Death of Sanford Fowler Chronical in California and Scotch Grove
Sanford Odell Fowler aged 78 died in San Francisco on December 16 at his daughter Catherine Wilcox's home. Services were held in San Francisco and Scotch Grove with Rev. Schermerhorn and Rev. Alyea officiating. Born October 8, 1856 in Jackson County, he married Margaret Moses and later M Clark. two children survive, Catherine Wilcox of San Francisco and Harvey Fowler of Los Angeles. Burial was in Scotch Grove Cemetery.
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Jones County
Sanford Odell Fowler
Catherine Victoria Fowler Wilcox
San Francisco
Fowler
Sunset
Cal
Schermerhorn
John
Tennyson
Bryant
Scotch Grove
Presbyterian Church
Abram Alyea
Jackson County
Mr. Fowler
Margaret Mariette Moses
Catherine Fowler Wilcox
Harvey M. Fowler
Los Angeles
M. Clark
Clark Borden Fowler
Onslow
Paul Paulsen
Wilcox
Alicia Wilcox
Carser
Nearer Tanner
County Officers Institute of Christian Education in Anamosa
One day institute for county officers at the Anamosa Baptist church on January 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. District counties Cedar Jackson Linn and Jones participate. Walter Hutton will conduct the session with a focus on the County Council program and officer duties. Picnic lunch at noon.
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Anamosa
Cedar
Jackson
Linn
Jones
Walter Hutton
Iowa State Council of Christian Education
Iowa
Jones County
Jones County Council of Christian Education
J. W. Streeter
Cortes Scott Dies Near Central City
Cortes Scott 80 sole surviving brother of the late A V Scott died last Thursday at Monti to in Monti to community near Central City. Survived by wife Mary Rowley son Henry and adopted daughter Pearl Robinson. Funeral services held Saturday at Jordan's Grove conducted by a Baptist minister there.
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Cortes Scott
A. V. Scott
Montito
Gs Grove
Central
Scott
Mary Rowley
Henry
Pearl Robinson
Jordan's Grove
Ruling On Bank Night Is Recalled By State
Attorney L. O'Connor notes a state ruling recalling the Bank Night decision. Details of the recall and implications for local applications remain under review by the state court system and legal observers.
George Fraser Wins State TB Contest Honors
George Fraser a Monticello high school senior won state championship honors in a radio speaking contest tied to the 1934 Christmas seal sale. He earned a Drake University semester scholarship after delivering his paper on Tuberculosis Youths Greatest Disease from WHO Des Moines on December 13.
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Iowa Tuberculosis Association
George Fraser
J. H. Fraser
Monticello
WHO
Des Moines
George
Drake University
Knoxville
Mount Ayr
Monti Dropped Game Thursday Monti Dropped Game Thursday
Martelle defeated Monticello 22 to 18 in a Thursday night basketball game at the public school gym. Junior high edged Martelle 27 to 14, while Monticello fought to sweep the seniors but fell short 22 to 18. Hayden of Cedar Rapids refereed. Geneseo, Ill. visits December 31.
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Martelle
Fran Merten
John Brindley
Monticello
Martello
Hayden
Cedar Rapids
Geneseo
Ill
Monticello Area Sales See Strong Bids For Livestock
Reports cited by Col. L. P. Wad dick show two sales near Monticello yielding high prices for cattle corn and farm goods. At J. G. Suter sale top cow 65 dollars herd average 35 dollars two year old heifer 27 dollars yearling 23 dollars corn 85 cents per bushel shocks 27 cents sale total over 2900 dollars. At H. E. Northrup sale high cow 27 dollars corn 80 cents soybeans 1.25 a bushel timothy hay 5 dollars a ton machinery sold well.
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Col. L. P. Waddick
J. G. Suter
H. E. Northrup
Public Librarian Florence Noble Goes on Leave of Absence
Miss Florence Noble, Monti Cello Public Library librarian, asks the board for a two month leave to visit Cincinnati with her sister’s family. In her absence, Miss Catherine Redmond, a graduate librarian, will supervise library operations.
