Center Junction Community Boards and Events Settle in 1937
The Farmers Mutual Co operative Creamery of Center Junction reported gains in patrons and butter shipped, elected Dirks Seehusen Sutherland to 1937 offices, and announced a county soil conservation meeting. The Jones county girls basketball tourney featured close games with Martelle and Wyoming advancing, plus a showcase game against Harlem Globe Trotters planned for Feb 10. Local social notes mention dinners, flood relief efforts raising $181.66, and community visits and funerals across Monticello Anamosa and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers' Mutual Co-operative Creamery Association of
Center Junction
H. J. Dirks
Carl Smith
Claude Fothergill
Monticello State Bank
Herbert Cox
Omaha Co-operative
Orla Dawes
F. D. Sutherland
H.H. Seehusen
Cliff McDonald
H. W. Cox
Henry Dirks
Frank Sutherland
Arthur Wilcox
Presbyterian Church
L. T. Lorenzen
Wegers
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Red Cross
Jones County
Martello
Himebaugh
Marcella Otten
Martelle
Wyoming
Morley
Olin
Oxford Junction
Globe Trotters
Don Dennis
Bruiser” Bolton
Bunny” Singleton
McNeilly Seed Corn Company
McNeilly Hybrids
CCO
Maquoketa
Jones County Red Cross
Anamosa
Richard Seehusen
H. H. Seehusen
Elizabeth James
Cedar Rapids
Donna Dreibelbis
Luella Seehusen
Jean McNeilly
Tattler
Helen Himebaugh
Onslow
Items Of Occurrences Twenty Years Ago February 1917
February 1917 notices from The Monticello Express recount deaths marriages and local events. Notable items include the deaths of George W. Davis and Louisa J. Bort, weddings of Elsie Barnts to Elmer Hawthorne and Margaret Albert to John Folkren, and multiple marriages. A blizzard on February 4 brought 24 degrees below zero and a boarded up post office window.
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Monticello Express
George W. Davis
C. C. Bort
Monticello
the Express
Louisa J. Bort
Chicago
Frank Serbousek
Center Junction
Elsie Barnts
Elmer Hawthorne
Omaha
Margaret Albert
John Folkren
Lutheran Church
Frances Seery
Cascade
Henry Prull
George A. Hauck
Engle Doden
Carl Plueger
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Maude Guilford
Congregational Church
Robert M. Hicks
Mr. Hicks
Hicks
Elizabeth Freese
Bowen's Prairie
Ernest Wahl
Alburnett
Montézelig
Jacob Rohr Jr
C. H. Schipman
Economy fight talk labeled shadow boxing
A Creston News-Advertiser column dismisses Washington budget rhetoric. It argues Senator Byrd failed to spark real economy cuts, noting bills were simply redirected to other committees while Byrd’s own actions went largely ignored.
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Creston News-Advertiser
Washington
Byrd
Modern Lovers Take Her Out In A Roadster
In Hopkins Missouri the old fashioned courtship is replaced by a roadster outing with compliments about lips being hotter than hellfire. The tone suggests evolving romantic habits, noting room for improvement in the approach.
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Hopkins
Iowa Law Proposal Bans Under 18 from Movies with Divorced Cast
The Iowa legislature proposes a bill restricting attendance of anyone under 18 at a film featuring a divorced actor or actress. The editorial questions whether such reasoning reflects the voters’ interests in the general assembly.
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Alantic News-Telegraph
Iowa
General Assembly
Tragic Warning on Auto Industry Topples Pressed Wedge
A Mason City Globe-Gazette report warns that the ice in the auto industry is the main wedge used to break a depression and notes that paralysis of the industry would be a tragedy.
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Mason City
No Good Reason for Presidential Widows Pensions
A Webster City Freeman Journal derides pensions for widows of presidents, arguing that many have ample means and questioning the rationale behind ongoing government support. The piece suggests public scrutiny of such pensions.
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Webster City
Understanding 10owa Children Nap Habits
The text stresses the importance of daytime naps for young children and offers guidance on timing nap periods. It notes that naps help with growth and health, and suggests starting naps around twelve-thirty or one to avoid interference with nighttime sleep. It also cautions against using naps as punishment and encourages maintaining a calm environment.
