Monticello Considers Major Paving Plan and Bridge
City of Monticello plans at least twenty two blocks of cement paving by next summer. A December 29 hearing will discuss the proposed Resolution of Necessity and contract plans for paving along primary highway No 113 and within the city limits. The state highway commission will pave seven blocks through the town and install a new bridge funded by the state.
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Monticello
Express
State Highway Commission
Corporation
Highway Commission
Second Street
Cedar Street
Chestnut Street
Third
Fourth Street
Sycamore Street
Second
Third Street
Elm Street
Grand
Gill
Grand Street
Maple
Main
Seventh Street
Washington Street
Sycamore
Maple Street
Chestnut
Buckeye Street
Walnut
Stomye
Taff Ave
Iowa
Locher
North Cedar Street
Corporation Line
Bruce Cropp
Rev Stephen J Kucera Gives Rotary Club Talk
Rev Stephen J Kucera pastor at Prairieburg explains government using a camping metaphor. He compares the camp administrator to the president and legislative bodies and equates camp dues with taxes. The Monticello Rotary Club heard a concise, well received talk at Maples Inn.
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Monticello
Senate
House
Kucera
Lovell Township Farm Bureau Meets Notable November Program
The Lovell township farm bureau gathered in the local school on Friday November 25 with music by Thelma Evelyn and Miriam Fairbanks and a talk by Miss Helen Crane on reading. Carrie Hoag shared insights on Chinese habits and foreign travels, illustrated with Chinese handwork. Interest grows in county project work as meetings continue at the homes of Garrett Freese Grant Eilers Clarence Stutt Will Aldrich and Barney Elers in Lovell township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell Township
Burea
Thelma
Evelyn
Miriam Fairbanks
Helen Crane
Carrie Hoag
China
Women's County
Mesdames Garrett Freese
Grant Eilers
Clarence Stutt
Will Aldrich
Barney Elers
Commercial Club Charity Ball Raises Five Hundred Dollars
Monticello held its first charity ball at the Goldenrod with a large turnout from the area. The Commercial club netted $500 for relief of the needy. Miss June Meyer and Loyal Podhaski won the prize dance and returned the $10 gold piece for charity. Lunches were served by William H. Jarrett and candy sold by Mesdames Leonard Iverson and Merle Cass.
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Monticello
Goldenrod
June Meyer
Loyal Podhaski
Wiliam H. Jarrett
Mesdames Leonard Iverson
Merle Cass
Unusual Clothing Need Felt by Monticello Needy
The Monticello Welfare League calls for warm clothing for local children and families in need. Clothing such as underwear stockings shoes and hats are scarce as winter bites and a family was recently provided 14 worth of essentials amid cold unheated homes and little food.
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Monticello
Monticello Welfare League
Carl Hodson
Morticello Commercial Club
Local Sports Scores and City News Highlight Iowa Events
Drake beat Temple 49 to 20 and Iowa State triumphed over Grinnell alumni 7 to 6 while Drake alumni won 0. Davenport signs 25 year lease for a new $2 million hotel and theater complex with Blackhawk Hotels handling operations. Manchester begins Skelly Oil gas system work after a May 22 franchise vote. A tragedy in Clinton finds 91 year old Mary Jane Colton dead by fire in a Thanksgiving kitchen. neighboring man William Dwellner returns home to find her body. Cedar Rapids grocer J W Pustevska fends off two bandits unarmed. one with a gun fired but missed. Ottumwa man Joseph Hodson drowns after ice on the Des Moines river breaks under him and his 12 year old son Billy narrowly survives with help from Max Barrier.
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William Dwellner
Trapper
Clinton
Mary Jane Colton
J. W. Pustevska
Cedar Rapids
Pustevska
Joseph Hodson
Ottumwa
Billy
Des Moines
Hodson
Max Barrier
Tipton High Wins 12-0 Over Monticello In Snowy Thanksgiving Game
Tipton High defeats Monticello High 12 to 0 on a snow covered Tipton field to claim the Northeastern Iowa conference title. Two hundred spectators witnessed the game played in harsh weather with frequent substitutions and cotton gloves shared. Calvin scored the two touchdowns, one in each of the first and fourth quarters.
