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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1922
Page
14
The Monticello page lists buys and events from Locher's and Denkhoff's including Edison phonographs, Gulbransen pianos, hats and millinery, eyeglasses tested by Dr Redmond, Kodak services, and new stock at Denkhoff's. Shoppers visit Cedar Rapids and Onslow while locals like Miss Katherine Stabler and Mrs. Pazour are noted as recent visitors.
Monticello area society items report births in families of Harford and Smith, visits by Misa Brandtlin, Freese, Heisey, and others, and trips to Waterloo, Marion, Oxford Junction. Local church bake sale set for May 27. building progress on parochial school remains and new homes planned.
A mix of community notices from Monticello covers mule escapades near a greenhouse, birthday celebrations, a golden cane gift for C H Shipman, and a parish social raising funds. Other items report weather patterns, staff changes, a Wayne township wedding, travel plans, a boys camp, college events, and obituaries, with multiple local names and dates referenced.
Monticello wins 12 to 3 as Sheely struggles on the mound for Ryan. Levsen, Guilford, and Byerly lead offensively with timely hits and three-base blows while Ryan’s Wieller and Bartlett contend amid a heated crowd. Next Sunday Monticello hosts Cedar Rapids Rock Island Shop.
Citizens are urged to follow strict parking and movement rules at the cemetery on Decoration Day. Autos with grave decorations enter from dawn until 11 a.m. and must stay on cement drives. No parking on either side after 11, and departures are to be quick and orderly to keep roads clear for traffic.
A compressed reminiscence lists local figures from the past era. It mentions a boy who removed his hat when meeting a lady or entering a house, a pew-owning family, a young woman traveling widely, a school with selective instruction, a man who rejected social Darwinism, a frugal housewife knitting for kin, an old man in barn door pants, a converted class-meeting sinner, a master of oxen teams, a graceful chair sitter in hoop skirt, a professional in a stove-pipe hat, a schoolteacher paid eighteen dollars monthly and boarded around, a boy with a post office letter, a money lender charging two percent monthly, torch-lit voters in capes, summertime wearers of shakers, ten-hour-day unions, plains Indians on the military road, itinerant preachers in schoolhouses by candlelight, and a butcher who added liver to every bill.
May events include arrivals, deaths, and town news in Monticello Jones County. Scroggie elected Monticello schools principal. Lang attends Garrett Bible Institute Eugene Lang and others noted. Local telephone exchange work, births, deaths, and marriages recorded. Teachers listed with salaries from 133 to 35 dollars.
A public health note by Carrie Catlin urges milk as essential for children providing building material for bones and teeth and nerve strength. It recommends at least one pint daily for children and a cup for adults, and warns tea and coffee have no food value and may dull appetite. Memorial Day events follow with Monticello organizations listed.
Lovell township farm bureau gathers Monday evening May 29 at 8 o clock in the public library. The program features recitations by Dorothy Eden and James Bender, substitutions and talks on pests and market eggs with county agents presenting a picture program.
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