Editors expose conflict over city contracts in Monticello
The Monticello Express rebukes mayor S H Hoag and city officers for selling city contracts to the Hoag Duster Company. It cites Iowa code sections, cites auditor warnings, and urges citizen attendance at council meetings to prevent graft and ensure open records.
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the Express
Monticello
State of
Iowa
S. H. Hoag
Gilbert Hearn
Burt Sims
Roy Miller
Dave Miller
Andy Strittmatter
Hernard Kuriger
Strittmatter
Hoag Duster Company
Hoag
Express
Louise Loes
Monicello
S.H. Hoag
Jones County Recorder
Time to Find a New Pigeon
A columnist lambastes local merchants and farmers as perpetual targets of fundraising solicitations. They describe merchants as overburdened by multiple charity asks and note women shoppers and farmers as frequent contributors, questioning the value of various community projects.
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Sitting Duck
Monticello area notes from past decades
A historical roundup mentions Dr E D Caraway joining Monticello practice, Rex Schrader opening a law office, provincial moves and honors, Scout delegation to Philmont, a two hour Hopkinton moving picture show, and various local milestones from 5, 10, 25, and 50 years ago including changes in transport, education, and community events.
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D. Caraway
Monticello
Robert Myers
Rex Schrader
Lovell Building
Albert Schrader
Louis Heims
Florence Heims
Civil Service Internal Revenue
Des Moines
Judy Hollar
J. F. Hollar
Center Junction
Jones County
Philmont
Rudolph Bohren
John Ross
Peter Egger
Ray Walraven
Scotch Grove
Nebraska
Eugene Byers
Hopkinton
Local families host visits and reunions across Iowa and beyond
The note lists several visits including Hazel Mason home guests, Oscar Houstman and families in Willow Creek and Stevens ville, Mont. A surprise birthday for Mary Lou Houstman drew many classmates. Dale Postel visits 28 days from the Pacific aboard the U S S Trathen. Sauer reunion hosts fifty five relatives from multiple cities. A Cedar Rapids picnic gathered Sauer relatives and Verda Thomsen vacationed at Lake Geneva with Donna Weise. Sam Hamed, son of Abe Hamed, is stationed at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas.
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Linda Sharon
Linda Hawley
Linda Bunting
Kathy Carlett
Jana Henderson
Sandy Lorenzen
Janet McMorris
Connie Redman
Sheryl Ahrendsen
Karen Fall
Dale E. Postel
Sat
James Postel
Lynn
Dale
Pacific
U.S.S. Trathen
Sauer
Pete Sauer
Sun
Ralph Sauer
Dean
Wayne
Bernard
Leland
Edwin
Donnie
Mary Jo
Walker
Ernest Sauer
Frances
Steve
Judy
Linda
David
Rickey
Raymond
Brandon
Ronald Sauer
Sandra
Sharon
Rhonda
Kathy
Marion Scolaro
Kelly
Mitchell
Vicki Broderson
Dee Ann Sauer
Cedar Rapids
de Vere Sauer
Anamosa
Leon Sauer
Loretta
Lee
Marion
Eldon Sauer
Tim
Betty
Alice
Jalond
Ralph Westphal
Junior
Ricky
Waterloo
Dixie
Kenny
Monte
Brad Sauer
Olin
Wallace Peachee
Louis
Jimmy
Glenn Allen
Dysart
Lyle Mason
Mark
Los Angeles
Calif
Hazel Mason
Robert
Dick Westphal
Greg
Roy Lowery
Gilman
Iowa City
Verda Thomsen
Donna Weise
Charlotte
Lake Geneva
Wisc
Sam Hamed
Abe Hamed
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Monticello Express Official Newspaper of Jones County
Monticello Express is the weekly Monticello Iowa paper established July 10 1865. It is the official newspaper of Monticello and Jones county with advertising services from national and state services and subscription rates listed for local and distant readers including servicemen.
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Monticello
Iowa
Monticello Express
Jones County
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Chicago
Ill
Iowa Press Advertising Service
Des Moines
Sauer Returns Home After Two-Week Recovery
Mrs James Postel Dee Ann Sauer comes home to Cedar Rapids Sunday night after two weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Marion Sauer while recovering from surgery. Several relatives and friends, including Alan Rohwedder Hank Klatt and families and Margaret Henry of Philadelphia, departed Friday for Holtz's Resort in Battle Lake Minnesota. They will be joined later by Don Peck Wes Swenson and Lowell Swenson families from Des Moines Boulder and Los Angeles.
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Dee Ann Sauer
Cedar Rapids
Marion Sauer
Alan Rohwedder
Hank Klatt
Clarence
E.R. Easterly
Michael Swenson
Margaret Henry
Philadelphia
Penn
Holtz's
Battle Lake
Minn
Don Peck
Wes Moines
Lowell Swenson
Boulder
Cole
Henry
Lyle Mason
Mark Robert
Las Angeles
Calif
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