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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1916
Page
4
A series of brief social notes lists visitors and guests in towns including Marion Cedar Rapids Hopkinton Monticello Anamosa Dubuque Chicago and Grinnell. Residents such as Harriet Hall Nell Davis Zack Graves Kate Stuhter and many others are noted visiting staying or hosting over recent days with relatives and friends.
Monday's visitors include Mrs. O B Rundle R W Henderson Frank Podhaski and Frank Locher Ed M Smith publisher of the Winters et Madisonian called at The Express Eugene Byers Iowa State College student stays with the Templetons Learn To Play Golf at Stublers library adds a new International Encyclopedia Mrs H B Lee returns from Chicago Mr and Mrs Claude Fothergill and baby travel to Elgin for Thanksgiving J F Whalen surveys J F Moore farm sold to John Kurt Mrs C O Marshall and Mrs Harry Stubler host a 50 guest reception Marshall Hall visiting Northwestern University Thanksgiving weekend Presbyterian bazaar December 6 two o clock Monticello teachers travel home for Thanksgiving public schools close for two days visitors from Strawberry Point stay with M V Kehoe Cedar Rapids trip by Mrs Tranic and Irene Kehoe at Cedar Falls
Mrs Andrew Kasper traveled to Cedar Rapids yesterday morning to see her daughter Lena who is on Thanksgiving leave from Girton School for Girls near Chicago. Mrs Marian Dundson and Mrs Edna Rhode of Tabor returned Monday after visiting Mr and Mrs Drury for Mrs Drury’s illness. James Crusinberry of Cedar Rapids, grandfather of id Brazelton, visited last week and had a light pneumonia scare but remains recovering at 90 years old.
The article notes guests at the Noble-McLaughlin wedding including Dr. and Mrs. Frank McLaughlin of Chicago Dr. and Mrs. W G Budge of Ames Mr and Mrs George Van Buren of Coggan Miss Nellis Wales Grundy Center Miss Louise Kocher Marion and Miss Willbour Chicago A birthday surprise for James Farley with a gold headed cane presented by O H Shipman.
Ivan Steiner, now living on a ranch near Sunnyside Washington, visited Monticello last Saturday to see acquaintances. He formerly traveled from this region to Minneapolis with a trainload of potatoes and hasn’t returned since his 1914 high school graduation.
A wireless message to Hawkeye amateurs in Iowa last week quotes Andrew Carnegie on labor, capital and business ability as three legs of a stool. The message, relayed from Ames by Winfred Slauson, parallels earlier notes reported in The Express.
Miss Lois Cowan visits with Drake University and Suter relatives in Traer. Frank Beckwith and Ida Taylor wed in Scotch Grove township. A visiting nurse program launches amid four scarlet fever cases and local school precautions. Municipal Christmas tree costs and charity plans outlined. Nina Elizabeth Ames married in Clyde Ohio. Floyd Ames attends as best man. Subscription offer details for Monticello readers and rural routes included.
A proposed country club nears success as 48 members pledge 100 each and the required 50 are expected to be secured soon. The clubhouse sits near the city park with golf courses laid out, while workers are enticed to trade hours for a game amid reports of county election irregularities and a push for further investigation.
Mrs. Anna L. Eby wife of Joseph F. Eby of Scotch Grove Township died at home last Sunday morning at 9 30 after a brief illness. Born June 7 1878 in Mercer County Pennsylvania she was 37. Survived by husband five children Raymond Hazel I Dorothy M Evelynd and Charles L and by her brother Robert Espy and sister Mrs Sibyl Nelson. Funeral by Dr A P Walton with burial in Scotch Grove cemetery.
Forty years ago in November 1876 Monticello records report births marriages relocations and business changes. A son born to Mr and Mrs William Nash on the 27th. Dawson Brothers buy Peak and Karst grocery stock on the 1st. Mrs James Davidson returns from Kentucky on the 10th. Mrs F S Dunham returns from Philadelphia after the Centennial Exposition on the 12th. Sammel Kahn travels to Chicago to stock his Monticello clothing store. Mr and Mrs John Huntoon celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary in early month. Towsley moves from Monticello to Springville and buys a farm. Peterson and Sandhouse form a bogs and livestock buying partnership on the 20th. Miss Alice Burnight marries John Wilson at her parents home on the 6th with Rev J S Aberhart officiating. Miss Florence Sargent of Monticello marries Eno C Renkes at Dyersville on the 16th with Rev J D Albrook presiding.
The article describes Dr. Puleston and Mr. Laude developing a spring assisted grip bow tie patent. It outlines initial trials, patent approval, and the shift from invention to production. It cites R. Milla of Beloit as the first salesman and the Reeses of Omaha as major head salesmen shipping over one hundred dozen daily coast to coast.
Miss Grace Darling Noble and Clarence McLaughlin were married yesterday at 2:30 pm in Castle Grove township with Rev. Howard O. Irvine officiating. The couple will reside on the McLaughlin farm west of Monticello after a wedding trip.
A Manchester Congregational church was destroyed by a late Sunday fire believed to have started from a newly installed heating plant. The building had just been refurnished and a new organ installed. insurance on the structure stood at 11 200 dollars.
Miss Anabel Moore and Layard Kurtz of Cedar Rapids visit the John Moore home today. Miss Oma Haines of Coggan wed L N Patten of Springville last Thursday. Mr and Mrs A R Minor share a turkey meal with relatives in Cedar Rapids today.
District court proceedings list multiple probate matters including widows' year's support allowances from the estates of Balsiger Collins Stimson Hubner and Behrends. Guardianship and trustee appointments are noted with bond levels, and numerous civil actions with default judgments, sales, and guardianship orders fill the docket. A resulting divorce grant and custody ruling appear among the case outcomes.
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