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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
4
Martin Kehoe and A J Carlson visited Omaha and Davenport on business. Dozens of locals, including Miss Dorothy Smith in Dubuque and Miss Lena Caspers in Castle Grove, travel to Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Burlington, Excelsior Springs, and Chicago. Hicks & Ricklefs advertise 10 percent rug sale from May 12 to 19.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Hicks came back from their journey to California last Tuesday evening. They largely stayed in Los Angeles during the visit.
Monticello won 7 to 2 in its season opener at Oxford Junction last Sunday. Local notes report farewells, visits, and community updates including farm sales, enlistments, library additions, and clover crop concerns.
Mrs Hattie Griffith rents Henderson store on First street to open a dress making and millinery shop with upper living rooms. Union Stock Yards restricts Chicago bound cars to 7 p.m. to 5 30 a.m under police order. Board awards $500 to Fremont Bridge fall victim though injuries non permanent. April library report shows 1182 books lent, 2147 visitors, fines $2.11. Improvement Club chorus urged to attend next rehearsal. Cedar Rapids May Festival tickets on sale through Conservatory and Harriet McCuskey. Robert McAleer narrowly escapes automobile collision on First street near post office. minor Scratches.
May 8 government crop report projects Iowa winter wheat at 2 380 000 bushels versus 6 290 000 last year and 4 year average 7 613 000. U S winter wheat forecast stands at 366 000 000 bushels, down from 481 744 last year and 4 year average 944 654 000. The drop is unlikely to be offset by spring wheat gains.
A runaway team belonging to Me Like struck a street pole near the post office corner last Thursday afternoon. The base broke off the pole and it was replaced the next day. The frightened horses pulled toward Central lumber yards but were captured at the east end of First Street.
George A. Fisher issued licenses to Harry B Doutrick and Pauline K Grenenwald of Monticello. George F Whalen of Waukon and Mary Elizabeth Fitzsimone of Monticello. A D B D Caye of Oxford Junction and Jene TeVogt of Kenosha Wisconsin. Ernest T Barker and Dorothy Freisinger, both of Oxford Junction.
Marshall Hall and Wilson Bram with a Northwestern classmate visit the J S Hall home before heading to Stamford South Dakota to work on the Chauncey Bates ranch. They will receive full year credit for farm labor. JF Slauson and Mrs Starks consult a doctor for Mr Starks eyes. Wheat soars to 38 dollars a bushel in Chicago sparking price increases.
George Darrow died at his home on the John McLaughlin farm west of town last Monday at 3 45 in Cass township near Monticello after a two year illness of consumption. He was born in Dubuque county in June 1858 and was 59. He moved to Jones county in 1866 and lived in Monticello area since. He was twice married first to Martha Like now deceased and separated from second wife Dana Starke. Funeral services were held at home Tuesday at two conducted by Rev H Irvine of Castle Grove Chapel. Burial was in East Monticello cemetery. He is survived by three children Mrs Robertson Floyd and Fred Darrow all of Monticello.
L. W. Lovell assistant cashier of the Lovell State Bank has applied for enlistment in the Fort Snelling officers training camp. He underwent a physical exam in Iowa City last Monday and awaits orders. Lovell trained three years at Shattuck Military School and held two commissions in the University cadets. He captained a company that won an award for best drilled unit. The Methodist Episcopal church plans a Mother’s Day program next Sunday. Mrs. BR A Hubbard chairs the transport committee to bring aged or invalid mothers to the service and asks for volunteers to provide conveyances. The pastor prepared a special sermon and Mrs. K. BE Reed will sing a solo. All are invited to attend at eleven o’clock Sunday morning.
Mrs. R. A. Rickless learned of her German-born father’s death on Christmas Day after a globe‑circling report. A war cousin was captured and sent to Japan, later informing a relative in the United States who relayed the news to Mrs. Ricklefa. The father died at 99, with no recent German‑U.S. communications to explain the delay.
Manager Dashling seeks 600000 cans now amid rumors of government requisition. Monticello plant holds 100000 cans. good for 700000 more if needed. Rail spur closure forces drayage. cost rises by 7000. Gypsy theft ring in Monticello fleeces victims with palm tricks and bill extraction.
A large patriotic gathering at the Lovell house Monday organized a Home Guards company. J H Staff presided, J T Lanigan chaired, Hartley Wilkinson elected secretary, with music by an impromptu orchestra. Speakers included J B Behrend and others, promising a drill on First street tonight.
Members urged to pay annual dues to treasurer H. S Richardson or local banks. Dues vary by level from 1 to 10 dollars with half staying local for materials and supplies, half supporting the National American Red Cross. Subscriptions to Red Cross magazine available to those paying over one dollar.
William Faragher a Richland township resident for sixty six years died at his home on April 30 following a pneumonia relapse after an illness in February He was born March 17 1845 in East Fork county Illinois and never married He is survived by two sisters Mrs Eirza Meadon and Mrs Margaret Mundinger Funeral service was held May 1 at the family home officiated by Rev B ST Balear German Presbyterian Church Anamosa Journal note: C H Monger late editor's son passed army commission exams in Des Moines in town of DuBuque age about 38 He is connected to John T Adams and the Republican Party Perrine's restaurant ad included.
William John Brockhahn 28 died after a fall from a barn under construction at Henry Stuhlken’s farm in Wayne township. He struck his head from about 15 feet, paralysed, and died at home after physicians said recovery was impossible. Funeral arrangements set for next Saturday at St John Evangelien Lutheran church.
Narl Slickley bound over to the grand jury on charges of entering M H Welsa’s studio and taking a box worth 20 dollars belonging to Mystic Workers judge Weiss's secretary. The box held valuable papers. He allegedly confessed and pointed to where the box was sunk in the river. recovered with the money, said to be hidden under his porch.
Charles Homer Davis, longtime Langworthy resident, died at Bolivar Missouri April 14 after a year and a half illness. Born February 16 1851 he married Hiva Dunning November 21 1872. Two of five children survive Clifford Davis and Mrs Lillian Cramer. He joined the Langworthy Methodist church at age ten and later led the Sunday school there. In Bolivar he taught a class of 65 young women who all joined the church. Funeral services were at his daughter's home with burial in Bolivar. Odd Fellows and Rev HH St Louis assisted.
former Castle Grove resident Robert Delay died in a Sioux Falls hospital after bronchial pneumonia at age 73. born May 3, 1844 in Opdensburg New York he lived in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota survived by nine children and several relatives, funeral held in Dixon Nebraska with burial in Dixon cemetery attended byDelay family members
Mrs. Margaret Tibbits mother of Mrs. Lewis Lang of Monticello died at home in Hopkinton aged 84 after a long illness. Born August 1 1832 in Herfordshire England she came to the U S in 1852 and married Charles Wibbita in Cleveland. She later moved to Iowa in 1880 with her husband who died in 1893. Funeral conducted by Rev Bradford at the family home with burial in Hopkinton cemetery. Survived by six children including Mrs W J Darby Mrs Ida Sterna Mrs J M Davis Mrs J M Reeve F S Tibbits and Mrs Louis H Lang.
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