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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
7
The advertisement announces ladies and men footwear in gun metal tan and patent leather including pumps strappy pumps and oxfords in new spring styles. E G Burrichter invites inspection of a full line of ladies and young men's shoes.
Local residents and visitors are listed in a Monticello society note with travel between Davenport Cedar Rapids Dubuque Chicago and nearby towns. Dates span last week to yesterday. highlights include Miss Della Cool from Worthington visiting, editor Dave White in town, and multiple family and professional trips.
Monticello items report O D Chase and L Hoag visiting St. Louis on business. Families and visitors travel from Og all to Texas and from Chicago to Monticello. Local commerce promotes lace curtains and millinery sales while fishing opens season. Court notices announce a stock sale at Anamosa. Monticello society learns of Mothers Day sermon and a new piano installation.
The canning company will install two husking machines this fall to aid workers when hands are hurt, though not eliminating the need for husking help as efficiency lags. The Yousse Bros billiard and pool hall opened last Monday with free pool for all, electric lighting, five billiard tables and one pool table, and plans to add another pool table soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Rickles Gerdes and Mrs. Oscar Soetje visited Anamosa last Saturday to see Herman Tiarks at the sanitarium. Tiarks sat up for the first time since a surgical operation three weeks prior and all reports on his condition are favorable. Elmer Hicks owns a new driving horse shipped from Chicago and kept near the barn as he monitors its early training in the rain.
Dr Dwight Smith finishes studies at Hahnemann in Chicago and plans return in two to three weeks to graduate with his class. He will stay in Chicago until mid June to prepare for state exams in Des Moines. The Express congratulates Mr and Mrs Bader on their daughter matrimony with Miss Matilda Straser. Highteen rural pupils take Monticello high school entrance exams with potential fall enrollment.
Mr and Mrs Lubbe Ortgies begin a Germany trip with German friends from their Monticello town. Miss Mary Coxsee sails June 6 from New York for Europe with Miss Margaret Fawcett. they join John E Foster’s party in London for a grand tour. President Taft signs a graduated pension bill for old soldiers, with higher monthly sums for longer service. Sheriff Hogan visits town amid campaign chatter as local politics continue. Special sale on Arborvitus plants and farm equipment offered by local merchants through early June.
Detoration day will be observed with memorial exercises on the 30th and publication-ready program underway. Bids were due yesterday for renting a building for post office purposes with Senator Stirton bidding on three sites and theater and Patrick Jewelers buildings due later. an amusing train incident featured Conductor Higgins helping a woman who misplaced a valise.
Charles E Wales a Dubuque hotel proprietor and former Monticello mayor died at his Dubuque home on May 15 after a long illness. Born July 15 1884 in Claremont New Hampshire he moved through Boston Dubuque and Monticello engaging in mercantile and grain business. He married Calista S Houghton in 1860 and later Virginia Lewis survives with daughter Clara Stout. He was noted for vast influence and lifelong ties to Monticello.
The senior class staged Dickens Cricket on the Hearth last Friday to a full house. Miss Mabel Miller of Vinton directed with praise for her elevating guidance and hard work. Cast members included Burgess Terwilliger, Leah Hubbard, Anna Humble, Vincent Bakcar, Ralph Baker, Margaret Maire, Frank Hicks, Mae Vilian, Bernice Rodman, Esther Sullivan, Joseph Locher, Hazel Merington, and Ward Peet. The production showed maturity beyond amateur status and the class earns admiration for tackling a heavier work. May listings note repairs from McNeal the New Jeweler.
May term district court convened with grand jury empaneled. Trials include Grace M Thomas v Orrin Crane, and various default judgments. guardianships, divorces, and probate actions listed. Jury assignments set for May 21 22 23 with several state cases to follow.
The Monticello Xpress lists numerous May events including deaths of Alexander Sutherland and Mrs I A Weath a fortieth wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs S G Whitney and various moves and visits such as B D Paine to Oregon O W Gurney to Dixon County NE and Dr O J Rundle’s property interests in Nebraska. Decoration Day observances and weddings between Elva Campbell and Clinton Buffington plus Asenath Gibson and EK Mudge are recorded along with local accidents.
J L Faber of Cascade visited Monticello this forenoon. The note promotes photography services at Schmidt's studio with claims of a large selection of carpets and linoleums from Hicks and Ricklef's and McNeal pricing.
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