Hopkinton Leader Marks 40th Anniversary Dinner
The Hopkinton Leader celebrated its fortieth anniversary last Monday during a dinner at the Masonic temple. W.S. Beels marked twenty eight years as editor, with remarks by local and visiting editors and community leaders recalling the paper’s long service to Hopkinton and its early press history from the Hopkinton Messenger to the Leader’s 1888 founding by Louis Jackson.
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Hopkinton
W. R. Reeve
Will Robinson
Delaware County
Robinson
Delaware
Fred Herman
The
Manchester Democrat
Howard Rann
Manchester Press
Major E. M. Carr
C.A. Coxsee
Monticello Express
Thomas J. White
Monticello Times
Vic Dow
House Dow
Greeley Home Press
Dean E. V. Laughlin
Lenox College
Dr. Foster
Covenanter Church of
Will S. Beels
Brazelton
Bowen’s Prairie
Jones County
Hopkinton Messenger
Hopkinton Leader
Louis Jackson
Vacationers See Coolidge On Trip Through Wisconsin
Mr and Mrs Ray Hoag their two sons Raymond and Stuart a daughter Shirley and George R Guyan return from a week fishing trip at Eau Claire Lake near Gordon Wisconsin noting abundant pike bites. They planned to show President Coolidge at Brule but saw marines guarding the area and met Coolidge riding home with motorcycle escorts and secret service men nearby.
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Ray Hoag
Raymond
Stuart
Shirley
George R. Guyan
Eau Claire Lake
Gordon
Wis
Eau Claire
Brule
Earlville Road To Bypass Center With North Route
The state highway commission wins approval to route a new highway north of Earlville eliminating four corners. Niles and O'Donnell meet town council to cover attorney fees in exchange for paving rights on the approved route. Council narrowly agrees despite a mayoral veto. attorney general sides with the plan and paving begins soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Earlville
Highway Commission
Messrs. Niles and
O’donnell
Paving Company
Alleged Liquor Violator Held After Manchester Raid
Acting on a tip from Nellie Abbott of Manchester, County Attorney Irving Long Sheriff Harry Utley Deputy Sheriff Carl Anderson and Marshal L E Pride recovered two pints of alleged liquor when C R Currey Gearhart dropped them behind his back at the old C Martin house near the Illinois Central Railway. Gearhart was arrested and jailed. he had prior Vorvor convictions and was released in April.
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Nellie Abbott
Manchester
Irving Long
Harry Utley
Carl Anderson
L. E. Pride
C. Martin
Illinois Central Railway
Abbott
C. R. (Currey) Gearhart
Gearhart
Municipal Band Concert Planned At City Park
The Municipal Band prepares a fine concert for tonight at the city park unless Thursday rain postpones it to Sunday afternoon. It is one of the final concerts of the season ahead of the Jones County Fair. The program features marches, overture, classic selections and vocal solos performed by Eugene DeWitt and the band with guest selections from Pinafore.
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Jones County Fair
Independence to open junior college with tuition set
The town of Independence will offer a two year college program alongside high school courses with tuition of 100 dollars per school year. In other local news M H Morrissey reports forty chickens stolen from a south Ryan farm last Thursday night. A state wildlife effort cares for six young turkeys on the Isaac Walton League edge near Maquoketa. Raymond Locke on the George Wild farm east of Ryan suffered a severe foot injury last Thursday while cutting grain. Dr A M Pond, former Dubuque physician, died in Los Angeles July 17 at 59 and burial is in Independence after services August 1.
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Independence
M. H. Morrissey
Ryan
Isaac Walton
Iowa
Walton Game Preserve
Maquoketa
Raymond Locke
George Wild
Batley Ford
Locke
A. M. Pond
Dubuque
Los Angeles
Cal
Pond
California
Monticello’s 1901 Church Dedication and Town Happenings
The Monticello Presbyterian church was dedicated with $11,380 raised of $19,164 cost. The article notes births, deaths, marriages and anniversaries, plus local moves and civic items. A drowning near Cedar Rapids and a second degree murder charge are reported, along with highway paving updates and school staffing changes.
