Davenport Man Stirring Talk To Rotary
B J Palmer founder of the Palmer School of Chiropractic addressed Rotarians and Rotary Anns at Monticello in the Mt Vernon Anamosa Monticello inter city meeting. He spoke on originality and creative ability in work and sales noting psychology in business. Palmer stressed doing the unusual to accomplish worthwhile tasks and being persistent amid difficulties. About a hundred attended the dinner and meeting with 26 Rotarians from Mt Vernon 38 from Anamosa and 16 from Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Palmer
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Davenport
Rotarians
Rotary Anns
Monticello
Mt. Vernon
Anamosa
Palmer
End
Country Club
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Martello Triumphs Over Monti in Ten Inning Thriller
Martello beat Monticello 6 to 5 in ten innings on the East Central schedule. C Rhatigan started with a triple and scored on Egger's single. Martello led 3 0 after two innings and Monticello tied late. Hayes doubled in the tenth but was left on base as Martello pushed across a final run. B Bartlett L Bartlett and Oltman did the local catching and pitching for Martello with Miller Meredith and Michaels for Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Baseball
Martello
Martelle
C. Rhatigan
Egger
Monticello
Hayes
B. Bartlett
L. Bartlett
Oltman
Miller
Meredith
Michaels
Preparing For Other Duties In Old Kentucky
Elden Rohn of Cedar Rapids and his sister Harriet Rohn from Brasstown North Carolina visited Wheatland briefly. They are nephew and niece of Mrs. F. W. Buxton and Mrs. L. M. Vankirk. Harriets work included service as secretary of the John Coll Folk School at Brasstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatland Gazette
Elden Rohn
Cedar, Rapids
Harriet Rohn
Brasstown
North Carolina
F. W. Buxton
L. M. Vankirk
Claussen Named for Supreme Judge in 1935 Nomination
Geo C. Claussen, Monticello resident and former mail clerk, is nominated for the short term on the Iowa Supreme Court ending December 31, 1936. He practiced law at Clinton and was appointed by Governor Dan Turner to fill a vacancy, later defending his occupancy against a Democratic challenger. The nomination and renewals of Evans, Stevens, and Kinng were made at a Marshalltown Republican judicial convention that lasted 23 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. C. Claussen
Supreme Court
Monticello
Davenport
Judge Claussen
Clinton
Supreme
Dan Turner
Wm. D. Evans
Hampton
Truman
Stevens
Hamburg
Jas. W. Kinng
Sioux City
Marshalltown
Death of Edward Hoyt at 87 in Iowa
Edward Hoyt longtime Jones county resident died July 26 1934 at his niece’s home near Stratford Iowa at age 87 Funeral held at Monticello and burial in Oakwood cemetery Rev Wm Macaulay led service Relatives present included Lester Vegers Sadie Hanna Relf Mary L Hanna and Lyman Dreibelbis Hoyt born May 13 1847 in Osceola County Pennsylvania moved to Monticello as a youth and lived on several farms before settling near Scotch Grove The obituary notes he was the eldest of five children all predeceased him and the record continues on page 4
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hoyt
Jones County
Vegers
Stratford
Iowa
Monticello
Oakwood Cemetery
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wm. Macaulay
Lester Vegers
Sadie Hanna Relf
Decorah
Mary L. Hanna
Marion
Lyman Dreibelbis
Creston
Hoyt
Osceola County
Pennsylvania
Lyman Pierce Hoyt
Sally Tubbs Hoyt
Scotch Grove
The
Funeral Services Of Jos Loetscher Held Saturday
The funeral of Joseph Loetscher, whose death was noted a week ago, was held last Saturday afternoon. Home services were conducted from Rudolph Winkler's residence, followed by church services at the German Reformed church led by Rev. Armin H Tendick. Burial was at Oakwood cemetery. Relatives from out of town included Henry Husmann and James Peckosh with family of Oxford Junction, C C Accola of Alleman, Stepanek of Buchanan, Gus Hudson and family, Burke family, Adee family of Cedar Rapids, Ed Mangold of Ryan, with many Cascade friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Loetscher
Rudolph Winkler
German Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Oakwood Cemetery
Henry Husmann
Jas. Peckosh and Son
Oxford Junction
C. C. Accola
Seventy Petitions On File At County Office
Seventy petitions for old age assistance are on file with county worker Miss Lora Houston in Allamosa. Additional petitions filed at Olin and Monticello are expected to raise the total beyond one hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora Houston
Allamosa
Olin
Monticello
Jones County Receives $71.07 From State Motor Taxes
May Make County funds stop over the till as Jones County is set to receive 71.07 dollars from motor vehicle taxes collected by the state during July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
New Cases Docketed For September Term
