Death of Mrs. J. L. Arduser in Monticello
The long illness of Mrs. J L Arduser ended last Monday afternoon at her home on Sycamore Street Monticello. She was born Dorothy Ambuehl in 1863 in Davos Switzerland and came to the United States in 1872. She married Carl Arduser in 1882 and leaves husband two daughters and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Reformed church with Rev. Arnold Buol in charge. burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Arduser
Sycamore and
Third Streets
George Maire
Arduser
Dorothy Ambuehl
Davos
Canton Graubunden
Switzerland
Andrew
Kathryn (Arduser) Ambuehl
United States
Bowen's Prairie
Kate Baer
Monticello
Margaret Kiburz
Chicago
George Ambuehl
J. J. Janett
Sheboygan
Wis
Andrew Ambuehl
Richland Township
F. Graf
Reformed Church
Bidwell
Sycamore Street
Ardus
The
Arnold Buol
Tendick
Oakwood Cemetery
Methodist Episcopal Church
William J. Maucaulay
Roy Morey
William Brokens
Arthur Adix
Clarence Egger
Leonard Durst
Henry Chaloupka
Reynolds
Nola
Ben
James
William
Supervisors Award Coal Contracts in Jones County
The Jones county Board of Supervisors awarded five carloads of coal to three local firms Amber Lumber received three carloads for the County Home Eclipse Lumber of Anamosa got one carload for the county jail and Center Junction creamery secured one carload for the courthouse. The board also heard taxpayers on the budget but no objections were raised and the final estimate remained unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Amber Lumber Company
Eclipse Lumber Company
Anamosa
Center Junction
Jones County Boys Join Navy Enlistment Quota
Two Jones county youths Roy Routh Luke of Wyoming and George Robert Alyea of Center Junction will sail to Des Moines on August 14 for Naval Training in San Diego before sea duty with the fleet. They are among seven men in Davenport Navy Recruiting Station's August quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Davenport
Roy Routh Luke
Wyoming
George Robert Alyea
Center Junction
Des Moines
San Diego
Calif
Oxford
Mirror
Spaethe Named County Engineer To Finish Term
C. A. Spaethe of Anamosa was appointed County Engineer by the Board of Supervisors to finish the unexpired term of G. E. Henningson who resigned to take a Marshall County post. Spaethe starts September 1 and serves until year end. He has worked 12 years in the county engineer's office and knows the duties well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Spaethe
Anamosa
Board of Supervisors
G. E. Henningson
Marshall County
Spaethee
Spaethe
Community Sing Replaces Band Concert August 12
A community sing is planned for Wednesday evening August 12 at the corner of First and South Sycamore streets. Directed by Mrs Frances Leeper and Miss Mary Burrichter with Gene Byers as accompanist, the event aims to become an ongoing series if popular. Seats will be provided and old and new songs will be sung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
South Sycamore Streets
Frances Leeper
Mary Burrichter
Leeper
Pennsylvania
Gene Byers
Rob Farmers Creamery Man Solved Robbery Attempts
Three attempted robberies in Langworthy and Olin were reported to Jones County officers this week. One arrest was made. Bill Miller, 39, of Warsaw Wisconsin, held on suspicion. The Ford garage at Olin was entered Saturday night with a failed safe dial removal. The Langworthy creamery was entered Sunday. the safe dial was chiseled off and seven dollars taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langworthy
Olin
Jones County
Bill Miller
Warsaw
Wis
Miller confesses in Langworthy creamery robbery case
Bill Miller held since Monday on a suspicion charge confesses to Sheriff Ejich horn at Anamosa regarding the Farmers Creamery robbery at Langworthy and suspected similar crimes at Martelle and Olin. Miller’s possessions include a stolen Elgin watch, small change, a fountain pen and gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Miller
Langworthy
Ejichhorn
Anamosa
Miller
Martelle
Olin
Monticello Remains Leader Tied After 5 4 Victory
Monticello edged Cascade 5 to 4 to pull even atop the Eastern Iowa baseball loop. Eggers and Kehoe doubled for Monti while Thenhaus pitched and Kreeb caught. Lofeuk and Kreeb toed the Cascade battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Cascade Club
Monti
Cascada
Eggers
Kehoe
Thenhaus
Kreeb
Cascade
Lofeuk
Fourth Grade Teacher Elected for Monti School
Miss Grace A. Searles of Reinbeck was elected this week as a fourth grade teacher in the Monti school system. She is a graduate of the Iowa State Teachers College and has taught in Grundy county rural schools and at Whitten. For six years she taught in Dayton junior high, handling English spelling and physical training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace A. Searles
Reinbeck
Monticello
Iowa: State Teachers’ College
Echoolg
Grundy
Whitten
Dayton
Searles
