Merrill Died in Cedar Rapids and Judge Ellison Honored
Henry C. Merrill 78 died Tuesday in Cedar Rapids at his step-daughter’s home. Funeral at Maxwell Methodist Church with burial in Maxwell cemetery. Survived by two sisters. longtime Maxwell resident and monument dealer. Also notes Judge F O Ellison 25 years on bench and remarks by Linn County Bar. Grace Gilbert King named to state Board of Conservation. Clinton lowers electric rates by 31,000 dollars. Three bankruptcy petitions filed in Cedar Rapids federal court including Wyoming farmer Frank Zaruba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Merrill
James Voorhees
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Maxwell
Mr. Merrill
Chaplin Merrill
Elgin
Merrill
Flora Graham
Los Angeles
Calif
Ellison
F. O. Ellison
Anamosahea
Eighteenth
Linn County Bar Association
F. L. Anderson
Bar Association
The
District Court
B. L. Wick
Mra
King
Grace Gilbert King
West Union
Dan Turner
State Board of Conservation
Wm. P. Woodcock
Spencer
W. E. G. Saunders
Emmetsboro
R. H. Wolland
Bia
Clinton
Interstate Power Company
Wyoming
Frank Zaruba
Brotherhood Formed At Presbyterian Church
The men of the First Presbyterian church organized a brotherhood at a Tuesday social, to meet the first Wednesday of each month. Officers elected: President Dr. T. T. Hoxsey, vice-president A. W. Adams, secretary-treasurer H. F. Kettlitz. Thirty-five men joined. plans include games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
T. T. Hoxsey
A. W. Adams
H. F. Kettlitz
Monticello State Bank Announces Resources Reach 4.57 Million
Monticello State Bank reports total resources of 4,571,794.29, including assets taken over from Lowell State Bank as of December 30, 1931. The bank now ranks among Iowa's twenty largest, and the advertisement in this issue highlights this milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello State Bank
the Express
Lowell State Bank
Monticello
Iowa
Huckins Returned to Linn County Jail on Fraud Charge
Sheriff W H Fraser of Anamosa sent George Huckins to Linn County Jail to allow him to challenge the Linn County grand jury convened at Cedar Rapids. The grand jury will consider indicting Huckins, 52, on obtaining money by false pretense with intent to defraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Fraser
Anamosa
George Hucking
Linn County
Huckins
Linn County Grand Jury
Cedar Rapids
Clarence J. Matthiessen Serious Illness Reported
C J Matthiessen proprietor of Matthiessen Auto and Supply is seriously ill at John McDonald hospital after quinsy worsened his condition. Family expresses concern though he is slightly better today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence J. Matthiessen
C. J. Matthiessen
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Company
John McDonald Hospital
McConnon Gifts $60 to Monticello Library
Washington donor William G McConnon sends sixty dollars to Monticello Public Library for new books. Librarian Florence Noble says funds are limited and hopes the gift inspires others to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. McConnon
Monticello
Florence Noble
Monticello Public Library
Washington, D. C
McConnon
Miss Noble
American Legion Invited To Cedar Rapids Program
Arthur P. O Rourke post Monticello receives invitation to attend Hanford post Cedar Rapids meeting Tuesday January 12 at 8 pm in Memorial building main auditorium Maurice Cahill is committee chairman Local Legion auxiliary and all members urged to attend Speaker State Commander Colflesh will discuss The Legion Program A Peace Program Colflesh a disabled veteran awarded Croix de Guerre and Distinguished Service Cross promises a significant Eastern Iowa Legion gathering Leplonaire urged to plan attendance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur P. O'Rourke
American Legion
Monticello
Hanford Post
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Building
Maurice Cahill
American Legion For Town
Legion
Colflesh
France
Iowa
Jones County Cases Set for Supreme Court January Hearing
