Monticello Minotaurs Tie for First With Anamosa in Slim Win
Monticello defeated University High 80 to 25 to pull even atop the Eastern Iowa conference with Anamosa. The game featured rough play, early U. High success on a sleeper tip in and free throws stifling Monticello’s offense before Monticello pulled away late.
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Monticello
Iowa
Anamosa
University High of
Iowa City
U. High
Monti
Schweitzer
Richardson
Bone
Graves
A. High
Minotaurs
Behrends
Wright
Siebels
Sweitzer
Kroght
Rich’dson
Miller
Burns
Field
Carson
Ries
Alderman
Dawson
Biebels
R. Carson
Minotaurs Rally To Top Hopkinton 39 19 On Tuesday
Monticello defeats Hopkinton 39 to 19 as key players miss games. Downes leads Hopkinton with scoring while Schweitzer tops Monticello. Junior high Monticello also wins 17 to 12. Next, Monticello visits West Liberty for third conference game amid Eastern Iowa lead tie with Anamosa.
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Minotaurs
Hopkinton
Heptowners
Field
Monti
Bud Bone
Downs
Schweitzer
Monticello
Graves
Behrends
Richardson
Wright
Stanger
Wilson
Landers
Allen
Brindley
Little
Hopkinton Junior High
Bader
Schuetz
W. Wright
Ross
Hogan
R. Bender
West Liberty
Anamosa
Snowstorm near Dubuque saves man from tragedy
Mrs. E L Humphrey noticed a dented fender after a blinding snowstorm and alerted police. Officers found Alfred Slowey, 35, numb in the snow beside the highway but he was saved by their timely arrival.
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Dubuque
Dubuque County
E. L. Humphrey
Alfred Slowey
Sacred Heart boys beat Onslow 31 to 22 in Friday clash
Sacred Heart boys under Coach Gump Ferring defeated Onslow 31 to 22 as Guler led with 10 points and Nordman and Lambert added eight each. The girls fell 24 to 31 to St. Wenceslaus, Corcoran scoring eight for Sacred Heart. They host Peosta Sunday in the local gym.
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Sacred Heart
Onslow
Guler
Nordman
Lambert
Gump Ferring
St. Wenceslaus
Corcoran
Peosta
Monticello People Gather at California Ranch Picnic
Former Monticello residents met January 15 at the Wilson ranch in California for a dinner in 80 degree weather. Thirty six attendees shared memories and discussed recent Monticello events, with many listed from Orange, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Glendale.
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Kate Maurice
Monticello
California
Wilson Ranch
Miss Maurice
Will Rosa
Noel Brazelton
Ed Harris
Northrop
George L. Lovell
Mr. Northrop
D. E. Pond
Bob Pond
J. W. Bombay
E. Almond Street
Orange
Mary Scales
Santa Ana
M. R. Colburn
Effie Starks Colburn
Yale
Fullerton
Long Beach
John Pond
Barbara McMahon
Mary Pond McMahon
C. T. Bates
Franc Herrick Bates
Stamford
Ren
Antonia Hanssen
Abbel Hotel
8Th and
Figueroa
Carrie Fallis
E. 5Th Street
Don O. Nation
Winifred
Chadwick Drive
Pasadena
Linda Doutrick
Summit
George F. Shaffer
W. H. Wilson
Charlie Wilson
Neva Starks Wilson
Ben Wilson
Melrose champs visit Monticello-U High game crowd
Observers include Coach Hlubek and the Melrose state champions who stopped in at Cedar Rapids for dinner before heading to Dubuque to play Columbia Academy. The team, despite four losses, shows championship form and hopes to reach the state tournament.
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Monticello
Marshalltown High
Thynne
O'Connor
Drake University
Sac City
Methodist Minister Attends Chicago Conference on Faith
The Rev. George Woodall of Monticello is among early delegates to the United States Methodist Council on the Future of Faith and Service. More than 4,000 Methodist leaders will gather in Chicago February 3 to 5 to hear clergy and laity speakers and discuss religion and Methodism's future. Alf M. Landon and Francis Bowes Sayre are among prominent speakers. The council is organized by the General Conference Commission on Evangelism and the Million Unit Fellowship as part of Methodism's 200th anniversary year.
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George Woodall
Monticello
United States Methodist Council On
Chicago
Methodist Church In
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Francis Bowes Sayre
General Conference Commission On Evangelism
Million Unit Fellowship Movement
Methodist Episcopal Church
Giant tarantula shocks Tama grocery clerk
William Morroway, a Tama county grocery clerk, spotted what looked like fur in a display window. The "scrap" moved and he snatched back, avoiding a giant tarantula said to be the largest seen in the area, likely from a banana shipment.
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William Morroway
Tama
Tama County
January 1908 Monticello happenings items
Monticello Express records January 1908 events including Dan Hearn’s barber business in Anamosa Miss Lou Stambaugh returning to Allegheny public school duties. California winter trip by Fred and John Matthiessen and wives. Diphtheria outbreaks in Ulysses Maire family. Fritz Frieda Husmann’s marriage to William Zimmerman at Zion Lutheran parsonage Wayne township. A W Steiner’s successful hernia operation. Deaths: John Koop at 78 after 40 years as a Monticello shoemaker and Mr Campbell at 100 in Epworth. Birthdays: Willie Behrends 80. Marriages: Fred Berlin and Anna C. Oltman. Deaths: Elva Babcock, 7, struck by train. Gerd G Zimmerman dies of pneumonia. Kellum and Aldrich wrestling ends with Kellum breaking his leg.
