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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
4
Local residents and visitors are listed with dates and places across Monticello Iowa including Schoenhuts in Chicago and Council Bluffs guests, Miss Dickman in Lost Nation, and Mrs Mirick returning from Olin. War trophies appear in Stuhlers' window as seasonal display alongside notes on weather and taxes.
Letters addressed to Rev. W. H. Fisher Miss Ileen Hutton Mrs Carrie Rhodde and Miss Grace Cool remain uncalled for at the Monticello post office. Mrs Thomas Cassady of this city and her sister Mrs Beachan of Seattle Washington spent last week visiting relatives at Kirkland Illinois.
Madison Wisconsin families host guests from Dubuque Hopkinton and Cedar Rapids as travel and visits span a week. Isaac Suter and A O Peterson travel to Emmetsburg and Hilsworth on business and relatives. Sheep market activity reports 104 head selling at 18 cents top price. Wilkinson returns to road duty after three week knee injury. Mrs Mohr of Nashville rushes to Carroll on illness news of a daughter.
Mr and Mrs Pyle went to Cedar Rapids last week where they will establish their future home. Mr Pyle accepted a position in the J H Wymer undertaking establishment. Mr and Mrs C A Palmer and daughter visited relatives in Maquoketa last Friday. Palmer returned Saturday evening while Mrs Palmer and daughter stayed longer.
Mr and Mrs Ben R Tuel traveled to Austin Minnesota for a two week vacation. Ben brought fishing tackle hoping to catch fish. John Green a National Guard member from Camp Dodge visited relatives in Monticello and said he likes army life more each day.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church invite the public to attend a supper in the church basement next Wednesday October 8. Proceeds support church activities and fellowship.
Lincoln Thoeni son of Mr and Mrs Martin Thoeni of Monticello a member of the Cedar Rapids battery left for Deming New Mexico last Tuesday where his company will enter training quarters for the winter. Rev A P Walton and Edward Le Clair of this city and Rev Howard Irvin and F M Benedict of Castle Grove township went to Blairstown to attend a meeting of the presbytery of the Presbyterian church last Tuesday morning. Gladys Stickford has scarlet fever in night form. The home is quarantined and the other children kept from the afflicted one. The girl is able to be up and around but finds this limited quarters irksome. Mr and Mrs Earl Carson are visiting in the Arthur Fairbanks home in Castle Grove township and expect to go onto a farm near Manchester October 1. Mr Carson has been employed with the Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua company during the past season. Rev and Mrs Edward Lang of Waverly visited the H J Lang home last Monday, Rev Lang went to Iowa City to attend the annual conference of the Upper Iowa division of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs Lang remained longer.
Richard L. Piel advertising manager for Hall Manufacturing seeks enlistment in the U S Army aviation corps. He intends to aid the country in the current war though his name appears later in the draft. Katherine Webster and Frank Wright wed at the Webster home on the 19th with Justice George Oltman officiating. Wright is noted as the son of Mrs Loanzi Wright of Monticello.
The Greater Iowa Association of Des Moines holds a Monticello meeting on October at 2 p.m. Three prominent speakers will discuss Iowa products and their superiority over goods from other states. The event takes place on First Street.
Thomas Ainsworth traveled to Rochester Minnesota last Monday to consult surgeons about a potential operation. He has endured persistent stomach trouble and underwent a prior operation at Anamosa sanitarium two months ago with only temporary relief.
Miss Katherine Rickels daughter of Mrs Henry Rickels wed James J Connolly son of Mr and Mrs Tim Connolly of Castle Grove township yesterday at 10 am. Rev George A Hauck conducted the ceremony at Sacred Heart church parsonage. The couple left for Ft Dodge then will reside in the Harry Read house in Monticello. C N Patrick glasses fitted.
Imogene Eilers returned from Minneapolis where she attended a high school for three weeks with her father W. G Eilers. The work was too advanced for her, so she came back to Monticello to resume studies at the local high school.
Rey and Mrs J H Barr travel to Iowa City for the annual Upper Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr Barr has served Monticello church well for two years and his congregation hopes he is returned to the charge next year.
A mad bull bucked Hig gins limited near Oxford Junction last Monday evening. Engineer George Greeie opened the throttle to escape the animal. The train crew found the bull dumped where George left him the next morning. Augusta Haeussler plans to depart tomorrow for Washington DC to work as a stenographer in Agriculture. Her Civil Service exam earned creditable marks. Marie Bell will fill Ms Haeussler’s position at Franklin Barn equipment company.
An address of unusual interest will be delivered at the Congregational church next Sunday night by Mr. Arthur Ryan of Chicago. He recently returned from Turkey where six years of residence gave him knowledge of war conditions and the Armenian persecution. Do not fail to hear Mr. Ryan Sunday night.
Frank Keenan of Davenport and his sister Mrs. Mainie Sistrunk of New York City spent last Saturday in Monticello visiting Mrs. John H. Perrine and friends from their youth. They had just learned of their younger brother Ray Keenan's death in Montana. Ray was buried at Missoula and leaves a widow and two children.
