Death Ends Sufferings Of Mrs Frank J Stuart
Mrs Minnie Ruth McLaughlin Stuart died early Monday in Kansas City Missouri after a three year battle with illness. She leaves husband Dr Frank J Stuart and five children Janet Anne Donald Robert and Helen. Funeral services were held in Kansas City and Monticello with burial at Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank IT. Stuart
Kansas City
Stuart
John McLaughlin
Minnie Ruth McLaughlin
John A
Alice Downer McLaughlin
Castle Grove Township
Jones County
McLaughlin
Monticello
Mount St. Joseph’s Academy of
Janet
Anne
Donald
Robert
Helen
Clarence McLaughlin
Frank
Chicago
Eugene McLaughlin
Cedar Rapids
William
Clarence
Richard
Langworthy Shippers Annual Report Highlights 1932
The Langworthy Co Operative Shipping Association met January 21 at the Langworthy schoolhouse. The year 1932 saw 1309 hogs 354 cattle and 57 sheep shipped in 22 cars with gross receipts of 15422.63 and net 13034.10. Home expenses 287.07 leaving home net 12747.03. Elected officers include President John D Poppe Vice President Henry Alferts Secretary Treasurer Fred Ortgies and Manager C J Gerdes with directors Henry Che Lester Fairbanks and George D Bchafer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langworthy Co-Operative Shipping Association
Langworthy
John D. Poppe
Henry Alferts
Fred Ortgies
C. J. Gerdes
Henry Che
Lester Fairbanks
George D. Bchafer
Juries Try District Court Docket At Anamosa
Jurors hear cases in Anamosa this week with L A Andrew vs Henry Shimerda on trial over a bees note liability. Another line up includes Leonard Gavin suit and several others from local banks and companies as the docket moves forward this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
L. A. Andrew
Pares
Henry Shimerda
Mr. Shimerda
Leonard A. Gavin
Ticello State Bank
Gleveka
Madsen
Cascade Bank To Pay Its Second Dividend
Cascade Bank to pay its second dividend this month. Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Cascade started last Friday to pay a dividend of 10 percent. The bank fed to 10 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascade Bank
Cascade
Tebank
Prize Essay Contest Seeks Rural Jones County Students
Seventh and eighth grade students in Jones county schools are invited to join an essay contest by the Americanization committee of the Monticello Auxiliary W F W. Prizes of 5 dollars, 2 50 dollars and 1 dollar will go to the top three essays on Why I am glad I am an American. Essays must be original and between 300 and 500 words. Entries mailed via the student’s teacher to Mrs Honor L Clark Americanization chair Monticello Iowa by March 10. This month notes Washington and Lincoln birth anniversaries and their hardships are cited for inspiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
Honor L. Clark
Iowa
Washington
Lincoln
Monticello Wins Play Contest In County Finals
Monticello wins the county final in the one act play contest with Jazz and Minuet by Ruth Ghorloff directed by Ruth Burnstedt. Wy oming and Monticello competed after preliminary wins. Burnstedt praised for staging and teaching, public urged to attend the 8 o clock final with standard admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ruth Ghorloff
Ruth Burnstedt
van Hayden
Miriam Fairanks
Public Schools Honor Roll and School Activities Highlighted
The district lists senior high honor roll students including Pauline Cooper Ruth Howle Dorothy Barlow Elisabeth McLaughlin and others with scores from 80 to 96. junior high honors include freshmen to seventh grade with numerous high percentages and a set of classroom projects and clubs described. The one act play Jazz and Minuet earned Monticello first in last Thursday’s tournament and tonight’s final matches Wyoming. An assembly featured H M Carpenter Jr on World War Debts. Various classroom activities cover agriculture seed germination reading clubs current events and a patriotic February calendar project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Cooper
Ruth Howle
Dorothy Barlow
Elisabeth McLaughlin
Mary Stickford
James Ricklefs
June Bollinger
Miriam Fairbanks
Hazel Houston
Hidera, Semmert
Gladys Howland
Ioja Folkerts
Loretta Specht
Amy Zirkelback
Elmer Kaufman
Helen Holst
Frances Steck
Ada Egger
Carol Naylor
Geneva Loomis
John Hiller
Helen Havilichek
Margaret Houston
Jo Royden
Constance Naylor
Lucile George
Dorothy Sawyer
Orvin Yeoman
Marion Mce-Vay
Hilda Sbalster
Helen Jolly
Margaret Smith
John Thomas
Kathleen Carlsen
Jean Royden
Margaret Deischer
Josephine McNeill
Betty Thomas
Frances Bone
Leslie Balster
Monticello
Wyoming
Stout
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
Walker
Stutt Bros
Glenn Orcutt
Paul Bender
Lucille Huibregtse
Laude's Team Beats Freeport 26 to 25 in High School Showdown
James Laude coaches Rockford High School to a 26 25 victory over Freeport in a rivalry packed gym. The teams feature centers six four, drawing large crowds. Former student Jack Beynon plays for Illinois, while Louis Ehrisman returns home after hospital care for injuries from a fallen tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Laude
