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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
7
Local names mention Cedar Rapids visitors Miss Almeda Bell Mrs Newton Parrott Mrs Sabastin Kruindenner and others visiting relatives and towns including Dubuque Blaine Washington and Anamosa. Births include children to Adolph Bohiken and H B Bohlken. Various travel trips business trips theatre ads and upcoming toy and dinnerware promotions appear.
Monticello residents host visitors and report calls by locals and relatives. The list includes Jerome Brazelton’s Monticello visit and job news with Holbert Horse Importing Co. in Greeley, plus calls for a five or six room house to rent after January 1 1918. Local events include a basket social, Thanksgiving plans, and sermons.
Mr and Mrs J W Doxsee left last Sunday for Philadelphia and New York City. Mr Doxsee will return in about ten days while Mrs Doxsee stays longer. Lester Winner of Geyser Montana visited N G Winner’s home last Saturday. Winner accompanied by three car loads of western steers sold in Chicago.
George Slauson of Marion visited the F D Slauson home last Saturday. An officer in the Canadian army he recently completed training at an officers camp. D Monk sold the Stevenson farm northwest of Monticello, 283 acres, once owned from F D McLaughlin, to Rudy Grenenwald for 33000 dollars.
Miss Irene Ireland of Anamosa wed John Dirks of Amber at her parents’ house today. The couple will reside in Amber through spring and then move to a farm near Amber.
Mr and Mrs John Meyer recently married return to their Lemmon South Dakota home after a wedding trip and visit relatives in Monticello on their travels.
S M Hosford traveled to Des Moines last Monday evening for the annual meeting of the Iowa Mutual Insurance Associations and will also attend a session of the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Associations.
F D McLaughlin purchased the Skelley farm of John H Lubben for 28000 dollars. The property lies east of Kitty creek and north of the cemetery near Monticello and features a house on a scenic site.
Mr and Mrs Adolph Ehrisman and their daughters of Wagner South Dakota moved to Monticello last Thursday to establish their future home. They are the parents of A C Ehrisman proprietor of the Virginia Cafe.
Miss Ruth Kerr, 7th grade teacher in Victor Iowa public schools, gave up her duties last Friday morning due to ill health. Mrs Emil Ricklefs is filling her position temporarily as a substitute.
The library announces new arrivals now available for circulation. Titles include Plattsburg Manual and Over the Top Empey along with Life at the U S Naval Academy by Earle National Defense by Van Valkenburg Edith Bonham Foote Indian Names for Camp Fire Girls by Peast and Stories for the Story hour Maregials.
Miss Marjorie Egan daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Egan married John Sours last Saturday in Galena Illinois. Sours works for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway company. They will reside in Monticello.
Miss Ethel Smith formerly connected with Monti cello girls now serves as a dietitian in the base hospital at Camp Pike Little Rock Arkansas. She specializes in dietetics and is well prepared to oversee food preparation for sick soldiers.
Attention is called to the card of Dr. H McGarvey whose office is over the Beery store. He specializes in surgery but has wide general practice experience and his services are available to those needing medical attention as well as surgery.
Jackson Sentinel reports that Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hershberger and family from Baldwin, along with Mrs. Steve Maskery and Mrs. Elizabeth Lubben of this city, attended the funeral of their aunt Mrs. John Yousse held Sunday in Monticello.
The Express last week misreported the McLaughlin farm sale as 80 acres of detached timber sold to John and Edmund O'Rourke. The record should read 80 acres of land with 20 acres of detached timber.
Farmers report corn turned soft and many resume cutting and shocking to improve storage. They believe shocks ventilate better, preserving corn more than crib storage. Some say corn not touched by the first frost keeps worse than corn nipped by the freeze.
A thief loaded a cord of dry wood from the Servosses’ newly moved belongings after they relocated last week. The act suggests a professional hoofing job by a teamster, as likely hired help would be required to haul the stolen wood.
Monticelo Knights of Pythias members attended a Cedar Rapids district convention last Tuesday with six candidates initiated as Page. A large crowd limited witness to the ceremonies, followed by a complimentary banquet. A new federal bakery license law takes effect December 10 requiring licenses for bakers using over ten barrels of flour monthly. The license is issued by the U S Food Administration in Washington D C and imposes loaf size and weight restrictions.
