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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1919
Page
2
The Monticello Express lists annual subscription pricing at 1.76 dollars per year under the editors and proprietors W. Doxsee and Chas A. Doxsee.
Center Junction reports postpone revival at Mineral church due to rain. Methodist services Sunday at Center Junction 11 a.m., Onslow 2:30 p.m., Mineral 7:30 p.m. and evening meetings at Mineral daily except Saturday. Pastor J. M. Smith and Mrs. Palmer noted.
Onslow October 28 Frank Overly died at Excelsior Springs last Thursday morning. Funeral held Sunday at 2 pm conducted by Odd Fellows with Rev Pickering preaching. Many floral offerings and attendees from Peoria DuBuque Independence Texas Central City Springville and Anamosa. Priscilla club hosted at A B Paul home with fancy work and luncheon. Various residents visiting or returning from travel. J D Nelans to hold a farm sale tomorrow and move to Maquoketa.
Mrs J J Lang and daughter Kate, and Mr and Mrs R J Guthrie with Ruth visited Mr and Mrs R J Davis at Hopkinton on Wednesday. Mrs Peter Gadient and daughter Mary went to Anamosa for treatment. Mrs J P Schuster and Miss Irene McDonough visited sister Mrs Frank Lux near Hopkinton. J L Paulsen and daughter Marie of near Monticello visited Sunday at A Blair’s. Ruth Guthrie attended the Jones County Teachers Institute in Monticello. J P Schuster and John McDonough attended the K C initiation banquet in Monticello. Ensign of Hopkinton spent days at her brother C K Gruen’s home. Mr and Mrs F P McDonough and Mrs J P Schuster spent last Saturday at Dubuque. Mrs Lewis Little died last week at the J L Lang home. Miss Yeager of Dubuque visited several days at the J J Lang home. Mrs C J Murray and daughter spent Saturday at Monticello. Mrs H S Pierce was a Monticello visitor several days at L Paulsen’s.
Prairieburg residents Francis Emig and C. C. Wilson visited Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Emig plan to move to Champaign Illinois to work at Mrs Emig’s mother’s place. Mr and Mrs Warren Whitney and Miss Amy returned Tuesday from an unspecified trip.
The Jones county annual teachers institute met in Monticello high school auditorium last Thursday and Friday. Nearly all county teachers attended with speakers from the State University of Iowa and Cedar Falls, including Dr. F C Ensign and Miss Eva Luse. A list of attending teachers from Jones county followed, and Monticello plans a debut annual with a student editorial staff and a debating team.
Mrs. E J Noble and Mrs A McLaughlin travel to Doon after the death of Mrs Noble’s brother C P Scott, a former Castle Grove boy remembered by locals. S M Hosford bids successfully at Cedar county purebred shorthorn sales near Lowden Clarence, average price over $750 on about 50 lots. Presbyterian representatives attend synod in Des Moines. F C Cramer builds a hog house as winter nears. Curtin and McKany lease the D J Hogan farm in Caggan. Carpenter finishes P M Casper’s new house. John Corcoran begins hauling materials for a new barn.
Anton Kurt of this city had an operation at McDonald hospital Monticello. Nicholas Berringer plans to spend winter in Luxemburg and sail from New York Wednesday. R H Beatty of Chicago underwent Finley hospital surgery and visited Cascade. Pvt Guy Wolfe returned from overseas after serving in the 78th division and guarding German prisoners. Lieut Forest Sullivan arrived for a family visit after appendicitis treatment in Norfolk and holds honorary medals. Miss Kate Moran of Temple Hill suffered severe injury when a horse frightened at a car caused a buggy upset and she was hospitalized briefly before returning home. The horse pursued the auto for a distance.
The Trenkamp brothers bought the J A Tibbitts 142 acre farm at 257 per acre. This adds to their holdings near Delhi including Hopkinton and Lenox college losses in Mrs H C Doolittle’s death. A fire destroyed the Milroy farm house west of town.
Bernard Ward a highly respected Dubuque County citizen died at his Whitewater Township home on Tuesday October 14 after a period of ill health. Born in County Monaghan Ireland in August 1834 he came to America at fifteen settling in Ohio before moving to Dubuque and later Whitewater Township. He married Rose McKeever in 1870 at St Martin’s Cascade Iowa and left eight surviving children plus twenty three grandchildren. two sons died earlier. Burial followed at Grove church with Solemn Requiem High Mass celebrated by Father Leen Father Roche and Father McNamara.
The contest of Gladys Lathrop’s will was dismissed as the jury found the document her true and valid will. C. S. Leffingwell was named executor. The will favored W. O. Hall with small legacies to Lathrop’s brothers and the rest to Hall, while Lathrop’s father once represented Jones County. The judge planned to complete jury cases after the November term starts. Devlin Millinery promotes attractive hats for misses and children.
October 28 1919 meeting notes show Board members Reed Lazell and Stuhler present and last minutes approved. Bills totaling multiple vendors including Holcomb Mfg Co Doxsee and Doxsee Educational Music Bureau World Book and Metropolitan Supply Co were allowed before adjournment. Hospital notes list several patients and procedures.
A reader shares multiple uses for eggshells from grit and molds to seed starters and vases. Recently a friend found a new use washing an eggshell and punching a small hole to fit a bottle creating a functional funnel.
In Montgomery County a broad push for consolidated schools saw three of four proposals rejected by voters. Five districts remain to vote on further consolidation measures.
Mrs Robi Shane nee Susie Samels died October 7 in Portland Oregon after a life rooted in Aurora Illinois and Monticello Iowa region. She is survived by son Frank Shane and siblings W H Samels P P Samels N D Samels Mrs Shemp Smith and Mrs Christ Achen. Funeral held at Catholic church beside her husband.
The Minneapolis Journal notes Italy has launched another irredenta driven by the D'Annunzio fiasco, with the Jugo-Slavs countering in the ongoing irredentist drift.
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