Massed Band Concert in Monticello Delivers Unusual Treat
A fifty piece massed band led by Frank Rouy den performed in Monticello city park last Thursday. The ensemble combined the Monticello Municipal band with members of the Manchester American Legion band, both under Royden. A sudden storm interrupted the event, scattering eager listeners, with hopes voiced for a repeat concert.
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Monticello
Frank Rouyden
American Legion Band of
Manchester
Royden
Hoover parade invitation for eastern Iowa youths in Cedar Rapids
Boys and Girls will Parade for Hoover calls have been sent to all youth groups in eastern Iowa to assemble in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday August 22 at 11 a.m. for a large parade reviewed by Herbert Hoover at Brucemore. Farm and city clubs will be represented and leaders should contact A. P. Spangler in Cedar Rapids promptly.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Herbert Hoover
Brucemore
A. P. Spanglar
Great Jones County Fair to Feature Extensive Livestock Shows
The seventy fifth Jones County fair in Monticello Iowa runs August 21 to 24 with cattle in seven classes including Shorthorns Aberdeen Angus Herefords Holsteins Guernseys Jerseys and Brown Swiss Holstein Calf club exhibit. hogs in five classes Poland China Spotted Poland China Duroc Jersey Hampshire Chester Whites. poultry farm products home economics and junior divisions. clothing textile and art displays. and a strong manual training school division. Reservations required for cattle and hog stalls with half rental fee. Dairy premiums boosted by Farmers Mutual Creamery 25 percent. Thomas J. Shover offers a loving cup for champion Holstein bull. four prizes exist in the calf club with consolation awards. creamery offers duplicate premium awards. Lyle B Callahan seeks large poultry show. canning exhibits urged for the fair centennial celebration. Copies of premium book available from Jones County Fair secretary.
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Jones County
Chester
Pany
Thomas J. Shover
Shomont Farms
Jones County Fair
Trolstein
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Lyle B. Callahan
Poultry Association
Monticello
Iowa
Dorothy Coe Wins High Camp Fire Honora at Wohelo Camp
Dorothy Coe, member of the Maquoketa Camp Fire group led by Mrs. John Finlay, returned from Camp Wohelo near Stone City with a Stony Ridge honor as one of fifteen top campers. She earned the Fire Maker rank for fire by friction and received a silver bracelet before a crowd of spectators.
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Monticello
Dorothy Coe
Camp Wohelo
Stone City
Dorothy
Maquoketa
John Finlay
Miss Burr
Grand Council Fire
Stony Ridge
Paving Moves Forward Rapidly In Jones County
Harrison Construction continues work despite heavy rains as nine miles of new pavement near Monticello to Anamosa near the Wapsipinicon river bridge are set to open on Anamosa fair opening day August 15. The plan expects two weeks for light traffic, with detours via Stone City or a longer southern route.
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Harrison Construction Company
Monticello
Anamosa
Wapsipinicon River
Anamosa Fair
Johnnie Wickham
Linn-Jones County
Stone City
Jones County
Fairview Church
Fairview
Shaw
Monticello Business Men Attend Amber Chautauqua
A group of nearly two hundred Monticello businessmen and their families attended the Amber Chautauqua last evening. The four day session presented by the United Chautauqua company drew strong local support and was seen as a gesture toward Amber’s inaugural event.
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Monticello
Amber
Convict Confesses to Omaha Boy Slaying
Clarence Lukehart, 21, an Iowa State Reformatory inmate, admitted murder of Harvey Boyd, eight, in Omaha after a long interrogation by Warden J. N. Baumel. He claimed the July 1 crime occurred 345 feet inside Iowa, and said his mind went blank during the act while walking with the boy.
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Clarence Lukehart
State Reformatory
Harvey Boyd
Omaha
J. N. Baumel
Lukehart
Iowa
Funeral of Reding Child in Cedar Rapids
The funeral for Mary Susan Reding infant daughter ofMr and Mrs Jacob Reding Cedar Rapids was held last Thursday at 4 30 p m Burial was at Mount Calvary cemetery The baby died at a Cedar Rapids hospital last week Wednesday at 9 p m John and Dayton Yousse motored to Dubuque Saturday to meet Mrs John Yousse of Chicago who returned with them for a week visit.
