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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
7
Local notes show J F Brown visiting Anamosa on Tuesday and Libbie Thoeni and Kate Hunnicutt among recent Anamosa visitors. Visitors from Cedar Rapids Hopkinton Dubuque and Chicago are listed with brief travel mentions and domestic calls.
Mrs W H Stauring spent the winter at Cascade and visited Monticello returning yesterday. Mr and Mrs Henry Drybread of Greeley stayed with Mr and Mrs G W Davis and Mr and Mrs O H Shipman last Sunday. Mrs George Miller was ill but now believed out of danger. Miss Mary Curtin visited her sister Mrs Kate Crocker in South Dakota. The Nation Stores Deutrick s. Messrs G H George and H S Richardson were summoned to Tipton as witnesses in a district court suit. Howard Deischer handled baggage between Farley and Cedar Rapids during a worker absence. Mrs A M Hanken, at her daughter’s home with Mrs Frank Becker, returned from Waterloo.
John Miller visits the Rohr family and Mrs. Rohr accompanies him home. Florence Errickson returns from teaching in the county for a short vacation. Hofacre and sister Jessie Pratt attend a relative’s funeral in Mason City. John Perrine and Frank Hampton hunt ten wild ducks near Davenport. Oy Bort ships three carloads of horses to Chicago Detroit and Hartford. Leo Kiburz accompanies the Hartford bound load. Wm. McDonald, former grand juror, seen en route home via Cedar Rapids. Harriet Campbell and Blanche Drees resume duties at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls after a week at home. Mrs. Fred Mathiessen visits Dubuque for her daughter Nellie’s nursing course. Mrs. John McLees visits Richland township. returns to Cedar Rapids. Fred Smith plans to move to Saskatoon region after purchasing land. A group including Stirton Soetje Herrick Noyes Reed Locher Coxsee attend Judge Miller’s funeral at Anamosa. Katharine Drees announces March 27–28 as millinery display opening. At the public library the S. S. Farwell collection is presented with Miss Alice B. Tyler speaking. Leo Kiburg known as Bill wins a wrestling match in Hopkins on a 37-minute bout. A local town vigil warns of possible injuries from reckless automobile driving as season progresses.
Weather shifts send robins north with joyful song, signaling spring. A 60 degree drop from Tuesday to Wednesday highlights the fickle season. Miss Beulah Calkins counted 42 babies born in Monticello in 1910 for Assessor Putnam, six more than 1909, with the assessor blaming the dry season for the rise.
Messrs. R. Bohren and Ben Stifler went to Wisconsin last week where Stifler invested in a carload of Holstein cows with Bohren’s help. Stifler also recently bought part of the Henry Nickel farm in Castle Grove township.
Ed Brazelton delivered mail on rural route No. 2 last Tuesday by motorcycle. He notes last year he started March 21 but then used the route daily for a full month. This year he is a week earlier, though he doubts roads will stay as smooth as they were a year ago.
Alton Packard the cartoonist will appear at the Presbyterian church next Friday evening in the final entertainment course number. He is praised as the best chalk-talk performer on the platform and will provide a lively program of fun and amusement. The revival tabernacle is under construction on the Maurice lot south of Bateman's Marble Works, supervised by a Waterloo man, and will seat about 1,400 once finished.
Arnold Bader circulated a subscription paper to raise funds to buy a team for Numa Jacquet whose squad was lost in the Maquoketa river near the county line bridge during the February freshet. He secured 270 dollars. most refused only one person among many asked declined.
The school election had no opposition last Monday with only C. D. Chase and W. F. Rohn on the ballot for directors. Forty-two votes were cast, none for other candidates. The levy proposal of $2,000 for bonds and improvements passed 19 to 3 against. Dan Hearn showcases sanitary barber chairs with slippery nickel and porcelain designed to deter microbes. Messrs Raymond Slauson Emil Ricklefe and William Sutherland headed to Belle Fourche South Dakota seeking homestead farms, with Sutherland bringing two hounds for jackrabbits and coyotes.
