Onslow Field Day Celebrates With Games And Races
Onslow hosted a holiday field day featuring two morning baseball games, races for all ages, and a tug of war. Monticello edged Oxford Junction 11 to 10 in the afternoon baseball clash as crowds enjoyed a dance, a miniature railway show, and airplane rides from Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Jones County Fair
Morley
Mike Tynan
Albert Carlson
Clayton Garnett
Marvin Hanwardsen
Ed Paulsen
Mary Logari
Neal Gorman
Lyle Thuman
Russell Norton
N. Kuhns
M. Kuhns
Ruth Beck
Harold Overholt
Lewis Doll
A. Buckner
Leonard Ingwerson
Wilfred Streeper
George Berringer
Oxford Junction
Monticello
Clark
Thenhaus
Ferring
Byerly
Bowery
Waterloo
Onslow Boosters
Elect New Managers For Marketing Association
The first cooperative livestock concentration yard and sales agency under the federal farm board will open in Cedar Rapids by September 2. Two managers are hired: Sam G. Thompson of Center Junction and H. P. Brady of Cedar Rapids. Brady previously ran direct to market sales for Farmers' Reload. Thompson led the Town Co-Operative Shippers sales division in Des Moines since March. A state sales manager is expected to be hired, with Howard Jefferson of Washington Court House, Ohio slated for the role, bringing Ohio experience in dressed yield guaranteed sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Farm Board
Cedar Rapids
Sam G. Thompson
Center Junction
H. P. Brady
Brady
Thompson
Town Co-Operative Shippers
Des Moines
Jones County
Iowa Corporation
Howard Jefferson
Washington Court House
Ohio
Central Broadcasting requests 50 000 watt radio station
The Central Broadcasting corporation seeks FCC approval to erect a 50 000 watt station with a hearing set for September 15. If granted WOO Davenport and WHO Des Moines would be discontinued. Only four 50 000 watt stations allowed in the fourth radio zone. five applications exist for this wattage including Norman Baker Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Broadcasting Corporation
Federal Radio Commission
Iowa Corporation
WOO
Davenport
WHO
Des Moines
Norman Baker
Muscatine
Commission
Edna Schoon in Voice Recital at Local Church
Miss Edna Bohoon appears in a voice recital at the Methodist Episcopal church this evening. Mra Mary Beaven of Cedar Rapids presents her pupil. Recital begins at 8 oclock and the general public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Mary Beaven
Cedar Rapida
Edna Bohoon
Methodist Episcopal Church
Eastern Star Group Meeting Set for Sept 4 at School Gym
Sencar enaptes No 226 will host a district 7 Order of the Eastern Star meeting next Thursday. About 600 visitors are expected with a reception at the Masonic Temple and work to be exemplified in the high school gym. A noon luncheon and 6:30 banquet will honor grand officers and visiting matrons and patrons. Lola Smith of Maynard is district instructor, Caroline Schoenhut urges local members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sencar Enaptes
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Lola Smith
Maynard
Caroline Schoenhut
Eastern Star
Neighborhood deaths and injuries in Iowa Wisconsin autos and baseball note
James Ackerman of Dubuque was killed last Saturday in Lancaster Wisconsin when his car overturned leaving a fractured skull. Arlene Pirie of Springville was injured last Thursday when her brother James Pirie drove a touring car off the road near Vinton. she suffered a facial cut and knee wound while the others escaped. Fred Mizaur of Oxford Junction joined the St. Louis Cardinals with a $250 monthly salary as the first Maquoketa Valley League player picked this season. Mrs. Amanda Lattner, longtime Worthington resident, died at her home on the 20th. funeral held the 22nd at Worthington Catholic church, burial after requiem mass. She was born August 17, 1842 in Tiffin Ohio and came to Iowa as a child. married Paul Lattner in 1867 and left behind seventeen children, eight sons and three daughters surviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ackerman
Dubuque
Lancaster
Wis
Arlene Pirie
Springville
James Pirie
Vinton
Miss Pirie
Fred Mizaur
Oxford Junction Baseball Club
St. Louis Cardinals
Suade
Whessles
Iti
Danville
Cardinals
Oxford Mirror
Maquoketa
Lawrence Klassen
White
Lawrence
Lattner
Tiffin
Ohio
Iowa
Paul Lattner
Monty Hatchery Plans New Brick Building
The Monty Hatchery owned by William Podhaski will move into a new hollow tile brick building this fall. Emil Riedel and crew are wrecking the former Lang mill, with much of its lumber reused in the 36 by 120 foot one-story structure featuring a east side brick front and Podhaski living quarters. Riedel expects about two weeks for wrecking and completion before cold weather. The mill, built in 1894 by the late R A Rickless, had been Lang’s for 28 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty Hatchery