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Reding
Mary Susan Redding
Jacob Reding
Cedar Rapids
Mount Calvary Cemetery
John
Dayton Yousse
Dubuque
John Yousse
Chicago
Two Iowa Teachers Tour the West in Flivver Style
Miss Allegra Bush of Van Horne and Miss Selma Prahm of Center Junction return July 31 from an eight week western odyssey. They drove a rebuilt Ford, named Andrew, visiting Black Hills Yellowstone Yosemite and California before hitchhiking home to Ames. Both are Chi Omega sisters at Town State College and plan to teach this fall.
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Allegra Bush
van Horne
Selma Prahm
Center Junction
Jane
Andrew
Ford
Sylvan Lake
Deadwood
Lead
Custer
Rapid City
Warney Oak
United States
Rockies
Eirs
Durros
Bir Horn Mountains
Buffalo
Wyoming
Yellowstone Park
Trane
Yellowstone
Pocatello
Twin Falls
American Falls
Boise
Nyssa
Oregon
Portland
Redwood Highway
Santa Rosa
Sacramento
California
Yosemite National Park
Berkeley
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Chinatown
Monterey
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Stanford
Palo Alto
Hollywood
Peverly Hills
Film City
Los Angeles
Catalina
el Paso
Old Mexico
Carranza
Jaurez
Denver
Ames
Gerbracht
Chi Omega Sorority
Town State College
Cornell College
Manchester Baby Fatally Run Over by Uncle’s Car
Alfred Knickerbocker’s infant son, fifteen months old, died after a car driven by Ernest Hayer, the child’s uncle, struck him near Manchester. The skull fracture proved fatal before medical help. Survived by two brothers and two sisters.
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Alfred Knickerbocker
Floyd Knickerbocker
Manchester
Ernest Hayer
Hayer
Monticello Weekly livestock and produce shipments report
Seven cars left Monticello in the past week carrying corn cattle hogs and dairy products. J L Farmer Cannimes factory shipped two cars of corn on Friday August 2. Adams Adams sent a car of cattle and a Creamery car of hogs. Richard Cartano supplied a hog car. Ed Eilers and Creamery contributed cattle butter and eggs on Wednesday.
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Monticello
J. L. Farmer Cannimes Factory
Adams & Adams
Creamery
Richard Cartano
Ed Eilers
Express Want Ads Bring Results Says Adolph G Bohlicken
A Chicago man Dick Haak lost a 46 dollar billfold between Garry Owen shireh and Monticello. Herman Kurt found the purse and returned it to AL Gi Bobbert where Haak had been visiting. The money was sent to Haak. The Express touts want ads as powerful and cost effective.
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The
Express
Dick Haak
Chicago
Garry Owenshireh
Monticello
Herman Kurt
AL Gi. Bobbert
Mr. Waak
Vome Unian
Haak
Cascade Trims Monti Again In Baseball Tilt
Cascade defeated Monticello 9 to 8 on their home field after a five inning onslaught by pitcher Stephenson who allowed nine Cascade runs. Briand Bartlett then shut down Cascade with two scoreless innings as Monticello faces Cascade again on Tabor Day with Stephenson hoping for another chance to pitch.
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Monti
Ino
Aude Pot
Laude
Slater
Stephenson
Harrison Construction Company
Mr. Stephenson
Cascade Boys
Briand Bartlett
McKeever
George Bartlett
Monticello
Cascade
Tabor
Cassade
Two Killed At Railroad Crossing Near Dyersville
Frank Kelley and Herman Otting, both of Dyersville, were killed when their car was struck by an Illinois Central freight train at the creamery crossing. Otting’s son, driver of the car, was injured with a forehead gash and three broken ribs. Kelley and Otting died from broken necks. the car was demolished.
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Frank Kelley
Herman Otting
Dyersville
Illinois Central
Creamery Crossing
Otting
Kelly
Delhi Civil War Veteran D. F. Jones Dies at 86
Daniel F. Jones 86 a Civil War veteran of Delhi died last Monday night after years as an invalid since 1987. Born in New York he served with Company C Eighty First New York Infantry. A member of 1.0. C. F. No. 46 he was Delhi warden for over thirty years. A military funeral was held yesterday. he is survived by his widow two sons and a daughter.
