Social Security Act takes effect tomorrow proving aid to elderly
The act establishes federal old age benefits and allows states to extend aid to aged persons, the blind, dependent and crippled children, and maternal and child welfare. It sets payroll taxes on large employers and outlines state responsibilities for unemployment compensation. Benefits require age 65 plus wage history and several qualifying years. Continued on page 5.
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Social Security Board
Roosevelt
Federal
Individug
Marriage Tie Binds Florence Ireland and Harvey Sexter
Florence Ireland and Harvey Sexter wed on Christmas day at Zion's Evangelical Lutheran church in Wyoming. The couple, from Minnesota and with Monticello ties, will reside in Monticello where Sexter works at Franklin Equipment after a wedding trip.
Monticello Gun Club Poultry Shoot Yields Brass Egg Question
After a local shoot Frank Brookhiser won a duck and a supposed golden egg. He rushed the find to a jeweler but the verdict called it brass. Villagers wonder why the club’s prizes appear so brassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Frank Brookhiser
Ieee
Aged Resident Frances Corbin Dies in Monticello Home
Frances J. Corbin, longtime Jones county resident born January 24 1943, died Friday at her son William Corbin’s Monticello home. Funeral Tuesday at Presbyterian church, Oakwood cemetery burial. Survived by son William E Corbin a grandson and several nieces and nephews. brother John Cowan of La Clede Missouri.
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Frances J. Corbin
Monticello
William Corbin
Presbyterian Church
Oakwood
Corbin
Thomas
Margaret Cowan
Jones County
Washington Township
John Cowan
la Clece
John B. Corbin
William E
Behrends Holub Wedding At Matthew's Lutheran
Leona Behrends daughter of Mr and Mrs Willie Behrends married Arthur Holub son of Mr and Mrs V A Holub at Matthew's Lutheran church Rev Adix officiated The bride wore a gold lace gown with gold veil attendants included Alvina Holub and Velma Tobiason Best men were Ben Tobiason and John Eden Ushers Paul Behrends and Vernon Schatz A wedding dinner for fifty guests followed at nearby home The bride is a 1932 graduate of local high school and 1934 Lenox junior college teacher for Castle Grove for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Behrends
Willie Behrends
Arthur Holub
V. A. Holub
Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Adix
Alvina Holub
Velma Tobiason
Miss Holub
Miss Tobiason
Ben Tobiason
John Eden
Paul Behrends
Vernon Schatz
Miss Behrends
Castle Grove No. 5 Leads In School Contest
Castle Grove No. 5 with Bertha Burlingham as teacher retains its lead this week in the rural school playground equipment contest. Wayne No. 4 with Irene Burrichter, Lovell No. 1 with Mabel McVay, and Richland No. 4 with Mildred Arduser follow in the standings. Diamond Brothers buy-out Emil Ricklefs' grocery and will continue with the former policy of giving school votes with each purchase.
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Castle Grove
Bertha Burlingham
Wayne No
Irene Burrichter
Lovell
Mabel McVay
Richland
Mildred Arduser
Diamond Brothers
Emil Ricklefs
Harry Peterson Dies At 34 In Monticello Hospital
Harry Peterson aged 34 of Monticello died early Thursday at McDonald hospital from complications after a severe grippe. He resided three and a half miles north of Monticello. A full obituary will be carried by The Express next week.
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Harry Peterson
Monticello
McDonald
Bad Weather Slows Up Farm Sales Yesterday
Heavy mud and rain hindered two farm sales. Seed corn sold at $1.20 a bushel, oats 53 cents, cows to $43, hogs $17.25, chickens 63 cents, total near $2,000. Auctioneer F. L. Story at R. P. Clark estate. William Luck sale: White Rock hens 74 cents, cows to $38. farm implements and household goods sold reasonably. Appleberry and Null as auctioneers.
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R. P. Clark
F. L. Story
William Luck
White Rock
Appleberry
Null
Keeps Christmas Promise to Wife
Fred Brunscheen a 77 year old Wyoming farmer killed himself early Christmas morning fulfilling a promise to his dying wife who passed away twelve hours earlier. He was found near the home of son Henry Brunscheen with a revolver beside him. The couple from Germany had retired to Clarence after a year farming and recently marked their fifty fourth wedding anniversary. Surviving are two sons Herman and Henry and two daughters Mrs August Keitell and Mrs Gerhardt Wendt.
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Fred Brunscheen
Wyoming
Henry Brunscheen
Herman
Henry
August Keitell
Gerhardt Wendt
Clarence
Towa
Larry Carstens Dies After Christmas Surgery
The seven year old Larry Carstens died Friday after an emergency operation for a bowel obstruction performed Christmas morning. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Carstens who recently moved from Anamosa. Survived by sister Dixie Lee and grandparents Mr and Mrs Bert Atwood of Anamosa. Funeral services were held Monday in Anamosa with burial there.
