Alleged Sewing Machine Agent Faces Fraud in Monticello Case
Bob Snyder alias Schneider alias Teasdelle, a sewing machine salesman active last week in Monticello, stands jailed in Ringling Oklahoma for defrauding two Cascade women. He allegedly posed as a White Sewing Machine district agent, forged customer contracts, promised big returns, and shipped machines while misrepresenting delivery routes. A sheriff’s warrant and pending requisition seek Snyder’s return for September grand jury proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Snyder
Schneider
Teasdelle
Monticello
Cascade
Ringling
Oklahoma
J. J. Hayes
White Sewing Machine Company
Anamosa
Mr. Hayes
Snyder
Dick Ross
Emil Riedel
Alf
Hayes
J. H. Teasdelle
Bodenhofer
Aote
Farmer Ernest Wahl Knocked Down By Holstein Bull
Ernest Wahl a Lovell township farmer was knocked down and severely bruised when a Holstein bull charged him on his farm last Friday morning. The animal trampled him after pursuing him about the feed lot and barn area. a pitchfork thrust into the bull’s nose did not stop it. Wahl’s wife and a hired man drove the bull away and led him into the barn with a nose ring. Doctors report Wahl will be laid up about two weeks from the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Wahl
Lovell Township
Mr. Wahl
Wahl
Car Accident At Delhi Injures Grapes Infant
Delbert Grapes, 18 months old, was run over by Roy Little’s car at the Grapes home near Delhi. The front wheel passed over his body and head, fracturing eleven ribs. He was taken to John McDonald hospital in Monticello and is recovering satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Grapes
Delhi
Delbert
Peterson Named Director of University of Maine Summer Session
Prof Roy M Peterson son of Mr and Mrs J N Peterson of Monticello is named director of the University of Maine summer session for 1931. He heads the Spanish and Italian department since 1918 and was acting director this spring. attendance this summer session is the largest on record. He has long edited Phi Kappa Phi national organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M. Peterson
J. N. Peterson
Monticello
University of Maine
Harold 8S. Boardman
Peterson
Phi Kappa Phi
Death of Mrs Anna Brockens in Cass township
Mrs. Anna Brockens died at 4:20 AM last Tuesday at her daughter's home in Cass township after weeks of ill health. Born December 8, 1846 in Ler have Germany, she immigrated to the United States at age 24 and married John H. Brockens in 1870 near Monticello. Survived by six children, thirty four grandchildren, twenty seven great grandchildren, and multiple relatives. Funeral held at Ralph Zimmerman home then Zion's Lutheran Church with Rev. J. Willms officiating. Burial in Wayne cemetery beside her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Brockens
Ralph Zimmerman
Cass Township
Brockens
Lerhave
Germany
United States
Monticello
John H. Brockens
Anna Peters
Hall Farm
Wayne Township
Amber
Gerhard
Cass
John Brockens
Strawberry Point
Austin Stadtmueller
Castle Grove Township
Fred Barrack
Arlington
George Bodeker
Light Fingered Artist Takes $30 at Filling Station
Vincent Eilers of the Standard Oil station on First street reports a $30 shortage found when he returned to make change after supper. His father Gerry was handling the station. the missing funds are blamed on local theft through a rear entrance now kept locked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Eilers
First Street
Gerry Eilers
Vincent
Eilers
Good Yield Of Oats On Richard Hanken Farm
George Meade reports an unusually good oats harvest on the old Lovell farm now owned by Gid Hughes and run by Richard Hanken. Fifteen acres yielded over 800 bushels at about 53 bushels per acre weighing 40 pounds each. More than 35 loads were hauled and threshing took over four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Meade
Lovell
Gid Hughes
Richard Hanken
Harry J. Wilson Dies Former Local Hotel Proprietor
Harry J. Wilson died in a Los Angeles hospital on August 7 after a brief heart illness. He was 73, born in Greeley, and is survived by son Dr. Clyde Wilson and daughter Mrs. Howard T. Smith of Los Angeles. He formerly owned the Lovell House and ran the Clarence Hotel at Manchester and the Gidney Hotel at Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Wilson
Los Angeles
California
Greeley
Clyde Wilson
Howard T. Smith
Wilson
Lovell House
Clarence
Manchester
Independence
Jones County Historical Snippets From August Era
