January term closes as Jones county court omits jury
The January term of Jones county district court in Anamosa convened with Hon. F. O. Ellison as presiding judge. Judge Ellison declined a petit jury due to light case volume and court funds, deferring most matters to a later schedule including equity and default calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District Court
Anamosa
F. O. Ellison
Bar Association
Ellison
Det
Ah Rody
Merritt
Roy Eanterly
Watters
Knutson
Lawrence
Chicago Milwaukee & St Railroad Co
Drew
Niles & Watters Savings
Mipbelve
Hugh Gert
Lyle. Marshall
Marshall
D.C
McCormac
Oscar. Ambuthi
Citizens State Bank of Wyoming
Byron McGuire
J. Lynch Jr
Clifford L. Niles
L. M. Wilson
Burleigh T. Moreland
Fredericka C. Anderson
Death of Monticello native B J Haeussler noted in Coleridge
Ben Haeussler a former Monticello resident who had lived in Coleridge Nebraska for 33 years died Friday evening of heart failure after illness. He was 73 born July 4 1864 in Kingston New York. Funeral at Coleridge Congregational church with burial in Laurel alongside family members. He was married in 1889 to Esthed Wittenwyler and left three children Irvin Carroll and Fred Arthur who died young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Haeussler
Monticello
Coleridge
Nebr
F. J. Tresidder
Coleridge Congregational Church
Laurel Cemery
Benjamin Joseph Haeussler
Kingston
N. Y
Louis Frederica Hacussier
Ed Turnis
Peru
Esthed Wittenwyler
Fred Arthur
Irvin
Carroll Simonson
Sioux City
Monte Theatre Installs New One-Piece Sound Screen
After the last show Wednesday evening workmen installed a one piece sound screen at the Monte Theatre. It carries the highest known reflecting surface for motion pictures and is furnished by the Day Life Screen Company of Chicago.
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The
Monte Theatre
REA awards $80,000 for Dubuque county line
An additional $80,000 allotment from the REA was approved for the Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric project. The funds will extend the line into Dubuque county and add work in Jones and Jackson counties. The partial allotment funds 175 miles of line to serve about 450 farms, with construction to begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REA
Maquoketa
Living Exposition by Troop 49 Promotes Safety First
The Monticello Boy Scouts announce a public Living Exposition on February 7 at 7 30 pm in the public school auditorium. Free program teaches first aid safety and Iowa vehicle laws with dramatic demonstrations and a roster of 1938 scouts led by Kenneth Fuller.
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Scouts of
Troo
Iowa
Beout
Troop 49
Monticello
Kenneth Fuller
Charles Field
Jack Fraser
Dean Morey
Bud Bader
Harold ‘Yeoman
Morey
Yeoman
Ross
Liddy
Bader
Rodman
Hasford
D. ‘Harford
Eens Patrol
John Messerli
Ralph Netcott
Phillip Schneider
Wallace Schneider
Jacky Stuhler
Gerald Taylor
Billy Thomas
Bud Thomas
Paul Warner
Wed Nup Proceeds for Monticello Couple at Sacred Heart
Fredrick Loes and Edna Siebels were married Wednesday at Sacred Heart church in a single ring ceremony led by Rev. A L Lorenz. Attendants Miss Joyce Breehusen and Ray Lehner, reception for relatives, two week honeymoon across Minnesota, couple plans farming life near Cascade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Siebels
August Siebels
Monticello
Frederick Loes
Fred Loes
Cascade
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Joyce Breehusen
Onslow
Ray Lehner
Seehusen
Augusta Bartlett
Minnesota
Lees
St. Mary's School
Fred Lees
Jessen
Jack McNally
William Cauder
Elsie Seehusen
Death of Hopkinton Resident Fred Gosting at 77
Fred Gosting 77 resident of Hopkinton died at his home three miles north of town. He moved to the family farm at age three and lived there most of his life, never married, and later rented to Mr and Mrs Myron Porter. Survived by three nieces Reiding Manchester Mrs Store Cedar Rapids and Mrs Hughes California. Sister Mrs Frank Jackson of California preceded him in death. Services held at Matthias funeral home at 1:90 p m with Rev D S de Best in charge. Burial in Hopkinton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gosting
Hopkinton
Mr. Gosting
Delaware County
Myron Porter
Reiding
Manchester
Btore
Cedar Rapids
Hughes
California
Frank Jackson
Gosting
Matthias Funeral
de Best
Hopkinton Ceme
County Wide Meeting on Anamosa Tenant Landlord Issues
Anamosa area residents will discuss renter compensation for unexhausted improvements and landlord compensation for farm damage due to neglect. The gathering also covers whether disputes between landlord and tenant can be settled by arbitration.
