Former Monticello resident in Cedar Rapids liquor raid
J LeRoy Farmer, once of Monticello, is involved after Cedar Rapids authorities raided his canning plant at 11 am Wednesday. Agents bought Meadowbrook whisky on site, uncovering a large basement stock with a bar, gambling devices, and 12 to 15 whisky brands, port, cocktails, wines, gin, cognac, and champagne. Police confiscated all liquor and bar equipment. charges await Farmer’s return of the county attorney. A new plane design promises safety with two engines in the nose to prevent circular drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. LeRoy Farmer
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
California
Canning Factory
Farmer
G. K. Thompson
Christmas Shopping Starts Early in Monticello Stores
Monticello merchants announce extended evening hours from December 15 to December 24 with closing times around 9 PM on weekdays. Early buyers will enjoy lower prices on goods bought months ago before price increases, and shoppers are urged to start early to ensure better selections and a busier holiday trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County Ministers Meet at Martelle
The Jones County Ministerial association held its monthly meeting at the Methodist Episcopal church in Martelle last Monday. After a luncheon served by church ladies, Rev. S. G. Gutensohn led devotions and Rev. W. J. Grossheim read a paper on Evangelism. The January gathering will be at Monticello Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
20 807 Bushels Of Corn Sealed In Jones County
A total of 29 cribs of old corn containing 20 807 bushels have been sealed in Jones county to date. Twenty farmers benefited by these loans. Recent sealing included Leonard Brothers Cascade who sealed three cribs containing 1 385 bushels at 761 75 and Henry Menater Cascade who sealed one crib of 870 bushels at 478 50. No new corn has been sealed in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Leonard Brothers
Cascade
Henry Menater
Monticello Student Leads Iowa TB Essay Winners
George Fraser of Monticello high school won a sectional state finalist spot in the Iowa Tuberculosis Association essay contest. Fraser will broadcast December 13 at 2 PM from station WHO Des Moines, discussing Tuberculosis Youth’s Greatest Disease Fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fraser
J. H. Fraser
Monticello High School
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
WHO
Des Moines
Pauline Riddle
Knoxville
Loren Hickerson
Mount Ayr
Fraser
Ottumwa
Oakdale
Drake University
Mrs Olive Rice Called By Passing in Corvallis
Old time residents of Monticello mourn the death of Olive Rice widow of George F. Rice who resided in Corvallis Oregon since 1901. She died in late November 1934 after years of frail health aged eighty three. Funeral services were held in Corvallis with Rev Jesse Lacklen officiating and burial in the I O F cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticee
Olive Rice
George F. Rice
Corvallis
Oregon
Rice
Olive Brazelton
Monticello
F. L. Robinson
W. L. Rice
W. F. Rice
Troy Bogard
Ore
C. C. Rice
Clear Lake
Iowa
Lestin Beaty
Alamogordo
New Mex
Lulu Lilly
Tacoma
Wash
Chloe Brazelton
Jerome
Noel Brazelton
Pasadena
Calif
Jesse Lacklen
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mother and Daughter Banquet Celebrated in Monticello
A Mother and Daughter Banquet was held Friday evening at the Presbyterian church in Monticello despite bad weather. About 217 guests enjoyed a church kitchen prepared dinner, with Virginian Hearn at the piano and Mrs. Charles Rabenberg of Cascade delivering an inspiring talk on "A Christian Mother—the greatest single influence for good." The program featured Mother songs, musical readings, a violin solo, and toasts to daughters and mothers performed by local participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Monticello
Frank Walker
Virginian Hearn
Charles Rabenberg
Cascade
Iva Schneider
Virginia Hearn
Alice Green
Helen Crane
Esther Bender
Fern Bender
Evelyn Eby
Mrs. A. M. Maurice
Lucille Tschantz
Wilma Grossheim
Marian Endsley
Anne Marie
Shirley Skelley
Occurrences in Monticello December 1909 Recap
