Jones County Fair Opener Showcases Floral and Livestock Exhibits
The Jones County Fair enters its 81st session at the city park with strong displays in the floral hall and exhibits in farm produce. Cattle and hog entries from multiple farms headline the swine and cattle shows, with notable participation in Scotch Shorthorns Herefords Holsteins Guernseys and Aberdeen Angus. The pork and hog classes feature Poland China Duroc Jerseys and more with margins of entries listed for several counties and farms.
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Jones County
Martin and Son
Mount Vernon
Roy Wessel and Son
Greeley
H. FE
Carothers and Sons
Masonville
Heeren Bros
Monticello
J. B. Nieman and Son
Delhi
Antone Kula
Oxford Junction
LaVern Newhard
Anamosa
Verdon Richardson
Guernseys
Aitchison Bros
Henry Allenstein
la Mont
Aberdeen Angus
C. C. Robinson
Poland
China
Helgens Bros
Ernest Gienapp
Ryan
Leo Waggoner
Dale Neumann
Marites
Dean Neumann
Martelle
Duroc-Jerseys
W. B. Meeks
R. P. Wilson
Hopkinton
Bert Miller
Lisbon
Russel Pres
Henry Repstein Dies in Railroad Fireman Accident
Mrs. Margaret Repstein received a telegram announcing the death of her eldest son Henry a fireman on the railroad out of East Orange New Jersey. He was on night shift and died last Saturday August 18. Survived by widow Elsie and three children William George and Amy Friday a grandson three years old his mother and brother Frank of Monticello a sister Mrs Mary Rosencrans of Anamosa and brothers Joseph Raymond and William of Cedar Rapids. George his son 20 was visiting relatives in Anamosa and left for the east to attend the funeral. Henry born October 23 1884 in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Repstein
Henry
East Orange
N. J
Mr. Repstein
George
Anamosa
East
Monticello
Elsie
Wiliam
Amy Fridey
Frank
Mary Rosencrans
Joseph
Raymond
William
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Highways To Be Patroled Now
The Iowa patrol program expands with uniformed officers patrolling statewide. Reported reductions in accidents and improved traffic flow accompany the change, though motorists at night previously feared unseen inspectors. An officer and assistant will be deployed this week to patrol the roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Alex Miller
Mionthee
Head Of Cornell And Wife In Auto Accident
A Silent City dispatch reports injuries to Dr. H. J. Burgsthaler president of Cornell college Mount Vernon and his wife in an auto crash near Lyons Nebraska. Their daughter the driver was unhurt. The car overturned on loose gravel and the president suffered a shattered right arm while Mrs. Burgsthaler had internal injuries en route home from the Rocky Mountains.
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H. J. Burgsthaler
Cornell College
Nebraska
Cornel College
Mount Vernon
Burgsthaler
Methodist Hospital
Sioux City
Lyons
Neb
Farmer Canning Co to Pack Corn from 1000 Acres
The Farmer Canning company will open its Monticello factory on August 27 the area’s only corn packer this year. With a expected yield of over 1000 acres at two and a half tons per acre the plant could ship about 70 000 cases in four weeks. Local manager Carl Hodson plans two shifts employing 80 women and 60 men with Saturday August 25 as registration day and priority for Monticello residents only.
