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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
9
Dr. Redmond and Dr. Stuhler Ernest Landis with son Carlton visited in Wyoming and Greeley last weekend. Cedar Rapids and Anamosa reports mention millinery openings, jewelry promotions, and graduation gift ads at local stores.
The column endorses Elgin presentation watches as a popular graduation gift with prices from 15 to 110 dollars. Denkhoff the jeweler offers engraving options and guarantees. Multiple community members are noted receiving or discussing watches as gifts for graduates.
John J. Locher has bought the C. W. Balsiger agency and will merge it with his own successful firm. The move reduces city agencies to three: J. A. Voorhees, R. C. Stirton, and John J. Locher.
Executors John Behrends and Gerd Null contract to sell Henry Null estate farm of 320 acres in Clay township to Harry Miller of Olin for 43200 dollars.
George Rice former Bowen's Prairie resident and son of Deacon Rice died on Easter day at his home in Corvallis Oregon. His wife is believed to be a daughter of the late William Brazelton. Also, many Monticello residents drove to Cedar Rapids last Sunday to view the destruction from the Douglas starch factory explosion. access to the ruins was restricted for safety.
Tony Ostedekar listed among missing workmen from the Douglas starch factory in Cedar Rapids and confirmed killed. He formerly worked for McNeill brothers on their farm between here and Hopkinton and was Austrian. Harold Kanolt and his sister Dorothy returned to Dubuque after visiting the Henry Heisey home and Kanolt, a Rainbow division member, plans to sail for France after furlough. Local C M St Paul station and freight house receive new lighter green paint, two coats over a month.
Miss Caroline Hicks comes back to Monticello from California and Colorado and reopens her First street home. Miss Catherine Perley, teaching in Alabama, spends the summer with Hicks. Mrs. W C King of Omaha visits sister-in-law Mrs. Joseph King and relatives. Eight years since her last Monticello visit. her husband, away for eleven years, plans to return before the visit ends.
Jess Martinsen sold two hogs in Monticello last Monday for 222 dollars and 30 cents, totaling 1240 pounds with a 70 pound individual hog. Mayor Voorhees ordered Monticello stores closed on May 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Victory and Memorial Day exercises, urging early deliveries or delaying orders until Saturday.
The Columbia hand postal cancelling machine arrived at the local post office yesterday after a period of efforts to acquire one. The neater cancels save time for staff and improve efficiency. Farmers on low ground may plant sweet corn as late as mid June and still harvest a crop. Miss Lena Behrends of Pomeroy, visiting Tobias Tobiason’s family, returned home today to await word of her brother’s arrival from overseas service in the Great War.
Reports say a harmful saboteur poisoned family pets of Messrs Kettlitz Redmond and Denkhoff in the southwest part of town. The mystery culprit, described as mean and secretive, is suspected to commit further crimes under darkness.
City crews started oiling the streets last Tuesday. Residents in the west end of First Street expect little relief as oil is laid on unpacked sand without sufficient ground limestone to form cement. Oil on dust or dry sand tends to waste away.
Otto Burrichter starts tearing down his Cedar and Grand street garage. The erection contract goes to J. W. Burns of Hopkinton. Upon completion the new garage will be among the finest in Monticello.
C S Bidwell vacationing in Pasadena this winter will spend most of the summer at Zion Canyon Utah. His address will be Springdale Zion National Park Utah. The area is a newer park attracting tourists and is reached by a 105 mile drive from Salt Lake City.
John Hughes general attorney for the C M St P Ry Co and William Hughes business manager of the Council Bluffs Nonpareil with their nephew Wallace of Cascade recently returned from a year’s war service in France and spent a short Monticello stopover en route to Scotch Grove to visit families G J Hughes and Ed Hughes.
The Hollar brothers sold their farm to Dick Cartano and bought the Charles Walters farm of 53 acres north of town for 209 dollars per acre. F D McLaughlin sold his east-of-Kitty Creek farm near Monticello to J A Schmidt for 85870 dollars, about 210 acres. Schmidt, who bought the Holcomb farm southwest of Monticello six years ago, sold it to Henry Kray for 175 dollars per acre, 52 dollars per acre more than he paid.
Gov. W L Harding announced that John B E Williams of Waterloo will be appointed to the tenth judicial district to succeed the late C W Mullan, with the appointment effective May 31. Reports note ill bred dogs killed sheep along the county line near here and Hopkinton, with damages appraised at 440 dollars. The public says the licensing and tethering laws for country dogs are largely ignored.
The annual Mission festival will be celebrated at the Lutheran church in Monticello next Sunday June 1. Morning services will be in American language with Rev T L Janssen as speaker. Afternoon services start about 2 15 with Rev J Willms and Rev Janssen speaking. A collection will be raised. All invited. S Ide pastor.
The annual guest night recital for Miss Gibson and Mrs. Robertson pupils drew many invited guests to the Congregational church on Wednesday evening May 28. The program featured piano solos duets and a trio violin guitar and banjo solos guitar duet banjo and guitar duet a musical reading and several orchestra selections led by the pupils orchestra. The program closed with a solo by Mrs F P Stuhler accompanied by the orchestra.
Charles Podhaski, who enlisted in Des Moines and served in the artillery, returns home from Camp Dodge after discharge. He went to France, did wireless telegraphy for fourteen months in several front sectors, earning a wound stripe for a near miss.
J. S. Hall, president of Hall Manufacturing Co., was badly cut by flying glass at the Magnus hotel during the Douglas starch works explosion in Cedar Rapids. He received surgical care at Mercy hospital with more than twenty stitches. His son Marshall was en route to Monticello and returned after learning of the accident.
Rev Charles J Cushman delivered the Memorial Day sermon at the Congregational Church last Sunday at eleven. G A R members and recently discharged World War boys sat central, with many citizens filling the rest of the pews. A double quartet provided music and Cushman spoke with strong loyalty to God country and native land eliciting compliments on his earnest discourse.
A Ford driven by Sam Clark turned over at a right angle turn near Fairview last Sunday night after trying to take a corner too fast. Miss Moore of Anamosa fractured a collar bone and Clara Boner of Monticello sustained severe leg injuries plus minor bruises and shock. Hdna Wilers of Monticello suffered a cut lip and forehead injuries. All three young men in the car were unharmed. The Moore car owner is from Anamosa. One wheel broke off and the front axle twisted, putting the Ford out of commission. An opposing car attempting to pass contributed to the crash as a badly deflated tire caused the rollover.
Monticello board nearly completes the next year’s teacher slate with contracts signed for all positions except agriculture. Names include L W Dunlap superintendent and Mary I Jarman high school principal with salaries from 3900 to 2000 dollars, plus staff across high and graded schools and several towns in Illinois and Iowa.
Mrs Elise Ide died at her home in Monticello last Friday morning after a brief illness. She was the mother of Rev S Ide, longtime pastor of St Mathews Lutheran in this city, and was born in Waucoma Iowa August 24 1867. Survived by five children and siblings she was buried beside her husband in Waverly after funeral services at St Mathew's with pastors Rev Fritschel Rev Streeb and Rev Willms. Her faith was described as resting on the blood of Jesus and his righteousness.
Memorial Day events begin with a 10 am cemetery service with schoolchildren decorating graves, a parade to the park, and a free 12:45 pm dinner for uniformed soldiers. Chaplain Alexander Lewis will speak at 3 pm, followed by a baseball game, band concert, and dances.
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