Two Illinois men held in Onslow store burglary case
Two men from Illinois, Fred Crawford and George Huffman, both in their mid thirties, are held in Jones County accused of breaking into the Jordan grocery in Onslow last Saturday night. Night Marshal Fay halted their car in Cascade after shots were fired. a 1928 Chevrolet sedan with Clinton county plates is tied to the case. Ballistic tests, fingerprint analyses, and police inquiries in Des Moines and Washington are ongoing as County Attorney J E Heiser contemplates trial at the next term.
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Illinois
Fred Crawford
George Huffman
Jones County
J. E. Heiserman
Cascade
Fay
Jordan
Onslow
Floyd
Chatterton
Des Moines
Crawford
Huffman
Fort Dodge
Washington
Linn County
Alburnett
Sherif Eichhorn
Clinton ‘County
Wyoming Girl Receives Honor At Coe College
Betty Jane Leysen of Wyoming has been nominated as sports queen at Coe College. The campus queenship, started last year by the Clan C men’s honorary athletic association, keeps the queen’s identity secret until the clan dance night when she is presented with an emblem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jane Leysen
Paul _E. Leysen
Wyoming
Coe College
Clan of C
Clan
Three Hundred More Auto Licenses Issued
With the February 1 deadline approaching, 1800 auto licenses have been issued. Truck licenses total 225 already. In Monticello two new cars were bought this week H. Renk Jr licensing a Plymouth and H. Husman a Ford V-8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
H. Renk Jr
H. Husman
Jackson Day Dinner Attended by Democrats
Members of the Jones County Democrats traveled to Des Moines last Saturday for the Jackson Day dinner paying 25 dollars per plate. Attendees included Dr. M. F. Hogan J. J. Locher H. W. Stuhler Dr. Millington Carpenter County Auditor George Specht County Sheriff Henry Eichhorn and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cash Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Des Moines
M. F. Hogan
J. J. Locher
H. W. Stuhler
Millington Carpenter
George Specht
Henry Eichhorn
Charles Cash
Annual Grain Show at Olin Last Week
Fritz Engelking of Rome township won the sweepstakes ear of corn at the Olin grain show open to Jones county. Henry Biere took first with ten ears from Hale township and Louis Buchholtz first with ten ears from Jackson township. James Whitmore of Jackson township won the sweepstakes overall. Local legume and small grain winners included John Holmes for soybeans and oats, with barley also noted among winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Engelking
Rome Township
Olin
Vocational Agricultural Department
Olin High School
Henry Biere
Hale Township
Louis Buchholtz
Jackson Township
Engelking
Jones County
James Whitmore
Jackson’ Township
Charles Brown
Lorenzen Brothers
John Holmes
Timothy Ver. Purst
John “Holmes
National Boy Scout Week to be Observed
The Cedar Rapids area council and millions of Scouts nationwide will mark Boy Scout Week February 6 to 12. N Harold West says the observance honors the movement’s 26th anniversary, with events across churches, schools, and civic groups including a nationwide oath renewal and a Living Expo to demonstrate accident prevention and safety training for motorists and pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Cedar Rapids Area
N. Harold West
Boy Scout Week
Scouting Movement
America
West
Monticello
Penang
Monticello Fire Dept Records Modest Loss in 1937
Fire Chief Clarence Matthiessen reports Monticello’s 1937 fire losses averaged with 12 calls for the year. Total loss was 2145 dollars with the highest damage at 600 dollars in two cases and several incidents of 200 to 500 dollars. Nine residence fires and the rest in business or public settings. Fires caused by chimney sparks kerosene stove explosions children with matches automobile and unknown origins. Four months had no fires and March July September December each had two calls.
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Monticello
Clarence Matthiessen
Death of Mike H. Sauser in Cascade area
Mike H. Sauser, longtime Cascade resident and former Cascade lumber yard owner, died at John McDonald Hospital after surgery. Born March 1859 on the Cascade Worthington road, he was unmarried and survived by two sisters, one of whom lived with him. Funeral at St Mary’s Catholic Church with Monsignor Albers and Rev Fr Ginter. burial in Cascade cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike H. Sauser
Cascade
John McDonald Hospital
Mr. Sauser
Sauser
Cascade-Worthington Road
Nick Bisenius
Cascade Lumber Yard
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Albers
Ginter
Cascade Cemetery
Denny Connley Jailed for Intoxication Incident
Local report states Denny Connley was jailed after an intoxication incident in the county last week. Details are unclear due to fragmented text in the report.