Supreme Court docket for the January term lists hearings from Jones county starting January 12. Appellants include John D. Young vs Jennie Hamilton and Geo. W. Ferguson vs Wm. B. White with intervenders Citizens Savings Bank. Other appellants in oral argument status are Henry M. Carpenter vs Iowa Traveling Men's Association Nettle A. Brown executrix vs Lowell Brown estate of Rose Moreland G C Moreland vs Lloyd Lowry and Harry Miller vs James C. Davis. A second Jones county case, John Sutton et al. vs C G Moreland, is slated for March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Jones County
John D. Young
Jennie Hamilton
Geo. W. Ferguson
Wm. B. White
Citizens Savings Bank
Intervener
Henry M. Carpenter
Iowa Traveling Men's Association
Nettle A. Brown
Executrix
Lowell Brown
Rose Moreland
G. C. Moreland
Lloyd Lowry
Harry Miller
James C. Davis
John Sutton
C. G. Moreland
Juries Named for Jones County Court Year 1932
The Jones county court lists grand jurymen serving the year 1932 with names from Anamosa Cascade and Monticello among others. The January 1932 term opens February 1 under Judge F O Ellison with a panel including Anamosa and Center Junction residents and others from Monticello Morley Onslow and Oxford Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
W. J. Bailey
George Brainard
J. A. Hartman
Henry Holmes
Cascade
John Hughes
Clarence
Lee Freeman
Monticello
Sam Hoffman
Herman Zubler
Olin
John Moffett
Oxford Junction
Cal Mayhew
Scotch Grove
W. B. Clark
Wyoming
George Nolan
Jones County District Court
F. O. Ellison
Doris Beggs
M. E. Boots
Clifford Bye
Carl Condes
C. C. Fairbanks
Lester Fairbanks
Mike Shannery
J. W. Streeter
George Stuhlken
Angeline Kirchen
John J. Rink
Center Junction
Truman Stanton
Martello
Ruby Hart
Pete Morning
Merle Peet
Electa Wilson
Henry F. Adams
Jake Bader
Howard Corbett
Nell Cramer
Mrs. C
Henry Nieneke
Irene Ahraken
Henry Miller
Viola
Carrie Wild
Justus Bahnsen
F. L. Harrington
Clarence Luckstead
E. #. Marshall
Ed Schmalfeldt
H. J. Westphal
Minnie Wilker
Church Services List for Prairieburg and area
Prairieburg churches and pastors listed with service times for Masses Sunday and Holy Days, confessions, Sunday School, and worship. notices include annual congregational meeting and various church activities across St Josephs St Matthews Sacred Heart Prairieburg Protestant Monticello and Reformed churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Prairieburg
Stephen J. Kucera
Armin H. Tendick
Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor Society
James Winans Breaks Foot on Christmas Day
James Winans, son of Joe Winans, fractured his right foot while playing with other boys on Christmas Day. He will be unable to use his foot for two or three months while it heals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Winans
Joe Winans
James
Death Claims Former Jones County Residents
Notices report the death of Joseph A. King 64 in Wichita Kansas from a cerebral hemorrhage buried in Edgar Nebraska with services by a Methodist pastor. He was born near Amber December 17 1867 and lived in Ottumwa Hettinger and Ed gar before settling in Wichita. Survived by wife Hattie Weiss four sons Clyde and Joseph and Rollis and one daughter and siblings. Also death of Florence Fuller Adamson in Lincoln Neb and Laura Ossman of Panora Mo with multiple relatives named and interments at Cowles and Troy Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. King
Amber
Wichita
Kansas
Mr. King
Edgar
Nebraska
Methodist Episcopal Church
John
Mary Ann King
Hattie L. Weiss
Davenport
Clyde E
John R. Musick
Warren C. Keeler
Horton
Joseph A
Rollis W
Portland
Oregon
Samuel
Hastings
Frank
Dora Perryman
Superior
Ottumwa
Hettinger
North Dakota
Monticello
Florence Fuller Adamson
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Lincoln
Adamson
Scotch Grove
Jones County
Charles Fuller
Cowles
Darling
Council Bluffs
Lewis Fuller
St. Louis Missouri
Fred Fuller
A. G. Rodman
Laura E. Ossman
Panora
Mc- Pike
McPike
Mesdames
Lewis Elliott
Harry Mc Meever
Troy Mills
Daisy E. Wendell
Atkins
Cora Franklin
Independence
Charles McPike
Walker
Ossman
C. H. Long
Braddyville
W. A. Thompson
Jerome, Idaho
L. N. Barnhill
L. J. Barnhill
Clarinda
Masonic Lodge Installs Officers For 1932
