Charles E Bates Dies After Illness at Monticello
Charles E Bates longtime Jones county resident died at John McDonald hospital April 27 after a lingering cancer. Born May 23 1867 in Wayne township he taught school and served on Monticello city council. Survived by brother Chauncey Bates of South Dakota and preceded by wife Nettie Sutherland and son who died in infancy. Funeral at Presbyterian church Friday at two with Rev Wm Grossheim. burial Oakwood cemetery.
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Charles E. Bates
Jones County
John McDonald Hospital
Mr. Bates
John Bates
Langworthy
Wayne Township
Second
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Bates
Monticello
Colllege
Cedar Falls
Nettie E. Sutherland
William Sutherland
Gill Street
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Grossheim
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello Country Club Elects Officers For New Year
Emil C Ricklefs was elected president and Milton E Thoeni secretary treasurer for the Monticello country club. Other directors include A J Ricklefs William Laude Riess Stuhler Frank Podhaski and E C Ricklefs. Committees set for house greens tournament membership with names of chairmen and stewards O O Spooner to continue as stewards.
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Monticello
House
M. E. Thoeni
B. C. Roberts
T. M. Redmond
E. GC. Ricklefs
Greens
Bill Laude
Frank Podhaski
Carl Hodson
M. E. Tho
Lovell 4-H Girls Meet Through April Session
Lovell township 4-H club known as Lovell's Laboring Lassies held its April meeting with Garnet Ellers. The group discussed room color schemes, rag rug colorings by Margaret Hanssen, crochet rug demo by Clemma Wenger, and health related window drapes with mitered corners by Margaret Saggi. A March 26 special meeting planned a bake sale, postponed, and refreshments were served to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell Township 4-H Club
Lovell's Laboring Lassies
Garnet Ellers
Margaret Hanssen
Clemma Wenger
WMT
Margaret Saggi
Wild Goose Chase Ends as Man Recaptures Geese
Burr von Schrader of Maquoketa chased a flock of Canadian geese for twelve miles last week. He finally spotted them at the Iron bridge twelve miles from Maquoketa and brought the birds back to his farm on Lakehurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr von Schrader
Maquoketa
Lakehurst
Mr. von Schrader
Iron Bridge
Monticello Student Wins Section Typing Contest
Three representatives from Monticello public school entered the sectional typing contest held at Cedar Falls on April 22 at the Iowa State Teachers College. Bill Kettlitz won first place for Monticello with the fewest errors and a speed over forty wpm. Monticello placed second as a team with an average of 41 wpm. Individual scores: Frieda Balster 36.33, Edna Schoon 40.93, Bill Kettlitz 45.97. Clara Mae Pillmore is the Monticello public school commercial teacher.
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Monticello
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Bill Kettlitz
Dike
John H Harms Dies After lifelong illness in Jackson township
John H. Harms died last Sunday at 3 30 p.m. at his parents home in Jackson township. Born October 26 1901 in Castile Grove township, he lived most of life as an invalid. Survived by parents six brothers Albert Henry Carl Herman Edward and Mrs T Osterkamp. Funeral at Zion's Lutheran Wayne township Tuesday 2 p.m. with service at 1 p.m. at home. Burial in Wayne Center cemetery led by Rev J Willms.
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John H. Harms
Henry Harms
Jackson Township
Castile Grove Township
John
Albert
Henry
Carl
Herman
Edward
T. Osterkamp
Mr. Harms
Zion's Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Wayne Center
Rev. J. Willms
Zion’s Church
Mrs. G. Schoon Celebrates Seventy-Sixth Birthday
Mrs. G. Schoon of Monticello celebrated her seventy sixth birthday last Sunday April 24 with a family gathering. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gerdes Mr. and Mrs. Haye Schoon and son Richard Mr. and Mrs. John Schoon and family Hel Schoon and Rev. J. Willms and his wife Rev Willms led a devotional hour with songs that pleased the celebrant.
