Mrs. Wilkinson Dies From Fall in Iowa Home
Mrs. Rose Ann Parrott Wilkinson of Monticello died Saturday after a fall on cellar stairs caused a fractured skull. Funeral services were held Monday at the family home, with Rev. Wm. J. Grossheim of the Presby terian church officiating. She was born September 22, 1860 at Worthington and married William S. Wilkinson in 1881. Surviving are eight children and several grandchildren, with burial in Oakwood cemetery.
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Oakwood Cemetery
Worthington
Wilkinson
Rose Ann Parrott
William and
Elizabeth Parrott
Dubuque County
Earlville
Harold Wilkinson
Eldorado
Iowa
Harry
San Jose
Calif
Hhose
Janice
Newton Wilkinson
Winona
Minn
Harry Young Jr
Rock Island, Il
Bertha Main
Hopkinton
A.G. Boland
S. M. Foote
Leroy Sturch
West Union
First Street Light Was Candle On Top
In the 1860s sugar bowl era John Lorentsen, a grocer next to Stahler’s boot and shoe shop, used a large sugar barrel with a candy pail atop. He set a wick in the pail, filled it with tallow, and lit it at dusk to cast light along the street between his store and the neighboring shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
John Lorentsen
Stahler Boot and Shoe
Supervisors Issue Funding Bonds for $16,500
In regular session Tuesday the board of supervisors issued funding bonds totaling $16,500 to cover an overdrawn poor fund. White Phillips of Davenport bought the bonds at 2 percent interest. Warrants marked unpaid due to insufficient funds are now funded by these bonds. the court funds and poor funds are the authorized sources for such issues, county auditor George Specht stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board ‘of Supervisors
White Phillips
Davenport
Boards of Supervisors
George Specht
Iowa Electric Co Case Set For 14th Hearing In Cascade
Judge J E Heiserman set a February 14 hearing in Jones County District Court on Iowa Electric Power Co suit to stop Cascade from building a $100000 municipal light plant. Defendants include Cascade mayor and town council members. city solicitor and local officials. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Cedar Rapids and Des Moines lawyers. defense led by City Solicitor E J Kean and M H Czizek from Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Electric Power. Company
Cascade
J. E. Heiserman
Jones County
Own Electric Power. Company
Heiserman
Leo. Coohey
W. J. Drummond
Francis E. Till
Chris Digrand
John
Ludwig
Wiliam Tallman
F.A. Kurt
Don Barnes
Rex. Fowler
Cedar Rapids
Des: Moines
E. J. Kean
M.H. Czizek
Dubuque
PWA
Idlding
Local Auction Sales Schedule This Week
Listings show farm auctions and livestock sales in the Monticello area. Thomas J. George sale today January 26. Helgens Bros Poland China sow sale February 1. E H Behrends sale February 2. Allan Fairbanks sow sale February 3. Frank H Kurt Estate farm sale February 7.
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Thomas J. George
Helgens Bros
Poland
Rickels
Monticello
E. H. Behrends
Allan Fairbanks
Frank H. Kurt
Court Petitions Filed With Clerk of Three Cases
Three petitions filed with the clerk outline matters including partition actions Charles F Hinch versus James Barrett et al with attorney James Remley. appeal from assessment involving Geo De Gorman. Iowa State Highway Commission listed with attorneys for the state and plaintiffs James Novachek and Mary Novachek.
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Charles F.hinch
James “Barrett
James _Remley
Attoriy
Nei Stromley
Eal Highway
Gladys Lyons
Charles Clark
William L. Wells
Mary W. Wells
Ed Buckingham
Maude. Buckingham
E.J Evans
Nellie Evarts
Jane’e. ‘Reid
James C. Reid
Clark E. Joslin
H. G. Gray
Richard D. Becker
Blanche L. V. Becker
Mary Milligan
John Duncan Milligan
Heiserman
Hospital Admission and Discharges Noted at Local Facility
Several patients were admitted to McDonald Hospital including Berniece Wilson Hopkinton Edward Helgens and Ruth Martin Arlenealli am G Schoop John Sto Wil m Westhaaf. Dismissals included Merga Smith Burris and others, with various names listed.
