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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
5
The famous actor Lew Fields appears in The Barker at the Crane Theatre with a 3 pm matinee and 7 30 pm evening show on Saturday November 3. Special music by orchestra and encore performances accompany the presentation.
Letters addressed to local residents remain uncalled for at the Monticello post office while Hicks and Ricklefs promote blanket bargains at $1.69 and $1.63. Several residents travel, visit family, and attend events including Madame Bernhardt in Cedar Rapids. The library war fund committee forwards $250 to the head committee and deposits the rest for future calls.
The church event previews The Soldiers Big Brother and Y M C A work with sermons by visiting Rev Harris on November 11. November 18 schedules Communion services. A fire in the James Wilson home damaged furnishings and roof from likely defective wiring last Saturday.
Hicks and Ricklers Dry Goods advertises a special blanket sale offering Puritan blankets sized 66 by 80 inches in gray tan or white for 2.10 dollars this week. The notice emphasizes buy now for the offered bargain.
Mrs. David Potter of Hydro Oklahoma visits her sister Mrs. J G Drury. She is accompanied by little Miss Zella Long whose mother Mrs Gertrude Long has cared for Mrs Drury during the past year.
William Laude visited New York City last Saturday to buy silk for the Laude & Puleston Grip Bow Tie company. He hesitated on how much material to purchase due to current high silk prices.
During his visit to Monticello William Repstein was presented with numerous gifts from local residents. He thanks his Monticello friends publicly for their generosity and kind gestures.
Edward Le Van of El Leno Oklahoma visited Monticello last Monday as guest of George L. Lovell and Charles S. Bidwell. Le Van recalls his sister Bessie, now married and living in Youngstown Ohio.
Messrs. F. P. Stuhler of Monticello Frank H. Shimanek of Oxford Junction and George L. Schoonover of Anamosa have been appointed fuel inspectors by the federal fuel commissioner of Iowa Their duties include ensuring compliance with price regulations reporting on stocks and preventing fuel famines They may inspect coal supplies at any time and the public welcomes their aid in replenishing supplies
Miles Colton, formerly of Langworthy now living south of Anamosa, visited town Tuesday en route home from Kansas where he had been visiting since August with his son George Colton in Anderson County. The 80 year old traveled without assistance and had no inconveniences.
Supt. and Mrs. K D Miller with Misses Mary I Jarman Annette Cypra and J H Milron travel to Des Moines for the state teachers convention. Ruth McClintock Ione Zellhoefer Dorothy Robb and Mr and Mrs I L Milton visit Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls schools for the week. The high school enjoys a two day break.
O B Rundle sold his Monticello ice cream parlor to Rudolph Aebi. Aebi plans immediate possession and will be aided by Margaretha Aebi. Rundle plans to stay in Monticello. Aebi remains a farmer and hopes to move to Monticello by December 1. Frank Bolton, former Monticello youth, joined the field artillery and training at West Point. He reports shooting a two mile distant moving target over a mountain. Little Jack Bolton also enlisted and serves in the buglers corps.
Mitchell Northrop son of Mr and Mrs J Northrop has enlisted for the war era after an earlier three month service in a French hospital ambulance unit He weighed options between aviation and ambulance duty noting both are equally dangerous W A Hogan ex sheriff of Jones county Iowa named a Federal Land Bank of Omaha appraiser to visit farms seeking mortgages He arrives with a 30 farm slate including 10 near Williamsburg 10 near Conroy and 10 near Marengo and a salary suitable to the position
Monticello patrons will pay a new wartime levy on tickets after November 1 as a nationwide tax. The one cent per ten cent increment targets patrons, not theaters, with the government aiming to raise 50 million dollars from amusements in the coming year.
Mrs J T Staff underwent surgery Tuesday to remove three tumors and is recovering well. Paul Maire had an appendectomy yesterday after illness at George Stahler sons shoe store, and is on the road to recovery though slightly sore. The Rigby child received surgical care for a needle wound in the hip last week and has returned home. Mrs Delay of Castile Grove township is in hospital for medical treatment.
Monticello women are invited to sign food pledge cards during Food Pledge Week. After Sunday church services, volunteers will canvass homes to enroll as volunteer members of the Food Administration with no fees. Members receive government literature and are mailed materials from Washington.
H E Wright brother of Del Wright of Ione dies instantly last Friday when his car is struck by a train at Grey's Crossing in heavy fog and smoke. Services were held at Colville Methodist Church with Rev Bell and the I C O F lodge conduct at the cemetery. Flowers were sent in tribute.
William Tompkins of Manchester died at his home on the 23rd ultime after several weeks of illness. A native of Pennsylvania, he settled in Iowa after the Civil War.
Monticello readers are urged to verify Red Cross rumors about sweaters and funds before repeating them. Allen J. Carter will lead an investigation. Henry M. Hyde's Pro-Germanism piece is in the library. The chapter reports large shipments of sweaters and Christmas packets, new by laws, and a 12-member executive council.
The funeral for Mrs. James Duffy was held at Sacred Heart church at 9:30 Tuesday. Born in County Galway on June 24 1827 she lived in Boston Galena Illinois St Louis and Monticello and married three times. Survived by daughter Mrs Louis Hepp and many grandchildren she lived a life of service before dying after a long life of faith.
Cascade residents and farmers raised $110,000 for the second liberty loan. Of that sum $108,650 has already been paid into Cascade banks, despite discouraging crop prospects and financial reverses.
Ambrose G. Wood died at his Hale township home on the 16th ultimo at age 56. He leaves six children including two daughters and four sons.
Helen A. Miller of Olin died at home on the 23rd ultimo at eleven years and three months old. Underwear for ladies and children is advertised as extra values at Smith's variety store.
The Monticello Express notes events from November 1897 including student moves at Lenox college and Iowa State University, marriages such as Lena Holst to John Harms and Wayne Yousse to Cora Kramer, and deaths like Mrs. Sarah Burroughs and Mrs. Susan Anthony. City marshal H. S. Lee appointed, Cherry Sisters show attracts cabbages, and local business and farm developments.
Anxious faces and smiles foreseen for juniors this week. Committees on literary society resolutions prepared to report. Rumors of an upcoming basketball game circulate. Billy Stuhler visited Cedar Rapids to see the Divine Sarah last Thursday. Miss Fox missed two days visiting other schools. War shortages limit physics and English literature materials. A book for Sophy is suggested to help locate her coat. Mr. Miller attended State Teachers association meeting Tuesday evening. Psychology class enjoyed a written lesson Wednesday. Stools from the school board prompt questions among pupils. Teachers attend Cedar Rapids and Iowa City schools and State Teachers meetings. Sophomores and juniors enjoyed the first party of the season Saturday night with jack o lantern lights and refreshments.
Charles Podhaski reports from Camp Cody Deming New Mexico on October 22 1917 assigned to Company I 133 Infantry settling in. He describes a 12 mile square camp with real city like streets parades desert mock skirmish with jack rabbits killed and captured and a French officer reacting to the scene while officers practice bomb throwing.
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