Burns lodge No. 173 A F and A M held its regular meeting at the Masonic Temple last Tuesday night installing new officers for the year 1932. Installing officer was Peter C Lassen of Marion. New officers include Glen Bancroft worshipful master Neal Hayden senior warden Harry Ireland junior warden D P Young secretary George L Lovell treasurer Claude Mason senior deacon Rev Samuel G Gutensohn junior deacon Donald Serbousek senior steward Donald Serbousek junior steward Arthur Shelley. The retiring worshipful master Ben C Roberts received a past masters jewel ring with the Masonic insignia. a speech of thanks followed. Refreshments served by Chef Bill Laude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Peter C. Lassen
Marion
Glen Bancroft
Neal Hayden
Harry Ireland
D. P. Young
George L. Lovell
Claude Mason
Charles Ireland Plans No Big Changes At Pen
C H Ireland Anamosa new warden of the men s reform atory says he contemplates no drastic changes in staff or inmate privileges. He aims to create a reform atmosphere and proceed slowly with rehabilitation as the major objective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ireland
Pen
C. H. Ireland
Anamosa
Mr. Ireland
J. N. Baumel
Ireland
Three Candidates Receive The DeMolay Degree
At the George Washington chapter of DeMolay in the Masonic temple last Monday evening three candidates Philip Maurice Keith Dickey and Bernard Che received the DeMolay degree. The degree team appeared in costume and performed with excellent proficiency. A strong attendance accompanied plans for further work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Phillip Maurice
Keith Dickey
Bernard Che
High School Notes Highlights Big Declamatory Contest
Monday brought a record showing fifty six contestants for declamatory work under Miss Georgia Miller. Selected eight per division oratorical seven, with four advancing to home contest. Winners include LeRoy Schoon Geggy Stott Reed Bartlett Eunice Buel George Fraser Bill Kettlitz James Rickless Mary Bender for oratorical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Miller
Miss Miller
LeRoy Schoon
Geggy Stott
Reed Bartlett
Eunice Buel
George Fraser
Bill Kettlitz
James Rickless
Mary Bender
Helen Crane
Wanda Cooper
Ruth Jacobs
Margaret Phelps
Pauline Oltman
Pearl Slauson
Miriam Fairbanks
June Bollinger
St. Paul
Minn
Santa
Lorene Zimmerman
Miss Wood
Joanne Reichart
Lisa Harmann
Toledo
Ohio
Highway paving bids sought for five counties
The Town state highway commission called for bids last Saturday on 33 128 miles of paving in five counties Dallas Guthrie Kossuth Winneshiek and Allamakee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Dallas
Guthrie
Kossuth
Winneshiek
Allamakee
January 1912 Monticello notable events list
Monticello Express records January 1912 happenings including deaths births marriages retirements and business transfers. Notable items: diphtheria illness of George Bart, warden change at Anamosa prison, A G Hanken repurchases half interest in undertaking, Lovell House deaths, ice harvest quality, new street electroliers, marriages of Anna Dictiker and Ben Redmond and funeral notices for John G Binggell John Winkler and Mrs Frances Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bart
Monticello
Charles McClaughry
Marquis Bart
Pententiary
Anamosa
A. G. Hanken
Fred G. Matthiessen
The
Express
Thomas King
Virginia
Ben Ellers
Henry F. Burrichter
Lawrence Jacobs
George W. Davis
Lovell
John L. Graves
Methodist Episcopal Church
Roy V. Porter
George Guyan
First Street
Andrew Kasper
Reformed Church
John Barrack
Castile Grove Township
Harry Wilson
Lovell House
Independence
Robert Henderson
Frank Ferring
Earl Batchelder
J. 4H. Batchelder
Iowa State College
Ames
Henry Schoon
Wayne Township
William Rohn
Henry Siemering
United States Army
Philippine Islands
Anna Dictiker
Ben Redmond
Sacred Heart Church
Redmond
Central Lumber Yard
John H. Perrine
John G. Binggell
John Winkler
Colorado
E. Schneider
John Hennessey
T. M. Redmord
Norm Dirks
W. Z. Allen
First Presbyterian Church
Traneworthy Creamery
Frances Wales
Rolla
Nellie
William
Fred
Dan
Charles J. Doxsee
A. R. Doxsee
Kansas City
Bowen
Prairie
Cascade
Douglas Slauson
Sand Spring
Michigan
Evlers Files Petition In Bankruptcy
Pred L. Evers, formerly operator of a Monticello variety store, filed a bankruptcy petition. Notice appeared in Jones county papers last Monday. A considerable portion of assets will be used to pay preferred claims.