Over twenty cases filed for the coming September term of the district court. Most relate to marital issues, with nearly 50 percent involving divorces or separations. Foreclosures follow with four actions listed, plus two bank receivership cases in the name of L. A. Andrew. A partition suit, garnishment, rent action, and promissory note cases complete the docket summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Bertha Schatz
C. A. Schatz
D. W. Bates
Otto L. Shedeck
National Life Insurance Co
Clara Schneiter
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Geo. L. Schoonover
Iowa City
L. A. Andrew
Commercial State Bank of
Iowa City Savings Bank of
Mary Julfs
John and Marie Rickels
Frank Cooper
C. R. Smith
William and
Elma Husman
Lee Byerly
Winnifred L. Russell
Hila Morgan
Gold Rush Rumors Reach Jones and Linn Counties
A Cedar Rapids Gazette report notes gold found on a farm near the Jones and Linn county line. John Stone on the Minnie Blank farm near Viola and Stone City tested yellow metal in timber land, and Harry Newlin nearby also found gold. A Chicago firm reportedly sought mining rights but hesitated to offer a definite lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jones and Linn
John Stone
Minnie Blank
Viola
Stone City
Harry Newlin
Blank Place
Chicago
Ball Games Set For Jones County Fair Week
Dr M F Hogan in charge of ball games for the Jones County Fair reports a full schedule Kittenball opens Wednesday August 22 with the Midgets facing the DeMolays and the Shomonts and Stahlers to be announced. On Thursday August 23 Cascade and Oxford Junction play on the regulation diamond with the winner meeting Dyersville Friday August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Hogan
Jones County Fair
Shomonts
Stahlers
Cascade
Oxford Junction
Dyersville
Tractor Injury Fractures Anamosa Worker’s Ankle
Henry Wheelock of Anamosa suffered a fractured ankle while guiding Foley Bros. on a road grading project in Clay township. A tractor he worked near ran over his leg, and the injury was treated at Onslow before he returned home to Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wheelock
Anamosa
Foley Bros
Clay Township
Onslow
Jones county Delegation at Des Moines State Democratic Meet
J. J. Locher chaired the county democratic central committee and joined Senator Baldwin of Cascade with the senator's mother and sister at the state democratic convention in Des Moines last Thursday. Warden Win Frazer of Anamoose county also attended from the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Locher
Jones County
Democratic Central Committee
Senator Baldwin
Cascade
Des Moines
Warden Win, Frazer
Anamoca
Monticello Golfers Rally Past Iowa City in Local Match
Monticello Country Club defeated a 14 man Iowa City team Sunday afternoon at 1 30, easing to a decisive win as Iowa City rested top players. Laude led with a 36 for 62 total, while Monticello dominated the meet, with final tallies showing their club ahead and plans for 18 hole qualifying rounds to select the championship contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Towa City
Laude
Otter
Championalil
Arteat Bundesan
Eastern Town Association
Walter Hubbard Visited by Soft Hearted Burglar
A report notes a gentle thief visited Walter Hubbard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard, leaving no harm. The incident is recorded as a curious local event with no injuries or fines reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Hubbard
Walter ‘Hubbard
Old Age Assistance Law Explains Eligibility And Rules
The article outlines the new Old Age Assistance law, its commission structure, and county boards. It explains eligibility based on age 65, US citizenship, long residency, and income limits, plus residency and conduct requirements. It notes liens on real estate as security for aid and conditions for conveyance if protection of state interests is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Board of Commissioners
County Recorder
Greenhouses Prepare For Winter Markets
The Monticello Greenhouses protected crops during a harsh season by surface irrigation of open-air beds and moved carnations and chrysanthemums under glass. They saved 18 000 carnations and 15 000 chrysanthemums from loss, expanded poinsettia and Easter lily inventories, and plan bed updates. Manager Kettlitz aims to grow wholesale trade in larger cities with 35 000 square feet under glass and fuel-cost reducing upgrades including an automatic stoker and reduced coal tonnage from 14 to eight carloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Kettlitz
Gilaas
May Resort To Skin Grafting To Aid Healing
Ray Adams, a Springville area crash victim, suffered a severe arm laceration from broken glass with heavy blood loss. Doctors anticipate a skin graft to promote healing though full wrist and hand use may not return, with tissue loss and minor infection present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Adams
