Mrs. Gertrude M. Lee Dies in Milwaukee at 49
Mrs. Gertrude M. Lee wife of Carl E. Lee of Milwaukee died February 10 1928 after months of illness. Funeral services were held in Milwaukee February 12 and burial followed at Monticello Oakwood cemetery. She was born January 27 1879 near Mason City and grew up in Monticello. She taught in local schools, married in 1903, and lived in Urbana Madison and Milwaukee before settling in Milwaukee for work. Survived by her husband three children Horatio Lang of Monticello and five Lang siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude M. Lee
Carl E. Lee
Milwaukee
Monticello
Lee
Horatio J. Lang
Mary K. Lang
Mason City
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
South Dakota Agricultural College
Diamond Creamery Company
Lang
Urbana
Illinois
State University
Madison
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Howard James
Wisconsin State University
Dorothy Mary
Riverside High School
Herbert Carl
Riverside
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harry J. Lang
Edward Lang
Fonda
Iowa
Elmer Lang
Atlanta
Georgia
Leroy Lang
Boston
Massachusetts
Lewis Lang
A. E. Coe
Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello Rotary Hosts Unusual Memory Training Talk
Norman Atkinson of Miami delivered an engaging address on memory training to the Monticello Rotary Club last Monday evening. Introduced by J. LeRoy Farmer, the speaker demonstrated rapid recall of names and items by memory techniques, listing four dozen business items and recounting which were answered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Atkinson
Miami
Fla
Monticello
Locher Showcases Wurlitzer Pianos in Brown Mahogany
Frank A. Locher displays two attractive Wurlitzer instruments at his Monticello music store. A small studio upright with fine tone and a five foot nine inch grand dazzle buyers. Music lovers should see these pianos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Locher
Monticello
Monticello Builds New Fire Truck For Firefighters
The Monticello city council bought a one ton Chevrolet fire truck from Matthiessen Auto & Supply for 570 dollars plus 552 dollars to equip the chassis. The truck will lack a pump but includes ladders and hose provisions. A fund to equip and maintain a firemen’s club room has started with 100 dollars donated by Messrs Co J and Fred Matthiessen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticellors
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Company
William E. Corbin
Messrs. Co. J
Fred Matthiessen
Soldiers’ Memorial
Raleigh Iowa News Roundup of Local Events and Incidents
The State Bar plans its Cedar Rapids annual meeting for June 21 22 Fayette raises 52440 toward a 50000 science hall at Upper Iowa University two gorges in the Wapsipinicon river rise ten feet Hill. Rollo Billings faces embezzlement charges in Davenport Charles Francis Clark seeks Linn County senate vacancy Joe Kotihnek Jr 19 months dies in Cedar Rapids Harold Ward nearly dies from silo gas Charles Freeman pleads guilty to murder equivalence in Marion Mrs Irwin Champion dies from car collision Bellevue State bank fails in frozen assets and state banking department takes over R L Gilliam sells road bonds to raise funds for primary and county roads Davenport Bechtel Des Moines and other banks bid on bonds with optional status and premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Bar Association
Cedar Rapids
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Wapsipinicon River
Hale
Rollo Billings
Mount Ida Presbyterian Church
First National Bank of
Davenport
Charles Francis Clark
Linn County
Haskell
Joe Kotihnek, Jr
Joe Kotihnek
Oxford Junction
Eileen
Harold Ward
Arlington High School
Charles Squires
Chesley Squires
R. L. Gilliam
Cedar County
Iowa National Bank of Des Moines
George M. Bechtel and Company of
Thirty Years Ago Monticello News And Notes
