Patrolman Kills Bandit After He Had Been Fatally Wounded
State highway patrolman Oran H. Pape died at 2:30 AM in a Muscatine hospital from a mortal abdomen wound received during a gunfight with an unidentified bandit eleven miles east of Muscatine on highway 61. The bandit died later in a Muscatine hospital after being shot by the officer with the bandit’s own weapon.
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Bandit
Oran Pape
Muscatine
Oran H. Pape
Pape
Highway 61
Fairport
Fred Nesper
Muscatine County
Primghar
West Union
Kittenball Season Opens May 4 With Two Big Games
The 1936 kittenball season begins Monday evening May 4 with Bartlett and Fluckiger's facing the City Club in the opener and DeMolay meeting Franklin in the nightcap. Six teams enter the race Bartlett and Fluckiger's The City Club DeMolay Franklin Stuhlers and Jim's Cafe. Jim's Cafe sponsors a team managed by Jake Wolfe. Games are Mondays and Fridays with Wednesday travel games. The diamond is being rearranged and opening night features a full program. First game starts at 7 45 p.m.
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Bartlett
Fluckiger
DeMolay
Franklin
Jim’s Cafe
Jim's Cafe
Jake Wolfe
Bartlett and
Fluckiger's
Dim’s Cafe
Stuhlers
Fluckiger’s
DeMolays
Fire escape erected at west side of post office building
Alva Zimmerman who rents the second floor dance hall added a fire escape to the west side of the post office building. The move follows many dances held upstairs and was deemed prudent for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Zimmerman
Legion Post May Lose Charter Locally
Monticello ex service men prepare for a Legion hall meeting on May 4 at 8 PM. State commander warned the local post charter could be revoked if revival and activity do not resume. Post commander Herman Hoffman urges participation to reestablish the American Legion post alongside the VFW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
American Legion
Iowa
Monticello
Herman Hoffman
Farmer Bill Daly Dies. Renowned Iowa County Farmer and Lecturer
William E. Daly aged 63, known as Farmer Bill for his chautauqua talks, died Friday night in an Iowa City hospital after a long illness. A Wayne township native, he spent much of his life in Amber and later Iowa City, leaving a wife a brother and four children. Funeral services were held at St Patrick’s church Anamosa with burial in Holy Cross cemetery.
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William E. Daly
Jones County
Bill
Iowa City
Wayne Township
Daly
Amber
Phillip Daly
Amber Bank
William
Call For Shrubbery By B. P. W. Committee
Miss Kate Maurice leads a committee of business and professional women calling for all kinds of shrubbery. Residents near Monticello are asked to contribute excess plants for screening unsightly roadside areas. Deliver to Miss Maurice’s home or arrangements will be made to dig up and transplant. Please phone Miss Maurice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Maurice
Monticello
Miss Maurice
Maurice
Rainfall and Heat Rise In Monticello This Week
Nearly half an inch of rain fell on Monday in Monticello, followed by rising temperatures on Tuesday with the afternoon reaching 72 degrees. Increased humidity accompanied the warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Country Club Officers Elected For Ensuing Year
The Monticello Country club elected William Shaffer as chairman and C. F. Shimanek as secretary for the coming year. Shaffer and Sam Rhatigan will replace William Laude and Ralph Bone as directors, joining Milton Thoeni E. C. Ricklefs J. B. Heiserman and Riess Stuhler. Family activities include summer card parties in the club rooms and dances for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
William Shaffer
C. F. Shimanek
Sam Rhatigan
William Laude
Ralph Bone
Milton Thoeni
E. C. Ricklefs
J. B. Heiserman
Riess Stuhler
Fire Destroys Barn on Louis Schrader Farm Near Scotch Grove
A large barn on Louis Schrader’s farm near Scotch Grove was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon at 3:30. Firemen saved nearby structures. cause remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Schrader
Scotch Grove
Statue of Liberty Essay Contest Aids Local Schools
An Americanization essay contest on What the Statue of Liberty Means to the American People reaches Monticello public school and Sacred Heart high school. Sponsored nationwide by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, prizes include a trip to Bedloe’s Island for the national winner and a gold medal. Edith Helms presides. committee members are Margaret Carmichael Anne Echternacht Mabel Jarrett Bridge McCusker and Honor L. Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Sacred Heart Parochial High School
