Initiation of 41 Boys into DeMolay in Monticello
George Washington chapter DeMolay of Monticello held a formal initiation at the local Masonic Temple last Friday evening. A class of 41 candidates from Monticello and nearby communities Anamosa Wyoming and Center Junction were initiated with Cedar Rapids chapter oversight before 150 master Masons. The event featured robes, solos by local musicians, and a banquet on the temple’s first floor. Officers for the new chapter were installed by Needham Young with a six month term, and a second initiation class is planned next month with Dubuque chapter officers in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
DeMolay
Monticello
Anamosa
Wyoming
Center Junction
Cedar Rapids
Needham Young
Walter Byers
Elmo Holland
Tom Bailey
Floyd Young
Ben Padensky
Paul Lubbock
Don Nelson
Don Zook
Edward Knack
Glen Petrick
Frank Suchomel
Everett McCreedy
Nevin Nichols
Bradley Seaton
Millard Keith
Harold Smith
Vernon Myrstic
Otto
Kora
Norton Miller
C. H. Cogswell
O. H. Adams
E. J. Maresh
Hugh Eugene Lambert
Robert Frederic Davies
Irvin Irvine Rhatigan
George Richard Guyan
James Arthur Maurice
Louis Raymond Hoag
John Alvin Che
Billy Stet
Stickford
Harold Martin Marugg
Sam Rhatigan
Carroll Edward Podhaski
John Charles Shover
George Edward Hoult
Meyer Marmis
Kenneth Brown Hosford
Donald Leroy Morey
John Keifer Kay
James Albert Bender
Leo Marmis
Bruce Wilbur Suthers
Herbert Glenn Sampson
John Zubler
George Ellis Ireland
Laurence Chris Martinson
Temple Building
W. H. Laude
Arch Grimes
Masonic
Emil
Rex Ricklefs
Frank Royden
A. B. Grimes
George Hoult
Raymond Hoag
Curtis Moncrief
Howard McLaughlin
Carroll Podhaski
James Maurice
Jack Rees
John Shover
William Stickford
George R. Guyan
George Guyan
E. E. Reed
W. A. Suthers
E. C. Rickless
B. C. Roberts
Harry Rodman
Dubuque
Monticello State Bank Elects Directors at Annual Meeting
Monticello State Bank held its annual stockholders meeting last Thursday afternoon delayed due to President H M Carpenter Sr illness. Stockholders re elected the same board with H M Carpenter Jr filling the vacancy left by W L Hanssen. Directors met in executive session and named the same officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello State Bank
H. M. Carpenter
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
W. L. Hanssen
Newt Parrott Weather Prophet Sees River Change
Newt Parrott notes last Washington's Birthday river fishing was pleasant with no ice and good catches, while this year the scene differs. He recalls a calm day with plentiful fish compared to current wintry conditions.
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Newton Parrott
Washington
Annual School Board Election Set for March 11 in Monticello
Monticello voters will choose two directors at the annual school election on Monday March 11 between 12 and 7 PM. Incumbents Dr John H Fraser and Frank E Stimson seek re election. Nominating petitions signed by ten electors must be filed with Secretary Charles Luett by March 1 and ten days before the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
John H. Fraser
Frank E. Stimson
the Board of Education
Charles Luett
Auction sales and local notices across Iowa farms
Auction sales near Greeley and Oxford Junction report corn and hay prices, with cattle and horse values. Postmaster Clarence B. Loser appointed at Strawberry Point. Regional plans include new post offices in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, and Iowa City. Local deaths include Joseph Trypkosh and Cassius Moffit. 4-H honors noted for Edna Ross, Beth McGlade, Paul Orr, and Nieman Maurer. Cascade Pioneer cites settlement of a county suit for 20000 in Dubuque.
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Greeley
Clarence B. Loser
Strawberry Point
Sam Adams
Oxford Junction
Iowa Cities
Public Building Committees of Congress
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Iowa City
Joseph Trypkosh
Edna Ross
Beth McGlade
Delaware County
Paul Orr
Nieman Maurer
Miss Ross
Manchester
Miss McGlade
Hopkinton
Miss Boss
Chicago, Great Western Railroad Company
Farm Barn Error Ends With Severe Cut to Adolph Bohlken
Adolph G. Bohlken suffered a deep cut on his left cheek below the eye after a barn disturbance between a horse and a colt. He tried to stop the quarrel with a pitch fork, but the horse struck first and kicked the fork into the stable top. The wound is healing though the eye swelled for two days and he will avoid handling unruly horses for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph G. Bohlken
Adolph
Forty Years Ago Items of Occurrences Chronicle Monticello Events
H F Kaylor bought the Chesterfield property on North Cedar to build a home. John White acquired a warehouse near the city hall for a carpenter shop. Peter Like sold his farm as two miles northeast of Monticello. A son was born to Dr and Mrs O B Rundle on the 12th. A marriage united Carrie Burdick and James Twanley in Alexandria South Dakota on the 26th. Various local life events include marriages births moves and a failed condensed milk factory plan due to a $10,000 bonus.
