January Term Of The District Court Opened For Session
The January term of the district court began last Monday with Judge F O Ellison presiding. The grand jury completed its work Tuesday afternoon producing several indictments, usually sealed until arraignments occur. A class of five citizenship applicants passed the examination and were naturalized: Lillian Langer John Behrens Marie Grassmeyer Bruno Grassmeyer Fritz Ahrenholtz. One applicant failed to fully describe the government and was continued. George C Gorman addressed the citizenship class. Court entries include civil cases continued for service and others settled or defaulted with divorces granted or pending pleadings and guardianship reports approved. Trial assignments are listed for February dates and specific cases to be tried.
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District Court
F. O. Ellison
United States
Lillian Langer
John Behrens
Marie T. Grassmeyer
Bruno A. Grassmeyer
Fritz Ahrenholtz
George C. Gorman
Burrichter Heads to Chicago Auto Show for New Car
Otto B Burrichter, Monticello Dodge Brothers and Cead Baker dealer, spends the week in Chicago attending the auto show and plans to visit a factory before returning with a new car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto B. Burrichter
Chicago
Dodge Brothers
Ceade Baker Automobiles
Monticello
Trade Merit Days In Monticello Highlight Weekend Bargains
Advertisements from Monticello merchants marked Trade Merit Merchant promise unusually low prices for the weekend. Readers are urged to review the sale items scattered through the issue as these bargains tend to deplete quickly. Trade Merit Days occur on the last week of each month.
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Monticello
Neighborhoods That Interest Neighborhoods That Interest
Norman Kline a seven year old boy was fatally struck by a truck owned by Cedar Rapids Gas Co. He died after an operation to save his life. Also noted are obituaries for Jacob Kohler and Dr W A Scott, a bank dividend announcement for M S Sanding, and various local court, theater, and farm sale items with prices and figures.
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Norman Kline
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Jacob Kohler
North Manchester
Lutheran Church
Manchester
Delaware County
Kenneth Brewer
Waterloo
Wood
Brewer
W. A. Scott
Maquoketa
Oeriterdimeti
M. S. Sanding
Hopkinton State Bank
Des Moines
Harry Pabst
Star Theater
Davenport
Grand
Cherry Burrell Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Edwin Baum
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids Men Face Record Unemployment in City
Cedar Rapids labor leaders say 3500 to 4000 men are out of work the worst in the city’s history. Mrs Lillian Landmesser oversees aid for 500 plus families with more requests daily for food and fuel. Officials blame the machine age and stock market slump for the downturn.
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Cedar Rapids
Four New Rotarians Inducted Into Monticello Rotary
Four new Rotarians were inducted into the Monticello Rotary club last Monday at Maples Inn. Induction speaker was past president John J. Locher with a Rotary history sketch by club president Charles A. Coxsee. Fellow inductees named: X Ray Childress Tom E Hamilton Carl O Hodson and William E Tuetken.
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Monticello
Fifty Years Ago in Monticello Express Highlights
The Monticello Express recalls a December railroad debut to Cascade, local marriages and deaths, business adverts, and town growth. Notable items include G W Condon's gold bow spectacles, 2000 tons ice storage, perfect pupil list, a 74 year old Cortez Paine death, and Monticello's $85 000 year with new water works and multiple new buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Haines
Monticello
Express
Cascade
Bellevue
Isaac Schneider
Switzerland
Louisa Haeussier
the Reformed Church
John Graf
the Express
W. H. Proctor
E. E
Chesterfield
Stone Mason
Herrick & Coxsee
Fannie Clark
William Schodde
Sam Kahn
Brown & Bowen
W. W. Calkins
D. C. Tice
W. F. Bingham
August Karp
Moody Bros
Fred Reichenbach
H. Schipman
F. J. Podhaski
M. E. Moore
East Monticello
Frank Fitzsimmons
Ernest Batchelder
Stephen Grover
Olive Batchelder
Bernard Fitzsimmons
Alva Like
Agnes Cooper
Ira Grover
Lesse Batchelder
Anna Humble
Cora Batchelder
Elinor Cooper
Sam Humble
Grain Marketing Meetings At Anamosa Set For March 6
The Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa ISU Extension Service and Cooperative Elevators announce district meetings to explain cooperative grain marketing under the Farm Board plan. The Anamosa session will be at the Farm Bureau office on March 6 with data on moving grain from surplus to deficit areas and how communities can use new facilities.