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Denny Connley
Death Claims Mrs. Fred Plueger on Maple Street
Mrs. Plueger died last Saturday at her Maple Street home after a heart attack. She was born May 10, 1863 in St. Clair Michigan and died aged 74. Survivors include five children William Carl George Arthur Oltmans and Elmer Christau. funeral services were held at St. John’s Lutheran church Wayne township and the family home. Interment followed at the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Plueger
Maple Street
Scotch Grove Township
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Plueger
Fred von Strode
Delaware
Wayne Township
Monticello
William
Carl
George
Scotch Grove
Arthur Oltmans
Sterling,“Ii
Vocational Ag Teams Compete At Olin Grain Show
A grain judging team from Vocational Agriculture class members Donald Howig John Messerli Jr and James Howie represented the local program at the Olin Grain Show Others in the contest included teams from Olin Vinton and DeWitt The demonstrator duo Dean Zirkelbach and Junior Welter presented a show on how to produce Ten-Litters This was the Friday curtain raiser and the first contest experience for the local team
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Howig
John Messerli Jr
James Howie
Olin
Vinton
DeWitt
Dean Zirkelbach
Junior Welter
Dr. O. E. York Named As Chairman For Vets
Monticello veterinarian Dr. O E York was named last Friday in Cedar Rapids as chairman of the policy committee for the Eastern Town Veterinary association for 1938. An executive board session installed 1938 officers and approved a summer clinic for practitioners. The policy committee’s efforts to aid livestock raisers against imperial illegal and incompetent veterinary service were commended for 1937, with funds voted to expand the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
O. E. York
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Town Veterinary Association
Jones County Stands Clear of Auto Fatalities in 1937 Iowa
Jim Hayes of the Iowa state safety council says Jones County is the only Iowa county with no automobile deaths in 1937. He verified the claim at the Cedar Rapids highway patrol headquarters after a map in a local newspaper listed three such counties.
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Jim Hayes
Dubuque
Iowa State Safety Council
Jones County
Iowa
Hayes
Cedar Rapids
Iss
Falls While Skating And Fractures Wrist
A skating accident near Hopkinton injured Monk, son of Fret Hating. He fell and fractured his wrist, requiring medical evaluation.
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Monk, Son
Hopkinton
Mrs. Sloan Dies in Monticello at 75
Mrs. William Sloan died at McDonald hospital last night following a week long illness pneumonia was the cause. Born November 17 1862 in Richland township she was 75 years old. She and her husband Wayne Sloan married April 15 1883 and had no children but helped several boys through school. Funeral services will be held Friday at Iverson mortuary with Rev Samuel G Gutensohn presiding burial at Oakwood cemetery.
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William
McDonald Hospital
Sloan
Richland Township
Luman
Elizabeth Jones
Luella Loomis
Hopkinton
Charles Jones
Seattle
Wash
Monticello
Iwwwn
Wayne Jones
Amber Couple Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Willam Rieken celebrate 50 years of marriage on January 6 living on a Wayne township farm near Snes Their golden anniversary recalls fifty years of life on the family farm Mr Rieken born August 21 1866 in Marx Ostfriesland Germany emigrated to the United States in 1881 and worked on farms near Monticello before marriage
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Willam
Rieken
Wayne Township
Snes
Mr. Rieken
Marx
Ostfriesland
Germany
Sebastian W. Rieken
Helene
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs Rieken in Wayne Township
Thursday many kin and friends joined Mr. and Mrs. Rieken at Zion Lutheran Wayne township to honor their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Rev John P Willms led a suitable service and a six o'clock supper followed. The couple, lifelong Zion members, live on the old Rieken farm and have seven children and nine grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Willms
Zion Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Rieken
Zion Church
Emma Helgens
Jones County
C. Mardorf
Cattle Shipments Made During The Past Week
A number of cattle and other livestock moved via Monticello yards in the past week. Frank Eller sent a car of cattle to United States yards in Chicago on Monday. Clarence Eberhart shipped a car of hogs to Chicago. J LeRoy Farmer Bee Company sent three cars of canned sweet corn to Green Bay. Ed Reiter of Cascade received two cars of feeding cattle from Kansas City. John Kurt Jr. received a car of stock cattle from Kansas City on Friday. Peter Achen shipped a car of hogs on January 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
United States
Chicago
Frank Eller
Clarence Eberhart
J. LeRoy Farmer Bee Company
Green Bay
Ed Reiter
Cascade
Kansas City
John Kurt Jr
Peter Achen
Wayne Zion Lutheran Holds Successful Meeting
A meeting at Wayne Zion Lutheran church last Monday January 10 elected or re elected officers. John Doden was chosen deacon among the listed men.