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Farmer Canning Company
Monticello
Iowa
Carl Hodson
Wanda Berry to Wed Harold Murray in Cedar Rapids
Miss Wanda Beery daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Beery Montigelio will wed Harold Murray son of P J Murray Cedar Rapids this evening at St Patrick s church parsonage at 7. Bridesmaid is Ruth Johnson Eldora and best man Emmett Murray Cedar Rapids. After a wedding supper at the Beery home, the couple travel to northern Wisconsin and will reside at 820 First Avenue Northwest Cedar Rapids after September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Beery
W. A. Beery
Montigelio
Harold Murray
P. J. Murray
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick's Church
Father Lenihan
Ruth Johnson
Eldora
Emmett Murray
Monticello
Eldora High School
Iowa State College
Ames
Cedar Rapids Business College
Interocean Reinsurance Company
Murray
Washington High School
Chicago
Tru-Art Engraving Company
Wisconsin
First Avenue
Northwest
Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration Near Scotch Grove
Myr and J H Hinrichs marked their fifteenth wedding anniversary with a surprise gathering at their home near Scotch Grove last Monday night. About seventy neighbors and relatives attended bringing baskets, while the evening featured visiting and card playing. Distances up to Castle Grove Anamosa Monticello and Coggon were represented by I A Helken Harvey Irene Helken Ernest Helken Ramona Oltmanns Louis Heiken and sons Caroline and Emma Heiken.
Edward McBride Dead After Sudden Farm Accident
Edward McBride of Monticello died Saturday at 4 PM on the Peter Kurt farm near the Delaware county line while helping rebuild a barn. Death was from acute dilation of the heart. He was born September 27, 1867, married to Ann Reichart, and survived by a brother George and a sister Edith. Funeral Tuesday at Sacred Heart church, interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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Edward McBride
Monticello
Peter Kurt
Delaware County
Mr. McBride
Ben Ament
McBride
Ament
Gand Spring
David McBride
Ann Reichart
Sand Spring
George McBride
Portland
Ore
Edith Tabor
Waterloo
Sacred Heart Church
A. L., Lorenz
Sacred Heart
Henry Tabor
Harry Tabor
Ralph Tabor
Lawrence Smith
Dyersville
John Reichart
Netota
Emmaline Egan Weds Lumir Zak in Cedar Rapids
Miss Emmaline Egan daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Egan married Lumir Zak Tuesday morning at 7 oclock in St Patrick church Cedar Rapids Rev Peters conducted the ceremony The couple will reside at 1001 19th street southeast Cedar Rapids They left for a wedding trip to Colorado Attendants were Marion Egan and Emil Stepanek with Margret Gibson playing the wedding march
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Emmaline Egan
Joseph Egan
Monticello
Lumir Zak
St. Patrick's Church
Cedar Rapids
Peters
Zak
Joseph Zak
Margaret Gibson
Marion Egan
Emil Stepanek
Johanna Hill
Miss. Egan
Madsen Motor Company Sells Wyoming Branch
Madsen Motor of Monticello sold its Wyoming branch interests to George Barclay who has managed there for two years. Barclay exchanges his Wyoming business for Earl R Ott’s Maquoketa Ford agency. Barclay Motor Company will run the Maquoketa garage. Ott acts as Ford sub dealer. Madsen retains Monticello and Anamosa garages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madsen Motor Company
Monticello
Wyoming
George Barclay
Barclay
Maquoketa
Ford Agency
Earl R. Ott. Myr
Barclay Motor Company
Ford
Ott
Madsen
Anamosa
Adix Re-elected President of Iowa Lutheran District
Rev. Henry L. Adix, pastor of St. Matthew's in Monticello, was reelected president of the Iowa district of the American Lutheran church at the fourth annual convention in Oelwein. Nine pastors were admitted to synod membership, with several eastern Iowa pastors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.L. Adix
Iowa
Henry L. Adix
St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Monticello
American Lutheran Church
Oelwein
Adix
Synod
Paul Bauer
Lamont
J. Buerkle
Guttenberg
Paul Matthias
Dundee
John Pannhuk
Hopkinton
H. Wilke
Jesup
Robert Niederwimmer
Grinnell
Lydia Adix
St. John's
Duane Topping Weds Geneva K Smith in Onslow Union
Mayor Fred D McLaughlin performed the ceremony for Duane Topping son of Mr and Mrs Robert Topping of Onslow and Geneva K Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Hal Smith of Onslow last Saturday afternoon. The couple were accompanied by Eugene and Lulu Steenbock and plan to live on a farm near Onslow.