Honor Roll For Schools For The Last Six Weeks
The fifth six weeks honor rolls list seniors Mabel McVay and Elia Rickels with 93s, juniors Pauline Cooper and Mary Stickford at 94, and sophomores Violet Rigby 94. Track team results show fifth place in Waterloo meet with Willard Yeoman third in heat. a May 14 junior senior banquet is planned and a Roman banquet scene is described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Schoon
Mabel McVay
Elia Rickels
Lorene Zimmerman
Mabel Harper
Elmer Aebi
Bennet Rentz
Philip Schneider
James Balsiger
Ruth Hoffman
Bobby Husman
Rebecca Grimes
Elizabeth Lee Byerly
John Stuhler
George Coxsee
Ruth Ann Hoag
Ann Marie Husman
Mary Lou Luett
Betty Lou Patterson
Estella Smith
Richard Landis
Arline Balster
Norma Reyner
Everett Clark
Tucille Huibregtse
Max Regner
Yola Rodman
Doris Schoon
Wilma Grossheim
Josephine Ricklefs
Miriam Lovell
Robert Brown
Helen Calkins
Mary Hanssen
Doris Taibben
Dolores Lubben
Wanda Podhaski
Burdena Stutt
Mary Jane Veitch
Edna Howell
Milton Nouzak
Jean Royden
Leslie Balster
Hope Orcutt
Margaret Deischer
Bernice Havilchek
Naida Bradley
Kathleen Carlson
Donald Robertson
Waterloo
Monticello
Berkley Curtis
Yeoman
Bartlett
Seedorf
Oelwein
Willard Yeoman
Gladys Howland
Eunice Buol
Loretta Specht
Ann Miller
Coxsee
Walker
Edna Schoon
Frieda Balster
Hill Kettlitz
Cedar Falls
Des Moines
Prohibition Campaign Set for Dubuque Meetings
An Allied Campaigners official visits Dubuque inviting church groups and citizens to attend May 10 and 11 meetings with six speakers led by Dr. Daniel A. Poling and Colonel Raymond Robins. They urge enrollment to back the 18th amendment and plan ongoing efforts statewide. Poling aims to rally 2 million supporters as the 500 city tour progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Daniel A. Poling
Raymond Robins
Poling
Murderer of Fred Lawrence Given 20 Years
Robert J. Burkett was convicted of the killing of Fred Lawrence near Monticello and Sand Spring last June in South Dakota. He received a twenty year sentence at hard labor in the state penitentiary after a dispute over car ownership led to the shooting. Lawrence was well known in Hopkinton and surrounding areas.
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Fred Lawrence
Monticello
Sand Spring
South Dakota
Robert J. Burkett
Custer
Lawrence
Burkett
Hopkinton
Pioneer Memoirs Highlight Lena Reiger Nipp’s Monticello Roots
The Monticello resident Lena Reiger Nipp, aged 93, recalls early Monticello life from 1854 to the railroad’s arrival in 1859. She describes wagon shops, first stores, postmistress, stagecoach travel, pioneer families from Pennsylvania, and daily life on prairie history, with dates and local figures named.
Monticello Science Club Joins Cedar Falls Junior Academy Meet
Monticello high school's science club will join about 15 members of the newly organized Junior Academy of Science for a two day gathering at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls on April 29 and 30. Hosts include Cedar Falls high school's Alpha Beta Kappa club and the 2XL club from Teachers' college high school. Noted speakers include Dr James H Lees Iowa Academy of Science president, Dr F B Brown Iowa State College Ames and Dr Harry M Kelly Cornell College on topics Science in the World Today The Chemist and the Cornstalk and The Yellowstone National Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Club
Monticello High School
Junior Academy of Science
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls High School
Teachers’ College High School
James H. Lees
Iowa Academy of Science
Junior Academy
F. B. Brown
Iowa State College
Ames
Harry M. Kelly
Cornell College
Yellowstone National Park
Daylight Saving Time Goes Into Effect Across Regions
Last Sunday at 2 a.m. 142,000,000 people in America and Europe lost one hour and would regain it on Sept 25. Clocks in the eastern United States and other affected areas were set ahead one hour to begin the summer schedule.
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America
Europe
United States
Freight Carrier Application Refused
The state board of railroad commissioners denied Elvin Heide of Maquoketa a certificate to operate a motor freight carrier between Maquoketa and Clinton. The hearing, held April 19 in Clinton, faced objections from Northwestern and Milwaukee railroad companies Railway Express Clinton Chamber of Commerce and local businessmen.
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State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Elvin Heide
Maquoketa
Clinton
County Auditor's Office
Northwestern and
Milwaukee Railroad
Railway Express Company
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Local store specials and an Iowa school board resignation
Express Store News lists various grocery and hardware deals including bacon at 17 cents a pound and Quisenberry chick starter at 2.90 per 100 pounds. Also reports Monmouth Iowa school board members resigning amid criticisms and court action threats, leaving teachers to manage.
