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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
2
Center Junction reports a busy week of visitors and local events. Town residents, including Vera Smith and Mrs. Drake, frequent neighbors in nearby Amber and Scott Grove, while church activities and a box social at Black Oak School anchor the October schedule.
Cast Grove reports include Miss Alice Deischer of Coe College visiting home on Sunday. H N Appleby delivered poultry in Hopkinton last week. Peter and Herman Caspers visited relatives near Coggon. Miss Alice Green of Buck Creek visited friends in the area. Miss Bessie Harris of Hopkinton hosted Castle Grove friends Saturday. Patrick Hogan and son John along with M F Byrnes departed Wednesday evening for Kansas City and beyond.
Prairieburg reports visits and travel including Frank Hamilton at Schoonover home and Mrs Fay Aiken visiting in town. Amos DeLancey dies after a long illness aged 61, funeral under Rev Gruwell with local attendees and musical quartet. community extends sympathy.
Onslow notes include Ili Streets of South Dakota on business and Marion’s Stanley Livingstone visiting town. Stanwood’s Scott Alexander and Springville’s Mrs. A W Heller spend time in Onslow. Frances French and daughter Frances visit Hopkinton, while Mrs. Sarah Woodyard travels to Des Moines to see her brother. George Chase worsens as Orlando McDaniel family departure for California is noted. Various county ticket candidates shake hands with voters before week’s end. W T Cameron leaves for St Cloud Florida via Ohio.
Wim Gorkey sells farm southwest of town and plans move to Redfield area next spring. Mrs. Holtz dies at 23 after brief illness. funeral at Wyoming German church. Mrs. Orr injured in carriage accident near Monticello with fractured collarbone and rib injuries. she is recovering at home. Mrs. Bangs of Missionhill visiting A. B. Chase family as sister to Chase. R. J. Corbin and sister Sally Lynch depart for St. Cloud Florida with relatives aiming to settle there.
A Cascade column lists residents visiting and ill and traveling. Joseph Fagan and Mrs. Martha Bessi are among the ailing, while Kenny Seery and Miss Clara Wise travel and visit elsewhere. Local gatherings include a reception for Rev. J. H. Perry and a Dairymen’s convention at Waterloo, with several families hosting or visiting.
Rev. H E Wilcox spoke at Olin on the new M E church corner stone. Peter Kedley died after pneumonia at about 65. Mrs M H Calkins returns home from St Paul with family. Birthday party for CG V Krause at Cedar Rapids. forty guests attended. Butter production report highlights Rouge 2nd of Brookfield yielding 66.9 pounds fat from 1037 pounds milk. net profit $68.20 from six months of testing.
The article notes Dolly Dimple, a two year old Guernsey, holds the world record with 703.36 pounds of butter fat yearly, while Rouge 2nd nearly matches this. It argues many farms underestimate their cows until scales and testers reveal true production, urging testing, culling, and improved feeding to boost profits.
Township officers and misc items list mulet assessments in Anamosa Oxford Junction and Monticello, erroneous assessments, dog and livestock losses, road and bridge work across Hale Fairview Scotch Grove Lovell and other districts, totals for county departments and miscellaneous charges noted. The Kaffirs Thought It a Joke is an unrelated continued excerpt about Kaffir perceptions of money and food.
A piano manufacturer laments cracks in high gloss finishes caused by rapid temperature changes. He says an elastic varnish, matching wood expansion, could be worth at least a billion dollars to the industry, noting a perfectly temp-stable case would endure even in an icehouse.
A humorous exchange contrasts exam nerves with telegram style news. A child’s doll hides a visitor as a mother frets about imagination and art. The joke pivots on the idea that imagination shapes both child’s play and creative work.
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