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Larry Carstens
Cecil Carstens
Larry
Dixie Lee
Bert Atwood
Anamosa
Review Of 1936 Forecasts A Positive 1937
Review of business statistics for 1936 shows improved farm income industry and employment. Farm income reached the half billion mark for the first time in six years, building activity was at a five year high, and Christmas travel and post office business set records. The report predicts a good year ahead with demand for farm commodities and wage boosts noted, despite weather and order backlogs.
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Towa
Middle West
Iowa
Midland Mortgage Co
Cedar Rapids
Jones County to send six men to soil conservation meeting
Jones County will send six delegates L T Lorenzen William Stanton Jr Ray Stivers H F E Levsen Carl R Smith and LeRoy G Dirks to a district conference in Cedar Rapids January 5 to learn details of the 1937 soil conservation program. They will relay information to farmers at township meetings and help plan crop strategies amid 1936 drought impacts.
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Jones County
Cedar Rapids
L. T. Lorenzen
William Stanton Jr
Ray Stivers
H. FE. Levsen
Carl R. Smith
LeRoy G. Dirks
Anamosa High School Dedicated Tuesday
The Anamosa high school was formally dedicated last Tuesday evening December 29 with Miss Agnes Samuelson state superintendent of public instruction as principal speaker. The three story building has twelve rooms eight class rooms plus auditorium gymnasium and boiler rooms. It features the new sound absorbing ceiling and walls and a stage suitable for operettas theatricals and assemblies. Citizens celebrate a completion seen as a boon to local youth and the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa High School
Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Anamosa
Warn Farmers Against Influx Of Peddlers
Livestock authorities of the American Foundation for Animal Health issue a warning to farmers about an influx of peddlers selling alleged cures for hog cholera and other swine diseases. Regulations forbid marketing cures for hog cholera, which cannot be cured, the notice states. The warning notes high hog prices and recent outbreaks have attracted fakera promising cures for livestock plagues.
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American Foundation For Animal Health
U. S
Pure Food and Drug Division
Foundation
Fakera
Clarence Hearn Enrolls In Chillicothe Business College
Clarence Hearn son of Mr and Mrs R Hearn has gone to Chillicothe Missouri where he enrolled in the Chillicothe Business College.
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Clarence Hearn
Business College
Ee Hearn
Mra. R
Hearn
Chillicothe,Mo
Peron
Chillicothe
Lei’ Ryehlog
P. O. Officials Issue Verdict On '36 Christmas
Local postal officials call the Christmas season one of the merriest in years noting the largest distribution of Christmas cards and a big rise in parcel post. Despite high mail volume workers were not overburdened due to the early mailing push and the holiday weekday timing.
Local Railroad Records Show Business Upturn
Monti cello railroad reports a year of rising activity with 850 freight car loads received this year compared with 659 in 1935. Exports include 243 carloads last year with 124 stock 36 butter and 5 eggs. Freight handling grows at Langworthy and Sand Spring while passenger service remains nearly unchanged.
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Monticello
Langworthy
Sand Spring
Farm sale on Schrader Farm nets several price records
A $2,600 public sale was held Tuesday on the Dedrick Schrader premises two and one half miles northeast of Scotch Grove. Feeding shoats sold as high as $14.50 with feeding steers and heifers bringing $36 and $36.25 respectively. Machinery sold well and one team commanded a price of $156.
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Dedrick Schrader
Scotch Grove
Real Estate Will Be Assessed This Year
Property owners are reminded that this year real estate will be assessed for value and taxation. Mr Schoon will collect the county dog tax of one dollar and appointments may be arranged by calling Mr Schoon at his home in the evenings.
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Schoon
Irene Billick Weds Leroy Falconer Here
Irene Billick daughter of Mrs. John Corcoran of Monticello and Leroy Falconer son of Mrs. Grace Falconer of Coggan were married by Rev. A L Lorenz in a seven o clock Sacred Heart church ceremony Saturday. Attendants Miss Irene Holub Prairieburg and Raymond Cashman Coggon accompanied them to Marion for a wedding breakfast. The bride wore green silk crepe with brown hat and shoes. The groom is a navy serviceman stationed at a California port and will return after furlough January 4.
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Irene Billick
John Corcoran
Monticello
Leroy Falconer
Grace Falconer
Coggan
A. L. Lorenz
Sacred Heart Church
Irene Holub
Prairieburg
Raymond Cashman
Coggon
Marion
Miss Holub
Monticello High School
Anamosa
Falconer
Navy
California
Former Dubuque Banker Toasts Friends At 90
From Seattle reports Orin E. Guernsey a retired Iowa banker aged ninety served his first champagne He had promised at eighty to toast friends at ninety He kept his pledge to twenty friends and business associates who aided his celebration ten years earlier Guernsey was cashier of the First National Bank at Dubuque Town for thirty five years before moving to Spokane Washington in 1906.