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H. F. Kaylor
Chesterfield
North Cedar Street
John White
First Street
City Hall
Peter Like
Monticello
Cecil Thompson
O. B. Rundle
Carrie M. Burdick
James L. Twanley
Castle Grove Township
Alexandria
South Dakota
Fred Matthiessen
Carroll County
Eva C. Hofacre
Parker C. Bartlett
St. Paul
Nancy Fogerty
Frank Buxton
P. O. Babcock
Wheatland Gazette
Will Velon
Chicago
Benjamin Brazelton
Saul Brazelton
Coggan
Merritt F. Squires
M. W. Squires
Sarah E. Beck
James T. Mc~ Willams
George Rettig
Fannie Croston
Lewis Lehner
John Croston
Richland Township
Burt»Perley
Ames
Agricultural College
Nellie Garlock
Brad Street
W. W. Dawson
Langworthy
Great Bend
Kansas
John Scales
Central City
Thomas Cowan
Jones County
Cascade
Cowan
Washington Township
Edmund Quirk
Sand Spring
Charles Maloy
George F. Carter
Mattie Dawson
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Carter
Mason City
Louise Schneider
Jacob Schneider
Prairieburg
Anniversary Of Founding Of Rotary Observed
The Monticello Rotary Club marked its 24th founding anniversary last Monday evening at Maples Inn. President J. J. Locher led the event and Billy Sloan was guest of honor, celebrating 40 years as janitor of the Monticello public schools. Speakers included Ray Hoag, T. M. Redmond, C. A. Coxsee, and Ben O. Roberts.
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Rotary
Maples Inn
J. J. Locher
Monticello Club
Billy Sloan
Monticello Public Schools
Locher
Billy
Ray Hoag
T. M. Redmond
C. A. Coxsee
Ben 0. Roberts
Change in Hog Raising Plan Sparks Interest
Express field man met Ray George who said he and his father would not keep sows this year. They plan to buy two or three carloads of pigs for summer market and compare results with their usual farrowing of 125 to 300 pigs. Farmers will watch the Georges plan with interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray George
Ray
Billy Sloan Honored for Forty Years at Monticello Schools
Billy Sloan, Monticello public schools janitor for forty years, was honored last Tuesday Feb 26 with a public reception in the school auditorium. The event recognized his long service, warm rapport with students and staff, and his role in harmonizing playground differences. Attendees included high school musicians and J W Coxsee, who presented an electric radio and speaker as a token of appreciation.
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Billy Sloan
Monticello
Billy
Board of Education
Rose Wilcox
Mount Vernon
Bertha Mae Goldin
John Locher, Jr
J. W. Coxsee
Board
Monticello Quintet Heads to Dubuque Sectional
Monticello High School aims for the Iowa sectional title at Dubuque Senior High, part of a 16-team Class A field. Monticello faces Dubuque High tonight at 9, after which the winner meets Edgewood. Manchester and Maquoketa meet tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Dubuque
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Edgewood
Maquoketa
Manchester
Ralph Johnson
Monti
Mrs D Pirie Beyea Addresses Monticello Students
Mrs. D. Pirie Beyea spoke to the combined senior high assembly at the public school. Introduced by Supt. A. B. Grimes, she lectured for the Iowa state health department and urged cleanliness in living and thinking with examples from her experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Pirie-Beyea
A. B. Grimes
Beyea
Iowa State Department of Health
Monticello
Henry Albert
Prices Guide Strong Sale At Lengenhager Farm
Auctioneer L P Waddick reports a standout sale at Peter Lengenhager’s Hardscrabble farm this Tuesday. Cows sold at 151 132 and 105 dollars with fifteen head averaging 85 60. Ten months old heifers 38 each and Chester White bred gilts 39 50. Corn sold 83 and 85 cents per bushel. Timothy hay 10 a ton and Barred Rock pullets 1 20. The farm will remain in partnership with Adolph Steuri for another year. Monday he closed out the Clarence Rickels farm near Fairview with totals above 2 000 dollars.