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McDonald Hospital
Berniece Wilson Hopkinton
Edward
Helgens
Ruth - Martin
Arlene Alliam
Schoop
John Aephonse Sto
Wilm ‘Westhaaf
Wane Merga ‘Ware
Lyle, Hostord
Ang Flopian
Manternach
Arid
Spoons for Quaker Oats fans delight local children
Sylvia and Helen Gutensohn unveil spoons featuring Betty Lou from Quaker Oats promotions.70 children visited The Express office over Friday and Saturday to receive spoons exchanged with trade marks and coupons. Children expressed joy while boys claimed the spoons for their sisters and asked if more would be available next week.
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Doxace
Sylvia
Helen Gutensohn
S. G.gutensohn
Express Office
Betty -Lou
Express
Charles Coxsee
Local Girl Irma Rohr Named Newton Art Instructor
Irma Rohr daughter of Mrs George Sutherland of Monticello serves as art instructor and director of the Newton Art Center. Newton will receive an Iowa artist oil painting as an Art Week prize, reflecting the city’s strong showing in state competitions and its new memberships in the American Artists Professional League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Irma Rohr
Newton
Schoola
George Sutherland
Yvenport
Iowa
Newton’ Women’s Club
Mildred Pulzer
Iowa City
Newton Women’s Club
Benton County Legal Pioneer Dies at 88
George W. Burnham 88 longtime Benton county lawyer and former district judge died early Friday. He arrived in Iowa in 1857, studied at Upper Iowa and Iowa State, played baseball at Ames, settled in Vinton in 1875 and became Benton county's first county attorney in 1888, later joining the bench in 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Burnham
Benton County
Iowa
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Iowa State College
Ames
Vinton
Melvin Boots
Springville
Don Christian
Paul Stanley
Stanley
Louis Hayward
Maquoketa
Reformatory
Anamosa
Schumacher
Monticello Named Site For Northeast Iowa Music Meet
Monticello will host the district music contests April 14 and 15 with Charles City as the other site for the second round. Anamosa hosts the sub-district contest March 24 and 25. Participating towns include Dubuque Cedar Rapids Anamosa Maquoketa Marion Monticello and Wilton among others in districts across Iowa.
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Monticello
Iowa
Grimes
Charles City
Fotticello
Anamosa
Dubuque
McKinley
Cedar Rapids
Maquokcta
Marion
Wilson
Alburnett
Andrew
Ballevue
Buck Creek
Central City
Coggon
Delhi
Hopkinton
Lisbon
Martello
Miles
Mount Vernon
Olin
Preston
Sabula
Victoria the Great Benefit Show For PTA at Monte
The PTA presents the historical English film Victoria the Great at the Monte theatre at 3 p.m. Friday. Proceeds fund high school band uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria the Great
England
Monte Theatre
PTA
Raymond Rhodes Dies of Heart Attack at Malvern Farm
Edna Drury Rhodes reports her husband Raymond Rhodes forty five died January 18 after a heart attack found in the barn yard of his Malvern farm. Funeral services were held at the home on January 21. No further details are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Edna Drury Rhodes
Raymond Rhodes
Malvern
Rhodes
Former Anamosa Woman Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Mrs. Ethel Skyles, 58, of Des Moines and former Anamosa resident, was found guilty of second degree murder for the fatal Sept 10 shooting of Carl Jones, 23, a bread truck driver, in front of Skyles grocery near Clive over a $5.50 check. Conviction carries a life sentence with possible parole after 10 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Skyles
Des Moines
Anamosa
Carl Jones
Jones
Skyles
Clive
Iowa
New Rotarians Taken Into Club
The Monticello Rotary club admitted three new members Wade Long Raymond Hoag and Dr John H Fraser last Monday evening The induction speaker Rotary President James Maurice noted Rotary founded February 23 1905 now in 4700 clubs with 200000 members in 144 districts Monticello belongs to the 132nd district with 81 clubs The Monticello club now has 29 members including four charter members
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Monticello
Two Couples Obtain License To Marry
Two couples received licenses to marry at the office of W. L. Pearson, clerk of court, last week. Elwood Bunge, 21, Clarence, Ia., and Charlene Starr, Oxford Junction, 19, and Louis Zimmerman, 25, Anamosa, and LaVerne Miller, 18, Stone City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Pearson
Elwood Bunge
Clarence
Charlene Starr
Oxford Junction
Louis Zimmerman
Ananissa
LaVerne Miller
Stone City
Mail In Deadline Set For Monticello Post Office
A train service change in Monticello requires all business mail to be deposited by 5 p.m to catch the Cedar Rapids night train. those left after 5 p.m go by Dubuque at 5:30 p.m. Outgoing mail must be in by 5 p.m to ensure dispatch.