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Farmers' Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Cooperative Elevators
Iowa
Federal Farm Board
Anamosa
Farm Bureau
County Schoolmasters Draw County Tournament
The Jones County Schoolmasters meet at Anamosa led by President O E Spooner of Oxford Junction and drew the county basketball tournament. The event occurs in Monticello gym on February 14 and 15 with all county schools except Olin participating.
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Jones County Schoolmasters
Anamosa
O. E. Spooner
Oxford Junction
Monticello
Olin
Judge Rings Names Court Reporter for District
Judge H O Ring selects Arthur L Bye of Keokuk as court reporter to fill the vacancy caused by Charles Sutliff's death. Bye previously served in this district for Judge Dawley and later for Judge Craig and briefly for Judge Kepler in Northwood.
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H. O. Ring
Arthur L. Bye
Keokuk
Charles W. Sutliff
Mr. Bye
F. F. Dawley
Dawley
Craig
M. H. Kepler
Northwood
Mrs William Bucher Dies at State University Hospital
Mrs Will Bucher of Tipton dies at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City after three weeks of illness due to diabetes. She was born near Center Junction January 3 1886 and married to William Bucher about thirteen years ago. They had two children Margaret and William. Survived by her husband two children and eighteen grandchildren plus siblings. Funeral details note service and burial follow church rites.
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Will Bucher
Tipton
University of Iown Hospital
Iowa City
Bucher
Star
James McAleer
Lisbon
Monticello
Methodist Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Death of Jacobus L. Schoon Ends Long Suffering
Jacobus Lorenz Schoon died last Saturday morning at 4:15 after two years of severe dropsy. He was in his eighty first year and received tender care from his children during his illness.
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Jacobus Lorenz Schoon
Obituary of Adolph Schoon and Family Ties Across States
Adolph Schoon born 1849 in Ostfriesland Germany emigrated to the United States in 1869 settling in Wayne township and Center Junction area. He married Mary Helgens in 1879, who died in 1928, and left two daughters Emma and Lena and six sons George Will Lorenz and others. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church and lived as a farm laborer before his marriage.
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Ptevie Wees We Ceremany
Mueegenkrug
Ostfriesland
Germany
Kobus and
Renske
Ostermann) Schoon
Gitterman
Schoon
Staff sues Campagna for 30000 in damages
John T. Staff of Monticello as administrator of his wife Alice A. Staff sues Tony Campagna in Linn county district court for 30000 arguing 15000 in actual damages and 15000 in punitive damages from a Crescent drive and First avenue collision. The petition alleges Campagna drove recklessly with four in the front seat and cites her hotel income and life expectancy.
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John T. Staff
Monticello
Alice A. Staff
Linn County
Tony Campagna
Campagna
Staff
Crescent Drive
First Avenue
Jones County Buys New Road Equipment
The Jones county board of supervisors purchased two large caterpillar road maintenance machines at Cedar Rapids. County Engineer Vetter and Gay McConnaughey drove one home arriving Tuesday morning. The Snow-Go machine from the Iowa Highway Commission was used on the Wyoming Oxford Junction road where drifts were severe.
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Anamosa Eureka
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Vetter
Gay McConaughy
Iowa Highway Commission
Anamosa
Wyoming-Oxford Junction
Anamosa Resident Frank Porter Dies at 65
Frank Porter of Anamosa, long time Jones County resident, died last Tuesday at age 65. Born May 8, 1864 in Jackson township, he lived in Jones County most of his life and moved to Anamosa in 1917. He married Lottie James in 1889 and is survived by his widow and five children Eugene Floyd Mrs. Ray Carmichael Mrs. Lee Crain and Mrs. Clyde Chipman. Funeral held today at Antioch church in Jackson township conducted by Rev. Frank C. Worcester.
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Frank Porter
Anamosa
Mr. Porter
Jackson Township
Jones County
Lottie James
Eugene
Floyd
Ray Carmichael
Lamont
Lee Crain
Olin
Clyde Chipman
Antioch Church
Frank C. Worcester
Thomas D Crain Retired Farmer of Jackson Township
Thomas D Crain born September 15 1852 in Bradford County Pennsylvania came to Jones County in 1871 and settled in Jackson Township He married Carrie Coffit of Anamosa on February 13 1883 Surviving children are Elsie Mrs H S Merritt of Anamosa and Lee Crain Funeral services will be at Loder's chapel with burial at Riverside cemetery A coincidence links the deaths of Frank Porter and Mr Crain both occurring on the same day
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Thomas D. Crain
Jackson
Lee Crain
Frank Porter
Mr. Crain
Death of Mrs Gerd Rickels at family home
Word was received of the death of Mrs. Gerd Rickels at 1 o clock this morning at the home of her daughter Mrs August Bahls. She suffered a stroke of paralysis some time ago and was cared for by her daughter Mrs G J Hughes who had spent the past two weeks with her mother. The body will be brought to Scotch Grove for burial.
