De Molay Initiation Set for Monticello Friday Night
A new De Molay chapter will be instituted in Jones county with a class of forty young men ages 16 to 21. George Washington chapter De Molay will be formed under Burns Lodge 173 A F and A M with Dr Cogswell of Cedar Rapids to institute the local chapter assisted by O H Adams. Judge Hubert Utterbach of Des Moines and Dubuque chapter members attend. A six o'clock dinner precedes initiation at the Masonic Temple.
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Jones County
George Washington
de Molay
Burns Lodge No. 173
A. F
A.M
Cedar Rapids
Cogswell
William H. Laude
DeMolay
Monticello
W. A. Suthers
E. E. Reed
George Guyan
B. C. Roberts
Harry S. Rodman
Emil C. Rickless
Sacred Heart Basketball Suffered Loss and Victory
Sacred Heart high defeated St. Patrick's of Cedar Rapids 14 to 8 after three overtimes, then lost to Columbia Academy of Dubuque 28 to 12 at the public school gym. Monticello's lineup included Donahoe Schneider J Locher Schlimmer McAleer Carmichael and R McAleer with Schneider leading scoring.
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Sacred Heart
St. Pat's
Cedar Rapids
Columbia Academy of
Columbia Academy
Dubuque
Monticello
Columbia
Schneider
Dubuque Five
Donahoe
J. Locher
Schlimmer
J. McAleer
Carmichael
R. McAleer
Sacred Heart High School
St. Patrick's High School
Lockwood
Locher
McAleer
Hanson
Larkin
Handly
Special Business Meeting of P T Association February notice
Special notice calls all members of the Parent Teachers Association to a meeting next Wednesday at 7 30 p m to conduct association business. The session will precede an address by Mrs Pirle Beyea at 8 p m, with punctual attendance urged.
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Parent-Teachers' Association
Pirle-Beyea
Billy Sloan to be Honored by Monticello Public Schools
Monticello plans a Wednesday evening ceremony at 8 o'clock to honor Billy Sloan who has served as the public schools janitor for forty years. The event follows a D Pirie Beyea lecture sponsored by the Parent Teachers association, with a call for all former students to attend.
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Billy Sloan
Monticello
Billy” Sloan
Parent-Teachers Association
D. Pirie-Beyea
Sloan
Monticello Boys Close Season With Mixed Results
Monticello high beats Marion 27 to 16 on Friday then loses to Anamosa 14 to 13 Monday. Captain Sam Rhatigan leads a late surge in the Marion game while Anamosa outscores Monticello in the final period. The team finishes the season vs Martelle before sectionals, with hopes of contending in Class B alongside Independence and West Waterloo.
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Monti High
Marion
Anamosa
Finlay
Foc
I. Ore Ies Ae
Monticello
Sam Rhatigan
Sam
Monti
Independence
Martelle
West Waterloo
Rotary Club Hears Mardi Gras Travel Tale
Dr Cr G Thomas described his trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras on Shrove Tuesday. He praised the floats and the festive crowd, saying the carnival impressed all who attended and sparked a wish to visit the South during that season.
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Rotary Club
Mardi Gras
Cr. G. Thomas
New Orleans
Southland
Monticello Chronicle Thirty Years Ago Item Highlights
A series of late 19th century local notes from Monticello recount a fire destroying the Ellsworth home, the death of Constance J Berga, and local business shifts. The piece lists military service and deaths of townspeople, saloon openings, school salaries, farm cooperative funds, severe February cold, weddings, and a long-lived centenarian, among other community events.
Reelect Frank Hayden President of Creamery
At the regular monthly meeting of the Farmers' Mutual Creamery board, Frank Hayden was reelected president for another year and Harm Harms was chosen vice president. A resolution set butterfat payment at 56 cents per pound for January.
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Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Frank Hayden
Harm Harms
Elmer J Noble III Struck By Light Stroke At Home
Elmer J Noble III suffered a light stroke last Friday afternoon while working on his automobile in his garage. He was found after about two hours by Master Wilbur Coxsee and taken to bed with a physician summoned. His condition improved this morning with normal temperature and pulse. Friends expect a speedy recovery.
