Death Claims Wim D Sheean and Mrs J M Letze
W D Sheean of Anamosa died last Tuesday night in Hot Springs Arkansas at 61 on his return from Florida. He served on the state board of control from 1917 to 1921 and was born July 7 1867 in Anamosa. Mrs Josephine M Letze of Scotch Grove died at Cedar Rapids hospital after an illness. Her maiden name was Hughes born September 14, 1865. Funeral services were held in Cedar Rapids and Scotch Grove with burial in Scotch Grove cemetery.
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William D. Sheean
Anamosa
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Florida
Mr. Sheean
State Board of Control
Hammill
G. Norman Clark
Mason City
Ireland
Illinois
State University
Iowa City
Jones County
Carrie H. Lull
Chicago
Josephine M. Letze
Scotch Grove
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Letze
Center Junction
John
Salina Hughes
Savanna
Charles G. Moses
Olive
Thomas Shover
Monticello
Moses
Margaret Sutherland
Scotch Grove Township
Red River
Canada
John M. Letze
Truman Standon
Armstrong
Olive Blake
Seattle
Wash
Clara Moses
Gideon
Edward Hughes
William
Council Bluffs
John M. Hughes
Des Moines
Clausen
Charles C. McKinney
Grimwood Declines Run in June Primary
E A Grimwood of Oxford Junction visits Anamosa and announces he will not seek candidacy for representative at the June primary. He praises his legislative service to Jones County and his constituency and says the greeting to friends in Anamosa carried no political significance.
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Anamosa Eureka
E. A. Grimwood
Oxford Junction
Anamosa
Grimwood
Jones County
Jones County High
Former Wyoming Woman Found Dead in Anamosa
Mrs. Caroline Marie Grimm wife of Harry Grimm retired farmer was found dead in her Anamosa home Tuesday afternoon. Coroner inquest ruled death due to apoplexy. Family from Wyoming attended the funeral set for today at 1 pm.
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Caroline Marie Grimm
Harry Grimm
Anamosa
Wyoming
Anamosa Factory to Employ 200 Workers
A contract was let at Anamosa yesterday for a two story factory building for Sterling Manufacturing Company makers of home dresses. The company contemplates employing 200 people and operates plants in nine locations.
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Anamosa
Sterling Manufact Company
Decoration Day Plans Suggested for Monticello
A Monticello notice urges immediate plans for Decoration Day with a general chairman and committees to raise funds, secure a band, select a speaker, decorate soldiers graves, provide transport for children and veterans, and organize the schoolchildren parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Neighborhoods That Interest Dr. Nicholas Knight Speaker at Center Junction
Cornell college professor Dr. Nicholas Knight will be the high school commencement speaker at Center Junction on Thursday May 24. The report lists other regional updates including Cedar Rapids mayor J F Ball’s critical illness and a series of local happenings across Iowa.
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Nicholas Knight
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Center Junction
J. F. Ball
Cedar Rapids
Phillip Seippel
Dubuque
Tll Health
J. P. Seippel Lumber Company
William M. McIntyre
Anamosa
Dartmouth College
McIntyre
Willyz
Forty Years Ago in Monticello Local Notes
A month of events includes T. A. King selling to E. M. Thompson for 1200, Miss Agnes Russell at state normal, Otto Schodde moving to Omaha, partnership split of M. W. Herrick and J. W. Coxsee, church pastors listed, and G A R veterans attending Cedar Rapids encampment. Also: births, weddings, deaths, a hayloader patent, dry season worries, and Burns Lodge installs officers.
