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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
4
A string of local notices lists residents and visitors in towns like Dubuque Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Monticello with dates from last Friday to yesterday. People include Rudolph Acbi John Reichart Miss Marie Bell and Mrs Fred Kellum among others while Millinery shops promote new hats and styles.
Cedar Rapids and Monticello residents visited friends in various towns including Center Junction Wabash Indiana Marion and Des Moines. Local events include a rummage sale April 11 12 and 13 and the visit of Maxine Elliott in Fighting Odds at Crane Theatre.
Miss Mildred Pierce a Cornell student in Mt Vernon is spending a short vacation with her mother Mrs Frank Pierce. The Crane Theatre announces a strong program for next week with a list of attractions on page 6.
Miss Frieda Coruenstein of the U S Forestry service at Deadwood S D spent a few days with her sister Mrs George Guyan. Schatz marked his eighty fifth birthday March 27 with a life sketch published last year and is in good health. John Barrack visited Camp Dodge to see his ill lunged son and found him improving. Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids former Kettlitz Kay clerk visited Monticello and has joined the aviation corps in officer training at Champaign Ill. Mrs W D Magee moved to Perry last Friday where her husband is station agent for the C M St P Ry Co. Miss Gayle remains in Monticelo to finish the school year and Congregational services are held Sunday with union classes at 10 and 11 services. The double quartet, with Mrs Thomas, will sing The Nazarene by Charles Gabriel in the evening.
Mrs H M Carpenter returns from Minneapolis where she visited her son Lieutenant Halstead Carpenter and his wife who is recovering from a recent surgical operation at a city hospital.
Mrs. Charles A. Coxsee visited Des Moines last Saturday to see her husband at Camp Dodge. A rumor circulates that most Jones county men called up may be moved to an undisclosed cantonment.
Ernest Hubbard visits his sister Mrs. Alva Hilers and plans to spend part of his fur lough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hubbard in Anamosa after being at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Chicago. He expects to be sent to sea shortly after returning to the naval station.
Lyle C. Tompkins and Miss Bernice Lewis, both of Wyoming, were married last evening at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. J. S. Barr. They plan to live two miles from Wyoming after a brief visit to Dubuque with friends. The town held a day of prayer amid war news.
D A Huene will enter the services of Hall Manufacturing company on May 1 as general sales manager. He has lived in Monticello while selling for Warfield Pratt Howell Co of Cedar Rapids and led the Monticello Improvement Club as president.
Fred Dahling and Master Gerald McCreary attended the funeral for Mrs. Dahling's father George Swartzbaugh who died last Friday and was buried Sunday at Winton. Mrs. Dahling was with him at death. They returned home Monday by auto with Mrs. Tuttle of Watertown South Dakota who will visit briefly.
The Monticello Improvement Club invites members to its annual banquet at the Lovell House on the evening of April 1. The event features a 7 80 o'clock dinner, humorist William Nolan returning after entertaining two years ago, and performances by the Monticello Improvement Club band.
Rev EK J Lockwood preached at a union Congregational and Methodist Episcopal service last Sunday evening. His American themed talk inspired loyal listeners and challenged any trace of disloyal feelings, addressing contemporary issues before a large audience.
A Monticello meeting of township and school district committeemen outlined the April 6 bond drive. County Chairman George Schoonover attended and noted strong worker interest. Jones County must subscribe to its full bond quota and all residents will buy bonds proportionally. The upcoming Red Cross drive aims for 1.5 million dollars in Iowa, with Jones County set at 8,000 dollars. The southern part, including Ann mosi affiliate chapters, to contribute 6,000. the northern part, Monticello affiliates, 3,000. Jones County will meet its full quota.
Leo Locher, a wireless operator on the U S Destroyer Manley, was aboard when the vessel collided with a British warship on March 19 1918 and was later blown up by a depth charge. Initial reports listed 17 dead and 17 missing but a cable from his brother confirmed Locher was safe and well somewhere in Europe. The exact location of his message was withheld by the censor.
Superintendent K D Miller is elected to lead Vinton schools at a salary of $2000 annually. He comes from Monticello after eight years there, replacing John Ja Foster now inspector of high schools for Iowa. The Express notes strong farm paper value of Kansas City Weekly Star edited by Henry J Walters, highlighting its broad practical content for farm families.
Registrants from Monticello Anamosa Center Junction and Wyoming sign to be inducted April 5 to 7. They will attend a two month course at Rahe automobile school Kansas City for motor mechanism repair and operation training. A lyceum lecture on Are You a Christian or Only Religious? urged service over ceremony and urged Christian izing.
The city enforces a speed and lights ordinance with warnings of fines for violators. Mayor J A Voorhees cautions motorists to observe the rule to avoid penalties.
Mrs Louisa Matthiessen wife of Anton Matthiessen formerly of Monticello died in San Jose California on Friday March 22 after a four to five month illness. The body was brought to Monticello for burial by surviving husband and sister Mrs George Ambuehl. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church conducted by Rev Charles Cushman. She was born Akron Ohio September 23 1868 and married May 24 1877. Surviving children include Mark Matthiessen a Portland Oregon lawyer and Ralph Matthiessen of San Jose California. She is also survived by siblings Sarah Slate Monticello sister Mrs Mmina Ambuehl Monticello Charles Rettig Trenton Missouri and Edward Rettig Kansas City Missouri and six half brothers and three half sisters. She was a devoted wife and mother whose life centered on providing for and inspiring her children.
Judge Smith called jurors to step forward and excuse themselves. Five to six farmers claimed no hired help or required farm duties and several others had personal cares or family illnesses. The judge excused many. despite this, he must proceed with trials as plaintiffs demand, predicting a short term and no crowded May docket.
In Monticello a call goes out for more Red Cross volunteers amid wartime strain. Despite some praise for Mrs. J M King and loyal workers, organizers urge all women to join Red Cross rooms and forego leisure activities to support soldiers on the Somme.
The Northrops received photos and a nurse’s note from Paris about Mitchell Northrop an ambulance driver on the front in France. Officials in Washington have no casualty information and Mitchell’s last letter said he would return to work soon after an operation.
The county treasurer left a copy of the tax list at Monticello State Bank where all taxes may be paid.
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