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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1920
Page
7
A stream of society items lists visits and short trips including Mrs. Harry Stuhler in Anamosa, Dr Redmond and A Miner in Ottumwa, Miss Mary Aebi in Cedar Rapids, and others in Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Manchester. Public notices include a church supper date and a Cascade benefit event with Donnelly’s Orchestra. The article mentions election voting by women and several travels to Des Moines Hastings and Omaha.
Monticello notes cover light travel shifts as Mrs Batheids and family head to Hastings Minnesota and Mrs Valanta visits Cedar Rapids. Snow touched roofs briefly last week, coal deliveries rise with cold, and a gentle rain eased stubble land. Bellevue game set for Friday, Armistice Day closedown urged, and Christmas bazaar and local weddings fill upcoming events.
Next Sunday November 7 church services including Holy Communion at Wayne Zions Lutheran with confession at 10 16 AM. November 14 Rev E Rausch of Waverly will preach in German at 10 30 and in English at 2 30 PM at Anamosa. Presbyterian ladies aid met at Edwin Wilcox home. Local election voting and ballot handling noted. Dr Griswold predicts mild influenza season with waves in history. Linn county bonds proposed for a new courthouse amid opposition. American Legion boxing carnival on Armistice Day in Monticello. Canning company produced 588 800 cans of sweet corn with high costs. Obituaries include Mrs Bessie Sloan and Mrs Margaret Byrne. National election returns read at the high school. Harding Coolidge declared winner. High school wireless station observed election dispatches. Ames student Leo Locher returned home for results. Physics class uses high school wireless plant in teaching.
Freshmen held a Hallowe en party with a fortune teller and ghostly displays in the gym. Juniors also celebrated with pumpkins and a cake walk. The article reports a football win, new clocks not working yet, and plans to add Miss Gladys Emmons to the Junior High staff to improve handwriting.
Hans Naether writes from San Juan Puerto Rico that he landed October 26 after a six day voyage from New York. He describes a warm reception at a colored Lutheran congregation, a decorated new church, and plans to lead three colored congregations while learning Spanish. He mentions prior activity in Philadelphia and Brooklyn and notes a Spanish Bible gift from the Ladies Missionary Society.
Mary Jane Kidd widow of Hugh Kidd longtime Monticello resident died early this week at W A Overing Jr home in Hettinger North Dakota. Funeral will be held tomorrow at the Monticello Methodist Episcopal church. Born June 6 1842 in Cowell's Manner Canada she taught school in New York and married in Utica. The couple moved to near Monticello and later to town. no surviving children.
A special tourist sleeper departs Mon ticello Iowa on Tuesday November 9 1920 to Kansas City via C M & St P Ry then Santa Fe lines to Los Angeles California with no changes. Reservations urged through local C M & St P agent Larimer Gen Agt AT S F Ry 616 Flynn Bldg Des Moines Iowa.
A Sunday evening pageant titled The Coming of Truth will be presented at the Methodist church starting at 7 o clock on Sunday night November Wth. The program features music recitations and addresses with many participants including adults and children. All are invited. Eyes tested glasses. Dr. Stuhler.
Mayor Voorhoes calls Monticello fathers to participate in November 7 to 14 events to strengthen bonds with their sons and combat school dropout trends. He asks fathers to attend at least one meeting and urges others to mentor boys without fathers.
A Monticello chronicle lists varied November happenings: Arthur Maurice returned from Drake University to vote in the election. total Monticello ballots reached 624 across wards. Marriages include Harry Bricker to Cassie Moraman and Juma Good to Fred A. Matheson. Deaths: Rev. Jaz Smith and Mrs. Wika Zimmerman. Several births and relocations noted along with a stroke, hip dislocation, and travels to Georgia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
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