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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1913

Page

7

Local social notes move through Monticello area

Monticello readers receive a parade of visitors and travel notes from Clinton to Dubuque to Cedar Rapids. Among names are Henry Carlson O A Errickeon J A Siebels Ivan Steiner and Miss Ruth Hinde as well as Mrs Anna B Reimers Mrs Henry Nester and Mrs Elizabeth Lafferty with several Monticello Davenport Cascade Hopkinton and Marion connections noted. Local shops advertise shoe repairs lace curtains and optical services while multiple brief visits and guest appearances are listed.

Ruth Hinde Epworth Cowan Anna B. Reimers Davenport

Monticello and nearby towns sights and notes

Mrs William Putnam leaves for California visiting Riverside and Oxford Junction relatives. Local weather brings rain aiding corn planting while Monticello readies Memorial day observances. Lightning strikes a Wyoming barn. no injuries, one steer killed.

Waveh couple back from California to Monticello

Mr and Mrs W H Waveh return from California last Friday evening after a year away they are greeted by friends in Monticello. O N Patrick jeweler invites shoppers to compare prices on a 3500 dollar stock of graduation gifts before purchasing. Reverends Breed and Porter judged a debate at Hopkinton between Lenox and Leander Clarke Colleges with Toledo College taking honors.

W. H. Waveh California Monticello O. N. Patrick M. A. Breed Roy V. Porter Hopkinton Lenox and Leander Clarke Colleges Toledo

Parkhills Pass Through Town En Route to Chicago

Rev and Mrs W Parkhill of Lenox College Hopkinton with Mrs Becker mother of Mrs Parkhill in tow head to Chicago where interment was made beside her husband. Mothers day celebrated in local churches and pleas to make every day a mothers day. Dr L Stabler and Drury among Iowa veterans who fought at Gettysburg and Little Round Top. Drury from a Massachusetts regiment will attend the 0th anniversary reunion on the grass covered battlefield in July.

W. Parkhill Lenox College Hopkinton E.G. Drury Iowa

May Day Frost Warns Weary Footwear Wearers

Barefoot boys abroad last week bore pinched faces and blue noses as they stepped carefully on frosty pavements. May Day once signified venturous shoe removal but this year brought a chilly lesson to those relying on the calendar. Mrs. Mary Carr Curtis spoke at the Methodist Episcopal church lecture room last Thursday, drawing a crowded audience with her Malay peninsula missionary experiences and broad human sympathies.

Methodist Episcopal Church Mary Carr Curtis Malay Peninsula

Lecture on the Panama Canal at Monti cello Opera House

George L. Schoonover of Anamonga will lecture Monday evening May 19 at the Monti cello opera house under Camp Fire girls of the Congregational church. The talk features stere optical views of the canal project and its progress. Reserved seats go on sale Friday morning, general admission 25 cents, reserved 35 cents, children 15 cents. Hear an entertaining talk and support a good cause.

George L. Schoonover Anamonga Panama Canal Opera House Monticello Camp Fire Girls Congregational Church Canal

Beels Family Hospitalized After Surgery and Town News

Hopkinton Leader editor W. S. Beels and wife passed through town en route to Davenport where she underwent a serious operation with hopeful recovery prospects. Urban Haeussler returned from Boston with brain cyst treatment by Dr. Cushing. A nearby lightning strike shattered an elm, with several locals narrowly escaping harm as a gas engine flashed. A.M. Paul from Anamosa sprinted to catch a Cedar Rapids train amid bets by onlookers.

Beels Hopkinton Leader Davenport Urban Haeussler Monticello Boston Haeussler

Severe Storm Strikes Town Causing Power Outage and Property Damage

Heavy rain and strong wind hit the town last Tuesday forenoon, interrupting power for an hour or two. Large trees toppled in the north part, a brick chimney collapsed at Albert McNeill’s house, roof shingles flew into a cellar, and a reservoir roof fragment blew into Edward LeClair’s yard. A barn on Siebert Harms’s farm was destroyed, owned by KR CO Stirton. no tornado insurance covered the structure.

