County Roads To Give Work To 175 Jobless
One hundred seventy five unemployed men will be put to work on roads in Jones county as soon as weather permits under an Emergency Relief plan. Funding comes from the federal government via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the state and national boards. Nine projects were approved by the county committee in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Emergency Relief Committee
George Henningsen
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Anamosa
County
Lora R. Houston
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Aid Primary Road Fund
Edward C. Hiller Died Last Week in Washington
Edward C. Hiller died at his Walla Walla area home on March 29 after heart trouble. He was the oldest of 11 siblings and is survived by his wife Yoy Foster, three children Averil Sybil and Bert, and many brothers and sisters including Will Hiller, Albert Hiller, Helen Harris, Clara de Haas, and Natalie Hiller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hiller
Castle Grove Township
Walla Walla
Wash
Edward C. Hiller
Emma
Arthur
France
Edward Hiller
Syracuse
N. Y
William
Dora Hiller
New York
Minnesota
Edward
Washington
Yoy Foster
Averil
Sybil
Bert
Amelia van Nostrand
Johnston
Matilda Covert
Ithaca
Monticello
Albert Hiller
Baker
Ore
Helen Harris
Clara de Haas
Elmer
Hiller
Natalie Hiller
Seattle
Mary Esther McLaughlin Wins Local Spelling Honor
Mary Esther McLaughlin daughter of Mr and Mrs Will McLaughlin of Castle Grove township won the Monticello junior high spelling contest qualifying to represent Monticello schools in the Jones County contest at Anamosa this month. Margaret Smith Antonette Coxsee Helen Joly and Hilda Balster also participated with Ruth Burstedt as coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Anamosa
Mary Esther McLaughlin
Will McLaughlin
Castle Grove Township
Castle Grove
Margaret Smith
Antonette Coxsee
Helen Joly
Hilda Balster
Ruth Burnstedt
Clarke Divorce Suit Filed in Reno
Harry Clarke of 404 Fast First Street Anamosa filed a divorce complaint against Gesiens Clarke at Reno Nevada on Friday They were married in Anamosa on October 3 1000 Clarke charges cruel and inhuman treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Clarke
Fast First Street
Anamosa
Gesiens Clarke
Reno
Nev
Clarke
Girls Bake Cake for Express Cooking School Contest
Girls fourteen and younger may enter a cake baking contest sponsored by The Express. Entries due next Thursday between 2 and 4 PM at the opera house. prize includes 100 sheets and 100 envelopes printed with the winner’s name. The winning cake goes to The Express publishers. recipe and method included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Opera House
Death call for Henry Britting at Monticello church
Funeral services for Henry Britting of Monticello were held at Sacred Heart church with Father A L Lorenz officiating. Burial followed in Sacred Heart cemetery. Surviving family includes his widow Kate Devlin, a son Albert, three daughters and several siblings and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Britting
Monticello
Sacred Heart Church
Father A. L. Lorenz
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Frank Ferring
Mike Ferring
Lou Waddick
Ralph Calkins
Tom Pender
H. P. Bancroft
Mr. Britting
Fred Hein
Genevieve Andre
Detroit
Mich
Galena, Jr
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Kate Devlin
Britting
Aberdeen
S. C
Milwaukee
Albert
Amarillo
Texas
Marcella Woods
John
George
Oakland
Calif
Frank Stephens
Mound
George Kohlmel
Elgin
Paroled man makes getaway from dairy
Claude Stanley, paroled last February from the state reformatory to the Walton dairy near Anamosa, failed to appear last Thursday night. He may have used Ed Gordon’s light delivery truck, a 1929 Model A Ford with blue body and a pick-up box, license 53-312, stolen during the night to flee. Stanley, 22, was sentenced at Panora in 1929 for breaking and entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Stanley