Thermometers read fifteen below zero. Star Meat Market owners dissolved partnership. John D Haeussler continues business. Dr W J Coughlan aided Newton for his father's death. Postmaster L T Alexander replaced by Daniel E Pond. salary $1500 yearly. Alaska gold trip ends fatally for Adolph Miller. companions share costs and finds. Births include a ten pound boy to the Schweitzers and a fourteen pound boy to the Buols. Marriages include Alfred Pillard and Hannah Luken. Anna Schwartz and Phillip Timpe. Mary Poppe and John Zimmerman. Anna Broerkens and Austin Stadtmueller. Chas Howie and Etta Hall. Monticello connected to New York City toll lines. bicycle fad noted. Monticello snowfall tallied at fifty inches. Hicks & Eilers add crockery to store. Senior class guests from Anamosa. John Fitzsimmons moves to Independence. J S Hauser sells groceries to Fayette buyer. stock sold at auction. Mrs F C Brown, former resident, dies. D C Tice, longtime carriage maker, dies after 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Meat Market
Haeussler & Schneider
John D. Haeussler
W. J. Coughlan
Newton
C. S. Bidwell
A. A. Shaeffer
John Schweitzer
Richland Township
Daniel E. Pond
L. T. Alexander
Monticello
David Helsey
Adolph Miller
John Larson
Frank
Omer Fuller
Sam Lawrence
Anamosa
Alaska
Alfred Pillard
Pratrieburg
Hannah Luken
David Street
Iowa Telephone Company
New York City
Hicks
Maude Wheelock
Grace Lovell
Lloyd Jennings
Emma Schneider
Orville Hosford
Grace Thoeni
Clara Ricklets
J. S. Hauser
Fayette
F. C. Brown
S. C. Batchelder
Langworthy
D. C
D. C. Tice, For Thirty Years A Carriage Maker In Monticello
Winterset Man E H Smith Appointed Secretary of State
Ed M. Smith of Winterset Madisonian publisher and former state senator is appointed by Governor Hammill to fill the secretary of state vacancy after Walter Ramsey's death. He will serve until the November election and may run to retain the post. Born in Jackson County, Smith also lived in Center Junction and taught in Madison County before entering politics. He is a Drake University and Dexter Normal College alum, a 32nd degree Mason, Shrine member, Knights of Pythias, and active in Winterset First Presbyterian Church. He and wife Mrs. Smith have four daughters, the youngest 16. A Cedar Rapids drive seeks 60,000 for a memorial coliseum and city hall pipe organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed M. Smith
Winterset
Madisonian
Hammill
Walter C. Ramsey
Senator Smith
Mr. Smith
Jackson County
Jones County
Center Junction
Madison County
State Senate
Drake University
Dexter Normal College
Jones County Leads In Iowa Corn Yield Test Results
Four Jones county farmers competed in the Iowa State College yield test in district No. 9 Ames. E F Burr led with 54.26 bushels per acre, Paul N Smith 51.18, McNeilly & Smith 49.85, and W F Hintz & Son 49.21. Open pollinated class average was 44.66 with district No. 9 low at 36.74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa State College
Ames
E. F. Burr
Monticello
W. F. Hintz
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
Corn and Grain Growers Association
Jcleaming
Paul N. Smith
Iowa
McNeilly & Smith
Screaming
W. F. Hintz & Son
Spruceville Dent
Parent Teachers To Meet In Monticello Auditorium
The newly organized Monticello Parent Teachers Association holds its first regular meeting next Wednesday February 22 at 2 pm in the Monticello public schools auditorium. Mrs John H Fraser president leads the event open to the public with refreshments provided by the program committee. The national group founded in 1897 has grown from 200000 members in 1920 to over a million last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent- Teachers Association of
Monticello
Monticello Public Schools
John H. Fraser
Sacred Heart defeats Cascade 26 to 10 in high school game
Sacred Heart of Monticello handily beat Cascade St. Martin's 26 to 10. Harold Dunne led Sacred Heart with 8 points, Captain Schlimmer added 7, as Monticello-substitutes saw action in a fast fourth period. The opening lineup featured J Locher Neilly Schlimmer Donahoe Nordman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart
St. Martin's
Cascade
Monticello
Donahoe
Schlimmer
Sacred Heart Five
J. Locher
Neilly
Nordman
H. Dunne
B. McAleer
Schneider
T. White
F. Locher
Harold Dunne
