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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
4
Numerous residents from Anamosa and surrounding areas are listed as visiting Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Marion, Dubuque, Oelwein, Monticello, and Davenport. Trips include hospital visits, family trips, and social events with notes on guests like Miss Edith Deischer and Mrs. Delia Buttles.
A string of visits and arrivals fills Monticello and nearby towns. People travel to Grinnell, Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids, and Cedar Falls. relatives host and visit across centers such as Center Junction and Oelwein. A district judge candidate, influenza updates, and a $130 hog sale also appear among community notes.
A son was born to Mrs. Charles Rigby last Monday and, within the same room and three hours apart, a son was born to her daughter Mrs. Chapman. The family humorously calls the babies twins.
Friends are urged to donate canned fruit next Wednesday and Thursday October 16 and 17. Donations may be left with Mrs Teeter Mrs Otto Burrichter Minnie McLaughlin or Mary Coxsee. If unable to bring fruit, notify any listed contact to arrange pickup.
The Upper Iowa conference has returned Rev J H Barr pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church to the charge he served for the past two years. Friends in and out of the church will find this news pleasing.
Harry Locher of this city was admitted to the bar after an examination before the supreme court last week. The achievement comes after three years of persistent study and application. Miss Mary George has returned from Bethany Missouri with cousin Miss Iola George who drove in an automobile. Miss Iola George has begun a term as a domestic economy demonstrator in Harrison County Missouri. Anna E. Fleming, a graduate nurse and daughter of Thomas Fleming living 10 miles west of Monticello, left the station Friday morning for Camp Dodge after taking the oath of allegiance to the United States to serve as a nurse in the government.
Dr. Louis G. Stuhler, earlier sent to Fort Oglethorpe, is ordered to report to Fort Riley Kansas. He will join the Love hospital unit organized by Dr. Love of Iowa City who has recently commissioned as a major.
Monticello residents detailed visits include Mr and Mrs Nic Kehoe and Mrs Sarah Kennedy traveling to Los Angeles to visit relatives. Dr John McLaughlin drove from Chicago to Monticello with family. Sam Campbell and son Ernest visited from Indianapolis and Davenport respectively. Community events note G H Bohlken's 65th birthday with 75 friends and Red Cross reorganizations reducing central units. Spanish influenza cases appear mild. hospitalizations occur for Louis Hoag, C R Coon, and pneumonia risk noted. George Guyan recovers after a short illness.
Greenfield Iowa report notes James F. Laude, 71, vice president of First National Bank, formerly of Castle Grove township, knitting for soldiers. He has produced 26 sock pairs in a year and one pair was chosen as banner in a Red Cross shipment, with a sweater by his daughter Lulu also honored.
Shubel Monger of Dubuque, a field deputy internal revenue collector, spoke in Monticello last Friday. He stated there is little intent to defeat government tax collection and that reassessments arise mainly from ignorance or misinterpretation of instructions.
Mrs. Carl Albertson of San Jose California reports her sister Mrs Rice once of Langworthy has four sons in service. One lieutenant in Siberia, one at sea, one in an eastern camp bound for France, another at Camp Kearney California, a fifth in Oakland shipyards. Albertson’s son Galen is a lieutenant at Camp Hancock Georgia.
Mrs. Walter Allen, once of this city and now in Denver, lists five grandsons in service. Lyman Guilford is Yeoman Second Class on the U S S S New Hampshire. Percy Guilford attends Officers' Training School in Waco Texas. Cheric Teets is Pvt First Class with Truck Company A E B F in France. Alfred Baghott is Pvt First Class with Eighth Company CA C Winfield Scott in San Francisco. Lieut J R Twiss, husband of Bernice Baghott, serves at Camp Mead Maryland.
Mayor Voorhees reports orders from the state board of health to track all influenza cases and prevent an epidemic in Monticello. He urges avoiding crowds, seeking medical care, and staying in bed until a doctor authorizes return to activity.
Mrs Edward Barrichter learned this week that her brother Clem O Rourke died of wounds received in action on the French battlefront on September 20. Telegrams to Dubuque notified his parents. He entered service last spring and reached France in July, likely serving in the ambulance corps on the firing line when killed.