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Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
John Doden
Ray Helgens Elected Secretary of National Schools Group
Ray Helgens of Monticello is elected secretary of the National Schools student association in Los Angeles California. The organization includes pupils from 48 states and 18 foreign countries and the vocational school offers Diesel and gas engine, electricity, and television and radio courses. The student body president is William Buckley of La Jolla California and the 1938 vice president is William Purcell of Halifax Nova Scotia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Helgens
Monticello
National Schools Student Association
Los Angeles
Calif
William Buckley
la Jolla
William Purcell
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Anamosa Woman Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs. Marjorie Leggett Bauserman, 35, died Tuesday at her parents home in Anamosa after a lingering illness. Survived by her parents husband Arthur Bauserman daughter Margaret three siblings with Judson Leggett having died seven weeks earlier. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. in the park funeral home Anamosa with burial Riverside Cemetery.
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Marjorie Leggett Bauserman
Charles Leggett
Anamosa
Arthur Bauserman
Margaret
Ann
Judson Leggett
Park Funeral Home
Riverside
Post Office Receipts Show Increase At Monticello
The Monticello post office but year 1937 set a record with rising quarterly business over 1936. Quarterly gains were 913.27, 483.67, 449.56 and 795.84 dollars, and nearly 100000 in government bonds were sold through the office. Postal savings have declined since 1933, signaling bank soundness and public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Treasury Department
Hogan
Farm Bureau Officers Elected in Jones County Meeting
All Jones County Farm Bureau officers were elected at the January 6 annual meeting in Olin. Officers include president William Mc Laughlin and secretary Frank Andrews, with township directors and 4-H leaders named for 1938.
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Jones County Farm Bureau
Olin
William McLaughlin
Monticello
H. Dirks
Center Junction
Frank Andrews
C. R. Grafit
Bernard Cass
Scotch Grove
Harold Hartman
Anamosa
Fred Kromminga
Glenn Apnes
Ray Sanford
Calvin
J.E. Meeks
Sackson
Ray Stivers
Wyoming
R. P. Morse
Greenfield
Reuel McColm
Madison
B. D. Heiken
W. B. Clark
Castie Grove
H. A. Deischer
Lovell
Lloyd Hutton
Hale
O. T. Furst
Wayne
Otto Danneman
Cass
William Buckner
Oxford
Harro Ingwersen
Richland
John Hein
Rome
Ray Embree
Castler-Grove
H. D. Smith
Ray Naylor
Frank Byerly
George Ambuehl
Halstead M. Carpenter
Richard A. Cartano
Elmer E. Hicks
Ray C. Hoag
John J. Locher
Clarence A. McLaughlin
T. M. Redmond
Prank E. Stimson
Harry W. Stuhler
C. G. Thomas
R. A. Cartano
Frank E. Stimson
H. W. Stuhler
C. EB. Fothergill
Charles M. Luett
James A. Maurice
Paul T. Schuetz
Donald Sutherland
Twins Born Yesterday At McDonald Hospital
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Burlage of Cascade welcomed twin boys born Wednesday morning at John McDonald hospital. The Burlage family already has three other children.
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McDonald Hospital
Lawrence Burlage
Cascade
John McDonald Hospital
Indpendence Attorney Milton Smith Dies of Heart Attack
Milton A. Smith a 70 year old Independence attorney and Northwestern Law School alumnus of 1899 died from a heart attack last Monday. Elizabeth Ann Lawson 87 widow of Independence Civil War veteran died January 4 at her home in Olin after 31 years there. Veronica Black of Waterloo arrested in Manchester on illegal transportation of alcohol in a 1937 Plymouth with three cases of Illinois liquor.
