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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
7
A compact roundup of visits, tours, and store promotions. Catherine Lovell and Mrs Vic Chambers visit Cedar Rapids. Monticello and Marion guests frequent Deutrick's and Petersen shops. Theatre and glassware promotions anchor the week. Notable travels include Lyman Hoyt in Anamosa and George Hubbard at a Des Moines undertaker convention.
Local brief covers visiting clergy, festival attendance in Cedar Rapids, theater programs at Crane Theatre including The Master Key and 12th installment, and various residents' travel, health trips, and social events. Mentions of post office notices, fishing laws, and town politics.
Barry Brentzer a former Milwaukee Road conductor who lived in Monticello a quarter century ago is reported critically ill at his Freeport residence. He previously ran on the Clinton and Freeport line and has been off duty for several months.
The region sees limited travel to California with few passengers on the Calmar line. Amateur actors perform The Cheerful Liar in Anamosa and may visit Wyoming after. Banks plan noon closings for Decoration Day with other businesses likely following. Family trips span to California for a grandmother’s return trip from Redwood City. A large wedding in Chicago draws 500 guests with a reception at the Blackstone. The Jones County Times moves to a new office space. Union church services and school events unfold with memorial sermons and a baccalaureate address. The Monticello and Wyoming teams clash at the fairground with Monticello winning 11–6. Vaudeville stars the Famous Woodward Children perform at The Princess Theatre with kid-friendly shows. Public speakers in Scotch Grove and Anamoset plan Decoration Day talks. Rainfall increases river levels, with May seeing ample rain but no floods. Dubuque records five inches at the observatory.
The Princess managers announce Paramount Pictures will be shown twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays with top stars including Mary Pickford and Geraldine Farrar. The first feature debuts next Wednesday June 2 with music. The court convened to hear Watters vs Anamosa Oxford Junction Light Power Co for damages and an injunction over dam overflow.
A Hastings stage comedy directed by Harry E. Lutz drew an opera house full of patrons. The show featured amateurs led by Lutz as Hastings Hassel and Harold Podlaski as Guy McGuffin, with Carl Dutton and Ethel Magee as a lovesick couple. The cast included Birdie Sweetlove Ruth Nelson and Reverend Ezra Stiggins, plus a lively band and and fiddling interludes. The performance boosted the band treasury by 875 and drew wide applause.
A traveler from a distant town stops in Monticello and is struck by the motto Keep Your Eye on Monticello. He notes clean streets, solid buildings, good pavements, and a strong civic air, then praises the town after dining at the local hotel.
Readable schedule for Monticello High School commencement week with Class Day at opera house Friday May 28 at 8 15 p m and a baccalaureate Sunday May 30 at 7 p m at the Methodist Episcopal church followed by commencement at the opera house Thursday June 3 at 8 15 p m. Includes program items performers speakers solos and choir numbers with names of students faculty and alumni events.
Center Junction visitors Mamia Stadtuuller and Rev Phillips and son toured the high school on Tuesday while Miss Doris Northrop revisited her former days on Thursday. Fifteen rural pupils took entrance exams, and a one day vacation follows Memorial Day. A junior claimed diatemper is a common dog disease in an agriculture exam. Freshmen study Adrift on an Ice pan as their final classic. Top scholars in the graduating class are Isabel Meyer, Harriette Thoens, Olive Cartano, Hazel Hoag, and Helen Hosford. Jarman’s Latin class hosted stereopticon lectures on Roman life. The class day exercises and play are set for Friday May 28 at 8:15 p.m. at the opera house. Sophomores held a farewell party for Loraine D Autremont as she moves to Cedar Rapids. The basketball girls hosted a party for Miss Bonner, presenting a gold basketball pin. Teachers traditionally give seniors speeches, but the morning farewell featured the singing of Leonora Fare Thee Well, creating a desolate assembly as seniors prepare for commencement. The seniors focus on class play and practice, working harder than ever.
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