Longtime Lovell County resident dies after illness
Andrew Steiner a 62 year old resident of Lovell township died Tuesday morning at his home after years of illness and blindness. He was born in Lucerne Switzerland and immigrated as a child, later settling in Monticello where he worked as a carpenter and plumber before farming in Lovell township. He is survived by wife Margaret Friedli and five children including Dr Paul Steiner of Williamsburg. Funeral is at Monticello Reformed church with Rev Armin Tendick officiating and Oakwood cemetery burial.
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Andrew Steiner
Lovell Township
Sevral
Chilren
Mr. Steiner
Lucein
Graubunden
Switzerland
United States
Anna Flitch
Dubuque
Monticello
Peter Meyer
Margaret Friedli
Armin Tendick
Oakwood Cemetery
Prof
J. Fridli
Plymouth
Wisconsin
Chris Fitch
Doon
Jacob Kissling
Springville
John Ralston
Deati
Seymour
Ralston
David and
Phoebe Ralston
Warsaw
Indiana
Hofacre Place
Enna Jettick Aerocar Tours Monticello Shoe Display
Monticello residents viewed an Enna Jettick aero car in front of George Stahler Sons shoe store last Tuesday afternoon. Built by Glenn Curtiss, the vehicle resembles an airplane with a beak coupling to a powered coupe, and includes wicker plush furniture a radio a ship clock and a rear compartment for shoe samples. Fred S. Stahler joined the aero car to Hopkinton Harvest Home day event for public inspection.
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Monticello
Enna Jettick
George Stahler
Fred S. Stahler
Hopkinton
Adv
Heavy Oats Harvest Reported Around Monticello
In the Monticello vicinity the Will Hanken farm led with five acres at 100 bushels per acre and 35 more at 50. James Little field near Sand Spring reported several acres at 75 and remainder at 50. William D. McLaughlin of Castle Grove township averaged 64 bushels with a 68 bushel plot.
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Monticello
Will Hanken
Hanken
James Littlefield
Sand Spring
William D. McLaughlin
Castle Grove Township
Legion Auxiliary Elected New Officers Last Friday
At a Monticello American Legion auxiliary meeting last Friday, officers for the year were elected: President Mrs Peter Kurt Vice President Mrs John Ross Secretary Florence Carmichael Treasurer Mrs John Eggers Chaplain Mrs Thomas Rhatigian Historian Mrs John Lambert. Delegates chosen to the state convention at Fort Dodge are Mrs Peter Kurt and Mrs John Eggers. The convention runs from yesterday and ends tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Horses Safe in Monticello Saturdays Displayed
Monticello autos to stay off roads Saturdays 9 am to 6 30 pm until December 1 to avoid frightening horses and reducing street traffic. Local car owners pledge caution and nonuse on tributary roads except where essential. Signatories include H M Carpenter H S Richardson F J Cross and others.
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Monticello
H. M. Carpenter
H. S. Richardson
F. J. Cross
E. G. Burrichter
J. B. Hoag
W. W. Hunter
Anton Eilers
O. J. Bucklin
Neighborhoods and crimes flood Dubuque county notices
Five boys from Oxford Junction join the Citizens Military Training camp at Fort Des Moines. Thieves steal school equipment from Farley school house and ransack desks. Dubuque county sells 465000 dollars in road bonds to Bechtel & Company at a 4 percent rate with a premium of 2595 dollars. Jackson County reports a throng at a 1930 chautauqua but criticizes lack of public support. A Dubuque youth is bound to the grand jury for resisting a police officer. Blaine R. Snyder dies from motorcycle crash near Cedar Rapids. Charles Gleason dies in a tractor overturn near Maquoketa. inquest finds death by choking. Three Walford bandits sentenced to life. Bowser implicated in planning. Unknown man found in a Dubuque box car. identity to be determined or body sent to Iowa City for dissection.