Thirty year old notes recount L P Waddick selling buggies in 1930 with bargains. Osceola teacher Miss Alice Reed re elected as principal. Jones County Fair held August 8 with officers A L Fairbanks and E G Hicks. directors chosen from townships. Shipping changes, weather highs of 95 degrees, and various local events including church cornerstone laying, a marriage, and a barn fire are noted along with local business moves and student travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Waddick
Alice Reed
Osceola
Wis
Jones County
Monticello
A. L. Fairbanks
E. G. Hicks
O. R. Ricker
Robert Campbell
Hopkinton
Will Beels
Congregational Church
Henry Burrichter
Minnie Balster
Lost Nation
Burrichter
R. A. Rickless
Monmouth
Bridgeport
Conn
J. O. Lawrence
Christian Ross
Lovell Township
Chris Egger
J. Fridley
Boss
Lilian Jennings
Edward Hartwell
Chicago
John Kairns
Wayne Township
Co. L. van Meter
Fay West Marries Myrtle Boots At Anamosa Fair
At the Anamosa District Fair on Sunday evening August 17 a wedding was staged on the amphitheater platform. Myrtle Boots daughter of Mr and Mrs Matthew Boots of Anamosa wed Fay Edward West of Monticello. The ceremony featured sixteen bridesmaids twelve flower girls a ring bearer an orchestra and soprano Madame Lucia Carranza. The Anamosa fair association gave 50 and local merchants matched with gifts. The bride attended Anamosa high school and the groom owner of an automobile repair shop on First Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Myrtle Boots
Matthew Boots
Fay Edward West
Monticello
Lucia Carranza
The
Fair Association
Anamosa High School
West
John J. West
First Street
Iowa Towns Vote Gas Franchise List
A list shows Iowa towns that have voted to accept natural gas franchises or will hold elections soon. Towns named include Eldora Tabor Avoca Oakland Neola Walnut Griswold DeWitt Woodbine Dunlap Essex Malvern Corning Sidney Onawa Tipton Logan Denison Maquoketa Clear Lake West Burlington Toledo Tama Eagle Grove Hamburg Mount Vernon Malcolm Manchester Jefferson Spencer Audubon Osage Marengo New Hampton Anamosa Cresco Dyersville Monticello Wak on Council Bluffs Carson Macedonia Minden Fairfield and Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Tabor
Avoca
Oakland
Neola
Walnut
Griswold
DeWitt
Woodbine
Dunlap
Essex
Malvern
Corning
Sidney
Onawa
Tipton
Logan
Denison
Maquoketa
Clear Lake
West Burlington
Toledo
Tama
Eagle Grove
Hamburg
Mount Vernon
Malcolm
Manchester
Jefferson
Spencer
Audubon
Osage
Marengo
New Hampton
Anamosa
Cresco
Dyersville
Monticello
Waukon
Council Bluffs
Carson
Macedonia
Minden
Fairfield
Atlantic
Creamery Reports July Butterfat Prices and Yields
Buttermaker Roy Morey states Farmers' Mutual Creamery paid 39 cents per pound for second grade butterfat and 42 cents for first grade in July. Total received 269,267 pounds of first grade cream and 126,635 pounds of second grade, with 79,992 pounds first grade and 34,725 pounds second grade butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Morey
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Jones County Fair Gears Up With Full Exhibits and Races
The 1930 Jones County Fair opens with a strong slate of entries across livestock, cattle, hogs, poultry, and race horses. Cattle displays fill a 210 by 28 foot pavilion with 140 head, while 45 race horses are entered for three days of harness action. Notable mentions include Holsteins from Tom Shover and premium boosts from Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Harry Maire
Siegfried Guyan
Leonard Iverson
Tom Shover
Tom
Anamosa Fair
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company of
Monticello
Fair Association
Fred J. Kay
Mr. Jessen
Roy d'Autremont Returns From Philippine Service
Roy d Autremont former Monti cello boy visited in the home of Mrs I V d Autremont last Monday He was discharged from the United States army after a three year enlistment He served in the aviation department and led electrical equipment on airplane motors During service he was quartered in China Hawaii and Manila Philippine Islands He plans time with his father in Cedar Rapids who is in failing health
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy d'Autremont
Monticello
I. V. d’Autremont
United States Army
Aviation Department
Mr. d'Autremont
China
Hawaii
Manila
Philippine Islands
Cedar Rapids
Sacred Heart School Opens for 1930 31 Term