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Seattle
Orin E. Guernsey
Iowa
January Is Basketball Month For Monticello
Monticello schedules a January basketball month with five home games against Manchester Tipton Wilson High Cedar Rapids Marion and West Liberty. Two away games at McKinley High Cedar Rapids and University High Iowa City. One February home game against Anamosa as the Jones County Tournament comes to town.
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Manchester
Tipton
Wilson High
Cedar Rapids
Marion
West Liberty
McKinley High
University High
Iowa City
Anamosa
Jones County
Highway Patrol Orders Court Summons for Unlicensed Drivers
The state highway patrol, per the department, requires summons for drivers without licenses. If a license is produced before court, the offense may be mitigated. The force urges night drivers to dim lights and inspect bulbs due to winter conditions and mud on reflectors.
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State Highway Patrol
State Department
Navy Recruiter to Visit Nearby Towns in January 1937
Seaman First Class Joseph F. Marshman from the Davenport Navy Recruiting Station will visit Muscatine on January 4 at the post office building from 1 to 5 pm Clinton January 5 at the American Legion post from 1 to 10 pm and Maquoketa January 6 at the post office building from 1 to 9 pm to provide information and conduct physical examinations for naval enlistment The article notes new navy trade schools opening and a new enlistment rule allowing CCC camp members to enlist from the camps.
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Joseph F.marshman
Davenport
Town
Naval Service
Navy
Muscatine
Clinton
American Legion Post
Maquoketa
CCC
Post Office Closed For New Year's Day
The local post office will be closed on New Year’s Day following its usual custom. There will be no deliveries, Postmaster Hogan announced today.
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Hogan
Roving Disposition Guides Al Steiner Through 82 Years
Al Steiner, born 1855 in Jefferson County Pennsylvania, pursued a roving career across the United States. He worked as a telegraph messenger, a printer, mail carrier supervisor, dry goods shopkeeper, Philadelphia horse car operator, and farm laborer before continuing his travels to McGregor Elkader and beyond, maintaining a philosophy of friendship and practical tolerance throughout his long life.
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al Steiner
Jefferson County
Pennsylvania
Isaac and
Wilhelmina Steiner
Rouseville
Penn
Philadelphia
Resolutions Of Monticello Businessmen For 1937
Interviewed by mental telepathy prominent Monticello business and professional men made the following New Year Resolutions. Louis Hoag aims to please the customer even if he is a Democrat. Carl Renk warns pinochle players are egotistic and vows suspicion and excommunication of gangsters. Jake Bader pledges strict adherence to Social Security Act rules and better polish. Growter's Gulch Will Shaffer swears allegiance to Monticello though any official term is 1800 years apart. Riess Stuhler vows to fit feet properly and sell only lasting shoes. George Barnts plans new hair clippers and donating old ones to the museum. sends sympathy to copper deafness sufferers. John Locher will avoid public politics. reserve remarks to Louis Hong Co. A. Palmer commits to informing customers on bottle contents and improving service to match steak quality. Ross Baty resolves to sleep less about rivals and keep meat counter dignified.
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Monticello
Louis Hoag
Carl Renk
Jake Bader
Bader
Growter's Gulch
Will Shaffer
Growler
George Barnts
John Locher
Louis Hong
A. Palmer
Ross Baty
Local man Conrad Mardorf dies on Christmas Eve
Conrad Mardorf aged 64 died suddenly at his sister in law Mrs. Jacob Matthiessen home in Monticello on Christmas Eve after a brief illness. Born June 19 1872 in Medsingen Germany he immigrated in 1800 worked as a farm hand before marriage to Jessie Ahl erichs in 1897. He leaves five children eight grandchildren and a sister in Germany faithful to the Lutheran church.
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Conrad Mardorf
Jacob Matthiessen
Mr. Mardorf
Medsingen
Germany
George Emanuel
Bertha (Nee Hilgenburg) Mardorf
Mardorf
United States
Jessie Grace Maria Ahlerichs
Love Ell Township
Monticello
George
Anna
J. Henry Peters
Gerd
Carl
William
Watchful tip to escape the spring cold epidemic
The notice urges avoiding exposure to sneezing neighbors at the first sign of a cold, keep warm, drink water and fruit juices, and rest in bed if symptoms begin. It emphasizes heat as the best treatment and warns against shedding winter clothing too soon to enjoy genuine spring warmth.
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Florence Ireland
Harvey Sexter
George Ireland
Arthur Sexter
Owatonna
Minnesota
Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Amber
Wilma Craig
Harry Ireland
Gordon Ireland
Amall
John Beckman
Albion
Nebraska
K. ©. Hall
St. Matthews’ Church
Review of Business Statistics
Posalle Ko Sive Avery
Monticello Express
Soil- Conservation Meeting
Wayne
Jackson
P. O
Schrader
Sacred Heart Church Iys
Dubuque
Highway Patrol
McGregor
Elkader
Mr. Steiner
Corning
Kansas
Arkansas
Indian Territory
St. Louis
Page
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