William Podhaski
Emil Riedel
Lewis Lang
Podhaski
Riedel
R. A. Rickless
Lang
Red Hat Oil to Erect New Service Station in Manchester
Workmen lay cement foundations for a Red Hat Oil service station with 89 foot frontage and 24 by 50 foot main building to sell gasoline oil wash and grease cars. Two rest rooms planned. Cementing and sewer pipes to be completed this week under F. D. Kenyon. Harvey Good named as station manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Hat Oil Company
Harvey Good
F. D. Kenyon
Red Hat Oil Company of
Manchester
Monticello Creamery Pays Out $36,000
The Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello paid out over 36000 in milk checks to its patrons last Monday. Most of the money remained in Monticello and vicinity and was reinvested in other products, ensuring a steady monthly circulation in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
Forty Years Ago in Richland Township Local Items
A farmer William Maxwell drove a threshing machine with teams that ran away in front of Starks' grocery. A boat trip down the Maquoketa River left only three survivors. A new pipe organ was installed at the German Reformed church and dedicated with Sigfried Gruenstein. Corn and butter prices, weather notes, and local travels fill the page along with local deaths and a historic Snowden case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Maxwell
Richland Township
North
Cedar Street
Starks
Charles Shipman
Henry Bohlken
William Eilers
Frank Mellette
W. H. Samels
Frank Podhaski
William Podhaski
Maquoketa
German Reformed Church
Sigfried Gruenstein
William Schodde
Madison
Nebraska
Marian Stacy
J. 5
Stacy
William Skinner
Anamosa
Asher Caldwell
Scotch Grove Township
Monticello
R. A. Rynerson
Garden City
Kansas
Bowen
Prairie
Elgin
the Express
Bmith
Paris
Jones County
Bowen’s Prairie
George L. Lovell
Grace
Michigan
Henry D. Smith
James Milne
John McConnon
J. A. Chandler
Suhr
Samter
Pangburn
Caldwell
Kiburz
Podhaski
Dunshee
King
Moore
Rouray
Scott
Sanford
Armitage
McKean
Beam
Wicher
Maudsley
DeWitt
Robert Snowden
Bowen's Prairie
Ireland
Iowa
Richland
Shippers Hold Meeting To Outline Monticello Growth
Directors of the Monticello Co-Operative Shipping association met at the Monticello State bank in a regular session. The manager reported six months of operation and plans to make Monticello a livestock shipping center with improved service for stock raisers. Roy Joslin of the Regional at Cedar Rapids explained the new federal marketing system and set September 1 as the start date for the National Marketing Association to begin business, with Cedar Rapids hosting the first regional office and concentration yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Co- Operative Shipping Association
Monticello State Bank
Monticello
Roy Joslin
Cedar Rapids
Federal Farm Board
National Marketing Association
United States
Iowa
Balster Purchases Doden Variety Store In Anamosa
Lawrence Balster of Castile Grove township completed negotiations to buy the Doden Variety store in Anamosa. He will take charge of the business January 1, 1931, after a period as a successful farmer who recently leased his farm to Louis Heiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Balster
Castile Grove Township
Doden
Anamosa
Balster
Castle Grove Township
Louis Heiken
Attendance At Fair Exceeds Diamond Jubilee Of Last Year
The 1930 Jones County Fair drew over 10 500 on Thursday with the amphitheater and hillside filled. Exhibits in 4-H and livestock shows earned top prizes, while numerous car displays and a busy fairground indicated strong attendance despite a weak market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Matthiessen
Jones County Fair Association
Wolf
Third Year Clothing Course Begins Soon
Miss Hazel Bown of the extension service will visit the county on September 15 for the first lesson of the third year clothing course. Subjects include September undergarments October care of clothes November feet shoes and hosiery January clothes for infants and pre school children February clothes for school children. Township publicity chairmen and local leaders must be listed to the Farm Bureau by September 1. Jackson township has submitted its list. Fran ces Voorhies elected publicity chairman with Mrs. W E Hay as secretary. Cooperators include Mrs. Jim Gray Black Oak Mrs. Henry Wehling Midland Kate Hanlon Waggoner Mrs. Earl Byerly Antioch Mrs. Loyal Byerly Jackson Center Mrs. Lee Ireland Hazel Green Mrs. Jim Stivers Pleasant Valley Mrs. Stanley Waggoner Pleasant Hill Mrs. Clarence Grafft Newport Mrs. Marion Grafft Brushwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Bown
Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Jackson Township
Henry Wehling
Esther Holmes
Frances Voorhies
W. E. Hay
Jim Gray
Black Oak
Midland
Kate Hanlon
Waggoner
Earl Byerly
Antioch
Loyal Byerly
Jackson Center
Lee Ireland
Hazel Green
Jim Stivers
Pleasant Valley
Stanley Waggoner
Pleasant Hill
Clarence Grafft
Newport
Marion Grafft
Brushwood
Jones County Fair Eyes New Cattle Pavilion
Directors of the Jones County Fair association discuss plans for a new cattle pavilion at the fair grounds. Sizing would exceed 200 feet in length with two rows for cattle and a central passage for visitors. Plans to be formed this winter with construction to begin next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair Association
Fair Grounds
Jones County Farmer Sells Steers at 11 Dollar Cwt
Chris Eichhorn of Jones County marketed twenty one hundred twenty five and steers on the Chicago market last week Thursday. He received eleven dollars per hundredweight for the cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Chris Eichhorn
Chicago
Monticello Teachers Leave For Positions
Monticello lists show numerous teachers departing for posts in Iowa and neighboring states. Names include Josephine Meyer Council Bluffs and Helen Meyer Holstein with others heading to Manly Shenandoah Radcliffe and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Yowa
Josephine Meyer
Council Bluffs
Helen Meyer
Holstein
Hazel Brazelton
Manly
Mildred Deischer
Alice Peterson
Edgewood
Edith
Boone
Lucile Schweitzer
Anne Hauss
Robertson
Juliette Johnson
Tipton
Helen Pulver
Margaret Maurice
Valley Junction
Bernice Rodman
Lincoln School
Chicago Heights
Ethelwyn Wilcox
Martello
Florence Black
Durango
Iola George
Milwaukee
Althea Bancroft
Maywood
Ill
Edna Steege
Strawberry Point
Dyersville Fair Weekend Planned September 2 3 4
The Dubuque County Fair in Dyersville runs September 2 3 and 4. Highlights include the Miracle in Fire with forty participants and three days of baseball. Monticello faces Cascade Tuesday while Dyersville meets Manchester Wednesday. winners clash Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque County
Dyersville
Monticello
Cascade
Manchester
Mrs Augusta Ladehoff Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Augusta Ladehoff died yesterday at 3 15 PM at John McDonald Memorial Hospital after three years of failing health chiefly heart trouble and dropsy She was born Augusta Schlemme in Clinton on April 13 1863 and married Henry Ladehoff November 25 1884 The family lived mainly in Clinton Jones County Montana and other locations Her survivors include thirteen children twenty six grandchildren one great grandchild two brothers a sister and several inlaws Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1 PM at August Brokens home and 2 PM at St John s Evangelical Lutheran Church with burial in the nearby cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Ladehoff
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Ladehoff
Augusta Schlemme
Clinton
Richard
Anna
Lena Rickels
August
Meta Neal
Fritz
Joseph
Scotch Grove
Helen Topping
Monticello
Matilda Bracha
Milltown
S. D
William Huston
Marshalltown
Ming Frey
St. Ignatius
Mont
Jones County Girls Attend State Fair Demonstration Team
The Jones county 4-H girls from Can. White township Frieda Balster Leona Behrends and Gwelda Fairbanks travel to Des Moines for state fair competition. They will demonstrate seasonal salads and canned foods use. Their exhibit Canning in Grandmother's Day draws praise from judging extension staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Des Moines
Frieda Balster
Leona S Behrends
Gwelda Fairbanks
Leona Behrends
Can
White Township
Bessie Redfern
New Man Takes Position With Northwestern Bell
W B McKee transfers from Monticello to an office post in Waterloo with Northwestern Bell. W R Dalbey of Cedar Rapids succeeds him in Monticello and has joined the company after eighteen months with the firm. Dalbey attended Simpson College, is married, and his wife and three month old son Richard have joined him in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. McKee
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Monticello
Waterloo
W. R. Dalbey
Cedar Rapids
Simpson College
Richard
Mr. Dalbey
Notices To This Office By Wednesday Morning
The notice reminds readers to submit by Wednesday morning due to earlier press times from new mail delivery rules. It warns procrastinators that those delaying until Thursday will face disappointment as the newspaper goes to press promptly.
