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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1923
Page
4
Weekend visitors and travelers appear across St Paul Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. Mrs H W Stuhler returns home after a short Town City stay. Dr Redmond and Jacob Reding visit Cedar Rapids while A H Byers and other locals travel for business and family events. Regular ads promote hats sewing services and cleaning products with Farmers supply and millinery shops active.
Monticello residents hear village updates and social events ranging from battery sales and home repairs to school activities and church notices. The column details visitor trips, a government training offer in Bellevue, medical cases, a window addition at the post office, confirming Palm Sunday, a birthday party, a baby’s death, and a heavy late season blizzard shutting roads and trains.
The Monticello column reports a postponed Ladies Aid bake sale at Tyerson's store due to bad roads. It notes births, church services for St John’s, stamps release, sports mentions, a local farm bureau meeting, and Rotary District XI events with speakers and attendees from multiple states.
Carl B. Oleson known as Qle died at Mercy hospital after a brief illness. He had worked with the C M and St P railroad at Milwaukee station and yard, then served twelve years in Council Bluffs as telegrapher for the Milwaukee railroad. Survived by sister Mrs C E B Herwig of Lincoln Avenue, another sister Mrs F H Davis of Tonia, Iowa, and brothers C J Oleson of Stone City, Iowa, and G H Oleson of Lynden Washington. Funeral services Tuesday at Broadway Methodist Church, with burial in Tonia, Iowa.
J. W. Doxser chronicles a Mammoth Cave tour in Kentucky describing four levels and routes through Gothia avenue and the Star chamber. He notes guides like Bob Lively, historic saltpetre works, the Methodist pulpit rock, and wedding legends in the Bridal Altar. The piece highlights cave dangers, visitor numbers, and the $2 entry with guides, plus the national park prospect.
The Cornellian lists two Monticello players on the first team and multiple Monticello honorees in the second team and honorable mentions. Hubbard of Monticello wins Class A captaincy over Marion’s Taylor by a close margin for versatility and leadership at center. The Monticello team is praised for strong play despite not securing first honors.
Heavy week of snow ruined many trees and shrubs as limbs snapped under the weight. Residents shoveled snow off roofs to prevent cave-ins and protect homes.
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