William Laude
Freeport
Laude
Rockford
Monticello
Anamosa
Jim
Jack Beynon
Illinois University
Teachers Training School Opens Attendance High
The Jones County Teacher's Training school held its first session at Anamosa's Methodist Episcopal church with 112 attendees from county Protestant Sunday schools. Next Monday's classes move to the Congregational church in Anamosa, with representation from Anamosa Wyoming Monticello Olin Morley Antioch Onslow and Caas. Monticello hosts sessions on February 20 27 and March 6 in partnership among Congregational Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Anamosa
Congregational Church of
Wyoming
Monticello
Olin
Morley
Antioch
Onslow
Caas
Patrick Brady Home Burned Near Cascade
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the farm home of Patrick Brady about six miles east of Cascade Sunday evening. The tenanted farm belonged to Joseph Federspiel. The family was away when the blaze started and neighbors could not save furnishings. Loss partly covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Brady
Cascade
Joseph Federspiel
Governor Herring Ships First Economy Bill Of Session
The forty fifth general assembly enacted a bill repealing mandatory secondary road levies, signed by Gov. Clyde Herring, saving an estimated five million dollars annually and allowing use of gas tax receipts for maintenance. The house refused to discharge married women clerks. tax reform dominates, with lobbyists and farmers watching keenly as the session unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-Fifth General Assembly
Senate
House
Clyde Herring
Iowa Passes Swift Banking Bill To Stabilize State Lenders
A rapid bipartisan banking reform bill enables banks to enter state receivership, allowing the Department of Banking to oversee assets and liabilities. The plan preserves deposits, forbids new loans from new deposits, and funds operations via service charges while potential liquidation or full reversion to owners is considered after about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
House
Senate
Krascher
State Department of Banking
State Banking Department
Burrichter Accepts Position at Shenandoah Radio Station
Donald Burrichter son of Mr and Mrs E G Burrichter left last Monday for Shenandoah to join Henry Field's radio station. He had previously been employed there and was asked to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Burrichter
E. G. Burrichter
Shenandoah
Henry Field
Donald
Hospitals may collect from damages in auto cases
A bill allows hospitals to secure payment from damages awarded to an injured patient from a third party. It also proposes letting the fishing and hunting rule flex with conditions, raises hunting and fishing licenses from $1 to $2, and lowers county aid weekly allowance from $2 to $1.50 amid budget pressures. Senator Fisch seeks elasticity in seasons rule and notes aid demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Fisch
LeMars
Fish and Game Committee
Alsp
Law bars official cars for private use by state and local workers
A bill unanimously approved by both houses bans state county and municipal employees who use state cars from private driving. Official vehicles, except peace officer cars, must display a department plate at least one square foot in size. In the house the measure received full support with all 108 votes cast in favor and every member present.
Legislative filings show 159 bills in House and 145 in Senate
As of this writing 159 bills have been filed in the House and 145 in the Senate. A block of 72 bills from the committee on reduction of public expenditures leads the pack as committees waste no time in reviewing measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Committee On
Hoag Jr Enters Stenography Course at Cedar Rapids College
Raymond Hoag Jr takes a Cedar Rapids business college course including stenography and bookkeeping and expects to join The Hoag Duster Company office upon completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hoag, Jr
Cedar Rapids Business College
Hoag Duster Company
Monticello Express Ad Roundup Promotes Deals and Events
Local ads announce Arend Balster’s takeover of International Harvester line and farm machinery price cuts. Oldsmobile display planned by Matthiessen Auto. Two Mid-Continent stations sell D-X gasoline. Insurance talk from Tuetken and Liddy highlights Bankers Life assets. Lege’s and Rickless’ advertise bargains on flour shoes dresses. Horse sale by Eugene Duer at Ed Eller farm. coal price at Eclipse Lumber. Balster Farm Equipment lowers prices with corn price guarantee. 100 percent wood union suit offered. Teal grocery deals and meat department promos anchor the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arend Balster
Scotch Grove
International Harvester Company
Oldsmobile
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Company
Monticello
the Express
William E. Tuetken
J. A. Liddy