Walton Dairy
Anamosa
Stanley
Ed Gordon
Panora
Mrs. William H. Winans Dies Suddenly in Monticello
Mrs. William H. Winans died last Saturday evening at her home after a sudden heart attack. She was born August 14 1865 in Carroll and lived in Jackson and Jones counties most of her life. Survived by husband seven children twenty six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral held Tuesday at Sacred Heart church. interment in Sacred Heart cemetery. Many relatives attended from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Winans
Monticello
Mrs. Winans
John and
Jane Ketcham
Margaret Jane Ketcham
Carroll, Tl
Illinois
Jackson County
Monmouth
Jackson
Jones Counties
Winans
William Wright
Teresa
Fred Dairy
Anna
Arthur
Joseph
Mary
William Kreeb
Charles
Martha
Walter Eby
John Ketcham
George Ketcham
Savanna
Oscar Ketcham
Marengo
Mgr
SaenedsBieertehuch
A. L. Lorenz
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Raymond Wright
Scotch Grove
Don Dighton
Pat Wright
Hopkinton
Joe Wright
Anamosa
Frank Ketcham
Fred Ketcham
Baldwin
Elsie Beacon
Anna Douden
Cedar Rapids
Morley
Martha Pleiser
Maquoketa
Arthur Winans
John Cleets
St. Donatus
Joe McCarty
Frank Jones Re elected as Anamosa School Superintendent
The Anamosa board of education met Monday evening and re elected Frank W. Jones as superintendent at a salary of 2400 dollars. The handwriting department was dropped and the high school English department will have one instead of two instructors, with one fewer teacher in the grades. otherwise the present faculty were re elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Anamosa
Frank W. Jones
Judge Signals Limited Stockholder Share in Insurance Proceeds
Federal Judge W. W. Scott indicated Tuesday that only original investors in the $100,000 stock issue of D. A. Dobry Securities Co. will share roughly $40,000 in insurance proceeds subscribed by the defunct company for their benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Scott
D. A. Dobry Securities Company
Confirmation Day For Many Young Lutherans Next Sunday
Many youths across several churches will be confirmed on Sunday April 9. Names include Henry Fhiits Richard Kromminga Fred Ehlis Albert Johnson Belle Siebels and Evelyn Moenk at Castle Grove Lutheran. Hattie Wilhelmine Ricklefs Helen Prull Edna Bohiken and Alice Tobiason at Wayne Zion. Other lists include Eunice Buol Margaret Yaggi Leona Etten and Marie Short at Reform church. John Peierses Thomas Eden Samuel Schuetz etc at St John’s Sand Hill. Paul Gerdes Lorenzo Zimmerman Helen Brokens and more at St Matthew Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Henry Fhiits
Richard Kromminga
Fred Ehlis
Lawrence Siebels
Albert Johnson
Alvin Ortgies
Belle Siebels
Evelyn Moenk
Selma Specht
Helen Ortgies
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Hattie Wilhelmine Ricklefs
Helen Elizabeth Prull
Edna Engeline Bohiken
Alice Christine Tobiason
Irwin Henry Siebels
Willis Gerald Zimmerman
Carl Christoph Wehling
Erwin Gerhard Poppe
Elmer Herman Stutt
Raymond Edward Tuetken
Melvin Gerhard Tobiason
Leonard Gerhard Sbohliken
Irwin Willis Toenjes
Lawrence Albert Lubben
Reformed Church
Eunice Buol
Margaret Yaggi
Leona Etten
Marie Short
Lyle Burrichter
Harold Steiner
John Meyer
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sand Hill Church
John Peierses
Thomas Eden
Samuel Schuetz
Earl Null
Josephine Rickels
Elfreda Oltmanns
Esther Reuter
Esther Plueger
Ellen Bohlken
Elsa Ruth Gutknecht
St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Monticello
Paul Gerdes
Lorenzo Zimmerman
Helen Brokens
Berdena Brockhahn
Loretta Oaken
Marian McVey
Special Holy Week Broadcast From Chicago
A Chicago noon Holy Week radio series will feature notable theologians speaking each day at 12:00. Speakers include A W Palmer, John L Stone, Sidney B Snow, F V Corcoran, and L Franklin Gruber from various seminaries and De Paul University.
