Martha Tesch Freed By Judge In Murder Trial
Mrs. Martha Tesch of Hopkinton was freed by Judge R W Hasner in Manchester Delaware County Court after a motion for a directed verdict found sufficient evidence for acquittal. The trial, tied to a suspected love triangle with her stepson Luther Tesch, included testimony about the homicide of Louis Tesch last August near Hopkinton and various state exhibits while evidence on the gun's targets was kept from the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Tesch
Hopkinton
R. W. Hasner
Delaware County
Manchester
A. M. Cloud
Tesch
Hasner
Young Tesch
Louis Tesch
George Hartness
Hartness
Martha
Luther Tesch
H. G. Utley
Luther
E. H. Frontress
Menno Monk
Clair Freeman
Coggon
Cedar Rapids
Joseph A. Petrus
Jay Davis
Monk
Coggan
Matthiessen Co Shows New Chevrolet Trucks
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company to display 1933 Chevrolet commercial trucks next Saturday January 14 in their sales room. The lineup includes three truck lines a 109 inch wheel base half ton 131 inch and 187 inch wheel base one and a half ton models. Two 131 inch trucks will be shown with chassis prices at 480 dollars and 570 dollars with cab and 870 dollars for a paneled model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
Roof Chimney Fire Strikes Main Street Home
Firefighters were called Friday to a small blaze at a Griffin family residence on the east side of Main Street near the public school. Three or four pails of water sufficed to extinguish the chimney fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith
Main Street
Tipton World War Vet Perishes in Home Fire
H. R. Schoonover, 43, Tipton World War veteran, died last Sunday in a house fire. Investigators believe a smoking cigarette sparked the blaze, causing him to fall asleep as flames consumed his clothing and the room’s oxygen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Schoonover
Tipton
Schoonover
Center Junction School Destroyed by Fire
Fire gutted the Center Junction school and gymnasium at 2 o clock yesterday morning leaving only the front wall. Dr A Burmeister reported the blaze started near a passageway and the cause is undetermined. Loss estimated at 17000 with 12000 insurance. Monticello district offers facilities to resume classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
A. Burmeister
A. B. Grimes
B. C. Roberts
Monticello
Longtime Wyoming Banker Arthur Vaughn Dies at 77
A. A. Vaughn, 77, retired banker of Wyoming, died at his daughter’s home in Cedar Falls after a two week illness. Born near New Castle, Pennsylvania, he moved to Wyoming at 14 and spent 48 years at the First National Bank, retiring two years ago as cashier then vice president. Survived by three daughters and his wife predeceased him. Burial arrangements to follow in Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Vaughn
Wyoming
Cedar Falls
First National Bank of Wyoming
Mr. Vaughn
Newcastle
Bryant and Stratton Business College
Davenport
C. S. Gilbert
A. M. Loomis
J. E MY. Vil
Methodist Sunday School
Keystone Lodge
A. F
A. M
Eastern Star
C. W. Owen
William Hollan
Pasadena
Calif
Harvey Baird
Ferces
Fire At Methodist Parsonage Damages Roof
A roof fire at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage occupied by Rev. and Mrs. Roy V. Porter broke out yesterday at 11 30 am. Sparks from a chimney burned a ten by ten foot area of shingles on the south roof. Insurance covered the loss with Schoon agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Roy V. Porter
Schoon Agency
Father Of Mrs Finlay Mourns Death Of Dr A L King
Mrs John Finlay of Edgewood mourns the death of her father Dr A L King 72 who died at his daughter’s Edgewood home Friday night. Funeral services were held there Sunday. burial was at Ladora. Born in Cold Water Michigan he lived in Ladora Grinnell and Montezuma. He studied chiropractic in 1925 and practiced in Belle Plaine. He is survived by his widow and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Finlay
Monticello
Edgewood
A. L. King
Ladora
Iowa
Tina C. Clyde
Grinnell
Montezuma
Belle Plaine
Vienna's Gayety to Bring Old World Flair to World's Fair
Victor Deisenhofer former chef to Emperor Francis Joseph and M Gruber will operate the Vienna cafe at the Chicago World's Fair. The modernistic cafe spans 200 feet with a front grill, rear European dining room, and an exterior sidewalk cafe and air garden. It sits near Fort Dearborn as part of the home and industrial arts district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Victor Deisenhofer
Francis Joseph
Austria
M. Gruber
St. Louis
oPrne Old World
Fort Dearborn
Home and Industrial Arta Group
Death of Mrs. R. H. Coe formerly of Jones Co
Katherine Christiana Sutherland Coe born 1854 Scotch Grove Jones county taught school in Iowa and Missouri. She married Ryland H. Coe in 1885 and lived in Tarkio Missouri for 35 years. She died December 31 1932 aged 78 years 10 months and 28 days. Funeral held at home with Rev. E W Potts officiating. Interment in Home cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Coe
Katherine Christiana Sutherland
Scotch Grove Township
Jones County
Tarkio
Missouri
Towa
Red River
Manitoba
