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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
2
The Monticello Express lists subscription price per year at 82 dollars. Editors C A Doxsee and Lew. Doxsee publish this notice for readers.
Miss Mary Heffer nen wed George Patterson at Dubuque Cathedral rectory with Rev. Maloney presiding. They plan a wedding trip to Chicago and New York and return by November 1. Nearby residents Emma Alexander Carrie McManus return visit after 30 years, while others travel for illness, births, and family events across Cascade and Dubuque areas.
The Center Junction column reports newborns at several homes including a baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Antone, a son for Mr. and Mrs. Nick Mead, and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. John Seehusen. It also notes visitors, church events, sales, and social gatherings around town and nearby areas during late September and early October.
Orlyn Shaffer of Wyoming and Miss Wilma Burg of Des Moines were married at the groom’s parents home on September 18. The bride, a former teacher, will reside on the Shaffer farm in Madison township after a brief wedding trip. The note mentions local residents, travel, and community events including postmaster duties, farm improvements, and social gatherings.
Onslow events include Swen Neilsen selling a meat market to P. B. Schreueman of Minnesota for farmland. Bert Garnett hired to run the market. Presbytery to be held Tuesday and Wednesday with meals at W. C. Paul home. large attendance expected. Nearby farm sale by Arthur McMaster with pure bred hogs selling well. Altrusian club to meet October 4 at 8 PM to discuss business. Various local residents noted for illness travel and schooling. trips to Cedar Rapids Anamosa Maquoketa caves Ames Iowa City and Moline referenced. school work and family visits mentioned.
In Prairieburg September 27, reports describe a serious silo accident for Matt Woodard’s young son who was treated in Cedar Rapids after a fork pierced his side. The week includes visits from A D Benson of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Geo Schoonover with Paul Lauser’s family in Marion, and various residents painting, traveling and hosting relatives.
Scotch Grove September 28. Philip Hildenbrandt and family from Longmont Colorado, visiting relatives here for two months, left this week for Palm Beach where they plan to stay until next June. They will then tour the Atlantic coast before returning west to home.
The Castle Grove farm bureau held a Friday meeting with small attendance due to silo filling. Miss Mary Delay presented a reading titled Lasca. The discussion debated whether weeds damage cereal crops more than insects. Speakers included T G Irvine and L I Bulster.
A local roundup lists visits and calls from residents including G H Guetzke and Lewis Kurth families near Delhi and Monticello visitors from Hopkinton and Cedar Rapids. It notes W F S Neil of Wimot visiting relatives, while other residents and friends are reported as calling on or visiting in the area. The item ends with a practical advisory on painting and repairing buildings before winter, stressing dry conditions and prep work for windows, putty, cement joints, and troughs.
A western discussion notes that in the east a man who does not own a house may still own a car. The argument centers on whether garage space or house ownership determines auto rights, with the eastern custom favoring garage storage as sufficient.
Iowa State College horticultural department offers guidance on storing potatoes for winter and spring. Handle to avoid bruises or sun exposure, keep bins clean and ventilated, wash seed potato bins with formalin, and store at about 40 pounds per cubic foot to prevent decay and disease.
Public notice for the November 2 1920 general election in Jones County Iowa states a proposition to build a new court house at a cost not to exceed 375 000 and to borrow by issuing bonds with a tax levy up to two mills to finance principal and interest. Polls run 8 am to 7 pm at existing polling places as prescribed. 144 Lee Van Kirk, Co Auditor.
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