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Florence Noble
Monticello
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harold Bedell
Miss Noble
Catherine Redmond
Ruth VanBuren Weds Herbert Prescott in Bangor ceremony
Miss Ruth Georgia VanBuren daughter of Mrs Eda C VanBuren Monticello married Herbert Leroy Prescott of Bangor Maine on July 22 at the home of Mrs Harry Lord in Bangor. Rev Ashley A Smith officiated single ring service. The couple plan a Boston wedding trip then residence at 49B Kenduskeag Ave Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth VanBuren
East
Ruth Georgia VanBuren
Eda C. VanBuren
Monticello
Herbert Leroy Prescott
Bangor
Maine
Christmas Dinner at J H Hayen Home Monticello
An excellent Christmas dinner served by Miss Mary Harms and Mrs. John Hayen was hosted at J. H. Hayen's Monticello home. Guests included numerous local families such as the Hayen, Behrends, Hedden, Siebels, Tobiassen, Rieken, Harms, and Coden clans, with games and visiting after the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Harms
John Hayen
J. H. Hayen
Monticello
Wilma
Arlene
Henry Hayen
Scotcn
Grove
Henry Siebels
Leonard
Lucetta
Marvin and Allen
Anamosa
M. R. Tobiassen
W. G. Rieken
Lawrence
Dorothy
George Harms
Henry Kuriger Sale Nets Four Thousand Dollars
Henry Kuriger conducted a sale west of town in December to relieve ill health. It grossed about $4,000 with fresh cows and milking stock featured among the offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kuriger
Henry Be
Kuriger
State and National News Highlights From The Last Week
A Delhi resident funeral at the Methodist church led by Rev. B A Wendlandt. Daniel Devine 65 of Lost Nation found frozen to death at his home. G J Zinkula expects $2 120 from 18 acres of popcorn grown on alfalfatod ground. An automobile accident near Manchester left Mrs Niles Prowse and her baby unharmed. The Hunt family mourns the Christmas baby Robert William Hunt died of pneumonia. Liquor violations land Harold Graves and Ben Collins in jail bonds set at 1000. Christmas fires accidents and tragedies reported across multiple states. Robbers shot during a Holiday night looting. one robber James Kain killed. Plane speed record set by Raymond Delmotte near Istres France at 314 mph over a one lap course. Cascade grain mill fire prompts $18 321 45 insurance claim against four companies.
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G. J. Zinkula
Mount Vernon
Chicago
Harold Graves
Ben Collins
Jack Schumacher
Graves
Collins
Clifford Miller
Dubuque
Emil Schultz
Craig
LeMars
Schultz
James Kain
Joseph Kain
Akron
Sacred Heart Hospital
Carl Rogers
Istres
Francs
America
Raymond Delmotte
James Wedell
Wedell
Louisiana
Angello
Italy
Cascade Man
George A. Wassenaar
Cascade Grain
District Court of
Dubuque County
Millers National Insurance Company
Michigan Millers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Mills
Mutual Fie Insurance
Anr
Ex-Judge Fergus L Anderson Dies in Marion on Christmas Day
Former judge of Linn Jones and Cedar counties died at his Marion home Christmas morning after nearly a year of cerebral sclerosis. Born March 16 1865 near Ohio he worked as a telegraphy trainee and railroad night dispatcher before reading law at Ann Arbor. He served as county attorney and mayor of Marion and funeral was held at the Congregational church.
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Fergus L. Anderson
Linn, Jones and
Cedar
Marion
Anderson
Ohio
Fenwick
Jeanette Peek Anderson
Milwaukee Railroad
Ann Arbor
Sere, Gardner
Congregational Church
Judge Anderson
Monticello Gets New City Club Cafe This Week
The City Club cafe opens in the Wm. G. School building next Saturday December 29. Modern equipment, booths and tables, will serve regular meals to the public. Managed by Carl Winkler. See advertising columns for details.
