Annual Meeting Of Creamery Held Monday
The Mon ticello Farmers' Mutual Creamery met in the Memorial building gymnasium with strong patron attendance. Officers were elected, John Lieneman stepped down, Carl Heiken elected director, and J H Zimmerman named president for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
John Lieneman
Cass
Carl Heiken
Jesse Martinsen
Theodore Rieniers
Sand Spring
Will Balsiger
Bowen's Prairie
Will Hoffman
Scotch Grove
J. H. Zimmerman
Wayne
Gerd Gerdes
Castle Grove
Emil Brutt
H. M. Carpenter
G. H. Gerdes
Dr Breen of Oxford Junction Arrested Again
Federal agents arrested Dr William Breen fifty of Oxford Junction on a state charge of illegal possession of intoxicating liquor at Oxford Junction. He was released to appear in Jones County court and the preliminary examination in Anamosa resulted in holding him to the grand jury with bond for March first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Breen
Oxford Junction
Breen
Jones County Court
Anamosa
Squire Whitcombe
Camp Fire Notes Of The Week At Taminola
The Taminola camp fire held a birthday ceremony at Lillian Locher's home last Saturday. Fifteen girls attended with several mothers present as guests. Fern Lightfoot earned woodgatherer rank. Honor beads were awarded to Margaret O Deischer Leona Taylor Betty Maar ree Matthiessen Helen Jolly Kathleen Hogan Lillian Locher Mary Lucille Ricklefs Fern Lightfoot and Nalda Bradley. The guardian Mrs Earl DeShaw gave a star talk. On Saturday January 28 the Taminola girls enjoyed a hike and cook out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taminola
Lillian Locher
Fern Lightfoot
Woodgatherer
Margaret O. Deischer
Leona Taylor
Betty Maree Matthiessen
Helen Jolly
Kathleen Hogan
Mary Lucille Ricklefs
Nalda Bradley
The
Guardian
Earl DeShaw
State of Iowa may issue warrants to pay legislators
After 8000 dollars paid to members of the forty fifth Iowa general assembly there is about 61000 dollars left in the state treasury. A 32000 dollar warrant for Town State college was drawn against 193000 dollars. Funds are exhausted before next payroll and warrants may be stamped No Funds. Treasurer Wegman notes over 2 million dollars remain but are tied up in closed banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-Fifth
Iowa General Assembly
Leo J. Wegman
Town State College
State House and Assembly
Wegman
General Assembly
Iowa
West Liberty Dominates Monticello in 38 to 8 Victory
West Liberty overwhelmed Monticello 38 to 8 as Matthiessen and Ferring scored for Monticello while West Liberty showcased smooth teamwork. DeMolay defeated Sacred Heart 38 to 21 in the curtain raiser with a strong second half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Sacred Heart High School
Sacred Heart
DeMolay
Monticello Wins One Act Play Contest
Monticello took first place in the Jones county one act play contest with 51 points while Wyoming high school placed second with 47. The Monticello team received a loving cup presented by Supt. Vander Stoep of Center Junction and attended by Miss Ruth Burnstedt and the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
Wyoming High School
Georgia Welch
Monticello High School
Ruth Burnstedt
Lola Hughes
Iowa City High School
Iowa City
Hughes
Wyoming
Attorney General Denounces Bank Rumors
Attorney General Edward L. O Connors letter to county attorneys and sheriffs urged strict enforcement against circulating false rumors about solvent banks. He asked for tips and noted penalties up to 5000 dollars fine and five years imprisonment or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. O’connor
Cloud Will Appeal Luther Tesch Case
A. M. Cloud, attorney for Luther Tesch, filed a notice of appeal after Tesch was found guilty of murdering his father on the Hopkinton family farm last summer. Tesch confessed, later repudiated, and was sentenced by Judge A. B. Lovejoy to life in the Fort Madison penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Declamatory Try-Outs For High School Contest
About forty students auditioned for declamatory work in three divisions dramatic humorous and oratorical. Eight names per division were chosen for the home contest to be held in late February with a state prelim on March 2 at Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Burnstedt
Winnon Harford
Pauline Cramer
Gladys Howland
Pauline Cooper
Laura Lehman
Ada Egger
Wayne Jones
Clemma Wenger
Margaret Phelps
Ann Marie Orcutt
Ruth Bender
June Bollinger
Miriam Fairbanks
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Wanda Cooper
