipment traced to an Eagles lodge in Vinton. Iowa City bootleggers intercepted with whiskey flasks at a station faced $100 fines each.
Mr and Mrs J S Hall visited Cedar Rapids last Friday for a spring millinery opening. Gates the insurance man was also noted in attendance as part of local social rounds.
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