Rural School Teachers Named for Jones County Start
The opening day for Jones county rural schools is set for Monday September 5 with 43 teachers returning and 22 new teachers hired. A series of meetings led by Miss Nellie V Morey established assignments across Cass Castle Grove Fairview and other townships including Monticello Anamosa and Cascade with final plans to be reviewed at Anamosa next Saturday at 1 30 PM. The list includes Sophia Lubben Catherine Flanagan Gertrude Porter Clara Andresen Anna Lubben Florence Ireland Ruth Mayberry Kathryn Whalen Mary Delay Bernice Schneider Mabel Ferris Lydia Adix Edna Vernon Eleanor Simmons Bernice Crowley Mary Kehoe Mabel Cooper Marian Muzzle Mariel Blayney Marguerite Postel Ruth Stanaway Pauline Koch Bernice Gilmore Marie Welter Clarence Strerig Marie Widmer Florence Bishop Grace Sackett Bernice Rogers Anna McQuillen Mabel Schlemme Nellie Straesslin Irene Norris Mildred Streeper Wilma Craig Dorothy Weber Harriet Stanton Marguerite Skahill Henrietta Schwind Grace Siemers Gretta Thompson Agnes Maire Edith Behrends Alma Andresen Clara Anderson Vera Walsh Clifford Soper Clara Schoon Adel Meier Wilhelmina Grenenwald Agnes Wilcox Eda Heir Elizabeth Cooper Velma Schoon and others listed in township rosters.
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Jones County
Nellie V. Morey
Cascade
Monticello
Wyoming
Anamosa
Miss Morey
ABC
Eleanor Simmons
Bernice Crowley
Mary C. Kehoe
Mabel Cooper
Fairview Township
Marian Muzzle
Waterloo
Mariel Blayney
Marguerite Postel
Ruth Stanaway
Hale Township
Nellie Straesslin
Minnie Husman
Scotch Grove
Izora Bancroft
Irene Norris
Center Junction
Mildred Streeper
Onslow
Wilma Craig
Washington Township
Dorothy Weber
Harriet Stanton
Bernard
Marguerite Skahill
Casae Oe
Henrietta Schwind
Wayne Township
Grace Siemers
Gretta Thompson
Agnes Maire
Edith Behrends
Alma Andresen
Clara Anderson
Viola
Nan Walsh
Stone City
Clifford Soper
Clara Schoon
Clay Township
Clay Mills
Bernice Koppes
Mineral Valley
Helen Rohwedder
Pleasant Hill
Reta Duffy
South Temple Hill
Helen Kelly
Sutton
Rose Kelly
Victory
Marion Yousse
Do You Know Quiz Questions In The Newspaper
A quiz lists ten questions about heat sources Harvey Bakelite daguerrotypes radio DX Japan seaport Green land seasons and New York history with a note promising page 8 for answers.
Bursting series of Iowa county accidents and rail talks
Injury reports include Gus Larson of Ol son Construction Waterloo after a truck fall in Defiance with no broken bones. Clinton residents and others suffer burns, a boy saved from a second story jump, and a fatal crash near Independence. University of Iowa wins full time WSUI wavelength on federal license.
August 1887 in Monticello and vicinity highlights
Monticello records show a pastor farewell with chairs in his honor to depart for Oxford Iowa. Local death, a wolf slain in town, a runaway accident injuring a mother and arresting several lawsuits over prohibition enforcement. Notables include marriages, canoe trip, caucus delegates, land sale, and a large art loan exhibit. Temperature extremes and rainfall noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
the Express
Presbyterian Church
George F. Leclerc
Oxford
Iowa
Andrew Miller
Len Wismeier
Richland Township
Dubuque
County Teachers’ Institute
Wyoming
Ma’ams
Nettie Sleeper
Clara Weir
Susie Webber
Mary E. Clark
Maude Sleeper
Frances Fisher
Lou Stambaugh
Carrie Fryberger
Kate Maurice
Nellie McConnon
Ella Eberhart
Winifred Smith
Chauncey Bates
Nellie Hogan
Agnes Hogan
J. L. Smith
William Stambaugh
Martin Thoeni
Irving Mirick
Irving
Jared Craig
Bowen's Prairie
Cascade
Jennie Linnell
Charles H. Shipman
G. FE. Scott
George W. Stuhler
A. P. Jennings
Charles Northrop
Charles Hogg
Frank Gill
Ernest Hicks
Maquoketa
Luke Vandermark
William Joslin
H. C. Rice
S. S. Farwell
M. W. Herrick
Charles J. Gallagher
H. W. Gill
P. O. Babcock
G. W. Condon
D. F. Magee
Jacob Houser
James Davidson
S. Y
Livestock Shipments Heavy From Monticello
In the past week eleven cars of livestock and one car of wheat left the C M and St F Railway freight yards in Monticello signaling a heavy fall shipment of fat cattle and hogs. Shippers included Monticello Mutual Creamery G H George Ray Adams John Hassler Ed Eilers Fred Harken Stutt Brothers with cattle hogs and wheat bound for Chicago and grain markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Mutual Creamery
G. H. George
Ray Adams
John Hassler
Ed Eilers
Fred Harken
Stutt Brothers
Chicago
Iowa Farm Boys Win Scholarships for Ames College
