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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
4
Schreiner chapter No 226 C E S will meet Tuesday evening October 13 at 8 oclock. All Eastern Star members are welcome. Par Twelve club hosted by Mr and Mrs Shannon with bridge and high score by Dr and Mrs Asa Lambert.
A luncheon and after visit featured eight guests with yellow and white decor and dominoes at Mrs Hanssen’s. Mrs Lawrence Balster held high. the Presbyterian Woman’s Missionary Society met at Mrs Hans Kettlitz with three papers on Medical Missionaries. Carrie Hoag hosted a kitchen shower for a bride to be. high bridge score went to Mrs M J Hogan and guests opened kitchen utensil gifts later.
The Thoens family hosted a Tuesday anniversary dinner with mother and siblings from Monticello delivering baskets of food. Guests played bridge after the meal and presented wooden anniversary gifts as entertainment.
Miss Marie Otten of Chicago and John Monk of Langworthy were married last Thursday at Zion's Lutheran Church Wayne township. Rev. John P. Willis officiated in a ceremony attended by family and friends. Bridesmaids were Misses Margaret Hinkle and Margaret Wroblewski. Attendants included George Monk and Henry Monk. Lohengrin’s march closed the service and a wedding supper followed.
The ceremony took place at the home of the bride’s uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Fred Otten of Scotch Grove. A large wedding cake and a reception table decorated with white carnations were featured. Over two hundred attended the wedding dance. After marriage the couple will live on the groom’s father’s farm near Langworthy after November 1. Prior to marriage the bride served as secretary to Attorney Ader in Chicago.
The October events include a matinee by Kryl and his band on Saturday at the high school auditorium and a Tipton Monti football game on Friday at the home field. Plans cover a Philomathean meeting October 12 with officers, senior and sophomores picnics, pep assemblies, and a stage production titled Her Step Husband. Faculty notes mention dental honor roll, a junior play tryout, a music club, and a history theater piece in preparation. The piece also notes Federal meat inspection reaching 25 years and veterinarians inspecting billions of animals with high fitness for consumption.
The State Fish and Game Commission invites letters from residents over sixteen about the fair fish and game exhibit. Prizes: 1st $10, 2nd $5, 3rd $2.50. Letters must be ink or typewritten, on one side, under 500 words, by November 1. Winning letters may be printed as educational models.
Oliver Mattison of Minneapolis Bridge Co states financing and legal details are complete for the Savanna Sabula bridge. Construction to start immediately with material contracts let, 12 month timeline, work to be done by Illinois and Iowa crews, plans by Northwestern’s George Maney, 20 foot wide 30 ton capacity, expected open to traffic early next year.
A roundup of Sunday worship times and pastors for Presbyterian, Lutheran, Catholic, Lutheran again, Reformed, Methodist Episcopal, Congregational, Prairieburg Protestant, and Monticello congregations. Details include ages, languages, and special events such as German services, catechisms, and upcoming meetings.
Cattle testing faced delays as state militiamen protected veterinarians. Three hundred militia volunteers remained in camp while others returned home. Paul Moore, linked to Farmers' Union, was arrested on conspiracy charges and posted a 10000 dollar bond. J W Lenker also faced bail on injunction violations and conspiracy charges. Testing began in Muscatine county, with further court actions and militia deployment noted by the governor.
The article recounts General George Washington firing the first American cannon at Yorktown on October 9 1781 during the siege. It notes French support from De Grasse and the bold strategic shift from New York to the Chesapeake, praising Washingtons tireless planning and execution under difficult conditions.
A lyrical meditation extols youth as the jewel of light and the holiest earthly power, elevating youthful spirit above all riches. The speaker praises youth as precious, royal, and unrivaled in worth.
A verse in which Abigail Cresson vows to hide sorrow behind outward composure. She declares she will carry on with daily life and only shed tears in private, promising a future air of confidence and success.
The Eagle quotes a joke where a son asks what to call a man who drives an automobile and the lawyer answers it depends on how close he comes to me. The caption reflects playful legal irony in a period newspaper.
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