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Tipton
Monticello
Twenty Years Ago Items Of Occurrences In Jones County
Mrs. Allen Allison sails to Mohall North Dakota to join her husband on a farm. John Dolphin dies in Cedar Rapids hospital. Jones county bonds sold to Schoonover Trust Co. James Voorhees resigns as mayor. Fred Matthies seni nabs the job. Multiple marriages and births documented across Anamosa Manchester Richland township Hopkinton Deadwood Thorpe Monticello. Anamosa Eureka sold to Louis Gardner and George Bye. A fatal railway accident near Wyoming claims inmate Fred Sieger. Saloon petition falls short by 200 names. multi law privileges expire next July.
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Allen Allison
H. F. Kaylor
Mohall
N. D
John Dolphin
Ryan Bank
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Schoonover Trust Company
Anamosa
James A. Voorhees
Fred Matthiessen
Mabel Wilkinson
Dan Hearn
Manchester
Louis Hoag
Gem City Business College
Quincy
Frank H. Oltman
J. M. McNeill
Anna McGlade
Hopkinton
Eliza Faragher
Fred Meadon
Richland Township
John Carmichael
Messrs
Milington
Halstead Carpenter
Chicago University
Henry M. Carpenter
Nell Haeusler
Fred Salinger
Deadwood
S. D
B. D. Haeussler
Monticello
Minnie Barnts
Lewis White
Thorpe
Delaware County
Allen Hutton
Castle Grove Township
James Farley
A. M. Maurice
Milton Thoeni
Louis Gardner
George Bye
Nellie Lehman
Fred Lehman
August A. Hackbarth
Waterloo
Fred Sieger
Wyoming
Local Boys Implicated in Car Theft Case
Two Monticello high school students Reed Bartlett and Raymond Siebels allegedly stole a 1929 Ford sedan from in front of the Goldenrod dance hall during a charity ball night. They tracked the vehicle west and were nabbed at Miles City, Mont. Authorities say a fraudulent August Siebels check prompted scrutiny. It marks their first involvement in a serious offense.
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Monticello
Reed Bartlett
Raymond Siebels
Goldenrod Dance Hall
Leslie Reade
Monticello High School
Miles City
Mont
August Siebels
Auction Sale Prices South of Wyoming
At the closing-out sale of Marvin Nissen six miles southeast of Wyoming, corn in the shock sold for 70 to 75 cents a shock, 1,100 bushels in the crib at 58 cents per bushel, 150 bushels of oats at 35 cents, and hay at 7.25 dollars per ton. Geldings brought 57 and 58, mares 32 and 56, steers about 750 pounds 48 per head, heifers 24 to 43, milk cows 34 to 66. A wagon with top box 34, corn planter two years old 30, other machinery priced accordingly. F L Story of Olin auctioneer.
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Marvin Nissen
Wyoming
F. L. Story
Olin
Hopkinton Beats Earlville in Delaware County League Clash
Hopkinton routed Earlville 24 to 3 with a 4 0 first quarter and a 17 2 third. Smith led Hopkinton with 10 points as the team shot 8 of 13 from the line. Next up is Delhi.
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Hopkinton
Earlville
Smith
Delhi
Jones County Court Busy With Civil and Criminal Docket
The November term of the Jones County District Court filed probate civil and criminal dockets with cases from Monmouth Oxford Junction Anamosa and Cascade. Jury verdicts included Hannahs vs Griffin for 71 80 and Sutton vs Moreland an auto collision suit for 2000. Several liquor nuisance cases pled guilty and were sentenced. Guardianships adoptions and estates were acted on with executors guardians and special administrators named. Some cases moved to January term or to the court without a jury.
