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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
4
Scotch Grove hosts an egg week to raise funds for a Soldiers' Friendship Club supplying comfort kits and sweaters for local boys going to the army. Women donate eggs to buy yarn and articles, with drop points listed at Mrs. D. O. Sinclair, F. W. Royden, and Himebaugh's store.
The Sand Spring ladies' club met at Mrs. H. S. Pierce's home for a pleasant afternoon followed by luncheon. People mentioned include Mrs. Lester Appleby and Mrs. G. S. Wilson visiting relatives. John Knepper buys a new tractor. Ann Guthrie, Dorothy Pierce, Jeannette Blair and others appear in regional moves.
The baccalaureate address was given in the M E church by Rev Fort of Central City. J J Dolan presented the diplomas as Miss Velma Whitney played instrumental music. Mrs Helen Reed is to Iowa City for Mr Reed operation which was successful. L M Corn inspected stock in Troy Mills and plans a relocation. Ray Knapp and family and Mr and Mrs George Knapp visited in Marion. Cherrill Parker of Central City visits DeLanceys. Fehr says he is safe in France. Ollie Kula called to camp this week. A Dallas Benson returned home from Iowa City.
Center Junction learns its school is on the accredited list per the State Inspector of Schools. John Otten returns from Des Moines hospital for a few days of rest before more treatment. Bake sale at Ward's store on May 25 benefits the Red Cross Reserve Fund. W. S. Pangburn attended an Iowa Beekeepers convention in Des Moines. Rev. Gould of Anamosa supplies at the M E church in Disney's absence. Craig and Porter visited Cedar Rapids last Wednesday. H M Hill and wife toured Cedar Rapids by auto on Sunday. Miss Ethel Sinkey came back from Davenport Friday. Forrest Craig and family visited Olin Sunday. Martha Leggett went to Monticello Monday.
Food Administrator declares all wheat must be turned to mills or elevators for government use. Farmers with wheat are warned not to keep any for seed next fall, and those who fail face government cost recovery.
The next draft movement on May 25 will require 67 men from Dubuque county and 83 from Dubuque city. Rev. Hugh Robinson of Pawnee Neb visited last Thursday with Mr and Mrs James Armstrong. Philip Kingsley, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Kingsley, joins the military training school for high school boys at Camp Stever Lake Geneva Wis for army life training. Miss Margaret Newell born in Belfast Ireland August 12 1844 died May 12 at 78 years 9 months. She came to Cascade at age six and later lived on a farm near Epworth Iowa. She died last Sabbath morning May 12. Survived by four brothers and two sisters.
Dr A G Hejinian and Dr W W Hunter left Anamosa for Excelsior Springs. Betsy Smith, after 25 years in the women's department, was released on parole and headed to Des Moines. The female office staff plan flowers and certificates as the remaining inmates depart next Monday ending Iowa’s program for female inmates at Anamosa.
Frank Sanderson of near Maquoketa died last Tuesday when the car he drove went over a 12 foot embankment and he was thrown beneath the vehicle. The report notes the fatal accident occurred near the town and lists the victim as the deceased.
The Hopkinton Leader lauds Dennis Kehoe born November 16 1860 on Union township homestead as a stock buyer of wide reach and a generous neighbor. Twice married, he left a daughter Katie who died young, and wife Mary McElmeel survives him. Funeral service was held at the Church of Immaculate Conception Castle Grove with wide community attendance.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes that the destruction of churches is presented as a rebuke to Cardinal Mercier and suggests such reasoning could only come from a German perspective.
A judicial observer notes that many formally adopted resolutions end up neglected, lacking enforcement or clear ownership, resembling orphans within organizational processes and governance.
The Jones County Farm Bureau offers U S Department of Agriculture seed stored at Cedar Rapids and available at cost via the county agent. Orders in 100 bushel lots are coordinated with Citizens State Bank at Wyoming. Also included are notes on cutworm baiting timing and replanting injured corn hills for best protection.
The first annual gathering of Jones county live stock men is set for Anamosa on June 1. Officers will be elected after reading the Pure Bred Live Stock Breeders association bylaws and the program includes talks by Don HE Fish and others with plans to invite Professor W H Pew to judge at fairs and shows. Dinner at noon precedes the program and invites all to attend.
The article urges farmers to remove roosters from laying flocks by early June to prevent infertile eggs from spoiling in summer. It endorses keeping corn acreage for canning, suggests poison bait for cutworms, and urges planting sweet corn to support wartime food production and the Monticello canning factory.
Iowa experiment station expert Russell Dunn says keeping pigs growing from birth to market maximizes profit. Trials show self feeders for sows and pigs improve growth, with sows fattened after weaning maintaining weight. Pasture aids cleanliness and feeding, with corn and meat meal tankage likely the best economical ration. Sow a batch of rape this year for spring pigs.
In Cascade last Tuesday a photographer John Streauser labeled a slacker faced public shaming for refusing liberty bonds and Red Cross donations. He rode a rope tied figure through streets, witnessed patriotic acts, kissed the U S flag and paid 100 dollars to the Red Cross before release. Seven others were slated for similar treatment but donated early.
The high school commencement will be held at the opera house on Wednesday evening May 29. The senior class expected to graduate includes Elsa Behrends Bertha Blassing Wilbur Cartano Verena d Autremont Francy Guyan Clarence Hayden Irving Hintz Paul Kehoe Emma Laude Harold Mann Florence Sampson Albert Schneider Clarence Schneider Leona Spragey Ada Stadtmuller Margaret Stott William Stahler Jr Donald Sutherland Ardis Swordes Olive Warner Ben Wilkens.
A large crowd gathered in Anamosa to honor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas HB Booth on their Golden Wedding anniversary. Speakers included Rev. Evans Geo. B. Frazier Louis Gardner and Judge H. M. Remley. The Booths have long served the community through the Anamosa Eureka and local church work. The piece notes modesty and enduring public esteem alongside reflections on the couple's career and family. A separate item reports Des Moines banning rhubarb and gooseberry pies during the war, urging sugar conservation.
The public library lists new arrivals including Rhodes History of Civil War Dixon British Navy at War Bottome The Second Fiddle Watson The Mystery of the Downs Gordon Omirandy The Earthquake The Hempstead Mystery Jordon The Sturdy Oak Ashmun Heart of Isabel Carleton Pollock Northern Diamonds Camp Danny Fists Grinnell The Wolf Hunters London Cruise of the Dazzler Kipling Story and Poems Twentieth Century Dramas Delacombe Boy's Book of Airships Chaplin A Treasure of Old Fairy Tales Olcott Red Indian Fairy Book Marshall Fairy Tales of All Nations Glengarry School Days Hartington Herald says average success is three fourths nerve.
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