Rev C B Cushman and his wife travel to Victor Iowa for next Saturdays ceremony officiated by Cushman. Miss Ruth P Kerr, former Monticello public school teacher, will wed Rev A H Barnes a Methodist Episcopal minister from Poplar Bluff Missouri.
The congregation will meet next Sunday afternoon to act on Rev. William H. la Schuetz's call from Newhall. They will decide if he may be released and whether the church should oppose a wider service. He has served the community faithfully for over eighteen years.
Garfield Slauson, son of the late James Slauson and longtime Sand Spring resident, was killed in France on September 2. A member of a Canadian regiment he enlisted while living in Canada about a year ago. The regiment chaplain’s letter to his brother Floyd Marion says he was killed instantly after occupying an advanced machine gun post for several days.
Rev C Mardort, longtime Wayne Lutheran pastor, is moving to Cedar Rapids. He has served the congregation for generations and will be missed as a spiritual guide counselor and friend. His parishioners recall baptisms christenings and marriages and anticipate his future visits with fond expectation.
Mrs. Ama Warner died October 2 from blood poisoning and gangrene after ten days in Becker hospital Maquoketa. Born Emma Piper January 29 1859 Fulton Jackson County she was 59 years 8 months 3 days old. Survived by Thomas Warner Monticello Bonnie Gearhart Cedar Rapids Hazel Dickerson Rockford. Funeral conducted by Rev A P Walton at home of Mr and Mrs Andrew Davidson with interment in Oakwood cemetery. She married Henry Warner March 8 1888 and was a Presbyterian church member.
Mon ticello public schools Superintendent Dunlap spoke at the Presbyterian church on YMCA activities at Camp Dodge. He described his summer secretary work there and explained the YMCA gives soldiers relaxation, reading spaces, and social rooms under less strict supervision than officers.
The Northeastern Association of Congregational Churches met with modest attendance due to pastor shortages and illness. They discussed postwar reconstruction as Rev Alex Cutler of McGregor was elected moderator and Rev W A Bockoven served as scribe. The next meeting is slated for Golden.
Mildred Moyer reports on high school activities. Girls physical training starts next week and six weeks exams occur Thursday and Friday. New students Leslie Himebaugh and Charlotte Leibsle join, while Margaret Morse is absent due to illness. Junior class party at Robert Cushman home last Friday. Basketball girls begin practice with inter class games planned. A new study is added to the curriculum with weekly current rents offered to each class. Sophomores visited Pictured Rocks for a picnic last Saturday. A pronunciation miscue among a sophomore is noted. Spelling exam held for six weeks with ninety percent exemption. Girls Gymnasium Honor Roll for 1917-1918 posted listing top students by grade.
Sergeant Thalman a French Blue Devil wounded seven times and decorated for bravery will lecture on his front line experiences at the Monticello opera house on Wednesday evening October 16. Admission is free with a silver offering for the Red Cross. He is touring on a four month furlough with Canadian war survivors and has fought in Verdun St Quentin and The Marne.
Miss Augusta Haeussler daughter of Mr and Mrs B D Haeussler married L A Hay of Kansas City Tuesday noon October 8 at the bride’s parents home in Ames Reverend J W Innes officiated The couple planned to establish residence in Kansas City with Mr Hay working as a traveling auditor for the A T & F railway The bride formerly worked as a stenographer in Washington and is a Monticello high school graduate The ceremony was attended by close family and a few friends including Miss Alice Cowan and Mrs Nell Davis
Frank Rice born in Allegheny County New York died in California at age 82. An early Monticello resident he moved there with his parents in 1854 from Rockford Illinois, later mined in California. His brother Lucien came to Monticello in 1854.
Wyoming Journal reports attorney Chas. M. Maurer who has practiced in Wyoming for two years went to Iowa City on Monday to join the army department at the State University to prepare for an official U.S. Army position.
Cold weather approacheth and Peter son offers a ten percent discount sale on overcoats. Visit the shop to view styles and sizes.
Peterson displays stylish men and boys overcoats with a ten percent discount highlighting new patterns and fabrics for the season.
Notice to water users states the city reservoir will be cleaned on Saturday afternoon October 12. Citizens should draw a generous supply of water before noon on that date.
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