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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1912
Page
7
A parade of visits runs through Cedar Rapids Dubuque Anamosa Hopkinton and other towns as residents travel for business family and social ties. Attendees include Misa Hogan George Miller Frances Coyle and Miss Harriet Greenleaf among many others with trips to Waterloo Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Omaha noted.
Cedar Rapids visitors Miss Campbell from Hopkinton visits Mrs. Lang. Several residents travel to Dubuque Austin Aberdeen Charlevoix and Spokane for schooling farming auctions and family visits. A broken cog wheel halts a canning factory briefly and Lenox College hosts an opening address by Rev. W Z Allen.
Mrs Walter Allen and her daughter Mrs Miles First along with Undine Teets left last week for Colorado to establish their future residence there.
Mrs. G. W. Mastin and her son Fred visited Fayette last Monday. Fred enrolled at Upper Iowa University and returned home shortly after, staying a day or two.
Joseph Putnam of Creston Iowa returns home this morning after visiting his brother Howard Putnam and attending a soldiers encampment.
Miss Catherine Lovell and Mrs George Schoonover travel to Colfax for Bey Wath waters at a summer resort. The old J S Hall Christian church property is sold to a German Lutheran society for future use. Dr Weber eye and ear exam free at Lovell House after 1 30 pm Friday Sept 27. Rental agents report large applicant turnaways due to vacancy shortages. Catherine Perley returns to Tennessee to teach domestic science.
The Patrick auction sale drew four ring winners Mrs Ben Holmes Miss Anna Gerdes Mrs Charles Rice and John Dresa plus Miss Pearl Heisey who travels to Grinnell Iowa to enroll in the college of music with brother George accompanying to Iowa City. Rev M A Breed will miss services as union services shift to the Presbyterian Church. Also noted are heating stove repairs offered by OUOross Hardware Co. Miss Mary Clark and Miss Carrie Clark visit South Dakota with sister Mrs Potter as far as Anamosa. Howard Harrington of Strawberry Point visits Monticello with plans for future home placementMrs BE Howard intends a move next week.
Will Adama of Fayette purchased the Will Sandhouse farm and shipped a car load of horses and machinery yesterday. He was accompanied by his son Henry who will stay and do much plowing. Mrs Jacob Brucks Irene have returned from Nebraska after two months visiting. The Alloways will remain in Nebraska for the winter and return in spring. Monticello high school shows 1244 percent rise in enrollment on the second day due to the normal course leading to a two year teacher certificate.
Last Monday proved the hottest day of the year across several Iowa localities. In Dubuque the thermometer hit 94 degrees, tying the July 9 record. The Cross Hardware report notes widespread heat and lingering warmth across the region.
Mr and Mrs Arthur George and son visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Rickles Gerdes last Friday. They were joined by Mr and Mrs George Meyer and their young daughter who called on Nanna Hanken during the same weekend in the community.
Dr A M Maurice and Charles Fields of Oxford Junction travel to Western Minnesota for a ten day hunt among prairie chickens and ducks they will bunk with former Monticello resident Carl Rathenau. Rev M A Breed visits Ann Arbor Michigan and no Congregational services are held due to his absence. Union services at M church conducted by Rev R Y Rorter and Robert Topping, aged over 85, remains a cheerful presence at the canning factory. Lace curtains at Doutrick's offer values from 75c to 1 50 per pair.
John Perrine and a visitor shot a good bag but the area offers only a day’s sport. A farmer named Hend gave away tips. Dr. M H Teeter, a dentist, was robbed of forty to fifty dollars in gold from his office possibly via an open door or skeleton key. Mrs Ben Harms was sent to the sanitarium at Anamosa for a surgical procedure after a prior winter operation.
Beginning Saturday September 14 the New Princess Theater will open on Saturdays at 3 p m and run two complete shows. The matinees aim to accommodate all patrons especially country people who cannot stay for night performances.
Misses Henrietta Mirick and Margaret Carpenter from Angelus University Los Angeles tour Cedar Rapids extending university work in Iowa. William Rhodes broke his right leg above the ankle on a plums task forcing long home confinement. George Barnts acts as barber during Rhodes absence. Luella Gibson pupils held a Friday recital at Mr and Mrs Stabler with Lavetta Perrine Samaria Perrine Billy Stubler Hazel Brazelton Julia Wilcox Charlotte Liebslie Gayle Magee Kathryn Liddy Josephine Meyer Stewart Stubler Bernice Podhuski.
Mrs. George Behrends was dragged and bruised when horses at the creamery started running after she released them from the wagon. The incident occurred yesterday morning as her husband entered the creamery. The board of supervisors appointed John S. Welch county attorney to fill the vacancy left by O J Gash's resignation. George Gorman, the Democratic candidate, did not take the duties during the campaign.
Cascade Pioneer notes Mrs Dr Lane and children traveled to Independence. A telegram from San Francisco reports the remains of Sergeant John Leyden VU S A who was drowned in the Philippines last January have arrived in the United States and will likely reach Independence on Wednesday.
The letter from J. A. White in Los Angeles shares a colorless Municipal News issue. It emphasizes city affairs with little criticism and notes party columns are poorly expressed by party chairmen. It presents routine city administration rather than current event zeal.
Residents in the Seig Webster neighborhood report a wild man lurking in cornfields by day and raiding pantries by night. He was seen near Seig's larder stealing a roasted chicken. Earthen and blood curdling noises were heard in a cornfield, but capture proved elusive. Locals vow pursuit when dogs are released and deny it being the fair’s exhibit.
Ben DeGarmo a resident of Anamosa was found dead last Thursday evening by two trusties at the state reformatory. He hanged himself from a tree in a pasture beside the buildings, the body decayed and likely hung for two or three days. DeGarmo lived alone, gardened, did odd jobs, and left no close relatives in Anamosa though a sister was mentioned with unknown whereabouts.
Town boosters promote Wyoming Watermelon Day to be held Saturday September 14 with $200 in prizes for horses from several breeds and types plus a 10 oclock horse judging after the first melon cutting. A ball game between Mechanicsville and Wyoming is also planned.
Twenty five years ago The Express logged a busy September with deaths births marriages and weather. Mary Brady died aged 77 while W L Roan moved to Chicago. unions included William Eilers and Dora Houser and Charles Bailey with Roaie Bennett. Danial Davis wed Franc Bush. Cordwood sold for 3.00 per cord as coal burners fell out of use. temperatures hit 88 degrees with light frosts on two dates. Students and scholars pursued studies at Rockford College Grinnell College and Iowa City. a fatal well-digging accident near Prairieburg claimed Frank Sanford. Political tickets appeared Democratic and Republican with named candidates. Monticello schools listed teachers and principals before O Nichols left for the State University and J Ma Pherson succeeded.
John Bateman represented Ivy Lodge No. 87 at the Grand Lodge session in Des Moines as delegates from across Iowa gathered. New officers were elected led by Grand Chancellor A. Savage and other posts, with the Des Moines Commercial Club offering use of the Auditorium for next year. The Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters also met, and the Knights of Pythias ranks reach near three quarters of a million members.
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