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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1922
Page
2
The Muntice Lu Express edited by J W Doxsee and C A Doxsee is listed with a subscription price of 2 dollars per year. Indicates proprietors and publisher details for the newspaper.
The Diana Frets entertained husbands and friends at an annual banquet in Soldiers Memorial hall with a five course dinner and decorations. A Presbyterian church meeting, St Patrick’s party, and numerous club activities followed, including elections, school events, and community notices across Wyoming and nearby towns.
The Center Junction athletic association held its annual banquet at the school house with Hearst Duncan as toast master. Roy Young and Meryle Stingley were elected boys and girls team captains for next year. Letters were awarded to team members by Mrs. Lenox, and several Cedar Rapids and Monticello residents attended the funeral of J. B. Moses. A baseball hard times party and box social are planned for April 6 with prizes for the worst costumes.
Mike Goes dies at sister Mis anna Gollobitz home after sudden illness aged about 69. He lived in Cascade since birth and worked at Wim Fagin implement. Catholic church parish member. Funeral Saturday at 2:80 pm. Interment in Catholic cemetery. Grandma Armstrong birthday party noted. East Cascade high school election results and staff named. Cascade voters set record mayoral vote. Martin Moore elected mayor and Dr L Barrett council candidate. Local updates include hospital status of Mrs Anna Murray, Devaney store management change, families visiting relatives, and rural mail worker pneumonia illness.
In Scotch Grove Seaten Grove on March 22 the Woman's Community club elected officers for the year, including Mrs. FP of Sutherland as president and M. M. Sinclair as vice president. The meeting featured practical recipes and cheese making demos by Mrs. Khubus and Mrs. Albert Schrader. Members discussed health rules, garment work for girls, and womanly recreations.
Onslow March 28 readers are invited to the April Ladies Guild meeting at the church parlor on Wednesday April 5 at 3 p.m. A picnic supper and the annual congregational meeting close the gathering with new members urged to attend and receive allotments.
SAND BERING Sand Spring March 29. Ww J Gestel visited Delhi Tuesday and spent the day with his parents Mr and Mrs George Gestel, helping calibrate his ninetieth birthday. Mrs Rudolph Reggentin and baby from west of Hopkinton spent the week end with the former’s parents Mr and Mrs M C Green. Miss Mildred Bink returned to North Fork Monday after a week at home. Clyde Olmsted, at court in Manchester, came home Friday and returned Monday. Mrs H S Pierce spent last week with her sister Mrs F M Dean in Hopkinton and returned home Saturday. Mr and Mrs C K Greer were guests of friends in Cedar Rapids last week. A number from here attended the funeral of William Edgar Hopkinson last Sunday. Fred Nger, Ray Chaplin, and Almond Garlinghome drove to Monticello Thursday. Mr and Mrs C C Stevenson shopped in Monticello Thursday. Joe Milter of near Worthington was a caller last Sunday. Mrs I P McDonough is quite ill at her home west of town. R J Guthrie was a Monticello business visitor Saturday. Mrs Allen Olmsted was a Monticello visitor Tuesday.
Prairieburg scenes include John Holub recovering after an appendectomy in Anamosa. The Wagner garage mechanic Mr. Schlemmer moved his family to town and settled on Main Street. Ivin Bebee and his wife plan to be home next week after Iowa City visit. Mrs. John Walmutt hosted a young social, twin sisters Gail and Dale Woodland visited relatives, and H J Henderson missed work due to illness.
Amber March 28 report notes a teacher and pupils event at Black Oak with a successful program and basket supper despite bad roads. Twenty four dollars were netted. Farmers held a profitable post program meeting. Willie Husman lost two work horses in a mud hole, one dying before rescue. Mr and Mrs J E Duncan were called to Center Junction on Sunday.
The report notes Mrs. Duncan’s father W A Stingley and Herman Maglehart leasing the Alex Robertson farm. Robertson family plans a future home in Anamosa or Moya. Duncan visited Center Junction with Mrs Harry Angilehart of Davenport. Daly family called on Mrs Alex Robertson while she was at Mercy Hospital in Anamosa. Lois Soper visited her sister Mrs Ora Andrews in Anamosa. Lloyd Robertson repairs his mother’s home in Anamosa this week. John Lang hires as farm helper for the year. Mrs Will Clarke made a business call in Anamosa on Tuesday. Mrs Herman Zimmerman is listed as sick.
The Hampton Chronicle notes newspapers with socialist leanings back Brookhart while some avoid explicit support for the Townleyite. It claims the I W W and traitors will back Brookhart to the end. The piece also mentions Tanlac’s reputation.
Public notice that Charles B. Moses was appointed administrator of the estate of John B. Moses deceased by the district court of Jones county Iowa. Creditors must file sworn claims with the court clerk within time and debtors must pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa March 29 1922. Hughes Taylor and O'Brien represent the estate.
Exenuatrix of the estate of Elizabeth McCarthy in Jones county Iowa requests immediate payment to avoid costs. Dated Monticello March 22, 1922. Alving Ferguson executrix. Doxsee and Doxsee attorneys for the estate.
There is not a single portion of the body that is not benefited by the helpful action of Tanlac. W. W. Stickford, local agent.
Jones county Iowa administrator of the estate of Ben Behrends files with the clerk. heirs and creditors urged to make immediate payment. Dated Anamosa March 27 1922. Theodore Rienters administrator G E Reed attorney for estate.
Public notice states that Monticello Independent School District in Jones County Iowa will hold an election on April 24, 1922 at Monticello City Hall from 1 PM to 8 PM. Voters will decide whether to issue bonds totaling $200,000 to build and equip a schoolhouse and acquire a site. Notice signed by A H Koop secretary.
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