Meyer couple marks forty fourth anniversary with family picnic
Mr and Mrs J F Meyer celebrated their forty four year wedding anniversary with a Sunday family picnic at Palisades near Mt Vernon Then a supper at the Cedar Rapids home of daughter Mrs Maisie Redding Attending were Mrs Redding Josephine a Council Bluffs teacher Helen a Holstein teacher Mildred a Monticello milliner and Isabel a Geo Stuhler’s Sons bookkeeper Also unable to attend were daughters Patricia Meyer an Omaha nurse and Sister Mary Constance Of Oline
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Meyer
Palisades
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Maisie Redding
Patricia Meyer
R. N
Omaha
Mary Constance
Oline
Ed Miller dies at daughter's home in Monticello
Ed J. Miller died Friday at 1 45 in the home of his daughter Mrs Wm Behrends in southeast Monticello after a ten day stay. He was born September 24 1877 in Garry Owen and married twice first to Etta Jones in 1905 with five children two of whom died in 1918 influenza. Surviving children are Elmer and Justin of Oxford Junction Velma Behrends of Monticello and two grandchildren Audrey Lee and Ronald Behrends and second wife Laura Vesey. Surviving brothers are Emmet Miller Cascade Vincent Hopkinton Bert Quasqueton and sisters Mrs Julia Bowers Santa Monica and Mrs S B Lowe Hopkinton. He was a farmer and carpenter. Funeral at Behrends home burial in Hopkinton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed J. Miller
Wm. Behrends
Monticello
Mr. Miller
William
Ellen Miller
Garry Owen
Etta Jones
Sand Spring
Elmer
Justin
Oxford Junction
Velma
William Behrends
Audrey Lee
Ronald Behrends
Miller
Laura Vesey
Emmet Miller
Cascade
Vincent
Hopkinton
Bert
Quasqueton
Julia Bowers
Santa Monica
Calif
B. Lowe
William J. Macaulay
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cattle Feeders To Tour August 11
The Jones county beef cattle men's tour will be held on Tuesday August 11. Eight farms will be visited to inspect cattle and feeding plants with a noon lunch and a weight guessing contest. Rex Beresford ISU Extension will join to share cattle feeding insights. All local farmers are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
County
Edward Herren
Lee Streets
C. M. Holst
Meinheardt F. Thompson
Herman Brunscheen
Carl Levsen
Peter Levsen
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Beresford
Town State College
State Auditors Check County Offices
Two state auditors, B. R. McCully of Jefferson and W. B. Duffy of Clinton, arrived in Anamosa last week and will spend about a month checking the county officers. The audit covers records for the year 1935 as part of regular state oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. McCully
Jefferson
W. B. Duffy
Clinton
Anamosa
July Hot Spell Sets Monticello Record Heat
July proves hottest and driest on record in Monticello with seventeen days above 100 degrees and only about one inch of rain. Amateur weatherman J E Bateman notes 113 degrees on July 13 and a string of 100 plus days amid scant rainfall as government figures align closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
J. E. Bateman
Judy
Bateman
Suicide Ends Wilder Blair Life in Dubuque Garage
Wilder G Blair 61 formerly of Minneapolis shot himself in a Dubuque garage on Thursday morning ending his life. He had recently faced unemployment and had lived in Dubuque while visiting Monticello friends. He is survived by his widow Della Arduser Blair and a brother Edwin Blair of Marshall Missouri. Funeral services were held in Dubuque and the body went to Marshall for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilder G. Blair
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Paul Arduser
Blair
Arduser
Mr. Blair
Telegraph Herald
Monticello
A Duser
Marshall
California
Dayton
Roshek
Della Arduser
Edwin Blair
Marshall, Mo
Monticello Office Tops in Savings Bond Sales
The Monticello Post Office ranks high nationally in United States Savings bonds sales under Postmaster M. F. Hogan. Local sales average about $20 per person vs the national $3.46. The office sold 0.36 percent of Iowa bonds, amid 1.7 million bonds issued nationwide since March 1 1935, with Iowa leading May totals near $2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
United States
M. F. Hogan
Iowa
Mississippi Valley fair set for Davenport in August
The Mississippi Valley fair will be held at Davenport on August 16. Maquoketa revived roller skating at Lakehurst skating rink. Alvin Freiburger, a 6 year old Dubuque County boy, shocked three acres of oats between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Mrs Clarence Boddicker near Quasqueton badly burned trying to start a fire with oil. A Manchester laundry fire caused a $1,000 loss paid by insurance. origin an explosion in a dry cleaning room. Worker Herbert Williams escaped through a door on hands and knees. An August 1934 explosion had killed the laundry proprietor H B Randel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Maquoketa