Sacred Heart School begins its 1930 1931 year on September 2 with registration August 27 28 from 2 to 4 p m Students must register buy books and receive class assignments after being classified New texts include Elson Keck Burris Diiges Living English Furlong American History for seventh and eighth grades Caldwell and Curtis General Science Tressler English in Action Books I II Stader and Rheader Geometry for high school The two year commercial course for juniors and seniors The faculty features Sister Mary Corona Principal Sister Mary Rosalre Sister Mary Clare Terese Sister Margaret Ala coque Sister Mary Ethleheda Sister Mary Dulcissima and Sister Mary Ellenice The school of music led by Sister Mary Luke offers piano violin cello and wind instruments with enrollment on registration days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart School
Elson Keck Burris
Diiges
Furlong
Caldwell
Curtis
Tressler
Stader and Rheader
Mary Corona
Mary Rosalre
Mary Clare Terese
Margaret Alacoque
Mary Ethleheda
Mary Dulcissima
Mary Ellenice
School of Music
Mary Luke
Elvin d Autremont Returns to Notre Dame for Priesthood Studies
Elvin d Autremont returned to Notre Dame in South Bend Indiana after a two month visit with his mother Mrs I V d Autremont of Monticello He is a Moreau seminary student preparing for the priesthood with six years remaining before final vows He plans mission work in India His mother will spend the winter in Nebraska with her ailing mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. V. d’Autremont
Monticello
Elvin d’Autremont
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Indiana
Moreau Seminary
India
Nebraska
Mark Rodman Fractures Collar Bone After Fair Slip
Mark Rodman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Rodman, sustained a fractured left collar bone while playing on a trapeze behind the Rodman home. He slipped and fell last Thursday, the second time he has fractured a collar bone. The accident will not keep him from the Jones County Fair. Mr. and Mrs. Joe De Boest and children of Dana are staying with Dr. and Mrs. Asa P. Lambert this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Rodman
Harry S. Rodman
Rodman
Mark
Jones County Fair
Joe de Boest
Dana
Asa P. Lambert
Ryan Child Killed By An Automobile
Marian Locke a five year old of Ryan died after being struck by a car driven by Howard Strunk a road construction company employee. She crossed primary No 13 in the town center and suffered critical injuries after Strunk swerved hitting a tree unable to avoid the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Locke
Russell Locke
Ryan
Howard Strunk
Strunk
Monticello Boys Return From 2500 Mile Trip
Two Monticello youths William Stickford and Benjamin Roberts completed a 2500 mile East Coast automobile journey. They describe stops in Rockford Chicago Heights Pittsburgh Washington Annapolis Philadelphia New York City and Niagara Falls with total cost about 35 dollars per person and an average 40 miles per gallon. They report camping sleeping in a school yard and a tire theft incident along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stickford
Benjamin Roberts
Ford
New York
Monticello
Annapolis
Naval Academy
United States Navy
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York City
Hudson River
West Point
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Canada
Frank Serbousek Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Frank Serbousek was taken to John McDonald hospital last Friday for an emergency appendicitis operation after his appendix burst. He is convalescing nicely though he was very ill last Sunday. doctors expect a normal recovery period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Serbousek
John McDonald Hospital
Young Singers Draw Crowd At Monmouth Monticello Fair
At the fair platform this year Miss Edna Schoon soprano performs with the Monticello high school boys quartet and Master Tom Miller, a Monmouth youth. The quartet sings Thursday afternoon and evening. the other two act on all three days. The Monti High singers are Eugene Rodman Raymond Schoon Howard McLaughlin William Stick ford. T. J. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller, is 11 and has sung for two years with a rich voice and dancer routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Schoon
Monticello High School
Tom Miller
Monmouth
Eugene Rodman
Raymond Schoon
Howard McLaughlin
William Stickford
Monti High
T. J. Miller
Howard Miller
Monticello Wins Final Ball Game in Close Finish
Monticello clinched its Maquoketa Valley League season by defeating Cascade 7 to 6 on Sunday at the city park. The locals plated the winning runs in the bottom of the ninth after two outs, aided by Clark and Bartlett singles and two Cascade errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Maquoketa Valley
Cascade
C. Rhatigan
Meredith
Barron DeLancey
Clark
Bartlett
Felder
B Bartlett
Byerly
Ferring
DeLancey
Ferrin Oe Ee
AST Barron
Ta Byerly
