Royden Dies Suddenly in Monticello After Illness
Fred W. Royden, longtime Monticello resident and community helper, died Friday January 11 at John McDonald hospital after septicemia. Born October 11 1861 in Rockton Illinois, he helped run the Monticello band and Scotch Grove Nursery and organized a Bible class. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at the family home in Scotch Grove with Rev. S. G. Gutensohn officiating. Buried Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Royden
John McDonald
Monticello
Mr. Royden
Frank
First Congregational Church
Frederick Walter Royden
Rockton, Ill
Edgewood
C. M. & St. Paul
Scotch Grove
Greeley
Holla
Missouri
Lynnville
Royden
Edward Hoyt
Scotch Grove Nursery
Lois Applegate
J LeRoy Farmer Liquor Case Set For Wednesday
The trial of J LeRoy Farmer Cedar Rapids canning factory president charged with illegal liquor possession is set for Wednesday January 23 in Linn county district court. Farmer and plant superintendent Delbert E Greb pled not guilty and each posted 1000 bond after a raid found liquor valued near 2000 in the plant basement. The raid drew state wide attention as Farmer produced 200 state liquor seals allegedly sent by Harold Cooper state liquor control commission chairman leading to a grand jury investigation and Cooper's indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Farmer
Delbert E. Greb
Harold Cooper
State Liquor Control Commission
Cooper
Monticello VFW Post Invited to Cedar Rapids
Monticello VFW Post and Auxiliary are invited to a Second district school of instruction and meeting in Cedar Rapids on Sunday January 20 at 2 pm. District Commander Phillip Loesbe and District President Agnes Dvorak will preside with a banquet to follow at the VFW club rooms. Department Commander L L Totman and President Hazel Miller will attend, with hoped for large Monticello turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cedar Rapids
Phillip Loesbe
Agnes Dvorak
Clinton
Crystal Ball
Montrose
L. L. Totman
Hazel Miller
Aged Pensions Granted in Jones County
The old age assistance commission of Iowa announces Jones County has 43 old age pensions granted from 145 applications. The county’s proportionate share per 5000 grants is 41, showing an excess. Funds are allocated by the ratio of residents over 65 to the county total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Age Assistance Commission of
Iowa
Jones County
Towans
Correspondents From the Same Family Serve Onslow News
This week Mrs. Lou Barnes relinquishes her Onslow correspondent role to The Monticello Express after fifty years of letters written by her or her father N. B. Noyes. Noyes served over 30 years before her. The new Onslow correspondent is Mrs. W. A. Hicks. readers are urged to cooperate with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Barnes
Onslow
Monticello Express
Barnes
N. B. Noyes
Noyes
Jones Co. Fair Officers Elected
The Jones County Fair association held its annual stockholders meeting at the Matthiessen Auto and Supply office. Directors from the prior year were re-elected and officers for 1935 named: President L. E. Hoag, Vice-President H. W. Stuhler, Secretary F. G. Matthiessen, Treasurer H. M. Carpenter Jr., Chief of Police J. J. Locher. The 1934 fair posted a profit with reduced indebtedness and August 20–23, 1935 tentatively set for the next event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair Association
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
F. G. Matthiessen
L. Eb, Hoag
T. J. Shover
H. J. Lang Jr
H. M. Carpenter Jr
W. H. McDaniel
H. W. Stuhler
J. J. Locher
M. F. Hogan
T. J. George
Harry S. Rodman
L. E. Hoag
German Mutual Insurance Assn Reports Yearly Results
The German Mutual Fire Insurance Association sent members a year end statement showing receipts of 24803.46, with 20983.27 in assessments and 947.72 in new insurance written. Losses totaled 16811.88 and total disbursements 19305.71, leaving a year end balance of 5497.75. Five large losses occurred, three over 3000, one over 2000, and one over 1000. Officers: H. H. Zimmerman president A. G. Bohlken vice president John E. Folkerts secretary Fred Plueger treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Mutual Fire Insurance Association
H. H. Zimmerman
A. G. Bohlken
John E. Folkerts
Fred Plueger
Return License Plates If You Junk Your Car
Jones county car owners planning to junk vehicles are urged to bring 1934 license plates to the Jones county treasurer’s office before February 1. Licenses become delinquent for 1935 on February 1 and after that date exemptions from the license tax cannot be obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Residence Property Sold by Mart Rodman
Miss Lena Brockhohn of Monti cello contracted to buy the house owned by Mart Rodman formerly the Charles Podhaski residence. Rodman remodeled the interior and possession is to be given March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mart Rodman
Lena Brockhohn
Monticello
Charles Podhaski
Mr. Rodman
Monti Nips Tipton In Conference Opener