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Elmer J. Noble
Wilbur Coxsee
Mr. Noble
Joe Seery
Fuller
Coggan
Lulu Moffit
Mechanicsville
C. G. Stookey
Miss Moffit
John T. Moffit
18Th Judicial District of
Iowa
L. E. Pride
Monticello
Manchester
I. C
Henry Volk
Oxford Junction
Prophetstown
Illinois
Lieut
J. M. Davies
Rantoul
Til
Charles F. McCuskey
Rochester
Minn
Davies
Dubuque
McCuskey
Final Summons Call Several Residents Here And Abroad
Obituary notices and funeral summaries record the deaths of Harry Marshall in Freeport Illinois and John Eden in Wayne township. Marshall, born April 1875 in Lincolnshire England, died on the operating table during goiter surgery after a life split between Monticello Blanchardville and Los Angeles. Eden, born September 1863 in Ostfriesland Germany, died after a heart attack in his Wayne township home, with services led by Rev Willms and burial beside family in the local Lutheran cemetery.
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Harry Marshall
Will Marshall
Monticello
Freeport
Ilinois
Mr. Marshall
Blanchardville
Wisconsin
John
Elizabeth Marshall
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
England
United States
Darlington
Bessie McEwen
Marshall
Vern
Homer
Stanley
Chicago
Blanchardvile
Los Angeles
Will
Harry Anspatch
Morrison
Illinois
Frank Shellenger
Denver
Colorado
James Wilson
Flandreau
South Dakota
George
Colorado Springs
E. J. Thompson
Louis Schwartz
Chris
Mankato
Minnesota
Walter
Fulton
Town
Methodist Episcopal Church
Otto Hillens
Rustigen
Germany
Fritz
Sanderbusch
Frerick
Roffhausen
Stoffers
Lutheran Church
Rev. J. Willms
Zion's Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
John Eden
Mr. Eden
Upschaert
Ostfriesland
Eilke
Margaret (Nee Hinrichs) Eden
Reessholt
Mary
Eden
D. J. Dirks
Meta Otten
Johanna Dirks
Stoffers Dies Suddenly at Cass Center Home
Hero C Stoffers died suddenly at his home near Cass Center on a Saturday morning while cleaning parts of a separator. Doctors attributed heart failure. Born March 8 1879 in Shortens Roffhausen Germany he would have been 50 next month. He married Marie Tjaden in 1905 and emigrated to the United States in 1911 settling in Wayne township. The Stoffers family later farmed at Cass Center. Survived by widow and three sons Fred Alvin Walter all at home.
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Hero C. Stoffers
Cass Center
Mr. Stoffers
Shortens
Roffhausen
Germany
Marie Tjaden
Schaar
United States
Wayne Township
Stoffers
Jones County
Amber
Week's Freight Shipments Total Fifteen Carloads
Freight shipments from the station rose last week with multiple consignments to Chicago and New York. Adams & Adams led hog and cattle shipments, including two cars to Chicago and a later carload of hogs. Farmers Mutual creamery sent butter and eggs to New York. Ed Eilers, Allen Fairbanks, McQuillen & Son, O'Shea Bros., and others contributed hogs and cattle to Chicago markets.
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John Kurt
Adams & Adams
Chicago
Farmers Mutual Creamery
New York
McDonald & King
Union Stock Yards
Mr. King
Ed Eilers
Allen Fairbanks
McQuillen & Son
Cascade
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
O'Shea Bros
Widow of Dr J E Gilmore to be buried in Buckhorn
The body of Mrs Sarah Gilmore widow of John Gilmore of Baldwin formerly of Monticello was brought to Jackson for funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Baldwin church with Rev Schafer officiating. Burial will follow at Buckhorn cemetery. The widow had lived with her son Dr Eugene Gilmore in Tallapoosa Georgia in later years.
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Jackson Sentinel
J. E. Gilmore
Monticello
Eugene Gilmore
Tallapoosa
Georgia
Sarah Gilmore
Baldwin
Schafer
Buckhorn Cemetery
February Cold Sets Record Across Town and County
February proved the coldest in years with readings from Monticello showing 27 degrees below zero, and unofficial thermometers in the region reporting as low as 32 degrees below. Dubuque official records stood at 24 below, Manchester at 32, and Tipton at 274 below. The Town braces for more cold as forecasts call for another spell of extreme temperatures. residents urged to stock coal and keep overcoats ready.