Bankers Life Insurance Company
Iowa
Lege
Studiers
Donna Gordon
Rt. Anthony
Eugene Duer
Ed Eller
Keyes
Mighty Good Kentucky
Eclipse Lumber Company
R. H. Balster Farm Equipment Company
George Stuhler
February 1913 Local Births Marriages and Trades
February 1913 Monticello Express itemizes births marriages and economic notes. Families welcomed children including a Rhatigan son and a Stuhler daughter. multiple marriages recorded. hog buyers paid up to 7.35. James Howle and 147 hogs yielded near 3000 dollars. notable deaths include Civil War veteran Milo Guiles and others at Marshalltown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Rhatigan
Clark Hubbard
Hall Manufacturing Company
Albert Heiken
John Wolken
Henry Eden
Kate Stuhler
California
Monticello
James Howle
the Express
Lizzie Thelen
Henry Theilen
Sth
Johanna Schaefer
John Siebels
Ella Beggs
Andrew Shyrer
John Barnts
Naomi Kehwve
Joe Trunk
Albert Stuhler
Wilma McIntyre
Anamosa
Zion's Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Minnie Husman
Juli Husmann
Jacob Paulsen
Matt Allen
Lyle Hicks
Schenectady
New York
Maude A. Smith
Hicks
Detroit
Mary A. Warner
Robert Clark
Scotch Grove
A. W. Cramer
McCannon
West First Street
Ellert Prult
Luella Aynerson
John C. Smith
Miss Noble Leaves for Library School
Miss Florence Noble of Monticello plans to leave on Saturday for the University of Witness in Urbana to complete a semester in public library work. She hopes to receive her degree in June and return as librarian. Janet Hazard will lead next week while Catherine Redmond oversees the library for the remainder of Noble’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Noble
Monticellobrary
University of Witness At
Urbana
Miss Noble
Monticello
Janet Hazard
Thebrary
Catherine Redmond
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio
Hopkinton Creamery Returns To Steam Power
The Hopkinton Co operative Creamery ordered motors disconnected after failing to secure a light and power rate reduction. A 15 horsepower steam engine at $50 will drive the ice machine and other equipment, with a water heater using exhaust steam. Total change cost about $200. 1932 light and power cost was $983 at six cents per kWh. The company cites another creamery receiving a three cent rate from the same provider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton Co-operative Creamery Company
H. M. Reeve
Lawyer In Tesch Case Will Get His Fees
Delaware county board of supervisors declined to refuse payment of 370 attorney fees for M. J. Yoran in the Martha Tesch murder charge. The request to deny payment came from the United Liberators of Delaware county. The board ruled paying the bill would be cheaper than pursuing court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware County Board of Supervisors
M. J. Yoran
Martha Tesch
United Liberators
Delaware County
E V Duer To Hold Horse Auction Saturday
Eugene V. Duer brings another consignment of Nebraska horses to the Ed Eller farm north of Monticello for an auction next Saturday February 4 starting at 1 o clock. Duer has sold 426 horses in Monticello and earned universal satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Duer
Nebraska
Ed Eller
Monticello
Mr. Duer
American Legion and Auxiliary Set Joint Meeting Next Monday
The Arthur P. O'Rourke Post No 209 and its auxiliary plan a joint meeting February 6 at 8 p.m. Officers will be installed by Comrade First of the Atininosna post. Mrs Kendall of Coggan will speak as district Legion auxiliary committeewoman. Both groups seek 1933 membership and will serve refreshments after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur P. O'Rourke
American Legion
Comrade First
Atininosna
Kendall of
Coggan
The
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Post
Ladies of the Auxilary
Neighborhoods and Notables In Early County News
Stewart EB Johnson buys Clay County Republican after selling Earlville Review to F S Otis. Clayton Miller is badly injured felling a tree near Winthrop. Mrs. King travels to Washington for National Defense convention. Warren B Gregg, known as Poet of the Hills, dies in Monticello. Lester C Bissell, 81, longtime H B Glover director, dies in Dubuque. Don Rowland injured in Independence auto accident near Jesup. Mike Brislawn, 40, returns to Anamosa reformatory for parole violation and prior murder assault charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart EB. Johnson
Earlville Review
Clay County
Louisville
Llinois
Johnson
Review
F. S. Otis
Clayton Miller
Winthrop
Independence
T. A. King
Iowa Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
West Union
Washington, D. C
Stone City
Anamosa
Mr. Gregg
Lester C. Bissell
H. B. Glover Company
Dubuque
Mr. Bissell
Glover Company
Toronto
New York City
Don Rowland
Jesup
Rowland
Tom Cone
Monticello School in State Academic Contest
Monticello public schools received registration forms for the fifth annual University of Iowa contest. Registration went to 944 schools, about 300 plan to enter with 60 000 pupils. The event will qualify over 1100 scholars for state individual competition in seventeen events at the university on June 5 and 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