The Monti High five defeated Tipton 20 to 13 in the season’s first conference game. Hobart led Monti with 11 points as Monticello teammates Matthiessen and Ferring contributed before fouling out. Tipton’s late rally produced seven points in the final quarter, but Monti held on as 23 total fouls marred the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monti High
Tipton
Bill Hobart
Monti
Merten
Ferring
Matthiessen
Monticello
Hobart
Staltenberg
Eden
J. Hobart
Death of John Kuper prompts Oelwein family trip
Mr and Mrs John Brokens of Scotch Grove were called to Oelwein on Monday by the death of John Kuper new Cedar Rapids sister Mrs Peter Janett. Kuper died Friday January 11 after a two year illness. He was 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brokens
Scotch Grove
Oelwein
John Kuper
Peter Janett
Cedar Rapids
Kuper
Shomont Beats Wyoming Independents 37 to 26
The Shomont milk-jugglers won last Tuesday night in Wyoming, defeating the Wyoming Independents 37 to 26. Ferring led with 12 points, O'Rourke added 10, and Rohwedder starred for Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Independents
Wyoming
Ferring
O'Rourke
Rohwedder
Mrs. Lillian Stewart Opens Beauty Parlor
The Wirth Cleaners announce addition of a beauty parlor with Mrs. Lillian Stewart as operator. Known to Monticello residents, she resumes work as a beauty parlor operator in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Stewart
Wirth Cleaners
Edith Winkler Weds Irvill Rhatigan in Monticello Home
Edith Winkler and Irvill Rhatigan were marriedWednesday morning January 16 at the Winkler homeMonticello with Rev Armin H Tendick officiating An improvised altar and single ring ceremony followed by a luncheon The couple will reside in Monticello after February 1 Rhatigan is the son of Thomas Rhatigan and manages the Century Oil service station in town Edith is a Monticello High School graduate class of 1931 and previously worked at Maire candy shop
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Winkler
Monticello
Edith
Irvill Rhatigan
Armin H. Tendick
Reformed Church
Winkler
Tendick
Lohengrin
Rhatigan
Monticello High School
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Rhatigan
John Mitchell of Ft. Dodge is the New Speaker of the House
John H. Mitchell of Fort Dodge is chosen by a Democratic caucus as speaker as Iowa’s 108 member General Assembly begins a session marked by Democratic control in both chambers. Senate President pro tempore H. L. Irwin of DeWitt is named for continuity amid party leadership shifts. Inauguration and the governor’s address follow, with National Guard escorts and a formal reception to end the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchell
Ft. Dodge
Iowa
Democratic Party
Fort Des Moines
Democratic State Central Committee
EF. J. Feuling
New Hampton
Feuling
General Assembly
House
John H. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Senate Democrats
H. L. Irwin
DeWitt
Clinton County
Kraschel
Ilahoty
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
National Guard
Jones County Delegation Attends Iowa Farm Bureau Meet
A large Jones County Farm Bureau delegation attends the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation convention at the Shrine temple Des Moines January 16 17 18. Glen Jones Anamosa newly elected county president leads the group with dozens of county officials and members present including Mrs Harold Hartman W B Meeks Bessie Carlson Pard Miller Don Ruhl John Ingels John Wilcox Mrs Clem Liddy Bertha Harken L. C. Brokaw William Stanton Bernard Cass George Fishwild Ray Stivers and County Agent Carl R Smith among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Shrine Temple
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Glen Jones
Anamosa
Jones County
Harold Hartman
W. B. Meeks
Martelle
Max Wortman
Carl R. Smith
Sacred Heart Cagers Meet Wenceslaus in Friday Double-Header
Sacred Heart high school will host St. Wenceslaus for a double-header on Friday night January 18 on the focal court. Wenceslaus, regarded as one of eastern Iowa’s fastest Catholic fives, previously beat Sacred Heart 23 to 13 in Cedar Rapids. The program opens at 7 30 with the Sacred Heart girls facing the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart High School
St. Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus
Iowa
Sacred Heart
Cedar Rapids
Heiserman Addresses Monticello B P W Club
The Monticello Business and Professional Women's club held its regular January dinner meeting at Ann's cafe. The program, led by the legislation committee, featured a vocal solo by Beth Wallis an address on famous men in law by J E Heiserman and a panel on current legislation with Sophie Lambert Martha Meyer Madge Shaffer Bertha Locher and Ann Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Hanken Dies in Monticello
Monticello friends of Mr and Mrs Richard Hanken mourn the loss of their infant son born January 10 at McDonald Hospital who died January 11. Funeral services were held in Monticello last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Richard Hanken
McDonald Hospital
Inauguration Echoes as Lobby Groups Gather