A Monticello Express month review notes births, marriages, deaths, and local transactions. Notable items include births to William and Mrs Miner and Herman Bartels, marriages of Roy Overly and Matida Sieveka, Christina Siemering, Walker Berlin and Jennie Brown, and John A Peterson with Alma Johnson. Obituaries for William S. Chamberlain and Horace W. Gill. Real estate transfers include Krueger and Grover farms, a 40 acre sale to John Haley, and price changes at John Perrine’s restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
William Miner
Eugene Byers
Electric Theater
Joe Jacque
R. C. Stirton
Thomas A. King
Burrell House
North
Cedar Street
Locher
Mary
Bertha Locher
Monticello
Roy P. Overly
Onslow
Matida Sieveka
Wyoming
Center Junction
Edith Phelps
George Graves
Roy V. Porter
South Dakota
Christina Siemering
William S. Chamberlain
Wyoming Journal
Binghamton
New York
Richardson
He Krueger
Castle Grove Township
John Haley
John Behrends
Grover
Walker Berlin
Jennie Brown
M. A. Breed
John A. Peterson
Alma Johnson
Wayne Township
Joseph Balley
Frank Balley
Amber
Herman Bartels
Albert Stuhler
Highland Park Military School
George Stuhler
William Schodde
Mary I. Jarman
Monticello High School
John Perrine
Auction Sales Bring High Prices in Jones County
Col. L. P. Waddick reports two recent Jones county sales with strong bids. Wesley Hanken estate saw old corn at 1.00 per 70 lb bushel and new corn at .97 per 7 lb bushel. Oats 0.48, mixed hay 12.75 to 13.25 per ton. Shoats 4.00, gilts 9.20 each. Cattle herd 51 head average 26 per head. John Corcoran sale features care 27 per head, mixed chickens 0.50 each, shoats 6.00, corn 0.80 per 70 lb bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Waddick
Jones County
Wesley Hanken
John Corcoran
Christmas Carols At Monticello Public School Dec 19
The Monticello Public School glee clubs and choirs present their annual Christmas carol concert in the school auditorium next Wednesday evening at 8. The free program features a varied lineup with the girls and boys choirs, mixed chorus, orchestra, and a junior high sextet performing traditional carols and selections, drawing a full house last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Glee Club
Monticello Public School
Herald Angels
Mendelssohn
Praetorius
New Freight Service Approved for Davenport to Lost Nation
N. M. Walte of Oxford Junction won state board approval on Saturday to operate freight by motor carrier between Davenport and Lost Nation. The action grants Walte authority to run freight shipments on the Davenport Lost Nation route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M. Walte
Oxford Junction
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Davenport
Lost Nation
Winter Cold Grips East As Nation Faces Week of News
A sweeping wrap of recent events includes bitter winter across the eastern United States with subzero readings in New England and 20 below in New Hampshire. Reports cover a contested local election result in Iowa, a Des Moines resident's suicide, Hungary Yugoslavia tensions, Bolivian Paraguay fighting, New Deal court review, Iowa lotteries crackdown, widespread cold across the Midwest and Florida, a major hotel fire in Lansiak with high casualties, and the loss of several state legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States
New England
Kentucky
Iowa
Indiana
Washington
New Hampshire
Cleveland
Monticello Football Banquet Highlights 1935 Team
Monticello high school undefeated football players enjoyed a banquet hosted by local business leaders at the public school gym. The evening featured music by the Monticello band, a speech by Cornell College coach Dick Barker, and a film retrospective. Monticello's 1935 schedule includes Manchester West Liberty Tipton University High West Branch Mount Vernon Anamosa Marion. An Iowa City report notes the Remley family has long sent members to the University of Iowa, with Milton Remley entering in 1863 and Howard James Louis and Louise Remleys enrolled this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monticello High School
Ann's Cafe
Earl Holtz
Ray Hoag
Jerome Baum
Helen Holst
Merten
Clark Matthiessen
Orvin Yeoman
Fran Merten
Hoag
Dick Barker
Cornell College
Dorothy Sawyer
Ada Egger
Monti High
Sone
Manchester
West Liberty
Tipton
