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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1912
Page
11
Maquoketa visitor Oy Bert, Cedar Rapids guest Mrs. Theodore Lazelie, and many others from Traer Monticello and Oakdale area are listed as visiting friends relatives or on business. Numerous county seat trips and market notes highlight local commerce with dry goods millinery and 59 cent potatoes on the street.
Mrs M A Waddick traveled to Calla way Nebraska to visit her brother and sisters yesterday morning. She was accompanied to Cedar Rapids by her husband and Mrs L P Waddick.
The store declares itself the largest and best select stock of jewelry in Jones County and invites customers to visit before buying. James A. McNeal & Co. presents itself as the new jewelers in town.
The Monticello midgets and Wyoming's high school team will clash in football Saturday afternoon at the park. Water reservoir cleaning is scheduled Friday evening, so residents should stock water for the short cleansing period. Scotch Grove residents M A Rizer H E Ahbraken H R Jacobs Charles Sutherland Nelson Kiburz Harm Helgens attended the State Dairy convention in Waterloo this morning. Mrs George Schoonover and daughter Edna, guests of Mr and Mrs J A Deu trick, traveled to Omaha last Saturday night and will continue to Hettinger North Dakota.
Mrs. Augusta Bliss picked blossoms in her father's yard last Sunday morning. Monticello girls may pick orange blossoms before Christmas if Iowa weather holds. Deutrick's store invites lace curtain buyers. Judge Smith dismissed H. B. Menefee vs Harriet A. Potter et al with defendants winning. Major and Mrs. Winner plan a store exhibition in Marshall Illinois for the winter if Mrs Winner's health allows. Dr Howard of Iowa City visited Don McAleer's family offering encouragement. The Express will extend free subscription for the rest of the year. K T Lamb of Olin traveled home from a Bernard farm purchase.
A Tuesday evening reception at Kinsella Hall drew a lively crowd of young people from the country. Henry Carlson led the event with Juneys orchestra providing the music. An uninvited guest was removed from the hall. In Monticello, Ethel Young Mrs C M Brown Cola Monroe Mrs Lloyd Sexton Mrs John Wenger and daughters Edna and Berdina Mrs Fred Slauson and daughter Mable Mrs Hearn Ethel Magee were among Saturday visitors in Central Rapids. The Weir hill property was sold to John Bateman via John K Pond and will receive improvements. Mrs Martin Thoeni celebrated her birthday with thirty friends presenting tokens. Miss Ethel Smith of Wilmington NC, a hospital matron and domestic science teacher for nurses, will vacation a month with sister Mia. Walter Kiburz was in Kansas City.
Charles J. Cash, Anamosa attorney, underwent immediate surgery for a rupture caused by a long coughing spell. He was taken to the sanitarium for treatment as friends hope for a speedy recovery.
Two able candidates for county offices in the west canvassed the country. They encounter a farmer with a harnessed mule. One candidate jokes about drawing the mule, and the farmer replies that he draws attention from every passerby.
A listener likened Sheriff Hogan to a man in Illinois who rushed for power early but later took the weak role, doing all the heavy lifting and grunt work as age progressed.
Albert Kempf of Pauls Valley Oklahoma visited Monticello friends after attending his brother Dr Otto Kempf’s funeral in Dubuque where he died last week at age 55. Kempf says health and contentment prevail in their southern home as he and his son run a growing drug trade business.
Patrick, a registered optometrist, watchmaker and jeweler, reports cutting his business expenses by over half and invites customers to visit the Old Monnier building to save on items in his line.
Monticello residents recall Jules Lumbard, once guest at the opera house, while Boston caps the baseball season by defeating New York Nationals to capture the world championship. Local chatter mixes with wedding escapades and a summer crowd’s sports fever.
Passengers aboard the Farley O Unlimited reported a handcuffed prisoner escaping from the moving train between Marion and Paralta. The Mills County sheriff pursued but the inmate vanished as the coach halted. The prisoner had been bound for the Anamosa reformatory and was recaptured by Marion nightwatch the next morning.
Peter Schwartz a respected Jones county citizen died October 11 1912 at 85.2. He was born August 10 1837 in Kreuznach Germany and came to America in 1851 settling first in New York then Jones county in 1868. Survived by widow Kate Kaulhaber four children Anna Timpe Katie Clark Ellen Kieth John Schwartz and eight grandchildren. Funeral conducted by Rev O Mardorf with out of town relatives present. He was known for integrity and honesty.
The funeral for Charles H. Doutrick, brother of J. A. Doutrick, took place at the Doutrick home last Saturday afternoon conducted by Rev. M. A. Breed. Doutrick died after being stricken on the street while with a niece from the theater. Charles was born June 7 1862 in Lebanon PA and spent years in San Francisco and Chicago.
October 1882 entries note farm sale from H Twamsey to Robert Howie for 0,000 and births, marriages, deaths. A baby born to Frank Benedict’s family. Balthaser Florin and Miss Anna Kilian wed on the 19th. A. H. Marvin and wife mark a golden wedding on the 11th. Scotch Grove residents David M Glenn and Mary L Clark wed on the 5th. J B L Caldwell, county superintendent, dies on the 21st at age 20. William Dawsop weds Mrs Laura Ransom on the 2nd. Billy Marble the comedian performs on the 28th. local staging of The Merchant of Venice with Clary Wales Portia. William D Livingston dies at his mother’s home in Custis Grove on the 14th at 23. Minnie Starks celebrates 11th birthday on the 9th with a large Monticello guest list.
Lillian D Autremont notes the Virgil class in the library with Roman pictures and a junior class party in the new basement rooms. A senior leads with 97 percent in a spelling exam while English literature readings meet groans over Pilgrim's Progress. Reverend Parsona of Des Moines visits the school to speak on morals and cautions that small mischiefs could be crimes if laws change.
Rev Charles Parsons of the Society for the Friendless in Des Moines spoke at the high school yesterday outlining the group’s work with punished youths and ex prisoners. He described providing temporary housing during parole, after care, and encouragement to help offenders start anew.
Members of Mount Olivet Commandery of Knights Templar Ann Amora hosted a banquet last night for Sir Knights of Patmos Commandery Marion with ladies included. Guests were transported to Anamora on an extra coach and Key returned on a special train after the event. The gathering honored Wen. F. O. Millson Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Iowa.
Rev. Hugo Lutz of Cullom Minnesota visited the home of Rev and Mrs Mardorf in Wayne township after attending a synodical meeting in Muscatine. He pastors an English Lutheran church and served Castle Grove before Waterloo and Cullom, nearing four years at the Cullom charge.
A nightcap sociable will be held at the Congregational Church on Friday evening October 25. Attendees may wear a cap or buy one, refreshments served, admission 16 cents for gentlemen 26 cents for ladies, 10 cents for ladies without escorts. Monarch Malleable range sale by Ricklefs and McNeill with $7.60 worth of utensils given away. Various local visits and travels noted, including residents and guests from Reimer Minnesota, Germany, Cedar Rapids, Monticello, and Ames.
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