Miss Nellie Grover daughter of Mr and Mrs Ira Grover married Adolph Kernen at Anamosa last Friday afternoon. Kernen has worked on the Carl Schatz Jr farm for eighteen months. The couple plan to reside on a farm near Monticello in the near future.
Charlie Kaiser, a farm hand at the Reuben Ely farm, sustained a broken leg from a cow kick last Sunday. He was taken to John McDonald hospital where doctors reduced the fracture in the leg below the knee.
Des Moines residents report Lieut Eugene R Scroggie is en route to France as adjutant of an eight squadron construction unit preparing aviation fields for American aviators. The Camp Dodger 8 page issue from Des Moines camp features editor L R Fairall. J M Higbee remains jailed in Marion awaiting grand jury action after disloyal remarks in Monticello.
Provost Marshal General Crowder advised Adjutant General Logan that Ho Iowa men will be sent to Camp Dodge on October 3 to join the national army now in training. Crowder says quarters will not be ready for the remainder of Iowa men called by the first draft. Logan will be notified when those not yet called are ready.
Mr and Mrs Patrick Hogan of Cedar Rapids announce the engagement of their daughter Catherine to Clifford Franks The bride elect is their youngest daughter a Mt St Joseph academy Dubuque graduate and pianist Mr Franks son of Mr and Mrs B F Franks 618 Second Avenue West IA is a State University of Iowa engineering graduate and is supervising the construction of a new post office at Stanford Texas
George L Schoonover of Anamosa is chosen as chairman of the county committee to oversee the sale of the second Liberty Bond installment with subscriptions collected in October. A county meeting next week will include a state headquarters organizing secretary and seeks township representatives to advance the effort. Chairman Stirton urges each township to send at least a dozen willing citizens to the gathering. New tailored street hats and tams.
T T Caspers of Castle Grove reports from Camp Dodge he joined a machine gun company and likes early soldier life. Hartley Wilkinson writes that he is using his stenography skill in secretarial work for the company captain.
The past week brought fairly favorable corn maturation with cool nights hindering peak results. Rain on two days slowed drying in northern districts. estimates show 50 to 66 percent of crop safe from frost injury, with most of the rest likely safe in ten days to two weeks. Much corn is being cut for fodder or silo, and seed corn has been gathered. Mr and Mrs Henry Null near Onslow celebrate twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a reception for about 100 guests. Gesena Behrends, daughter of Willie Behrends, married Mr Null on September 26, 1892. they look forward to continued happiness.
Henry George Harms age 23 of Lovell township lost four fingers and part of two thumbs in an ensilage cutter while feeding corn at work. Doctors amputated three fingers at the knuckle and he remains at John McDonald hospital. He had been drafted and excused from Camp Dodge due to his mother’s recent surgery.
Sergeant Percy Guilford writes to Harry Stuhler about army life at Fort D. A. Russell Wyoming. He details guard duty rifle range field work demolition and bridge rebuilding orders and a pending move possibly abroad or to another post. He notes tuberculosis screening two men sent to New Mexico and hopes for a ten day furlough to visit Monticello while fearing long separation from home.
The second installment of the 1916 tax is due this month and must be paid before October 1 to avoid penalty. The lists for Monti cello city and surrounding townships are at the Lowell State Bank where payment can be made.
Latest styles in ladies misses and children's headwear by Devlin Milin ery. A few second hand watches for sale cheap at C. R. Coon quality jeweler. 131 William Saddler was struck by Frank Warrum's automobile at Hazleton last Saturday and died an hour and a half later from his injuries.
Ernest Cooper of Oxford Junction died after a horse throw injured his head. He had worked four years for the Oxford Junction creamery, left a widow Alice Fisher and six children, and was buried at Monticello after services led by Rev. J H Barr. Pallbearers were Oxford Junction firemen.
Mrs Gerd Zimmerman died at her daughter Mrs Harm Dirks home last Sunday evening after a stroke. She was born in Strrodholt Germany on October 6 1845 and lived in Wayne township with her husband until his death six years ago. Survived by four sons Fritz Ralph Gerhard and two others near Monticello Center Junction and one daughter Mine. Funeral at German Lutheran church Wayne conducted by Rev Christoph Mardorf with burial in German Lutheran cemetery. Her German circle friends mourn her passing.
Harold Mann reports on student visits from William Carson to the school Miss Robb offers extra English sessions Miss Anna Jepson of Iowa City visits Cedar Rapids guests Miss Fox goes to Camp Dodge in Des Moines. Seniors discuss Saxon history and a fluid definition while German classes shift.
Former Iowa senator from Marshall county and ex-president of the Iowa State Bar Association died after a three weeks illness following gall bladder surgery. He was 70 and had shown some recovery before nephritis developed. Robbers entered four Earlville stores last week stealing $10 in small change. they fled by car and were believed to be amateurs.
John Nachtman long known as a ferrai er resident north of Dyersville died at his home last Thursday night after amputation of a leg following an on farm threshing accident. He was assisting at threshing when caught in a belt and his leg was severely crushed. Dr L K Bobo died in Dallas Texas on September 20 after practicing medicine for fifteen years in Oxford Junction and Makoketa. He was fifty eight at his death.
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