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L. P. Waddick
Peter Lengenhager
Chester White
Clear Timothy Hay
Lengenhager
Adolph Steuri
Waddick
Clarence Rickels
Fairview
Franklin Equip Co Adds Large Dress and Krump Press
Franklin Equipment Company added two new machines, including a 35,000 pound Chicago Steel Forming Press by Dress and Krump, plus a 12,000 pound splitting shear and a 7,000 pound Bliss press ordered for installation. The press forms sheet steel up to 3 sixteenths inch thick, 12 feet long, and can punch small holes. the basket and venting departments moved to a rear brick building as workers total sixty. Supt Rudolph Langer arranged workflow from flat sheet to finished product with a continuous process through the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Equipment Company
Chicago Steel Forming
Dress and Krump Manufacturing Company
Iowa
Franklin Company
Bliss
Rudolph Langer
Alfalfa urged for Jones County farmers by ISU expert
L. W. Foreman of Iowa State College urges Jones County farmers to grow alfalfa with proper soil preparation and limestone. He notes many soils are light and need lime, organic matter boosts growth, and local limestone deposits reduce freight. He warns lime-deferral impairs seedling success and economics depend on local limestone use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
L. W. Foreman
Iowa State College
Ames
Jones County
Bride Carolyn Stuhler Weds James H Carter in Monticello Church
The Monticello wedding of Miss Carolyn Stuhler and James Hamilton Carter of Cincinnati Ohio was held at the Congregational church. The ceremony featured organ music Liszt and Wagner, a velvet gown for the bride, and a reception at the bride’s home. The couple plans to live in Cincinnati after a wedding trip to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Stuhler
James Hamilton Carter
Cincinnati
Ohio
McNary
Harold Walton
Louisville
Kentucky
Mildred Fledcher
Elizabeth Fletcher
Elgin
Joe Gardner
Riess Stuhler
Albert Stuhler
Harry Stuhler
John Jasper
John Dunham Stuhler
Calla Lilles
George Guyan
Liszt
Mignon
Thomas
Will of the Wisp
Nevin
Strelesky
Wagner
Frederick Stewart Stahler
Frederick Stahler
Frederick Stewart Stuhler
James Carter
de Walt Ankeny
William Lang
Walter Trigen
Edward Hamilton
Mildred
Inez Young
Bernice Podhaski
Harriet Rohn
Elfriede Cartano
Lyle Kelly
Beahl Perrine
Carter
Chicago
Lincoln Avenue
Louis Stabler
Rochester
Minnesota
J. W. Fletcher
Illinois
Edward Pirpont Hamilton
Two Rivers
Wisconsin
Charles von Schroeder
Melvin Joiner
George Mitchell
Maquoketa
Iowa
Clyde Marshall
Eldon Rohn
Beahi Perrine
Cedar Rapids
Walter Ilgen
Chicago Heights
Manchester
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Frederick P. Stahler
Monticello
Wellesler College
Mr. Carter
Daughter born to Frank Stuart Jr. and wife in Kansas City
A daughter was born at John McDonald hospital at 2 this morning to Mrs. Frank Stuart Jr. and Mrs. Frank Stuart of Kansas City. It is the couple’s fifth child. Mrs. Stuart has been visiting her mother Mrs. Allie D. McLaughlin, who is recovering from a serious illness, for three weeks. A school note records a fifth grade Newcomb game taught by Miss Hughes and Miss Henderson where Hughes’ team won 51 to 43.
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Frank Stuart Jr
Frank Stuart
Kansas City
John McDonald Hospital
Stuart
Allie D. Mclaughlin
McLaughlin
Hughes
Henderson
Newcomb
Monticello Council Votes No Street Paving This Summer
Monticello taxpayers were spared street paving after a special city council meeting Monday night. After debate the paving project on First Street and several others from Gill Street to the city limits was left without definite action.
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Monticello
Ray Hoag
First Street
Gill Street
Fourth
Sycamore
Washington
Fine Lecture at School Highlights Mental School Education
Mrs. D. Pirie Beyea spoke last evening in the high school auditorium under the P T association. Employed by the Iowa State Department of Health, she emphasized mental physical and spiritual education as the three great essentials in civilization and urged parents to share in disciplining children. The department promotes vital statistics registration and urges biannual physical exams to aid early cancer and heart trouble detection. early treatment remains key for cancer.
