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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
9
A crowded column records visits, calls, and social rounds across Monticello, Anamosa, Manchester, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines. Notables include W A Beery in Garwin, John Locher in Manchester, Mrs. Baker in Moline, and Rev J W Innes in Ames, with multiple shop ads and jewelry notices amid personal visits and family updates.
Extended visits from the Wilms sisters to relatives in Wish ek and others visiting relatives across the region. Local events include a public recital at the Presbyterian church May 16 and the Eastern Star lodge reporting solid winter and spring activity. A fire on Charles W. Brown's roof was stopped with water, while Locher Bros advertise sheet music sale and Nemo Corset Week opens May 5 at Deatrick's.
The supreme court reversed last Tuesday in the appeal of Mary J. O'Meara and others against George C. Law rence and G. F. Faragher. The Jones district court had dismissed a petition to cancel a contract. Justice Ladd authored the opinion.
Newly built fronts on the Stirton and Noyes structures give the pair the look of one large building. Plate glass fronts and prismatic reflectors enhance the double facade making it imposing in town. A new cornice on the adjacent Rickless building improves that structure as well. Dr Redmond eyes accurately tested.
The May term of the supreme court opened in Des Moines with appeals from this county set for argument on June 3. Cases include H. M. Carpenter assignee v The Modern Woodmen of America, J. I. Joslin, Sewell N. Farwell v H. M. Carpenter, and F. M. Magee v Jones County. Walter P. Stoddard spoke for Iowa Methodist Hospital, noting 250 beds and $50,000 in annual free service.
The Monticello high school senior class and other students staged a three part entertainment at the opera house. Living pictures directed by Miss Foley impressed with carefully posed titles such as The Song of the Lark and The Whistler's Mother. The Shrew segment featured strong performances led by Lillian D Autremont and Ward Peet. The Penelope comic opera cuerpo, supervised by Miss Moore, drew praise for clever acting and handsome costumes. Overall the show ranked among the school’s best entertainments, with high audience delight.
High School notes record visitor Ralph Heasty from Wyoming and students studying Iowa civics. John W. McVay dies at 87 in Sand Spring. funeral at Methodist Episcopal church with interment in Sand Spring cemetery. Survived by second wife Mary Appleby and four children. McVay, a longtime farmer and trader, known as an honest, active resident.
Drama of invincible charm The Virginian by Owen Wister arrives at Monticallo Opera House next Thursday May 15. Managers Jones and Crane bring a highly regarded company with seats available at Soetje's drug store.
The docket shows numerous new cases across categories including attachment garnishment guardianship promissory note and foreclosure. Plaintiffs include Rosanna Rossbach A. W. Steiner J. R. Soper John J. Sullivan and firms such as Rock Island Plow Co. and American Linseed Oil Co. with defendants listed as Theodore Wolf John Sherman Henry Nordman and others in various venues.
Monticello and vicinity in May 1888 record multiple local items. Notables include John Corbett with three flying squirrels, Mrs Belle Herrick at Cedar Rapids Business College, and the deaths and marriages of residents. Also noted are transfers of telegraph staff, a local surgeon appointment, and humorous teacher certificate answers.
The clerk issued licenses to Henry Wismeier of Monticello Iowa and Margaret Hein of Monticello Iowa. G W Jon ge of Perry Iowa Aneta White of Wyoming Iowa had licenses. Eyes tested and glasses fitted. Dr L G Stabler. Thanka Come Again. Yours for dry goods and millinery Doutrick's.
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