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Monticello
Tipton
Dubuque
Manchester
Bequests Under Anna Hayen Will Made Public
Mrs. Anna Hayen widow of Haye Hayen died weeks after her husband. She leaves her home to her niece Theda Gerdes and most of her furniture. The will provides $100 to each godchild baptized in Lutheran churches of Jones county. The remainder goes to 61 nephews and nieces named in her husband’s will. Theodore Rieniets is executor.
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Anna Hayen
Haye Hayen
Theda Gerdes
Jones County
Theodore Rieniets
Auctioneers Sweep Two Sales in One Day
L P Waddick held two auctions on Saturday selling horses and mules at the Bader barn with top bids reaching 250 dollars for a black team and about 190 dollars for a mule span. He then moved to the Mrs D L Liddy home where a quantity of furniture brought good prices as she plans to live with her daughters in Omaha, Nebraska.
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L. P. Waddick
Bader Barn
W. H. McDaniel
Cascade Creamery Holds Annual Meeting and Reports
The Cascade Creamery convened its annual meeting with Leo Skahill reelected president and George Ganfield as director for three years. Officers include J. T. Conlin treasurer and Frank Lauser secretary. The gathering featured talks by dairy officials and a report showing 1928 butter fat price 54.6 cents per pound and butter price 47.8 cents. Butter and buttermilk sales totaled $256,236.95.
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Cascade Creamery Company
Leo Skahill
George Ganfield
J. T. Conlin
Frank Lauser
Nick Turnis
Hugo Weber
C. Bedelhecimer
Waterloo
Dairy Council
D. T. Brooks
Mr. Knickerbocker
Creamery Package Manufacturing Company
Frank Kerrigan
C. A. Miller
Cascade
Maurice Sells Last Rhode Island Red Cock Erels
Dr. A. M. Maurice shipped the final of his Single Comb Rhode Island Red cock erels this week. The Tuesday shipment went to Miami Texas to a breeder who previously bought fifteen cockerels from Maurice. Fifty five cockerels existed in the flock last year and all were sold at good prices.
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A. M. Maurice
Rhode Island
Miami
Texas
Maurice
Elmer Hubbard Injured After Ice Slip in LeRoy Visit
Elmer Hubbard traveled to the northern part of the state last week to buy cattle. In LeRoy he slipped on ice and suffered painful injuries forcing him to return home Friday evening.
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Elmer Hubbard
LeRoy
Seven Auction Sales Listed in The Express Ad Pages
The Express features seven auction sales in coming days. Read details in the advertising columns. Notable items include Phillip Shelley’s February 23 household goods sale and Clarence Rickels closing-out sale February 25 with cattle and four horses. Other listings cover Peter Lengenhaager farm sale with 8&7 acre property, Galbrith Kellum household goods, John McCrea household goods, Mrs F C Cartwright sale, and H B Ahrnken farm sale with cattle horses hogs and machinery.
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the Express
Phillip Shelley
Clarence Rickels
Peter Lengenhaager
Galbrith & Kellum
John McCrea
F. C. Cartwright
H. EB. Ahrnken
Monti Dominates County Speech Contest After Loss in Basketball
In Jones county, Monticello's Monti high placed first in all three divisions of the county declamatory contest held in Wyoming last Friday. Six towns competed, with top honors going to George R. Guyan, Laurence Robertson, Phyllis Robbie in oratorical. Lucia Schoon, Betty Brandt, Wilma Sieveka in dramatic. and Ruth Van Buren, others in Poult. Judge Mrs. Margaret Jayne Collet of Upper Iowa University officiated as awards were announced to a large crowd.
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Monti High
Wyoming
Anamosa
Center Junction
Monticello
Olin
Oxford Junction
George R. Guyan
Lincoln
God
Laurence Robertson
Constitution
Phyllis Robbie
Ruth van Buren
January Report from Anamosa Cow Test Association
The January report details a full month of cold weather stressing barns and feed for dairy cows. It lists individual herd totals for milking days, milk produced, and butterfat, highlighting top cows with butterfat above 50 pounds and high producers like No. 195 at 2,086 pounds milk and 85.4 pounds butterfat. The association averaged 359 cows milked and 52 dry, totaling 646 pounds of milk per day with 25.07 pounds butterfat across 37 cows over 50 pounds.