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Daniel F. Jones
Delhi
Mr. Jones
New York
New Yorth Infantry
C. F
Lode
Maynard community bids farewell as Ro Chranes moves
Supt Archie Ro Chranes who tore meri bed orderin of the Maynard consolidated deehants bern removed to Monticello and is at present vires in the James Allaway home on on street. Mr and Mrs Grimes and their two daughters spent fast sate urday at Maynard where a farewell picnic was given in their honor by a large group of friends.
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Archie Ro Chranes
Tormeri
Maynard Consolidated Deehants
Bern
Monticello
James Allaway Homse
Monticello School Board Names 1928 29 Faculty
The Monticello board completes teacher selections for the coming year listing each educator, home town, and college background. Included are administrators such as Archie B Grimes and Matto TD Specht plus teachers across grades and subjects.
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Board of Education
Monticello Public Schools
Ensuine
Archie B. Grimes
Monticello
Caccolere
Chicana Universites
Matto TD
Specht
Entle
Rayimond Moore
State Teachers College
Lois Reiseinger
Dike
Town State Teachers College
Opal Scott
Bedford
Rose Wilcox
Estherville
Ardys Rade
West Liberty
Anne Hendrickson
Hawkeye
Coe College
Mildred Warden
Melbourne
Mildred Iverson
Cedar Falls
Alice Cook
Marshalltown
June Meyer
Breda
Lillian KL. Anderson
Marne
Nettie Hormel
Mary Sheets
Hampton
LaVetta Perrine
Anamosa Fair Aug 15 17 With Spectacular Stage Show
The Anamosa Fair secretaries announce the event will run August 15 to 17 with grounds and buildings improved. A grand Fairland Fairies Revue features Miss Dorothy Wright and Miss Mirlant Reynolds with an amplified stage on the track and a two hundred foot scenery setting. Special acts include Miss Marnnerioe Mantel imitating farmyard sounds. Fidelity Fireworks will close each night with pyrotechnics. Also noted: World War veteran Green, of Anamosa, was killed in an accident last Friday.
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A. T. Remiley
the Express
Fairland Fairies
Dorothy Wright
Follies
Mirlant Reynolds
Middle West
Anamosa Fair
Marnnerioe Mantel
Miss Mantell
Orpheum Moony
UG Hog
Clinax
Fidelity Fireworks Company
Anamosa
Tir
Er Wong
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Community Club
Editor Beels
Coolidge
Wisconsin
Earlville Road
Municipal Band
NAS
Our Director
Orpheus Fox
Eugene DeWitt
Whistler
Slim
Mable
Presbyterian Church of
Collman
Wayne Township
Daniel Varvel
Neb
W. E. van Buren
J. 5 S. Hall
E. M. Baker
Diamond Creamery
Carl Schatz
Cecil Hosford
George Schoonover
Casper Kehrli
Maria Wright
Miss Crabb
Greeley
Miss Wright
A. L. Fairbanks
Anna Lane
H. C. Wills Dry Goods
Mamie McMahon
Palmer Hosford
Minneapolis
Minnesota State University
Charles Lambert
Anna Gray
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Carl E. Lee
Illinois
Elgin
John Voparil
Solon
Cedar River
Ellis
Voparil
Forrest Keller
Alburnett
Charles Zimmerman
Goldie Hendricks
Masonville
Winthrop
Government Fish Hatchery Corner
Fish Hatchery Corner
Spring Branch Road
Petersburg Corner
Petersburg Switch
Great Western
Bryant Construction Company of
Waterloo
Mark Moore
Haskell
Four Corners
Emma Etten
Jacob Etten
John Moore
E. E. Gruenstein
Clarence McCracken
Mary I. Jarman
Nancy G. Carroll
Nettie G. Hazard
Nettie Lawrence
Caroline Hicks
Alice Bates
Josephine Sutherland
May Scales
Nellie K. Lane
Estelle Zimmerman
Alice Lank
Margaret Young
Clara Rickless
Nellie D. Turner
Hoover
Mutual Creamery
Honora
Amber Chautauqua
West
van Norne
Eugene
Corvallis
Palmer
D. F. Jones
AL BL
Grimes
Lon Greene
Creene
Mionmetine
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