British America
Monticello
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Iowa
Lincoln Township
Ryland H. Coe
Earle Sutherland Coe
D. F. White
J. M. Hopkins
J. L. Sutherland
Earle S. Coe
Katherine
Ryland
Marjorie
Tarkic
Prairie Hill Methodist Church
E. W. Potts
Methodist Church
Home Cemetery
Mrs. Gerd Tholen of Anamosa Died Saturday
Mrs. Gerd Tholen of Anamosa died at her home last Saturday after a nine day flu illness, Pneumonia followed. She was 62, survived by her husband four sisters and one brother. Funeral held at home then Wayne Zion Lutheran Church with Rev. J P Willms in charge. Born March 11 1871 in Wiesedemeer Ostfriesland Germany she came to the United States in 1883 with her parents and settled in Wayne township. She married Gerd J Tholen December 5 1889 and moved to near Anamosa in 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerd Tholen
Anamosa
Tholen
Henry Rodick
I. M. Rodman
Monticello
George Ireland
Wyoming
D. Dirks
Langworthy
George Bodeker
Amber
Gerd J. Tholen
Wayne Township
Beels Ill At Home In Hopkinton
Will S. Beels editor of The Hopkinton Leader suffered a severe heart attack while at a town council meeting. He was cared for at home by Lor etta McDonough, a nurse from Monticello, with condition improving after a difficult period. Scrapiron Dick Goss of Hopkinton covers The Leader this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will S. Beels
Hopkinton
Loretta McDonough
R. N
Monticello
Beels
Leader
Dick” Goss
Bernard Kehoe Wins Third in National Whittling Contest
Bernard Kehoe aged 16, grandson of Bill Burkett of Monticello and son of Mr and Mrs B A Kehoe of Cedar Rapids, placed third nationwide. A Washington high school junior, he carved a deer from pine and won a tennis racket. He previously won $5 last year for a lion carving among half a million entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Kehoe
Bill Burkett
Monticello
B. A. Kehoe
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Washington
Bernard
Political Turnover Brings New Faces in State House
Iowa undergoes a rare full political turnover in Des Moines as Democrats assume control. The transition includes new governor and lieutenant governor, with incumbents awaiting vote counts and inaugural events in the upcoming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
New Iowa Officials Named In Historic Political Shift
The report lists Mrs. Alex Miller of Washington as the first woman elected to a state office outside superintendent of public instruction. Also named are Edward O’Connor as attorney general, Leo J. Wegman as state treasurer, Charles W. Storms as state auditor, Ray Murray as secretary of agriculture, and M. P. Conway on the railway commission board. Two new state supreme court members are Judge Utterback and Richard T. Mitchell, with three taking office at the start of the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Wegman
Miller
Smith
State Department
Greenwalt
C. W. Storms
Herring
Iowa
Alex Miller
Washington
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Towa
Edward O'Connor
Towa City
Leo. J. Wegman
Carroll
Charles W. Storms
Fort Madison
Ray Murray
Buffalo Center
M. P. Conway
Atlantic
Board of Railway Commissioners
State Supreme Court
Judge Utterback
Des Moines
Richard T. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Monticello State Bank Elects Directors and Officers
The Monticello State Bank stockholders re elected a full slate of directors on January 10. New officers named include Henry M. Carpenter as president and Halstead M. Carpenter as cashier, with several vice presidents and assistant cashiers. The bank reports assets of 4,189,698.06.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Monticello State Bank
George Ambuehl
Henry M. Carpenter
Halstead M. Carpenter
Richard A. Cartano
J. W. Coxsee
Elmer E. Hicks
Ray C. Hoag
John J. Locher
T. M. Redmond
Frank E. Stimson
Harry W. Stuhler
J. Henry J. Stutt
C. G. Thomas
William Stuhler
F. E. Stimson
C. E. Fothergill
Charles M. Luett
Paul T. Schuetz
D. P. Sutherland
the Express
Edgar Vernon Named New Foreman at Monticello Express
Edgar D. Vernon of Casey Iowa is appointed foreman of The Monticello Express office succeeding the late Cliff L. Main. He has eighteen years in printing, is married with two daughters and will move to Monticello with his family later this month. Vernon previously served as foreman of the Casey Vindicator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar D. Vernon
Casey
Iowa
Monticello Express
Cliff L. Main
Vernon
the Express
The
Vindicator
Harold Wilkinson Named Manager at Hotel Calmar
Harold Wilkinson son of Mrs W M Wilkinson of Monticello and former Eldora resident is appointed manager of Hotel Calmar by new proprietor Bruno Weber of New Hampton. He succeeds E A Bergman who had run the hotel for twelve years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wilkinson
W. 8. Wilkinson
Monticello
Eldorado
Incoming lawmakers meet as session opens in two houses
As members arrived they began talking and getting acquainted. With 76 Democrats in the house the chamber will likely hold tight on appropriations during the early weeks amid a wave of new faces and unfamiliar personalities.