United States
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Americanization Committee
France
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Bedloe’s Island
New York
Edith Helms
Margaret Carmichael
Anne Echternacht
Mabel Jarrett
Bridge McCusker
Honor L. Clark
Emerson Cave Dead at 84 In Oxford Junction
Emerson Cave 84 longtime Oxford Junction resident was found dead in his bed Saturday at his farm home. He leaves widow two sons James and Lambert a daughter Mrs Grace Stuhr and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at the Cave home. He previously served as mayor and was active in Democratic circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Cave
Oxford Junction
James
Lambert
Grace Stuhr
Cave
Local Girl Earns Fencing Club Honor at Smith College
Miss Helen Stuhler of Northampton Massachusetts has been elected a member of Smith College fencing club. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs H W Stuhler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Stuhler
Smith College
Northampton, Mass
Miss Stuhler
H. W. Stuhler
George A. Wilson To Visit In Jones County Thursday
Senator George A. Wilson of Des Moines plans to visit Jones county on Thursday April 30. The release outlines his long public career from senate page to state auditor and his bid for Iowa governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Wilson
Jones County
Des Moines
Towa
Page
Iowa Senate
State Senate
Senate
Senator Wilson
Monticello High Plans 1936 Graduation Week Highlights
Monticello High School outlines graduation plans for the class of 1936. Commencement is set for May 28 in the auditorium with Frederick J. Kluss as speaker and diplomas presented by F. E. Stimson. Preceding events include a May 28 play day at Mt Gregor and class day exercises. Alumni banquet closes the week. The class lists 38 graduates with officers and colors pink and white, motto Heights beckon us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Frederick J. Kluss
Cedar Rapids
F. E. Stimson
Board of Education
Mt Gregor
Helen Hwavlichek
Dorothy Sawyer
Paul Allen
Marian McVay
Heights
DeMolay Degree Work Planned in Hopkinton Friday
The George Washington chapter Monticello DeMolay will initiate Hopkinton youths Main Hacker and Leslie Freeze and Marshall Wiefel of Monticello Friday at 8 p.m. Local Master Masons and Monticello officers will oversee the ceremonies with a view to forming DeMolay clubs in Anamosa and Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Waslington
Order of DeMolay
Monticello
Hopkinton
Hacker
Leslie Freeze
Marshall “Weifel
Anamosa
William Hines
Max Wortman Jr
George Washington
Clarence Hearn
Rex Hodson
Ray Hodgson
John Hiller
Jamies Farley
Sydney Schweitzer
Gordon York
Eugene Balsiger
Max Palmer
Robert Spooner
Fred Bone
Wyland Bone
Glenn Lambert
John Fraser
Robert
New Books at Public Library Non Fiction and Fiction Listings
The library shelves new arrivals include non fiction titles such as Father Struck It Rich by Evalyn McLean Voyage to Galapagos by W H Robinson The Anatomy of Personality by Haggard and Fry Scout to Explorer by Paul Siple Break the Heart's Anger by Paul Engle Fun with Electricity by FP Collins and fiction titles Forbidden River by Harold Bendlass Life Is for Living by Kay Lipke Beth and Ernestine Graper by Elizabeth Corbett April Gold by Grace Livingston Hill The Death Riders by Cornelius Cofyn Five Little Heiresses by Alice Duer Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evalyn McLean
Galapagos
W. H. Robinson
Haggard
Fry
Paul Siple
Byrd
Little America
Paul Engle
FP. C. Collins
Harold Bendlass
Kay Lipke
Beth
Ernestine Graper
Elizabeth Corbett
Graper
April Gold
Grace Livingston Hill
Cornelius Cofyn
Alice Duer Miller
Farmers' Creamery Sets Butterfat Prices for April
The Farmers' Mutual Creamery of Monticello announces payment of 35 cents per pound for sweet cream and 34 cents for number 1 butterfat for the first half of April. The price is described as exceptionally good for the start of the summer season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Monticello
1937 License Plates Ready For Distribution
The 1937 auto and truck license plates are being sent out now. Plates are made at the state re formatory at Anamosa and are blue with white letters. Buchanan county is first in the state to receive its supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Buchanan County
Trainers' Project Meeting At Henry Adams Home