With the inauguration over, attendees from about fifty organizations mingle to learn the new legislature. If luck holds, the speaker may announce committee chairmanships next week. The Senate grants each senator one clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soames Aso Teae Eh
Senate
John Deere Tractor Day Draws Jones County Farmers
Hundreds of Jones county farmers attended the John Deere Tractor Day last Saturday. The event began at 10 with a cutaway Model A tractor unveiling, lunch at noon, and an afternoon program at the high school auditorium. M. K. Hubbard presented an illustrated talk on service followed by two reels of the Partners John Deere film detailing tractor construction and field operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
Farmers’ Implement Company
Jones County
M. K. Hubbard
Martelle Youths Arrested in Break-In Case
County Sheriff Henry Eichhorn and officers arrest Theo dore Hurt and Art Clark near Martelle on charges of breaking and entering. The youths confessed to stealing a revolver knives and rifle and shotgun shells from a Martello hardware store and entering the closed C. J. Murfield residence as the Murfields vacation in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Eichhorn
Theodore Hurt
Art Clark
Martelle
Jones County
Eichhorn
Martello
C. J. Murfield
Murfields
California
Tenants For 33 Years In The Lovell Building
Dr A M Maurice marked the 33rd anniversary of joint occupancy with The Express in the Lovell building by a bouquet of red roses. The celebration honored smooth neighborly relations since the two firms and D E Pond began occupying the building’s second story last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Maurice
Lovell
D. E. Pond
Flirtation Walk Tops Family Entertainment Picks
A national civic and educational group named Flirtation Walk the best film for family entertainment among recent releases. The West Point romance stars Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in a tuneful choice praised by the industry column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National
West Point
Dick Powell
Ruby Keeler
Adv
Twenty Years Ago Monticello Events January 1914 Recap
Recap of January 1914 Monticello happenings from The Monticello Express includes business moves, births, marriages, deaths, and local notes. Arch Koop and Orlando Runge left for Quincy to study business. Augusta Behrends and Henry Peters wed. Peter Ommen dies at 82 after a paralysis stroke. Births include a daughter to Lou Oltman and wife and another to Charles J Heisey in Fallon Nevada. John Q Skeley fractures a leg in a riding accident. Mary Ann Hall and Mrs. Elizabeth Redmond die in Dubuque and Monticello respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch H. Koop
Orlando Rundie
Quincy, Il
Margaret Pond
Charles City
The
Monticello State Bank
John McDonald
John A. McLaughlin
William Stuhler
M. W. Herricx
G. H. George
H. M. Carpenter
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Martha Grenenwald
David Winans
Presbyterian Parsonage
W. G. Allen
Peter Ommen
Monticello
Walter Ferguson
Will Shelley
Austin
Minn
Lou Oltman
Wayne Township
Charles J. Heisey
Fallon
Nevada
John Q. Skeley
P. J. Kehoe
Immaculate Conception Church
Castle Grove Township
John J. Locher
John Jacobs
Santa Ana
California
Germany
United States
William Grumm
Jones County
Mary Ann Hall
Dubuque
Monticelo
Elizabeth Redmond
R. M. Redmond
Sacred Heart Church
George Hauck
New Driver Licenses Not Required This Year
It will not be necessary to obtain a new driver's license this year if you already have one and still possess it. You may secure a duplicate if you have lost your original, and all persons without a license may obtain one by applying at the sheriff's office in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Four Magazines For 50 Cents At This Office
An office offer invites readers to obtain four magazines of their choice for 50 cents by paying back subscriptions to The Express or placing a new subscriber order. Page 2 contains the full offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Farmers Mutual Creamery Raises Butterfat Payment
Dairymen of Farmers Mutual Creamery in Monticello receive 35 cents per pound for butterfat in early December and 38 cents in late December, a strong rise from 1933. The creamery sells sweet cream to Hutchinson Ice Cream in Cedar Rapids and Roy Morey notes higher volume and cash receipts for 1934. Annual meeting set for February 4 in Soldiers' Memorial hall with C. E. Reynolds of Mason City as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Monticello
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Cedar Rapids
Roy Morey
Soldiers’ Memorial Dance Hall
C. EH. Reynolds
Mason City
Resignations and deaths mark Nearby News
Miss Lucile Feldknap resigned as head of the Jackson county emergency relief office to take a post in Marshalltown. Frances Pinnell will direct the office until a successor is named. Mrs Ill Lemon, 73, wife of a former Davenport Methodist superintendent, died after a yearlong illness in Mount Vernon. Rev Lemon had served in Anamosa and New Hampton. Alvin Conrad, 4, of Dubuque, died after being struck by a National Biscuit Co truck. Reginald Tracy faces appeal of a death sentence at Fort Madison, with his confession tying to Adolph Berg. Flossie Fear received a life term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Feldknap
