Former Monticello couple marks 50th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Thomas of Mohall North Dakota celebrate their golden wedding on March 24 with 85 guests. He is 76 and she 71. they were married in 1878 and helped establish the Mohall Methodist Episcopal church and a Modern Woodmen lodge. Their son Allan also marked his 45th birthday. A Bismarck radio broadcast honored the couple.
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C. A. Thomas
Monticello
Thomas
Mohall
N. D
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bismarck
Fayette and Cornell College plan merger to form Cornell Upper Iowa
A committee report outlines uniting Upper Iowa University and Cornell College. Mount Vernon would host the new Cornell Upper Iowa College with degrees recognized and alumni retained. Upper Iowa to close after summer. students receive a year of free tuition at the merged institution. Endowments and assets shifted to the continuing college with trustees from both boards.
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Fayette Dispatch
Upper Iowa University
Cornell College
F. T. Keeney
Waterloo
Smembers
Aound
Mount Vernon
Cornell-Upper Iowa College
Upper Iowa
Ladies Professorship Association
Alumni Association
Methodist Episcopal
Sacred Heart to Stage Class Play When a Girl Loves
Sacred Heart School prepares juniors and seniors for a three act comedy The Love of Johnny with strong themes of capital and labor and justice. The presentation, sanctioned by press clergy and public, runs April 13 in the auditorium. Students enjoy a short Easter break with no classes Thursday and Friday this week and Monday of next week.
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Johnny
Harry Hamilton
Sacred Heart
Hopkinton Man Convicted in Federal Transport Case
Floyd E. Martish of Hopkinton was convicted in a federal court in St. Louis of transporting a stolen automobile from Rock Island to St. Louis. He was fined $1,000 and sentenced to five years in prison. Evidence showed he faced indictments in Stvelville Mo for robbing the People's State Bank at Cuba Mo last June. Rev. Ewald Senst, Maquoketa pastor, matched an acoustican in his church enabling deaf congregants to hear sermons via headsets plus an amplifier on the pulpit.
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Floyd E. Martish
Hopkinton
St. Louis
Rock Island
Martish
Stvelville
People’s State Bank
Cuba
Ewald Senst
J. D.poppe
Lutheran Church
Maquoketa
Why Not Make the Zinnia Our Town Flower This Year
Monticello considers adopting a town flower and suggests the old fashioned zinnia for universal planting. It grows with little care, seeds cost a dime per fifty foot row, and bright blooms should adorn homes and public spaces all summer. The piece invites residents to join the Zinnia club and plant seeds now.
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Zinnia
Monticello
Zinnia Club
Neighborhoods That Interest Neighborhoods That Interest
The creditors of the Ryan State bank will be paid a 20 percent dividend about the first of April. The newly appointed Dubuque city manager named Milton J. Glenn as police judge to replace John J. Cunningham. In Cedar Rapids federal court nine bankruptcy petitions are under action. Two Iowa City neighbors died by self harm last Monday, one by drowning, one by hanging, with no reasons given.
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Ryan State Bank
Dubuque
Milton J. Glenn
John J. Cunningham
Federal Court
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Sclerostomiasis Alarms Eastern Iowa Horse Owners
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association warns horse owners about a widespread sclerostomiasis outbreak in horses across Spragueville Charlotte Preston Goose Lake Clinton Delmar Andover Miles Sabula Teedy's Grove Lost Nation Sand Springs Anamosa Cedar Rapids Washington Iowa City and Victor. They urge removing intestinal parasites from unthrifty horses to prevent further losses amid other reported livestock diseases across numerous towns in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spragueville
Charlotte
Preston
Goose Lake
Clinton
Delmar
Andover
Miles
Sabula
Teedy's Grove
Lost Nation
Sand Springs
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Iowa City
Victor
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Fulton
Jesup
Independence
Central City
Town City
North Liberty
Cascade
Brooklyn
Baldwin
Wyoming
Solon
Wellman
Williamsburg
Columbus Junction
Manchester
Colesburg
Oelwein
Waterloo
West Union
Belle Plaine
Ryan
Kalona
Davenport
Hopkinton
Maquoketa
Guernsey
Elkport
Garber
Edgewood
Center Point
Monticello News Recap of May Events and Births
In Monticello during the month notable items include graduating orations by 19 seniors at the opera house, births of Florence Kraft and a son to the Eilers, weddings of Anna Egger with William Cooper and Louise Etten with Walter Hall, and the deaths of Emma Rieken and John Moody. Other items cover confirmations, illnesses, a killing frost, and local civic notes.
