Fire destroys Laude Necktie Factory in Anticelle
A Friday night blaze gutted the Laude Tie factory in Anticelle risking nearby Lovell House and the railroad depot. Firefighters from Monticello and Anamosa battled flames past 4 a.m. saving the Clark feed barn. Loss estimated at 7400 dollars with building 6000 and goods 1600 insured. The fire started near the roof likely from short circuit.
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Anticelle
Laude Tie
Leroy Clark
Laude
Lovell
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Anamosa
J. G. Schoon
J. J. Locher
John Biebesheimer
Bill Jarrett
Wolves Attack North and West of Monti Area
Farmers report wolves numerous and bold near Monti, with a couple sighted by a farmer and his wife. A neighbor killed a large timber wolf, selling the pelt for 10 dollars and the fur for 12, as locals note a pack of six in the vicinity. Reports mention wolves feeding on horse carcasses and nightly visits.
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Monticello
Jones-Delaware County
Manchester
Irvine Receives Appointment To U S Naval Academy
Donald Irvine son of Rev and Mrs H Irvine of Birmingham Iowa has been appointed January 12 as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis representing Iowa's First district. He ranked first in a field of nine in the entrance exam with W G Edmondson of Milton as alternate. The Irvines formerly lived in Castle Grove township where the father served as Presbyterian pastor. Donald attended Monticello public schools and was consistently a top student.
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Monticello
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Donald Irvine
H. ©. Irvine
Birmingham
Iowa
Naval Academy
Donald
W. G. Edmondson
Milton
Kopp
Irvine
Castle Grove Township
Presbyterian Church
Monticello and Anamosa Face Final Home Game Soon
Local fans will have one last Monticello home game, hosting Anamosa next Monday, Feb 18, with both varsity and junior high squads. Monticello, chasing form ahead of Dubuque on March 1, aims for a strong showing. Shover remains uncertain.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Dope
Finlay
Dubuque
Shover
Wilcox
Mount Fers
Grimes
Rachel Stanger
Hopkinton
Reed Bartlett
J LeRoy Farmer Plans Florida Tomato Plant Expansion
J LeRoy Farmer of Cedar Rapids and S T Farmer of Story City will operate a new tomato canning factory in Coral Gables Florida employing seventy five workers. The plant will use twelve thousand square feet of space and Iowa machinery. The Farmers, long time canners with plants in Cedar Rapids Story City Tipton Van Horne Monticello and Grand Island Neb, will remain in Florida for a month to open and start operations.
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J. LeRoy Farmer
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Florida
S. T. Farmer
Story City
Coral Gables
Fla
Tipton
van Horne
Grand Island
Neb
Mount Pleasant
Audubon
Iowa
Farmer
A New Fillmore Bridge On The Dubuque Road
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reports steel for a high truss bridge, 160 feet long, has arrived but fabrication starts after the river’s main channel is cleared. One abutment is complete. a second is rapidly rising. Completion expected early March at a total cost around $22,000. Built by Uhlrich Paley company.
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Dubuque
Uhlrich-Paley Company
Items Of Occurrences Twenty-Five Years Ago
A retrospective list records events from two dozen months ago in Monticello and surrounding areas. It notes marriages, births, deaths, relocations, business changes, and notable local residents including John Moore Jr Frank Repstein and Edna M. Lynch among others with dates and places such as Cascade Amber and Castle Grove township.
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John Moore, Jr
John Moore
Bowen's Prairie
Frank Repstein
J. F. Fagan
Cascade
Fagan
Monticello
William Altman
Loveland
Canning
Meta Heeren
Ben Heeren
Amber
Gerhart Helken
Edna M. Lynch
Perry T. Buxton
P. O. Babcock
Mr. Buxton
Wheatland Gazette
Elmer Bigley
Cedar Rapids
Jud Nichols
Susie Fuller
Methodist Episcopal Church
Scotch Grove Township
Frank Sutherland
Frank Eberhart
Maude Hawkins
Mount Pleasant
W. J. Coughlan
Jasper County
Charles S. Bidwell
Sacred Heart School
Frank Dautremont
Louis Lang
Christian Ross
Bert Starks
Princeton
Kansas
Mr. Starks
H. J. Rehorst
Albert Calkins
J. F. Calkins
Frank Nickel
Hannah Sever
Tron
Monticel
Aeaeheac Ees
Lieneman
Langworthy
W. H. L. Schuetz
George J. Pfeil
Castle Grove Township
Emma B. Wiemer
Radcliffe
Thomas Cunningham
Castle Grove
W. R. Keough
Sumner
Ed Kohl
Louis Gardner Named First Vice President in Chicago Bank
Louis Gardner, longtime Express contributor and former Anamosa Eureka editor, elected first vice-president and trust officer of Citizens' State Bank of Chicago. The bank, led by Edward C. Gardner’s son as president, reports deposits over 9 million dollars, earnings per share of 38.68, and a 14 percent dividend. The trust department holds about 10 million in securities. Ed Gardner serves as executive vice-president of Great Lakes Bond and Mortgage Co. in Chicago. The Express notes local pride in Gardner’s achievement.