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Jones County District Court
Hannahs
Francis Wroblewski
Harold Fairley
Ted Fairley
Qin
Jones County
Ed Wozenbek
Oxford Junction
Joe Wozenbek
Ellison
Will Weseman
Olin
Mrs J W Kurth of Hopkinton dies after long illness
Mrs J W Kurth died Saturday evening at her River Valley home after years of illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Earlville with burial there. Born October 4 1883 in Devidere Illinois she lived in Clark County and Delaware County before marrying William J Kurth in 1903. Survived by husband four children two brothers three sisters and six grandchildren. She was a devout Lutheran and active in Hopkinton community life.
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W. J. Kurth
River Valley
William Theis
Clark County
Lou Peters
Delhi
Carl Peterson
Dell Rapids
S. D
Henry Kretzschmer
Kurth
Lutheran Church of
Hopkinton
Monticello Farmer Loses Finger in Halter Rope
Walter E. First of Monticello suffered a severe injury ten days ago when a horse jerked the rope tethering it to the manger, severing the finger at the first joint while he tried to loosen it.
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Monticello
Walter E. First
Mr. First
Grinnell Students Visit Des Moines Family Home
George Guyan and roommate Robert Cushman of Des Moines, Grinnell college students, spent the weekend at the home of Guyan’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Guyan.
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George Guyan
Robert Cushman
Des Moines
Grinnell College
Jones County 4-H Girls Can Output 2223 Quarts Report
The 4 H canning clubs reported 137 girls enrolled in eleven Jones county clubs. They canned 899 quarts vegetables 973 quarts fruit 26 quarts jelly and preserves 87 quarts pickles and 96 quarts fruit juice totaling 2223 quarts. Ninety nine meetings drew 948 attendees and a county rally hosted 200.
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4-H
Jones County 4-1
Aivte
Woanpsipinicon State Park
Farm Bureau
New England Supper and Bazaar at Presbyterian Church
The Ladies Aid Society sponsor a Christmas bazaar and supper in the church basement on Wednesday afternoon and evening, Dec 10. Visitors may bring articles for the bazaar. menu includes baked ham, potatoes gratin, baked beans, brown bread, rolls, pickles, jelly, suet pudding, coffee. Supper price is 60 cents. 35 cents for children.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
Boston
New Books Are Sure To Fit Everyone's Stocking
Christmas gift guidance suggests books as lasting presents for children from babies to older youths. It names specific titles and authors across picture books, stories, poetry, fairy tales, and adventures, recommending library help for selections.
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Mary Martin
Mother Goose
Jessie W. Smith
Wanda Gay
Helen Bannerman
Stokes Company
Falls
Boyd Smith
Johnny Crave
Leslie Brook
Marjory Clark
Robert L. Stevenson
Aesop
Kipline
Lorenzini
Margery W. Bianco
Anderson
Lewis Carroll
Miss Mulock
Cornelia Meigs
Browning
A. A. Milne
J. H. Large
E. S. Sterne
The
White House
K. D. Sweenaser
Prairies
Sheba Hargreaves
Daniel Boone
S. E. White
Jingleboy
P. A. Rollins
J. W. Sehuty
Vincennes
Lowell Thomas
Howard Pyle
Lew Wallace
Mark Clemens
Tfelix Salten
R. G. Carter
Former Monticello Boy Under Charges
San Diego courthouses report County Assessor George W. Moulton in jail on indictment for misuse of $25,000 public funds after inability to post a $100,000 bond. He is Moses M. Moulton’s son, former Monticello mayor, and a family with early Monticello roots.
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California
San Diego
PCNS
George W. Moulton
George Moulton
Moses M. Moulton
Monticello
M. M. Moulton
Montgomery Moulton
Ice Risk After Weekend Drizzle Halts Traffic
A drizzling rain froze on contact last weekend creating treacherous sidewalks and slick roads on primary 161. Pedestrians faced skating rink like surfaces as temperatures swung from six below to twenty two above then dipped again toward zero, leaving only brief relief before a new cold snap.