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Monticello High School
Opera House
Ramona French
Ethel Young
Mabel Helsey
Mabel Inglis
Blanche Fairbanks
Pearl Helsey
Roy Greenawald
Beulah Calkins
Ethel Moses
Frank Bolton
Paul Balear
Olive Cramer
Robert Howie
Will Lubben
Ethel Magee
Blanche Hunter
Frank Dautremont
Lowell Hicks
Hazel Neal
Esther Brown
A. L. Kraft
Florence
Thomas George
University of Iowa
Gerd Eilers
Alice Reed
Monticello
Charlevoix
Mich
Anna Egg
Edward Kiburz
Washington
Iowa
William Sloan
H. M. Carpenter
Dubuque
C. Mardorf
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Rex Rickless
Matilda Jacobs
Deutrick Dry
Jerome Brazelton
Hopkinton
Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery
Messrs
David Terwilliger
Albert Stuhler
The
Gas University
Iowa City
Bendix
Mettler
J. W. Innis
Hans Ruof
Charles S. Bidwell
Yellowstone Park
Wylie Transportation Company
John Livingstone
Montana
Alexander Livingstone
Toni Rohwedder
Wyoming Township
Nicholas C. Holst
Scotch Grove Township
Adolph Miller
Alaska
John Moody
Perry
Grant Streeper Dies After Illness in Onslow Area
Grant Streeper of Ons low died last Monday evening at Mercy hospital in Anamosa at age 64 after a flu illness. He lived with his brother Robert of Onslow for ten years. He leaves a daughter Mrs Frances Orr and two grandchildren, plus three brothers Robert B W Streeper of Onslow and Steven of northern Iowa, and sister Mrs Belle Osborn of Minnesota. His life was spent in Onslow and vicinity.
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Grant Streeper
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Mr. Streeper
Robert
Onslow
Steven Streeper
Frances Orr
Lester
Elizabeth Orr
B. W. Streeper
Steven
Iowa
Belle Osborn
Minnesota
Coe College Offers Scholarships to Class of Twenty Eight
Coe College awards several graded scholarships to the upper third of the class of twenty eight. Scholarships range from 150 to 500 dollars per year for four years and require four years of study plus leadership and financial need. Claude Appleby and Beth Lightfoot of the class are among applicants. Miss Helen Pulver of Cornell College Mount Vernon visited with her mother Mrs Theodoula Pulver last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Appleby
Beth Lightfoot
Helen Pulver
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Theadoula ‘Pulver
Mowry Defamation Verdict Reaches 3000 Dollars
In Jones county an Oxford Junction resident, Mowry, sued twenty five Lowden citizens for defamation and won a 3000 dollar verdict after nearly a day and a half of jury deliberation. The case, tied to prior litigation and appeals, involved costs and potential further action by defendants.
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District Court of
Jones County
Mowry
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Lowdon
Oxford Junction
Rotary Club Elects Officers for Monticello Chapter
The Monticello Rotary Club elected directors W. A. Beery H. M. Carpenter Jr J J Locher F S Stuhler and Charles A Coxsee at the regular meeting at Maples Inn. The 1928 29 executive officers were named including J J Locher president Halstead Carpenter vice president B P Stuhler treasurer Herman Schneider song leader and A E Coe assistant with secretary to be elected later. Officers take charge July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Beery
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
J. J. Locher
F. S. Stuhler
Charles A. Coxsee
Monticello
Halstead Carpenter
S. Stuhler
Herman Schneider
A. E. Coe
Notary Club
Spraying Tips for Scales and Mites on Iowa Trees
Entomologist B B Fulton of Iowa State College advises using liquid lime sulfur or miscible oil mixtures for scale and mite control. Mix liquid lime sulfur at 1 gallon per 8 gallons water, apply as buds near break open if oil is used, and recognize San Jose oyster shell and scurfy scales by color and shape before treatment.
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B. B. Fulton
Iowa State College
Fulton
Iowa
San Jose
Margaret Caste Takes Over Monticello High Math Department
Miss Margaret Caste assumed leadership of the Monticello high school mathematics department last Monday, succeeding Miss Ethel Bammer who resigned before spring vacation. Caste, a University of Iowa graduate and former Hudson consolidated teacher, resides in Greene Iowa.