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Swift
Rickless Grocery
Libby
Lynn Howie
Lege’s
Witte
Robertson Brothers
Rite-Way
George Stahler
Monmouth
Iowa
April events in Monticello thirty years ago
Items from The Monticello Express recount April happenings including marriages between Kate Tobiassen and John Folkers, civic elections with Schaef fer as mayor and other officials, deaths of George Hofacre and Mrs. Foy, a bank certificate discovery, school salaries, emigration moves, and a water reservoir contamination scare with two dead skunks found in the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Kate Tobiassen
Ben Tobiassen
Wayne Township
John Folkers
C. Mardorf
G. G. Schaeffer
W. A. Mirick
E. E. Reed
Howard Putnam
LeRoy Clark
Fred
Andrew Ambuehl
John Holler
Switzerland
Monticello State Bank
Carpenter
Monticello National Bank
Tsane Rigby
John O. Duer
Clarence McCracken
Mechanicsville
Monticello
C. R. Scrogelle
Mary I. Jarman
Jennie Slavoth
C. B. McKean
Clark
Moose Jaw
Assiniboia
British America
Elizabeth Foy
Anna Connolly
County Monahan
Ireland
America
G. V. Winner
W. W. Hunter
New Jersey
Dena Lurkens
Gerhard Antons
John Janssen
Center Junction
Juli Husmann
Sand Spring
Rose Berea
William Clark
Newell Berga
the Express
Anna Young
James Young
Ed Ross
Daisy Noyes Dies in Chicago After Years as Teacher
Daisy Anna Noyes, born June 7 1876 in Monticello, died in Chicago after a long teaching career. Her funeral was held at her Monticello home with a Cedar Rapids reader and Rev. J W Innes assisting. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. she leaves sister Clara Tighe of Clarksburg and friend Addie Scott of Chicago.
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Daisy Anna Noyes
Harriet Coughlan
Miss Toogood
Christian Science Reader
Cedar Rapids
J. W. Innes
Milwaukee
Wis
Oakwood Cemetery
Miss Noyes
Matthew and
Evelyn
Griffin) Noyes
Monticello
W. F. Tighe
Clara
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Chicago
Mrs Herman Opfer Dies in Kansas Home
Mrs Henry Che travels to Hanover Kansas after death of her aged mother Mrs Herman Opfer age 73. Survived by husband two daughters and five sons funeral held Thursday December 2 1931. Mr and Mrs Opfer marked their golden wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Che
Hanover
Kansas
Herman Opfer
Opfer
Henry Ohe
Sacred Heart School Announces Closing Events of the Year
The Sacred Heart school lists events for the class of 1932. Key dates include April 27 class day, May 4 graduate recital, May 12 intermediate recital, May 17 junior senior banquet, May 20 junior recital, May 22 solemn communion, May 24 picnic, May 26-27 final exams, May 27 eighth grade diplomas, and May 31 annual commencement.
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Sisters of the Sacred Heart School
Sacred Heart Church
Neighborhoods That Interest Neighborhoods That Interest
The Frank Bizek home near Oxford Junction was destroyed by fire last week with total loss and partial insurance. Mrs. Dan Meade of Oxford Mills fractured an arm while cranking a motor car. Farmers near Maquoketa seek pheasant egg settings for spring hatching. Maquoketa prepares for a diamond jubilee 75 years after incorporation. Athletics news: Wisconsin beat Northwestern 12–5. Iowa State 10, Minnesota 4. Iowa defeated Grinnell in track. Grinnell 74 Coe 57. Owens fined for truck overloads. John Pazour arrested. Davenport man Russell Hockenberry jailed after his father’s death in a dispute. Ed McGillicuddy fined for illegal alcohol possession.