University High
West Branch
Mount Vernon
Anamosa
Marion
Iowa City
Remley
University of Iowa
Milton Remley
Howard
James
Louis
Louise
Remleys
Farmer Heads Iowa Nebraska Canners Association
J LeRoy Farmer president of the Farmer Canning company was named head of the Iowa Nebraska Canners Association. The Des Moines convention was held December 6 with the Monticello factory among groups represented. The next meeting may be in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. LeRoy Farmer
Farmer Canning Company
Monticello
Iowa-Nebraska Canners Association
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Olin Couple Celebrates Sixty Years of Marriage
Mr. and Mrs Zepha Dowden of Olin marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary this Sunday. He is 81 and she is 71, longtime Olin residents. Their daughter Mrs E E Glick of Lost Nation and son Irvin Dowden of Cedar Rapids joined a family dinner with other relatives. The Monticello post office offers aid to farmers for the agricultural census with sample farms available from Postmaster Dr Mark F Hogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zepha Dowden
Olin
Mr. Dowden
E. E. Glick
Lost Nation
Irvin Dowden
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Mark F. Hogan
Golden Wedding Nonagenarians Celebrate 50 Years Together
Mr and Mrs R M Heasty of Wyoming marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Arnold Storm. Their children and relatives joined in as the couple, aged 69 and 74, recalled decades of farming teaching and postal service plus extensive family ties in Iowa Kansas and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Heasty
Wyoming
Arnold Storm
Hensty
Robert Heasty
Addie Applegate
Scotch Grove
Ray
Fred
Marshalltown
Ralph
Waterloo
Edna
Olin
Elma
Leslie Fishwild
Clinton
Lynne
Allen Chatterton
Onslow
Heasty
Ames
Wellington
Kansas
Iowa
Uncle Sam
H. W. Applegate
Thomas Vaughn
Horton
Albion King
Mount Vernon
National Music Ensemble at Public School Concert
The National Music Ensemble visits the Public School tomorrow in the high school auditorium at 9 a.m. admission costs 10 cents. Directed by W. W. Parkinson the group has performed over 700 concerts across Iowa Wisconsin Illinois Missouri Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma. They play flute clarinet English horn French horn bassoon and piano and boast state and national champions with 32 medals and $1800 in equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Parkinson
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Republican Dinner at Clinton Hosted by Second District GOP
A luncheon will be served at 12 noon on Tuesday December 14 at the LaFayette hotel in Clinton. Sponsored by the Republicans of the second district. R N Howes is in charge. All supporters of the party are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
LaFayette Hotel
Second District
R. N. Howes
Republican Party
Judgment for Main death damages in Linn County case
A Linn County jury awarded 4625 to Harry S. Rodman as administrator of CHML Main’s estate against Virginia Walter and Cecil H. Walter for fatal crash injuries near Marion on Highway 161. Main died November 27, 1992 in the accident. A prior suit by Mrs. Main awarded 5000 for personal injuries. Additional suits by Dr. L. J. Swift and Mrs. Swift sought 5500 and 5150 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County District Court
FP. Oo Ellison
Harry S. Rodman
CHML
Main
Monticello
Virgin Walter
Cecil H. Waler
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Main
Virginia Walter
High Way
Marion
L. J. Swift
Nearby News Capsule Reports Accidents and Crimes
Turla Mae Graser, 6, was near death after a coasting accident in Dubuque Sunday when her sled crashed into a mute and fractured her skull. A Cedar Rapids raid yielded 72 pints gin 48 quarts whisky and 3 gallons moonshine. John Dedic, 41, pleaded not guilty. Rhodes scholarship candidates to be named Jan 5 in Iowa City from 13 nominees. Roscoe Parker, 22, jailed for forging checks totaling 75 dollars. sentenced to up to ten years in Anamosa reformatory. Mrs. Sybil Griffin, 99, Maquoketa pioneer resident, died December 9. born 1835 in Glen Falls New York. widow of Hiram Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
