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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
1
Center Junction notes list baptisms at the Presbyterian church last Sunday: Francis Leonard Serbousek, Elizabeth Tuellelizabeth Livingstone, Maurice James McNielly, George Robert Alyea, Lavila Leola Elizabeth Love. Local figures Rollin Glenn and many residents travel, visit, or attend meetings and exchanges in Iowa and nearby states.
Will Lamotte and Miss Jetta Werden wed and plan to live on the Lamotte farm after October 1. Local moves include Mrs. Sara Lamotte and Mrs. Cross relocating to Wyoming. Fractious theft plagues the town as authorities confront petty crime. Wilcox buys land near Onslow and moves due to draft duties. County bridge on Jones street remains neglected since June 1917, prompting local complaints. Army recruitment and drafts are noted with several locals rejected or called. Community updates cover schooling, farms, silos, and travel between Wyoming and nearby towns.
Seventy two men registered in Castle Grove township last week with twenty one under twenty one. The list includes J A Waddick Martin Knake Harvey Simpson J F Mann J H Specht Henry Carl Bohlken and many others.
A list of names including M Black L KH Black Ben Redmond and several others gathered in Anamosa on Sunday afternoon for Liberty loan committee duties. George Minnis moved into John Mietiker’s former home and joined C A McLaughlin’s staff. Harold Mann plans to attend Iowa State College for military training.
Onslow lines report Garside undergoing a serious operation east of town with Dr Hejinian and Dr Chamberlain. Mrs Orr nurses him as others relocate households, and Harold will enter Ames College. A farm sale near Tom McMaster’s place is noted, along with church sermons by Rev Gould and Rev Waener.
Mrs Francis Hutton and two sons Lester and Joe returned home in Six Miles, Minnesota after visiting friends here. Lester is a naval lieutenant at Annapolis with two trips to France this summer. Lee, the third son, is in an aviator training school in Texas. Mrs N A Royden spent the weekend in Hopkinton visiting her parents and brother Clay on furlough from Great Lakes. Mr and Mrs C B McKean of Monticello and Mrs McKean's uncle Wm Bently, an old resident, visited church and friends. Frank Pelkey and wife attend the funeral of his grandmother in Wyoming today. Mrs C A Sutherland spent Wednesday in Monticello helping care for her mother-in-law. Mrs D A W Park returned from a two-week visit with her parents in Keokuk, Town In. Leesavamp health. Miss Loomis visited Hopkinton Sunday with Miss Yean Gearhart. Mrs W P Hughes of Marshalltown visited relatives here last week. Farmers busy filling silos. Bert Clark and mother returned from Minnesota Friday. John Calahan and son Lyle were Mt Vernon visitors Saturday.
Miss Edith Crestel and Miss Wate Steen visit Oelwein and Waterloo after a trip with Mrs Lois ilison and her daughters from Strawberry Point. Clarence Schuster and James Murray travel to Dubuque for St Joseph's Academy. Dorothy Pierce attends the Junior Bliss MM Sunday school picnic in Hopkinton. Mrs AA Glair and daughters shop in Hopkinton. Re J Guthrie and George Vennk hosts visit. Miss Mary Murray leaves for Dubuque to attend Visitation. Sunshine club meets at Mrs Claude Slauson. Buck Creek fair hosts about fifty-one registrations. Marshall Neil and wife attend.
Prairieburg notes record visits and family connections among residents. John Klemish and J A Pecinovský from Protovia Iowa stayed with John J Kula. Mrs Pecinovsky is Kula’s sister. Wylie arrived to spend winter with daughter Mrs George Chandler. Ida M Wagner returned to Scottsbluffs Nebraska after summer with sister Mrs Warren Whitney. Wm Palmatur and Frank Holub with others visited Jos F Holub. M S Knapp Clara Fehr and children entertained at Prouty home. Ava Shaw staying with Seward Smith family and attending Burg school. Miles Peet and Miles Chandler in Cedar Rapids. Superintendent Clark Potter spent Sunday at Anamosa. Sylvia Drexler employed in Cedar Rapids store. Trev Irving delivering service at Castle Grove. Thomas Stimpson visiting son John. Idthyl Chandler spent Sunday at home.