Lakehurst
Alvin Freiburger
Dubuque County
Clarence Boddicker
Quasqueton
Manchester
Herbert Williams
H. B. Randel
Jones County Receives State Tax Refund Of 98402.64
Jones County will get a state tax refund of 98402.64 from the three point tax assessment. The funds will provide about 4 mills to apply on property levies across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Mayor F D McLaughlin Officiated At Wedding
Thomas Plover of Cass Center and Wilma Fousek of Anamosa were married yesterday afternoon at 1 00 oclock by Mayor F D McLaughlin. The couple were joined by Frank Plover and Mrs Frank Plover. The Plovers are farmers operating the Thomas farm in Cass Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Plover
Cass Center
Wilma Fousek
Anamosa
F. D. McLaughlin
Frank Plover
Messrs. Plouer
Thomas
Butterfat Prices Rise At Farmers' Mutual Creamery
Prices paid for butterfat delivered to the Farmers' Mutual Creamery at Monticello show gains for the first half of July. Sweet cream brings 39 cents a pound, number 1 butterfat 38 cents, and number 2 butterfat 36 cents. This follows June half totals of 36, 35, and 33 cents respectively, marking a 3 cent per pound jump over the prior period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers' Mutual
Monticello
MONTICELLO MAN DIES AFTER LUNG SURGERY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Charles Elbert Reynolds 47 died Tuesday morning at 9 30 after June 3 pneumonia surgery. A buttermaker at Farmers Mutual Creamery for 15 years he was born August 15 1888 in Jones county and married Amy Sampica in 1913. Survived by wife two children three stepchildren and two grandchildren. Funeral at Methodist Episcopal church at 2 pm with burial in Oakwood. creamery to close afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Elbert Reynolds
University Hospital
Town City
Reynolds
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Monticello
Mr. Reynolds
George
Emma Reynolds
Jones County
Amy Lillian Sampica
Nora Himebaugh
Scotch Grove
Ivan Reynolds
Ellen Schlimmer
Alvin Sampica
Charles Sampica
Pharr
Texas
Colleen Joan
Robert Joseph Himebaugh
Michael O'Brien Dies at Brooton Minnesota Pioneer Resident
Old time residents recall Michael O'Brien a pioneer of Dubuque county He died at his home in Brooton Minnesota Saturday August 1 after a ten day illness Born in Maryland in 1854 he came to Iowa at age two He moved to his final home in 1922 Survived by wife plus children Dr W S Crowley Mrs E J Crowley of Ryan Iowa Mrs Wm Gannon Farmington Minn Mrs Leo Kane Monticello Genevieve at home Sister Mary Denise Visitation Convent Dubuque Dennis J San Jose California Dr M L Muscatine Bertha Agnes died in infancy Two brothers Joseph and Harry Peosta Town Numerous nieces nephews and grandchildren Requiem high mass Aug 3 at Immaculate Conception Sedon Minn Body taken to Dr W S O'Brien Ryan for interment at Mt Calvary cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones and
Dubuque
Michael O'Brien
Dubuque County
Brooton
Minn
Mr. O'Brien
Maryland
Iowa
Dennis O'Brien
O'Brien
Mary Ellen Holmberg
W. 8
E. J. Crowley
Ryan
Town
Wm. Gannon
Farmington
Leo Kane
Monticello
Genevieve
Mary Denise Visitation
Dennis J
San Jose
California
M. L
Muscatine
Bertha Agnes
Joseph
Harry
Peosta
Immaculate Conception Church
Sedon
Sheriff Eichhorn Returns Prisoner From Texas
Sheriff Eichhorn and state officer Joe Burke returned this week from Texas with R. Goldblatt. The man was wanted in Jones county on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He allegedly convinced a Martello lumberman to advance $150 to cover an accounts collection for the lumber yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eichhorn
Joe Burke
Texas
R. Goldblatt
Jones County
Butter Thefts Hit Masonville Creamery After Hours
Robbers stole more than 2,000 pounds of butter from the Masonville creamery, a branch of another plant in Independence, after forcing a door. The butter, ready for shipping, was taken and no insurance covered the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonville
Independence
Special Guests Invited To Ceremonial Cornerstone Laying
The Jones county court house cornerstone ceremony next Sunday invites Civil War veterans and current and former Jones county supervisors to sit on the platform. Committee members Simon E. Locher and J L Chiodini announce the event and urge wide county attendance. a fuller report will appear later this week in The Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Court House
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Simon E. Locher
Monticello
J. L. Chiodini
the Express
18Th Judicial District of
Iowa
S. E. Locher
David M. Beggs
Locher
N. C. Holst
Board of Supervisors
Aerial Survey Contract For Jones County
