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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1923
Page
7
A collage of small ads and social mentions appears for Anamosa Cedar Rapids Dubuque and nearby towns. Items include millinery promotions at Devlin Millinery haircuts at Harry Bricker barber shop and new hats sale dates. Visitors Mrs Redmond Mr Koop Miss Schatz and others are listed along with local business updates and household product mentions.
A stream of brief social items records visits and hometown connections. Geneve Lowe of Marion visits the Reicharts. Agnes Maire and Helen Hefner return home. Carrie Hoag from Chicago visits family. families from Cedar Rapids Anamosa and Onslow host relatives. theater ads and local business notices punctuate the column.
The notes record a birth in Sterling Illinois Elizabeth Anne Oltmanns born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Oltmanns and Miss Gertrude Aebi visiting Cedar Rapids from Cedar Rapids business college. It lists residents traveling to hospitals Monticello jury service, a carnival at the high school and upcoming debates Keosauqua Monticello and Hawarden Mt Ayr with dates and venues.
Dr. C G Thomas resumed morning patients at his office after a two week illness caused by influenza and sinus infection. He will avoid town calls until fully recovered and will treat in office as needed. Naomi Stevens of Ogden Iowa died last Sunday, formerly Monticello music and drawing supervisor who resigned due to illness. Seward Smith, Monticello native, was injured by a mad bull last week with broken ribs and internal damage. his mother was summoned from Blairsville while his father Ed ward Leclerc underwent surgery in Omaha. The Farmers Mutual Creamery Co secretary received a letter from George A Putnam director of dairying Ontario Canada praising the creamery and requesting by-laws. he plans to open more creameries in Canada.
Superintendent Fred L. Mahannah was re-elected by the Monticello board of education for the 1928-29 school year. He has previously served as orphan home superintendent in Davenport and as state normal training inspector for Iowa. The board has not yet chosen other teachers for the coming year.
John D. Specht aged resident of Buffalo township Linn county dies at home after a long life begun in Friedburg Hanover Germany. Survived by wife Gertrude E Gertjets and six children with funeral held at Prairie Hill Lutheran church. Burial at Prairie Hill cemetery. Also obituary notes Mrs John Meyer of Jones county dies at 2:30 am aged 78 with eight children and many grandchildren. funeral at Reformed church East Monticello burial at East Monticello cemetery.
The Lovell township farm bureau held a regular session at the public library on Tuesday afternoon March 27. President Bender resigned and Ernest Hoult was chosen to lead. Mrs Matthiesen became vice-president with Mrs John Jacobs elected to the role. Co operators from district No 9 were George Behrends and Elizabeth Behrends. The group discussed cow testing association formation and expected a representative from Ames by April 2.
Friday carnival drew a large audience and festive noise as acts dazzled spectators. Notable features included art gallery displays, a bridal pair, and a magic hair restorer. Judge Koop fined smugglers as students and locals attended class activities and school events amid plans for spring operetta and April debates.
Mrs Charlotte Jane Camp Stedman died at her sister Mrs William Drinkwater’s home on March 22 at age 84. Born April 6 1837 in Cherry Valley Ashtabula County Ohio she lived in Lima Wisconsin Racine and Whitewater before moving to Linn County and Monticello to care for parents. She was a dressmaker and a longtime Methodist church member known for reading the Bible and helping neighbors. Her funeral was held at Dr and Mrs Drinkwater’s home conducted by Rev Thomas M Nielsen.
A Sunday April 1 sacred concert at the Presbyterian church features combined choirs from Congregational Methodist and Presbyterian churches with various orchestral numbers and anthems. Nearby notes report monastery entrants, Jones County Times editor change, Good Friday and Easter services details, and March district court outcomes with a $1200 damages verdict in Coyle et al vs Jones County and Crim vs Crim آخر.
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