Local Church Rededicated in Monticello January Service
The First Presbyterian church of Monticello was rededicated on Sunday January 23 with a morning and evening service. The event featured processional seating, choir numbers under Mrs. Frank Walker, and a sermon on Structural Security by Rev. William J. Grossheim. An evening service included clergy from surrounding churches and a University of Dubuque speaker Rev. John Garber D D. A joint young people gathering and a buffet supper followed. The church interior was redecorated at a cost of 8500 by Henry Coyle and team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church of
Monticello
William J. Grossheim
Frank Walker
Grosshelm
Abram Alyea
Center Junction Presbyterian Church
Henry Schmitt
Onslow Presbyterian Church
W. P. Nicholas
D. D
Wyoming
Vad Beeen Ee
Armin
Tendick
W. J. Grossheim
Harry Alyea
Center Junction
John Garber
University of Dubuque
Dubuque
David de Best
Hopkinton Presbyterian Church
Harry Green
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Anamosa
Henry Coyle
Bar Association Elects New Officers For 38
The Jones County Bar association met at Gillen hotel Anamosa with near full attendance. After dinner in the courthouse they elected officers for the year Julie Remley president J E Locher Monticello secretary treasurer and J J Locher Monticello vice president. They also recommended no jury for January term and set March term meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Bar Association
Gillen
Anamosa
Court House
The
Bar Association
Ben Rhinehart
Messrs
C. J. Cash
Warren Rees
James E. Remley
J. J. Locher
Monticello
J. E. Locher
Sutherland Shorthorns Shipped to Harper Brothers in Cuba
D. Sutherland, a purebred short horn breeder near Center Junction, has sent a second consignments of purebred Sutherland shorthorns to Harper Brothers of Havana Cuba for breeding stock. The shipment marks continued trade with Cuban buyers and showcases ongoing ranching exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Harper Brothers
Havana
Cuba
Sutherland
Monticello Wins In Play Contest
Monticello won the Jones county one act play contest held in the public school auditorium with the judges noting Monticello the top scoring group. Anamosa and Oxford Junction also presented plays The event drew a small audience due to severe stormy weather.
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Monticello
Jones County
Anamosa
Oxford Junction
Ety
Supervizor
Huldah
Peet
Pens
Bea Long
Kathleen Carlsen
Kinser
Monticello Group
Schoolmasters Club
Elsig
Helserman
Monticell Players
Loyall Pearson
Irene Marek
Mary Cathryn Rawson
Anne Dumont
Maxine Juehring
Robert Hill
Yale Kula
Ruby Ireland
Honor Roll and Attendance Figures For Monticello Schools
Monticello public schools report first semester honor roll standings across seniors to twelfth grade with 90 percent or above averages. First through third places are noted per grade along with ribbons. a separate tally lists 106 perfect attenders out of about 250 high school students.
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Monticello Public
Jo McNeill
Frances Bone
Shirley Hobert
Junior Welter
Herbert Herren
Robert Heyen
Wilma Grossheim
LaVern Wahl
Doris Schoon
Rosella Behrends
Lucille Regise
Huib
Lois Naylor
Arline Balster
Robert Liddy
Royal Landis
Robert Biebels
Olive Nagel
Janann Schweitzer
Donald Howie
Yvonne Lange
Gertrude Ortgies
Betty Adams
Mary Lou Luett
Gene Walker
Ruth Ann Hoag
Venita Shover
Betty Lou Podhaski
Helen McLaughlin
Eloie Timmins
Wilma Yount
Doris Ross
Betty Patterson
Jack Stuhler
Elizabeth Byerly
Rebecca Grimes
Robert Husman
Marvin Boysen
Marjorie Luett
Marileigh Clark
Mifred Claus
Bobby Luett
George Stuhler
Lee Warner
Dorothy Maire
Elizabeth Wilson
Genevieve Wright
Sylvia Gutensohn
Louis Bader
Dayton Yousse
Donald
Hearing Aid Installed At Methodist Church
A hearing aid system has been installed at the Methodist Episcopal church by Carlton Landis. A microphone near the pulpit feeds eight pew outlets with receivers and headsets available. The system debuted last Sunday and worked well for users. Individual receivers can be purchased through Mr Lan dis, with volume controls at each outlet.
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Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Carlton Landis
Landis
John Hay Captures Campus Shots for Iowa State Bomb
John Hay, sophomore at Iowa State College Ames, son of Mrs E J Farley, contributes as one of nine staff photographers for the 1938 Bomb yearbook. He helped record campus life, taking about 250 candid images for the student volume and its three feature pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hay
E. J. Farley
Iowa State College
Ames
John
Hopkinton Trucker Narrowly Survives Monoxide Fumes
Donald Dighton of Hopkinton, a Lux Milling driver, escaped carbon monoxide poisoning after a faulty truck exhaust filled his cab. He was taken to Monticello hospital last Thursday and returned home the following Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Dighton
Hopkinton
McDonald
Miss Grace Sandhouse joins Washington entomology work
Grace A Sandhouse a former Monticello girl now serves in the U S agricultural department in Washington D C as an entomologist writing technical papers on bees and wasps. She holds an M A from the University of Colorado and studied at Cornell.
