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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1934
Page
3
The survivor recounts the Titanic disaster with details of the ship’s split, crowded lifeboats, the band playing Nearer My God to Thee, and the perilous cold as they were picked up by the Carpathia. He recalls dawn, landfall, hospital care, and the emotional toll of the voyage.
Summary of county relief work includes No 202 tool project No 203 airport airmarking No 204 road resurfacing around Olin Monti cello Anamosa No 205 memorial remodeling sewer painting city structures stump removal No 206 street and ditch cleanup Cascade No 207 drainage projects No 208 surface street work No 209 community remodel Onslow No 210 street resurfacing sewer repairs Oxford Junction No 211 channel straightening State road No 501 courthouse clerical No 502 Anamosa school No 503 Monticello school No 504 Oxford Junction school No 505 Wyoming school No 506 Olin school No 507 Onslow school No 508 Martello school distribution of free commodities under Surplus Relief corporation targets surplus reduction and price support.
The piece recounts early 1870s newspaper ownership, editors, and the rise of rival papers in Jones County. It notes John Blanchard purchased The Express and edited it as a Republican paper for eleven years, then sold to Herrick & Coxsee, and describes Hunt’s Democratic venture the Jones County Liberal and later legal notices printing in Sioux City.
Supt Grimes describes the broad curriculum in the normal training department aimed at preparing pupils to teach rural schools. Key subjects include pedagogy management psychology geography arithmetic music physics grammar English history and agriculture. Certificates are issued at age 18 after exams and general fitness. Miss Clara Wallace oversees standards and improvements. Monticello high offers a semi commercial track with bookkeeping arithmetic law and typewriting and may add two years of shorthand when funds allow.
A Tuesday meeting of Monticello kittenball league directors lined up six teams and collected 1.20 per team for balls. A 33 by 12 foot back stop will be built behind the catcher, reducing foul ball risks and speeding play. Practice games scheduled but not printed due to early darkness, with voluntary arranges through team managers. Regular season slated to begin around early May.
T. E. Patterson known as Tip Patterson died at Anamosa on April 1 at age 93 years five months. A native of Fredericksburg Ohio he moved to Cedar and Jones counties joining the First Iowa Infantry in the Civil War. He later served as Jones County treasurer and spent 30 years at the Anamosa reformatory. Survived by daughter Louise Ellis and son Fordham of Anamosa, daughter Nellie Burch of Nebraska, plus two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Chief Justice George Claussen named three district court judges to hear disbarment proceedings against Davenport attorney C. Rusmann, with judges Vernon T. Sharyn Iowa City Grinnell Creston and others listed to hear the case. The appointment includes Sherwood Al Cleck Hampton Jada Ames W Netbs and Judge W S Cooper Winterset.
Maquoketa board of education voted to discontinue the junior college and declared the superintendent position vacant. Former superintendent B. S. Moyle had served 16 years. Salary for the job was cut from 2400 to 2000. The move drew protests from over a hundred persons in the board room.
Miss Esther Pond of the extension department of the State College at Ames led an all day meeting in the Monticello public library. Clothing project leaders from several townships in the vicinity attended the event.
Milton Kokemuller an 18 year old farm hand was fatally injured Monday night on highway 117 near Baldwin. He died from a fractured skull and crushed chest in Maquoketa hospital the next day. Leonard Edson of Baldwin driver of the seed er truck said to have struck Kokemuller while delivering seed on a farm operated by Mrs. Mary Wicker. It is believed his vision was impaired by the truck lights and he did not see the projecting wheel of the seeder.
Masters of Burns lodge No. 173 AF and AM will confer the third degree on a candidate at the temple Friday evening April 13. Refreshments follow initiatory work. All Master Masons are urged to attend.
DeMolay announces next Monday night meeting and invites members to visit the newly improved club rooms. Members with back dues should contact Dr. DeShaw to settle accounts. The group urges dues payment and notes ongoing improvements while reminding about the kittenball team.
A city ordinance prohibits throwing placing or burning waste paper leaves rubbish in streets and gutters. The street department reports many half burned bonfires in gutters last week clogging storm sewers. Citizens are asked to cooperate and keep streets alleys clear.
A jumble of small notices lists real estate, sales, seeds, lumber, animals, and services. Entries include a house occupied by Louis Nousak, requests for Salada tea rewards, seed and farm product offers, sale of Lemaster wood and posts, various livestock and hens, and a call for baby chick orders from Pleasant Knoll Hatchery. Public notices of appreciation and miscellaneous ads accompany plant and seed prices and contact details across Monticello and Center Junction.
Various ads include For Rent first floor flat at Monticello and four rooms, sale of home grown red clover seed, Timothy seed, hay, and alfalfa. Bulls for serviceable age, hatching eggs, laying prices, and poultry. Piano tuning offer, and a Republican candidate declaration for supervisor Jan 1 1935 with Ballot primary.
The district court of Jones county Iowa appointed Geo H Paulsen administrator of the estate of Robert H Streeper deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk within time limits and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa April 3 1934. Doxsee Doxsee Heiserman attorneys for the estate.
A probate notice filed April 3 1934 for the will of Alexander Davidson deceased in Jones County Iowa with final proof and probate set for April 30 1934 at 10 o clock am. Interested parties may appear to contest admission to probate. See Byerly Clerk. Coxsee Coxsee Helserman attorneys for the estate.
PILE sufferers should arrange to call on Dr Wilbert Shallenberger M D specialist in rectal and chronic dis fuseases who has had years of successful experience in treating Piles and other rectal diseases by non confining methods. The doctor can be consulted at Manchester Hotel Glenn-Charles Friday April 20. 428th visit. EXAMINATION FREE.
A Baltimore man testifies his stomach suffering banished by the Udga Treatment based on a famous stomach specialist's triple action prescription. The ad claims 54 169 letters praising the Udga Treatment from sufferers of ulcers indigestion heartburn and other acidity symptoms and offers a money back guarantee with Palmer's Drug Store selling the product.
Buff Orpington duck eggs at 6 cents each and White Leghorn eggs at 6 cents per dozen above market price. Custom hatching and baby chicks offered. Code certificate 7275. Phone 74-F-2. Mia and John Jacobs.
Baby chicks from BABY CHICKS Rocks Reds Wyandottes and Giants produced on a 40 acre breeding plant per code regulations. Excellent quality low prices with mileage tickets on the Junior Auto Race and free World's Fair trips with all chick and feed purchases. Write for catalog and prices Hopkinton Iowa.
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