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Fred D. McLaughlin
Duane Topping
Robert Topping
Onslow
Geneva K. Smith
Hal Smith
Eugene
Lulu Steenbock
Jones County Rural Schools Open For Year 1934 35
Approximately 1600 pupils and 73 teachers will start the Jones county rural school year with possible additions or closures as attendance is assessed. Miss Nellie V. Morey outlines new and returning staff, pre school and grade meetings, and a teacher institute plan adapted from 1933 34 to improve instructional methods across townships including Cass Castle Grove Fairview Hale Richland Scotch Grove and Washington. The Express lists teachers by township and school number with home addresses, noting some schools may be added or closed later.
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Jones County
Nellie V. Morey
Miss Morey
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Morey
Lst
Cass Township
Mabel Franklin
Prairieburg
Harry Neville
Anamosa
Laura Julis
Merle Davenport
Maxine Dearborn
Stone City
Bertha Burlingham
Marjorie Humpal
Kathryn Whalen
Castle Grove Township
Mae Hogan
Monticello
Leone Behrends
Minnie Husmann
Scotch Grove
Zeola Burlingham
Augusta
Helen Port
Olin
Winonr Wooder
Oxford Junction
Wilma Sieveka
Wyoming
Lucille Starry
Helen Freeman
Richland Township
Josephine Knepper
Cascade
Catherine Strang
Irene Burrichter
Lucile Rickels
Mildred Wilcox
Marie Rogers
Anna McQuillen
Erma Hamil
Scotch Grove Township
Myrle Fagan
Thoma Gregory
Kathryn Gerdes
John Rader
Pittfield
Ill
Kathleen Hughes
Vera Moats
Center Junction
Wilma Holub
Marie Serbousek
Washington Township
Rachel Callahan
Bernard
Harriet Stanton
Irene Wieneke
Sister Sylvestra
Old Time Resident Dies In California
Charles D. Hurlbutt born August 16 1857 in Iowa died July 23 1934 in Los Angeles California at nearly 77. He was son of William and Sarah Hurlbutt and survived by sisters Emma Waterbury Alice Church and Josephine Bowen and by widow Julia Myra Curtis and her son Richard Curtis and another son in Baltimore. He worked as a painter and decorator in Los Angeles for 32 years retiring recently and his body was laid to rest at Inglewood Park Cemetery with a large funeral procession amid friends.
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Los Angeles
California
Charles D. Hurbutt
Bowen's Prairie
William Hurlbutt
Nebraska
E. G. Hicks
Noel Brazelton
Charles D. Hurlbutt
Monticello
Jones County
Iowa
William
Sarah Hurlbutt
Emma Waterbury
Stamford
Conn
Alice Church
Aurora
Neb
Josephine Bowen
Wheaton
Ill
Turlbutt
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Mrs Cora Sexton Celebrates Eightieth Birthday
Mrs Cora Sexton marked her eightieth birthday with an open house at her Monticello home on August 22 from 2 to 4 PM. Friends, neighbors, and out of town guests Mrs Fred Crosby and Mrs Harry Bricker attended, gifting silver, cards and flowers. refreshments were served. She lives with sister Mrs Mary Hudson and brother Hiland Ward and enjoys good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Sexton
Monticello
Hiland Ward
Sexton
Fred Crosby
Harry Bricker
Coggon
Hand Catches Fire Burns Gilmore City Boy
Osborne Granseth son of Mr and Mrs Herman Granseth of Gilmore City Humboldt county cleaned his bicycle with gasoline. A spilled drop on his hand was ignited by a match causing severe painful burns. Doctors expect recovery though the hand will bear scars.
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Osborne Granseth
Herman Granseth
Gilmore City
Humboldt County
Ecara
Farm Labor Candidate to Speak at Jones County Fair
Joy governor of Iowa from Sioux City will address the Jones county fair Friday at 7 30 pm via public address system. The talk targets supporters of the farm labor party and aims to inform all interested voters in the region.