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Monticello
Cedar Rapids
West
Dubuque
Iowa
City to Receive 1st Payment for Building
The city will obtain 14 090 75 from the WPA in Washington for the new municipal hall. This 25 percent of the building cost equals 47 percent of the government contribution. Remaining payments total 11 272 60 in two installments at 70 percent completion and upon final completion.
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WPA
Washington, D. C
L. R. Beals
Byrne Family Welcomes First New Year Baby
Courtes Monticello friends learn Frank Byrne and Agnes Gilmore welcomed a daughter born January 2 at 1 30 p m in Lakeville Minnesota. Byrne, a former Castle Grove boy and local auctioneer, appears with the infant while Mrs Byrne watches. The couple has eight children four boys and four girls.
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Byrne
Agnes Gilmore
Lakeville
Judge J E Heiserman Opens January Term in Jones County
The Jones County district court at Anamosa opened its regular January term on Monday January 23 with the grand jury in session hearing several matters but returning no indictments. The jury inspected the men’s reformatory and the county poor farm Tuesday and was entertained at the poor farm at noon.
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Jones County District Court
Anamosa
Lehman
Taylor
State
McGrath
Barton
Bates
Receiver
Folkers
Stover
Braun
Sather
Norris
Horn
Hunter
Lasack
Hansen
Waite Vs
Zeller and Estate of
Anar Houseworth
Ireland
Porter
Iowa Electric Company
Oe National Bank of Clinton
Jones County Bar Association
Gillen
Charles J. Cash
C. A. Doxzee
B. E. Rhinehart
Raymond Levy
J. E. Remiley
Heiserman
Jones County
John J. Locher
Association
Remley
Frank Shimanek
Oxford Junction
George Lawrence
Bar Association
Elect Officers For KP Lodge In Reorganized Fraternity
The Knights of Pythias lodge here elected and installed new officers led by Ray Hayes as chancellor commander and Sam Rhatigan as vice chancellor. The meeting drew 125 attendees as three degrees were conferred by Central City, Anamosa, and Cedar Rapids teams, with eight local candidates and one each from Cedar Rapids and Central City initiated. The Monticello lodge now counts 45 members.
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Knights of Pythias Lodge
Ray Hayes
Sam Rhatigan
Claude Appleby
Henry Adams
Steve Oay
Hartley Wilkinson
Charley Podhaski
Charley Schneider
Paul Hearn
Ross Baty
Albert McNeill
Ralph Lambert
Clarence Matthiessen
Central City
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Art Grensing
Muscatine
Monticello
Farmers Receive 500 Head of Feeder Stock
About 500 head of cattle were shipped in to stockmen via the Chicago and Milwaukee line during the last week. Seventeen cars carried feeders averaging about 80 head each to buyers including Serepee sacsone wy Marty two and others. P M Dahlem took two cars of feed. Other shipments from Fagen Bros Joe Kenealy Adams and Adams and Austin Alexander indicate January may show a slight rise in business.