The regular Farm Bureau gathering for local leaders met at Mrs. Henry Adams’s home on Wednesday April 22. Miss Ruth Cessna from Town State College Ames directed sessions on nutrition and standards for cooked foods with reviews of meal planning for various occasions. A noon menu for 36 featured hot meat and vegetable sandwiches orange onion salad fingerbread whipped cream and hot chocolate. Gingerbread from this recipe has won Iowa State fair first prize four consecutive years. An interior decorating talk was given by Lowe's Paint. Discussions covered calories for weights and protein needs and bread jelly cottage cheese thermometer use. Leaders from Lovel Castle Grove and Richland townships attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Henry Adams
Ruth Cessna
Town State College
Ames
Lowe's Paint Company
Lovel
Castle Grove
Richland
Penningroth Visits Cedar Rapids Candidate for Congress
Charles Penningroth, candidate for the Second District seat, visited Cedar Rapids last Saturday afternoon with his son Herbert. Born in Tipton, he was admitted to the bar in 1914 after studying at the State University of Iowa and Harvard. Penningroth served Cedar Rapids as city attorney from 1924 to 1932 and is a member of the Iowa and American Bar associations, practicing with G S Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Penningroth
Montiel
Penningroth
Tipton
State University of Iowa
Harvard University
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State
American Bar Associations
Partnersh
G. 5S. Holmes
Herbert
Schreiner O E S Chapter plans pot luck supper May 4
Schreiner chapter, Order of Eastern Star, will meet Monday evening May 4 for a regular meeting and pot luck supper at six thirty. Bring own dishes and silverware according to family size. All Eastern Stars and families invited. A Mother’s Day program follows the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schreiner Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
B P W Elect Officers For The Ensuing Year
Members of the Monticello chapter of the Business and Professional Women met for dinner in Cedar Rapids and elected new officers for the year. President Mildred Iverson, vice president Emma Helken, recording secretary Minnie Rickless, corresponding secretary Ann Miller, and treasurer Madge Shaffer will lead the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
the Business and Professional Women
Cedar Rapids
Mildred Iverson
Emma Helken
Minnie Rickless
Ann Miller
Madge Shaffer
Bernard Farmer Killed In Automobile Crash
Bernard Farmer, 72, was fatally injured Monday evening when his car was side swiped by a WPA truck carrying 27 workers. The crash occurred three miles south of Dubuque on highway 161. Two WPA workers were slightly injured. Carr died an hour later at a Dubuque hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Carr
Bernard Farmer
WPA
Dubuque
Carr
Damages Sought Over Car Horse Collision
Meinrad and Theresia Egloff sue John Chite in Manchester district court for 292.50 claiming vehicle damage from a horse owned by Clute leaping from a roadside ditch into the Belott car on the Greeley Barville road October 13. Theresa claims personal injuries and Donald Wernett confesses to a murder motive after a taxi fare dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meinrad
Theresia Egloff
John Chite
Manchester
Damaezes
O Ecaro
Greeley-Barlville
Ov Clute
Belott
Dane
Sis
Theresa Beglofff
Donald E. Wernett
Dubuque
M Carbine
Highway 20
Funeral Services For Mrs. John Ryan 75
Funeral services were held for Mrs. John Ryan 75 at Monti with burial there. Born Cascade August 29 1860 she was daughter of James and Catherine McGrane. She married in 1892 and lived on a Monticello area farm before moving to Buchanan county. Survived by husband four children J F Ryan E M Ryan of Detroit and Mrs Erwin Mc Elligott and Mrs William O Brien two brothers James Ernest and Susie McGrane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ryan
Monti
Ryan
Cascade
James
Catherine McGrane
Monticello
Buchanan County
William O'Brien
Erwin McElligott
J. F. Ryan
E. M. Ryan
Detroit
Ernest
Susie McGrane
Iowa Music Festival Arrives in Iowa City This Week
The state high school music festival will be in Iowa City from April 30 to May 2. A record 86 bands and orchestras entered, with over 4 000 musicians expected in large group events. Nearby towns represented include Dubuque Marion Vinton Lost Nation and Springville with concert bands and orchestras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
Monticello
Concer
Dubuque
Marion
Vinton
Lost Nation
Springville
Boy Struck by Car Driver on Main Street April 25
An accident on South Main near Farmers' Creamery left eight year old Frank Fitzsimmons with a possible skull fracture and a broken left leg. He was treated at John McDonald hospital after riding on a wagon and careening into oncoming traffic. Driver Maybanks of Dubuque escaped serious injury. witnesses say speed could not have been avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy
