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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
8
The poem recalls a farm transformed by technology and progress. It contrasts old rural life with electric lights, semis, silos, phones, phonographs, and educated help. The speaker notes changes in labor, milk pricing, and sanitation from a bygone era.
A rural education note from H. M. Harter, deputy county superintendent of Jones County, argues potatoes yield high with 140 bushels per acre and asks 10 questions for students to compare acreage yields, seed selection, soil preparation, costs, and potential improvements to double regional yields.
A source cites American Bankers Association figures to urge savings for old age and family protection. From ages 25 to 75, outcomes vary widely with death, wealth, work, and dependence shifting. 95 percent face funeral costs without insurance. humorous lines and a Brununian joke follow.
Mary Pizley Smith recalls a March 11 gathering in Long Beach hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Orlando McDaniel at 2210 East Second Street. Jones county guests from Iowa and New York shared memories, refreshments, and songs, ending with gratitude for a memorable afternoon.
The Monticello school board met March 3 1916 in special session with W F Rohn M W Kehoe and H E Reed present. They approved last minutes and authorized use of the boiler room for the March 27 election in ward three. The president and secretary were named election judges for March 13. The electors meeting was set for 1 to 6 pm in the boiler room to vote on a 3000 tax for building repairs. Bills totaling numerous vendors were approved and the board adjourned.
The Anamosa school election last Monday had no opposition to E. A. Osborne for director and J. N. Ramsey for treasurer, with only 39 votes cast. Meanwhile Dr. W W Hunter’s family plans to move to the H M Harvey house as the Harveys take Booth street property, and the doctor buys the Flaherty sisters’ Main Street building to create an office suite on the second floor. In Iowa City a record $80,000 wrongful death suit is filed against Iowa county over Hugh Owen’s death alleging county officials’ negligence in failing to protect an embankment and bridge washout.
Iowa City Republican notes that not long ago the administration viewed Villa as the man most likely to clean up the Mexican situation. The remark highlights a shift in perceived leadership role amid international tensions.
In Arthur W. Dunn’s Gridiron Nights the Gridiron club plans to call Senator Chauncey M Depew at a 1899 dinner. A large book labeled Depews Jokes and a laughing portrait sparked uproar as General H V Boynton prepared to introduce him. The senator finally spoke but a phonograph played Depews old stories forcing him to sit down. He later spoke cautiously hoping for a safe moment.
A hotel dinner session yields different waiter replies to a single question about sitting outside St Pauls dome all night. Tom offers a guinea, Sandy hedges, Pat jokes a cold. The wager is won. The piece then reflects on quips about beauty and timing in common sayings.
Public notice announces Kate Curtis Mirick appointed executrix by the District Court of Jones County Iowa for the estate of W A Mirick deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the court clerk and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello March 1 91d. Doxsee Doxsee Attorneys for the estate.
Notice to interested parties that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in the listed Jones county estates have been tiled. The final hearing and approval are set for March 22 1916 before the District Court at Anamosa Iowa. R O G Stirton administrator John Delay deceased filed March 10 1916 with Clerk G A Fisher.
The District Court of Jones County Iowa administrator of the estate of William Henderson deceased notifies all creditors to file their claims with the Clerk of the court sworn and timely. He urges those owing the estate to pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa February 26 1916. H M Carpenter administrator Herrick Reed attorneys for the estate.
An aged classified style notice advertising eye and ear nose throat services. It promises professional business, 24 hour calls, and special attention to diseases of the eye and throat plus rupture treatment.
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