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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
8
Leonard Kehoe returns from Omaha while Daisy Noyes visits Chicago and Elsie Bender visits Delhi. Numerous engagements include Rev John McCormick in Anamosa and Julian Toenjes in town. Mentions of department store promotions and local shopping, plus a growing list of relatives traveling through Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Perry and Montreal.
Local residents and visitors described in brief notes across Oxford Junction Ames and Lost Nation travel to relatives. Cedar Rapids ties appear in visits from Ethel Young and Frieda Gruenstein while the Wayne Lutheran church hosts a two day conference for district ministers.
Cedar Rapids residents guest at relatives as D. E. Pond handles subscriptions and German and English papers. Neighborly visits include Mrs. Loomis from Cedar Rapids, trips to Missouri, California, and Minnesota. births noted at local homes. licenses issued for marriages. and a new tailor shop planned for December.
Thomas Stephenson a special agent for the American Bankers Insurance Company Chicago has been soliciting insurance in town during the past week.
The 1313 Cross Hardware Co offers stove repair services and guarantees to fit any stove model. Includes repair work and installation support for customers seeking reliable service.
The season’s opening Inst ba concert on First Street drew a strong turnout last night. Charles Pierce of Cascade is in town en route home from a month in Southern Minnesota and notes the corn crop is larger here than north of Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Capen of Worcester Massachusetts visited her sister Mrs Dexter Page then traveled to California last Tuesday evening. The text notes she is an spry 860 years old and mentions local notices about a tramp social by Royal Neighbors at Modern Woodmen hall with 10 cent admission and costume prizes.
The Express is praised for isolating political matters to its editorial page while preserving local news on the local page. It asserts a stance without crowding local accounts with political content and maintains separation between opinion and community events.
N. P. Clark advertises Duroc Jersey stock hogs for sale. He is the pioneer breeder of red hogs in Iowa and brought the first hog of that breed into Jones county. He furnished part of the foundation stock for the breed’s first record book.
Rev H E Gruenstein visits his daughter in Wimble don and heads to Fort Wayne for a church conference. Orlando Rundle and Polly Brishman plan a lunch counter in the Ike Hogan building, with a broad line of blankets and robes. Mrs J P Henry and family recapped a G A R wreck near Manchester, New York. Velma Behrends dies of pneumonia at five months, burial at Sandhill Lutheran. Fraternity Glee Club set for October 17 as library trustees’ first entertainments series. corbett family to visit Europe for a year. Miss Jennie Rieke secures a job in Tacoma Washington. Sheriff Eckhart escorts two prisoners to the state reformatory in Anamosa Davenport case.
Oscar Soetje remains in Colorado for health tied to deer hunting and outdoor adventures. He reports four buck skins collected with companions and says deer hunting mountain climbing and rugged life have offered him notable experiences. Friends expect him to return in good spirits with renewed strength after the summer and fall stay.
Miss Pauline Appleby, once of Monticello, wed Mr. Harry Leeds in Manchester yesterday. The groom works at a Manchester bank and is regarded as a fine young man. The bride, daughter of Mrs. E. W. Appleby, is described as bright and likable, with Monticello friends extending best wishes.
A bridegroom fears a thief took his suit and Stetson two days before the wedding. He left the garments under a buggy seat after nightfall without protection. The article condemns the thief and calls for severe punishment during the honeymoon and beyond.
H S Richardson returns from a European trip and praises the experience in letters to The Express. Harvey enjoys returning home yet notes how progress abroad broadens him. Anna Zimmerman and Carl Siebels wed at Wayne Lutheran Church with a reception at K P hall. They plan to reside on the bridegroom’s Amber area farm.
The Monticello audience will enjoy a Friday evening show at the opera house to raise funds for the Congregational Church. Rehearsals praise the event as well organized with top local musical talent and varied performances. Mayor Matthiessen appeals to citizens to donate promptly to aid the homeless in Black River Falls after the dam break disaster, with $1.5 million in damage reported.
Thomas F. Kehoe of Castle Grove married Nellie Corcoran formerly of the township and lately of Monticello. Rev M S Murphy officiated at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The bridegroom, a farmer and Patrick Kehoe’s son, gains a thrifty partner and good helpmeet.
Judge Smith adjourned the Soper adm versus Leclerc case last Friday granting a continuance after the plaintiff sought to amend alleging Charles Haeussler’s death from injuries in Leclerc’s overturned car near Anamosa. Trial will restart at the December term.
Rev W F Allen recently called to Monticello Presbyterian church after a San Diego stay. Former pastor at Reinbeck for two years, he is from a preacher family with brothers Dr J S Allen and Rev W G Allen. He married nine years ago and has three daughters.
D E Pond promotes services for leases mortgages deeds marriage licenses hunters licenses and insurance from the Lovell Bank Building contact point.
Miss Isabelle Cowan died after a stroke at her home in Monticello on October 7. The funeral was held at Cascade Baptist Church, with Rev. Porterfield officiating, and pallbearers named. She left behind her elderly mother Margaret Cowan and six brothers plus sisters, with many relatives attending the burial.
Mrs Elizabeth Dirks wife of Deidrich Dirks died of pneumonia last Friday at the state hospital in Independence. The remains were taken to Monticello then home in Wayne township for funeral services led by Rev O Mardorf. Survived by husband and seven children with two in Germany. Mrs Dirks 61 years old and a Lutheran church member.
In October 1886 Monticello and surrounding area report several deaths including Clara Hilers aged two, Charles Reiger aged four, and Nana Hanken aged seven. Miss Ann Smith dies at sea en route to Ireland after leaving Scotch Grove. Mary Preston of Monticello dies at Barry Iowa from consumption. Rev J T Blanchard returns from Chicago after attending the National Congregational council. The Jones county calf case is again reversed in the supreme court for the third time. W Brown sells his harness shop to L Wanahura who sells half to Podhaski due to ill health. Rk G Cousins speaks at the opera house on issues of the day to a packed audience with Democrats praising the speech. Rev and Mrs Leclerc are in a runaway accident near Cascade. their vehicle breaks a neck yoke, injuring them and fracturing their child’s collar bone.
Anamosa Eureka reports J H Sanderson elected county farm steward, currently in charge of the state farm at the Reformatory with successful results. Duties begin January 1. T A King, long time farm head, likely moves to Monticello to oversee a summer built feed barn.
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