Twin Babies First to Arrive in Jones County for 1932
New Year births near Monticello mark the first 1932 arrivals in Jones county with a boy and girl born at the English home in Richland township around 8 am January 1. The English family already has four children. Other January births follow: Poste family January 2, Rogers January 3, Husmann January 6, and Tholen January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Vincent English
Richland Township
Cascade
Jones County
Lyman Poste
Charles Rogers
Emil Husmann
Ben Tholen
Representative Jacobsen Seeks Re election and Local News
Rep B M Jacobsen of Clinton has asked for nomination papers to seek re election. A fire at the John Powlishta farm south of Monmouth destroyed a large barn and outbuildings where tenant Wit Marek lived for two years. Martin McCarty, age 85, longtime state re formatory employee and guard, died after a 48 year service record. he received a $30 monthly pension two years ago. D A Dobry, ex president of the now defunct D A Dobry Securities, was sentenced to up to five years in Fort Madison prison and a $3,000 fine for making a false statement to the Iowa securities department, with an appeal bond set at $6,000. Dubuque reported 16 auto crash deaths in 1931. total accidental, violent and sudden deaths reached 43 with four trains, four drownings, two burns, five falls, six heat deaths, two alcohol deaths, and other causes including suffocation, gunshot, gas, and a dynamite blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Powlishta
Monmouth
Wit Marek
Martin McCarty
State Reformatory
Anamosa
McCarty
Reformatory
D. A. Dobry
D. A. Dobry Securities Company
Iowa Securities Department
Fort Madison
D. W. Jackson
Davenport
Dobry
Jackson
Dubuque
A. Didesch
S. H. S. Notes Exemptions set for semester exams and new subjects
The school lists pupils exempt from upcoming exams January 14 across multiple subjects including Faelish I and Latin I. Names include Jean Ann Liddy Leona Fothergill Mary Elaine Burrichter Helen Louise Stuhler Agnes Cashen Maxine Redmond and others. New second semester courses begin January 18 in commercial law sociology and American government. A group has signed up for typewriting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faelish I
Jean Ann Liddy
Leona Fothergill
Mary Elaine Burrichter
Helen Louise Stuhler
Maxine Redmond
Clara Flack
Agnes Cashen
Herman Burkert
Mary Flaine Buerichter
Dean Ann Tiddy
Mavine Redmond
Helen Lewise Stuhler
Geneval
Vincent Kane
Feconomics
Ray Ferring
Bob Woean
Don Kurt
Warery Liddy
Betty Denkhoff
Isabelle Bader
Mary BE. Pothergill
Jenn Hogan
Washington Bicentennial Stamps Sell Fast in Capital
The Washington DC post office sold over $100,000 worth of the twelve stamp issues commemorating George Washington's 200th birth anniversary during holiday hours. Demand exhausted supplies as 3.5 to 4 million stamps moved to eager collectors nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Post Ofice
Monti Edges Anamosa In High School Basketball Thriller
Monticello under Coach Smith rallied from behind to beat Anamosa 19 to 17 before a packed gym. Kehoe kept Anamosa ahead early while Captain Coyle and Stott led a late Monti charge amid a tense defensive battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Basketeers
Anamosa
Kehoe
Monti
Coyle
Bartlett
Byers
Remley
Stott
Levsen
Tlinois
Ray White
Doland Wheelers
Towa
Milford
Monticello
Melvin McMickle
Twin Marvin
Doland
Fgt
Achi
McMickle
Yeoman
Referer
Powell
Cae
Sacred Heart to Meet I C of Cedar Rapids in Friday Game
Sacred Heart basketball team faces Immaculate Conception of Cedar Rapids Friday January 8 in a home game at 7 30 pm. They have won three and lost one so far this season and recently beat Coron 30 to 12. Regular admission will be charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
DeMolay
Monticello
Marion Independents
Marion
Benton Harbor
Mich
Delaware County
Lenox College
Cascade
Monticello High School
Charles Eby
Claude Appleby
Irvin Rhatigan
Rhatigan
Coe Fresh
Lindy Null
Harry Matthiessen
Harold Marugg
John Shover
Sacred Heart
School of Cedar Rapids
Sacred Heart School
Coron
Greyhounds
Clinton High School
Sacred Heart Cavers
Miss Carrie Clark Resigns From Monticello State Bank
Miss Carrie Clark resigns as private secretary to Henry M. Carpenter president of Monticello State Bank effective January 1. She joined in 1895 and served 37 years as stenographer to Carpenter, the bank’s oldest long serving employee aside from him. Carol ine Heiken will replace her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Clark
Henry M. Carpenter
Montieslo
Miss Clark
Arwrefore
Mr. Carpenter
Carpenter
Caroline Heiken
Also Mentioned on This Page
Presbyterian Church
George Huckins
House of David
Jones County Court
St. Matthew's Ev
H. L. Adix
Ermaan
Luther’ League
Luther Hall
Methodist Episcopal
Epworth League
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Young People’s Society
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
N. Sycamore Street
A. L. Lorenz
Olegation
Prairieburg Protestant
Rev. G. Wolf
G. Wolf
Presbyterian
Wm. J. Grossheim
Merle Hutton
Jones Co
Florence Adamson
Laura Osaman
Missouri
Alice Fuller
Cowles Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Monticello Express
Fred L. Evlers
B. M. Jacobsen
Town
Secretary of State
S. H. S. Notes
S. D
Monticello Junior High
Anamosa Junior High
Matthiessen
Hutton
Mershon
Math’sen
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