Tax Talk and State Fair Referenced at Meeting
In a crowded scene discussion centered on income tax tone and proposals for gross income tax or direct sales tax. Mention of a salary crab four years ago and a state fair link to the legislative committee on expenditure cuts. Attorney Ed R Brown hired to push seventy bills this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Legislative Committee
Ed R. Brown
Brown
Secre
Dennis Opens Monticello Law Practice In Bank Building
George R. Dennis of Cedar Rapids has established a law practice in Monticello. His offices are on the second floor of the old Jones County Trust and Savings Bank building. He is the son of the late William Dennis and plans to bring wife Mrs. Dennis and daughter Sandra to join him next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Dennis
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
Dennis
William Dennis
Sandra
Mr. Dennis
University of Wisconsin At Madison
State University
Iowa City
George Claassen
George Farmer
Higley
Coins of 1857 1829 and 1863 Prominently Shown in Express Office
Mrs. Newton Parrott of Monticello displayed three copper coins at The Express office. One cent piece bears 1857, the year the editor was born. a 1829 half cent shows Liberty’s head. a curious 1863 copper coin bears the slogan Money makes the mare go, go it Buttons and an eagle with United States copper on the reverse. The paper asks locals to report older U.S. coins in the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Parrott
Monticello
the Express
United States
Twenty-Five Years Ago In Monticello Ex press January Highlights
January 1908 events include tours announced by John E. Foster Monticello superintendent and a fourth European trip for Monticello schools. Diphtheria affects Ulysses Maire family in Oklahoma addition. Miss Jessie Fawcett teaches in Olin public schools. The Diamond Creamery paid 28 cents butterfat. Local obituaries include John F. Koop and William Campbell. A soldiers monument cost 700 dollars in Scotch Grave cemetery. Multiple marriages and community notices: Zion's Lutheran church Wayne township, Cartes: Fred Berlin and Anna Oltman. Standard Oil distributing agent A B Calkins serves Monticello deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
John E. Foster
Monticello
Europe
Jessie Fawcett
Olin
Diamond Creamery Company
Kate Maurice
Jones County
Town State College
Ames
Maude Mirick
Ward Inglis
Howard Deischer
Clarence McLaughlin
Gottlib Bader
Frieda Husman
William Zimmermann
J Zion's Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Scotch Grave
John F. Koop
Fred W. Koop
Clara
William Campbell
Matt
Hugh Campbell
Cies
Epworth
Willie Behrends
Fred Reuter
Fred Berlin
Anna C. Oltman
Florence
Town City
Elva
Robert Aldrich
Nellie Holmes
Anamosa
A. B. Calkins
Standard Oil Company
Prairieburg
Hopkinton
Cascade
Gerd G. Zimmerman
John Zimmerman
G. H. Hanken
Mrs. Harry B. Orcutt dies at age 42 near Troy Mills
Una Constance Trevor Orcutt, born September 24, 1890, wife of Harry B. Orcutt, died near Troy Mills after illness. She was past president of the Troy Mills Parent-Teacher Association and a leader in Farm Bureau and the Garden club. Funeral at Walker Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. Lloyd Morris. She leaves three sons Russell Robert and Paul Eugene, two sisters Mae Trevor and Mrs. Fred Procknow, and brother Thomas Trevor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer E. Orcutt
Walker
Harry Orcutt
Troy Mills
Walker Presbyterian Church
Lloyd Morris
Cedar Rapids
Orcutt
Parent-Teacher Association
Garden Club
Una Constance Trevor
Newton Township
Buchanan County
William
Jennie Trevor
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Sloan
Rockwell City
Harry B. Orcutt
Castile Grove
Russell
Robert
Paul Eugene
Mae Trevor
Davenport
Fred Procknow
Madison, S. D
Thomas Trevor
Chairman Russell Names Jones County Committee System
E M Russell was elected chairman of the Jones county board for 1933 and appointed standing committees including Finance to Holst and Matthiessen, County home to Russell and Harms, Public buildings to Shimerda and Matthiessen, and School fund to Holst and Shimerda. The full board handles roads and bridges and other duties. He divided districts among supervisors with named townships assigned to each member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Russell
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Holst and
Matthiessen
Russell and
Harms
Shimerda
Russell
Gerd Harrs
Washington
Scotch Grove
Wayne
John Matthiessen
Richland
Lovell
Castle Grove
Cass
M. Russell
Fairview
Greenfield
Rome
N. C. Holst
Jackson
Madison
Clay
Henry Shimerda
Hale
Oxford
Wyoming
Longtime Monticello resident Mrs Hudson turns 86