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Farm Labor
Joy
Iowa
Short
Sioux City
Jones County Fair
Items Of Occurrences Forty Years Ago In August 1894
The Monticello Express notes a hot dry August with events: marriages of Theodore McClain to Elsie May Davis on the 30th, and Barbara Simmons to Michael H. Curtain on the 7th. deaths of Frank J. Webber on the 2nd and 17-year-old Barbara Wilhelm on the 3rd. a safe robbery at George Stuhler & Sons on the 4th with $172 and coins taken. a hand car theft routed to Dubuque. John Perrine joining the Ryan restaurant. Kate Goes and Henry Wylie wed on the 13th. John Young dies after surgery on the 10th. a new town well sunk 114 feet with 77 feet through rock. Sarah J. Schoonover dies at 84. Jones county fair scheduled for early September with National Guard camp. Harriet Sumter born to Mr. and Mrs. Sumter in late month.
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The
Monticello Express
the Express
Theodore McClain
Elsie May Davis
Frank J. Webber
Monticello
Barbara Simmons
Michael H. Curtain
Sacred Heart Churea
Barbara Wilhelm
David Wilhelm
George Stuhler & Sons
Worthington
Farley
Dubuque
John Perrine
Ryan
John Sutton
P. O. Babcock
Kate Goes
Henry Wylie
Sacred Heart
John Young
James Young
Sarah J. Schoonover
George Schoonover
Jones County
Sacred Heart School Reopens After Summer Break
Sacred Heart School will reopen on Tuesday September 4 with registration on Monday August 27 from 2 to 4 pm. Students should arrange books from last year as textbooks remain unchanged. New staff include Sister Mary Emalinda and Sister Mary Lucenda. Sister Mary Eutropia and Sister Mary Margaret Alacoque have not returned. Sister Mary Audrey leads the music department and music students may schedule lessons.
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Sacred Heart School
Mary Emalinda
Mary Lucenda
Mary Eutropia
Mary Margaret Alacoque
Mary Audrey
Lillian Locher Earns Honors At Cap Nagawicka
Miss Lillian Locher daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Locher returns from an eight week vacation at Cap Nagawicka with two silver cups and three trophies including tennis doubles, singles, all western girls doubles at St Johns campus and Camp Nanawicka highest honors She was chosen best all around girl from sixty gifts and won the C N emblem of the year.
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Lillian Locher
J. J. Locher
Cap Nagawicka
St. John's
Camp Nanwicka
C. N
Ox Roast at Annual Farmers Creamery Picnic
Roy Morey and Predtch man will head the ox roast at the Farmers Co Operative Creamery picnic in Monticello on Labor Day. A long day is planned with a large roasting pit and noon dinner for patrons and families. Coffee and cream will be served as part of the picnic menu along with planned entertainment and a clown appearance by Henry Chalonpka.
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Roy Morey
Predtchman
Farmers’ Co-Operative Creamery
Monticello
the Express
Henry Chalonpka
Hog cholera spreads through eastern Iowa and more threats emerge
John D. Bryant reports virulent hog cholera in Buchanan and Fayette counties with 102 infected herds near Independence and cases reaching Maquoketa Olin Wyoming Anamosa and Dyersville. Marva Puller 14 drowns in the Mississippi at Dubuque. John Berberich 63 dies by suicide in Independence. Ford suit seeks 175000 against Bath Packing Waterloo. W H Lovejoy ill in Des Moines. Raymond Hervert 27 dies after neck injury at Lake Okoboji.
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John D. Bryant
Eastern Town Veterinarians’ Association
Buchanan County
Fayette County
Iowa
Independence
Maquoketa
Olin
Wyoming
Anamosa
Dyersville
Marva Puller
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Wisconsin
Marva
John Berberich
Oakwood
Charles E. Fox
Chicago
United States
Bath Packing Company
Waterloo
Fox
Cedar River
W. H. Lovejoy
Iowa Press Association
Jefferson
Bee
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Lenker And Moore Paroled From Port Madison
J. W. Lenker and Paul Moore key figures in Cedar County 1931 cow war were paroled last Thursday after 40 days of a three year sentence. Warden Glenn G Haynes escorted them from the state penitentiary and they must report monthly for one year to the state parole board.