Springville
Road Grading Starts in Clay Township
Work has begun on grading 3.5 miles of road from the Scotch Grove and Clay township line to the Maquoketa River in Clay. Foley Bros. of Anamosa hold the contract for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Township
Scotch Grove
Maquoketa River
Foley Bros. of
Anamosa
Nature Gives Crop Reduction A Boost
Wyoming farmer Ed Behrends reports a loss of grain but notes planting six bushels per acre. The Strong threshing crew this week averaged four bushels per acre, signaling a modest crop boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Ed Behrends
Sister Mary Eutropia Promoted To Western School
Sister Mary Eutropia, long time principal of Sacred Heart School in Monticello, has been transferred to a western state school by the mother house in Dubuque. A local correspondent notes her untiring, selfless service and her role in supporting the basketball team during hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Eutropia
Sacred Heart School
Monticello
Dubuque
Sacred Heart
Sister
Liveries And Feed Barns Completely Disappear
Twenty five years ago Jones county towns housed livery and feed barns now all gone. Anamosa barns wrecked. Monticello’s four reduced to one or remodelled. Center Junction Onslow Olin Wyoming also lost. Oxford Junction last county barn condemned and wrecked. Martelle possibly remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
Monticello
Center Junction
Onslow
Olin
Wyoming
Jones County Native Louise Ellis Dies in Anamosa
Louise Gillette Ellis a Jones county native born October 12 1867 at Wyoming died at her home in Anamosa Saturday evening She was the widow of Albert Ellis who predeceased her and had lived in the county seat for many years A daughter Irene La Rue of Los Angeles and brother Ford Patterson of Anamosa survive The funeral and burial were held in Anamosa last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Gillette Ellis
Jones County
Wyoming
Anamosa
Albert Ellis
Irene la Rue
Los Angeles
Ford Patterson
Prisoners Given Five Year Additions For Escape
True informations were filed in a district court by County Attorney Leveen against Ray Singleton and Donald Madding on July 16. Singleton and Madding are prisoners at the reformatory and were charged with escaping from the prison. Singleton pleaded guilty and received another five years. Madding has not yet been arraigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leveen
Ray Singleton
Donald Madding
Singleton
Madding
Reformatory
County Relief Needs Rising in Jones County
Direct relief calls rose from 90 in May June to 148 in July as funds shrink and needs grow. Unemployment relief added workers with 96 May June rising to 128 July, with a forecast to exceed 150 by August under county relief administrator Miss Lora Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Lora Houston
New Policy Questioned Over Oxford Junction Postmaster Favoritism
The article notes Frank Peckosh acting postmaster at Oxford Junction after R E Hill was removed for alleged political activity. An exam was ordered to fill the vacancy with Mrs M Bogh among the applicants. Peckosh received a letter offering the postmaster role if he would appoint Mrs Bogh as his assistant, previously served by his nephew Ladislav Peckosh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Frank Peckosh
R. E. Hill
Washington
Peckosh
Bogh
Ladislav Peckosh
Jones County Not Represented in Corn Hog Payment Suspension
Jones County was not among the 56 counties affected by a suspension of corn hog contract payments. Washington ordered investigations into Iowa quotas delaying checks for many counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Washington
Iowa
County Line Boys Take Double Header Victory
The County Line boys defeated Langworthy Boosters in a Sunday double header. In the first game the County Liners led 33 to 22, and in the second game the score was 12 to 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Line Boys
Langworthy Boosters
County Liners
Havlichek Brother Dies at University Hospital Iowa City
Ervin Leslie, brother of Mrs. Eliza Havlichek of Monticello, died at the University hospital in Iowa City. The funeral was held at the Leslie home in Oxford Junction. He was about 50 years old and his wife, who survives, has also been very ill at Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Leslie
Eliza Havlichek
Monticello
University Hospital
Iowa City
Leslie
Oxford Junction
Graduation of Cadet Gee Opens West Point Vacancy
Herbert Caran Gee, a Jones county youth from Anamosa, graduates from the U S Military Academy at West Point leaving a vacancy to be filled by appointment from Iowa's Second district. Competitive exams test eligibility by February 1 1935. the successful nominee enters West Point July 1 1936. Applicants must be 17 to 22 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Herbert Caran Gee