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Monticello
Ulysses Maire
W. W. Hunter
Frieda Husmann
Casper Husmann
William Zimmerman
Willie Zimmerman
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
C. Mardorf
A. W. Steiner
Rochester
Campbell
Matt
Hugh Campbell
Epworth
Willie Behrends
Fred Reuter
Fred Berlin
Anna C. Oltman
M. A. Breed
Berlin
John EF. Bateman
Florence Babcock
Iowa City
Elva
Gerd G. Zimmerman
Fred Kellum
William Aldrich
Kellum
Ure
Died of Rev J W Innes in Council Bluffs
Rev J W Innes died after a life spent in Monticello Ames and Milwaukee with later years in Evanston and Malvern He is survived by his wife four brothers and three sisters and three sons Nevin Donald and John The funeral included pallbearers and floral tributes from Monticello and Ames Presbyterian churches reflecting his longtime ministry
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Innes
Milwaukee
Evanston, Il
Malvern
Rev. Innes
Josephine Reynolds
Cannonsburg
Nevin M
Morfolk
Neh
Donald Raf Peoriaill
Josephine
G. F. Sheehan
Westport
Conn
Ellen Carpenter
John C. Innes
Robert Innes
Dinsdale
James
Kansas City
George
Davenport
Iowa
William
Colfax
Princeton Seminary
Presbyterian Church of
Federal Jobs Given To Two Jones County Men
Messrs. Winnie Boots and Joe Kula were appointed by the Federal archives department of the Works Progress administration to register all graves in Jones county. They began last week in Anamosa and plan to cover Civil War graves as well.
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Winnie Boots
Joe Kula
Federal Archives Department
The
Works Progress Administration
Jones County
Anamosa
Standard Oil Ads Highlight Merits of Products
The Standard Oil Company resumes using the Express to advertise its merchandise in this territory. The ads feature concise text with clear illustrations emphasizing the advantages of buying Standard products.
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Standard Oil Company
Express
Boy Scout meeting plans parents night during National Week
Scoutmaster Kenneth Puller led a cold Monday gathering with 21 Scouts. Plans for a February parents night include demonstrations for National Boy Scout week February 6 to 13. The troop will trim to 32 boys. inactive members face waiting list while active members stay. Tenderfoot badges awarded to Rollo Harford and Phillip Schneider. A 1935 snapshot notes average farm size 154.8 acres valued at 4626 dollars supported by 4.67 people.
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Kenneth Puller
Court of Honor
Rollo Harford
Phillip Schneider
Dreibelbis Sees South America Trip For Chrysler Export
Jay H. Dreibelbis writes from Brazil that he will be in Rio de Janeiro until late February before moving on to another South American port. He notes good automobile business there and mentions his daughter Betty is in high school.
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Monticello
Jay H. Dreibelbis
South America
Chrysler Motor Corporation
Rio de Janeiro
Brasil
South American
Public notice of probate in Jones county Iowa
Public notice states the district court appoints John Curtin as executor of the estate of Cains Z E Seeceased in Jones county Town. Creditors must file sworn claims with the court clerk within legal time and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa January 26 1938. Attorney for the estate W Ww Brash is noted.
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District Court
Jones County
Cains
Anamosa
Iowa
John Curtin
E. W. Brash
the . W. Ww
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Will D. McLaughlin
C. C. Hudson
Cedar Posts
Joe Strang
Cascade
John Schweitzer
F. D. McLaughlin
Floyd’s Bakery
Olmwood Kennels
Scotch Grove
Town
J. H. Perrine
Buckner’s
O. C. Curtis
Woodland Ave
Des Moines
Langworthy
J. F
West Sixth Street
Third and
Maple Street
Catholic School
Juilf Husmann
Asmuch
Bort
Shomont Farms
Oscar Ambuehl
Fred Brokens
Ida
John
Louis M. Kurt
State Farm Insurance Company of
Bloomington
Tll
Shorty
Ag Peed
Hollister
Palmer's Drug Store
Central City
Wyoming
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Princess Theater
Emil.Stutt
Palmer's
Good Road
Nelle Salinger
Interstate Finance Garage
Central Avenue
Ford Truck L.W.B
Childress-Hoag Motor Co
Ford and Lincoln Zephyr
Goodyear Pathfinder
Stock Yard
Wayne Church
Bill
Creamery
Lee Sanford
Denkhoff and Bon
Farmers Grain Co
Jones County Abstract Company
Earlville
Rua
Dean Morey
J. H. Dreibelbis
Brazil
Edwin Strube
Dickinson County
County Farm Bureau
Independence
Manchester
Maron
Maquoketa
Mount Vernon
Owatonna
Miller’s Corn
Marshman Fresh
Diamond
Shrei
INDY
Oregon
MELO
Lighthouse Cleanser
Jonathan Apps
Vances
Stooges
Donald Duck
Heaven
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
WM. Powell
Manhattan
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