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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
7
Local shoppers visit Locher's for Gulbransen player pianos and Edison phonographs while Peacock Shop serves fruit salad and promotes Hutchinson's fruit salad. Cedar Rapids and Dubuque visitors drop names across Monticello Anamosa Davenport and Davenport events.
Mr and Mrs G Hicks visited their son Frank Hicks in Iowa City while Mrs Louis Pazeur and baby returned from Cedar Rapids. Dr A M Maurice left for Des Moines for the state dental convention. Various locals attended visits, beauty services offered at Matt's Beauty Shoppee, and a grand opening ball planned for Cascade with Flindt and his all American orchestra.
A son Roy Charles Paton Jr was born to Mr and Mrs Roy Paton in Kenosha Wisconsin on April 29 at 8 40 weighing 8 pounds Mrs Paton formerly Miss Grace Podhaski The Wednesday Night Bridge club holds its annual dinner at Maples Inn then visits Mrs Martin Thoeni for cards Armour Fertilizing Works representative G W Kennedy met with J L Farmer to promote fertilizer A primary road contract between Monticello and Anamosa awarded to H A McDonald of Fenton Iowa for 32 cents per mile with 24 cents per yard for gravel pit stripping and completion by August 20 The Express ran 26 columns of home print last week leaving some church notices unread The Schatz barn fire destroyed the barn and a Paige car with a Ford coupe saved The Monticello Commercial club met at Maples Inn and organized sign posting over 300 miles of road A private line Monticello to Scotch Grove installed for five users The first Merchants Sales Day at Monticello drew strong sales The next sales day is set for Tuesday June 3 with ads May 29 The Monticello contesting association elected officers Carl Hein president Thomas Shover VP I W Suter secretary treasurer Directors named and testing duties reassigned A Cedar Rapids paper lauded Tom Shover’s Shomont farm dairy herd and February cream check of 225 from 18 cows
The News Herald of Cuba City Wisconsin reports William Marshall and family will move after seventeen years in Cuba City to Monticello Iowa. Marshall will operate an up-to-date meat market there. He served as mayor several terms, belonged to the local volunteer fire company, and was a director of the First National Bank.
The city dog tax is due and payable. Rates are two dollars for all males and for all females, thirty eight dollars. Owners may pay at any of three banks for convenience. If not paid by May 30, dogs will be killed. Ray Echternacht, city clerk.
The St Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran congregation celebrates the first anniversary of its church dedication on Sunday May 18 with German and English services led by pastors from Cresco Anamosa Hawkeye and other areas. Special music by Schoenbohm Brothers Clinton and a noon Ladies Aid dinner fund the building debt.
John Gottfried Greiser died at his daughter Mrs. Paul Petersen in Lowell township on Tuesday May 6 at two o clock after a period of illness. Born February 4 1842 in Gruenberg Posen Germany he married Mollie Klimbe in 1864. Survived by son Albert Forsythe MT son Carl Austin MN son Herman Coulter IA and three grandchildren. Funeral from St Matthew's Monticello conducted by Rev Sigmund Ide burial Oakwood cemetery.
In a high school class track meet led by Schneider and three top juniors Podhaski Sutherland and Chambers the juniors totalled 53 points to top the seniors 40 and sophomores 13 1 3. Schneider led with 23 points winning sprints jumps and placing in others. Podhaski led in distance events with multiple wins.
Ben H Behrends 31 was instantly killed by a bolt while unrolling barb wire on the August Land farm in Scotch Grove township He died nine minutes to eleven according to a stopped watch His wife Mabel Lund Behrends survives with his mother two sisters and two brothers Funeral at the family home then St Matthew s Evangelical Lutheran Monticello with Rev S M Ide officiating Burial at Oakwood cemetery
Mrs Christina Schaffer died last Monday at 9 15 pm at her daughter’s home EB F Hiben in Castle Grove township after a long illness from cancer. Born August 16 1856 in Moens Leerhave Hanover Germany she was married three times to John Dietrich Fehners 1880 and John Schaffer 1892 and had five then nine children including Harm Gerrett Siebels Louis Ortgies Will Poppe and Etta Rielken. Burial was in Prairie Hill cemetery after services at the EB Hiben home and Castle Grove Presbyterian church led by Rev M Scherf. Her survivors include 21 grandchildren and two brothers Folkert Hedden and Henry Hedden.
Ida Kissling, a house keeper for Peter Smith, sues in the June term of Jones County Iowa district court to compel delivery of a deed to the Monticello homestead. She claims ownership via a lifetime deed, while defendants argue the gift was not completed as the deed remained in escrow and not delivered. The case involves legatees tenants and bank as trustee, with estate plans for a nurses home at John McDonald hospital. Sixteen thousand Iowans keep colonies of bees.
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