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Margaret Caste
Monticello High School
Ethel Bammer
Miss Caste
University At
Iowa City
Hudson Consolidated School
Greene
Iowa
Hopkinton hotel landlord faces liquor charge retrial
Acres the Hopkinton hotel landlord was tried in Manchester this week for selling intoxicating liquor. The jury disagreed, necessitating a retrial.
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Acres
Hopkinton Hotel
Manchester
Death of Fred L. Hicks at Waterloo
Fred L. Hicks of Waterloo died following appendix and gall bladder surgery on March 28 after a stroke. He was 56, a former Monti cello boy, husband of Emily Hamblin Hicks, and father of Elsie Dudley. He lived on Bowen's Prairie and near Brandon Iowa, and leaves a wife, daughter, a brother George in Texas, and two granddaughters. Funeral was held in Manchester with burial at Oakland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Hicks
Monticello
Elmer Hicks
Emily Hamblin
Milo Township
Elsie Dudley
Waterloo
Hicks
George
San Antonio
Texas
Fred Hicks
Hamblin
Eggs Must Be Candled for Quality This Season
The Town department of agriculture announces no open season for candling eggs sold by producers this year. Previously March and April were open months, but due to many eggs from incubators and other poor quality eggs being sold, full candling is required by law. Producers selling bad eggs may be prosecuted under the Iowa egg law, as candling ensures edibility and boosts consumer confidence and consumption.
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Iowa
Chapter FP P E O Memorial Program Evening
Chapter FP P E O held a memorial program at Mrs. Laura Koop residence last Tuesday for former member Mrs. J W Coxsee. Mrs Albert E Coe led the memorial segment and Mrs John Matthiessen presented a book review.
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Chapter FP
Laura Koop
J. W. Coxsee
Albert E. Coe
John Matthiessen
Eclipse Lumber Co stages Monticello building show
Monticello welcomed 1500 attendees to the Eclipse Lumber Co show held over Thursday to Saturday. Local and out of town exhibitors showcased lumber flooring brick tiles and equipment while contests awarded prizes for dog and chicken calling and nail counting. The event boosted business and a next year show is planned more fully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
N. C Davis
Curtis
W. J Clancey
J. P. Cassidy
L. C. Rinard
Mason City
E. B. Wilson
Charles Podhaski
Hans Wettlitz
Franklin Equipment Company
A. W H. Norberg
John Massey
Atlas Cement
Herb Ward
A. C. Schuknecht
Northwestern
M. A. Wortman
Paul Nauman
Dubuque
John Lahey
Harold Schummer
Lorraine Ward
Claire Adams
Ray Hearn
George Guyan
W. A. Beery
Mr. Beery
Monticello Express
Trving Hintz
Monticello Times
John N. McNeill
Hopkinen
Carl Plaeger
Will Ahlrichs
Ahlrichs
Carl Plaeger__cernne
Henry Gerrets
A. F. Walker
C. A. McLaughlin
Aitchison Bros
F. J. Ward
Clinton
Eclipse Lumber Company
Farm Bureau
B. C. Roberts
Atwater Kent Radio
Harry S. Rodman
Miss Louise Burrack Weds Ray C Staudt at Arlington
Miss Louise Margaret Burrack a former stenographer in the John J. Loch er office married Ray C. Staudt last Monday at Arlington. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred F Burrack of Arlington. The couple will reside near Arlington where Staudt is a farmer.
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Louise Margaret Burrack
John J. Locher
Ray C. Staudt
Arlington
Fred F. Barrack
Arington
Upper Town University
Staudt
Monticello Considers New Police Uniforms
The city may require its two police officers to wear uniforms reflecting dignity. The writer imagines flamboyant European style with blue trousers red stripes swallow tailed coats plumed hats white gloves and a sword.