Mrs Mary Hudson of Monticello celebrated her eighty sixth birthday last Saturday. A Hague New York native, she taught school in Prairieburg and clerked in a store before moving to Monticello in 1900 where she resides with sister Cora Sexton and brother H A Ward. Her late husband died in 1875 and she invites greetings from old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hudson
Monticello
Cora Sexton
H. A. Ward
Lake Chesrge
New York
Hudson
Prairieburg
Wealthy farmer Ashley Downing shot in home murder case
Ashley Downing of Oelwein, a wealthy farmer, was found shot to death in his home last week. Robbery is believed to be the motive. State agents assist Fayette county investigators as clues remain unrevealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Downing
Oelwein
Fayette County
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Senator Byers
January Sale Announcements From Monticello Stores
Four major Monticello merchants announce January clearance sales in The Express. Beery's and Rickless offer value driven dry goods, George Stuhler's Sons and Zimmerman Clothing Store cater to men and boys with bargains. Proceeds aim to fund new spring merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
the Express
Beery's
Rickless
George Stuhler's Sons Company
Zimmerman Clothing Store
McLaughlin Buick Co Shows New Pontiac Model
The Express features The McLaughlin Buick Co advertising the new Pontiac straight eight. The car, launched earlier this year, offers 77 horsepower, modern straight eight motor, Fisher body styling, and pricing in the 1500 to 1800 range. The ad invites a visit to see Pontiac alongside Buick and Plymouth models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
McLaughlin Buick Company
Pontiac
Buick
Plymouth
Jones County Board Adjusts Deputies' Salaries
The Jones county board of supervisors met at the Anamosa courthouse with assessors to review deputy wages. A new Monticello justice of the peace, Louis P. Waddick, was appointed to fill Fred D. McLaughlin's vacancy, and Julia Ford became deputy clerk of courts pending bond approval. A ten percent statewide cut was applied to deputy salaries, including the engineer, treasurers, auditor, clerk of courts, and sheriff, while elected officers’ pay remained fixed by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Court House
Anamosa
Hall Buckman
Elkader
State Board of Assessment and Review
Monticello
Justice Peace
Fred D. McLaughlin
Louis P. Waddick
Lee Byerly
Julia Ford
Stone City
Anamosa High Schoo
Cedar Rapids Business College
Clifford Niles
Jones County Board of Supervisors
County salaries cut across multiple departments in Jones County
The report notes a ten percent salary reduction for the county treasurer and other officials. Road labor wage scales are listed from 25 to 60 cents per hour depending on role and outfit. The Jones County Farm Bureau report is filed and claims audited. Easterlys at the county home see a 10% cut from 1200 to 1080, with Brights’ salaries dropping from 900 to 810.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PF. W. D
Jones County Farm Bureau
Roscoe Easterly
Easterly
Leslie Bright
Florence Bright
Dr McGarvey Gains Noted California Role
Dr Harry McGarvey now leads Atascadero medical clinic as dean and runs Lake View Ranch a twenty five acre fruit and turkey operation. The Monticello native oversees a French prune packing venture and 4000 turkeys produced yearly with his son Charles assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Atascadero
McGarvey
California
Charles
Auction yields fair prices at Wyoming sale
Closing out sale of Elvin Schwartz two miles east of Wyoming saw horses fetch 76 82 and 32 dollars, a neighbor brought team at 194 dollars, cows 22 to 26, nine shoats 1 50 each, hay 4 30 to 5 per ton, corn 15 16 cents a bushel and shocks 21 23 cents, harness 36 wagon 25 corn planter 36 50 and a cream separator 10 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvin Schwartz
Wyoming
Harold Carmichael In Car Wreck Last Friday
Harold Carmichael, local agent for Waterloo Laundry, was in an automobile wreck in Delaware village last Friday evening. His laundry truck struck a telephone pole after colliding with a Chevrolet coached driven by Robert Miehe, tipping the truck and causing heavy damage. Carmichael escaped with minor bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Carmichael
Waterloo Laundry Company
Delaware
Robert Miehe
Carmichael
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Cloud
Mary Benter
Mr. Tesch
Arthur Vaughn
Wyoming Bank
Mrs
Jessie Koch
Jones Co
She Was
Alex Sutherland
Canada
General Assembly
House
Clyde Herring
Nelson G. Kraschel
Dan Turner
Kraschel
John W. Kintzinger
Dubuque
M. F. Donegan
John W. Anderson
Sioux City
Supreme Court
Edgar Vernon
Express
Calmar
DeWitt
W. E. Butler
Sdsutci
Wade
Sah Twa
Karl Fischer
Vinton
Benton County
Fischer
June Meyer
Chicago
Donald Denkhoff
McLaughlin
Buick Co
Jones County Board
Dr. H. McGarvey
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