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Grace A. Sandhouse
Monticello
Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
University of Colorado
Cornell University
Miss Sand- el
Washington, D.C
Ree the Express
Washington
Red Cross Appeals for One Million Dollar China Relief
Dr. Earl DeShaw, Monticello Red Cross chair, received a national letter from Cary T. Grayson and a Roosevelt letter urging a one million dollar goodwill offering to aid distressed Chinese civilians. Monticello area supporters are asked to mail contributions to Monticello State Bank for F. E. Stimson, local treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl DeShaw
Monticello
American Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
Admiral Grayson
Roosevelt
China
International Red Cross
Monticello State Bank
F. E. Stimson
Red Cross
Minister Bridges Assigned To Kenwood Park Parish
The Rev. Charles Bridges has assumed the pastorate of Kenwood Park Presbyterian church. He previously served at Middleton and has held pastorates in Valley Nebraska and Edinburg Indiana. He and his wife will live in Cedar Rapids at 3324 First Avenue East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bridges
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Middleton
Bridges
First Avenue East
Cedar Rapids
George Ambuehl
Monticello
George A. Bridges
University of Iowa
University of Dubuque
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Omaha
University of Chicago
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Mr. Bridges
Iowa
Valley
Neb
Edinburg
Ind
Drake University St.Des Moines
May Make Survey Of Monti For Gas System
Des Moines Gas Engineering representatives plan to seek city council approval to survey Monticello for a municipal gas plant. The study would assess feasibility and cost, funded by the firm and presented to the public, as Anamosa and nearby towns also explore gas systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Gas Engineering Corporation of
Des Moines
Anamosa
Auxiliary President Leads National Defense Conference Focus
Mrs. Elsie Meade president of the Monticello Ladies Auxiliary No. 1683 VFW and two thousand auxiliary presidents nationwide are shaping attention to the thirteenth women's conference on national defense for enduring American peace. The event opened this week in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Meade
Monticello
Farmers Ship Large Livestock Shipment From Monticello
Heavy stock shipments from Monticello leave for United States stockyards Chicago. Twenty carloads were sent this week including sheep hogs and cattle from named local consignors led by Tom George Ray George and the Farmers Shipping association with station agent M B Leonard noting the volume as one of the largest in some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
United States
Chicago
Tom George
Ray George
Farmers Shipping Association
Sand Spring
Jake Lang
George Turnis
H. A. Deischer
Thomas F. Kehoe
L. Burlage
George Kurt
I. R. Hintz
Louis Finn
BE. J. Engler
M. B. Leonard
Jones County Sheriff Witness At Hanging Fort Madison Penitentiary
A witness at the double hanging testified that County Sheriff Eichhorn observed the trap released under the two inmates at 7 24 am. The county attorney Heiser offered to testify but declined the invitation to witness the execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Eichhorn
Heiserman
Died Saturday Rev J W Innes Former Monticello Pastor
Rev John W Innes D D longtime Monticello First Presbyterian pastor died Saturday morning at a Council Bluffs hospital after several days of illness. Funeral services were held at Malvern and burial followed. Born January 16 1867 in Brooksdale Ontario he served churches in Algona Nevada Monticello Ames and later led Collegiate Presbyterian in Ames. The Monticello church built a new house of worship in 1903 and rededicated after repairs in 1910.
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The
Monticello
John W. Innes
D. D
First Presbyterian Church
Council Bluffs
Malvern
Innes
A. E. Kiser
Creston
Henry D. White
John William Innes
Brooksdale
Ontario
Canada
James Innes
Towa
Tama County
Western College
Toledo
Monmouth College
United, Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh
Princeton Theological Seminary
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Algona
Nevada
Ames
Collegiate Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Page
Local Monticello Boxers Enter Golden Gloves Trials
Monticello will be represented in the Golden Gloves tournament at Anamosa high school auditorium on January 31 and February 1. Two Monticello teams will be led by Tommy Eden and Louie Hanken, with entrants ranging from 88 to 192 pounds including Gus Deering Clarence Aldrich Verdie Rich Moncrief Tom Eden Raynardson Raymond Fluckiger Leo Kiburz and Robert Bond Behrends. Volunteers from Scotch Grove Louie Hanken and Ben Thuman will fight in the heavy class. Cedar Rapids hosts a later event with finalists advancing to Chicago.
