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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1920
Page
7
Local items note Mrs H M Carpenter Sr visiting Cedar Rapids and John Locher on court business in Manchester. Hats are on sale at Devlin Millinery with new arrivals and specials. Socials include a Hallowe en dance at the K P hall and a church supper on November 5th.
A sequence of social updates, travel, teaching postings, medical trips, and local events surrounding Monticello and nearby towns. Highlights include theater listings, hospital visits, school rounds, library plans, post office changes, a fruit drive for John McDonald hospital, and a physicians’ dinner at the John McDonald hospital featuring Dr Ryan and Dr Bifeld.
Local social news covers Mr. and Mrs. Pryor Tinsley visiting relatives in Monticello, a six week old death from whooping cough, voter registration guidance, weather and coal stock notes, Miss Harriet Lubben’s hospital laboratory work, and election rally reports. The piece also notes new train schedules, a Ford collision, a Post 209 American Legion smoking and boxing event, and voting cautions on ticket scratching for county offices.
The Monticello team led by Tommy Thompson overwhelmed Hopkinton in Friday action. Thompson directed the offense as Monticello expanded a flaring lead and prepared for Central City next.
George Shaffer of Rench Ridge Fairview Township shot himself after returning from a cream shipment trip to Anamosa. He died in view of his wife who found him in the yard. he had threatened suicide before. Shaffer leaves a wife and farm. his father is serving life for a 10 year old murder. Frank Blaine Sloan, son of Hon. Charles H. Sloan, recently buried at Geneva after contracting influenza in Europe during service. he died in Liverpool two days after arrival. Sloan attended Nebraska State University and was a Mason and Methodist.
Monticello Post No 209 of the American Legion condemns a Jones county board of supervisors plan to fund a new court house memorial for World War I veterans. The resolution argues the tax burden is undue and that ex service members seek no memorial at county expense. It calls for distribution of the resolution to all supervisors and Legion posts in the county.
Hospital notes list several patients from Baldwin and nearby areas undergoing tonsil removal, appendicitis surgery, and general medical treatment. Several individuals are noted as ready to return home after operations while others remain under care at the hospital for medical attention or surgical recovery.
The second Lyceum Course program will be staged in the Monticello opera house on Thursday evening November 4. Albert I. Coe will perform, assisted by notable musicians. Coe’s wartime France entertainment work is cited, and he is praised for versatility. Tickets go on sale at Kay's drug store next Monday at 7 a.m.
W. W. Bray, Republican sheriff candidate for Jones county, recounts his rise from Davenport Soldiers' Orphans Home. He married a local girl, raised five children, two sons enlisted as World War I aviators, and held roles as township clerk, assessor, trustee, and school director. He pledges full-time commitment if elected.
Circulated materials are said to prejudice voters in the deputyship contest with colored motives alleging removal of the current deputy. The claims are described as political, unfounded and without basis.
In the District Court of Town In wil for Jones County the plaintiffs Miran Noal and Charles 2. Nout sue numerous defendants including Alonge Ctl wouas and Mollie J doves over property in township 86 north to quiet title. The notice orders all named defendants to appear by November 22, 2020, or a default judgment will be entered. The filing is by Locher Attorney for the plaintiffs.
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