Esther Bender
Loretta Specht
George Fraser
Hazel Houston
LeRoy Schoon
Stuart Hoag
Eunice Buel
George Stott
Irene Johnson
Anamosa
Monticello
Viola
Olin
Martelle
Wyoming
Iowa City
James Ricklefs
Jones County Supervisors Let Gas Oil Contracts
At a Jones county board meeting the purchase of gasoline and lubricating greases was discussed. The Standard Oil Co. won the gasoline contract for maintenance equipment for 1933. Lubricants and greases were awarded to Matthiessen Auto and Supply of Monticello. Alemite Co. of Iowa will supply the oil and grease, totaling about two carloads, with the first car to be ready within ten days. Matthiessen Auto Supply represents Alemite in the north half of Jones county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Standard Oil Company
Jones County
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
Monticello
Alemite Company of
Iowa
Matthiessen Auto Supply Company
Danger Lurks as Iowa Debates Broad Legislation Limits
A high Iowa official warns that the risk is not the failure to pass needed relief laws but passing too much. Legislators face petitions on tax, primary laws, road and gasoline taxes, four year terms, and repeal of primaries. A proposed income tax: 1 percent on net income up to 1 000 dollars and 10 percent over 16 000 dollars. Corporations taxed at 3 percent net income. An emergency farmers relief arbitration bill aims to keep owners in their property with a governor named committee and county panels. Senate and house fight over bills, with delays and secret sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Stutt
the Express
Wallaces’ Farmer Speaks
John Thompson
Wallaces’ Farmer
Iowa Homestead
Des Moines
Thompson
United States
Iowa
General Assembly
Committee On
Patterson
Senate
House
District Court
State Committee
Moratorium Moves Slow Foreclosures Across States
Governors and legislatures have paused mortgage foreclosures to aid relief efforts. Major insurers in Iowa and elsewhere ordered no foreclosures while investigations proceed, extending protection to farm occupants and delaying evictions during the emergency period.
Senator Patterson Coauthors Tax Relief Bill
Senator Patterson of Kossuth county coauthors Senate File 112 with Senators Hush Myers Nelson and Patterson. The proposed act aims to provide property tax relief and eliminate the state millage levy by taxing incomes and setting enforcement rules and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Kossuth County
Hush, Myers
Nelson
Senate
Express Delights Former Monticello Pastor
In a letter Rev. Leonard Duckett expresses ongoing appreciation for The Express. He notes feeling connected to Monticello, praising the weekly paper for keeping readers in touch with local happenings and expressing happiness in his new parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Duckett
First Presbyterian Church of
Monticello
Two Farm Auctions Planned for Next Week
The Express lists two farm sales for next week with dates February 15 and February 13. Joe Ferring advertises a sale for next Wednesday and C. B. Carsot holds a sale on the Agnes L. Gearhart farm near Hopkinton and Sand Spring. Clarence Brown plans a household goods auction Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Joe Ferring
C. B. Carsot
Agnes L. Gearhart
Hopkinton
Sand Spring
Clarence Brown
Monticello
Insurance firms halt Iowa real estate foreclosures
Eastern papers report major insurance companies have ordered a stop to real estate foreclosures in Iowa. The directive appears to affect filings across the state, with continued coverage promised on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Catherine Martensen Weds Herman Freese in Amber
Miss Catherine M. Martensen wed Herman D. Freese yesterday at One o'clock in Wayne Zion Lutheran Church with Rev. J. Willms officiating. The double ring ceremony was attended by Mrs. Elsie Huebner and William Freese. The couple plans to reside on the old Schaaf farm west of Amber after March first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine M. Martensen
Herman D. Freese
Wayne Zion Lutheran Parsonage
Chris Mortensen
Amber
Engelbarts
Freese
Schaaf
Twenty Below Zero Weather Registers Across February
The report notes extreme cold in February with January mildness followed by a cold spell. Last Saturday began a cold period and Sunday dawned with ten below weather, continuing into a stormy Tuesday with wind and drifting snow. Thermometers fell to 10 below, and yesterday morning reached 18 to 20 below.
