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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1922
Page
2
The Monticello Express reports society notes from September 19 including Methodist Aid officers elected for the year led by President Mrs. R. D. Cooley and Secretary Mrs. Ida Peeler. Numerous visits, engagements, and moving plans are listed among residents and guests from Cedar Rapids to Chicago and Cairo.
The Monticello area highlights youth names among Monti high entrants including Bessie Hughes Thelma Greggory Minnie Oltmans Ted Oltmans Louis Ahraken William Jacobs Bennie Harms Lavina Thompson. Community updates mention visits by Mr and Mrs H H Carson and others, plus club meeting details and church services.
Rev and Mrs P H Peterson welcome a son born Thursday September 14. Edward Bell bedridden, hospitalised for infected throat. Thomas Mulvihill undergoes operation at Mercy hospital Amosa. Bessie Crawford and Mrs Libbie Fitzgerald return from Des Moines after illness of their brother William Crawford. They plan to settle in Des Moines next week. Mr and Mrs Robert Williams visit Jesup. he heads the new consolidated schools. Mrs Hellen Gordon enrolls at Immaculate Conception Academy Dubuque. Charles Zollar and Mae Kurt wed at St Marys. Marie McCarthy and Paul Hasek marry at St Martins with Nuptial Mass. Bride’s father hosts wedding breakfast. families only. Mrs Cathrine Gossman visiting Rickardsville.
Cecil Smith Onslow begins another year in the medical school at Iowa City. Grace Maple visits with brother James in Wyoming. he is in poor health. Gladys Miller of Marion visits uncle Norman Paul. J. C. Stivers family at Dr. Soper's. Wilma Buckner and baby visit Mrs. Wasson. Charles Rowe returns from Mercy hospital improved. W. C. Paul family travel to Dubuque. B. T. Walters visits daughter Ada Heningsen in Dike. Karl Rynerson and wife welcome a baby girl born in Davenport. Donaldson family guests at J. Michel's. Mrs. J. Stephenson of Wyoming visits Mrs. Ames. Mrs. McConkey of Nevada visits Mrs. Soper. Perry Scroggies returns from ten days with relatives. Jessie Brown returns from Dexter and Ames. Sarah Orr fractures hip in kitchen fall. moved to daughter B. T. Streeper's home. James Warren celebrates 70th birthday with family and friends. frail but walks to town. Irma Kerr returns from Mercy hospital and is progressing well.
The Guild met Wednesday in the church basement with hostesses Mrs. B. T. Walters Harriet Lamey Helen Rynerson and Baulah first. After business a social hour followed by lunch. Guests included Mrs. Perry Scroggie and Bess Rowe visiting Clinton. Joseph Helfrich of Davenport stayed with the Charles Rowe home. Mrs. Elias Anderson of Wyoming called on Aunt Mrs. Noyes. Vernon Ayneron motored to Davenport Sunday.
Social items from Amber Iowa on September 19 1922 record visits and illnesses. Families such as Starry Eden Bailey and Grey are mentioned with baptisms pre nuptial events and a buggy accident causing facial injuries to Mary and Dorothy Daly. Medical care from Dr Evans and Dr Paul appears.
Mrs. T. M. Wheeless hosted Hopkinton Embroidery club members on Thursday. Numerous residents and visitors from Manchester Dubuque Prairieburg Monticello and Cincinnati were noted for visits and gatherings including a party at F. P. McDonough home and a Strawberry Point fair outing.
The Castle Grove farm bureau sets a Friday evening meeting for September 29 with a program including seed corn selection and storage by F G Cramer, home reading by Bertha Hanken, children reading by Mrs W D McLaughlin, state fair excerpts by Mrs S C Pfeil, a musical selection by Mrs E R McLaughlin, and films. Also notes Garret Wiben bought the Hayek garage in Monticello and Eiben, a Kansas City trained auto man, starts there. Nellie Morey visited township schools. CG A McLaughlin went to Chicago with fat cattle. S M Hasford spoke at Cass township farm bureau. Mrs Cunningham leased her farm to George Reuter. N Noble shipped cattle to Chicago.
