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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
2
Center Junction October 19 a farewell party honored Mr and Mrs M G Alsever with about eighty friends at their home after a school entertainment. They received a tea wagon and a program of games and songs followed by refreshments and best wishes for their new home.
Miss Margaret Drucker and William Moran wed at St. Marys church in Cascade with family from Dubuque attending. The couple will reside on Pontiac Street after a wedding breakfast at the Miller hotel. Also reported are a Cascade Bank staffer and area residents moving, school musical at East Cascade, and several visits and relocations in the community.
Election day approaches as Castle Grove women gain the ballot in a duty of citizenship. Farm bureau meets October 29 with a sing along program and a debate. Cass and Hosford attend Linn County shorthorn sale. rally day at Presbyterian church planned. Democratic candidate Henry Carlsen was seen nearby. Schools had a two day vacation for institutes in Anamosa. W A Hogan of Anamosa visited locals. Corn picking continues as cooler weather is hoped for. L F Balster to farm with a Moline tractor. New district No 8 school house underway. Lizzie King sick several days. Fred Ueiken conducts Cass Township school.
Sand Spring notes list residents and visitors including Ann Cruthrie returning from Deer Lodge Montana after a brief stay with her parents Mr and Mrs R J Guthrie. Other visits feature Mrs Manly Bryan and son Herbert to Monticello for tonsil removal and Irene Mac Donough from Dubuque visiting local families.
SCOTCH GROVE October 19. S J Rice attends Synod of Iowa in Shenandoah and visited Cedar Rapids. Bert Clark injured stepping on a nail and rests from active work. Warl Blankenship takes a railroad office job in Coon Rapids, family to join soon. Mr. and Mrs. R W Brady and family visited Edgewood. Teachers from Svotch Grove township attended the institute. Elizabeth Latta of Hopkinton and Florence Clark of Manchester visited Mrs. Fred Royden. Raymond Naylor returns to duties as station agent after western state trip. Missionary society sets annual meeting with Mrs L V Nash next Thursday. School pupils enjoyed a brief vacation last week.
Prair ieburg notices report Mrs Kate Rick of Anamosa critically ill with tuberculosis. Local visits include Mr and Mrs C C Rowley and Donald Dolan in Cedar Rapids with Mrs Mae Rowley and Howard. Edith Pillard returns home from Mer oe hospital improving rapidly. Alva Deen to Gilmore City. Luther Rogers and Verner Conklin visit Central City. Mina Truesdell staying with Walter Gater at Coggan. Dr Taylor called on in Monticello last week.
The Hopkinton Leader notes Miss Mary George birthday and her Lenox College influence, and reports farmers along the Delaware Jones line push to abandon an old road for a bridge. Deliberations show Delaware county backing abandonment while Jones opposes. The piece urges improved county line highways to boost farming wealth and production. It also notes local deaths of Louis Eichhorn and Mrs Frank Sthelek, and a Lathrop 36th wedding anniversary gathering with relatives.
The president calls the election a genuine national referendum on Wilsonian stubbornness. He asserts Cox’s election equates to public support. The speaker also advises home storage tips for squash pumpkins and sweet potatoes.
The annual county Sunday school convention convened in Wyoming on October 12 with about ninety delegates from 22 of 26 schools. North Pole Castle Grove led in attendance and mileage, Hale led in out of town delegates, Anamosa Monticello and Forest tied for second. Officers were elected and a $78 offering was raised to support state assessments and extension work. The group plans to remain one day next year with Center Junction as a bidding site.
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