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Theolone
WGN
Chicago
A. W. Palmer
Chicago Theological Seminary
John L. Stone
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Sidney B. Snow
Meadville Seminary
F. V. Corcoran
de Paul University
L. Franklin Gruber
Lutheran Seminary
Maywood
Joan R. Dickton
Free Cooking School At Opera House In Monticello
The Monticello Express sponsors a free three day cooking school at the Opera House April 13 14 and 15 starting at 2 PM each day. Miss Gladys Looney will lead with practical dishes new menus and model kitchen setup with prizes and demonstrations, all free to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Monticello Express
the Express
Miss Looney
Seasions
Akron Disaster Leaves 73 Crew Missing After Dirigible Sinks
The Akron crew of 73 is listed missing after the airship sank 45 miles from New York Harbor following a midnight Sunday storm. Only three survivors are aboard the Tucker and navy blimp J-3 later crashed off Beach Haven with nine saved. A Navy board of inquiry will probe the loss at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
New York City
Coast Guard
Tucker
Herbert V. Wiley
Richard E. Deal
Mooey E. Erwin
Beach Haven
N. J
Lakehurst
New England
Navy Department
Phoebus
Ruth Van Buren Sits In As Express Reporter This Week
Miss Ruth G Van Buren daughter of Mrs Eda Van Buren of Monticello is acting as local reporter for The Express this week She is a Cornell College Mount Vernon senior and editor of The Cornelian She recently earned Phi Beta Kappa membership and readers will see many articles written by her this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth G. van Buren
Eda van Buren
Monticello
the Express
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cornellian
Phi Beta Kappa
The
Express
M V Baseball League Calls Meeting Tonight
A Maquoketa Valley league baseball meeting is set at the Monticello State Bank tonight. Representatives from Cascade Dysersville Manchester Guttenberg and Monticello will attend. Election of officers is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa Valley League
Monticello
Holy Week Services Across Local Churches
Presbyterian Methodist Episcopal and Congregational churches sponsor a Holy Week service schedule. The program opens Sunday evening at the Methodist Episcopal church with Dean Berger of Dubuque University delivering the sermon. A service follows Monday at the Presbyterian church and Tuesday at the Methodist church, with no service on Wednesday. Thursday features a Congregational church service with Holy Communion. Good Friday services are at the Presbyterian church from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., and all evening services start at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome regardless of church affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Methodist Episcopal
Congregational Churches
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dean Berger
Dubuque University
Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Bethany
Congregational Church
Three Locher Brothers In Concert At Notre Dame
John J. Locher, Paul R. Locher and Simon E. Locher, sons of Monticello’s John J. Locher, join the University of Notre Dame concert band for its spring concert on April 5. John, Simon and Paul bring backgrounds from Sacred Heart and Lisbon high schools and are current Notre Dame students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Locher
Paul R. Locher
Simon E. Locher
Monticello
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
John
Simon
Sacred Heart High School
Paul
Lisbon High School
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Free baby chicks with subscription draw 75 more buyers
The Express offers 12 free baby chicks with every paid subscription and 75 patrons have already redeemed coupons. Total chicks distributed reach 900, with expectations they will cover the subscription cost in a year or two. The offer remains open and urged to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
The
Express
Items Of Occurrences Twenty Years Ago April 1912
April 1912 Monticello Express items note Miss Florence Hefner and Miss Clara Noyes on spring vacation, local business launches like Monticello Produce co and 140 acre Shover Brothers farm sale for 11000, marriages including Alma Hagen and Henry Siebels, Lena Rickels and Chris Specht, Mattie Clark and William Lake, and Grace Behrends tied to August Schatz. Also births, deaths, and a flight at Jones County Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Florence Hefner
Alden
Minn
F. A. Hefner
Clara Noyes
Cedar Rapids
Matt Noyes
Ike Suter
James McAleer
Monticello Produce Company
Altman
First Street
George Sutherland
Jones County
John Sutherland
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Jones County Fair
Jimmie Ward
Ward
George Schoon
Amber
Shover Brothers
William Skelley
Lovell Township
Will Netcott
Page Foundry
W. A. Mirick
Ford
Alma Hagen
Henry Hagen
Henry Siebels
Gerhard Siebels
Zian
Chris Specht
John Specht
Mattie Clark
William L. Lake
Edgemont
South Dakota
Monticello
Grace Behrends
Ben Behrends
August Schatz
Carl Schatz
Emma Ahlrichs
Rav Ers
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Matilda Leichhardt
D. E. Pond
Keokuk
Eunice Helen Street
David Street
Walter S. Butler
Utica
New York
Butler
First Presbyterian Church
Roland Kuentzel
Wisconsin
Reformed Church
Herman Tiarks
Anamosa
Scotch Grove Man At Shell Sales Meeting
H. A. Lange a Shell Petroleum tank salesman from Scotch Grove reported returning from Cedar Rapids where Shell officials outlined a major upcoming advertising push. The campaign will use newspapers outdoor ads radio and direct mail to reach motorists in a nationwide rollout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Shell Sales