Military
West Point
Gee
Anamosa
Academy
Midgets Stay Unbeaten With Five Straight Wins
The Midgets push their record to five wins, no losses, by taking two league games and two non league matches this week. They defeated Firemen 28 to 1, Shomont 9 to 7, and beat Marion Merchants in two non league games, one on Wednesday and another on the foreign diamond. Bud Reynolds held the mound as the club pulled away in the later innings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Merchants
Canners
Farmer Canning Company
Marion
Bud Reynolds
Pitchinen Ahi
Firemen
Shomont
Shomonters
Milkmen
Former Resident Suffers Severe Fire Loss Near Hamilton
8 B Eberhart, a former resident, sustained a major fire loss on a farm near Hamilton Missouri. The blaze started in a hay mow destroying two barns and a hog house with over 20000 dollars uninsured personal property losses of about 1500 dollars. A threshing crew and the fire department saved other buildings while stock and equipment were lost. Eberhart is brother of Mrs Bert Hubbard of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Eberhart
Hamilton
Missouri
Eberhart
Shire Stallion
Bert Hubbard
Monticello
Canadian Taken From Prison For Deportation
Robert Scott a 32 year old Cornwall Ontario man was removed from the Anamosa reformatory by a federal immigration officer last week for deportation to Canada. He had been in custody since 1930 on a statutory charge in Buena Vista county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Scott
Cornwall
Ontario
United States
Scott
Anamosa Reformatory
Buena Vista County
Canada
Local County Budgets Show Mixed 1935 Outcomes
County towns project tighter budgets for 1935 with several reducing expenditures compared to 1933 or 1934 while others rise. Olin and Oxford Junction post declines milked against 1934 levels, Monticello trims, county seat cuts, Mersey ahead, and the total tax levy set at 99 470 a new low for recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin
Oxford Junction
Mersey
Monticello
Distribute Beef And Pork To Needy Families
Commodities were distributed last week to 272 Jones county families by the county relief organization. The aid included 912 cans of meat and 817 pounds of pork and beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
County Relief Organisation
Jones County Fair Nears Its Four Day Run
The Jones County fair runs August 21 to 24 with stock parade on the 23rd and a horse pulling contest on the 24th. The event emphasizes pure bred livestock showcases and advancing agricultural displays while featuring vaudeville acts and nightly musical revues led by notable performers such as the Baltar Sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
State Agricultural College
Pitiable Conditions Plague Southern Iowa Farmlands
Dr and Mrs A M Maurice and son Phil and Miss Kate Maurice visited Chariton to see Mr and Mrs Raymond Denkhoff. Dr Maurice reports farm districts in southern Iowa are pitiable with only five inches of rain since early March. The drought extends north and east to Tama with better conditions toward Monticello though more rain is needed for mature corn crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Maurice
Phil
Kate Maurice
Raymond Denkhoff
Chariton
Maurice
Dr. Maurice
Maren
Tama
Monticello
Jones County Absorbs 90 Cars In Six Months
Twenty three new automobiles were sold in Jones county during June. During the first six months of the year 90 cars were sold in the county. Nearby counties show June and half year totals with Cedar county 22 and 85, Jackson 22 and 06, Delaware 16 and 06, Linn 71 and 961, while state sales rise 80 percent year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Cedar County
Jackson County
Delaware
Linn
Corn-Hog Cash Distributed in Iowa Totals Over 6 Million
East Washington reports 6,024,046 dollars in corn-hog payments across Iowa with 26,749 early payment agreements and over 36,000 agreements awaiting payment. Local totals through July 23 show Cedar County 106,684 dollars, Delaware 83,431 dollars, Jones 10,902 dollars, and others 33,161 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Washington
Iowa
Jones
Cedar Co
Delaware
Heatstroke Victim Making Slow Recovery
Mr. Martin Burrichter, who suffered a heat stroke last week, is making progress toward recovery. He did not regain consciousness sufficiently to register impressions until Friday. Full recovery from the collapse will be slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Burrichter
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Chiropractic School
Monti
Old Kentucky
Ames
Beynon Ricklefs
Ricklefs
Unday
Roe Poe
Wyant
Jacobs
Claussen
Scotch Grove Nursery
Webster City
Jos. Loetscher
Jones and Linn Counties
L, E., Hoag
H. W. Stuhler
Harry I. Rodman
J. J. Tocher
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
F. G. Matthiessen
Baltar Sisters
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