John Dedic
Dedic
Illinois
Iowa City
Jaco van der Zee
University of Iowa
Herbert C. Gee
Anamosa
West, Point
James W. Yates
Lisbon
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Roscoe Parker
William Dale
Milo Township
Delaware County
Ralph W. Hasner
Delaware County District Court
H. C. Utley
Parker
Manchester
Sybil Griffin
Maquoketa
Glen Falls
New York
Seneca Tubbs
Hiram Griffin
New York State
First Basketball Game Played Tomorrow Night
The Monticello high school team opens the season with a double header at the high school gym in Monticello tomorrow evening December 14. Junior high teams start at 7 30 sharp, inviting all fans to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Winter reading additions at Monticello public library
Miss Florence Noble lists new titles for winter reading in the Monticello Public Library. The selections span history politics biography and travel with works by L L Angus H C Hoover Emil Lengyel G H Soule O W Willcox and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Noble
Monticello
Angus
Roosevelt
Hoover
H. C
Lengyel
Emil
Europe
Soule
G. H
U. S
Willcox
O. W
Chandler
Winthrop
Roman
Amer
Annual Meeting Of Farm Bureau Held Dec 17
Jones county Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting December 17 at 8 p.m. in Anamosa public school auditorium. The program includes community singing, reports from officers and project leaders, 4-H and club presentations, a tap dance, chorus performances, and remarks by L T Lorenzen on the corn hog program. Refreshments will follow with free coffee and doughnuts provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Farm Bureau
Harold Hartman
J. C. McConaughy
Carl Smith
Sara Sherman Maxon
The
County Farm Bureau
Sprague M. Hosford
Norman E. Clark
J. C. McConnaughy
Sam Ellison
Fred Heiken
Jones County Farm Bureau Chorus
John Ingels
Carl R. Smith
L. T. Lorenzen
Jones County
Resolutions Committee
Laura Sinclair
New County Farm Bureau
Donated Toys Bring Cheer to Town Hospital Children
Robert M. Neff administrator of University of Town hospitals announced a 1934 Christmas drive to fill a store room with toys magazines books games and clothing for about 100 children at the town hospital Many will stay in bed through Christmas unless state donors provide gifts Letters to Santa Claus are being written and the hospital aims to help as many children as possible while keeping some toys for use through the year to ease long confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children's Hospital
University of Town
Robert M. Neff
University Hospitals
Neill
Santa Claus
Towans
Neff
Mr. Nett
Sacred Heart Opens Season with 10 4 Victory
Sacred Heart School defeated St. Martin's 10 to 4 in Cascade Friday night for its first win of the season. Coach Robert McAleer reshuffled the lineup, inserting newcomers Wolfe and Stahl, as Sacred Heart prepares for a tough next game against St. Joseph's of Farley tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McAleer
Sacred Heart
Cascade
St. Martin's
Cavanaugh
McAleer
Wolfe
Stahl
St. Joseph's
Farley
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Canning Co
J. LeRoy Farmer Co
Harold Cooper
Liquor Commission
Ceter
Martelle
T.B. Ass'n
the Express
Blanche Eilers
Arthur Hanssen
Henry Eilers
Horace W. Gill
William F. Bingham
Windsor County
Vermont
Cape Horn
New Freight Transport Service
Lansing
Michigan
Judge Clark
Charles Haas
Haas
Cedar County
John Moffit
Moffit
Julia Worker
Herslf
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chaco
League of Nations
Supreme Court
High Bench
Walter Maley
Towa
Mason City
Decorah
Charles City
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
NRA
Hamilton Ross
Chicago
Florida
Tampa
Jacksonville
Citrus
Orlando
Lansiaz
Midh
Kerns Hotel
Grand River
S.U.S
Iowa-Nebraska Canners
Atiuiveaunac
U.S. Shores
Feng
Brigham Young
Atlantic
Wilson
France
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Mississippi
Mrs
Jessie Koeh
National Music Ensemble
C. L. Main
Turla Mae Graser
Rome
Goodman
N. G
Benjamin Rash
Priestley
J. B
England
Adams
G. K
Irvin
White House
Landau
Henry
Garland
Hamlin
Char
Farm Bureau Chorus
Sacred Heart School
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