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Oxford Junction
Citizens
Fort Des Moines
Harley Kelous
George Schimanek
Adolph
Emil Pavlista
Albert Souhrade
Farley
Dubuque County
George M. Bechtel & Company
Davenport
Jackson Sentinel
Jackson County
Justice Bound
Dubuque
Grand Jury
Lake Hurst Pavilion
Blaine R. Snyder
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City Road
Ben Howell
Charles City
Howell
Charles Gleason
Cottonville
Maquoketa
Gleason
Walford
Winton
Irvin Bowser
Bowser
Medical College
Iowa City
Last Band Concert Of Season At City Park
The Monticello Municipal band will give its final concert at the city park on Thursday evening August 28. The band has engagements at Anamosa District Fair and Rodeo Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday of next week. They will also perform at the Monti cello fair Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday of next week and at Onslow Monday August 25.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Monticello Fair
Onslow
F. J. Kay
Twenty Five Years Ago At Monticello And County Notes
A Monticello era recap mentions former residents at Lake Okoboji outings. It covers a Diamond Jubilee in Wyoming, a fatal farm accident of John Gasel, obituaries for James Edward Filkins and Michael Evers, marriages, and local bank statements. Town events include the Jones County Fair receipts record and baseball results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Templeton
Mable Inglis
Lake Okoboji
Wyoming
Monticello
John Gasel
Henry Harris
Gasel
M. W. Herrick
Pacific Coast
James Edward Filkins
Adda E. Breed
Clyde
Ohio
Michael Evers
Washington Township
John
Castle Grove
Oscar Bucklin
Louis Gardner
Marietta E. Preston
Williams. Glass
Preston
Chris Dinklager
Mary Egger
Arnold Egger, Sr
James Barrett
Thorsby
Alabama
E. E. Gruenstein
Thomas Curtin
Independence
Curtin
Cummins
Fairgrounds
R. C. Stirton
S. S. Farwell
M. S
Jones County
Manchester
Central City
Stone City
Morley
Springville
Worthington
Oxford Junction
Marion Wins Eastern Iowa Golf Meet at West Liberty
The Eastern Iowa Golf Association meet at West Liberty last Sunday crowned Marion as team champion with 1618 strokes. Individual winner was Deputy Sheriff Ray Purcell of Anamosa with 141 strokes, while Marion’s Jensen was runner up with 142. Monticello finished fifth with 1692 strokes and list of players includes W H Laude, B C Roberts, Linfred Hauss, Thomas Chambers, R J Bone, M E Thoent, J P Wilkens, E C Ricklefs, Beyers, F S Stuhler.
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Eastern Iowa Golf Association
West Liberty
Marion
Ray Purcell
Anamosa
Purcell
Jensen
G. R. Wilkinson
Ana
Beyers
F. S. Stuhler
Son of Coon Family in Cherokee Stricken
George Peyton Coon, 11, eldest sons of Mr and Mrs Clarence R Coon of Cherokee is seriously ill with suspected infantile paralysis. Physicians fear the illness may affect a leg and quarantine has been imposed on the Coon household as friends express sympathy. Mr Coon once ran a jewelry business in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Peyton
Clarence R. Coon
Voyage Down St Lawrence and Hudson Impresses Traveler
Mary E. Doxsee recalls a voyage from Montreal to New York via Lake Champlain and the Hudson River on August 4, 1930. She notes scenic islands and summer homes on the Thousand Islands, historic Fort Ticonderoga ruins, Lake George and Lake Champlain beauty, and stops at Albany, Pouchkeepsie, West Point, and Irvington before reaching New York City with a sunset view from the Chrysler Building observatory.
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Lake Ontario
Thousand Islands
Montreal
St. Lawrence River
United States
Canada
Jacques Cartier
France
Columbus
America
Mt. Royal
England
Quebec
Plattsburg
Lake Champlain
New York
Vermont
Whitehall
Burlington
Lake George
Anthony Wayne
Stony Point
Hudson
Washington
Hell
Ethan Allen
Fort Ticonderoga
Champlain
Bunker Hill
Highlands
Continental Congress
Fort George
Fort William Henry
Albany
Viscount Haldane
Catskill Mountains
Greendale
Rip van Winkie
Rensselaar
Fort Crab
Scheickburgh
Pouchkeepsie
Holland
Vassar College
West Point
Academy
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Benedict Arnold
Vulture
Andre
Peekskill
Dunderburg Mountain
Rhine
Tarrytown
Irving
Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane
Katrina
Brom Bones
Irvington
Sunnyside
Washington Irving
Piermont
Tappan
Pali
New York City
Mary E. Doxsee
Five Cans Of Fish Placed In The Maquoketa River
Yesterday morning five cans of fish from the government hatchery at LaCrosse Wisconsin were placed in the Maquoketa river. Four cans held channel cat and one held black bass. This marks the third shipment of fish released into the river this summer.
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Maquoketa River
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Balster Leases Farm Near Monticello to Heiken
Lawrence F. Balster reports leasing his Monticello area farm to Louis Heiken with possession around March 1. Balster has not chosen his new business line and plans a sale of his personal property on the farm after January 1.
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Lawrence F. Balster
Monticello
Louis Heiken
Mr. Balster
Flower Entries At Fair To Be Made Tuesday
Local flower show at the Jones County Fair emphasizes the cut flower department led by Mrs. Leonard A. Tyerson. Entries due Tuesday August 19 with prizes up to 75 cents for first place in many divisions including pansies verbenas sweet peas and gladiolas among others.