Items Of Occurrences Twenty Five Years Ago
February 1908 events from The Monticello Express recounted. Notables include Edgar Hubbard at Excelsior Springs, Fred Kellum’s broken leg, Farmers Cooperative creamery directors elected, icy river and snow blockade, cold snap to 12 below, deaths of Margaret Null and Mary Wilson, Mrs. Laura Parrott, and Edith Curtis. Also weddings, real estate moves, law firm dissolution, new partnership Herrick Cash Rhinehart, and Garrett Reed’s death at Anamosa sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Edgar Hubbard
Excelsior Springs
Fred Kellum
Willam Aldrich
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
J. M. Hofacre
Carl Schatz
Herman Harms
Gerd Null
Jones County Fair Association
H. M. Carpenter
Bb, Wicks
A. W Steiner
J. W. Coxsee
John Bateman
O. H. Sortie
R. C. Stirton
W. Sandhouse
J. J. Locher
John Perrine
Mary Wilson
Thomas
Robert Wilson
Monticello
Laura Parrott
William H. Parrott
Anrel
Carrie Crimm
Lovell Township
Peter Hansen
Cascade
Sacred Heart Church
Father McCormick
Anna Tschants
Charles Vernimont
Castle Grove
Father Murphy
Edith Curtis
George W. Curtis
Upland
California
G. H George
Ray
New Mexico
Towa
Herrick & Bauder
Mr. Bauder
Mr. Herrick
Cash & Rhinehart
Anamosa
Herrick, Cash & Rhinehart
Garrett Reed
Anamosa Sanitarium
Matthiessen Co Displays New Oldsmobile Touring Sedan
Messrs Elmer W Coon and Clarence Matthiessen returned last Saturday from Lansing Michigan with a straight eight Oldsmobile touring sedan. The new machine was purchased by Mr Coon through the Matthiessen agency. The car is of the latest design and well worth a look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Elmer W. Coon
Clarence Matthiessen
Lansing
Mich
Mr. Coon
Matthiessen
Howard Kraft in Car Accident Near Monti
Howard Kraft and Rex Campbell were riding in a Willys Knight when the car left the road near Monti last Saturday. The vehicle struck a ditch and flipped into a bank turning over. both occupants escaped with only minor scratches while the car sustained dented fenders and body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Kraft
Turtle
Willys Knight
Monti
Rex Campbell
Burns Lodge Plans Special Re-obligation Meeting
Burns Lodge No 173 A F and A M schedules a special re obligation meeting at the Masonic Temple on Monday evening February 27. Worshipful Master Neal Hayden will preside and the Grand Master requests every master Mason attend that evening at lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Lodge
Masonic Temple
Neal Hayden
First Robin of Spring Reported by Mrs Oltman
Mrs L A Oltman of Scotch Grove reports the first robin sighting of the season on February 8 despite 15 below temperatures. The note urges households to place crumbs or grain for birds as snow covers ground and seeds are scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Oltman
Scotch Grove
the Express
Centennial events loom as Dubuque area plans unfold
Neighborhoods That Interest Dubuque projects a centennial celebration August 6 through 12 with Jones county following in three years. Prohibition agents arrest Charles Lawson in Dubuque on liquor nuisance charges. A hit and run in Calmar leaves Gilbert Dowd dead and Orval Dowd near death. Edward Reilly dies at his Ryan home. he married Josephine Driscoll in 1899 and farmed in Delaware county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Jones County
Charles Lawson
Calmar
Lyin
Gilbert Dowd
Orval Dowd
Edna Dowd
Edward Reilly
Ryan
Caoseada
Josephine Driscoll
Delaware County
Henry Teideman
Stanwead
Teideman
Ray McCormick
Gerald Haberman
Henry Handfelt
Dyersville
State Supreme Court
Russell Curtiss
James Barclay
West Liberty
Towa- Creighton