Harry Hoag a private in the Machine Gun Company 350 Infantry spent last Tuesday visiting his parents in the city. He expected assignment to Camp Pike at Little Rock Arkansas this week and was among volunteers called last Monday morning to join Camp Pike.
Whooping cough is prevalent in public schools and attendance in grades is reduced. Independence adopts a policy requiring a physician's certificate before attendance if a student shows symptoms, with most cases found in the lower grades.
All men exempted from the first draft will receive a questionnaire in the middle of next month. Each drafted man not yet in service must be listed for classification and placed in the proper class. If physically fit, he could be called to the colors when his class is activated.
Karl Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Clark, is at their Monticello area farm after six months in the Great Lakes training station. He plans to leave next Monday for Cambridge to study naval radio at Harvard College and aims to contribute to defeating the Kaiser.
The noon funeral at Wayne Lutheran Church was led by Rev. C Mendorf. Burial followed at the adjacent cemetery. Mrs. Anna Katrina Bodeker, born January 28 1835 in Marx Germany, married John Bodeker July 10 1859, emigrated to the U S in 1866, lived in Jones county 49 years, survived by her husband now over 92 and a daughter Mrs H Danneman. Death due to old age and a paralytic stroke.
Frank Pike, convalescing after an automobile injury, extols John McDonald Memorial hospital. He lauds the comfort, quiet, and administration by superintendent Mrs Smits, calling the facility an ideal place for a sick person and urging public appreciation.
Horace Mills Downer died at his sister Mrs Boswell’s home in Monticello Sunday night at eight after months of declining health. Born May 16 1836 in Hardwick Vermont he was 82. A Civil War veteran wounded at Shiloh he was honorably discharged. Funeral at the Boswell home Tuesday at 2 with Rev Cushman officiating and Oakwood cemetery burial. He leaves three sisters Mrs Jen Boswell Mrs Joanna McLaughlin Mrs Allie McLaughlin and brother William Downer of Spokane Washington.
About 15 000 men are slated for transfer from Camp Dodge to Camp Pike near Little Rock Arkansas and from other cantonments to Camp Dodge. Monticello homeboys Jobe T Caspers Forrest D Deischer Liebt Harms Henry J Husman John A McKeever John 8 S Marugg Solomon Marugg Lee Rathbun William Repstein H H Rickless Albert C Sanford Hartley Wilkinson Harry Hoag travel south on the third draft increment due around December 1. Training totals shift from 12000 locally to about 35000 with recruits arriving in December and starting courses anew.
Miss Margaret Rundle wed W A Beery of Monticello at noon last Saturday. The ceremony was at Mrs Rathbun’s home in Cedar Rapids with close relatives, conducted by the Marion Methodist pastor. A dinner followed and the couple left for Chicago on a wedding trip.
Joe Oswald Jr drove an unlit car into Rufus Gearhart’s buggy last Saturday evening near the fair grounds. Mrs Gearhart was seriously bruised, both occupants were thrown clear, one wheel on the buggy was lost, and the horse died later. Oswalds escaped with a bent fender and a passenger remained uninjured.
The Oxford Junction school board is sued by Central Lumber & Coal Company to collect an assignment from contractor 8 P Neilly for 1550 dollars plus 250 dollar certified check. Neilly assigned the debt after settlement and the case is set for the November term of the district court.
Dr. William Drinkwater led sixty eastern Iowa veterinarians at the fourth annual meeting in Iowa City. Government inspectors and the state veterinarian spoke, and officers were elected with Dr. W. W. Bronson of Wyoming as president and Dr. S. E. Houk of Muscatine as secretary. A Cedar Rapids meeting is planned.
Monticello Improvement Club members dine at Lovell house and hear talks on food conservation and postwar agriculture. E M Carpenter urges cautious farming, Jones county short courses, and a labor bureau. plans include a Monticello course, a gas station ballot vote, and a Jenny corn husker stock proposal with committee investigations.
John McDonald returns home after two weeks in hospital following an automobile accident that left him severely bruised. Mrs. Thorpe Dunlap of Hopkinton undergoes a serious operation and is convalescing. Silas Wright had an appendectomy last Saturday and is in favorable condition.
On Thanksgiving the Crane Theatre will give away a barrel of apples. Dy Sart schools pupils and teachers contributed over $300 to the Y M C A fund in support of the event.
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