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Leonard A. Tyerson
Jones County
Automobile Accident Involving Fritz Sahli Near Monticello
Fritz Sahli owner of a model A Ford figured in a rear end collision on Primary 161 near Main street while traveling south to Monticello. His car damaged bumpers fenders tire carrier and windshield. A passenger Meier was badly cracked windshield. Sahli was also side swiped by a Dubuque car that then left the road and overturned in a ditch without injuries.
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Fritz Sahli
Main Street
Monticello
Sahil
Saahil
Art Miller
Meier
Sahl
Miller
Sahli
Canning Factory Begins Operations August 25
Carl Hodson, manager of the Farmer Canning Company, announces the Monticello plant will start operations Monday August 25. Eighty percent of last year's crop will be canned with a 20 percent shortfall from hot weather and lack of rain. About 850 acres of sweet corn will be canned this year. The Cedar Falls plant has run for a week, Auburn Nebraska plant began last Tuesday, and Monticello fields are in better condition than most areas though Dexter reports fields yielding no corn at all.
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Carl Hodson
Farmer Canning Company
Monticello
Cedar Falls
Auburn
Neb
Dexter
Blanche McLaughlin To Enjoy European Trip
Miss Blanche McLaughlin daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred McLaughlin sails tomorrow for a six weeks Europe trip with a young companion. They will tour England France and other continental countries and expect to witness the Passion Play at Oberammergau. McLaughlin has run a university boys food shop this year and plans to manage another Penn food shop upon return in the fall.
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Blanche McLaughlin
Fred Mclaurch- Nin
England
France
Oberammergau
McLaughlin
University of Pennsylvania
Europe
Fish Dynamiters Fined $100 Each Near Cascade
Elmer Johnson Leo Ludwie and Irvin Gavin residents south of Cascade were arrested by a deputy state warden and brought before Justice J L Foher in Cascade. Each man paid a 100 fine plus costs for dynamiting the Maquoketa river to catch fish. They had thirty fish surfaced by a blast and all paid their penalties.
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Elmer Johnson
Leo Ludwie
Irvin Gavin
Cascade
J. L. Foher
Maquoketa
Monticello Baseball Beats Baldwin 16–4 in League Tilt
Monticello routed Baldwin 16 to 4 as part of the Maquoketa Valley League action. Manchester topped Cascade 4–0 in a separate game while Ryan defeated Lost Nation 6–2 and Dyersville beat Oxford Junction 2–1. Next Sunday, Cascade visits Monticello and Manchester hosts Oxford Junction in league finishers.
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Monticello
Baldwin
Manchester
Dyersville
Oxford
Cascade
Sheeley
Ryan
Stodola
Willenborg
Lost
Lost Nation
Oxford Junction
Pet
Ryan Cascade
Nea
Baldwin Sytoee
Wilcox Family Reunion Attendees at Monticello Home
The annual Wilcox reunion gathered fifty three people last Sunday at the Edwin Wilcox home half a mile south of Monticello. Thirty eight were direct descendants of Abner Wilcox with four of his sons and their families present. Also attending were the Purdy family and the Wileay family from Nabel Wilcox. Shaffer of Wyn ming. Cass and family of Monmouth. Walker of Monticello. Carl Hutton and Miss Eula Lawson.
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Edwin Wilcox
Monticello
Abner Wilcox
Joe
Edwin
William
Delos
Jor
Charles Purdy
Fred Wileay
Soy William
Nabel Wilcox
Bible Qs and Answers Quick Study Page Clue
New Bible Questions 41 to 45 ask about wandering Jew temple pillars Christ water to wine and Judah Israel arms with Hiram friendship. The note directs readers to page 8 for the answers.
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Earth
Temple
Christ
Judah
Israel
Hiram
Solomon
David
Great Fair In Prospect For August 19 22
Prospect plans for the Jones County Fair week include Maquoketa Valley League baseball rubbers with four games over August 20 21 22 plus harness racing 1800 attraction at city park. Cattle pavilion stalls for 150 head livestock bleacher seating amphitheater reserved seats and tickets announced with Bareain Day free admission for families with two paying adults.
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Monticello State Bank
Man Attacked by Mad Bull on Farm
Will Schneiter was attacked by a Holstein bull while being led to water. His farm hand George Mettler could not intervene as the animal threw him against the barn, leaving him badly bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Schneiter
George Mettler
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Iowa
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the Express
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St. Lawrence
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Fish
Dan Turner
Jones County Fair
Monti Wallops Baldwin Team
Meredith
DeLancey
Sparks
Robinson
Christensen and
Fifield
Schneider and Ahlers
RHE Cascade
Willenberg
Webber
Michaels
Wilcox
New Bible Questions
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Monticcllo
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Mad Bull
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