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Gerd Rickels
August Bahls
Liquor Raids in Dubuque Lead to Guilty Plea and Dismissals
State prohibition agents and local officers raided three Dubuque homes on Friday, seizing liquor and filing charges of maintaining a nuisance. Richard Freeman pleaded guilty at district court, paying 300 dollars and receiving a suspended 90 day jail sentence. The case against Sally Lee was dismissed for not living at the raided Elm Street home, while A A Miller awaits a preliminary hearing at Rowan Street.
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Dubuque
Richard Freeman
Rhomberg Avenue
P. J. Nelson
Dave
Sally) Lee
Justice of the Peace
M. P. Hogan
Elm Street
A. A. Miller
Rowan Street
Horse Sale Scheduled At Anamosa Monday
The Standing Rock Horse Company offers 40 head of broke horses aged 3 to 8 years for sale at the Anamosa fair grounds stock pavilion on Monday February 8 at 1 30 pm. Most are Percheron with some Shires and include well matched farm teams weighing 1200 to 1400 pounds. Horses will be hitched after the sale for viewing in harness. Peck and Martin, auctioneers.
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Standing Rock Horse Company
Anamosa Fair Grounds
Peck and
Martin
Monticello Put On Plays Brighten Monday Night
The first section of the short play tournament at Monti High drew a full house as Miss Georgian Miller and Miss Bernice Ferguson produced three plays The Mouse Trap All the World Loves a Lover and Just Women The Mouse Trap won best play with Kenneth Burris as best actor and Evelyn Fairbanks as best actress.
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Monn Lightfoot
Georgian Miller
Bernice Ferguson
Miss Peabody's
Milton Langer
George R. Guyan
Kenneth Burris
Evelyn Fairbanks
Edna Schoon
Russell Hughes
Richard Calkins
Harlan Cooper
George Guyan
Fae Cass
Luciia Oltman
Vivian Smith
Elmer Folkerts
Edith Schneider
Mary Eileen
Mona Lightfoot
Emil Prult
Winona Harford
Ruth Howie
Olena Zimmerman
Inez Kiburz
Freda Balster
Pauline Cooper
Walter
Mary Stickford
Elizabeth Mclaughlin
Margaret McNeill
Blanche Thompson
Winnie Rohr
Naughty Zell
Pauline Oltman
Clara
Leona Behrends
Sylvia Cooper
Madge Dickey
Hiram
Lorna Gerdes
Monticello
Dubuque
Anamosa
Manchester
Maquoketa
Andrew
Bellevue
Cascade
Coggan
Delhi
Earlville
Hopkinton
Preston
Sabula
Wyoming
Miss Wilcox
Margaret Porter
Mary Ehiben
Curtis Moncrief
Maax Specht
Bertha Mae Goldin
Emma Hughes
Thelma van Voltenburg
Mabel Harper
Tim George
Monti High
Monti
Tipton
Lillian Slauson
Lillian
Ginger Ella Serial Starts This Week in Express
The Express introduces Ginger Ella a new serial by Ethel Hueston starting in this week's issue with a generous installment on page 3. The tale is described as strong true and American with lively pacing and a sharp heroine whose quick mind keeps readers hooked.
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Ginger Ella
Express
the Express
Ethel Hueston
Ella
Three More One Act Plays at High School Tourney
Next Monday evening at 7 30 the second series of the play tournament will be staged in the high school auditorium. Three one act comedies will be given and an audience vote will decide the best play and the top actress and actor. Admission is ten and fifteen cents. A large crowd is hoped for as last Monday. Musical numbers between plays by the boys quartet and the junior high glee club will follow.
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Monay
Monticello Routs and Fights In Twin Week Basketball
Monticello high school battles Manchester to a 26 22 loss as Manchester stalls late to preserve a two point margin. Eby leads Monti with 12 points while Martelle nips Monti 31 27 in a tense county showdown with Eby and Matthiessen high scorers for Monticello.
