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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
10
The Monticello High School graduation conducted at the opera house honored sixteen graduates, with Superintendent K D Miller presenting diplomas. The program included two parts featuring music, readings, scenes, and the Dean lists Valedictorian Salutatorian. the class comprised sixteen members, three boys and thirteen girls.
Decoration day activities begin at 2 p.m. with Rev. W. E. Van Buren of Eldora delivering the memorial oration at the opera house. Graves will be decorated afterward and G A R services held at the soldiers' monument in the cemetery. Committees cover bands vocal music finances carriages decorating grave sites and procession participants.
May 27 the board of education met in a special session with Dr. T. M. Redmond W. F. Rohn Dr. A M Maurice and L. W. Lovell present. Diplomas of graduation were granted to Ralph Baker Vincent Balcar Hazel Herington Leah Hubbard Anna Humble Margaret Maire Doris Northrop Mary Rickels Bernice Rodman Ethel Stone Esther Sullivan Burgess Terwilliger Luzia Thomas Mae Vifian Emma Wilcox Julia Wilcox. Meeting adjourned.
The Dubuque conference of the Town Lutheran Synod met at the Lutheran church on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Folkers visited at the H. Knake home Sunday. Ella Gienapp returned home after staying with her sister Mrs. H. Burrack. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barrack visited relatives in Hopkinton Sunday. Rev. H. Naether plans a summer trip to Germany. E. J. Nolan of Des Moines inspected city scales and Central Lumber Company scales and issued certificates. He noted improvements since an earlier survey and that 25 percent remain out of order. Mrs. Katherine Miller returned from Jefferson to Monticello. Mrs. Frank Becker and daughter visited Sumner, Frank going as far as Fayette. Will Abel and daughter Bessie of Kirkland, Illinois, visit James Abel.
The article traces dice origins to Palamedes and Alea with Herodotus naming Lydians. It notes early gamble culture among Germans Saxons Danes and Normans. Vox Talbot links Latin unus to the single point later called ace. John of Salisbury lists ten dice uses in the twelfth century and Stow records London entertainments with dice.
Tibbie, a maid of all work placed with a three person family, is asked if she feels at home. She bluntly says they keep her both included and excluded, noting she clears dishes while the family dines and quarrels together.
Witnesses faced a tough hearing as the Waterford assizes tackled a case of prolonged poultry stealing. The prosecutor pressed for a direct oath from Pat Murphy about Phady Hooligan, prompting Murphy to joke about his instinct to roost if Phady neared chickens.
Mrs. E. V. Monroe returned from a two weeks visit with friends at Greeley last evening. Mrs. W. K. Lothian of Marion is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Northrop. Mrs. Kate Rogers of Oxford Junction visited Monticello yesterday. Tom Carson was a business visitor in Dubuque yesterday.
An Ohio man halted a train from wrecking and saved lives while H. T. Alston of Raleigh credits Electric Bitters with curing severe stomach and liver troubles after a terrible ordeal. The ad claims four bottles cured him and urges trial at 40 cents.
Notice: bids for installing an electric lighting plant at the county home are due by 12 noon Tuesday June 4 at the county auditor’s office Anamosa Iowa. Sealed bids require a certified check equal to 16 percent of the bid. Specifications available at the auditor’s office 4712 Louis Gardner County Auditor.
An assortment of ads includes engraving services, a 75 acre farm near Monti cello, Minnesota and other state lands, wind mills and repairs, rental rooms, a Hudson Roadster car for sale, and nursing program inquiries at St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids. Names include J. A. Voorhees Leroy Clark M. G. Alsever Hattie Hoag.
A cavalry officer recalls capturing a white boy raised by Sioux, tracing his origin through a deed, bank drafts, and a Chicago lot. Edgar Kyle, once believed murdered with a baby carried by Indians, grows to own a Chicago property valued at about $750,000 and leads a civilised life.
A secretary announces a visitor to Senator Greathead, noting the guest is a lady. The senator suspects she requests many favors, a line echoing a Catholic Standard and Times remark.
Exchange from the Boston Post notes Mr Henry Peck guiding Miss Pickles toward a new talking machine. Miss Pickles recalls meeting Mrs Peck previously in a brief, humorous social moment.
The District Court of Jones County Iowa appoints the undersigned administrator with the will annexed for the estate of Sara Kelly deceased. All creditors must file sworn claims with the Clerk within the legal time. Debtors are urged to pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Onslow Iowa May 28 1912.
Annamost Iowa attorneys practice general law from offices on Main Street opposite the Easterly Hotel on the first floor.
A speaker held up a round box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve claiming it outperforms for burns and skin ailments. The pitch lists cures from boils to ulcers and sprains, urging purchase for 26 cents at O I Soetie’s, alongside a note on a pain free rupture treatment by Dr. Puleston.
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