Executive Officers Elected For Creamery
The first meeting of the new directors of the Farmers Mutual Creamery company for 1928 was held at the creamery yesterday afternoon. The directors elected Frank Hayden as president and George Van Buren as vice president. The board includes Hayden Hardscrabble, Harms Sand Springs, Balsiger Bowen's Prairie, Hoffman Scotch Grove, Hanken Wayne, Van Buren Cass, and Cramer Castle Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Frank Hayden
George van Buren
Herman Harms
Sand Springs
Will Balsiger
Bowen's Prairie
Will Hoffman
Scotch Grove
Fred Hanken
Wayne
Cass
Fred Cramer
Castle Grove
Mrs Blanchard Celebrates 83rd Birthday In Minneapolis
Mrs. Sarah Blanchard of Minneapolis says she marked her 83rd birthday with a cake from her niece Mrs. Thomas Kingsley of Cascade. She notes Dr. Norman Smith, once of Monticello, now runs a thriving practice in the city, and that her husband edited The Express for eleven years before Herrick & Dosze bought it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Blanchard
Minneapolis
Minn
the Express
Thomas Kingsley
Cascade
Norman Smith
Monticello
New Books for Circulation at Public Library
Public library adds varied adult fiction and children titles including The Bellamy Trial The Changing Road Colorado Meanwhile The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Boys Book of Pirates Gifts to the Library feature Dusty Answer The Christ of the Indian Road Hammond Twins and a pamphlet on Corn and U S postage stamps from 1847 to 1927 Frail librarian Miss Florence Noble notes the collection offers something for all readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Noble
Hart
F. N
Bellamy
MacGrath
Harold
Raine
W. M
Colorado
Jack Slade
Wells
H. G
Wilder
T. N
San Luis Rey
Peru
Gulf
Lehmann
Rosamond
Dusty Answer
Jones, E. S
the Christ of the
Pyle
Howard
Jones W. K
Hammond Twins
U. S
Monticello Seeks Broad Local Library Subscription
A wealthy former Monticello resident has ordered duplicating any subscription the town may arrange for the public library. The library board should pursue a liberal local subscription to raise about $1,000 for reference and current books, an opportunity not to be lost by half measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Lirary Board
Wwa
Independent School District of Monticello Election Nears
The annual school district election in Monticello is one month away. On March 12, the second Monday, voters will elect one director to replace Tom Shover who completes a three year term and a treasurer to succeed Albert J. Stuhler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Tom Shover
Albert J. Stuhler
Birth of Marvin Harry Maire daughter of Schatz family
Mr and Mrs Harry Maire welcomed their first child, a son named Marvin Harry, last evening. He weighed ten and a half pounds at birth. Mrs Maire, formerly Miss Ann Schatz, is the daughter of Carl Schatz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Maire
Marvin Harry
Maire
Ann Schatz
Carl Schatz
Milly Moore Weds Christopher Mardorf at West Union
Miss Milly Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Moore married Christopher Mardorf son of Rev C Mardorf on February 1 in West Union The ceremony was conducted by Rev Hugo Lutz brother in law of the groom The couple plans to reside on a farm near Anamosa Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milly Mac
Will Moore
Christopher Mardorf
Rev. C. Mardorf
West Union
Mardorf
Hugo Lutz
Anamosa
Miss Lena Caspers United In Marriage
Lena Caspers and Gerhard Mardorf wed yesterday at St Peter and Pauls Church Castle Grove township with Rev Gottlieb Wolf officiating. Bridesmaid Miss Margaret Caspers and best man Carl Mardorf attended. A turquoise gown and rose bouquet featured the bride with a Pearl Rose georgette crepe dress for the bridesmaid. A wedding dinner followed at the Caspers home and a reception at the American Legion hall with Fischer orchestra. The couple will reside on the Mardorf farm near Sand Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engel Lena Caspers
Gerhard Mardorf
St. Peter and Paul’s Church
