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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1913
Page
7
Henry Hoffman visited Anamosa last Monday while Miss Lizzie Stutt of Anamosa visited her parents. Cedar Rapids business trips and Hopkinton visits appear among many brief notes. Golden Rule ad promotes 10 cent neckties. millinery sale begins November 1 with special low prices.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Harrs have ended an extended visit with friends in the vicinity and returned to their home in Princeton Kansas last Monday.
Andrew Davidson of Ames with daughter Maggie Eberhart of Laredo Missouri and her two children are guests of friends in Monticello and vicinity W M Welch remains home ill causing family distress over months of recurring illnesses.
Mrs. Ella Bartholomew from Minneapolis visited her father Robert Henderson and the Henderson family. Rena Brock, formerly Rena Miller, toured Monticello with relatives and friends. The area saw drizzle and cool weather with a light snow storm. Rudolph Bohren sold Holstein stock in Delaware, delivering 12 cows and heifers to state dairy commissioner W. B. Barney. Ed West, ex Castle Grove resident, died in Nebraska. his wife is sister to Mrs. John Yousse.
The International Live Stock Exposition will be held at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago from November 29 to December 6. The event promises to be bigger and more interesting than ever this year.
Retired Congregational minister Rev W H Gifford has been serving the Congregational church pulpit acceptably while a successor to Mr Breed is chosen.
The Congregational church ladies host a chicken pie supper with their annual sale in the church parlors on Wednesday November 5 from 5 to 7 p m. Everyone is invited. Meanwhile several young women take teachers examinations at Anamosa this week for certificates or grade improvement.
Mrs. Oscar Casey of Cedar Rapids and Miss Catherine McGarvey from Waterloo visited Mrs. T. M. Redmond last Friday. Casey is Mrs. Redmond’s sister and McGarvey her niece.
L Crousaz of Anamosa visits during telephone consolidation. Photographers snap city interiors and clerks. Rev. Roy V. Porter plans to dedicate a new organ after meeting Dr Atchison. Marriage licenses issued to Moorhouse Seely Henderson Sinkey. Brown's Business College advertises practical courses with next enrollment date set. William Matthiessen underwent appendicitis surgery at Anamosa sanitarium. Mrs Matthiessen visits. Presbyterian church hosts chicken pie supper November 1 with a separate meal for delegates. A Cedar Rapids recruiting officer visits town to drum up enlistments. James A McNeal and family leave for Houston Texans stores. Rudolph Bohren to open dairy depot after November 1 with milk 5 cents quart and cream 30 cents quart. Oscar Bucklin visits brother Frank in Cedar Rapids hospital. diphtheria and nerve paralysis show improvement.
Next Sunday at the German Lutheran church English communion is celebrated. Sunday school starts 9 30, confession 10 30, regular services 11 with a collection for synodical institutions. No evening services. The Ketterson farm near town west edge, formerly Andrew Davidson, leased to R A Cartana for one year. Cartana remains in the neighborhood after selling his farm to continue stock buying business.
Some correspondents and advertisers must send their notices to the office by Wednesday morning to ensure insertion in the Thursday paper. The rule applies to all submissions and advertisements as well.
Six men removed Jones County phones last Saturday and Monday and replaced them with Bell phones at Monticello. New directories were mailed to subscribers on rural routes Tuesday.
A. G. Hanken now operates the Han Ken and Jacobs store solo after purchasing the remaining interest from George J. Consigny Jr. of Emmetsburg following a recent stock transfer. Also noted: Miss Ruth Hemenway of Evanston Illinois will give a message monologue at the Congregational church on Thursday evening November 18, reciting Patterson's Fourth Estate and portraying its eight or nine characters under the church Ladies society patronage.
Doctors conclude several families near Monticello were poisoned last week after eating brick cheese. All victims showed acute gastritis and only those who ate the cheese became ill. No blame attaches to the dealer. impurity is believed to have occurred during manufacture.
