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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1927
Page
3
Center Junction reports Presbyterian Ladies sewing for bazaar and a planned November 5 annual dinner and sale. Highlights include high school sophomores entertaining faculty, birthday dinner for Mr. Seehusen, visits to Monticello and Cedar Rapids, farm and business updates, injuries from a car wreck, and a large barn fire at Peterson's farm with hogs saved.
Cascade society updates report last week departures of students from Georgetown Notre Dame Creighton Columbia Mount St. Joseph and University of Town tied to Cascade residents. Hazel Streets wed Emret C Perkins at Nashua Little Brown Church. Local obit for S G Franks. church dedication at Lisbon. various visits and moves noted.
Mr and Mrs L J Schlemme visited Delhi last Sunday and toured friends in Hopkinton. They also visited Mr and Mrs Will Heeren of Platte South Dakota in the Will Brokens home last Thursday.
Onslow residents marked Mrs Sarah Woodyard’s 87th birthday with a gathering of about thirty relatives and friends and a picnic. She was born in Ohio in 184? and moved to the county in 1854, daughter of John and Margaret Paul, the eldest in the family. Nearby social items include Guild hosts at Mrs Barnes home, plans to meet at church Tuesday to finish work, and the Astrarian club opening Friday September 23 with a progressive luncheon and study Famous Women.
Amber J E Duncan and niece Mary Lou Luett celebrated birth anniversaries with a 6 PM dinner at the Duncan home. Guests included the Luett family, Emma Grote of Monticello, and numerous local pairs visiting from Center Junction and Monticello. Oak rain boosts farmers. corn crop prospects praised.
Frost threatens corn progress in Castle Grove while silo filling continues at the Newhard farm in Cass. Local gatherings include the Castle Grove farm bureau meeting set for September 30 and visits by residents such as Reimer Ferguson, John Ommen, Cladys Hosford, Carl Wendt, Pat Leonard, and Dr. R. C. Ripple. A lightning loss claimed Alfred Lahey’s horse.
Mr and Mrs Charles Stevenson and family visited John Smiths near Manchester last Sunday. The creamery shipped 76 tubs of butter and 18 cases of eggs last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs George Billmeyer attended a picnic at Petersburg on Wednesday. Stanley Bright returned to work at Farley Sunday. Miss Kurt of Cascade is employed at Herman Welter. The Fiedlers of Hopkinton were callers at the Stevenson home Friday evening. Miss Loretta McDonough entered a Cedar Rapids hospital for nurse training. Mrs R E Chaplin and Jack attended Sunday school in Hopkinton last Sunday. Mrs J F McManus of Sioux City called at Orpha Garlinhous es last Sunday. Mr and Mrs F A Irish of Hopkinton were in town Sunday afternoon. Charles Martin motored to Monticello Monday forenoon. W H Behrends had dental work in Monticello Monday afternoon. Earl Littlefield of Halfway Oregon is visiting relatives in town.
Stub Hein and helpers, near Kasper place, recall trees planted by John Moore for a nursery windbreak. A stump weighed about 600 pounds was hurled 400 feet after dynamite detonation, with roots and debris scattered eighty rods. In a separate accident, Jake Manternach backed a car and hit his three year old son, Orland Michael, injuring a broken arm and sent him for x rays at Mercy hospital Anamosa.
Monticello residents attended multiple social events last week including Louie Hoffman’s visit to the Len Buol home, Bert LeClerc and others at Fritz Muaragg’s, and Mrs. John Yossi at a missionary society gathering. Attendees also visited Cedar Rapids, Castle Grove, Onslow, and Monticello area homes, with Sunday school and family visits noted across several households.
A string of local visits and greetings from Monticello and nearby areas fills this week’s community log. Rev. Henry Marks and Will Balsiger attended a presbytery in Cedar Rapids last Tuesday, with other arrivals from Delhi, Monticello, and Dubuque. A misfortune at school injured Leonard Sackett’s collarbone, while Will Stambaugh photographed both schoolhouses. Additional visitors include Mr. and Mrs. John Schweitzer, Fritz Marure’s brother John Maruge, Mrs. Bertha Kaufman, Carl Hein, Henry Wismeier, J. L. Telion, Will Rohn, and Mrs. Margaret Kiburz. The nighthawk is praised as a valuable insect eater, with stomachs showing over 50 insect types in a single sample.
A brief, fragmented clipping notes a vanished old fashioned girl with a croquet wicket and a remark about women who talk to themselves. The Minneapolis Journal mentions God tempering the weather for the late corn crop.
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