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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1930
Page
7
In collaboration with state fire marshal and farm groups, Iowa urged careful inspection of farm fire hazards, especially flue checks, to reduce losses. Insurance support backs the plan as winter approaches.
Mrs. Lucy Appleby Cooley mourns her husband Richard Cooley who died in California last Sunday after a head on collision at a Los Angeles traffic signal. Cooley suffered a broken neck and died instantly as his car was struck by an automobile coming from the opposite direction. Mrs. Cooley left Monticello more than fifteen years ago.
A collection of Monticello and surrounding area children write Santa with Christmas wishes dated December 11 to December 17 1930. Many ask for dolls doll buggies trains trucks candy oranges nuts and books while others request a piano steering wheels and toy vehicles. Several sign their names with ages and hometowns in Iowa and Wyoming indicating a busy year for Santa letters.
Two trusties at Anamosa State Reform School escaped yesterday afternoon while working outside the building. They were recaptured in Cedar Rapids and returned to their cells. James Kelly serving one to ten years for breaking and entering and Clyde Jackson a five year term for larceny. Kelly’s sentence due to expire January 19.
Sheriff John Bodenhofer of Jones county urges Monticello Anamosa and nearby towns merchants to bank all surplus funds daily especially during the holiday season to deter holdups amid an oil station robbery in Manchester last week. Keep as little cash on hand.
Firefighters were called to a Buick sedan owned by Mrs John McLaughlin after an engine fire last Friday morning. The fire caused about 15 dollars in damage before Mrs Will McLaughlin, the driver, extinguished the blaze with a hat. Officials suspect gasoline flooding and backfire. a small amount of wiring was damaged.
Alfred Bauman a farmer near Monticello and P H Atwood a salesman from Armstrong were injured when Atwood’s car struck Bauman’s hay rack on primary 13 near Ryan. Bauman suffered back injuries Atwood had a bruised head and sprained shoulder one horse was killed Pat Sheeley riding with Bauman escaped unharmed.
Myron Martin 31 Fort Dodge Clarence Perry 19 Clarion Harris Damon 18 Holmes and Virgil Stuart 18 Webster City received life terms after pleading guilty to attempted robbery of the Austinville bank. Glen Fango 19 Watseka Illinois former student got forty years for Strawberry Point Union Trust hold up. Funding: $7,500 bonds recovered. others arrested in Minneapolis connected to additional Kansas City region robberies.
D O E York is listed as a veterinary surgeon based in Monticello Iowa with a residence phone 229 and an office with Brezelton Moe Laughlin using phone 84 W 5i tf.
A Christmas pageant titled The Heavenly Host will be presented at the Reformed Church on Sunday evening December 21 at 8 00 o clock This Nativity story was well received last year and will be shown again this year Planned as a single presentation the event portrays the birth of the Saviour and the public is invited Seats may be limited if late arrival occurs
Harry Cain pleaded guilty to forging Pat Donahue’s signature on a $15 check. He appeared before a Tipton justice, admitted the act, and was held for the district court.
The recent congressional action allows World War I veterans who previously applied or were eligible to apply to obtain government life insurance in amounts from 1000 to 10000. Applicants must be in good health, file with the Veterans' Bureau, and pay the initial premium. Seven popular plans are offered, with dividends and no extra administration charges. About 650,000 veterans hold such insurance, totaling over three million dollars in force. Des Moines regional office and other offices provide detailed information.
A poem from the New York Times contrasts two sisters, Martha and Mary, with Martha as practical nurturer and Mary as beauty and aspiration. The verse suggests that inner devotion sustains a household and that beauty fades with Mary’s death, underscoring the enduring weight of memory.
Chris Jansen a Davenport jeweler was shirlled and robbed of a diamond shirt stud valued at 1000 dollars by an armed bandit last Tuesday night.
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