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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1922
Page
11
An admirer hails the Wolverine 1000mile boot as a husky, rugged shoe with thick soles and strong reinforcements. Described as horse hide through and through, the leather lauded by Boston Vocational School as the toughest fibered leather on earth. E. G. Burrichter
The notice outlines a school bond issue vote set for April 24. The page lists local appearances by individuals linked to Cedar Rapids and Davenport including health professionals and shop visits. It notes ongoing promotions from Locher's and Keyes and various civic mentions across towns.
Mrs Willa Johnson of Fargo visits brother William Sharp in town. Miss Bertha Jones travels to Cedar Rapids and Davenport to visit friends. Frank Locher insures life policies for 20 payment or ordinary life. Community bake sales at E G Burrichter store and St Matthew's Lutheran aid. Births marriages and visitors noted among families including Bancroft, Kay, McNeilly, Iverson, Leonard and others. Public notices on school bond election date April 24 and local church construction by Brandenburg Bros with weather permitting start.
Hattendorff's Auto Top Shop offers new tops and covers for all cars. Monticello area notices include travels of Ambuehl family, Rotary convention trip, a small fire, club events, judge updates, weather blizzard impact, marriages, church programs, and public notices on truancy and court terms.
A column mocks private am exercise sessions for Monticello matrons aiming to slim down to chic figures. It jokes about music choices and notes that dietary changes, not just dancing, drive real weight loss, advising balanced meals and sympathetic cooking to aid slimming efforts.
Lovell township farm bureau schedules a 1:30 PM meeting at the public library on Tuesday March 28. The program includes community singing led by O B Crane recitation by Esther Eden solo by Sibyl Hutton a talk on better roads by several locals moving pictures The Visit of the Victors The North Wind Masonry Niagara Falls in Winter comedy Sauce for the Goose and a house cleaning tonight. bulletin notes indicate no program cards this year and time adjusted to 1:30 PM.
A March 26 Methodist church program features Song Congregation, Scripture, and multiple solos and choirs led by Mrs. Mitchell and Victor Servoss. Monticello public schools announce a second annual visitors day March 30 with student work displays and an evening operetta Polished Pebbles. A settlement ends Jones County Trust Bank cases against Kurt Dehner and Clark, with trials completed and amicable resolution reached.
James Hartzell Milroy of Manchester wed Miss Sarah Margaret Nichols in a home ceremony in Winton officiated by Rev. J. Arthur Young. Seventy five guests included Judge and Mrs Nichols and Mr and Mrs Milroy. The bride taught at the college for the blind in Vinton. Milroy, a WWII veteran and former Monticello educator, is in Manchester real estate.
Monticello school bond election date moved to April 24 after a publishing error and back up petition. Separate notice failures in Davenport outlined as fatal to legality, delaying their bond vote. An unrelated obituary notes the death of Mrs. John Wilken of Langworthy days after childbirth, with funeral details and family survivors.
John B. Moses died at his home in Center Junction yesterday morning at 9 from heart failure after years of declining health. Survived by wife and three children Charles Moses J Merlin Moses and Mrs Harry Stingley. Funeral at family home Friday 11. Moses born November 6 1864 in Scotch Grove township, educated locally and at Lenox college. He was a Presbyterian and active in community and Odd Fellows.
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