One Iowa farm boy winning a $100 scholarship to Iowa State College in Ames this fall will get funds via donations from two years’ former winners. Seventy three county scholarships worth $160 each will be awarded. interested farm boys should contact county agents or school superintendents to learn rules and obtain applications. A local committee will select winners, likely including the superintendent, a farmer, and possibly the county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Suthers Family Visits Relatives in Mason City
Dr. W. A. Suthers and family moved to Mason City last Saturday and spent Sunday visiting relatives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Suthers
Mason City
Monticello Public Schools to Open September 5
Monticello schools resume after summer break with a new and returning faculty. Supt Bixler lists changes including Hattie Specht as senior high principal and Raymond Moore in agriculture and manual training, plus new staff for music home economics and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public Schools
Co. I. Bixler
Monticello
Hattie Specht
Iowa State Teachers College
Emma Grote
van Horne
Ruth Gould
Des Moines
Oberlin College
Marjorie Wiliams
Belmond
Grinnell
Ethel Bammer
University of Iowa
Erma
Hall
Lone Tree
Rose Edie
Knoxville
Leona Reindahl
Oregon
Wisconsin
John Finlay
Coe College
Mabel Nimtz
Sigourney
State Teachers College
Dorothy Montgomery
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Jones
Clear Lake
Raymond Moore
Lenox
Chloe Carson
Toledo
Opie Scott
Bedford
Rose Wilcox
Cedar Falls
Helen Rehorst
Belle
Bixler
Hattie L. Specht
Raymond T. Moore
Moore
Consolidated School
Blencoe
Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Waverly
Teachers College
Art Institute
The Charm of Edinburgh and the Scotch Lakes
A letter from Horsehry Shropshire dated August 8 1027 recounts a July trip to Edinburgh and the Scottish Highlands. It details driving routes via Crewe Warrington Wigan Preston Lancaster Carlisle and the Forth Bridge journey through Dunfermline Stirling Aberfoyle and the Trossachs with notes on landmarks such as Holyrood Palace the Walter Scott monument and Loch Katrine. The writer marvels at the war memorial in Edinburgh Castle the scenery of Ben More Stobinian and the Pass of the Trossachs and ends with a steamer ride on Loch Katrine recalling the landscape’s romantic allure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Doxsee
Scotland
Edinburgh
Crewe
Warrington
Wigan
Preston
Lancaster
Carlisle
England
Sark
Ecclefechan
Thomas Carlyle
Beattock
Carstaire
Athens
Princes Street
Walter Scott
Melrose Cathedral
Sir Walter
High Street
Holyrood Palace
Holyrood
Mary Queen of Scots
Lord Darnley
Rizaio
Trossachs
Aberfoyle
Rob Roy
Loch Drunkie
Monteith Hills
Loch Achray
Loch Vennacher
Loch Katrine
Ben More
Stobinian
Ben Venue
Fair Opens Noted At Jones County Fair Exhibit Peak
The 1927 Jones County Fair displays large cattle and hog exhibits with expanded space. Holsteins Jerseys and Angus are listed by exhibitors from Monticello, Green Island, Ryan, and Solon. Hog pens hold 160 hogs under Bert Hubbard with 12 new Chester White piglets drawing visitor interest. Local firms like Arend Balster and R H Balster showcase Farmall tractors McCormick-Deering separators and other farm equipment as pageantry continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair
Floral Hall
Mary Locher
Harry Maire
Ted Koop
Daily Iowan
the State University
Tom Shover
Hoag & Deischer
Monticello
Shover & Orcutt
Olin Howie
Charles Reinheimer
Marion
Cc. A. Swindell
Ryan
Jersey
William Carruthers
Masonville
Aberdeen Angus
C. W. Shipton
Green Mountain
Aberdeen
Aitchison Bros
Henry Wismeier
Reuben Dress
Mildred Wilcox
Emmeline Hoffman
John Shover
Edwin Lightfoot
Pete Morey
Bert Hubbard
Pence
Wyoming
Poland
China
John Williams
Springville
Will A. Sloan
Rowley
Helgens Bros
G. H. Gerdes
Bert E. Miller
Lisbon
Duroc
Clarence Supple
Solon
Hampshires
Mike Breen
Chester White
J. B. Seehusen
Center Junction
Arend Balster
Scotch Grove
R. H. Balster
McCormick-Deering
Moline
Oakland
Pontiac
Maytag
Sanico
Twin Cities
Western Silo Company Hog and Chicken Houses
Harry Fairbanks
Earl Hennessey
Severe Burns Claimed Life of I F Johnson in Iowa Farm Blast
Frank F Johnson of Buffalo township died at Mercy hospital Anamosa from shock and severe burns after a dynamite blast while blasting hardpan from a pond site on his farm. His son John remained seriously burned. The accident happened Monday August 15 near Amber and Monticello, with burial at Oakwood cemetery after services at St Matthew's. Johnson emigrated from Germany in 1885 and had a large family and church involvement.
