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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1925
Page
2
The Monticello Express announces Chas A Doxbler as editor and proprietor with the paper published under the LW imprint. Details indicate Doxseer as part of the masthead and production team for the Monticello news outlet.
Melvin Spencer was re elected president and O C Johnston vice president at the regular annual meeting. George Paulsen elected cashier to fill the vacancy from Mr Bone resigning to join Lowell State Bank. Mrs Bone will move to Monticello with her family. Various church, social and community notes including visitors, illness, a hotel sale, a seven year old injury, and a Sunday school convention report.
September 14 192h notes Miss Josephine Lauser of Chicago visiting with sisters Mrs J P Streng and Mrs Louter, and Mrs Joe Garrity. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Celsus Kramer on September 8. Various residents and travelers visit relatives in Iowa including Mildred Kraus Dubuque and Nellie Cowan en route to Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts of Wyoming spent Sunday with Mrs. Emily Reade. Miss Gladys Miller of Marion stayed with her uncle Norman Paul last week. Mr. and Mrs. Albert McQueun and their son from Waterloo spent Sunday in town. Mrs. Scroggie of Waterloo visited her sister Mrs. T. H. Lightfoot.
Numerous families from Manchester Ryan Langworthy and Hastings visit Sand Spring and Scotch Grove homes. Local youths attend high schools and colleges in Monticello Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. A Monticello Municipal band concert with a dance follows Fridays rain delays noted.
Mr and Mrs Orla Bailey depart for a week with relatives in Davenport then Minnesota lakes for a two week vacation. Rev Paulsen will fill the Wayne Lutheran pulpit in German next Sunday. Local residents host and visit relatives across Onslow Monticello and Wyoming with fairs and services noted.
The Women’s Community club in Scotch Grove will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon September 23 at 2 o’clock with Mrs. Charles Nelson presiding. Mrs. F A Royden will discuss Busywork for Children and demonstrate it while Mrs. Bert Kiburz presents The Blackboard in the Home. Also on the program is Some Good Times at Home with the Cooper Children, alongside a study center report and a recreation number led by Mrs. Will Henrichs.
Al bert G Rohwedder of two miles west of town sold a 1416 pound Hereford lot for 16 per cwt Friday matching high recent prices though not the peak 16.10 hit four weeks earlier. The cattle were corn molasses fed ten months and finished well. The Progressive club held officers night with Mrs Levsen hosting and plans by Mrs Stoffel Roush and Schaefer. Light refreshments ended the meeting.
Report from Cedar Rapids last week describes a splendid reunion of the 24th Iowa Regiment with royal entertainment by the Legion of Cedar Rapids. Local society notes record baptisms, visits, and family news including a new birth, obituaries, and travels to Mayo Clinic and Chicago.
The Jones County Farm Bureau will hold its annual picnic in Anamosa on Tuesday September 29 with Gov Hammill as speaker. A pig club show and pig judging at 10 20 a m are planned along with a full sports program.
Prairieburg reports on September 14 1926 Mr and Mrs John Lauser of Marion spent Sunday in town. Mr and Mrs Warren Whitney and Miss Amy plan a trip to Rochester.
Wednesday to consult Mayo brothers as to Mrs Whitney health. Lester DeLancey left for Minneapolis. Miss Lizzie Holub visiting friends in Wisconsin. Mr and Mrs Alva Whitney of Marion spent Sunday at the Whitney home. Mrs Julia Randall visiting in Walmart and Mills homes near Central City. Miss Florence Rhatigan was a Monticello visitor last Friday. Mrs Charles Lamont is quite poorly at present.
The piece notes higher prices for wheat corn oats cattle and hogs with solid production lifting farm purchasing power toward prewar levels. A South Dakota calculation shows agricultural commodities now roughly equal to non agricultural goods compared with prewar buying power, indicating farmers are no longer at a disadvantage.
A short line in a Miami News item hints that ripe cantaloupes should be found occasionally. The quip reflects lighthearted guidance tucked in a local brief.
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