I Delancey
Egger
Leivae
Ww. L. Pet. Fryai Ge Elt
Cascade Exec Eliatm
Manchester
Dyersville wAiee
Monticello Oo
Oxford Junction
Baldwin Cee
Lost Nation
Snow Fence Plant Opens in Manchester for Highway Board
A new manufacturing plant begins operations in Manchester to produce snow fence for the Town State Highway Commission. The initial order comprises fifty one carloads and is expected to be completed before snow flies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Bible Quiz Questions on Temple Size and Kings
New Bible Questions 46 through 50 ask about Solomon's Temple dimensions two nearly identical chapters the wicked king and queen the Jordan River split and why Ahasuerus did not know Esther was a Jewess. See answers on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon's Temple
The
Jordan
Ahasuerus
Esther
Anamosa Fair Crowned Champions in Cattle and Swine Show
The Anamosa Fair closed with good weather except Saturday. Grand champion calves were Hereford shown by Marvin Blohm Center Junction, reserve Angus by George Phillips Oxford Junction. Shorthorn first place heifer Lyman Thompson Center Junction. Chester White barrow grand champion John Fichhorn Wyoming, reserve Alvin Bailey Anamosa. Open beef and dairy had three Short horn herds. champion bull Otto Seeberger Maquoketa. champion cow Theodore Martin Martelle. Swine champs included Duroc Bert Meeks Martello and Tamworth champ W. H. Kruse Sheldon. Gwelda Fairbanks Oriole club health champ to represent Jones county at Des Moines fair. Demonstration team Frieda Balster Leona Behrends Castle Grove to state fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Blohm
Center Junction
George Phillips
Oxford Junction
Lyman Thompson
John Fichhorn
Wyoming
Poland
China Barrow
Alvin Bailey
Anamosa
Herefords
Glendon Remington
Merl Meeks
Martelle
Leonard Serbousek
Delbert Fisher
Olin
Eldon Fisher
Donald Meeks
Wayne Remington
Ernest Blohm
James McLaughliin
Monticello
Ancus
Oxford
Otto Seeberger
Maquoketa
Theodore Martin
Clausen Bros
Green Island
Jersey
Charles Reinheimer
Marion
Shomont
Royal Russell
Guernseys
Bert Meeks
Martello
Bert Miller
Lisbon
W. H. Kruse
Sheldon
Tamworths
John Sewhusen
Lost Nation
Hampshire
Clarence Suepple
Solon
Gwelda Fairbanks
Fairview Township
Oriole
Jones County
Des Moines
Frieda Balster
Leona Behrends
Castle Grove Township
Marie Plath Niles
Eldora
Good Luck Club
Greenfield Township
Castle Grove
Madison
Merry Maidens
Lovells
Lovell
Happy Hours
Pairview
Wise Owl
Jackson
B Square
Blue Bird
Cass
Wise Owl Club
Ruth Parker
Ames
Niles
Farm Bureaus Women
H. E. Stover
Henry Wehling
Ray Pairbanks
Jones County School Wins National Health Education Award
Jones County School won a national first prize for health education work in the past school year. Iowa Tuberculosis association director Miss Frances Brophy said 570 schools in 33 counties earned awards, with Jasper County leading at 154 prize winning schools and Crawford County second with 119.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Frances Brophy
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Iowa
National Tuberculosis Association
Jasper County
Crawford County
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. M. Peterson
U. OF Maine
Anna Brockens
the Express
A. R. O’brien
James Howie Grove
N. R. Kehoe
James P. Lane
Omaha
Neb
Creighton University
J. F. Pierce
Kellogg
Fay West
J. J. Mills & Sons
Coggon
Antone Kula
Shomont Farms
Fred Shover
Frank Shover
Shover & Orcutt
Holstein Calf Club
C. H. Hand
Center Point
Charles Seeberger
W. H. Robinson
John Maiden
J. L. Weber & Sons
Nic Roeder & Son
Hazelton
H. F. McCalley & Son
W. B. Meeks
Hampshires
Clarence Supple
Orben Schaff
Chester
Lyle Callahan
Floral Hall
Iverson
B. C. Roberts
Skelgas
Frank Locher
Majestic
A. J. H. McNeill
Lennox Furnaces
Zimmerman
Zenith
Crosley
Henry Helms
A. C. Martin
Messrs
Arend Balster
Robert Balster
Madsen Motor Company
Franklin Equipment Company
Tip-Top Manufacturing Company
Len Reichart
Frank Ferring
Delco Light
Leroy Clark
Monitor
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
Chevrolet
W. G. Schoon
John Deere
Wolf
Roy d‘Autremont
Philippine
Notre Dame
Rockford
Chicago Heights
Ohio-Indiana Line
Fort Wayne
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Walter Buchele
Washington, D. C
Gettysboro
Washington Monument
National Museum
Washington
Chicapa Heights
Baldwin
Ryan Monticello
Willenberg
Weber
Manchester Wearin
Sheeley
Michaels Christensen
Fifield
Ryan G
H E Ryan
C. Anderson Wall
H. Wernimont Sehneider
Ahlers Baldwin
H RK
New Bible Questions
Health Champ
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