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T. A. King
E. M. Thompson
Agnes Russell
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
R. O C. Stirton
Otto Schodde
Omaha
M. W. Herrick
J. W. Coxsee
Monticello
United Brethren
W. Cunningham
Thomas Oliver
John T. Blanchard
Sacred Heart
John Tobin
W.H. Whittenwyler
Jennings
Cedar Rapids
S. 8. Farwell
Capt
D. F. Magee
John Fry
W. H. Gregory
David Smith
Dennis Springer
John Harrington
H. D. Sherman
J. R. Stillman
I. W. Grover
Nathan Smith
J. Tracy
J. D. Graves
D. Garlinghouse
T. H. Murphy
James Young
W. H. Waugh
Michael McLaughlin
B. B. Ryan
A. W. Steiner
Arlington
Nebraska
Fred Reichenbach
Colorado
Thomas Schoonover
Wayne Township
Mr. Schoonover
Iowa
John Kairns
John Galligan
Castle Grove Township
Belle Herrick
W. W. Hunter
Cere Juncign
Somoved
Sto
Clay Township
A. P. Reade
Onslow
John Rice
Scotch Grove
Co. C. Jewett
Sand Spring
George Baldwin
Samuel Wales
G. T. Gardner
Burns Lodge A. F
A. M
G. G. Schaeffer
G. L. Lovell
D. E. Pond
S. E. Sarles
R. P. Smith
Fred Bort
Carrie Douglas
Frances Fischer
John A. Hubbard
Simeon Foreman
No California Weather In Iowa Last Week End
The Iowa region including Monticello faced drizzling rain and cold winds on Thursday and Friday. Snow began Saturday morning with heavy buildup in northern counties. Traffic was hindered by slush despite some hard surfaced roads remaining passable.
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California
Iowa
Monticello
Vicinity
Middle West
Wayne Township Votes to Erect No 6 School House
A special meeting of Wayne township voters on April 14 approved a $4,000 one room school house at Wayne No 6. The new building will rise west of the county home on the ridge road this summer. The article notes the current teacher Alma Andreserh and mentions Mrs. Mary ratty age 69 as a separate fragment.
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Wayne Township
Wayne No. 6
Ridge Road
Alma Andreserh
Spring Presbytery Closes Two Day Meeting in Monticello
The Cedar Rapids Presbytery ended its two day session in Monticello with Rev. Harry E. Campbell detailing mission work in Utah and India. Commissioners to the general assembly were elected and ministers and elders listed for the Lyons gathering. attendance and interest were high with delegates returning inspired to improve their work.
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Cedar Rapids
General Assembly
Tulsa
Oklahoma
R. Bruce West
W. A. Montgomery
James Killian
Charles Smith
Clarence
D. S. Hudson
Vinton
Lyons
R. J. Aitchison
Shellsburg
E. W. Brown
Mechanicsville
H. E. Campbell
Utah
India
D. F. Charles
J. L. Coleman
Bellevue
August Cramer
David DeBest
Springville
J. M. Duer
Clinton
W. M. Evans
S. R. Ferguson
W. E. Fisher
Marion
E. S. Hudson
George Kortelling
George O. Long
Center Junction
Henry Marks
Richland Center
Scotch Grove
Jitney Struck By Automobile Near Dy QoreRe Peet Matchday
Peter Marx of LeMars was killed and Ben Kauffman of LeMars seriously injured when an automobile collided with a Milwaukee gas electric car on a crossing between Monticello and Calmar Junction during a snowbound mile. Forty to fifty gallons of alcohol were spilled beside the wreck. Marx died before aid arrived. Kauffman suffered a severe scalp wound and possible broken ribs and shoulder.
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Peter Marx
LeMars
Ben Kauffman
Monticello
Calmar Juncon
Marx
Earlville
Kauffman
Manchester
L. C. Low
Fifth Avenue
Marion
Milwaukee Car
Ted Battin
Edgewood
Thomas Costello
Costello
Harold Gerdes Dies at 7 After Illness
Harold Gerdes seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gerdes died at John McDonald Memorial hospital last Friday morning from meningitis following a streptococc infection. He had been ill two weeks and was admitted March 26. Burial was at the church cemetery after services at St Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church. He is survived by his parents a brother Glenn and sister Loretta.
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Harold Gerdes
John Gerdes
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Harold
Glenn
Loretta Gerdes
St. Peter and Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Rev. G. Wolf
Gerdes
Reformatory Men Create Train From Ford Chassis
Prisoners at the state quarry near Stone City fashioned a makeshift rail system. They removed the Ford wheels and fitted car wheels to a flat car, creating a track-based conveyance for transporting convicts between the prison and quarry each morning and evening.
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Stone City
Stone
Mrs J J Lang Dies at Hopkinton After Illness
Mrs J J Lang Sr died Monday at her Hopkinton home after two years of declining health. Born Ferena Arduser in Switzerland February 2 1851, she emigrated to the United States in 1872 and married Jacob J Lang Sr in Monticello in 1873. She is survived by her husband five children and multiple grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Reformed church with burial at Oakwood cemetery.
