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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
7
Local residents and visitors span Anamosa Cedar Rapids Dubuque Des Moines and beyond with social calls, travels, and events. Notables include Miss Alice Cowan Miss Elizabeth McCarthy Mrs. D. Beaver and many more across Anamosa Hopkinton Cedar Rapids Manchester Monticello and Marshalltown.
Readable fragments show visits by Dr. Maurice and Mrs. Coykendall to Des Moines and Dubuque, church services in Anamosa, flour promotions by Minneapolis Maid at O. A. Errickson & Co, and various local announcements. Mentions of illness, travel, licenses, and upcoming Mother's Day service at the Methodist Episcopal church are included with multiple names and places.
Word came that Mrs. Seavey mother of Mrs. Lazell died last Saturday in Bangor Maine shortly after her daughter reached her bedside She is remembered by many for friendships formed during visits to Monticello.
The Post Office Department in Washington announces five new regular stamps in the same shape as existing issues. Colors listed are 7 cent black 9 cent pink 12 cent maroon 20 cent light blue and 30 cent vermilion.
Word arrives that James R Reid a respected Clay township resident died yesterday forenoon. No details are known yet. He had not suffered serious illness last winter. He leaves a widow and no children. Mrs Reid is J R Snyder’s youngest daughter and half-sister to John L Prouty of Scotch Grove township.
Prof E R Ristine and Lloyd McCutcheon advertise the Iowa event set for June 1 and 2. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Frederick Stock leads a program with top U S actists, as posters promise full details in the ads.
A historic double celebration marked by the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Otten of Scotch Grove township and the marriage of their son Otto Otten to Miss Minnie Bohlken at the bridegroom’s parents home. The event drew over a hundred guests and the couple now reside in Riceton Saskatchewan.
In Sand Spring a smallpox case and exposed inmates are quarantined. The Egger brothers, under restraint, left the house to visit Monticello, were seen about town, and returned after marshal orders. They claimed a Hopkinton doctor offered hope with doped clothes. the doctor denied responsibility. The barber who shampooed the girl allegedly used hair-dating drug.
Earl Locher reports rapid yearly reviews as seniors send invitations and orations. The high school baseball team defeated Lenox Academy 6 to 3 with T. Kingsley striking out fourteen, Bartlet allowing nine hits. lineup details and individual stats follow as the team improves and coaches lament missed base running opportunities.
May events in Monticello area include a May 15 frost harming vegetables, a May 30 decoration day address by Rev. Hugh Robinson, births and deaths across families, school board rehires, and a murder trial in Anamosa with Emmet Seymour sentenced to life.
A Sunday excursion by a local advertising manager, his assistant, and five youths ended in disaster at Clark's spring. Rain arrived as a canoe mishap dumped two people into the river, forcing a frantic scramble to shore while the rest sought shelter in a corn crib and along Lovers’ Lane. The tale ends with an unresolved note about the fate of the weenies.
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