Anamosa Eureka Clippings Highlight Local Farewells and News
Recorder Bess Sherman’s influenza recovery underway with office return planned end of week. Moses LaBarge, 80, longtime Stone City resident, dies after influenza. funeral and Hazel Green cemetery burial noted. A newborn Dee Ann Dun can at St Luke’s hospital. Two marriage licenses issued to Lee Comes and Ethel Suchomel. Clyde Allen and Frances Carl. Stanton A Taylor of Allegan Michigan and Josephine E Petit of Allegan wed in Allegan. Jones county courthouse work progresses. interior framing, plastering, and a wide lighting fixture planned for courtroom. Real estate transfers list several deeds in Monticello and Wyoming plus a large parcel in 24-86-3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess E. Sherman
Lloyd Soper
Moses LaBarge
Stone City
Hazel Green Cemeery
Roscoe Duncan
St. Luke's Hospital
Jones Comunty
Dee Ann
Lee Byerly
Lee Comes
Atlantic
Ethel Suchomel
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Allen
Wyoming
Frances Carl
Anamosa
Stanton A. Taylor
Allegan, Mich
Anamosa Eureka
Josephine E. Petiit
Allegan
Dreamed Car Theft Report Crumbles Into Dream
Emil Vogt of Reinbeck called Waterloo police to report a stolen car bought at night and parked unseen in daylight. Chief Hugh Crumrine found no vehicle and Vogt later said the incident was a dream due to being in and out of his head. Nearby, eggs in New York City fell in wholesale price from 43 cents a dozen in early January.
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Emil Vogt
Reinbeck
Grundy County
Hugh Crumrine
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Vogt
Crumrine
New York City
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Mrs
Peter Praha
N. C. Holst
M. Holst
Mike Paulsen
Harvey Townsend
Carl Heiderman
Shipley
Ora Andrews
August Schrader
Matie Serbousek
Clark
Theodore Behrends
Dwight Mathes
Iowa City
Dwight Lowell
Towa City
John Livingstone
W. A. Stingley
Cedar Falls
W. E. Spohn
Dewey Opperman
Earl Stingley
Eileen
Imogene Chase
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Harry Chase
Luett Home
Frank Himebaugh
Helen
J. F. Livingstone
Charles Luett
Hilabeth Reeve
J. R. McNeilly
C. M. Holst
Ben Heiken
Ernest Heiken
J. R. Hanken
Ardis
Treva Heiken
Frank McNeilly
Peter Prahm
A. G. Smith
N. C
Scotch Grove
Leroy Dirks
Dorothy Burns
Pittsburgh
Lovisa Love
Leona
Louis Zimmerman
Ben Helken
Robert Keane
Will Seehusen
J. B. Seehusen
Lincoln Rickels
Leroy Snell
Claire Decious
Harlow Decious
Marion
Ray Bohler
Bohler
Harlow
The
Arizona
Heis
Mrs.Taylor
Trowbridge Street
Mich
Jones County Court House
A. E. Maine
Joyce R. Redmond
W. M
Gerald Mader
R. A. Cartano
Emily S. Richardson
Eloise Brainard Thomas
Arnold Ruther
Stella H. Snyder
Staw
Olin Cemetery Association
Edward Ehrisman
Kate
Walter Ehrismann
Nina Ehrismann
Charles Ehrismann
Edith E
Herman H. Ehris
Cedar Street
Cassie Hayward
Grantee
C. H. Hayward
Grantor
Varvel
C. M
St . P Ry
John C. Bramer
J. J. Locher
Tda Bramer
Fred Bramer
Harry Bramer
Mary Countryman
Fd Bramer
Bronson's
Wromilne
Priz
Priz Fafth
Matthiessen Auto and Supply CO
Palmer's
Suter
W.il Proctor
J. B. Zimmerman and Son
Skelley
Kash
Karry
Smartwear Shop
ST. Anthony
Dakota
Skelly Variety Store
Clark Brothers
Schoenhut Bakery
Madsen Motor Company
Ford
Iverson
Farley
Poultry - Eggs - Cream
Stahler
McNeill Hwardware
Goudy
Rickless
Shaffer’s Sweet Shop
Long's Department Store
Diamond Bros. Grocery
Balster’s
Shaffer Implement Store
Farmer's Implement Company
Monte Theatre
Ross Baty
Briardale
FIRST
Princess Theatre
Denkhoff Jewelry Store
Fred Kay Drug Store
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