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J. W. Lenker
Paul Moore
Cedar County
Port Madison
Glenn G. Haynes
Iowa National Guards
Lenker
Moore
Cedi
State Parole Board
Miss Harriet Rohn Weds W G Cornwell at Brasstown Ceremony
Miss Harriet Rohn daughter of Mr and Mrs W F Rohn married Willam Gwen Cornwell son of Will Cortnwell and the late Mrs Cornwell on Sunday August 12 at 8 am on a rhododendron and laurel island setting at the John C Campbell Folk School Brasstown North Carolina The Rev Parker W Fisher officiated in the presence of the school family She wore a pink gown with old and new borrowed and blue keepsakes A breakfast followed and the couple left for five days in the mountains Mr Cornwell runs truck routes for Mountain Valley Creamery and is active in local farming circles The bride is from Monticello and has taught in Kentucky and attended Berea and Cedar Falls Teachers College She has been secretary at the John C Campbell Folk School and the wedding featured gifts from the school community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Rohn
W. F. Rohn
Willam Gwen Cornwell
Will Cortnwell
Cornwell
Tellico Plains
Tenn
John C. Campbell
N. C
Mountain Valley Cooperative Creamery
Rohn
Monticello
Amber
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Berea
Martens Fork
Hindman’s Settlement School
Kentucky
John C. Campbell Fair School
Brasstown
Public School Plans To Open September 3 Monticello announces back to school for Sept 3 under Supt Grimes
The Monticello public schools set September 3 as opening day with all classes meeting for assignments and scheduling. Enrollment tests run August 30 through September 1 for high school grades A to M and N to Z, with seventh and eighth graders and younger children arriving August 31 and September 1. Students advised to buy textbooks and locker keys at registration, must wear gym shoes, and high school students must complete physical training. Second hand books should be brought to the book store by August 27 for labeling and sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anata
Monticello
A. B. Grimes
Schooals
Balster Injured in Cedar Rapids Road Car Crash
Robert H. Balster farm implement dealer of Monticello was unhurt aside from a forehead cut after a Wednesday crash on the Cedar Rapids road. His Pontiac radiator and engine suffered severe damage when he swerved to avoid a crosswise car, with another vehicle and a filmy Clinton track involved but no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Balster
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Balster
Tie
Clinton
Taxes Paid For Old Ave Assistance Lagging in Counties
State report shows total collections of 852321 dollars, about 58 percent of due. Bremer leads at 87.37 percent, Harrison trails at 1.99 percent, Warren around 5.59. Jones county paid 8179 with 14743 taxpayers due. many locals still owe the one dollar tax before penalties.
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Ave
Jones County
Bremer County
Harrison County
Warren County
Farmer's Binder Fire Scorches Canvas and Rollers
Louie Keep a farmer near Bele Plaine Benton County left a binder in the sun during lunch. The heat ignited the oil causing a fire that scorched the canvas and badly damaged the rollers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Keep
Bele Plaine
Benton County
Keep
Louie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Repstein
Cornell
Farmer Canning CO
Wanda Berry
R’s
Teachers’ Institute
Rotary
Lou Rosenthal
Houlywood
Fhillena Chapelle
al Jolson Company
Great Sigfried Company
Balzer Sisters
Scotch Highlanders
American Legion Auxiliary
San Francisco
Carrie Nation
Kendall
Niagara Rapids
New Mexico
White House
New Orleans
Nagawicka
Farmers' Creamery
Raymond Hervert
Iowa City
University Hospital
Lake Okoboji
W. G. Cornwell
R. H. Balster
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