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Monticello
Europe
Tedrow
Hartman
City Council Names New Municipal Employees
The council reappoints Norman Davidson as street commissioner for two years and keeps W F Corbin as pumps engines keeper with added duties as custodian of fire equipment. E B Reed remains city attorney and Ray Echternacht stays water clerk and superintendent. Harold Tedrow named day marshal and Pat Hartman night marshal. The police budget is set at 185 per...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Davidson
W. FE. Corbin
Ray Echternacht
Mayor First
Harold Tedrow
Pat Hartman
London
Bobby
Hogan Wins Law Case In Supreme Court Ruling
The supreme court upholds Judge Anderson's ruling and Hogan's claim against the Powers estate for 3319 dollars. The dispute traces to 1916 arbitration over 4000 dollars, with a stipulation for partial payment, and events surrounding death and filing of the claim.
Anamosa Lutheran Confirms Group for April 8
The Lutheran Church at Anamosa will confirm a group of young people at St Pauls Lutheran Church on April 8 starting at 10 a.m. Confirmands include Grace Andreesen Lydia Andreesen Elda Herren Augusta Gerdes Gertrude Gerdes Anna Julius Ruth Kasper Helena Matthias Mamie Ricklefs Bernice Zimmerman Bernhard Behnken Arthur Moenck John Ricklefs Clifford Zimmerman and Louis Zimmerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Matthias
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Anamosa
Monticello
Grace Andreesen
Lydia Andreesen
Elda Herren
Augusta Gerdes
Gertrude Gerdes
Anna Juilis
Ruth Kasper
Helena Matthias
Mamie Ricklefs
Bernice Zimmerman
Bernhard Behnken
Arthur Moenck
John Ricklefs
Clifford Zimmerman
Louis Zimmerman
Sackett Family Mourns Infant Son Richard George
Mr and Mrs Sackett of Richland township mourn the death of their infant son Richard George who died last Monday evening. Born the day before the funeral was held at the family home with Rev Henry Marks of Richland Century Presbyterian church in charge. He leaves three sisters and six brothers.
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Richard George
M. D. Sackett
Richland Township
Henry Marks
Richland
Dodge-Graham Dealer Reports Strong Weekly Sales
Otto Burrichter the Dodge Bros dealer for Dodge and Graham trucks reports selling a Victory Six to Mack Finlay and a Graham ton truck to Henry Harris in the past week. C 8S Applegate of Weiser Idaho renews The Express for another year praising spring weather and a hopeful bumper fruit crop outlook.
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Otto Burrichter
Dodge Bros. Automobiles
Graham Trucks
Mack Finlay
Henry Harris
Applegate
Weiser
Idaho
Express
Monticello Hosts District Music Contest This Weekend
Monticello will host a district music contest in the public school auditorium Friday and Saturday with over 200 young participants from twelve towns. Judges from Cedar Falls, Dubuque, and Delhi will evaluate solo and ensemble performances across classes A B and C. Admission is 35 cents for adults, 25 cents for children. Monticello hosts provide contestant housing.
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Monticello
E. P. Kurtz
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Leona M. Heim
Dubuque
BE. Wintonburg
Delhi
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Manchester
Tipton
West Liberty
Coggan
Enzilville
Edgewood
Maquoketa
Mount Vernon
Stanwood
S’riday
Laura Sinclair
Howard McLaughlin
Muu Wl Wees
Porriellos
Potatoes To Be Bought Cheaper Next Fall
The U S department reports potato growers intend to raise acreage by about 12 percent, boosting production toward 435 million bushels. If realized, markets may weaken, with western yields likely lower than last year and eastern increases reducing profits. Jones county farmers should weigh all factors beyond current prices.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Pacific Coast
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Jones County
Airplane Visit Planned for Monticello Exhibition
Donald Hunter of Cedar Rapids will fly over Monticello Monday afternoon April 9 at 3 o'clock. He will land after the exhibition and stay until dark. Two citizens may ride on the acid free ride and see the city from the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
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Mohall, N. D
Fayette
Sacred Heart School
Donald Burrichter
Tabor & Sons
Pier Wrands
James Campbell
Tabors
Bessie Milner
Farley
Columbia University
China
George Hilsinger
Hissinger
Chicago
the Express
COE College
District Court
Lowden
Legion of London
Anderson
Rotary Club
Locher
Miss Bammer
Eclipse Lumber Co
John Cushman
Emil C. Rickless
Congregational Church
Louise Burrack
W. A. Hogan
J. W. Conmey
Robert Powers
F. L. Anderson
Myr. Hogan
Robert. Powers
Hogan
Powers
Rev. Powers
the Lutheran Church At
Mrs. Sackett
Dodge-Graham
Aeroplane
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