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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1923
Page
11
Notices report Edison phonographs at Locher's and aprons at Newton's while Cedar Rapids visitors mingle with relatives. Several names appear with shop ads, hat displays, eye tests, and upcoming sales at city halls and millineries amid local patrons and travelers.
A flurry of social news from Monticello and surrounding towns includes many visits and travels. Blanche McLaughlin leaves for Grinnell College. Dora Kettlitz heads to Cedar Falls for Iowa State Teachers College. Willard Merrill travels to Ora fin Idaho. Lyle Kelly to Creighton University Omaha. Local residents attend weddings and family gatherings. a divorce is reported in Marion district court. a new born son of Dr. and Mrs. Werzlick announced. Miss Essie Hoag visits Michigan and Miss Laura Smith visits Wyoming. new library board member appointed. pianos advertised for sale by Locher Music House.
Monticello residents host relatives and travelers from Mount Vernon Dubuque Vancouver and Cedar Rapids. Local activities include a fall apron sale at Newtons Variety Store and plans for a township tour. Parochial school enrollment rises and Sacred Heart adds a high school class as teachers expand.
Dr. William Drinkwater came home with sister Mrs John Bate visiting from Brandon Manitoba. She plans a short stay before returning via St Paul. A 200000 school building may not be enclosed with a roof before winter due to bricklayer shortage. German services and missions festival set at Wayne Lutheran Church with programs on September 16 and 23 led by Pastor J Willms.
Herman Egger and Miss Frieda Linder were married in Savannah Missouri last Friday September 7. They returned home the following Sunday. Miss Lin der formerly worked at the Adamson Tea Shop and is sister of Mrs Alfred Ross of Lovell township. Mr Egger is son of Mr and Mrs John Hegger of Monticello and works at the Hegger Vulcanizing shop.
Dr and Mrs Paul B Gibson moved from Terwilliger home to the Trunec residence last weekend. Supt Mahannah announces debate topic on immigration law modification for the school year. Mrs Jake Matthiessen suffered a stroke but shows improvement. Mrs J W Coxsee returned from Rochester after major surgery with daughter Mary. Dr Joseph Locher opens dental offices in Dubuque and plans partnership with brother Earl next June. Women’s Missionary Society held annual thank offering meeting addressed by Mrs Staat. Leroy Clark Sr buys a Lincoln from Ford in Monticello. first of its make in town. Miss Talcott will visit Ames county September 15 to coordinate home extension work. Howard Marshall and family on a Kansas to Monticello trip recount changes since leaving. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs rescheduled picnic to September 20 1923 to allow rain issues. Mrs Hazel Loomis dies in Prescott Arizona. Dr Loomis a grandson of Mrs Marshall. Rotary Club entertained Rotary Anns with dinner and songs then a movie. Dickie Hoag mourns his fox terrier killed by a car near the west hill. Frank Hunt of Iowa City considered for new county agent to replace W C Sheets. Jones County Farm Bureau to meet next Saturday. Har tley Hunt and C W Hunt noted among relatives.
The master carpenter for the local division was in Monticello early this week to lay out the new roundhouse replacing the one destroyed by spring fire. The building will sit a half block north and face south, housing four engines instead of two, with completion expected before cold weather.
Ernard Walter died at the county home last Sunday evening at 8 30 following a cancer of the throat. He was born March 10 1849 in Bibhi Switzerland and came to the United States in 1880 settling in Monticello. He married Rosena Winkler in 1886 and had one child Mrs William Aldrich. his first wife Anna Spitznagle survived his death. Funeral services were held at the Reformed church last Tuesday at two conducted by Rev Roland P Kuentzel with Oakwood cemetery burial.
September 1898 recap from The Monticello Express includes births and deaths in local families, school enrollment totaling 480 with 100 in lower high school grades, and the board voting to extend high school to four years. Also covered are military deaths in the Spanish American War, a local baseball loss to Cascade, a country club women’s party, an Amber road automobile accident with no injuries, and a Red Cross Japan relief drive.
Mrs Harm Folkers died last Thursday morning after a period of illness due to stomach cancer. Born Maria Tobiason in 1846 in Ostfriesland she emigrated to the United States in 1869 and settled in Wayne township. She was a founder of Zion's Lutheran church and is survived by five sons, a daughter, twenty three grandchildren and two sisters among others. Funeral services were held at Herman Folkers home and Zion's Lutheran church with Rev J Wilms presiding. Burial followed at Wayne Center cemetery.
A fragment notes J G Holland’s harsh reference to a figure called the good fellow, labeling him among the worst in social behavior within the scamp society. The remark reflects period tone and public opinion without graphic detail.
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