Jones County Fair Set for August 20 23
The 1935 Jones County Fair opens August 20 on Monticello fairgrounds and runs three days with nightly shows. Highlights include 21 vaudeville acts, a T J McClellan Carnival midway, live stock exhibits, and baseball games featuring Maquoketa Valley Teague teams. The event showcases the Monticello Band concert, two revues, and acts like Blanche McKinney horses and the Selvys, with additional entertainment nightly through Friday.
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Monticello
T. J. McClellan Carnival Company
Maquoketa Valley Teague
Jones County
Gene Byers
Fuller
Harry Richards
Sally Irvin
Blanche McKinney
Five Selvys
Baltar Sisters
Brother Of Local Woman Dies At Hopkinton
Mrs. Annie Aldrich of Monticello mourns her brother Robert James Topping 70 who died of a heart attack Friday in Hopkinton. Born Sept 19 1864 in Richland township he leaves widow Estella Thomas ten children and twenty three grandchildren. Funeral services were Sunday at the Hopkinton Methodist church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Monticello.
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Annie Aldrich
Monticello
Robert James Topping
Hopkinton
Topping
Robert
Margaret Topping
Richland Township
Estella Thomas
George
Hale
Duane
Onslow
Edna Mae Huggins
Sarah Adeline Franks
Mount Vernon
William
Amber
Viola Fall
Olin
Merle Laverle
Delhi
Olive Chapman
Anamosa
Eugene
Raymond
Richard
Waterloo
Harry Rockwell
Nebraska
A. B. Soule
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello Woman Injured in Cedar Rapids Auto Crash
Miss Anna Heiken of Castle Grove township sustained a fractured collarbone when her car collided with a Denver Colorado driver's vehicle in Cedar Rapids yesterday at 11 30 am. She was taken to Mr and Mrs Charles Butler’s home for a planned picnic. Loretta Specht, a passenger, suffered facial scratches. Fred Heiken was bruised and his glasses were broken.
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Anna Heiken
Castle Grove Township
Cedar Rapids
Fred Heiken
H. Perry
Denver
Colo
Heiken
Charles Butler
Loretta Specht
Fire damages Cascade narrow gauge engine
A gasoline engine on the Cascade to Bellevue narrow gauge line caught fire on July 31. Several children nearby escaped serious burns and one child had hair singed. The interior of the engine room was destroyed as the fire started during fueling from gasoline drops near hot ashes. Cascade fire department extinguished the blaze.
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Cascade
Bellevue
Cascade Fire Department
Monticello Mayors Calls Special Election On Pool Bonds
A special election in Monticello will decide issuing bonds for a swimming pool. The mayor issued the proclamation after a city council vote. A petition with over 500 signatures supported an August 28 voting date at ward polling places. Public support for a pool is high amid hot days.
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Monticello
Bicknese farm sells for four thousand five hundred dollars
The 80 acre Bicknese farm six miles northeast of Oxford Junction sold to Emile Hanwardson for 4500 dollars about 56 per acre. Vic Parker aged 26 of Tipton moved to University Hospital Iowa City after a truck ran over him with a probable skull fracture. Denzil Burkey 13 near Maquoketa killed when a car driven by Fenton struck a rutty road and overturned. The Tama reservation hosts tribal songs dances August 15 16 17 with public attendance. Harvey Ingham and Governor Herring scheduled to speak over the weekend. Maquoketa school board seeks a federal PWA grant for repairs at 45 percent of 2200 dollars.
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Bicknese
Oxford Junction
Emile Hanwardson
Vic Parker
Tipton
University Hospital
Iowa City
Parker
Denzil Burkey
Maquoketa
Governor Herring
PWA
Eiben Garage Sold to L Bailey of Anamosa
The Eiben Garage on Main street was sold to Lawrence Bailey of Anamosa. Bailey owns a garage in a neighboring city and will run the Monticello shop with Frank Livingston as local manager. Garrett Eiben will stay on as a mechanic.