Olin Men Win First at International Stock Show
Messrs Miller and Kemp of Olin claimed the first place junior yearling in the Aberdeen Angus division at the International Livestock Exhibition in Chicago. Jones County feeders stand out as the sole local breeder to place so far this year. Town State College entrants swept second through fourth places in the same class. Seventeen championships went to agricultural college herds, with Purdue University leading on day one with eight wins, including five in fat swine and three in fat sheep. Ames is expected to win before the show ends.
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Messrs. Miller and
Kemp
Olin
Aberdeen
Chicago
Jones County
Town State College
Purdue University
Ames
Paul E. Black Dies After Long Illness in Monticello
Paul E. Black 81 10 16 died at home in Monticello following a five month illness. Born January 14 1849 in Lackawanna Mercer County Pennsylvania he moved with his family to Jones County Iowa in 1869. He married Libbie Howie June 6 1876 and leaves a widow three children eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren plus several siblings. Funeral services were held December 2 at the Black home with Rev. Leonard Duckett of the First Presbyterian church and burial at Oakwood cemetery.
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Paul B. Black
Jones County
Monticello
Thomas K
Susanna (Everhart) Black
Lackawanna
Mercer County
Pennslyvania
Pennsylvania
Jackson County
Fulton
Yver
Castle Grove Township
Mr. Black
Lowell
Libbie Howie
Springville
Arthur Fairbanks
Novella Albertson
Elsbridge
N. Y
Black
Leonard Duckett
First Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Woman Thrown From Bobsled Fractures Neck
Mrs Charles Wenrieh of Wayne township is hospitalized at McDonald with a third cervical fracture after being thrown from a bobsled onto an icy road last Sunday. Her condition is satisfactory. The accident occurred when Henrys car pulled the sled and Mrs Henrichs, driving, was jerked free. she was unconscious briefly and is a KUHNS daughter.
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Charles Wenrieh*e
Wayne Township
McDonald Hospital
Henrichs
William Kuhns
Widow Elizabeth Houston Dies in Monticello Home
Mrs Elizabeth Houston aged remains were interred in Clermont after funeral services at her Monticello home. Born Elizabeth Thompson in 1842 in Ohio she taught school before marrying Warren H Houston in 1892. Survived by daughter Lora R N and son Lester A Houston with grandchildren and two half brothers.
Mrs. Nellie Hunter Hutton Dies in Monticello After Illness
Mrs Nellie Hunter Hutton aged ? from Cascade died at home in Monticello after a brain tumor operation in Chicago failed to provide lasting relief. Born August 1 1898 she married Charles Hutton April 25 1906 and the couple lived in Cascade. Survived by husband and six children Howard Viola Oliver Grace Iva and Wesley who preceded her in death. Funeral at Methodist Episcopal churchCascade officiated by Rev Roy Vo Porter. Burial at Cascade Protestant cemetery.
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Charles Hutton
Monticello
Town City
Chicago
Au Hospital
Hutton
Tsane O
Nancy Hunter
Nellie F. Hunter
Cascade
Wee
Charles Stutton
Wutton
Trutton
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Wesley
Howard
Viola
Oliver
Grace
Iva
Ed Healey
British Columbia
Charles Reynolds
Dewey
Nathan Tunter
Ney Onarents
Isaac Miaunter
Ao Methodist Episcopal Church
Roy Vo Porter
Mutton
Van Buren to Speak on WLS December 10
Rev W E Van Buren former Monticello Methodist pastor now of Tipton will deliver a 12 40 pm address over WHS radio on December 10. The talk covers Cedar County and is hosted by the Tipton Lions Club with Swift & Company sponsorship and Van Buren serving as club secretary treasurer this year.
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W. FE. van Buren
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Monticello
Tipton
Will Delyver
WHS
Cedar County
Swift & Company
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Trene Johnson
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Lillian Strauson
Tva Schneider
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Virginia Hearn
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Janes County
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Fayette
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Jufoney
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R. N
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Missouri
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George E. Thompson
Tacoma
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T. Albert Thompson
Samuel G. Gutensohn
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W. E. van Buren
WLS
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