H. A. Lange
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Shell
St. Louis
Shell Petroleum Corp
Lange
Lightning Strikes Null House Near Town
A bolt entered the Null home northeast of town last Thursday, shattering window panes and burning a large rug hole into the basement. Mrs. Null and children felt only a slight shock while the dog leaped through the attic hole into the cellar as Charles Robinson helped extinguish a small fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwill Null
Bellevue Hotel landlady celebrates ninety three years
Mrs. J W Weck of Bellevue marked her ninety third birthday at the Hotel Weck where she and her husband opened the famed Bellevue hotel after arriving from Germany at age ten. She has served as landlady for 68 years and was born in Nachenheim Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Weck
Bellevue
Weck
Nachenheim
Germany
Wisconsin
America
Leonard Swanson
East Dubuque
East Dubuque- Dubuque
Im- Nojis
Turce
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Town Electric Light and Power Company
Luther A. Brewer
Arland Loucks
Newton
Fort Madison
A. B. Clark
New York
Brewer
Adams and Adams Ship Heavy Cedar Rapids Livestock to Chicago
Messrs Adams and Adams, Cedar Rapids cattle buyers, shipped five double deck cars and one single deck car of stock to Chicago this week due to high water blocking trucking to packing houses. Normally they sell most livestock locally, but Chicago demand prompted the shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Adams
Express Cooking School Sets Fourth Demonstration in Jones County
Miss Gladys Looney of Kansas City will again lead the Express cooking school in Jones County next week. The program showcases electric cookery with demonstrations on kitchen and dining room setup, meat cutting, and related merchant displays. Past sessions drew 2,785 attendees across four years, with 1,265 at the 1931 event and merchants contributing equipment and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Looney
the Express
Miss Looney
Kansas
Colorado
Middle West States
Shrine Auditorium
Des Moines
Home Economist
Kansas City
Alice Sharpe
Mildred Deischer
Jones County
Looney
Former Scotch Grove Man Died in Wyoming
Alexander D. Sutherland, 82, died at his Wheatland Wyoming home on March 20 after a paralysis stroke. Born May 16 1850 in Scotch Grove he married Lavinia Barnhill May 20 1871. Survived by two sons Fred and Frank four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral details unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander D. Sutherland
Wheatland
Wyo
Mr. Sutherland
Scotch Grove
Donald
Nancy Livingstone Sutherland
Lavinia A. Barnhill
Montana
Sutherland
Fred
Filer
Idaho
Frank
Wheatland, Wy
Death of Vincent English at McDonald hospital
Cascade residents record the death of Vincent English after an appendicitis operation. He died Friday morning at McDonald hospital in Monticello. An obituary will be published elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent English
Cascade
English
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Appropriations Cut Delays Tax Revision in Iowa Legislature
The Iowa house and senate faced cuts to two year appropriations with estimates near 12.5 million, under the 44th assembly. Gov Geo Clyde Herring urged delaying tax revision until August special session to study Brookings survey data costing 25 thousand, aiming to inform lawmakers on taxation reforms. The senate deferred the Beardsley tax bill and three tax revision measures by a wide vote, while house members heard Cunningham's remarks after the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
Clyde Herring
Assembly
Brookings Institution
Washington, D. C
Senate
Beardsley
Patterson
Geske
Clayton County
House
Representative Cunningham
Hopkinton Corn Day Draws Trade and High Prices
Hopkinton celebrated Corn Day with wagons and trucks delivering corn to the corn exchange and lumber yard. By Tuesday noon 7500 bushels were delivered, prices high, some loads docked for quality, and a local feeder bought a rejected load. Merchants profited despite muddy roads, and the event credited to McAllister Joseph and Reeve. Scrip in $1 and 25 cent denominations circulated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Corn Exchange
Bort Manufacturing Company
Vinton
Walker
Greeley
McAllister
Joseph
Reeve
New Garage Opens In Old Goldenrod
The Schuler Motor company opens in the old Goldenrod garage on highway 161 offering gasoline oils tires batteries and auto accessories. Ross Schuler formerly with Conlin Hudson Essex of Dubuque owns the business and will relocate his family to Monticello. Garrett Elben assists as mechanic and Al Osterberger serves as night man for 24 hour service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuler
al Osterberger
Mr. Schuler
Free baby chicks with Monticello Express subscription
The Monticello Express offers 12 free baby chicks with each subscription payment until May 1. Coupons won’t print this week due to advertising rush and will appear in the next two papers. Readers may clip coupons and present them at the Express office with payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Express
The
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Iowa
Brother
Milwaukee Railroad
Frank Jones
Dobry Case
Conducted By
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Trent
Navy
M. V. Baseball League
Methodist
Congregational
Null House
Adams & Adams
Wyomin
Committee
House Appropriations Committee
44Th Assembly
White
Benton County
Andrew MacDonald
Old Goldenrod
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