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Eiben
Main Street
Lawrence Bailey
Anamosa
Mr. Bailey
Bailey
William Frazier
Monticello
Frank Livingston
Garrett Eiben
Playground sports program plans varied activities for youth
Roy Moore announces extended playground season with hiking tennis golf and games. DeMolays provide tennis courts twice weekly. Boys and girls urged to participate with loaner gear available. Schedule outlines daily activities including kittenball and swimming ending with August heat guidance.
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Marion
Monticello to Host Second Annual Softball Tournament
Monticello sponsors a softball tournament starting Monday August 12 at 7 30 pm with first round games Stuhlers versus Gildners Anamosa Dyersville Nite Owls versus Maquoketa CCC Clarence versus Hiway Commission of Dyersville Shomont versus Tipton Grill versus Midgets Vinton versus DeMolays. Prizes of 18 12 and 6 will be awarded to Friday finalists. Admission is 10 cents per session and season tickets are 35 cents.
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Monticello
Stuhlers
Gildners
Anamosa
Dyersville Nite Owls
Maquoketa CCC
Clarence
Hiway Commission
Dyersville
Shomont
Tipton
Grill
Midgets
Vinton
DeMolays
Reuben Ely Loses Left Fore Finger
Reuben Ely a Montecillo stone mason is convalescing at McDonald hospital after his left fore finger was amputated to the knuckle Tuesday afternoon. Rocks fell on his finger while breaking stone two weeks ago causing a crushed bone and necessitating the operation to prevent further issues.
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Reuben Ely
Monticello
McDonald
Say It With Votes in First Period Subscriptions Drive
Readers urged to subscribe and vote as two weeks remain before August 24 the first period closes. Contestants listed with vote tallies and mailing changes to update subscriber records and mailing lists.
Iowa highway patrol boosts enforcement across state
The Des Moines Register reports the Iowa Highway Patrol, 50 officers in khaki, conducted a weekend push to enforce traffic laws, issuing warnings and tickets. Patrolman Jesse Goetsch stopped nearly 50 vehicles, chased a fast milk truck, and cited a driver for speeding though the man claimed he was not in high gear.
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Des Moines Register
Iowa Highway Patrol
Iowa
Jesse Goetsch
Goetsch
Decorah
Dubuque
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Monticello
Cascade
Herbert Adix to Enter Wartburg College in Fall
Herbert H. Adix son of Rev and Mrs H L Adix Monticello will enter Wartburg College at Waverly this fall as a freshman. The four year liberal arts college opens in September under the American Lutheran church with a 20 member faculty and merging of Wartburg Clinton and St Paul Luther institutions.
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Herbert Adix
Wartburg College
Herbert H. Adix
H. L. Adix
Monticello
Waverly
American Lutheran Church
Adix
Wartburg
Monticello High School
Wartburg At Waverly
Wartburg College of
Clinton
St. Paul-Luther College of
Miss Belle Markovitz Elected Monticello PT Instructor
Miss Belle Markovitz of Iowa City was elected by the Monticello board of education to teach women’s physical education for the coming year. She succeeds Opal Dee Porter who moved to Cedar Rapids junior high. Markovitz, a Iowa State University graduate with a B S in physical education, joins Monticello with training in drama debate and English teaching potential.
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Belle Markovitz
Iowa City
Board of Education
Monticello
Miss Markovitz
Opal Dee Porter
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State University
Seals Club
Orechsis Club
Literary Society
First Corn-Hog Contract Payments Made in Jones County
The first payment on the 1935 Corn-Hog contracts was issued last Saturday to Jones County farmers. The committee expedited the process with payments made at the Legion Hall in Monticello for Castle Grove, Lowell, Richland, Wayne and Washington townships, and at the community hall in Onslow for Madison, Clay, Scotch Grove, Wyoming and Oxford townships. Any producers unable to claim their check at the time may call at the County Agent's office.
