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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1913
Page
7
Miss Ida Ferguson visits Clinton while Mrs. Ben Harris spends Saturday in Anamosa. M W Herrick travels to Chicago this week and many residents tour Cedar Rapids, Monticello, and Dubuque for business or visiting kin. Optometrist ads promote glasses and satisfaction guaranteed. Coronavirus
Local notes include a 10 degree above zero morning, social events, visitors from Dubuque and South Dakota, farm sales of Holstein cattle to state institutions, church rallies, and merchant ads from Golden Rule Variety and Deutrick's. Several residents travel, visit relatives, and attend meetings. area businesses push holiday and winter offerings.
Henry Seba visits his mother after news of his aunt Mrs. Henry C. Bohlken’s death in Castle Grove. Photographer Charles Moore opens a Monticello studio November 15 while W. C. Moore plans a Waterloo Cedar Rapids filmetter shop. 180 head of horses offer by Richardson & Young Center Junction. W. M. Welch diagnosed with gall stones seeks Excelsior Springs treatment. Osceola Pooler entertainment to benefit Center Junction residents. Farmers report fine corn husking weather and local social events. Royal toilet products advertised and Knights of Pythias hall social with dancing and games. Wm. Clark elected county home steward. Rev Porter reports church repairs delay services resumes next Sunday. Tree surgeons from Kent Ohio trimming elms for 80 cents per hour. George L. Buol seeks votes for Live Stock World contest. Christmas package offer for Express Inter Ocean Farmer and Farm & Home subscriptions. John Perrine to ship northern prown potatoes in 274 bushel sacks. demand high. Prof A M Ten Eyck in Monticello for soils talks. rural life meetings delayed to December. institute possible if farmers show interest.
Dr. F A Hefner attended the burial of his brother J M Hefner who died from injuries after a train wreck at Ellsworth Washington. J M Hefner was a former conductor on the Illinois Central line between Waterloo and Freeport. He had moved West about two years ago and is survived by a wife.
Edmund Rhatigan died in Anamosa last Thursday from a stroke. He was born July 14 1849 in the state and was about 64. He is survived by brothers Phil and Thomas Rhatigan and sister Mrs Barney Fitzsimons. Funeral services were held late last week and he was well spoken of.
Miss Mabel Westcott, longtime stenographer for M. W. Herrick and later Herrick & Reed, accepts a fine position in the office of Superintendent Wallace on the Rock Island road. With headquarters at Manly eight miles from Mason City, she will move next Saturday and has prepared to begin work promptly.
Reverend John McCormick, longtime pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Monticello, concluded over 25 years of service last Sunday and has moved to a new assignment in Winthrop. He is remembered for courteous treatment of all and faithful pastoral care.
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. William Lee was celebrated last Monday in Des Moines. Former Scotch Grove residents, they once owned the local farm later owned by Wm Kuhns and moved away about 31 years ago. They recall friends from the county and note Mr and Mrs See also lived to memories of a golden wedding. Mrs Lee’s maiden name was Emmeline Arnold.
A break in at the basement of the Methodist church involved two youths or a pair of boys who entered the auditorium and defaced furniture with paint and chalked walls. Green coloring was dumped into painter’s paint, and two initials were left on a piano cover, unclear if theirs or a decoy.
A freight wrecked four cars and a caboose of No 94 last Tuesday fore noon a mile south of Scotch Grove. The track torn ties cut long distances. No injuries reported. Wreckage cleared by noon Wednesday, trains resumed midmorning.
B E First suffered a major blaze on the Delaware county side five miles northwest of Monticelo last Thursday evening. The fire consumed the barn and four other structures, killing nine horses and destroying hay oats and farming tools. Insurance estimates place First’s loss at 5800 dollars with 2200 to be recovered. Neighbors Egger and Behrends left their teams at the farm to attend a creamery meeting, then returned to find two barns aflame. Suspicion of arson exists though First cites no known adversaries.
Montage of local happenings from November 1888 in Monticello and vicinity. New harness shop opened by Charles W. Brown. B E M Thompson rented a building for a shoe store. residents planned winter travels to Eugene City and Davenport. deaths include Betsy Kimball and Harriet Walworth. Stave Agricultural College graduates J. Davidson Ella Henderson and James Cyde. a new 1750 pound bell for the Monticello Catholic church funded by a Don Brown legacy. Local politics cover Richland Township election results and county officers. Anamosa Republicans celebrate election with a barbecue, parade, and speeches by S. S. Barwell, W. Shaw, P. O. Bison, J. W. Coxsee, S. B. Bentley, H. E. Woods, and G. Yount.
Ada Moore visits high school while Ruth Young teaches first grade B. Monticello defeats Lenox Academy 47-13 in football. freshmen win 1 0 in a girls game. Rev W H Utle preaches on finding good deeds daily. Crops report shows Iowa yields lower than 1912 US. coal dealers arrested for weight law violations. Victor agency offers records. Patrick, optometrist and jeweler, invites demonstrations.
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