The Jones County Soil Conservation association via Monticello directors approved a contract with Wilson Aerial Survey Company of Seattle for aerial photography of Jones Cedar and Linn counties. The bid was the lowest at 5.12 dollars per square mile, covering photography developing enlarging and prints. Photos will be taken 10 to 2 daily with prints delivered to township committees for field crop identification and acreage calculations under county supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Soil Conservation Association
Monticello
Loren Bissell
Town Soil Conservation Committee
Bissell
Jones County
Wilson Aerial Survey Company
Seattle
Wash
Jones, Cedar
Linn
Des Moines
Wilson Co
Court Sessions Held Even in Hot Weather
The Anamosa court continued with Judge Moffit presiding despite heat. District judges in Jones County kept urgent nonjury business moving in July and August while many counties adjourn. Mrs. J. W. Anderson of Omaha visited former neighbors in Monticello last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moffit
Anamosa
Jones County
J. W. Anderson
Omaha
Anderson
Monticello
Monti Golfers To Go To Tipton August 16
Ten Monticello golfers were selected to represent the town in the Eastern Town tournament at Tipton on August 16. The event features eight towns, 27 holes this year, and 80 players total. Monticello’s lineup includes Royal Rodman Ralph Bone Ben Roberts Sr Gene Byers Ben Roberts Jr Ben Cotton Edgar Vernon Francis Shimanek Bill Shaffer Emil Ricklefs and Bill Laude tied for tenth will play off the tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Tipton
Eastern Town Association
Manchester
Anamosa
Mt. Vernon
West Liberty
Marion
Maquoketa
Royal Rodman
Ralph Mt. Vernon
Bone
Ben Roberts Sr
Gene Byers
Ben Roberts Jr
Ben Cotton
Edgar Vernon
Francis Shimanek
Bill Shaffer
Emil Ricklefs
Bill Laude
Corner Stone Laying Set For Next Sunday
Corner stone ceremonies for Jones County's new courthouse are planned for Sunday at 2 30 in Anamosa. S E Locher of Monticello will serve as master of ceremonies with four addresses by local leaders and Hon F O Ellison. The event includes music from Wyoming and Anamosa bands and a corner stone box with a flag and local records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
S. E. Locher
Monticello
F. O. Ellison
18Th Judicial District of
Iowa
Wyoming
Jones County Fair
18Th Judicial District
J. J. Locher
W. W. Bronson
P. B. Daly
L. E. Hoag
H. J., Peterson
J. L. Chiodini
E. N. Stoffel
Frank Peckosh
Oxford Junction
C. M. Niles
Olin
Commissioner Webster Dies After Long State Rail Board Term
Charles Webster aged 77 longtime member of the Town State Railroad Commission died at Waucoma at 6 am Friday. He served 17 years on the commission until 1936 and was appointed by Governor W L Harding, re-elected five times. He was state fuel administrator during World War I and a lifelong Fayette county resident. He is survived by his widow and three sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Webster
Town State Railroad Commission
Waucoma
W. L. Harding
Fayette County
Slot Machines to Be Destroyed by Officers
Mayor F. K. McLaughlin announced that slot machines seized last week by city officers will be destroyed soon. No charges were filed against those possessing the devices, but officials warned that gambling devices will not be tolerated and harsher steps may follow. The council is also considering an ordinance banning pin or marble games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. K. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Recene Ashton Accepts Cedar Rapids Teaching Post
Miss Recene Ashton, formerly in the Monticello graded school, resigns as grade principal to join Cedar Rapids public schools. She will teach art and penmanship and recently graduated from the four year program at State Teachers College Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recene Ashton
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Miss Ashton
State Teachers' College
Cedar Falls
Mt Vernon Golf Match Moves to Monticello Course
Mt Vernon golfers will visit Monticello next Sunday to face local sharpshooters on the fair ground course beginning at 9 00 am The match was moved from the Mt Vernon links to the Monti course Sunday August 16 a ten man Monticello team will travel to Tipton for the annual Eastern Iowa golf tournament
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Monticello
Fairground
Mt. Vernon Links
Monti
Tipton
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Amber
Navy
Board
Spaethees
New Co
Rob Farmers Creamery Man
Cliff Arduser
Mr. Arduser
Roy Pearson
Pearson
Wisconsin
J. F. Meyer
Ed Miller
Garry
Cattle Feeders
Ames
Hi Husband
Mrs. Blair
C. €. Coady
John Derreberry
Roy Aitchison
Coady
Arnold Buel
Missouri
C. E. Reynolds
Oakwood
Michael O’brien
Board of Directors
Washington, D. C
Special County Committee
Webster
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