Jackson County
Marshalltown
Frances Pinnell
Bellevue
Ll. ©. Lemon
Davenport
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Vernon
Lemon
Anamosa
New Hampton
Alvin Conrad
A. E. Conrad
Dubuque
National Biscuit Company
Reginald Tracy
Manchester
Supreme Court of Iowa
Tracy
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Adolph Berg
Flossie Fear
Cold Wave Grips Midwest With Subzero Readings
A weather notice reports temperatures near 8 below zero last Monday at 6 am while Sunday morning showed about 30 above. The state weather bureau calls the cold spell general across the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the Great Lakes region. Roads around Monticello remain extremely icy and travel is difficult. Yesterday was cloudy with rain and sleet most of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mommicello
State Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Ohio
Great Lake
Monticello
January Sales Announced by Local Stores
Advertising inserts list annual January sales at George Stahler's Sons, Rick Less Dry Goods, and the clothing and shoe department. Bar gains are advertised across all three stores as the sales run next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
George Stahler's Sons Company
Rickless
Adv
Radio's Foremost Entertainer At Monticello High School
Frances Sellers the radio whistler and bird interpreter will perform at Monticello High School auditorium on Monday January 21. Admission is 10 cents. Sellers, a Southern Indiana native, blends bird calls with classical and popular numbers and invites audience participation. She has broadcast on NBC WHAS WLW and WLS and is praised for her magnetic personality and whistling symphony opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Frances Sellers
Miss Seliers
Indiana
Death Claims Two Men In Past Week
Patrick H. Britt longtime Delaware county resident died at his North Maple street home last Saturday morning after three months of illness. He was born near Delhi November 20 1855 and married Hannah Wragg in 1885. Survived by widow three children and several siblings with a previously noted son William who died at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in World War I. Funeral services were at Sacred Heart church with Rev A L Lorenz officiating and burial on the family lot near Delhi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick H. Britt
Delaware County
North Maple Street
Pulver
Sullivan
Mr. Britt
Delhi
Hannah Elizabeth Wragg
Britt
Monticello
Theadasia Pulver
Harriet Sullivan
Orman Britt
Ryan
John Britt
Hop
Death notices: William Behrends Stutt of Wayne township
William Behrends Stutt died at his Wayne township home from a stroke of paralysis at 11 p.m. Thursday and passed away at 7:15 a.m. Friday. He was born April 7, 1895, son of John and Gesche Maria Harris Stutt, married Catherine Sophie Tobiason May 8, 1907, and leaves three children Harvey Willis Hanna and five brothers and one sister. Funeral services were held January 13 at Zion's Lutheran church with Rev. John Willis presiding. burial followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Behrends Stutt
Wayne Township
Zion’s Luetheran
Mr. Stutt
John and
Gesche Maria Harris Stutt
O. Mardorf
Stutt
Catherine Sophie Tobiason
Harvey
Willis
Hanna
Henry
Monticello
John
Edinburg
Texas
Herman
Langworthy
Edward
George
Henry Folkers
Zion's Litheran Church
John Willis
Ida Harms Wed Frank Pillard in Anamosa Church Ceremony
Miss Ida Maria Harms and Frank Pillard were married Friday evening at 6:30 in Wayne Zion Lutheran church Anamosa Rev J Willms officiated The bride formerly sang at Zion church and worked at Smart-Wew shop The groom will run the Pillard farm They will live in a Foley apartment Monticello dance honors followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Eureka
Ida Maria Harms
Frank Pillard
Anamosa
J. Willms
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Rena Hoult
Calla Lillies
Esther Harms
Miss Ida Pillard
Henry Pillard
Pillard
Monticello
Foley
North
Ford Street
Zimmerman Dance Hall Adds Safety Measure
Zimmerman Dance Hall plans a safety upgrade with large girders placed near the central Zimmerman clothing store and on the west wall of the post office. Contractors deemed the measures unnecessary, but J B and Alva Zimmerran insisted on quieting rumors about safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
J. B
Alva Zimmerman
Zimmerman Clothing
Messrs. Zimmerman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred W.royden
J. L. Farmer Liquor
V.F.W. Post
German Mutual Insurance Ass’n
Shomont
Oale Greenawald
Shomont Milkmen
Edith Winkler
Sacred Heart Cagers
Heiserman
Monticello B.P.W. Club
R. Hanken
John Deere Tractor Day
Flirtation
Farmers’ Mutual
Radio
Patrick Britt
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