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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
13
Monticello hosts visitors from Anathosa Austin Cedar Rapids and Dubuque while local merchants promote summer millinery and suits Peterson Clothes Shop offering 22 50 to 27 50 values Devlin Millinery and Denkhoff the Jeweler advertise specials The Express page features arrivals returns shopping alerts and theater listings with Hands Up and The Lightning Raider serials.
Mrs Alice Snyder and family visit Cedar Rapids relatives. Theater programs run with Hands Up and The Lightning Raider Friday and Saturday at the Crane. Hiring of part time day or evening factory workers advertised. Various residents travel for visits, funerals, deconsecration service and overseas military discharges noted. Box social planned at Wayne Center school May 23 with all invited.
Mrs. C C Marshall of Rock Island visits Monticello for the 1894 club opening at the country club. Joe Locher returns from Iowa City after medical consultation for an army leg injury. Ice cream social at Rosehill school May 21 hosted by Angela Kehoe. The Lightning Raider serial stars Pearl White at Crane theatre May 16 and 17. Confirmation services at St John’s Lutheran. list of confirmands. Mrs. Ida Johnson of Perry and Mrs. Nettie Eberhart of Chicago with mother Mrs. B B Ryan to be cared for. Hart and Carl Thomas of Cedar Rapids visiting. Thomas on furlough with 11 months service left. Local Masons raise four master mason candidates. work spans two sessions with supper at Shelley. Jones County Trust & Savings bank to install heating for $3,000. 15 bids. Barn and silo fire on Henry Pillard farm. house narrowly spared. $2,000 insurance noted. Fire lighting visible south of Monticello.
The Alumni association calls a Tuesday evening gathering at 8 o clock in the public library to elect officers for the coming year. All members urged to attend as per secretary R H Rickless. Grace Podhaski receives word that her brother Charles Podhaski arrived in Philadelphia, then sent to Camp Dix. he will move to Camp Dodge and be discharged home soon.
The Lightning Raider offers a coherent adventure story likened to Poe and Doyle. The first chapter plays at the Crane theatre on Friday and Saturday, promising enthralling mystery and detective flair.
Harry Reade from the U S S North Carolina and B H Lubben from the U S S Roepat, both Monticello natives, have reentered U S soil after naval service abroad. Isling of Normandy France visits Mitchell Northrop. he seeks a farm position to learn American farming methods near Monticello. Monticello school board members and wives attend an annual dinner in the domestic science rooms led by Miss Ruth McClintock.
The issue notes a document submitted to Germany as a peace treaty that she must sign for peace. It reports German dissatisfaction and government opposition to signing, urging readers to study the most important current event.
Lieutenant Thomas Kingsley of Cascade, Monticello High School graduate, returned home this week after hard service overseas. He wears a wound stripe as an emblem of valor and sacrifice. He enlisted as soon as war was declared and his home father's ill health adds a poignant note to his homecoming.
Crane and Landis present Mack Sennett Paramount comedies linked with Pearl White’s The Lightning Raider serial at the Crane Theatre each Friday and Saturday. The first show pairs with chapter two of the new serial next week, with a new short each week. A new tool house in Oakwood cemetery nears completion, likely by Decoration Day, designed as a bungalow style shelter for funeral parties with toilet facilities for men and women.
Fred Slauson’s new Weile automobile was badly smashed when a youth driving a belligerent Ford lost control on Third Street near the military road. No injuries occurred, some fenders were dented, and the car will be taken to the factory for repairs. The youth apologized and offered to pay for the damage.
The navy will send a flotilla up the Mississippi including the Isabel destroyer the K-5 submarine three submarine chasers and two flying boats with crews who served in the war zone. The aim is to let interior residents see vessels that convoyed war transports. Itinerary to be announced later.
Stockholders approve increasing capital to 200000 with 100000 preferred shares. Canvass underway with good uptake as the firm plans to relocate to Hall Manufacturing Co. premises before mid summer to accommodate growing operations. Miss Neale S Knowles spoke at the Monticello library on home makers and home economics urging mothers to broaden roles and manage resources, with agents Grace Matthews Hazel Spencer Irene Wheeler in attendance.
The Monticello based Farmers' Mutual Creamery Co. now produces 18 000 pounds of butter weekly about nine tons. With high prices this yields substantial monthly cash to nearly 400 local patrons. Farmers bring cream directly, while three routes share hauling costs. Haulers are paid by deducting their fees from cream checks under mutual agreement.
Monticello to honor returned soldiers with a free dinner for all attendees. Chaplain Alexander Lewis, Ar gonne Forest veteran and noted speaker, will give the main address at 3 p.m. Memorial exercises precede the event, with all locals within reasonable distance invited to attend.
Miss Margaret Moenck daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerd Moenck wed Jansen Conrad Poppe son of Mr and Mrs Johnson Poppe yesterday at 2 pm Rev Willms conducted the ceremony in Wayne Lutheran church attended by relatives and friends The couple will reside on a farm west of Langworthy Mr Poppe formerly in the army now to farm with praise for his wife’s suitability and modesty as a farmer’s wife.
The Monticello Country Club held its annual opening with a Friday picnic supper for members and guests, followed by the farce She Organized a Club staged by the 1894 Club. Dues were announced with reduced rates for non stockholder members and families.
The Monticello Chautauqua guarantors met at the public library on Tuesday evening and chose officers and committees to promote the event. President T S Lazell Secretary Rev C Cushman Treasurer F Ef Stimson Advertising chair C A Coxsee Ticket chair J T Staff Grounds chair C H Shipman. Adult season tickets are $2 and children’s $1.
The Monticello community plans a free sing at the opera house tomorrow Friday May 16 at 8 pm. The program features orchestra Smith Auld Lang Syne Burns and many local performers with songs and choruses across several acts. Farmers petition for eight mile road paving along the Hawkeye highway from Dewar to Dunkerton.
George Dukek died in Manchester on May 8 at age 93. He had lived in Delaware County since 1865, chiefly near Delaware and Ryan.
Hazel Shover reports on a week of school events including a May 16 community sing at the opera house, senior honors, and plays. Visitors Miss Fox Miss Morey and Kate Maurice attend. helmets gifted to Monticello and Center Junction schools honor war effort. Juniors host Seniors at a Presbyterian banquet with two one act plays. Baseball wins at Wyoming and next game set for May 16 at 4 30.
A public library auditorium meeting prepared a detailed Memorial and Victory Day program. Events include assembly at the opera house, a cemetery parade led by Major L W Lovell, a 10:30 memorial service, a 1:00 basket picnic, a 2:30 band concert, and a 7:30 patriotic concert and dance on First street with free uniformed admittance. Denkhoff jeweler silverware sale items priced at 1.26, plus other local notices and a May 16 community sing at the opera house.
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