John Bejasch, visiting his parents, plans to settle in Alabama for a period after two years as a Glenwood deputy sheriff. He recalls arrests of dangerous criminals including a 4-man shootout in a frontier county with 25 annual murders, noting the tough life of peace officers on the frontier.
L T Alexander resumes publishing in Jerome Idaho with Lincoln County Times No. 1 March 9. Monticello figures move to Davenport and Monticello. Mundell dies in Glenwood after cancer operations. Local grain show results feature K Greer with oats and barley seeds. Edward Schneider and Grace Sutherland wed in Monticello. A P Jennings pursues poetry and music. Friday club hosts Irish themed dinner with St Patrick motif and stories led by L W Lovell and H S Richardson.
A special Ames based train carrying seven lecturers will stop at Monticello on Monday March 20 for 50 minutes at 1 15 p m. Lectures cover oat crop improvement for men cookware of cereals for women and children rail stops include Anamosa Langworthy Sand Spring Hopkinton and more all are invited to attend free of charge.
Rev Louis Meyer of New York City, a converted Jew touring evangelical work, spoke at a Sunday Presbyterian service on immigration and the rising influence of foreign Jews. He warned of their monopolizing business lines in Western cities and discussed education and Americanization challenges. Meyer formerly led Hopkinton Reformed Presbyterian Church.
The Rev W Van Buren former Monticello pastor of the Eldora Methodist church resigns due to nervous disorder and health concerns He and his wife will move to New Auburn Wisconsin to a farm for rest The Eldora Herald commends his service and officials wish for his recovery His duties will be covered by son in law Rev J A Young newly finishing his studies at Upper Iowa University
At a Friday meeting the Jones County Fair association declared a ten percent annual dividend and paid it to stockholders in the first days of the week. The treasurer reported no debts and over 1600 dollars in the treasury for improvements and rainy‑week reserve. New officers were elected: H. G. Hicks president A. W. Steiner vice president F. W. Koop secretary and L. W. Lovell treasurer. The secretary’s chosen fair dates late August to early September were approved. A floral ball committee was appointed to plan repairs and improvements.
The Independence evangelists H L Stephens and George Stephens and party will start services in Monticello March 24 after finishing a series in Independence. Reports show hundreds converted with daily afternoon and evening preaching and union services planned through Sunday. O W Williams of Galesburg will join the service this Sunday.
The corn show drew 35 entries with judges A. L. Plummer of Altoona and J.8. Neil of Ames. Prizes honored best 10 ears yellow corn to Schneider Bros London first, Elis Anamosa second, Glanz Monticello third, Gallagher Anamosa fourth. Best 10 ears white corn went to John Glanz Monticello first, W. H. McNeill Hopkinton second and third, McNeill Bros. Hopkinton. Best single ear yellow to John Glanz Monticello. Best single ear white to W. H. McNeill Hopkinton first, J. H. Glanz Monticello second, John O. Smith Monticello third. Ladies Special awarded to Mrs N B Lathrop Oxford Junction first, Mrs E Krominga Monticello second, Mrs John Glanz Monticello third.
Mrs. Rachel Williamson Shinn aged 87 died last Sunday morning at her daughter Mrs. John E. Bateman’s home after a brief illness. Born January 19 1824 in Summerville New Jersey she lived in Ohio and Iowa with her husband Vincent Shinn who died in 1898. Survived by William Shinn and Mrs. John Bateman, plus a brother Abraham Williamson. Funeral held in Tipton at Mr. Geller’s home and burial beside her husband in local cemetery she helped establish.
Judge Benjamin H. Miller died in Anamosa last Thursday evening from paralysis after weeks of illness. His funeral was in the Congregational church with more than 160 Freemasons in procession. He was nearly 66 and survived by wife Miss Kya Foreman and five children. He held multiple local offices, served as judge from 1903 to 1907, and was active in Masonic and Knights of Pythias orders. He will be missed by a wide circle of friends.
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