Mr and Mrs Henry Hilers returned from Southern Minnesota where they attended the Waterloo stock show. In Austin they met their son Herman on a farm east of the city and visited Will Shelley's family. Hilers praises both crops with good yields of sound hard corn and notes Mr Skelley’s well appointed farm three miles from town and his cheerful outlook.
Curtains pillows sheets and linens advertised as house keepers goods available at Doutrick's store prompting shoppers to view a range of domestic textiles for home use.
The Ruth Coffin Collins Studio in Chicago held dance classes organized by Miss Rhoda Howells Coffin. Classes start last Monday and Tuesday with good attendance and will occur every two weeks for tan lessons. Interested seekers should contact Miss Coffin at 721 Lincoln Parkway or at Montecello on Tuesday November 11.
Lang and Woolner win the city delivery contract for Geo Stabler Sons Co O A Errickson and A W Steiper. Lang will deliver flour and feed with four daily runs using two double deck wagons starting November 15.
Nick Rantes known as the Greek, arrested at Anamosa by a federal immigration agent, faces deportation for living on a prostitute's support. Sheriff Hogan took him to New York City where a government agent and a couple will join for onward transport. Predictions claim he will sail soon back to his homeland.
George Stablers Sons Co introduce the McCaskey method for itemized billing. The slip lists each item, price, and prior balance, combining shoes groceries and clothing into one statement. The installation cost nearly a thousand dollars and represents the largest system of its kind.
Mrs. Almt Margaretha Bohlken died at her son Henry Bohlken’s home in Wayne township last Friday at age 91 Born February 8 1822 in Hesel Germany she and husband Henry immigrated to the United States decades ago He died about eight years ago leaving several children including Henry Mrs Brosk ens John and G J Bohlken Survived by family members and remembered as a devoted mother. Reverend Wm H L Sheutz conducted her funeral last Monday at St John s Lutheran church In Monticello parish news Reverend John McCormick will leave for Winthrop to lead the Church of the Sacred Heart and a parochial school may be built locally The Doutrick D G Co promotes new season children s goods at The Mother s Store with early shopping urged.
Georad Waite reports on sophomore attendance leading, a Shakespeare read in senior literature, and a first open-air cooking class. Monticello high boys beat St Marys 85 to 0 at city park while two Lenox Academy games were canceled. forward passes, goals from touchdowns, and notable players are listed with lineup details.
The Town Improvement club met last Monday with strong attendance. Directors approved appointing A. F. Monahan as secretary and treasurer to fill the Bucklin vacancy. Members discussed adding hitching posts and employment of a night watchman. Members paid $5 dues as the club started in Monticello style with cash on hand. An entertainment quartet is promised at the next meeting.
The November issue features many articles and illustrations. The anonymous novel Home moves through South America in its second quarter. Whitman’s The Woman from Yonder follows a scientist and a marvelous Alps encounter. Burnett Tooker Chesterton Riis contribute. Ross writes The Economic Consequences of Immigration.
Washington correspondent reports A G Graham held another talk with Congressman Pepper on appointing an attorney for the southern district of Iowa and a marshal for the northern district Pepper backed referees Claude Porter for attorney and Sheriff Hogan for marshal This conference suggests an early appointment may be forthcoming
Charles F Crane a former Monticello resident now in Fairbrook California reports he is 81 this month and says he and Mrs Crane both in good health will spend November and December in San Diego California.
The average price of hogs in Chicago yesterday was 38.08, compared with 8.02 on Tuesday, 7.79 a week ago, 8.03 a month ago, 8.22 two months ago, 8.92 three months ago, 7.64 a year ago, 6.11 two years ago, 7.99 three years ago, 7.83 four years ago and 6.07 five years ago.
Roadmaster William Le Van of Anamosa sustained a serious foot injury when a large timber collapsed during nearby construction. He was rushed to a hospital by a special train for treatment.
A Sanborn Pioneer item claiming a town girl visited Hull was corrected after a reader flagged a misprint. The correction notes one reference was incorrect but does not specify the actual destination.
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