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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
9
Local brief notices report visitors from Cedar Rapids and Dubuque, shop ads for Foster Clothing Co and Doutrick stores, theater listings at Crane Theatre including Neptune's Daughter and the Cheerful Liar, and upcoming circus moving pictures. Public figures, dates, and places include A. I. Jackson, J. D. Beals, Verna Baum, Thais Van Meter, and E. L. Petersen plus towns Cedar Rapids Hopkinton Maquoketa Williamsburg Dubuque Iowa City.
Monticello residents attend circle events and visits from Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. Notable items include the senior class play The Sweet Girl Graduates at the opera house May 28, visits by Mrs. Burrichter and family to Monticello, and Alumnus Miss Gail Kennedy's illness replacement by Mrs. Stabler. Local commerce notes mention Foster Clothing Co promotions and Locher Bros moving to a new brick building.
The Canning Company has bought updated equipment including improved corn cutters a silker and a six cylinder can filter. The existing copper and soldering machine will be replaced.
Mrs Margaret Ford and her daughters from White Sulphur Springs Montana who have been visiting here for several weeks will leave tomorrow with Mrs Arthur Young for a short stay at Maquoketa.
C. D. Chase has closed up the business of the assignee of Wm. H. Gitford & Son who turned over their stock to him for creditors seven months ago. A preferred rent claim and a chattel secured claim are noted. After payment, remaining assets paid 50 percent of general creditor claims.
Lawrence Locher a dental college student at Northwestern University returned Tuesday evening. He was accompanied home by famed Northwestern pitcher Mr Jeul. Lawrence has been catching on the same team. The district court issued marriage licenses this past week: Myron Kenny Cherokee Iowa Ritfa Hlijab Wyoming Iowa Harry H Kubns Monticello Johanna G Harms Monticello.
Friday evening program at the Crane Theatre features Smouldering Fires with Warren Kerrigan in the lead, a two part western drama, and Pressing His Suit a light comedy. The Master Key No 11 promises an excellent night of entertainment.
Attendees at the Congregational church praised Miss Collins for her Sunday morning lecture and Rev Cushman’s evening talk using lantern slides. The sessions were described as instructive and well presented.
Mr and Mrs Bart Kiburz of Scotch Grove township departed Tuesday for Lavina Montana to file on a homestead. Kiburz has a brother who has spent the last four years in that region.
The biggest and best comedy in motion pictures Tillie's Puncher Romance a Keystone in six vests stars Marie Dressler Mable Normand and Charlie Chaplin will be shown at the Crane Theatre next Thursday May 27.
Belated notice reports Miss Elva Meyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Meyer married this spring at the Meyer home in Sorum South Dakota to Mr Leslie Nathan Ashley. Miss Meyer is a 1904 Monticello high school graduate.
Women able to spare time are asked to meet at Mrs. Edward Templeton’s home Saturday afternoon May 29 to prepare wreaths for decorating soldiers’ graves. Memorial day sermon will be at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning May 30 by Rev. W Z Allen. old soldiers invited. Congregational and Methodist churches to unite in services.
James Alloway slipped and fell at the post office corner this morning but was helped inside and could walk afterwards. He is elderly and in ill health, and on the fall bystanders feared serious injury. Miss Grace Sandhouse, wintering in Monticello, returned to Colorado last Tuesday. many friends hope she and her mother will return to make Monticello their permanent home.
Miss Ethel Lyon, head of the primary department, will supervise children’s activities on a Redpath Vawter chautauqua circuit for twelve weeks this summer. A frost on the lower ground damaged garden vegetables, with no fruit injury expected. Mrs. Ray K. Slauson suffered a nosebleed causing loss of blood but is recovering rapidly.
A Knights of Columbus council was organized at Anamosa last Sunday with Dr. M. F. Hogan as Grand Knight and F. C. Althen as Chancellor. Attendees from Monticello included Dr. T. M. Redmond and J. J. Locher who responded to the toast The Church Militant.
A blind and deaf man known for making baskets on the street is thought to be the son of George W. Fields a lawyer and legal author from the nation’s early history. The elder Fields practiced law and wrote several legal treatises.
Dr Nicholas Knight a chemistry professor at Cornell college spoke of his trip to Wyoming where he delivered the baccalaureate address to the high school graduating class. He noted the college still has no announced president and the board’s executive committee has not disclosed any decision.
The Monticello Concert Band presents the comedy A Cheerful Liar on Friday May 21 at the opera house. Director Harry B. Lutz leads the show and also stars in the leading role.
W G McConnon of Westinghouse, a former Monticello boy, writes from Mexico about the war and violence. He recounts being detained in Vera Cruz for three weeks and describes widespread murder and robbery amid ruin and disrupted travel to Galveston or New Orleans.
issued by the U S Weather Bureau Washington D C for the week beginning Wednesday May 19 1915. Generally fair over northern districts followed by rain toward week end in extreme northwest. rising temperatures after Thursday. rain Wednesday over central and southern districts continuing Thursday over eastern sections. otherwise generally fair and cool for two to three days then rising temperatures.
Monticello defeats Worthington 8 to 0 after seven tight scoreless innings. Thompson pitched well, holding Worthington to two hits as Monticello batters rallied in the eighth and ninth to push eight runs.
Rev. L A Bradford and Rev J W Turner exchanged pulpits in Hopkinton and Anamosa last Sunday, drawing favorable praise for the sermons and boosting the Upper Iowa conference endowment fund now above 100000 dollars. In another item, Brinker faced trial for selling liquor with Gearhart cited, and Franklin Manufacturing prepares to start operations in the Haeuasler factory with a slate of directors named and articles to be filed.
Anamosa's opera house hosts a varied program by piano pupils of Miss Harriet L. McCuskey and voice pupils of Mrs. Mary E. Williamson. Highlights include 1 A Trip to the County Fair and a two pianos piece with two girls per side, plus the Montgomery sisters at one piano and an encore from Mrs. Williamson. Community notes follow.
The Monticello Improvement Club lists prize awards for the Clean-Up Campaign. First Ward winners include Riess Stuhler for the cleanest alley and A I Jackson for the cleanest yard. Second Ward prizes go to A Cassady, Robert Young, and others including religious groups. The article notes judge criteria, praise for participants, and hopes the effort continues each spring.
Decoration day falls on Sunday and Monticello plans a Monday afternoon program at two oclock in the opera house with Dr T J Fleming of Manchester delivering the address. After songs by the school and band music, old soldiers and citizens will visit Oakwood cemetery for Grand Army of the Republic ceremonies.
Stuart Smith reports a freshmen all day picnic last Saturday. The manual training exam is set for Thursday with Paul Balcar and Misa Bonner noted as visitors. A flood incident disrupted a recitation room desk as a vase toppled. High school visitors Mrs Thompson and Miss Livingstone attended this week. Sophomores planned a picnic last week but no food was available as the girls did not appear. Seniors examens are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, juniors for Tuesday and Wednesday, with the rest of the high school Wednesday and Thursday of the final week.
Howard Putnam, Monticello assessor, filed his books with the county auditor. The city tax valuation totals a little over two and a half million dollars across money and credits 1 100 838 real estate 805 478 and personal property 600 284.
Dubuque residents buzzed over the 100 Ranch Wild West show last Monday with Cossacks buffalo hunt and rodeo feats. The standout was Jesa Williard the big cow boy who knocked out Jack Johnson and appears as a season feature.
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