Albert McNeill Monnier

Owl lunch room fracas over alleged robbery ends with arrest

In the Owl lunch room last Sunday a dispute over an alleged robbery of Bill Aldrich led to a fight. Aldrich accused two men of touching him while asleep, a proprietor joined with a baseball bat, and Aldrich reportedly drew a pistol before the ruckus reached the street. Aldrich was arrested for disturbing the peace. Seimering’s arrest the next morning shed light on the grievance.

Owl Bill Aldrich Aldrich Seimering George Seimering William Aldrich

Death of William Goes Prompts Town Obituary

William Goes died last night after years of invalid tubercular symptoms. He grew increasingly ill last Friday and became unconscious, likely tubercular brain disease. Born December 11 1867 in Jackson County Iowa he moved to Monticello in 1882 and married Emma Rieger December 29 1891. Survived by his mother Mrs Peter Dress stepfather Peter Dress sister Mrs H J Wylie two half brothers Keuben and John Dress and half sister Mrs William P Heeren. Funeral at Sacred Heart church next Saturday at 10 am with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.

William Goes Mr. Goes Jackson County Iowa Monticello Emma Rieger Peter Dress Mra H. J. Wylie Dubuque Keuben Dress John Dress William P. Heeren Sacred Heart Church John McCormick Oakwood Cemetery

Monticello May 1883 local notes and court in brief

Monticello items from May 1883 include new businesses on First Street Peter Meyer opens a bakery and ice cream parlor and Vic Chambers starts a restaurant. Marriages include Adolph Miller with Katherine Sherer and Jennie Carson with Charles Graves. A Grand Army Post John O. Duer forms with fourteen members. Miss Anna Wood dies at 22, Anna Wood. The May district court term begins with Judge Treichler. grand jury enlists in robbery bigamy and murder cases. numerous probate and guardianship orders and several civil and property actions are heard with many estates settled or mortgaged.

Peter Meyer First Street Adolph Miller Katherine Sherer George Rettig Jennie Carson Charles Graves W. D. Hartsough Samuel Burrell Lovell Cedar Rapids M.M. Moulton Monticello Dakota Anna Wood North Cedar Street P. J. Heeg Lizzie Shoental Henry Shipman Oo. W. Tranan M. W. Squires Chicago Squires Storks John O. Duer Marie Howard S. R. Howard Sam Williams Anamosa W. N. Treichler Tipton Treichler Siegel-Meyers Cor Bloy Harr J. A. Ames Altman Barton Vs American Cooperage Co W. Reyner A. D. Mackrill H. &. Beam Wolf Gar Clarke Samuel Bixler Lucinda Stevens J. P. Herr Admr J. A. Green Carrie Dugan Admi C. M St. P. Ry, Co

Supreme Court Rules for Heery in Township Fence Case

The Iowa supreme court last Tuesday upheld John Heery in a dispute over boundary fences. Costs of the action taxed to the plaintiffs after commissioners found against Heery on acquiescence, and later reports were reversed to affirm the standing fences as true boundary. Meanwhile 240 Gettysburg veteran applicants seek transportation funds, with legislature backing limited to 200 passes.

Washington Township Supreme Court John Heery District Court Andrew McGovern Lees Bros Hugo Webber Frank Takes James A. Gavin Charles A. Gavin Hugh Dixon Jones County Heery Treichler O.j.cash Edward Hopan J. W. Coxsee Adjutant General Gettysburg Iowa

McNeal's Jewelers Prominent Graduation Present Selection

Patrick the jeweler advertises large stock and low prices at McNeal's offering graduation presents in handsome styles. Customers are urged to compare prices as the dollar goes further locally and broken lenses can be duplicated at McNeal's.

Patrick McNeal’s

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