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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
7
Home news itemizes numerous visits and trips across eastern Iowa. Names include Mrs Ray Hoag in Anamosa, Rev W H L Schuetz in Cedar Rapids, Miss Nelle Hubbard and Miss Hilma Thompson in Cedar Rapids, and many others visiting Davenport, Marion, Monticello, and Ames. Special store promotions at Smiths Variety Store.
Winfred Slauson returns home after a year aboard the Morgan Jine oil tanker on the Atlantic coast. A Health Board meeting decides the current quarantine remains in effect for another week. The column items mention hospitalities, travel, births, military calls, and relocations across Cedar Rapids Marshalltown Anamosa Ames Perry Rock Island and Chicago with names like Mrs. Kurtz Mrs. Patrick Mr. and Mrs. Jacque and Dr. Dale Paul.
The notice urges converting Liberty Bonds to 414 percent and warns that conversion expires for bonds not in Washington by November 8. It advises consulting a banker promptly. A separate item reports Henry Templeton, Ames A T C member, injured in a basketball game when a finger was torn by an iron ring, losing it to the middle joint.
William Cook of Anamosa, who died aboard the Otranto after serving in the July contingent to Camp Gordon, Georgia, is noted. He was raised by his grandmother Mrs Amanda Cook of Anamosa, who recently moved to Cedar Rapids.
Ralph Lambert of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station is enjoying an eight day furlough with his Monticello relatives. He is accompanied home by his wife who has been making her home near the Training Station for the past few months.
Poultrymen are asked not to market young turkey hens under six pounds dressed or gobblers under eight pounds dressed. Immature chickens or laying hens should also be withheld from sale. Producers are urged to extend fall marketing into the winter.
The two draft calls for 4 154 Iowans to report to Camp Dodge November 11 to 15 were postponed yesterday by the provost marshal general on Governor Harding's recommendation due to influenza in the state.
F. M. Hazlet, former proprietor of the Lovell House, has sold the Biggs House of Marion where he operated for years. Mrs. Minnie Boyd of Cedar Rapids will take charge of the hotel, and Hazlet says he will remain in Marion for now with no announced plans.
Rev. John Reichardt of London was arraigned before U S Commissioner J C Stoddard on charges of failing to register under the May 18 1917 selective service act and of disloyal speech. He is also charged with continuing to preach in German and persisting in using the language.
The public school has been closed for three weeks due to influenza and may stay shut for another week. During this break, classrooms were renovated and disinfected so when classes resume there will be no germs in the rooms. Notice will be given when the quarantine ends and school reopens.
Sergeant Joe Locher returned from sixty day furlough at Carleston Field Arcadia Florida after a May 29 air crash left a broken leg that later refractured. Monticello seals itself for another week due to influenza with ten new cases reported and a strong hospital defense led by John McDonald Hospital. George Wilson of Iowa Telephone Company survives a cliff fall while seeking honey with severe leg and hip injuries and a long recovery ahead.
Patrick Finn eighty, longtime Washington township resident, left Saturday night and wandered in a ravine during a cold night. His body, found Sunday morning, was submerged under two feet of water. Coroner declared no inquest. Born in Ireland eighty years ago, he homesteaded more than eight hundred acres near Temple Hill and was known for frugality and kindness.
The Board of Education completed remodeling of the Stuhler property into a home style domestic science lab in Iowa. The 16 by 32 foot kitchen seats twenty pupils, gas cooking, ventilator, adjoining dining room, storeroom, and a sewing room upstairs. A teachers rest room, night lighting, and year round access for after hours study are provided. The board invites visitors and hopes the facility serves school and community activities.
Lucille Katharine Arduser daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Arduser of Monticello died October 24 at 17 from pneumonia after influenza. Funeral held with Rev A P Walton at Oakwood cemetery. Survived by parents sisters Mrs Louis Hoag Mrs John W Schweitzer Jr and Miss Maude Arduser. Born November 14 1901 in Monticello lived most of life there. Was a Monticello high school junior forced to leave early due to illness. Active in Presbyterian church Christian Endeavor and Sunday school. Four weeks prior she suffered yellow jaundice and declined with influenza and pneumonia. Grieving family and city extend sympathy.
Red Cross urges Christmas Parcel Labels via Monticello banks or Public Library with cartons under two pounds fifteen ounces. Parcels inspected and barred items removed by Red Cross. Hoover confirms clothing for Belgium mailed to Rotterdam and distributed under Holland-Spanish protection. Obituaries note Peter Guthrie at 95 and W A Lang, horse importer, plus Oxford Mills post office closure after a local shooting.
A two year old boy on the Monticello Davenport line was killed Saturday morning near a bridge in Donahue when he sat on a bridge stringer and was struck by an engine as engineer George Green watched chickens on the track. The fireman found the boy, who died en route to Davenport hospital. An investigation indicated the child had suddenly moved into the engine’s path.
The war service counsel will conduct a November drive to raise funds for ongoing war activities. Subscriptions will be collected at township headquarters with a definite assessment placed on every property owner, mirroring how liberty bonds were sold.
Johnnie Gross of Amber returned home from hospital after a fractured leg. G. H. Killers, recently operated on, came home. Mrs. W. C. Welch recovered from influenza to go home. George Green of Richland township, with a fractured shoulder blade and wrist, was released home. Mrs. Peter Mundinger also returned home from hospital with a broken leg. Influenza patients at the hospital include Carrie Alexander, Mrs. J. Kissling, C. C. Slauson, Mrs. GC Slauson, Carl Arduser, J. W. Doxsee, John Lewis, and Mirabeth Donamann. all are in favorable condition. John Prull discharged home after influenza illness.
The Jones county district court docket for the November term lists cases including W O Welch assignee vs W Kehoe appeal from justice court J A Young vs Mrs O B Rundle appeal from justice court Glenn Bros Co vs Claus Wilers landlord attachment F S Myers vs Clem Falcon clerk gar etc vs Erma A Grimm and Henry Grimm Garnishment John Michels vs C M St P RR Co appeal Frank Hilers vs Monticello Canning Co damages Anamosa Butter Tub Factory vs Western Union Telegraph Co appeal W J Murray vs John McQuillen and Richard McQuillen damages The North Star Benefit Association vs Milton Dunlap et al foreclosure C R Walderbach and Edith M Walderbach vs A S Stults and Carrie I Stults Faquiry Clayton Cripps vs John Thompson et al quieting title Grace Webster vs Roy Webster divorce.
The United States Food Administration directs consumers with leftover canning sugar to return it to the original grocer for reporting to the County Food Administrator. Returns are fixed for November 1 2 and 3. Hoarding is liable to legal action and certificates are being reviewed for proper use under the agreement.
The wholesaler and retailer must distribute sugar equitably among customers so none receive more than their fair share. They may not deliver from the 1st to 15th or from the 16th to month end to any consumer more than one pound per person per household, unless the Federal Food Administrator in a state authorizes two pounds per person by another method in the state.
Eugene W. Williams of Manchester has been accepted for overseas service with the war forces of the YMCA. He is the third Delaware County man to join the association’s forces in recent weeks.
A shipment from Stuhler's offers extra fine quality apples from New York at $6 per barrel. The deal highlights top grade fruit available in bulk for buyers.
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