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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
2
The Monticello Express lists its publication details with J. W. Doxsee and Chas A. Do as editors and proprietors. It notes subscription pricing per year and related publishing information for readers.
Local correspondence lists christenings at the M and Presbyterian churches Anna Marie and Ross Young Zona Eileen Catherine Grace and others. Residents travel to Rock Island Des Moines and Monticello, with social events birthdays dances receptions and church activities noted throughout Maquoketa communities.
Grant Miller’s house in Sand Spring burned to the ground after neighbors found it afire at about 3 a.m. Sunday. The cause is unknown but thought to be a defective chimney flue. Miller has not returned home, leaving valuables unascertained. Local residents and various families were noted as visitors or attendees at recent gatherings.
E. J. Noble and A. McLaughlin each received cattle shipments from Omaha last Friday. Farmers Mutual Insurance Association directors met on Saturday. Fred Bessie and Bertha Harken visited Council Bluffs for a week. Dc A. McLaughlin stayed in John McDonald hospital earlier in the week. Steve Petersen sent Duroc Jersey hogs to Minnesota recently. James Burke of Ryan visited Castle Grove last Saturday. Mrs. O R Howie and son returned home last week. Mrs. Will McLaughlin and baby came home Tuesday. Ed Miller shipped sheep to Chicago this week. S M Hosford and family visited Cedar Rapids Thursday. John Heger rented his farm to Herman Shiffer. O R Howie building a new hog house.
In Prairieburg on October 13 families and visitors are noted. Mrs. Chas Buckley of Tacoma attended a gathering at the Elmo Whitney home with conversation and refreshments. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. John Dolan Sr. and J. J. Dolan visited Marion and stayed with J. M. Lauser. Chas Zimmer and sons, Leo and Will Fehr, hosted by C. O. Rowley, hosted others Sunday. Nora Gaskell of Paulo visited local friends Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. Fr Murphy of Nora Illinois were town guests over Sunday. Roy Flockhart Mable Flockhart and Leah Sproston traveled to Tipton. Loren Barker returned to Klondike after two years in Burg.
The article notes the Starry family relocating to a farm near Wyoming causing Alta Starry to be removed from the intermediate recom. It also mentions students planning a Wyoming celebration and early dismissal for a 2:30 observance.
Mr and Mrs M F Kurt welcome a daughter born Sunday morning October 5. City water reports caution boiling for safety. Glenn McAllister returns from St Louis University dental department and aims for Iowa state board exam. Miss Gertrude Noonan and Richard Lynch wed at St Patrick's church during nuptial mass led by Father Coffey. A farmer on Military road mired in mud en route to Farley. four horses pull out the auto. Miss Sarah Cheney and Earl B Aitchison marry at the bride's mother's home with Rev H D Atchison officiating. Eldon Bernard Breilbach, infant son of Mr and Mrs Leo Breilbach, dies after brief illness. remains to Cascade for funeral at St Martin's church Thursday at o'clock.
Rev A R Grant the new Buck Creek pastor unloaded his household goods Monday and moved them into the Buck Creek church with help from several members. Albert Donahue limped with a sore foot after an accidental wire poke while helping move items. Boy Scouts announce a charity game with business men tomorrow at 4 PM. Scouts beat Monticello boys last Friday and hope to face the World Series winners for a real championship. F A Irish resigns as Hopkinton Telephone manager effective November 1 or sooner if replacement found. will become electrician for W A Milroy as his electric service expands. Irish has led the local office for nearly seventeen years.
Mr and Mrs John Maloney will move to their owned house in Monticello after renting out their local residences. Dr W W Sigworth suffered a fall from a barn while adding a one story roof extension last Tuesday, with no bone breaks though the shock caused a serious condition. Eugene Bailey and Ruth Wilson wed at Maquoketa last week, Bailey a butter maker at Amber creamery. Samuel Carr Hall born January 14 1841 in Concord New Hampshire died October 4 1919 at 78 in Anamosa Iowa. last surviving son of My and Mrs Henry Hall who built the Main Street home. Drose Wiecenty pled guilty to burglary and was sentenced to up to five years at the Anamosa reformatory. Wiecenty, an Austrian speaker of little English, is an alien. The government may repatriate him before term ends.
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports B W Maynard known as the Flying Parson flew from Long Island to Des Moines Omaha and Cheyenne in daylight within three days. The piece notes aviators died in the Wyoming crash amid a broader praise of trans continental air progress and war related sacrifice. Sioux City Journal adds note on rising ransom prices in Mexico.
The Jones County Farm Bureau launches a week long membership drive October 20 to 26 under Iowa State Farm Bureau Federation supervision. Fifteen representatives will canvass each township to recruit farmers and bolster collective farm interests amid mounting pressure from manufacturers and packers. Fred F. Clark urges farmers to support the campaign and organize to represent farming in policy matters. A side anecdote recalls a farmer near Mason City who found a gold watch inside a butchered cow after seven years, its stem wound four minutes.
Government warns farmers about disease carried by rats including bubonic plague and foot and mouth disease. Rat-Sharp poison offered in three cake sizes for 25 cents 60 cents and 100 dollars by Ricklefs McNeall Kay and Stuhler’s Sons in Foo.
The Jones County Teachers Institute will be held at the Monticello high school building on Thursday and Friday October 23 and 24. James H Harris superintendent of the Dubuque public schools will lecture Thursday evening on The League of Nations. The public is invited to attend any sessions and those hosting visiting teachers should phone Black 268. Nellie V Morey County Superintendent.
The Chicago Daily News argues that filming the entire Bible could popularize scriptures for those more familiar with Douglas Fairbanks than Samson, suggesting a cinematic approach to biblical stories.
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