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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
9
The U S Weather Bureau issues a forecast for the week starting September 29 1915 covering the Upper Mississippi Valley and Plains States. Generally fair and moderately cool weather is expected with local rains at the start of the week in the extreme Upper Mississippi Valley.
The Women's Civic League schedules its first meeting at the public rest room next Tuesday at 7 30. Reports include a dachshund killed by a car and various visits by Monticello residents to relatives and events around town.
Rev and Mrs J W Turner departed for Springville yesterday where he has been assigned to the Methodist Episcopal church. The move brings a salary increase of 200 dollars annually. Friends expect him to be an able preacher with strong English.
Robert Warwick stars in The Man of the Hour a five part picture shown at the Princess Friday October first with a seven piece orchestra. Admission 6 and 15 cents First show at 7 30 Miss Purlinga Waugh a machine operator at The Express taking annual vacation visiting Marion and sister in Anamosa No preaching at German Reformed church next Sunday due to Rev Kuentzel at Wheatland for Northwestern conference of the Synod.
Misa Winnifred Farrell, a Cedar Rapids Business college student, is visiting her parents who recently moved to Monticello. Her father conducts the accommodation train running between here and Oxford Junction.
The Atterbury Brothers Show drove through Monticello last Tuesday and pitched tents at Sund Spring before heading to Scotch Grove. The act featured six wagons and bore the marks of bad roads and wet weather.
Mrs. S. G. Davis, secretary of the Womens Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church, spoke to the local Presbyterian church group yesterday afternoon. She visited as a guest of Mrs. A. D. Chase during her city stay.
Workmen excavate rear of Foster Clothing Co building as owner Perrine plans an addition to expand space. California visit memories cited by Mr and Mrs J M King and Mr and Mrs Edgar Hubbard. Herrick adds brick fireplace to private library. Crane Theater to showcase The Escape next Saturday. Court sale of James Wright 23 acre estate in Scotch Grove at 2 pm on Tuesday October 5. Damon and Pythias at Princess next Tuesday with 25 cent price. John Wilhelm injured eye at Hall factory. potential loss of sight. George Watt returns from Chicago with carload baby beef prices. Sandy Shoemaker seeks relief with Swedish massage while in Excelsior Springs. Express read by his wife.
Rev J H Barr, newly appointed Methodist Episcopal pastor, preached last Sunday to a good congregation. He is a Hamline College graduate and holds a master’s degree from the State University of Iowa. Barr was admitted to Minnesota ministry and has served in Brooklyn. He has joined the Upper Iowa conference. Mrs Barr arrived Tuesday. they have no children.
Miss Dora Stahlberg of Scotch Grove and Hayo Tobiasson of Wayne township wed at the bride’s aunt’s Laurel Nebraska home on September 13. The couple will reside on a Wayne township farm and their families extend hearty congratulations.
Miss Lena Boss and Fred Egger were married yesterday forenoon at the home of Mr and Mrs John Boas near Monticello. Rev Roland Kuentzel of the German Reformed church officiated in a small gathering of relatives and friends.
D. A Olay a prominent Jones County resident died at his Hale home on September 21 from a paralysis stroke suffered two days earlier. Born in England March 10 1848 he moved from Tama to Cedar then Jones County after the Civil War. He served in Co B 24 Iowa Infantry and served 12 years on the Jones County Board of Supervisors. He is survived by his widow and eight children. Two unknown men Burk and Morgan were arrested in Cedar Rapids after being seen peddling shoes near an entered M and St P railroad car in Anamosa with tags cut from overalls and refused to talk. Superintendent W Barber of the Iowa Anti-Saloon League will speak October 7 at the Monticello Congregational Church on Uncle Sam on the Water Wagon with Iowa accompanied by bass vocalist Alvin Thatcher at a free lecture and concert.
The Monticello and Anamosa fat men baseball teams met at Amber on Buttermilk Day. Monticello won 19 to 10. Lineup included Vic Dautremont pitcher and Carl Dutton catcher, with other players named. Joe Soper umpired the game.
A five inch rainfall Saturday overwhelmed the Maquoketa river in Durango and Galena causing washes, washed-out embankments, and road damage. Floods disrupted rail lines north of Dubuque with landslides and washouts on the Great Western route. Spillover forced residents to higher ground as bridges and roads suffered significant damage and business districts faced flooded streets. Local electric power played a key role in damper repairs and cost estimates range from a thousand to fifteen hundred dollars.
Marjorie Nelson visited school Monday morning and Helen Hauss is improving rapidly. Sophia Glenn from Cascade visited Friday as guest of Melissa Kingsley. Basketball practice continues and seniors seek a Christmas play. Star pupil day and tests occur as students cope with a busy week.
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