Prairieburg residents and guests from Manchester Cedar Rapids Central City and Monticello gathered for weekend visits and events. Names include the Bebee family Ludley Mlockhart Burlingham and Drexler with neighbors at Scheer and Ed Burlingham homes. An ice cream social drew a good crowd despite chilly weather.
W G Dawes and Son of Wyoming Iowa will hold a fall and spring boar sale six miles west of Wyoming on the Black Diamond Highway October 12. The sire is Sensation's Success grand champion hog at Anamosa 1921 and 1922. The sale features a spring gift sired by Sensation's Success and a manure haulout incentive. Folders available on request.
The Hopkinton Leader reports the funeral of infant Dewain Haigh born July 12 died September 6 led by Rev Grant of Buck Creek. It also notes injuries to George Pulver in a silo filler accident and Arthur Oehler nine teen who lost four fingers and part of a thumb while oiling a silage engine near Delhi.
The Anamosa District Fair association held an enthusiastic meeting last evening at Powerscourt. Officers reported a profit of about 2300 with around 6500 invested in permanent improvements. Lloyd Lowry named Fifth district delegate to the National Legion convention in New Orleans.
James Levy secretary of the Chicago Automobile Trade association defines automobile courtesy as proper regard for others on the road. He outlines eight behaviors including yielding to faster traffic, slowing for pedestrians, avoiding puddles, dimming lights, helping stalled motorists, obeying speed laws, using the horn sparingly, and signaling slowdowns or turns. The piece also notes Hopkinton and surrounding towns backing a Washington highway corridor from Seattle to Vancouver, seeking state approval for a north south route via Monticello Hopkinton and Jones and Delaware counties citing growing tourist traffic and scenic value.
A reflection on domestic love and resilience. Men fight with fists, women with tears, but courage shows in starting right and enduring. The piece notes that simple acts and patient endurance define true manhood and credit resilience amid life’s annoyances.
The wheat market struggles as Europe’s orders dwindle despite experts claiming Europe will buy later if not now. Doubt arises whether Europe can afford to pay for any future purchases.
Cartoonish line mocks Henry Ford proposing a currency system where tin dollars stretch like tin Lizs ales. The caption suggests skepticism about practical value and real purchasing power.
City council voted a four-mill bonding levy for park bonds and issued 31 bonds at 5 percent. Obituaries note Mrs Lida Hutchins 81 lived on Bowens Prairie and Miss Katie Martin wed Albert Kiburz. Marriage notices include Miss Edith Sherman and Glen Averill and Miss Gesine Behrends and Henry Null.
A ragtag collection of jokes and snippets across conversations. A punchy exchange about a holdup, a barber remark, a boy on watch, and a hubby wife banter ends with a running joke about a wife who marries, has two children, money, a house, a fire, and the wife burning in the house.
Morning worship at eleven with Sunday school from ten. Evening service at 7 30. Pastor William Hayes Mitchell invites all to attend. Sunday morning theme Salvation for the Man of Today. Evening topic Building the Walls. Sunday school and young people's meeting at usual hours.
Regular services every Sunday with Sunday school at 10:00 and worship at 11:00 led by Rev. Lloyd Morris, vice president of Coe College. Evening services at 7:30 and a Christian Endeavor meeting at 6:45, plus a midweek gathering Thursday at 7:30. next Sunday morning sermon titled The Meaning of Suffering and an evening theme The Grace of Humility.
Lincoln Journal argues La Follette’s Wisconsin victory shows the nation rejects conservatism and requires rare political genius to unseat a veteran publicist. Los Angeles Times comments on communities with many well fed educated children aligning with exceptional leadership.
The Yankton Press and Dakotan weighs the recurring flapper trend noting it is an old story to those familiar with historical patterns. Observers consider the phenomenon a cyclical social item that appears and fades over time.
Springfield report notes editors in occupied Rhineland and Germany endure pressure as Cologne Gazette and North German Gazette face suspensions amid criticism of France and the Wirth cabinet, highlighting a tough environment for editors inside and outside the occupied zone.
The British and American liquor debates surface as Lady Astor leads a prohibition push. The American born figure is seen as knowledgeable about political alcohol tactics, unsettling some British interests.
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