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Frank Johnson
Buffalo Township
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
John
Helen Johnson
John Johnson
Frank F. Johnson
Ockenhausen
Oestfriesland
Germany
Fokke and
Hicke (Schoon) Johnson
United States
Wayne Township
Mr. Johnson
Harm Helgens
Gesena Johnson
Zion's Lutheran Church
C. Mardoff
Amber
Jones County
Linn County
Monticello
Sacred Heart Parish
Helen
Tolatto
Johnson
Linn
Helen E
George J
Kansas City
Missouri
Anna
Foster Hart
Port Washington
Ohio
John F
Lena Englehbarts
Ecko Johnson
Buckhorn
George Johnson
Grinnell
Fred Otten
Scotch Grove
Anton Johnson
Mont Licello
St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Henry L. Adix
St. Matthew’s Church
S. M. Ide
Bellevue
Oakwood Cemetery
Galen Mirick Joins Upper Iowa University Faculty
Fayette dispatch says Galen Mirick son of the late Dr. W A Mirick Monticello notable band instructor has been added to the Upper Iowa university faculty. He sold his Beginners Band Lessons to a Chicago music house and organized a 125 piece consolidated band in Fayette Clermont West Union and Elgin. His music festival in the Upper Iowa gym drew six hundred guests and was the largest of its kind in northeastern Iowa. Mirick has tutored college students and trained instructors such as Gerald Prescott Lloyd Swartley Harold Welch and Alvin Edgar. He will lead a course in organization management instrumentation and direction for ensemble instrumental music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Galen Mirick
W. A. Mirick
Monticello
Upper Iowa University
Mirick
Chicago
Clermont
West Union
Elgin
Upper Iowa
Iowa
Gerald Prescott
Ida Grove
Lloyd Swartley
Sigourney High School
Harold Welch
Denison
Alvin Edgar
Osage
Stutt Bros. Thresh 30 Bu. Of Wheat to the Acre
Stutt Brothers finished threshing their spring wheat last Friday on their Monticello area farm. They yielded 490 bushels from 16.5 acres, minus five bushels would keep the 30 bushel rate. a Cedar Rapids inspector grade was No 3. They expect to load and ship to Chicago, bids at $1.23 a bushel, second day 18.5 acres yielded similar results with about $36.90 per acre. Also noted is a visit by Mr and Mrs Ricklefs of Oxford Junction with Augusta Ricklefs and Jo sephine on her first trip away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Pemel
Independence
Chester Williams
Walker
O. M. Bundy
Cedar Rapids
Pemel
Bundy
Frank Williams
University of Iowa
Federal Radio Commission
KMA
WSUI
May Seed Company
Shenandoah
Ed Bell
Clinton
Lincoln Highway
Mechanicsville
Bell
Muscatine
Manchester
George Abbott
Dubuque
Abbott
Eva Clark
Letts
H. B. Fisher
Western Grocery Company
Stutt Brothers
Monticello
Chicago
R. A. Rickless
Robert
Richard
Oxford Junction
Ricklefs
Augusta Ricklefs
Josephine Ricklefs
Childress Buys Monticello Motor Co
Ray Childress of North English purchases the equipment stock and goodwill of the Monticello Motor Co this week with possession to be taken next Saturday August 27. Byrne and First retain the building title and will rent to Childress. First may stay on in the shop. Byrne plans unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Motor Company
Ray Childress
North English
Messrs
Monticello
First
Childress
Byrne
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Ruth Larkey
Mary Butler
Olin
Madge Allegar
Helen Cripps
Pauline Koch
Stanwood
Bernice Gilmore
LaVernegia
Greenfield Township
Center
Iva Miller
Martelle
Hazel Hill
Bertha Lampa
West Corner
Clara James
Martello
White Oak
Eldora Koppenhaver
Lovell Township
Adel Meier
Wilhelmina Grenenwald
Agnes Wilcox
Eda Heir
Elizabeth Cooper
Velma
Schoon
Hazel Reade
Freda Schmidt
Madison Township
Grace Davenport
Oxford Township
Edna Hodgdon
Oxford Jct
William Harvey
Japan
Greenland
America
Australia
New York
Gus Larson
Olson Construction Company
Defiance
Mary
Ernest May
Junior Fairhurst
Northwestern
R. N. Howes
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Northwest
G. A. Starr
Arlington
Edison Starr
Starr
Sebastopol
California
E. J. Noble
John Deischer
Farm Boys
Clyde I. Bixler
University of Colorado At
Boulder
Scott
Bammer
Easton
Illinois
Edie
Leland Stanford University
Miss Montgomery
Columbia University
State University
Irma Hall
Miss Hall
Louisa County
Miss Jones
Nettie Hormel
Brandien
Leonard Duckett
Bonny
Horsehry
Shropshire
Roderick Dhu
Stronachlachar
I’. F. Johnson
Stutt Bros
Monticello Motor Co
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