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Monticello High School
Manchester
Monti
Independence
Anamosa
Marion
Monticello
Reichart
Bender
Eby
Matthiessen
Marmis
Pulliam
Woelschen
Tridage
Hungerford
A New Archbishop Named for Dubuque
Bishop Francis Beckman of Lincoln Nebraska is named archbishop of Dubuque to succeed the late J J Keane. The Vatican paper should arrive in two to three months and then the appointment takes effect. He has led Lincoln since 1923 and is 27 years a priest born in Cincinnati in 1875.
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Francis Beckman
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ofice
Dubuque
J. J. Keane
Vatican
Iown
Wyoming
Bishop Beckman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Windmill Fall Injures Man Forty Feet?
Henry Scheer escaped serious injury after sliding thirty feet from a windmill while tightening bolts. His fall was cushioned by guide wires and a snow bank. He lies in McDonald Hospital with a sore left lung and neck bruises.
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Henry Scheer
McDonald
Creamery Co Annual Meeting Set For February 3 1930
The Farmers Mutual Creamery company holds its annual meeting at the Legion hall on Monday February 3 1930. The morning session begins 10 30 with speakers and discussions and a free noon dinner. Ladies invited bring wives and a plan to clear butter surplus. At 1 pm reports are read and officers elected followed by further business. O W Brazelton Adv.
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Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Legion Hall
O. W. Brazelton
Adv
Library Programs To Be Broadcast From WHO
Forest B Spaulding will broadcast the first of twelve programs on Rural Library Extension tonight at 6 15 p m He plans to speak each Wednesday at the same hour over WHO for twelve weeks The extension of library facilities to rural people deserves support from every board of supervisors in the state Carsten Peters has recovered from pneumonia after a recent illness
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Forest B. Spaulding
Spaulding
Board of Supervisors
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. M. Peet
Miles Landis
Dewey Portland Cement Company
Jurgensen Lumber and Grain Company
R. O. Bullock
George Bullock
Agnes S. Gearhart
Lester L. Gearhart
William Breen
Wiliam Breen
Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa
Don E. L. Vrooman
Marjory Fairbanks
William Fea
Banking
Edward Kostawieck
Julia Jacobson
Harry Soule
Frieda Soule
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
John Schladetzky
W. N. Dearborn
J. M. Dougherty
Probate Matters
Joseph A. Kuhns
Guardian
Elizabeth Glick
Marie Venischek
Mary I. Jarman
Harriet Sweet
David Farrell
John Lynch
Moran
Miller
Davis
Schneider
City of Monticello
Yardlem
Elias
Tobiassen
Hannahs
Griffen
Hardy
Smith
Best of
Leonard R. Johnson
Habeas Corpus
Andresen
Gorman
Fetters
Pruess
Consolidated School
Schladetzky
John Ruley
Rotary
G. W. Condon
Gerrere Lodge of Odd Fellows of
D. S. Kinsella
Michael Bergen
Philadelphia
Castle Grove Township
J. B. Smith
I. H. Dawson
C. A. Whiting Grove
Mitten
C. S. Bidwell
Peterson Block
Central Meat Market
Isaac Rigby
Emma J. Noble
Kenneth McCulloch
Prairie Hill
California
Elmer J. Noble
John Deischer
Mary Warner
Paul Warner
Wayne Township
Slauson
Cooper
Kinsella
H. Suhr
Cortez Paine
J. L. Paine
Fayette
William Bucher
State University Hospital
Jacobus L. Schoon
Adolph
Henry
Alva
Amber
Zion’s Lutheran Church
J. Willis
Mr. Schoon
John T
Philomathean Society
Philomathean Literary Society
Alice Benedict
Zeola Burlingham
Mary Starks
Margaret Elmers
Doxsee
Europe
Martello
Nathaniel Mossborough
Billy Stickford
Rosalind Mossborough
Donna Lewis Re Ee Tpe PE E
George Guyan Jenkins
Donald Clark
George Schiemme
Lance
The
Goslings
Richard Taylor
Margaret Taylor
Robert Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Ell Lecten
Alva Hinrichs
Martha Lee
Mary Eileen James Ward
Maid
Taylor
Grandmother
Sue
Vivian Bancroft
Della Winston
Ed Winston
Berkley Curtis Arnold Powers
Jack Kay Louise Taylor
Irene Burrichter
Sue Meek
Sue Winston
Martelle
Corn
Fisher
Woes
Decerte Etitare Ate
Re “Atpackenss
Igo. We
Rhatiean
Igo
PF Fisher
Rfaden
Woo
Gotsch
Ene
Thomas
Johnson
Creamery Co
Carsten Peters
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