University of Iowa
Coasting boy barely missed by a car on Bradstreet
Milton Nouzak, coasting with other boys near Mrs. Augusta Ricklefs home on Bradstreet, was missed by William Jarrett by a hair. Jarrett unknowingly struck the curb and knocked the wind out of Nouzak, who was none the worse apart from the jolt and a trip to a doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Nouzak
Augusta Ricklefs
Bradstreet
William Jarrett
Maquoketa Man Named Dairy and Food Inspector
Secretary Ray Murray announced the appointment of dairy and food inspectors. Hans Scott of Maquoketa was named inspector in charge of Delaware, Dubuque, Jones and Jackson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Ray Murray
Delaware, Dubuque, Jones and Jackson Counties
Hans Scott
Ten Year Sentence For Monticello Man In Nighttime Larceny
H A Happy Miller alias Pickray of Monticello pled guilty to nighttime larceny in Jones County District Court. Judge F O Ellison sentenced him to an indeterminate term not to exceed ten years in the state reformatory at Anamosa after Miller admitted entering Ernest H Allen’s apartment November 25, 1992, with two companions. One companion, Otis Swartz, was sentenced to six months and Davis is serving time for concealed weapons. Several other Monticello residents faced recent charges for chicken theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. “Happy” Miller
Pickray
Monticello
Jones County
F. O. Ellison
Anamosa
Miller
Ernest H. Allen
Otis Swartz
Osa Davis
Allen
Reformatory
Fred McLaughlin
Otis Schwartz
Hve
Swarts
Legion Auxiliary Busy Year Highlights Local Activities
The American Legion Auxiliary reports a busy year with items such as paying duces for gold star mothers, sending shipments to the hospital, purchasing health bonds, aiding Camp Fire girls, erecting safety signs, funding child welfare and education, distributing 500 poppies, hosting dinners for Legion members, sending 400 cookies to Knoxville hospital, delivering Christmas baskets, gifting flowers to families and sick, hosting the district conference in Monticello, funding delegates to conventions, and planning 5060 poppies for May. The group continues plans for a second district committee meeting in Monticello and notes most funds came from hosting dances and public dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Knoxville
American Legion
Monticello
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Public Library Receives Generous Gift For Books
Flor ence Noble the librarian at Monticello public library received a fifty dollar check from William McCannon of Washington DC. He asked the money be used to buy new books for the library. The gift comes as tax cuts have reduced library funding and book purchases. The act may inspire others to donate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public
Annual Meeting of Farmers Creamery to be Held Feb 6 1933
The Farmers Mutual Creamery company will hold its annual meeting Monday February 6 1933 in the Legion hall. An officer election and a talk by John Thompson representative of Wallaces Farmer and Iowa Homestead are on the program. The session starts at 1 o clock with no lunch provided. Emil Stutt secretary Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers' Mutual Creamery Company
Legion Hall
John Thompson
Wallaces
Iowa
Emil Stutt
Adv
Trio Completes 2400 Mile Motorcycle Trip
Kenneth Benesh George Bohiken and John Rienlets returned Sunday afternoon from a 2400 mile ride covering Miami Florida. They swam in the ocean and showed sunburn. The trip was inexpensive and entertaining with fuel efficiency between 75 and 90 miles per 92 gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Benesh
George Bohiken
John Rienlets
Miami
Fla
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Frank I. Stuart
Langworthy Shippers
Monti Auditorium
Mrs. Willoughby
Esther Broderee
Mr. Willoughby
William Broderma
Lettie
Althea Goodrick
Jack Holt
Laurence Goodrick
Mrs. Kendall
Anita Garside
Mrs. Holt
Helen Smith
Willoughby Home
Eleanor Prudence van Hayden
Prudence van Hayden
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Richard Townsend
Eleanor
Robert Trowbridge
James Rickless
Nettie
Lucy
Ada Eggers
We Devereaux
Berkeley Cur
Bernadine Wingert
Maquoketa Junior College
Martello
State University
Iowa City
Amm
Margaret Behrends
Miss Burnstedt
Miss Meyer
Miss Iverson
Miss Ashton
Yone Benesh
Miss Rabe
Mary Jane Veitch
George Smith
Wanda Podhaski
Jimmy Laude
Louis Ehrisman
Ehrisman
Express
State House
Monticello Express Store News
Expresa
Monticello Express
Hopkinton
Tesch
E. V. Duer
American Legion and Auxiliary
Mike Brislawn
Central City
State Reformatory
Anamess
Brislawn
Leo Holub
Prairieburg
Buchanan County
Happy” Miller
Eddy Eggers
Kenneth Turny
John Fluckiger
Public Library
of the Farmers’ Creamery
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