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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
7
The Monticello column lists residents visiting nearby towns including Anamosa Dubuque Davenport and Maquoketa. It notes revival advice Dr Redmond eye tests and local business activity at Deatrick and the high school alumni meeting scheduled May 30 with student fundraisers at the opera house.
Schneider and Fagen install fine fixtures in Welch building as successors to A Kempf the druggist. Elmer Hubbard buys 75 Hampshire hogs from George Hein, first full carload from a single farmer. Mrs Coxsee stays at Mt Vernet due to daughter Marys ivy poisoning. Frank Good marries Carrie Pitts at Alison Iowa. Good now works for Butler County Press after previously leading Jones County Times. Frank McConnon returns to duties in the Indian bureau Washington. Will Corbin builds a garage on Flint street with Chicago bought machinery. Tweedle Elmer Webster declared insane and to be treated at Independence. Civil War veteran G G Drury recalls 40th anniversary of his regiment march. Western Dakota reports prolonged drought and no rain. Frank W Atkinson and Minnie Bradfield wed at Cropps home with Rev Porter presiding. William Hamilton pleads guilty to larceny. indeterminate sentence to Fort Madison. Miss Frances Koop elected Latin and English teacher at Wyoming high school. C M Brown joins Henry Stutt in stock purchase after June. Arduser to focus in Ryan. George Stephens evangelist to Monticello for revival meeting with union prayer service at Presbyterian church.
John Holub died in Wyoming on May 16 at age 72 born in Austria 1844 he moved to Clay township at age ten and is survived by five children and eleven grandchildren. Henry Paulsen died at his son Gus Paulsen’s home on the county line northwest of Monticello at 77. funeral services at the German Reformed church led by Rev Gatterman of Wheatland this afternoon.
Local figures attend a Cedar Rapids retail grocery convention with celebratory badges. Freemasons travel to Anamosa for Louis Gardner racing. Real estate transfers occur with OG H Shipman buying the R P B Smith residence and adding to it. Convict Abe Thornton pleads guilty to assault with intent to commit manslaughter and receives an indeterminate sentence to Anamosa reform school. Sheriff Hogan hosts juries for Misses Maurice Hanson Crow as guests. George W. Curtis visits Monticello before wintering in California and plans to return to Winterset. Charles Brown builds second story at Hall factory and prepares T A King’s feed barn. Carl Rabenau leaves Central Lumber for South Dakota business with his father.
Eugene Louis Schneider five weeks old son of Mr and Mrs Reuben Schneider died Sunday morning after a short illness. Funeral services were held at the parents home Monday afternoon by Rev J W Innes, with burial in Oakwood cemetery. The issue notes community funeral notices and local church announcements amid a batch of society updates.
A special Monticello train will depart on the upcoming Friday at 5 PM for Manchester to attend Stephens evangelistic services. The return will occur the same evening, offering supporters a chance to boost the Manchester meetings with fellow evangelists and friends.
Carriage loads of Lenox College students toured the town last Tuesday on a picnic expedition with Freshman crowded on seats. Girls wore new hair ribbons and boys wore crisp starched collars under watchful chaperones. The baccalaureate address to Monticello high school graduates will be delivered next Sunday evening at the Congregational church by Rev. M A Breed, a longtime college professor known for interest in education and youth. No services will be held in the Presbyterian and Methodist churches that day.
An Anamosa man attempted to hold a frisky team on First street Tuesday forenoon. He was tossed from the buggy, one horse fell, and the rig stopped. He rode the noon train home with a patched head.
Miss Harriet McCusky went to Oxford Junction last Tuesday evening to meet her sister in law Mrs. F B McCusky and her four children traveling from India to Hopkinton for a visit. The husband and father remains in the East on furlough after eight years as a missionary. The party passed through town yesterday morning.
Cedar Rapids papers print Marguerite Wernimont description of Indiana artists exhibit at the public library. At age 13 she is praised for a critical composition written in about thirty minutes showing solid grasp of the pictures and the art exhibit.
The Calmar train No 21 from the north arrives Cedar Rapids at 6 30 pm and stays 20 minutes for supper before continuing to Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids 8 30 am departure. Higgins train to Davenport shifts to 7 45 pm and the morning southbound accommodation departs at 9 40 am.
A transient man with several aliases, residence and relatives unknown, was brought before the Commissioners of Insanity on Tuesday. He was picked up at Oxford Junction last Sunday night in a peculiar manner and taken to Anamosa by O. A. Leffingwell and Marshal Frank Powlishta. The commissioners applied to the board of control to admit him as a state patient at Independence State Hospital, while he remains at the Hotel Hogan until a decision.
Mrs Mary Winner Heisey died last Sunday after years of ill health and a short illness at age 69 years 8 months 29 days. She was born August 22 1841 in Crossingville PA and moved to Iowa in 1844. She married Quiles R Winner in 1859 and later Henry Heisey in 1899. Surviving are three sons Noble Lester and Charles and a daughter Carroll with four other children from her first husband. Funeral was led by Rev Roy V Porter at the Methodist Episcopal church with interment in Oakwood cemetery. She was a longtime member of the church and a Christian mother whose memory comforts her family.
The Jones County Sunday School Convention met in its sixth annual session at Monticello on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rev. J. J. Kidder presided with Miss Jean Atkinson as secretary. Delegates from ten townships and fifteen schools discussed papers and heard an address by F. F. Fitch. Officers elected include Rev. J. J. Kidder as president and Miss Jean Atkinson as secretary treasurer.
School children from first and second grades impressed audiences with their performance at the opera house last Saturday afternoon. Critics praised the show, noting the teachers deserve high praise for their dedication and hard work. Mrs. Louisa C V Morass Woods of Monticello died Tuesday morning after a yearlong illness. She was born April 24 1860 in St Joe County Indiana and married William Woods in 1873. Survived by husband and children William Francis and Anna J Smith. Funeral held at the Woods home with Rev R W Porter officiating. burial in Oakwoods Cemetery.
A company of United States soldiers from the Fifth Field Artillery, about 150 men and 130 horses, is expected to encamp in the local park on the evening of June 19 while en route from Leavenworth Kansas to Sparta Wisconsin. They will travel by train to Cedar Rapids and march to Wisconsin. Postmaster Magee received a notice from a lieutenant requesting camping space and forage prospects. The park and fair grounds horse sheds will be available, with water and rain shelter provided if needed. Local boys anticipate their arrival with interest.
A medical notice reports Dr. Puleston offering a rupture cure using the fidelity method with no pain and no work disruption. The ad promises patients relief without downtime.
A Friday night wind storm rated like a tornado ripped through the countryside south and east of Monticello. It toppled barns shattered buildings uprooted trees and damaged farms from Fritz Zimmerman to Rudolph Bohren and beyond. Cedar Rapids also suffered damage including a round house and plaster plant.
A Cass Township case reports a wretch damaged William Folkers horse and gear at his employer Supervisor J. K. Hale’s farm. The assailant cut harness, slashed a buggy top, and splashed acid on the horse, causing severe injuries. A $50 sheriff reward seeks clues. Local citizens are shocked by the motive and timing.
Monticello high school will hold commencement exercises on May 31 and June 2 with the 17 graduates delivering addresses. The program includes selections by Ricklefs Orchestra, the Veazie High School Chorus, and various speakers led by Rev. M A Breed and Rev. R V Porter, ending with diplomas and a benediction.
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