Castle Grove Township
Gottlieb Wolf
Margaret Caspers
Carl Mardorf
A. F. M. Caspers
Primary Road No 161 keeps old route through Monticello move
Word from Monticello reports no change to Primary Road No 161 passing through town. The road will jog south of town past Farmers Mutual Creamery along Main Street then toward Carisade. Bridges east of Monticello shift about 300 feet north to straighten the alignment per highway commission action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Farmers Mutual Creamery
Main Street
Cariscade
Montremllo
Highway Commission
Anes
Niles
Monticello Bounces Hopkinton 20–12 in Home Victory
Monticello defeated Hopkinton 20 to 12 in a hard fought game. Raymond Maruge and Sam Rhatigan sparked Monticello with key scores in the fourth quarter. Next Tuesday, Wyoming visits as Monticello seeks a season sweep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Hopkinton
Monti
Hopkinton High School
Raymond Maruge
Sam Rhatigan
Sam
Maurice
Raymond Marugg
Wyoming
Appleby
Davis Rhatigan
Beitz
R. Merueg- Wee
A. Wallace
H. Maruge
Spa
Wilson Maurice
Ceee Ie
Johnston
Rev McCormick Dies At Home In Winthrop
The Rev John McCormick former pastor of Sacred Heart Monticello and later at Winthrop died at his home in Winthrop last night at 10 o clock. Born 1860 in Ireland he served St Raphael Dubuque St Mary Britt Harper's Ferry and Monticello before leading Winthrop parish. Funeral will be held in Winthrop Saturday at 10 with burial near Dubuque. His housekeeper Mary O Rourke had served since 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCormick
Church of the Sacred Heart
Monticello
Winthrop
Rev. McCormick
Ireland
Mt. Milleran Seminary
Carlow College
Holy Order of the Priesthood
America
Dubuque
St. Raphael’s Church
George A. Hauck
McCormick
Montcello
Key West
Mary O'Rourke
BE. G. Burrichter
Monticello Nips Wyoming 37 11 In Monticello Gym
Monticello high defeated Wyoming 37 to 11 last Monday night in the Monticello gym. The game was moved from Tuesday to Monday to avoid conflicts, drawing a small crowd. Coach Jack Finlay used his second unit late, still scoring well as the first string.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Wyoming
Red
Jack Finlay
Anamosa
Appleby
A. Rohwedder
ERA Co. Swordes
R. Marugg
A. Luke H. Mar Use
S. Eichhorn
P. Rohwedder
Patschi Cor
George Green Returns to Davenport Run After Gasoline Car Replacement
George Green, veteran rail road engineer, resumes control of the Monticello Davenport passenger engine after the gasoline electric car was removed. The full crew is back on duty and no new gasoline car is expected on this run due to rough road beds and hauling needs. The Ryan car between Calmar and Cedar Rapids shows good service and a similar purchase may occur. The Monticello to Calmar jitney repair car is due back this week to continue the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Green
Monticello Davenport
Milwaukee Company
Calmar
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Dance To Be Held On Washington's Birthday
A dance is planned at the Masonic Temple on Wednesday evening February 22 Washington’s Birthday. Members of the Eastern Star Masons and families are invited. An orchestra will provide music and punch will be served between dances. Committee: G J Van Buren W W Stickford and Dr Asa P Lambert. No formal invitations will be mailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
George Washington
Order of the Eastern Star
G. J. van Buren
W. W. Stickford
Asa P. Lambert
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. J. Lang, Sr
Monticello Rotary Club
F. A. Locher
Charles Freeman
Rufus Gibbs
Marion
F. L. Anderson
George McLoud
George Berger
Irwin Champion
Russell Wells
Bellevue State Bank
State Banking Department
Kelso
Seward Savings Banks
Bellevue National Bank
National Bank
Seward
E.H. Smith
Jackson CO
Memorial Coliseum
City Hall
St. Martin’s
Public Library
Children’s Books
Mrs. Maire
Lena Caspers
ST. Peter and Paul's Lutheran Church
Old Course
Sacred Heart Parish
Tronticello
Davenport Run
Washington
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!