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D. Pirie-Beyer
P.T. Association
Beyen
Iowa State Department of Health
Henry Albert
West Indies
New York City
Hoover Belgian Relief Commission
Army of Occupation
Germany
Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
State Department of Health
Beyea
Towa
Elmer Cropp Injured Falling on Cedar Rapids Stairs
Elmer Cropp of Cedar Rapids was seriously injured Sunday evening when his feet became wedged between basement steps while checking a furnace fire. His head was caught, causing temporary paralysis. his wife freed him and a physician found no broken bones. Roy and Bruce Cropp reported his gradual improvement after visiting Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Cropp
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Cropp
Messrs
Roy
Bruce Cropp
Mrs. Jennie Brown of Anamosa Dead at 69
Mrs. Jennie Brown wife of George B. Brown of Anamosa died at home last Saturday. A New York born daughter of R. L. Leach she moved to Anamosa in 1876 and was a former hotel operator. Surviving are her husband and daughter Mrs. Hazel Hart with funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brown
Anamosa
Jennie Brown
George B. Brown
Brown
R. L. Leach
New York
Fairview
Hazel Hart
Pythian Sisters Lodge
Methodist Church
District Court Opens March Term in Jones County
Judge F L Anderson will preside as the Jones county district court opens its March term in Anamosa on Monday March 4. The grand jury is called for that day and the petit jury begins the second week on March 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Anderson
Jones County District Court
Anamosa
Petit Jury
Auction sales near Hopkinton and Edgewood report prices
J. French breeder of milking Shorthorns held a closing out sale near Hopkinton. Eight cows sold $69 to $89, yearling heifers $34 to $40, a nine month old bull $40, two calves $21 each, herd bull $133, a team of horses $96, shoats $14.59, brood sows $45, corn 72 cents a bushel, ensilage $4.40 a ton. Top horse $115 at Schacherer sale near Edgewood. Four horses sold. 23 head of grade Shorthorn calves $15 to $72. Crowd mostly arrived by sleds. some reached BHagewood by auto, others walked or rode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ©. French
Hopkinton
J. Jd. Schacherer
Edgewood
Bhagewood
Tornado Season Strikes Duncan Mississippi Dead and Injured
A powerful tornado swept through Duncan Mississippi last Monday, killing ten in a single building collapse and leaving 20 dead and 100 injured along its path. The town with about 600 residents was hardest hit as the storm also caused damage in Texas areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Duncan
Texas
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Newt Parrott Weather Prophet
First National Bank
Cascade Pioneer Records
County of
Aetna Casualty and Insurance Company of
Hartford
Oxford Mirror
C. A. Leffing
Seventh Avenue
L. C. Hodoval
Cassius Moffit
Cedar County
Linn Township
Moffit
John T. Moffit
Lulu Moffit
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Order
Quaker Oats Company
University of Illinois
A. G. Bohlken
the Express
Billy” Sloan
Monticello Quintette
RED
Black Warriors
Dubuque High
Franklin Equip. Co
James H. Carter
Congregationnal Church
The
Iowa Department of Health
New Law
Arthur S. Mannes
C. P. Daly
B.C. DeWitt, Inc
E. F. Hodoval
Gerhardt Tjaden
Tom Fegen
American Trust & Savings Bank
Charles J. Trachta
Herbert Herr
J. N. Parks
Landlord
Anamosa Produce Co
B. W. Musser
B. M. Musser
Bertha Moran
Louis Moran
M. S. Koppess
Ed Yardem
C. H. Menold
Admr
First Trust & Savings Bank
A. Cubbage
Frank R. Sage
John T. Lamey
Maeme Pashek
Mary Hanwardson
S. T. McLaughlin
Robert Sloan
James Paulista
Emma Swomley
Guardian
Elizabeth Musser
John Bodenhofer
Best Oil & Refining Co
Simon J. Singer
Robert H. Sloan
William F. O'Hara
Clay Chaplin
Samuel Agnew
C. W. Orr
Hazel Orr
Rock Island Plow Co
Wm. G. Schoon
New Equity
State of Iowa
H. F. Marceau
Verne McCray
Clarence Wells
Andrew Tobiassen
Whitey Koppess
John A. Aschigen
Louis Breitbach
G. H. Eilers
Frank Breitbach
State of Towa
A. J. Paber
Lee Bartlett
Et al
Lynn Jessen
Charley Wells
F. P. Dunn
State of
Mr. L. Nehls
Norton C. Litt
First Trust & Savings Bank of
Town
Pred van Buskirk
First National Bank of Wyoming
Rhoda Holub
Admx
George Holub
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