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City Club
Wm. G
Carl Winkler
the Express
Adv
Six Year Old Boy Dies At Albany Home
Mr and Mrs Richard McDonald mourn the death of their only son Wendard aged 6 at their Albany Oregon home on Tuesday December 18 following appendicitis. Mrs McDonald reports a letter from Mr and Mrs Raymond Slauson of St Helens describing the illness and its fatal outcome.
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Richard McDonald
Wenard
Albany
Oregon
Congregational Church School Christmas Party
The Congregational church school held a Christmas party Monday evening with class songs and poems, a supper beside a brilliantly lit tree, candlelit tables, a candy box, and Santa Claus distributing gifts to the children. Teachers and organizers included Mrs. R. G. Stuhler, Mrs. F. S. Stuhler, Miss Margaret McNeill, Mrs. Siegfried Gu yan, Mrs. George Timmins, Rev. and Mrs. 8. Gutensohn, Miss Clara Palmer, and Fred Royden.
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Congregational Church School
Church School
Santa Claus
R. G. Stuhler
F. S. Stuhler
Margaret McNeill
Siegfried Guyan
George Timmins
8. Gutensohn
Clara Palmer
Fred Royden
Christmas Wedding at Presbyterian Manse in Hastings
On Christmas Day at 10 o'clock Miss Sara Lay of Hastings Nebraska married Howard R Merritt of Hastings at the Presbyterian manse Rev Wm J Grossheim officiated The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Albertus Lay and sister of Mrs Wm J Grossheim After a week visiting relatives the couple will live in Hastings The reception and wedding dinner were held at Cedar Rapids home of sister Mrs August Cramer
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Sara Lay
Hastings
Nebraska
Howard R. Merritt
Presbyterian Manse
Wm. J. Grossheim
Albertus Lay
Merritt
Hastings College
Has
Marmance
K. and R
Monticello to Host Fast Basketball Game December 31
A fast basketball game is set for December 31 at Monticello between the Monticello High School team and a Geneseo consolidated school team from Ti. The tipoff time is to be announced. Fans are assured of a real treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Andana
Monticello
Geneseo
Occurrences From December 1899 Monticello area
The Monticello Express recalls December 1899 events including marriages such as John Siebels to Gesina Volk ers, John Dirks to Mary Wilkens, and Henry Heisey to Mary Winner. It notes church matters, deaths of several residents, a Christmas wedding anniversary for Levi Berlin, and land sales including the Caldwell farm for 4800 dollars.
W B Clark sells 300 acres timber land near Maquoketa river
W B Clark of Scotch Grove sells 300 acres of timber land along the Maquoketa river to Gottleab brothers of Bellevue. The buyers plan a sawmill at Scotch Grove to cut railroad ties and lumber and employ about 20 men, with work set to begin January 1.
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W. B. Clark
Scotch Grove
Maquoketa River
Gottleab Brothers
Bellevue
Christmas Programs In The Churches Pleased
Several churches in Monti cello and nearby rural churches held Christmas programs on Sunday or Monday evenings Christmas Eve. The seating was taxed with audiences who enjoyed hearing the little folks speak.
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Monticello
Former Monticello Teacher Honored by English Journal
Miss Georgia Miller longtime Monticello Public Schools English teacher gained recognition as her thesis for a 1933 master's degree at State University of Town appeared in the December English Journal. The college edition reprinted her work alongside a Ohio State professor’s piece. Miller was the sole high school contributor and now teaches in Freeport.
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Georgia Miller
Monticello Public
English Journal
Ohio State University
Miss Miller
Freeport, It
Susie and Lucille Tonmer arraigned on disorderly house charges
Mesdames Susie and Lucille Tonmer of Farley formerly Delai were arraigned in Delaware county district court at Manchester charged with operating and frequenting a disorderly house in Delhi Irving D Long named as attorney. Lucille in custody on $1000 bond. Susie posted a frens bond and was released.