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Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad
P Sere Pee Sac Sone
Albert Chapman Found Dead in Lovell Township Home
Albert Chapman, 62, was found dead in bed by his wife at 5 a.m. at his home in Lovell township near Monticello. A doctor stated he had been dead for several hours. No further details were provided.
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Albert Chapman
Lovell Township
Monticello
Chapman
Monticello Post Office Contract Awarded in Washington
The Langlois Construction company of Berwyn Lil was awarded the Monticello post office construction contract for about $60,000 with work to start soon and completion required within 300 days. The one story brick structure with basement will sit on a 175 foot frontage between the Monticello State Bank and the D X oil station, near the old Lovell house site.
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Monticello
Washington
Langlois Construction Company
Berwyn
Lil
Monticello State Bank
D-X
Lovell House
Four Monticello Residents Register New Cars
Four local residents purchased new vehicles and registered them with County Treasurer Don S. Ruhl during the past week. George Rickels owns a Ford, I. R. Hintz a Plymouth, Mike Ferring a Chevrolet, and A. P. Lambert a Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Don S. Ruhl
George Rickels
Ford
I. R. Hintz
Plymouth
Mike Ferring
Chevrolet
A. P. Lambert
Pipe Laying Near Monticello Plant Nears Foundation Start
Construction reports completion of 1000 feet of 12 inch pipe from the river area to the Maquoketa outlet and 835 feet of 10 inch steel pipe plus 2897 feet of 12 inch tile to the east sewer line. Nine workers at present with more to join as major work begins. plant equipment due by next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Supure
STO
Maquoketa
Third Street
Highway 151
Des Moines Man Dies in Two-Week Auto Crash
A Des Moines resident Delbert Dagle aged 62 died last Friday night following a collision two weeks after Mrs. Sam Eberhart of Monticello was killed in the same crash. Dagle was the third victim in the same incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Eberhart
Monticello
Delbert Dagle
Des Moines
Mr. Dagle
Senator Baldwin Probes New York Anti-Alimony Law
State Senator Howard C. Baldwin of Cascade seeks details on New York anti-alimony law. He quotes uncertainty about the law that outlaws alimony suits and notes it may be introduced in Illinois this year. Walker Berlin spent several days in Sanborn with Mrs. Ethel Yates at Windburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard C. Baldwin
Cascade
New York
Ane Baldwin
Ilinois
Walker Berlin
Sanborn
Ethel Yates
Windburn
Change In Exam Schedule For Jones County Drivers
Beginning Monday drivers license examiners for Jones county will be located in the City Clerk office at Ray Echternacht's office every other Monday. The plan, adopted by the highway patrol examining division, serves residents in the north part of the county. W Kulish notes two thirds of chauffeurs license renewals come from Monticello territory and about half of all license applications originate there. Patrolman M D Swords will be the examiner. Anamosa remains the office on other Mondays.
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Jones County
Ray Echternacht
Highway Patrol
W. Kulish
Monticello
M. D. Swords
Anamosa
First Electric Installs Neon Lighting at Monticello Bank
First Electric company installed new neon mercury gas tubes in the Monticello State bank work room formerly the Podhaski billiard parlor. Eighteen tubes provide daylight like illumination while using 540 watts to yield the output of 2,509 watts and lasting about 1500 hours.
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Monticello State Bank
Podhaski Billiard Parlor
First Electric Company
General Electric
Pat
Furst
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Iowa Electric Co
TEC
Tipton
Tipton Advertiser
Ema Rohr
Newton Public
Clemma Wenger
Marshalltown
P.T.A
Edna D. Rhodes II
Rotarians
Wade Long
Raymond Hoag
J. H. Fraser
Frank Byrne
Y Tribune
Farmington, Minn
Karl Renkment
Ment
Elizabeth Lauser
Peter G. Nevens
Monticello Post Office
C.O.D
M. F. Hogan
Baldwin
N. Y
First’s Electric
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