The Jones County Sunday School association holds its annual meeting at Martello on October 9 and 10 led by county president Rev S V Williams. Speakers include Monticello pastors Rev Lemmen and Rev Wilson and state expert Walter Hutton. A fellowship dinner is planned on the second day.
Joe Ramsey, longtime figure at the Anamosa National Bank, resigns to take a banking position in Minneapolis. The piece notes expected government taxes on refiners impacting gasoline prices.
Farm Bureau notes urge increased winter wheat sowing to fill Jones County quota of 2000 acres or about one acre per farm. Readers are advised to contact the county agent for seed or reach seed sellers Duane Rigby Mechan icsville Noob Lathrop Oxford Junction Bo k Ulutton Wyoming and Moncrief Bros Center dunetion for low Turkey Red or best varieties.
The Jones County Pure Bred Live Stock Breeder's Association compiles a directory of pure breed breeders in Domes County. It will be a 6x9 inch 36 page booklet printed on good paper with a sales list. Advertisements should be sent to the county agent secretary. advertising costs cover printing.
County residents are asked to search closets for usable garments to repair and amade for civilian wool allotment planning this winter. Women will soon be asked to provide reports on the supply to aid government planning.
The article notes 15 million fewer U S sheep than 190 percent earlier due to high rents and higher labor costs. Prewar U S wool supply covered two thirds of mills while imports were 13 percent. now no wool is imported except from South America. Allies need all they can produce. Linen demand runs into millions of yards for airplane wings as flax near the German border was trampled and Belgian flax ruined by German invasion.
Rev L L Lockard and wife plan Anamosa move after purchasing J J Reid home. Jennie Chipman named deputy clerk of courts with salary paid by the absent county clerk. A I Austin promoted to second lieutenant at Camp Grant. his wife Ruth Lowe and child remain in Anamosa. Anna Hanson resigns deputy county auditor. Ethel Taylor replaces her. Ray Sanford in France as air service sergeant. Postmaster Burleson criticizes mail service, noting delays in Jones county.
R. L. Goslin becomes manager of the Lovett & Davis poultry operation at Manchester. Births reported for Mr. and Mrs. John Shover a son and for Mr. and Mrs. Schemmel a son. Local note on mail routes and Sand Spring office carrier changes. Der Demokrat, Davenport, suspended publication after decades as a German language daily.
Local store Hicks and Rickless advertises a large blanket sale promising savings now. Retail counts and dates are not specified in the fragment.
The wedding of Miss Marie Kathryn Gavin and Andrew Joseph Delaney was solemnized Tuesday morning at St Martins church by Rev L Roche. Kinglsey & Hamil commence cane mill operations at Cascade Mills as cane growing increases in the area. Mrs John A Takes dies in McGregor after illness. funeral at St Peters Church Temple Hill with Rev Farrelly presiding.
Water loo residents obtain a temporary injunction against paying 400 dollars from district No. 5 to district No. 6 for parochial school tuition run by the Roman Catholic church. The case seeks to halt public school funds used for a closed district’s pupils at the parochial school, a first in this region though common in rural areas.
John Messerknecht, an assistant sprayer in the finishing department of the Brunswick-Balke-Collender company in Dubuque, was killed instantly Friday noon when turning off a steam valve caused him to lean on a switchboard and complete a 440 volt circuit.
The Manchester Democrat notes lawyers defer cases to assist government registrants with wartime questionnaires. It estimates about nineteen hundred Delaware county registrants needing help. To free attorneys from court duties, Dubuque and Black Hawk counties plan to call no juries for the regular fall terms.
New arrivals include Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution Under Boy Scout Colors Raven Patrol of Bob's Hill The Magic of Science Tuck-Me-In Stories Tales of the Persian Genii Plays Pantomimes and Tableaux for Children A Gunner Aboard the Yankee Boy Scouts of Black Eagle Patrol Tales of Laughter
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