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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
9
Local notices record visits by McNeill Hdn, Dr. Stabler, Mrs. A I Jackson, Rev C Mardorf, and others to Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Manchester and Monticello. Names include Devlin Millinery, Carl Brazelton, Huyck, Meek, and Meyer with activities such as eyeglass tests and Fall hat fashions.
Community notices from Monticello Iowa report a Wayne Lutheran League play at George Zim Meuman’s on October 1 1920 at 730 pm invites and lists local visits marriages licenses and service changes along with obituaries and notices from Wayne township church events and coal price concerns.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Bridges arrived Tuesday morning after a two months trip to England. They stay with Mrs Bridges parents Mr and Mrs George Ambuehl where their son remained. Bridges preached at a large London church during the visit. Mrs Reichart visiting Florin family Richland township plans to return to Fellows California next Monday with husband and son Ray Slick locating in the oil region and running a restaurant.
Walker Berlin buys three Jersey cows in Springville while praised as a Jersey booster. A farmer near Dysart, John Seebach, fights a mad bull and suffers a fractured collarbone. Raymond Coyle weds Catherine Fallon at Fort Dodge with reception in Sac City. Osteopathic convention in Cedar Rapids elects Dr. Meyer as vice president. Ex soldiers urged to claim a $60 bonus and travel pay and Liberty bonds. Miss Maurice offers free help. Other items cover local visits, student departures for college, freshman reception and school entertainment.
Attorney John S. Welch questions voting rules for women arguing all US citizens over 18 may vote and that election judges cannot ask age. He notes the 19th amendment grants no new privileges beyond male citizens and cites constitutional sections.
The H and S store announces a Harvest Sale lasting a week starting next Saturday. After a summer of buying, it promises big values on fall waists hats underwear hosiery draperies blankets and more. Readers are urged to visit on opening day to see the merchandise firsthand.
The Princess Theatre offers a slate of films next week starting Monday September 27 and 28 with Charles Ray in The Busher. Tuesday September 28 repeats. Wednesday and Thursday September 29 and 30 feature Dorothy Gish in Peppy Pally. Friday and Saturday October 1 and 2 show Enid Bennett in The Law of Men at Crane Theatre and Mae Murray in A B C of Love.
September entries note marriages of Marcus Z Parnell to Elizabeth Coldren in Iowa City Henry D Heisey to Jessie Kannelt Miss Mary Ralston to C W Brown performed by Rev W D Hartrough. Also a murder of George Fifield by unknown assailant, Nellie Grassmeyer dies age 14 months, multiple births and weddings in Onslow Lovell and Monticello, a Monticello Anamosa baseball game 11 to 9, prices for flour and butter, deaths of John Magee Deborah Martin John Dickerson and Olive Olmstead, Dr Eugene Gilmore attends Keokuk course, Rev Thomas Oliver delivers farewell sermon.
Miss Neale Knowles of Iowa State College Ames delivers a keynote urging women to join and boost the county farm bureau. She links membership to leadership, teamwork, and local programs under the slogan Farm Home and Community.
The county school started on September 6 with hours before classes repurposed for study. Two new lights brighten the assembly room while part of the superintendent’s office becomes a school library selling required books. The senior class grows to 37 with four new members and the faculty adds four new teachers. Farm Bureau picnic at Monticello park features Miss Neal Knowles and CG W Hunt with talks on farmer organization and county unity. A baseball game pitted Jackson township against other townships, The World winning.
Ford cars trucks and tractors drop to F O B Detroit prices effective immediately. Touring regular 440 and with starter 510 runabout 395 with starter 465 basis 360 coupe 745 sedan 795 trucks 545 tractors 790. Ford aims to restore buying power after wartime orders while clearing high cost material. Monticello Motor Co. urges orders and service. A Manchester church dedicatory service began September 10 and ends September 12 after 1916 fire destroyed the old building.
The Iowa court docket shows numerous cases including State of Iowa vs Freeman Finch and multiple civil actions such as guardianships attachments garnishments and quieting title. Several divorces and partitions appear among the docket entries with various plaintiffs defendants and claimants listed.
The Francheres of Cedar Rapids visited Monticello last Sunday for a chaotic baseball game. Monticello exploded with nine runs in one inning while Cedar Rapids answered with 13 across the next, as fans begged mercy and a dramatic comeback faded. Warry Meade, son of county supervisor Frank A Meade, suffered severe burns from a powder explosion at the Meade farm while extinguishing the flames with water.
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