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Frank Bizek
Ankles
Oxford Junction
Dan Meade
Oxford Mills
Oxford Mirror
Maquoketa
Ivaak Walton
Iowa
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Iowa State
Minnesota
Russell Hockenberry
Davenport
Ed McGillicndy
Cedar Rapids
Lovejoy
Manchester
May Music Festival at Cornell by Chicago Symphony
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Frederick Stock will perform at Cornell for the thirtieth annual May festival from May 12 to 14. Soloists include Cusolina Giannini soprano and organist Fernando Germani. The program features Bach double concerto, Daniel Saidenberg cello concerto, and Cesar Franck Beatitudes by the Cornell Oratorio Society directed by W H Baltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Frederick Stock
Cornell
Doctor Stock
Cusolina Giannini
Fernando Germani
Germani
Augusteo
Rome
Chicago Symphony
Misha Mischakoff
J. Weicher
Bach
Daniel Saidenberg
Iowa City
Francis German
Ruth Pinkerton
Mount Vernon
Porter Asked to Return as Pastor at Methodist Church
The fourth quarterly meeting of the Methodist Episcopal church, led by District Superintendent Earl Baker, unanimously voted to invite Rev. R. V. Porter to return as pastor for the coming year. The conference is scheduled for July.
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The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Earl Baker
Mount Vernon
R. V. Porter
Five Teams Form Maquoketa Valley Baseball League
Monticello will host the season opener at the city park on Sunday May fifteen as part of a five team Maquoketa Valley league including Manchester Guttenberg Cascade Dyersville and Monticello. Bellevue declined entry and no salaried players will be used with a double header schedule and 35 cent admission.
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Robert Hogan
Monticello
City Park
Maquoketa Valley
Manchester
Guttenberg
Cascade
Dyersville
Monticeth
Bellevue
L. F. Hauss
W. 3B. Kann
Paul Schuetz
F. G. Gosling
Z. A. Graves
Carl Hodson
F. W. Ferring
Clarence Matthiessen
Harry Maire
Returns Made On Corn Shipped To South Dakota
Dr. M F Hogan reports the return of two carloads of grain shipped from Monticello to Parkston South Dakota during a cold snowy spell. The first car carried 40 740 pounds divided among 24 farmers 35 580 pounds of corn and 5 020 pounds of oats. The second car delivered 51 020 pounds of corn to 34 farmers. Local Monticello people aided distressed South Dakota residents with this gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Hogan
Monticello
V. F. W. Post
Enidits of Columbus Council of
Parkston
South Dakota
Monticello Red Cross Elects Officers for Next Year
The Monticello Red Cross chapter held a meeting at the public library electing Rev. S. G. Gutensohn as president, Mrs. H. M. Carpenter as vice president, Frank Stimson as secretary, Florence Noble as treasurer, with Supt. A B Grimes as retiring president. The group reported activities including Milk for needy families 122.61, meals for transients 14.30, hot lunches for schools 17.15, and transportation for transients 3.87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Chhapter
American Red Cross
S. G. Gutensohn
H. M. Carpenter
Frank Stimson
Florence Noble
A. 8B. Grimes
Red Cross
DeMolay Honors Curtis Moncrief With Legion of Honor
Curtis Moncrief former counselor of George Washington chapter DeMolay Monticello is named to the Legion of Honor by the national DeMolay Grand Council in Kansas City. The degree will be conferred at the state convention in Cedar Rapids on June 20. Moncrief earned his George Washington DeMolay diploma Feb 22 1929 alongside five other Town DeMolays receiving honorary degrees this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Moncrief
George Washington
DeMolay
Monticello
National Grand Council of DeMolay
Kansas City
Legion of Honor
Cedar Rapids
Curtis
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Lovell 4-H
Thom
Camp Fire Girls
Anamosa
Wyoming
Camp Fire
Woherp
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Reed
Dorothy Barlow
John McLees
Dorothy Herren
Selma Prahm
E. H. Huibregtse
Aeentioga
E. J. Parley
L. D. Dennis
Council
Seven Crafts
Farley
Mrs. G. Schoon
Robert Durst
Lena Reiger Nipp
Nipp
Emma Goes
Louis Reiger
Montice
Frank Reiger
Levi Gasset
Main Street
Gasset
John Tabor
Lovell Township
Tabor
First
Main Streets
Tom Shover
Daniel Varvel
Varvel
Pennsylvania
Edward Templeton
Mfe
Clark’s Grove
Maquoketa River
Reiger
Methodist Episcopal
Canton
L. Gasset
Orpha Cramer
West First Street
Chauncey Mead
Indiana
Gerald Wernimront
Daisy A. Noyes
Sacred Heart School
Mt. Vernon
Bud Hauss
Red Cross Chapter
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