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Jones County
Castle Grove
Lowell
Richland
Wayne
Washington
Legion Hall
Monticello
Madison
Clay
Scotch Grove
Wyoming
Oxford
Onslow
Local Golfers Lose Meet With Anamosa
Wapsipinicon Golf club defeated Monticello 33 to 21 in an inter town meet at Monticello Country Club. Anamosa's Kenneth Humpal was medalist with 37 40 77, while Monticello's low scorer Francis Locher shot 39 40 79.
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Anamosa
Wapsipinican
Prison City
Monticello
Kenneth Humpal
Francis Locher
Ralph Bone
Will Laude
Ben Roberts
Milton Thoeni
DeWayne Zumbrunnen Dies After Illness at Local Hospital
DeWayne Zumbrunnen, age 14, died Friday at 2:30 PM at John McDonald hospital after a three day illness from an acute bowel infection. He was the son of Ed and Evelyn Zumbrunnen of McDonald hospital birth August 11, 1934. Funeral services were Sunday at 2 PM at Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev. Armin Tendick officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery.
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John McDonald Hospital
DeWayne Zumbrunnen
Ed Zumbrunnen
DeWayne
Evelyn
Meadow) Zumbrunnen
McDonald Hospital
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Armin Tendick
Oakwood Cemetery
Sand Spring Creamery Buys Milwaukee Depot
The Farmers Mutual Creamery of Sand Spring bought the old Milwaukee depot, erected in 1859 along the Dubuque and Southwestern railroad. The land was surveyed in 1857 when Sand Spring began, named for a spring in the sand. The depot, in good condition, will be torn down and rebuilt on creamery land as a storehouse for supplies.
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Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Sand Spring
Milwaukee
Dubuque
August 1910 Monticello Happenings And Dated Events
Recount of August 1910 items from Monticello Express era notes including Prairieburg 18 Monticello 0 baseball win over the White Socks, funerals and deaths Mrs Esther Koljane and Mrs John Matthews, Miss Kathryn L Sarles death in Chicago, paving on First Street, European trip returnees, drought relief and pasture revival, local officials honors, Anamosa Monticello ball bet, weddings Barney Fitzsimmons and Mary Rhativan, and the newly elected teaching staff for the coming year.
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Prairieburg
Monticello
Prairieburgers
Faye Clark
Clark Hubbard
Gene Byers
Messers
John B. Oswald
Matt Henson
Belgium
Maude Mirick
Town State College
Esther Koljane
R. V. Porter
Koljane
John Matthews
Boston
William Drinkwater
C. J. Steadman
Raymond
Minnesota
Thomas Redmond
Hunter
First Street
Kathryn L. Sarles
Chicago
James M. King
Jones County
Maxwell
Town
Alton Black
Castle Grove
Angeline Hoss
J. B. Hoss
Isaac Hughes
Central City
Mary Jarman
Monticello High School
Ethel George
Europe
Messrs
W. F. Rohn
Cherze Ambuehl
Sidney
Nebr
Louis Gardner
State Auditor's Association
Anamosa
Barney Fitzsimmons
Mary Rhativan
K. D. Miller
Mary T. Jarman
Clara Thomson
Essie Hoag
Ruth M. Pagett
Katherine Hines
Carolyn Hicks
Big Factory Strike Hits Dubuque Plants
About 1,200 woodworkers began a strike at Dubuque last Monday over higher wages and ending piece work bonus systems. They demand a closed shop and the two plants affected are Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing and Carr, Ryder & Adams. Not all strikers are union members.
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Dubuque
Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing Company
Carr, Ryder & Adams Company
Two Weeks Left in Express Campaign Voting Frenzy
The Monticello Express campaign enters a tense final stretch with a duel for the lead as contestants vie for two new cars, Ford V8 and Chevrolet Coach. Campaign manager notes broad participation and urges full subscriptions to boost voting strength before August 24 reductions and September 14 prize day.
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Express
Monticello Express
Monticello Men Arrested on Liquor Charges
Three Monticello men Vincent Supple Harry Clark and Vernon Wright were arrested Sunday for possessing a half pint of liquor. They were held for grand jury and jailed for failure to post bond. Local court law bans liquor on person if government seal is broken.
