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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
7
Mrs Kimble visits London and many residents travel to Cleveland Cedar Rapids and Des Moines for visits and events. A baby is born to Mr and Mrs Schatz while Miss Hostetter visits Rev McCaskey and local social clubs hold gatherings. Weathered by trips and millinery ads the town stays lively with visitors, family news, and community updates.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Davidson returned from Ames where they visited in the home of the former's daughter Mrs Budge. Next week is children's week, special value at McAleer millinery.
Dr Markoman bags bag at Des Moines week attended State Medical association meetings. Missa Blaney Davenport returned home after visiting in Monticello. Mr and Mrs William Rosa Arlington Nebraska arrived for J M Sleeper funeral. Cedar Rapids Mrs Clark Hubbard returned home after visit. H A Allen Cedar Rapids commercial manager Iowa Telephone visited Monticello. Letters addressed to several locals remain uncalled for. Mrs Jane Freeze and Miss Mary Knapp Farley were guests of Mrs Poole. Mrs George Igon Kansas City returned home after visiting with her sister. Dr A M Matrice went to Des Moines for meetings of State Vental association. Dr Graham of Iowa City and an architect met Monticello State Bank directors for consultation. Monticello locals attended Mrs Martha Beam funeral in Manchester. Rev W B H L Schuetz left for St Paul to attend church meeting. will visit ill brother in Rochester. Abner Adams married Kate Haus. Mrs Ernest Crocker of Iowa City visited for J M Sleeper funeral. Mrs C S Northrop and Ward Templeton travel to Ames for May Musical Festival and to visit children. Ada Davidson of Whiting Indiana visited Monticello. cordial reception. Two months old son of Gerd Antons Center Junction died. funeral today. Jay Dreibelbis injured by self-inflicted gunshot near Iowa City improving. recovery possible.
Mise Mary Coxsee underwent an appendectomy at Anamosa hospital last Tuesday forenoon. Reports indicate a favorable outlook for recovery after an acute attack five weeks earlier.
Unseasonably cold weather keeps soil too wet for corn planting in many areas. Ground remains cool and wet, preventing seed sowing despite potential temperature rise expected soon. A strong south wind in the past two days has not sped up warming significantly.
The marriage licenses issued by Clerk of the District Court George A. Fisher include Swordes and Ethel Jones of Wyoming. George W. Lesley and Beula Chapman. Bertie Jeffery and Lela Chapman of Oxford Junction. Abner Adams and Kate Hausa of Monticello. Merle Murfield and Erma Leinbaugh of Martello. Thos BE Cooney of Iowa City. Minnis Purdy of Grinnell.
Lewis Cobb of Waterloo and Grinnell College wins the Henry York Steiner prize for the best song poem in a contest. The $25 award, established by Professor and Mrs BEA Steiner in memory of their son, honors the top submission from twenty two entries. Three finalists were Grinnell alumni.
Monticello aid towns in Jones county recruit agents for Register Life Insurance Company of Iowa Mutual Old Line Company organized in 1898 claims lowest net cost and best dividend values. It operates on a three per cent legal reserve basis and is the only Iowa company using this standard with Wack & Kelso in Bellevue Iowa as general agents.
Des Moines priest Father Nugent will lecture on The Lost Q Confessional at the Immaculate Conception Church Castle Grove May 10 at 8 pm under the Catholic Order of Foresters. Admission is free and the public is invited. Nugent is renowned as an orator and previously spoke at Monticello where he was well received.
Cases of smallpox have appeared in the county east of Wyoming, traced to Monmouth where revival meetings allegedly exposed many. Local officials dispute quarantine practices while doctors outside call the illness smallpox and urge isolation measures.
John H B Pond married Dorothy Pond at the bride's parents home 1098 Locust Dubuque with Dr Clakay officiating. They road a wedding trip to Kansas City and will reside in Dubuque. The bridegroom, eldest son of Mrs Daniel E Pond, is a Monticello High School and State University Liberal Arts College graduate transitioning from railway mail service and local insurance business to a Dubuque enterprise.
Ben White a painter and paper banger died at Walter Hall’s home west of Monticello after breakfast. His body was found in the hog pen with hogs having eaten several fingers. death likely due to acute heart failure. He was born February 26 1859 aged 57 and survived by three brothers and two sisters. Funeral planned at Walter Hall home with interment at Oakwood cemetery.
Mrs Martha Miller Beam died at her mother's home in Manchester after a long TB struggle. Born July 6 1887 in Monticello she married Bar Beam November 26 1912 and lived in Cedar Rapids The Dalles Oregon before his death. Funeral services were held at Manchester and interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery in Monticello.
Minnie Wilker visited the high school on Wednesday morning. Examinations are over and pupils and teachers feel relief. Dewey Rhatigan returned to classes on Tuesday after illness. Fresh smoke and fragrant odors rose to the assembly Monday morning. Reverend J H Barr led the opening exercises Tuesday about thinking and future life. Agricultural and domestic science classes toured the new creamery with Mrs Boys and Mrs Fraser Monday afternoon. A senior dislocated the ventilator equipment in the assembly, causing student commotion.
Davenport hosted the eastern Iowa district convention of the I O O F which chose Anamosa as the 1917 meeting site marking the order's 98th anniversary. Officers elected were all from Anamosa: President A. H. Soper, Vice President S. W. Walton, Second Vice President B. C. Robeson, Secretary Mrs. I. B. Hines, and Treasurer J. L. Coffman.
John 8. Welch a notable trial lawyer requests support as he runs in the democratic primary for county attorney. He previously served an appointive term in the office and meets the role with an acceptable record. The Waterloo Canning Company urges nearby farmers near Manchester to back a local factory project.
Horace M. Downer a Civil War veteran from Monticello Iowa carries a Shiloh wound that ended his field service. Enlisted June 10 1861 in Dubuque his unit fought to protect railroads and quell riots near Liberty Missouri. He received a lasting shoulder and arm injury at Shiloh April 6 1862 leading to disability discharge November 28 1862. Born in Vermont he settled in Jones County since 1846 remaining in Castle Grove Monticello most of his life. He is now eighty and honored for his steadfast service with a wartime portrait included.
Mrs. Florence Hosford Curtis died at her Monticello home last Sunday from acute Bright's disease after about six weeks of illness. She was born July 6, 1857 in Johnsonville Ohio and married Charles Curtis December 12, 1877. Survived by four children and brothers Orlando Hosford and O W Hosford. Funeral held Tuesday at family residence with Rev J H Barr. interment Oakwood cemetery. Also reports Monticello school board elected teachers Jone Zellhoefer Grace Fox Flossie Grafft and Mabel Munson.
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