Adams company busiest traveling rodeo firm reports injuries
The Adams company, the largest traveling rodeo in the United States, carries about fifty people at all times with at least thirty five active performers. Accidents were frequent and star performers were badly hurt. Pancho Villa was injured on day one and could not appear again. Other injured included Heavy McCann Tulsa Oklahoma Reckless Larson La Junta Colorado and Lew Weir Bismarck North Dakota who injured his ankle in a chariot crash Saturday. Mrs. Ted Ecklund returned home to Riverside California after visiting her grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Journal
Adams Company
Pancho Villa
McCann
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Larson
la Junta
Colorado
Lew Weir
Bismarck
N. D
Fair Association Plans New Amphitheater at City Park
Jones County Fair Association will construct a fireproof amphitheater this fall on the site of the summer burned building. Engineers draft plans for cement tiered terraces with three-row seating on each level and aisles at intervals to improve sightlines for track and vaudeville shows. Capacity will exceed the old structure and completion is aimed before cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair Association
Many Students Attend College In Monticello Area
A list of Monticello and nearby youths planning to enter colleges and universities appears. Students join institutions across Iowa and beyond, including the University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa State College Ames and others with names linked to each school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello and Vicinity
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
James Maurice
Ralph Redmond
Jayne Shover
Thomas Chambers
Alma Buel
Edwin Lightfoot
Iowa State College
Ames
Billy Stickford
Mildred Wilcox
John Shover
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Dorothy Johnson
Bernice Burrichter
Concordia College
Milwaukee
Wis
Paul G. Gutknecht
John Eden
St. Katharine’s Academy
Davenport
Ruth Malinda Byers
Cedar Rapids Business College
Cedar Rapids
Donna Lewis
Madge Dickey
Ruth Lambert
Virginia Ferring
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Marion Hayes
Lutheran Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Naomi Gutknecht
Finley Hospital
Pauline Hoffman
Margaret Eller
Kathryn Dress
St. Joseph's Hospital
Omaha
Neb
Patricia Meyer
People's Hospital
Rockford
Helen and
Mary Starks
la Crosse
Helen Altman
Start Laying Concrete At Entrance To Hospital
Korneman Bros started pouring concrete at the hospital entrance in Monticello as part of a paving contract. By week’s end they aim to finish the west end of First street. Carl Hodson of Farmer Canning Co arranged a temporary road fill to enable west-to-south traffic along the road’s south side and along John Smith farm to Clark’s addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korneman. Bros
Monticello
First Street
Carl Hodson
Farmer Canning Company
John Smith
Clark’s Addition
Monticello Feed Mill to Add 18 by 22 Foot Extension
E H Huthregtse owner of the Monticello Feed Mill announces plans for an addition to the mill. The new structure will be 18 by 22 feet and extend the full height of the current building. Workers will arrive next week to erect the addition and install new machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Huthregtse
Monticello
Bible Quiz Questions and Answers Page Reference
A brief Bible quiz item lists questions 51 to 65 asking about the Magi visiting Herod creation sanctification the tree of life and life spans. It notes that answers are on page 8 and mentions the page reference.