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Mesdames
Susie
Lucille Tonmer
Farley
Delai
Hasner
Delaware County District Court
Manchester
Delhi
Irving D. Long
Lucille
New Partnership Formed In Monticello
James J. Hayes takes Gene Byers as partner in his Monticello funeral home. Byers has served as organist at numerous Monticello funerals and will aid in running the mortuary business. Government of British Guiana helps many needy farmers.
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James J. Hayes
Gene Byers
Byers
Monticello
Mr. Hayes
the Express
Adv
British Guiana
Ricklefs Estate Auction Brings Strong Prices
Auctioneer Bill Null reports the John H. Ricklefs estate sale on December 19 yielded excellent prices. Horses sold for 139, 131, and 121 dollars, seventeen cows averaged 37 dollars per head, and machinery also sold very well.
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Bill Null
John H. Ricklefs
Miss Lucile Rickles Weds Ralph Post in Beoth Grove Township
Miss Lucile Rickles daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Rickels became the bride of Ralph Post son of Mr and Mrs Edward Post at St John Evangelical Lutheran church Wayne township last Saturday evening. Rev Paul T Gutknecht presided using a single ring ceremony with Gerhard Gutknecht singing Take Thou My Hand and Lead Me and the bridal chorus from Lohengrin played by Miss Pauline Oltman. Attendants were Miss Josephine Rickels and Sylvan Edwards. The couple's reception followed at the bride’s parents home with local relatives and friends in attendance. The bride a 1930 Monticello High School graduate has taught in Richland township. the groom formerly of Cedar Rapids attended Roosevelt School. A wedding dance followed at Zimmerman hall in Monticello.
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Lucile Rickels
Ralph Post
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Miss Rickels
Carl Rickels
Post i
Edward Post
Beoth Grove Township
Paul T. Gutknecht
Gerhard Gutknecht
St. John’s Church
Lohengrin
Pauline Oltman
Josephine Rickels
Sylvan Edwards
Monticello
Richland Township
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt School
Zimmerman Hall
Barker Returns Home as Monticello Neighbor Recovers
Mire Barker came home to Edgarton Kansas after two months caring for her mother Mrs John Hubbard. Mrs Hubbard has shown marked improvement in Monticello and is able to be up part of the day and visit friends following a serious illness.
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Mire. M. Barker
John Hubbard
Edgarton
Kansas
Interesting Events Of Iowa News Cards From Cedar Rapids To Swea City
A compilation of short notes: Alex Thompson, longtime Cedar Rapids mail carrier, born in England, nearly pursued seafaring before scarlet fever redirected his life. wholesale price shifts show overalls cost in corn bushels now leaving farmers with slight profit. Valley Junction enforces a white cane ordinance to aid the blind but councils fear misuse, prompting a corrective law.
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Alex Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Thompson
England
Canada
Road Town
Swea City
Kossuth
Valley Junction
Polk County
Fire supply runs dry after four hours in city blaze
A recent check shows a fire can be fought only four hours at maximum rate. With the pumper at full speed 500 gallons per minute and the city pump at 150 gallons per minute, the engine would discharge about 120000 gallons before supplies exhaust. Continued on page 2.
Mrs. Overley Dies After Long Illness in Wyoming
Mrs. Joanna Livingstone Overley died after a long illness at her Wyoming home last Monday. Funeral services were held at 2 pm at the family home with Rev. Nicholas officiating. burial followed in Wyoming. She was born near Center Junction March 16 1858 and married Charles C. Overley in 1880. Surviving are her son Robert, grandson Charles, two sisters Mrs. B A Woodworth and Mrs. J McNeilly, a brother J F Livingstone, and several nephews and nieces.