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J. J. Lang
Hopkinton
Ferena Arduser
Leonard and
Anna Hartman Arduser
Monticello
Leonard
Monticello Parent Teachers Meet Next Tuesday
Members and interested persons of the Monticello Parent Teachers association are urged to attend a meeting in the public school auditorium next Tuesday at 3 o clock. The program includes music and an entertainment by the kindergarten children directed by Miss Lavetta Perrine.
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Parent-Teachers Association of
Monticello
John H. Fraser
la- Vetta Perrine
Dr Chas M Keyes To Broadcast Saturday
Dr Charles M Keyes of Cornell College Mount Vernon will broadcast from WSUI Iowa City Saturday April 21 at 11 15 a m He is brother of Karl M Keyes Monticello and will speak during the Iowa Historical week program on Prehistoric Red Men as part of the Indians of Iowa theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Keyes
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
WSUI
Iowa City
Karl M.keyes
Monticello
Iowa
Keyes
Marion Defeats Monticello In Extra Inning Baseball Game
Marion baseball team beat Monticello 11 to 8 in an extra inning game after a tied 8 8 score at the end of nine. Claude Appleby struck out 14 and Sam Rahigan stood out for Monticello while Rasmussen and Postel led Marion. The volleyball tournament was postponed and students anticipate exchanges with schools in Switzerland Hungary and Greece.
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Marion Baseball
Monticello
Monti
Claude Appleby
Sam Rhatigan
Rasmussen
Marion
Postel
Iowa
Anamosa
Wyoming
Marion Shover
Eckhart Appleby
Lees Postel Egger
Hanson Greenawald
Rasmussen Rhatigan
Vee Petrusch Morey Oo
Lillian Allamand
Evelyn Eby
Anna Hanken
Avelda Hanssen
Nella Hoffman
Marion Hayes
Kathryn Jacque
Beth Lightfoot
Ruth Matthiessen
Helen Moncrief
Viola Paulsen
Gladys Skelley
Augusta Slemmer
Alma Buol
Henrietta Duis
Augusta Eibeen
Thelma Fairbanks
Viola Horan
Laura Koop
Velma Che
Helen Rohn
Lucia Schoon
Olive Slauson
Ruth van Buren
Pauline Widmer
Mildred Wilcox
Della Bishop
Elaine Eilers
Marie Schatz
Fae Cass
Mae Cass
Ruth Lambert
Rose Littlefield
Janet McNeill
Gertrude Monk
Sylvia Olden
Mary Starks
Ellen Yousse
Vivian Bancroft
Emma Bartels
Mary Bender
Esther Eden
Kathryn Gerdes
Bertha Mae Goldin
Irene Heiken
Sibyl Hutton
Olga Meier
Helen Mangold
Ada Mundinger
Edna Siebels
Edith Winkler
Dorothy Coe
Evelyn Eppank
Wilma Haeussler
Mariet Aayissen
Mabela Henricus
Genevieve Jacque
Iva Schneider
Patricia Schneider
Edna Schoon
Mildred Taylor
Freda Widmer
Olena Zimmerman
Mildred Bartlett
Margaret Behrends
Ruth Bender
Miriam Fairbanks
Helen Harms
Margaret McNeill
Margaret Phelps
Winifred Rohr
Nola Reynolds
Pearl Slauson
Dorothy Smith
Waterloo
Franklin Factory
Miss Warden
Gladys Shelley
Dubuque
Gladys
College de Yquest
Ecole le Chaux de Fonds
Switzerland
Gyor
Hungary
Kallithea
Athens
Greece
Izaak Walton League Seeks Support for Walnut Seedlings
The Izaak Walton League of Maquoketa received 2000 black walnut seedlings to plant in Jackson county including the park near Lakehurst. The Monticello chapter is urged to promote conservation efforts in the area.
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Izaak Walton League of
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Ball Park
Lakehurst
Monticello
Corn Sells For 1 11 At Sale Near Springville
A farm sale eight miles north of Springville set top corn at 1.11 per bushel. Hay sold at 12 per ton. horses to 86. Broad sows 27 50 each. Buff Orpington hens 1 47. cockerels 2 75. Rev. and Mrs. Gold of Syracuse Neb arrive for a visit with Rev. and Mrs. G. Wolf in Castle Grove. Gold handled Harold Gerdes funeral at St. Peter and Paul’s church.