Jones County Rural Schools Open Next Week
Jones County rural schools begin the new term with most districts starting Monday September 1 while some in a few districts opened August 25. The report lists teachers by district including Cass No 1 Helen Guilford and Washington No 1 Eileen Stanton among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Cass
Helen Guilford
Marcella Kahn
Thelma Hurt
Gladys Ireland
Anna Lubben
Esther Prull
Glnace Andreesen
Kathryn Whalen
Castle Grove
Ruth Chisman
Bridget McCusker
Augusta Eiben
Marguerite Postel
Elizabeth Otten
Esther Glass
Ellen Crowley
Mabel Cooper
Fairview
Edna Brutsman
Ethel Kempshal
Sylvia Olden
Ida Pillard
Hale
Wilma Murfield
Marjorie Grant
Josephine Poppe
Pauline Biere
Marcella Freeman
Esther Root
Merle Miller
Hazel Vrooman
Richland
Hilda Weber
Clarence Strang
Kate Hanken
Lucille Rickels
Clara Brookins
Bernice Rogers
Anna McQuillen
Mable Schliemme
Scotch Grove
Mary Kenny
Gertrude Rickels
Minnie Husmann
Nellie Straesstin
Hazel Craig
Helen Rohwedder
Milly Rickels
Washington
Eileen Stanton
Myrtle Fagan
Sister M. Henrietta
Rosalyn Hughes
Berniece Dietiker
Wayne
Edith Behrends
Helen Lieneman
Pearl Batchelder
Lena Bartels
Mildred Heiken
Wilma Craig
Gertrude Porter
Ruth Brown
Matie Harms
Clay
Pleasant Hill
Rita Duffy
South Temple Hill
Coletta Supple
Victory
Elma
Holub
White Oak
Oak Grove
Bessie Dusanek
South Madison
Grace Vrooman
Oxford
Tillie Shimanek
Louise Nesper
Genevieve Horton
Gladys Koranda
Gertrude Mulvihill
Wyoming
Baldwin
Vern Westphal
Bear Creek
Gladys Huffman
Pleasant Ridge
Ruth Hannahs
Peace Ridge
Ruth Bahnsen
Spencerville
Frank Burkey
Schultz Bros. Lease Monticello Store From Schoon
William G. Schoon signs a ten year lease with Schultz Bros. of Chicago for his Monticello store building at 100 dollars monthly. The store opens October 1 with interior painting and a new vacuum steam heating plant underway. This marks Schultz Bros. thirty second store, with a similar outlet in Manchester. The lessees take the first floor and basement and rent the second story storeroom as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Schoon
Schultz Bros
Chicago
Ill
Monticello
Schoon
Manchester
Tree Sitters End Fourteen Hour Monticello Feat
Miss Josephine McNeill and Betty Thomas completed a fourteen hour tree sitting in the McNeill yard after starting at 3 13 Saturday afternoon. They were allowed to descend for five minutes every three hours and were paid a dollar each to participate and another dollar each to come down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine McNeill
Betty Thomas
Monticello
McNeill Yard
Monticello Boy Wins Trip To Wapsie Camp
Richard Calkins won a full expense paid three day trip to Camp Wapsie near Cedar Rapids as top sales performer for the Cedar Rapids Gazette in Monticello. Other paper boys from the Cedar Rapids trade territory will attend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Wapsie Camp
Richard Calkins
Camp Wapsie Y
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elect New Managers For Marketing Association
Edna Schoon
Shippers
L. F. Balster
Florence Mardorf
Ela Herren
Wise Owl
Will Hay
Paul Burson
Lovell
Lovell Township
Myric Shover
Ruth Dress
Mills
J. J. Mills and Sons of
Coggan
D. N. Stevenson
Shomont Asm
Fred Shover
Shover and Orcutt
Antone Kula
Guernseys
J. Allen Wallis
Guernsey
Aitchison Brothers
Jersey
Charles Reinheimer
Marion
Nelson Hamblin
George and Lang
Otto Seeberger
Herefords
C. L. Maiden
Toledo
J. L. Weber
Heeren Brothers of
Poland
China
Helgens Brothers
W. H. Busch
Nic Reeder
A. G. Shanklin
Decorah
H. A. Ward
Barred Rocks
Alfred Johannsen
Plymouth Rocks
J. A. Dayhoff
Buff Rocks
Wyandottes
Herman Seehusen
John Hinrichs
Black Jersey Giants
Rhode Island Reds
Albert Heeren
Alva Zimmerman
Rose Comb Eds
Henry Bartels
Jana Bon
Nicholi Hatchery
Clarence Hail
Ervin Flueger
C. Buff Orpingtons
de- Witt
S. C
Joseph Schmidt
Arthur M. Maurice
Northwestern Bell
Ted Ecklund
Riverside
Cal
E. A. Hubbard
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