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Monticello
Anamosa High School
Tommy Eden
Louie Hanken
Anamosa Eureka
Gus Deering
Loyal
Rittmer
Clarence Aldrich
Verdie Rich- Moncrief
Tom Eden
Rayardson
Leo Kiburz
Robert Bond Sbehrends
Raymond Fluckiger
Ben Thuman
Scotch Grove
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Chicago
Anamosa Man Honored On Ninetieth Birthday
Anamosa resident Winfield Scott was honored on his ninetieth birthday at his daughter Mrs. R. D. Cooley’s home. A Jones county longtime settler, Scott recalls early life including a Kentucky birth and tales of historic journeys and hay hauling along a then State street road.
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Winfield Scott
R. D. Cooley
Anamosa
Jones County
Scott
Kentucky
Irac
Catherine Johnson
Massachusetts
Vermont
Ilinois
State Street
Bellevue Barber Pays Fine for Liquor Charge
Karl Lucke of Bellevue drew a suspended 600 dollar fine on a charge of illegal possession of liquor. The report also notes Grace Woods of Earlville celebrated her 92nd birthday and other regional notices including a fatal electrocution at Grand Mound and multiple court sentences for larceny in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Lucke
Bellevue
Grace Woods
Earlville
Glasgow
Scotland
Marriage license issued in Cascade and Monticello match
Clerk of Court Lee Byerly issued one license this week. Frederick Lees, 22, of Cascade, to wed Edna Siebels, 24, of Monticello, are the engaged couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Byerly
Frederick Lees
Cascade
Edna Siebels
Monticello
New Nickel Honors Thomas Jefferson
The treasury announced a new nickel featuring Thomas Jefferson to replace the buffalo design. The law requires 25 years between designs, and the period ends February 21. Jefferson’s portrait will appear on one side with Monticello on the other. a $1,000 prize contest will choose the exact design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Monticello
Mrs. Clara L. Northrop Mitchell Dies in Marion
Clara L. Northrop Mitchell, born in Maquoketa and widow of Charles E. Mitchell, died at her Marion home after ill health since a June hip fracture. Survived by daughter Mrs. W. K. Lothian and brother Mr. Northrop. Funeral services were held in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Mitchell
Charles J. Northrop
Monticello
Marion
Maquoketa
Mr. Mitchell
Clara L. Northrop
W. K. Lothian
Mr. Northrop
Los Angeles
Calif
Old Age Assistance Report for December in Jones County
Jones county reports 375 residents benefited from old age assistance in December. Total pensions amounted to $6,940 with an average of $18.51 per person. Statewide, $878,898 was paid to 44,414 pensioners averaging $19.79 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Escaped Prisoner Captured Near Marion
Russell Smith, 40, was captured in a farmhouse near Marion by guards from the Anamosa men's reformatory. He escaped from the prison farm last Sunday after being returned to the reformatory in 1931 for parole violation. He had less than two years left on a sentence begun in 1916 for breaking and entering and faces an additional five years for the escape. Authorities were alerted in multiple directions after his absence was noticed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Russell Smith
Marion
Smith
Carroll County
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Petit Jury
B._J.Haecussler
Boy Scouts
Fredrick Loes
Rev
Lorenz
Cube
Ella
Stebels
Kataren Woodall
Hanssen
Kimeree Nichols
Freda Prull
Ruth ‘Reuter
Eirs
J. Heiserman
Biante
A. Grimes
Welsch
Oxi Senetion
Ard Strasberg
Betty Bartlett
Irma Schoon
Jane Stuhler
Louise York
Billy Corbin
Richard Sutherland
David Walker
Milton Bader
Frank Fitzsimmons
Donald Howland
Janis Grimes
Kathleen Hong
Elfrieda Ortgies
Eloise Wright
Phyllis Appleby
Ebien Mae First
Ramona Hoffman
Alleyne Rejner
Wilma Wright
Wayne Claus
Arthur Gesse
Dale Griffith
LaVern Hubbard
Armin Jacobs
George
Shirley Hubert
Lucille Huibregtse
Delores Poppe
Ruth Reuter
Ruth Richardson
Maxine Rynerson
Minnie Sackett
Verna Stutt
Kathryn Woodall
Eileen Woellert
Dale Adams
Paul Behrends
Carl Biden
Glenn Gerdes
Robert Maire
Dewaine Rynerson
Robert Stutt
Ruth Bennen
Doris Beard
Mary Egger
Eunice Howland
Hopkinton Trucker II
Grace Sandhouse
Kenwood Presbyterian Church
J. Innes
Council Bluffs Hospital
David Street
First Street
David F. Baer
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Grand Mound
Baer
Roy Alspaugh
Ralph Alspaugh
Philippines
Edna Stone
Leon Alligood
Harold Stielman
Springfield
Ill
Alligood
Stielman
Fort Madison
U. S
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