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Louis Gardner
Express
Anamosa Eureka
Citizens’ State Bank of Chicago
Edward C
Kittie Gardner Squires
Monticello
Chicago
D. E. Gardner
Ed Gardner
Great Lakes Bond and Mortgage Company
the Express
Manchester To Vote On Junior College
A mass meeting in Manchester discussed the plan to establish Iowa's twenty fourth junior college. The proposal will be voted on March 11 at an independent school district election. Existing junior colleges include Albion, Bloomfield, Boone, Britt, Burlington, Chariton, Clarinda, Cresco, Creston, Eagle Grove, Earlham, Estherville, Fort Dodge, Independence, Maquoketa, Marshalltown, Mason City, Osceola, Red Oak, Sheldon, Tipton, Waukon, and Webster City.
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Manchester
Iowa
Albion
Bloomfield
Boone
Britt
Burlington
Chariton
Clarinda
Cresco
Creston
Eagle Grove
Earlham
Estherville
Fort Rodge
Independence
Maquoketa
Marshalltown
Mason City
Osceola
Red Oak
Sheldon
Tipton
Waukon
Webster City
Ortgies Family Raises Hundreds Of Hens For Egg Market
Mr and Mrs Louis Ortgies on route No 1 southwest of Monticello report strong returns from a new poultry house. They keep four to five hundred hens and have averaged about 90 dozen eggs per week for sale while meeting family needs.
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Louis Ortgies
Monticello
Louis
Ortgies
Engaged: Anne Morrow to Col. Lindbergh announced
American ambassador Dwight W. Morrow and Mrs. Morrow disclosed the engagement of their daughter Anne Spencer Morrow to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh after a 4:30 conference with foreign correspondents in Mexico City. Anne, 22, a Chapin School and Smith College graduate, traveled with her mother from the United States.
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Lindy
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Elizabeth
Constance
Morrow
Morgan Banking
New York
Former Monticello Pastor W. Minor Lemen Dies at 71
Reverend W. Minor Lemen, former Methodist Episcopal pastor of Monticello, died at St. Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids after nine weeks with diabetes. Age about 71. Funeral held in Cedar Falls after retirement to Cedar Falls in 1922. Survivors include widow and several children. served in Lisbon to Clarksville across many towns during a long ministry begun in Texas and joined Upper Iowa in 1884.
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W. Minor Lemen
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Monticello
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cedar Falls
Lemen
Lemon
Texas
Upper
Bad Road Conditions Reported Near Langworthy
Frank Burlingham of Monticello and S Burlingham of the E J Head farm report a two mile road north of their areas is in very poor shape. The mall route road allows only a few rods of travel from Burlingham’s corner to the G J Van Buren farm, forcing Anamosa carrier to cross fields and creating dangerous travel where the track leaves the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Burlingham
Langworthy
Monticello
S Burlingham
E. J. Head
G. J. van Buren
Hazen Named Master Farmer in Iowa Honor for Denmark native
Anamosa Journal notes H. P. Hazen of Denmark, Iowa, among 15 master farmers chosen in the state. Hazen is brother of Mrs. Roy Joslin of Anamosa, who last year was selected as one of Iowa's five master homemakers, marking continued family recognition.
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Anamosa Journal
Iowa
H. P. Hazen
Denmark
Hazen
Roy Joslin
Anamosa
Freight Shipments For The Past Week
Over the past week ten carloads of farm produce left the station for eastern markets per a weekly report to The Express by Freight Agent Leonard of the C M St P and P. Last Thursday Farmers Mutual Creamery sent one car of hogs and Ed Hilers two cars of cattle to Chicago. Last Saturday the creamery shipped eggs and butter to New York. Six carloads went out Monday including two cars of cattle to Chicago by Adams and Adams Farmers Creamery, two cars of hogs Ernest Carpenter, one carload of hogs Joe Streng, who accompanied, and one carload of cattle. Several carloads of coal and other merchandise arrived, including Farmark tractors, Oakland and Pontiac autos, and corn shellers for R H Balster, who also received many cream separators by local freight.
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The
Express
Leonard
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Association
Ed Hilers
Chicago
Farmers’ Creamery
New York
Adams & Adams
Pontiac Automobiles
R. H. Balster
Hodson Named Local Manager Of Canning Plant
Mr and Mrs C C Hodson and their 11 year old son of Dexter relocate to Monticello living in the John Miller house on Maple street. Hodson becomes local manager for Farmer Canning company, previously with Virden Richards Canning of Dexter, and will sign up sweet corn contracts as roads open. price set at 10 per ton this year, up from 9 last year.