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Milton A. Smith
Independence
Northwestern Law School
Elizabeth Ann Lawson
Olin
Elizabeth Rummell
Ohio
Cedar County
Veronica Black
Waterloo
Manchester
Delaware County
Correction on price of Sloan biography
The Express corrects previous misquote on the biography by Frank W. Sloan authored by Charles H. Sloan. The price per volume is $3.00. An apology is issued and a Nebraska editor will contribute a reprinted review next week.
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the Express
Frank W. Sloan
Charles H. Sloan
Nebraska
Buxtons of Wheatland mark 57th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Frank W Buxton longtime Wheatland Gazette publisher observed their 57th wedding anniversary at home. Both natives of Iowa with Frank born January 9 1860 and Minnie Babcock born August 6 1860.
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Frank W. Buxton
Wheatland Gazette
Iowa
Mr. Buxton
Waubeek
Buxton
Monticello
Anamosa
Minnie Babcock
Samuel Buxton
Wapsie
Anamosa Eureka
Anamosa Journal
Sioux County Herald
Orange City
Clinton Morning Age
Wheatland
Little Falls
Mrs Matthews Dies At Kent Ohio January First
News of the death of Mrs J P Matthews on January 1 at her Kent Ohio home. Funeral services were held January 3 led by Rev Edward W Willcox with help from the Eastern Star and Pythian sisters. She married May 4 1896 at Monticello and had two children Virginia and Helen the latter deceased. Grandchildren Margaret Fenn and Paul Metzger Llwelyn survive. A lifelong Republican she supported politics. her husband chaired Kent Republican activities. She played viola in church and with the Akron Symphony for three years.
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J. P. Matthews
Kent
Ohio
Edward W. Willcox
Congregational Church
The
Eastern Star
Pythian
Matthews
Monticello
Andrew
Mary (Campbell) Cassady
Virginia
Howard Fenn
Helen
Walter Metzger
Margaret Fenn
Paul Metzger Llwelyn
Sparrows Point
Repubican Party
Akron, Ohio
Coggon Man Injured When Struck By Car
Fred Bohren age 61 living near Coggon suffered fractures of both legs after being struck by a car driven by Harold De Woody 21 while walking on highway 13 near Coggon The incident occurred last Tuesday at 5 p.m Bohren was taken to St Luke’s hospital in Cedar Rapids for treatment
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Fred Bohren
Coggon
Harold DeWoody
Bohren
Highway 13
Wdewoody
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Marriage Licenses Issued in the County Last Week
Two marriage licenses were issued by the county clerk. Jerome McAndrews, 37, of Lost Nation and Agnes Carrington, 29, of Oxford Junction. Robert Caldwell, 28, and Blanche Krupicka, 27, both of Cedar Rapids, received licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome McAndrews
Lost Nation
Agnes Carrington
Oxford Junction
Robert Caldwell
Blanche Krupicka
Cedar Rapids
Ministers Meet in Monticello Discuss Marriage Law
The Jones County Ministerial association met at the home of Mrs. H. C. Coughlan with Rev. S. G. Gutensohn as host. Rev. W. J. Grossheim led the devotional and Rev. Henry A. Schmitt spoke on Prayer. A luncheon followed and a resolution urged Iowa adopt a marriage law with physical exams and waiting period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Gutensohn
Jones County Ministerial Association
H. C. Coughlan
W. J. Grossheim
Henry A. Schmitt
Onslow
Coughlan
Frank Hayden
S. E
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Harold Jordan
Troop 49
St. John’s Church
O.E. York
Vets
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Jones
William Sloan
Mrs
William S. Rieken
Wayne Zion Lutheran
Farm Bureau Officers
Monticello Bank
C. A. McLaughlin
J. H. J. Stutt
Buxtons
Mrs. Buxton
P. O. Babcock
Keatland
Monticello State Bank
Stutt
McLaughlin
Mr. McLaughlin
Castle Grove Township
Tee
Ank
First Street
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
She Was
Andrew Cassady
Melford Matthews
Frank Giovanazzi
Mr. Matthews
Twin Cities
Schmitt
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