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Springville
County Legion Convention Set for April 25 in Jones County
A Jones county American Legion convention will meet at the Jocal Legion hall on the evening of Wednesday, April 25. All posts are urged to send strong delegations and every Legionaire in Monticello and vicinity should attend along with every ex service man. Guests include Frank Miles, editor of the Iowa Legionaire, and Janes Herring, district commander. Arthur P. O’Rourke post will provide a six o'clock supper followed by an program with the guests and talks invited.
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American Legion
Jones County
Jocal Legion Hall
Monticello
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionaire
Janes Herring
Arthur P. O'Rourke
Aged Farmer Killed by Train Near Stone City
William Pickering aged 73 was fatally struck by a Milwaukee passenger train near Stone City while walking to the station from his farm. He had poor hearing and eyesight, died from a skull fracture before the train reached Anamosa, and is survived by a widow and six children. Funeral was held at Viola. Engineer O B Thompson sounded the whistle as he attempted to stop.
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Milwaukee
William Pickering
Stone City
Pickering
Anamosa
Viola
Chester
Frank
John
Los Angeles
Californis
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Lee Reid
Irvin Farrell
Seerley to retire as head of Iowa State Teachers College
The Iowa state board of education announced Governor Hammill will accept Homer H. Seerley’s resignation as Cedar Falls Town State Teachers college president on August 25 after 42 years. Prof. O R Latham of Ohio University will succeed him, and is on leave from Ohio while completing a doctorate at Iowa.
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Iowa State Board of Education
John Hammill
Homer H. Seerley
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
O. R. Latham
Ohio University
Athens
Ohio
Towan
Scerley
Iowa
State Normal School
America
Latham
University of Iowa
Tiune
Seekey
Boone
University of Town
Ida Grove
LeMars
Duluth
Automobile Collision In Grand Street Area
This afternoon at 2 o'clock Gerhard Ehlts and Leroy Clark Sr were involved in a car collision on Grand street near the Shipman residence. Clark drove a Lincoln touring car eastbound while Ehlts, coming from the north, was about to turn onto Grand. Both vehicles suffered damage with broken wheels and other wrecks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerhard Ehlts
Leroy Clark, Sr
Mr. Clark
Grand Street
Shipman
Mr. Ehlts
Ehls
Salvation Army Speaker Visits Monticello Rotary Club
Dr. Bruno Ledener of Des Moines spoke at Maples Inn about the Salvation Army drive in Monticello and nearby areas. He described the organization since 1865, its international reach, and recent large donations, urging business leaders to contribute to the current fundraising push led by F. E. Stimson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruno Ledener
Salvation Army
Des Moines
Monticello
New York City
Maytag Company
Newton
London
William Booth
United States
Dr. Ledener
F. E. Stimson
We Heartily Agree With Delaware Co Suggestion
Manchester Press endorses Ed M. Smith for secretary of state of Iowa after the death of Walter C. Ramsay. The editorial extols Smith’s long legislative service and editorship, praising him as upright, capable, and trustworthy for the gubernatorial appointment and election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware Co
Manchester Press
Walter C. Ramsay
Hammill
Ed M. Smith
Winterset
Ed Smith
Towa
Smith
Iowa
Hikers Brave Snowy Maquoketa Bluff Trek and Birdlife
A Saturday hike described with brave outdoorsmen in falling snow near Maquoketa bluffs. Birds flocked to feed while red-winged and kinglet species were seen up close. A butcher bird killed a small bird during the day. Herman Brade, 87, a Hopkinton resident, died last Monday with funeral in Earlville yesterday.
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Maquoketa Bluffs
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J.M. Letze
Senator Sheean
Mrs Letze
W. D. Sheean
Iowa State Highway Commission
Montgomery
Dubuque County
Cascade
Glenn Campbell
Coe College
Ireton
Campbell
Clvic
Mattie Marley
Marley
Julius Anderson
Cedar River
LaPorte City High School
Anderson
Hopkinton State Bank
Board of Review
Cornell
the Express
Wayne
Mary’ Ratty
Shy
J. L. Arduser
Dr. Chas. M. Keyes
Lian Allamand
Izaak Walton League
H. H. Seerley
Rotary Club
Boy Scout
Herman Bradle