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C. C. Hodson
Dexter
Monticello
John Miller
Maple Street
Hodson
Farmer Canning Company
Virden-Richards Canning Company
Nearby Communities News Roundup Items
Killed 13 year old Colda Dunbar and 10 year old Addis Dunbar when their father’s car was struck by a Rock Island train at Waterloo. William Leland Smith, 26, returned to Iowa City from Stanton Texas after fatal auto crash. Esther James and Peter Robertson wed in Maquoketa. Fire at Maquoketa roundhouse damages engine. loss about 1000 dollars. Auction results at Oxford Junction farm show corn 83c, alfalfa 22.50, timothy 12, top horse 167.50, cows 60-90. Co E Garrettson of Martelle died after long illness. Donald Frane named advertising manager at DeWitt Observer. Mrs William Symons of Anamosa dies of pneumonia.
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Colda Dunbar
Addis Dunbar
Rock Island
Waterloo
William Leland Smith
Iowa City
Stanton
Texas
L. M. Smith
Esther James
Olin
Peter S. Robertson
Anamosa
Oxford Junction
Timothy
Co. E. Garrettson
Martelle
Methodist Episcopal Church
Donald Frane
Pioneer Press
Mechanicsville
DeWitt Observer
Dewitt
The
Observer
William Symons
Harriet Ray
Smelter
Wisconsin
Ida Ray
Ruth Arthur
Minneapolis
Barkley
University, of Minnesota
Edwin D. Starbuck
Iowa State College At
Ames
Bomb
Margaret Davidson
Betty Barker
Harriett King
Wallace M. Stanton
Glen Ellyn
Ill
Gerald Lineweaver
South English
Charles Dows
Marion
P. W. Scott
William J. Sullivan
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Western Grocer Company
Marshalltown
Glenn Frank
G. L. Frank
Manchester
St. Francis Hospital
W. A. Wieser
Independence
McDonald Hospital Receives $500 Gift for Equipment
Mrs. J. F. Porter of Kansas City donated 500 to John McDonald Memorial Hospital for new gear. Funds bought a Brady portable operating room Swamp and a safety gas oxygen machine to ensure power outages and safer anaesthesia in minor operations. Mrs Porter asked Mrs. H. S. Richardson to supervise the purchase, and the community expressed appreciation.
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J. F. Porter
Kansas City
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Porter
H. S. Richardson
Bank Closes At Manchester Bank Closes At Manchester
The First National Bank of Manchester closed its doors yesterday forenoon after a run by depositors, with no official insolvent statement issued. If loans and discounts realize, the bank may reopen. officers and a 1928 directory list show capital at 50000 and deposits at 690389, reflecting a long reputed business career.
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First National Bank of Manchester
R. D. Graham
F. B. Wilson
P. A. Klaus
M. Carr
A. W. Stearns
Fred W. Hermann
Don A. Preussner
W. C. Blake
G. W. Dunham
Hubert Carr
F. W. Hermann
I. D. Long
Sacred Heart High Defeats St Patrick's 23 to 16
Sacred Heart High beat St Patrick's School of Cedar Rapids 23 to 16 in Cedar Rapids. J Locher and Schneider led Sacred Heart with six points each while Larkin led Cedar Rapids with eight. Monticello squad held the lead from the opening minutes and never trailed.
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Sacred Heart
St. Patrick's High
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Schneider
Sacred Heart High
J. Locher
Larkin
Schlimmer
Donahoe
J. McAleer
Carmichael
B. Locher
R. McAleer
Hanley
Knolls
Lockwood
Hanson
Monticello Defeats Manchester 25 to 4 in Upset
Monticello’s Red and Black crushed Manchester 25 to 4 on Manchester’s court, led by Harold Martalone with 15 points. Monticello dominated play, holding a 15 to 0 lead at halftime and missing few chances, while Manchester managed only one field goal and two four shots. Monticello heads to Marion for a return game tomorrow.
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Montieigh
Manchester
Monti
Harold Martyalone
Monticello
Marion
Martelle Takes The Honors At Tournament
Martelle wins the third annual Jones county basketball tournament at the local high school gym, finishing with a clean two day record and defeating Monticello 21 to 14 in the final. Wyoming, Morley, Anamosa, Oxford Junction and Center Junction also competed in Friday and Saturday games.
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Jones County
Martelle
Martello
Monticello
Wyoming
Morley
Rigby
Fnr
Anamosa
Sam Rhatigan
Maurice
Oxford Junction
Center Junction
Finlay
Baer
Jim Maurice
Bendevon
Supt
Ryrank Jones
PNR
Schechmasters Ehh
Phe Tropay
Uis Batad
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Matthiesser. Auto and Supply Company
J. H. Perrine
Ralph Lambert
Beery
Mrs
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Fillmore Bridge
Dubuque Road
Louis and
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Nationalist Revolutionary Party
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Thomas Arnold Robinson
Mexico City
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Fort Myers
Herbert Hoover
Henry Ford
Harvey Firestone
Edison
Hoover
Grimm
Supreme Court
Hammill
J. M. Grimm
Law School
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Justice Stevens
Supreme Bench
Army
Wright Field
Columbus
Ohio
Shane
McDonald Hospital
First National Bank
St. Patrick’s School
Marguerite Aitchison
Moline
Illinois
Edwin Starbuck
Professor Starbuck
Iowa State University
Linnette EB. Nelson
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