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Monticello
Vincent Supple
Harry Clark
Vernon Wright
Anh
Fred McLaughlin
Glynn McAleer Marriage Vows at St Martins Cascade
Miss Mary M Glynn and Robert McAleer wed at St Martins Church Cascade in a Monday ceremony read by Rev Fr Delay. Attending were matron of honor Mrs Wilson McDermott and best man Wilson McDermott both of Chicago. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride's mother's Cascade home.
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St. Martin's Church
Cascade
Mary M. Glynn
Sarah Glynn
Robert McAleer
James Lahey
Monticello
Delay
Wilson McDermott
Chicago
Faber
Tom Glynn
State Patrolman Arrests Near Here
State patrolman on duty between Dubuque and Cedar Rapids heard cases at Mayor McLaughlin's office. A truck from a nearby town was fined 25 dollars for overloading and for not carrying required flares. A Clinton county driver paid 10 dollars for speeding between 55 and 60 mph with a heavily loaded vehicle.
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McLaughlin
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Clinton County
Monticello Boys Head to National Scout Jamboree
Gordon York John Hay Charles Field Jack Fraser and Frederick Bone lead Monticello youths to the National Scout Jamboree August 16. Cedar Rapids sends four patrols of eight with leaders. travel via Chicago and Washington for a ten day event in tents housing 30 000 scouts.
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Gordon York
John Hay
Charles Field
Jack Fraser
Frederick Bone
Camp
Waubeek
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Cincinnati
America
United States
Anamosa Man Identifies Car Tied to Des Moines Murder
Will Ray a gasoline station attendant from Anamosa identified an automobile in Des Moines as belonging to John LeClair a Des Moines youth murdered. The driver had threatened Ray with a shotgun on July 30 hours after LeClair’s body was found. Photographs of Donald Lammey of Des Moines were said to resemble the unknown driver who fled without paying for fuel. Ray traveled from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines by plane accompanied by Sheriff Henry Eichhorn.
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Will Ray
Anamosa
Des Moines
John LeClair
Ray
LeClair
Donald Lammey
Cedar Rapids
Henry Eichhorn
Matthiessen Auto Co Sells 25 Chevrolets in Summer Spike
Matthiessen Auto Co and Supply, local Chevrolet and Oldsmobile dealer, reported a record sale of 25 Chevrolets and trucks over June and July. The firm notes slow factory deliveries and promotes a fine selection of used car bargains to the public.
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Matthiessen Auto & Supply Company
Chevrolet
Oldsmobiles
Sackard Automobiles
Hogs Hit New High On Market Monday
Hogs reached a Chicago high last Monday with top hogs selling at 13.65 dollars per hundred. The market shows a month long steady rise with only minor setbacks and could deter farmers from signing government hog and corn contracts.
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Chicago
John F. Lieneman Buys Farm Near Scotch Grove
John F. Lieneman purchased a fractional eighty acre farm from Henry Weers. The property lies six miles south of Monticello and two miles east of Scotch Grove. The cash sale paid more than 150 dollars per acre.
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John F Lieneman
Henry Weers
Monticello
Scotch Grove
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L. Bailey
Roy Moore
J. G. Schoon
City
Paul T. Gutknecht
Fred Welter
Arnold Upland
Center Junction
Steck
City O
George Meadow
R.F.D
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Marcella Clement
Betty Otten
W. A. Hicks
Nas
Langworthy
State Department
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Francis Shimanck
Ed Vernon
Bob Hogan
George Lovell
Royal Rodman
Earl Ricklefs
August Rickiefs
Linn Hauss
Will Shaffer
Arch B. Grimes
Dr. L. J. Swift
Carl Hodson
Monticelli
Manchester
Heiserman
Heiserman, Laude, Vernon
E. Ricklefs
Shimanck
R. Rodman
R. Bone
F. Locher
B. Roberts
Sr. M. Thoeni
B. Roberts, Jr
W. Shaffer
Sand Spring Creamery
Milwaukee Depot
the Express
Ales
Catholic Church
Matthiessen Auto Co
John F. Lieneman
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