Towa City
Curtiss
University Hospital
Barclay
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Frank Thompson
Des Moines
E. C. Gillam
Justice Court
Tipton
Thompson
West Branch
William M. Dallas
Hopkinton Man Dies by Own Action At Home
Chester Ward, 30, of Hopkinton, committed death by own action in his basement last Monday at 4 PM using a shotgun tied to a shoe and trigger. He died instantly. his wife and three children were away. Ward had moved to Hopkinton recently from a farm, planned to relocate to Missouri, and a farm sale was held last Friday. Delaware county coroner ruled death self-inflicted with unknown motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Ward
Hopkinton
Roy Marloff
Ward
Missouri
Delaware County
Monticello Hosts Jones County Basketball Tournament
Monticello hosts the annual Jones county basketball tournament in its high school gym starting February 9. Single tickets are 25 cents, final game 35 cents, season tickets 1 dollar. Games feature Center Junction, Onston, Oxford Junction, Olin, Wyoming, Morley, Martello, and others with byes and multiple matchups across Friday and Saturday, culminating in the finals Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Center Junction
Onston
Oxford Junction
Olin
Pam
Wyoming
Annamesa
Morley
Martello
Car Collision Near Lutheran Church in Monticello
Two cars driven by Frank Bilers Jr and Riess Stuhler collided at the junction of primary 113 and Third Street in Monticello last Friday evening. Stuhler and Freda Eilers suffered injuries including lacerations and stitches, Wyland Bone endured severe facial injuries, and both vehicles sustained major damage with repair unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bilers, Jr
Riess Stuhler
Third Street
Monticello
Mr. Stuhler
Snis
Fonte
Luterine
Freda Eilers
Eilers
Frank
Wyland Bone
Ralph Bone
Stahler
Former Citizens Are Merry In The West
Monticello alumni reunion held in Pasadena California brings forty former residents together at Ure church parlors. Guests include Scroggies Northrop Teeter Starks Eilers Lovell Cross Rosa Brazelton Doutrick and Doutrick among others. A bountiful noon meal sparked reminiscences of Monticello days and hope to return home for future picnics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Dautrick
Monticello
Pasadena
California
Neva Starks Wilson
Pilgrims Congregational Church
Ure Church
Henry Uffelman Named New Schultz Manager in Richland Center
Henry Uffelman, Monticello Schultz Brothers store manager, is transferred to Richland Center Wisconsin to take over the Schultz Brothers store. He and wife Edith Defscher will depart. successor is Mr. Root from Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Uffelman
Schultz Brothers
Monticello
Richland Center
Wisconsin
Uffelman
Edith Defscher
Root
Indiana
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Ralph Sanders
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Cedar Rapids
Hans Skott
Buckhorn
Dr. Breen
Oxford Jct
State OF
Cedar County
Smith
Basketeers
Lady Luck
Bill Ferring
Cloud
Luther Tesch
Merle Hutton
Pauline Stickley
Palmer
Clarghee Brockhohn
Billy Mersin
Wil Duane Sutherland
Gene Walker
Wallace Schneider
Ruth Orcutt
Estella Smith
Eloie Timmins
Fay Haeussler
George Coxsee
Betty Podhaski
Ruth Ann Hoag
Louis Nouzak
Audrey Ritter
Betty Lon Patterson
Paul Marsh
Robert Smith
Duane Harford
Frederick Shover
Harold Hogan
Anna
Lucille Huibregtse
Glenn Orcutt
Story Land Reading Club
Bob Hicks
Jimmy Bone
Miss Wood
Miss Fillmore
Mary Jane Veitch
Jane Bender
Catherine Martensen
Herman Freese
Matthiessen Company
Oldsmobile
Robin
Jones County High School
Lutheran
Wrs
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