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J. M. Byerly
Carl Siebels
Lee Byerly
Jersey
Peck
Carl Siebels’ Keller
J. M. Bye
Our Association
Chicago Doctor Returns Home to Care for Ill Mother
Dr. John McLaughlin arrived in Chicago yesterday morning to be with his mother Mrs. Allie D. McLaughlin who has been seriously ill with heart trouble. Her condition has significantly improved since.
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John McLaughlin
Chicago
Allie D. McLaughlin
State Bank At Hopkinton Closes Its Doors
Hopkinton’s State Bank closed its doors last Tuesday forenoon amid withdrawal pressure since the Farmers State Bank folded about a year earlier. The last published condition showed assets of 426 541.92 with liquidity stretched by loans and discounts. Local impact is seen as Hopkinton and southern Delaware County face banking disruption. Officers listed include President F E Williamson and Vice Presidents J D McAllister and F W Doolittle with cashier F C Reeve. directors include multiple names. A reorganization or new bank is being discussed to serve Hopkinton town's business needs.
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Hopkinton State Bank
Farmers State Bank
State Banking Department
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Reed Denen Aantharad Tha Atorn
F. E. Williamson
J. D. McAllister
F. W. Doolittle
F. C. Reeve
F. E. Wilamson
N. L. Landers
H. S. Pierce
W. S. Beels
W. R. Reeve
F.C. Reeve
J. S. Wilson
H. J. Williamson
Farewell Dinner Honors Rev and Mrs Kuentzel at Legion Hall
More than 200 parishioners and Montiees band members attended a noon farewell dinner for Rev R P Kuentzel and family as they prepare to move to Reeseville Wisconsin where he accepts a new pastorate. The event also celebrated the couple’s February wedding anniversary with a silverware gift from the church family.
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The
Reformed Church
R. P. Kuentzel
Legion Hall
Kuentzel
Hubbard's Basketball Team Wins Tourney
Phillip Hubbard, athletic coach at Tama, reports his team won the Cedar Town Dysart tournament last Friday and Saturday. The quintet played eleven games this season, finishing with a perfect 100 percent win rate. X Ray Childress travels to Cuba for a health cure after sinus trouble, stopping in Oskaloosa and New Orleans en route to Havana.
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Elmer Hubbard
Phillip Hubbard
Cedar Town
Dysart
Phillip
Tama
Cedar-Iowa
X. Ray Childress
Cuba
Mr. Childress
Oskaloosa
New Orleans
Reet
Havana
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St. Pat’s
P. T. Association
George Ellsworth
Constance J. Berga
Newell
Rock Island Brewery Company
Wills
Robert Gray
Sam Rigby
George Farm
Susan Allman
Ae Deischer
John Matthews
C. C. Rynerson
A. P. Jennings
North Side
Jennings
Theodore Rohn
Nebraska
Manila
Kate Bohlken
G. H. Bohlken
Peter Paulsen
Nicholas Holst
C. Mardoff
John McDonald
Machart
Perthshire
Scotland
John T. Hearn
Martha Washington Hoag
Elmer E. Hoag
Rev
C. A. Towle
Congregational Church
Grinnell
Bright
Gus Mosier
George Quimby
Co. H
Peter Smith
Madison Township
John Clark
Creamery
Ili
California
Hero Stoffers
Wayne
Gilmore
James Haight
Ryan
Edwin Gearhart
Worthington
Town State College
Walter Waskow
Arlington
R. C. Wilson
Edgewood
J. M. Rasmussen
St. Cloud
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Hotel Savery
Dick R. Lane
Davenport
Hanford
Mason City
Black Hawk
Des Moines
Fort Pitt
William Penn
Pittsburgh
Lane
Harry L. Adams
Grundy County
Mattie Pride
Cascade Creamery
Dr. Maurice
Lucia Schoon
Camille
Betty Brandt
Conno Pane
Poult Wortley
Wwe
Quisseig
Pro Patria
Anamosa Cow Test Association
State Bank
Mrs. Kuentzel
Hubbard
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