Main Street
John McDonald Hospital
Frank
Eugene Barlow
Barlow
Lttle
Monticello Alumni Plan May 29 Banquet
At a Monticello Alumni Association meeting in the public library last Monday officers were elected and committees named. The banquet is set for May 29 with Eloise Kuhns as president Esther Sinclair as vice president Esther Bender as secretary and Donald P Sutherland as treasurer. Committees cover dues program menu dance decorations and more with named members including Agnes Gearhart Mrs Ray Echternacht Georgia Linter Fern Bender Jean Liddy Ann Marie Creuth Elree Starks Stuart Hoag Raymond Hodgson Sylvia Olden and Alice Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Alumni Association
Eloise Kuhns
Esther Sinclair
Scotch Grove Township
Esther Bender
Donald P. Sutherland
Agnes Gearhart
Ray Echternacht
Georgia Linter
Fern Bender
Jean Liddy
BE. B. Shelley
FB. 0. Parley
Ann Marie Creuth
Elree Stark
Iowa Electric Co Wins Manchester Franchise
The Iowa Electric Company won a twenty year franchise in Manchester by 54 votes amid about 1000 voters. Ward results show tight races with 131 in the first ward, 276 for to 215 against in the second, and 184 against to 177 for in the third. The city considered a municipal plant under the Simmer law but most favored keeping private utility operation. The company plans a division office and free civic promotions with lower rates and improved street lighting at no extra city cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Electric Company
Manchester
Eighth Grade Exams Set for May 7 and 8
Eighth grade tests will be held May 7 and 8 across multiple centers including Anamosa Center Junction Cascade Monticello Morley Olin Onslow Oxford Junction Temple Hill and Wyoming. The state furnishes uniform questions covering physiology geography and music with seventh graders who completed work eligible to take physiology geography and music. A passing rural choir grade can substitute for the state exam.
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Anamosa
Center Junction
Cascade
Martello
Monticello
Morley
Olin
Onslow
Oxford Junction
Temple Hill
Wyoming
State Department of Education
Former Principal Stout Joins Fort Dodge Glee Club Broadcast
Minard Stout a former Monticello high school principal now serves in Fort Dodge as a junior high principal. He belongs to the Men's Civic glee club which aired a program on WMT Waterloo Sunday April 26 from 8 to 3 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minard Stout
Monticello
Standard Oil Announces New Summer Sales Program
The article details Standard Oil Company announcing a new summer sales program. It covers film promotion efforts centered on a hometown success story, featuring a service station owner, with complications of car racketeers and a romance subplot. Key participants include H Bemis, R E McClellan, W N Skourup, E J Ferriter, R A Stackhouse, N E Kennard, M D Williamson, and Earl Daughteee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CoMereta
Vernon
Hollywood
Edgar Kennedy
Frank Craven
Ray Walker
Betty Blythe
Bryant Washburn
Maxine Doyle
Kennedy
Chicago
Phate
Standard Oil
H. Bemis
R. E. McClellan
W. N. Skourup
E. J. Ferriter
Atlas Tire
R. A. Stackhouse
N. E. Kennard
M. D. Williamson
Earl Daughetee
Fire destroys Central City Produce Co. building
Fire damaged the Central City Produce company stock and equipment on Friday evening. The blaze threatened nearby residences as Marion and Coggan fire companies aided, and most residents helped with hoses and buckets. Manager Rudolph Kruse estimated damage at 35090 dollars. cause unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City Produce Company
Marion and Coggan
Rudolph Kruse
Rotary Club elects five new Monticello directors
The Monticello Rotary Club held its annual business meeting after the weekly dinner at Maples Town. For the first time the entire board slate was nominated, and following ballots five men were elected to director positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Monticello
Maples Ton
Hye
J. Mo Uedsertaan
A. Ed
Seraghley Vaidtany
Local Restaurateur Eyes Monticello Dining Revival
During World War I a man trained as a cook and baker studied at a school for cooks and bakers. He later served 14 years as a chef for Fred Harvey restaurants and is prepared to take over the local restaurant. Mrs. Wilkin, formerly May Gardner of Monticello, is introduced as a relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Harvey
Wilkin
Monticello
May Gardner
Ernest Gardner
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Erma Louise Schneider
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