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Charles Overley
Wyoming
Nicholas
Presbyterian Church
Overley
Joanna Livingstone
John F
Margaret Livingstone
Center Junction
Charles C. Overley
Mrs Cynthia Taylor Died At Garner Friday
Mrs. Cynthia Taylor aged 63 died at her Garner home Friday morning. Funeral and burial were in Garner the following Sunday. She was mother to Mrs. Flossie Bradley of Monticello and grandmother of Naida Jean Bradley, once a stenographer in the Farley Produce office. A daughter Mrs. Thomas F Suchomel of Cedar Rapids, and Dr. Buchomer attended the funeral.
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Cynthia Taylor
Flossie Bradley
Monticello
Garner
Taylor
Mrs. Bradley
Naida Jean Bradley
Bradley
Farley Produce
Thomas F. Suchomel
Cedar Rapids
Buchomer
Jones County Sees 96 Men Report for CCC Camps
Sergeant William Melton of the U S army recruiting officers in Cedar Rapids is notified that 96 men will report for assignment to CCC camps. Veterans beyond the CCC line are to be sent to veteran camps in Iowa on January 3. The Jones county quota is not fully listed.
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William Melton
U. S. Army
Federal Building
Cedar Rapids
CCC
Jones County
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Sanford G. Fowler
County Officers’ Institute of Christian Education
Central City
Charlie Kaiser
T.B
Monti
Monti Junior High
Senior High
Ieee
Soho
Frontton
Sinn Nee
Bangor, Maine
Ashley A. Smith
First Universalist Church
Harry Lord
Prescott
Boston
Mass
Kenduskeag Avenue
Monticello High School
Girls’ Glee Club
Philomonte
Florence BE. Noble
Corner College
Phi Beta Kappa
Cornellian
Thalian
Monticello Express
Bangor Daily News
Joel F. Prescott
Belfast
Rockland High School
Farmington Normal School
Boothbay
Historic Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Bowdoin
Wilmot D. Mitchell
Charles T. Burnett
Kappa Sigma National Fraternity
Bangor High School
Bowdoin College
Middle West
WABI
J. H.hayen Home
Cascade Mill
Bachelor
Jennie Danford
B. A. Wendlandt
Daniel Devine
Lost Nation
Devine
Niles Prowse
Thorpe
G. C. Hunt
Independence
Robert William Hunt
Ferree
Sedalia
Joplin
Madison
Minn
Burns
San Diego
Legion Auxiliary
The
Paul Eilers
Gerhard Eilers
Town City
State University
John Siebels
J. A. Siebels
Lang
Co. Mardoff
Elmer A. Hubbard
Elmer C. Hubbard
Henry Heisey
Mary Winner
E. F. Staebler
Catherine Cashen
Germany
Malachi Cash
Cascade
Nancy Sutherland
Bertha Gilroy
Town State Teachers
Thomas J. Pouk
Robert W. Henderson
Nellie Chaplin
Ed Kohl
John Miller
Waverly
Fred Schoerherr
Hans Matthiessen
Jessie Byerly
Eine
Aldest
Joseph Eine
Christie Ann Stevertson
Margaret Kasper
Rudolph Kasper
Alfred S. Miller
Flora Deischer
Daniel Deischer
Daniel Magee
Scotch Grove Township
Caldwell Farm
C. C Jacobs
Henry Prult
Maggie Monck
Sand Spring
von Strohe
Levi Berlin
Castle Grove Township
E. E. Orcutt
Englishe Journal
James H. Devaney
James H., Jr
R. J. Weber
Omaha
Weber
Sabie
Lori Devan
J. K. Montgomery
W. A. Montgomery
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
Colesburg
West Union
Peniel
Ricklefs
Lucile Rickles
R. Post
Henry Wismeier
Margaret Wismeier
John and
Alvina Paulsen
Clarence Edwards
William Chase
Clinton
Iowa News
Jarnagin
J. W. Jarnagin
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