Monticello Youth Admits Purloined Money Motive
The Monticello youth admitted the scheme to steal a bag from the schoolyard and planned to use it for a wedding present and a new suit. He claimed he sought valuables for personal wants after initially denying involvement and after being questioned by school officials and police. Other details note his companion’s separate statements and the role of a letter directing a separate boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohlken
Rowley
Main Street
A. B. Grimes
Boyd Shannon
Monticello
Three Little Pigs Parade Highlight Cedar Rapids Christmas
Cedar Rapids hosts a large parade Friday at 11 am featuring the Three Little Pigs on a long float. Festivities include Santa Claus, live animals, balloons, bands, clowns, and Miss Mary Christmas in a grand downtown light show opening at 5 pm.
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Santa Claus
Cedar Rapids
Big Bad Wolf
Miss Mary Christmas
Memorial Coliseum
10 20 30 Years Ago In The Gazette
L L Henry won the $200 first prize in the amateur ad writing contest. Mrs C K Homan took $100 and M J Hess $50 as runners up. Extra prize of $200 awarded to Cleora Williams Bedell who ranked highest but was disqualified as a Gazette correspondent. Paul Thomas injured when a car door fell on him during lifting. Mrs Fannie Andrews injured hip after a fall at First Presbyterian church. Mr and Mrs W C Ellis visiting Gary Indiana and Jacksonville Florida. E F Winslow left for New York on business. A J Diebold of Palace theater heads to New Albert. Hutton bought J C Davis farm near Marion for about $25,000. The Midnight Flyer shown at Greene's opera house. Mrs S T Hinman returned from Borup Minnesota. Oil painting of Dean Gunn donated to Linn County Historical Society by Total Abstinence Society. Talks by Dr E R Burkhalter.
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L. L. Henry
The
Gazette
C. K. Homan
M. J. Hess
Cleora Williams Bedell
Whittier
Paul Thomas
North Western Railroad
Fannie Andrews
First Presbyterian Church
W. C. Ellis
Gary
Ind
E. F. Winslow
Iowa Railway and Light Company
New York
A. J. Diebold
Palace Theater
Albert R. Hutton
Interstate Fair Association
J. C. Davis
Marion
Greene’s Opera House
S. T. Hinman
Borup
Minn
Thomas F. Gunn
Linn County
Train Clears Flivver Wreck After Driver Abandons Car
George Choosky of 1107 Seventh Street SE left his Model T on the tracks at Eleventh avenue and Fifth street SE just before 2 40 a.m. A north western passenger train struck the car, wedging it against a cement abutment. Choosky later told police he tried to move the car and left to seek help. He was awakened at 4 30 a.m. to learn his vehicle was wrecked and a railroad control box was damaged.
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George Choosky
Seventh Street SE
North Western
George
Eleventh Avenue
Fifth Street SE
Chopsky
North Western Railroad
Car Identified After 25 Foot Flight Crash
A car in a falling wreck was broken but traced to Choosky via the identification card, the sole undamaged item linking it to the owner amid the crash.
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Io Choosky
Lynx Kittens Gifted to Iowa City Park
Mayor Thomas E. Martin announced two lynx kittens will soon be received at the Iowa City park. The gifts come from Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hanson, formerly of West Branch, who captured the kittens near Cimarron New Mexico.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Park
Thomas E. Martin
Andrew Hanson
West Branch
Cimarron
N. M
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Ture
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Legent
James H. Smith
Jones County
Smith
Roy Radebaugh
Larry Condon
Henry Eichhorn
Anamosa
Ed Miller
Monticello School
Boy
Miller
Armstrong
Knox Hat
Armstrong's
Jacksonville
Fla
Luther A. Brewer and
R. J. Courtney
Carter
Caracal
Martin
Kenmoor
Franklin
Spur
del Monte Hickey
Philip Mangone
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