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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1920
Page
2
The Monticello 1 Express lists J W Doxsee and Charles J A Doxsee as editors and proprietors with subscription price per year shown in the periodical header.
Miss Ella Lindeman of Cascade and Leo Sanners of Farley were married at St Patrick s Church Dubuque on Wednesday morning with Rev Hanley officiating. The couple will reside in Farley and honeymooned in western Iowa.
Ep worth League launches Win-My-Chum-Week November 14 with many specials and a closing Gospel service November 21 in Center Junction. Christian Endeavor holds Halloween party. basketball game Center Junction 25 Martelle 28. many local residents vote and participate in church and community events.
A distressed Prairieburg family arrived Thursday nearly destitute with mother ill from appendicitis after seeking shelter and help. The eight month old baby was treated at home then taken to McDonald hospital with the mother. Raymond Richards and family will relocate to Wisconsin with FF T Richardson’s family. Prairieburg school children celebrated shulow'sen with games and bobbing for apples. New Lumber Co manager assumed duties after Mr Umhoeter’s departure. Harry G Caine and wife welcomed a baby boy Harry Jr. born Wednesday evening. Ed Franklin visited Monticello with wife as her tonsil operation occurred.
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Peet and Mr. and Mrs. John Walmutt attended a show in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. Mrs. Lee Franklin of Mitchell visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Drexler. Mrs. Alice Taylor of Chicago is visiting her son Dr. C. F. Taylor.
The Scotch Grove Farm Bureau hosted a program with piano solo and talks on bureau activities and community plans. A Ladies' Aid social followed at the M. M. Sinclair home, with many attendees and refreshments. Local updates mention upcoming meetings, weather, a soil demonstration, and visits by S. J. Rice and Mrs. Robert Clark.
Castle Grove township reports a farm bureau meeting with readings by local girls, talks by County Agent Sheets and others on the court house proposition and political alignments. Election results show Harding and Coolidge leading. court house ballot heavily defeated. several local offices tally noted.
Mrs Kester from Clinton visits daughter Mrs IR BE Chaplin. Mr and Mrs H S Pierce and daughters visit Monticello. S M F club met at R BE Chaplin. Schools closed last Friday for a month long vacation. Misses Blocklinger and Kraus returned home Friday evening. Also shopping trip to Dubuque by several residents last Friday.
The Davenport Democrat notes Dubuque Iowa as the birthplace of the only daily religious paper published by American Catholics the Daily American Tribune. The Literary Digest highlights Dubuque’s link to Boston and its unique position alongside the Christian Science Monitor. The Columbia Record observes supply and demand operating around the clock.
Regular meeting of the board of education held November 1 1920 with all members present. Minutes approved. Bills approved and paid including labor supplies and books. Gladys Emmons elected teacher at $140 monthly. superintendent's fund of $350 created. Gilcrest Co. awarded manual training lumber. Meeting adjourned. President Reed Secretary Pro Tem Lazell.
Eyewitness account by Eiiphalet Price reprinted from the Annals of Iowa details Patrick O Connor's 1834 trial in Dubuque for the murder of George O Kheat. With no local government or legal system, citizens acted as prosecutor, defense, jury, and court, leading to O Connor's sentence and execution on June 20, 1834.
Barney Barnard reports a coreligionist got a bank cashier’s call saying the account was $17.40 overdrawn. After checking, the depositor learned his balance from a month ago was $220 credit leading to a quip about calling first. A Nebraska couple, Mr and Mrs Sherman Willey, were struck by a street car near Tama while en route to Florida. Mrs Willey was killed and Mr Willey injured.
National Safety Council released figures from August 24 showing 465 deaths from automobile accidents, 2 from rail, 20 from falls, 13 from burns or fires, 12 drowning, 8 street car, and 4 machinery incidents. Notable are 86 men to 6 women and 38 boys to 4 girls fatally harmed. incidents include a 1-year-old in Card Spring Indiana from timothy seeds and a 2-year-old in Lenapel Kansas drowning in boiling soup.
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