Train wreck injures several in Cedar Rapids
Local No. 26 gasoline electric car of the C M St P & P derailed in Cedar Rapids train yards at 6 50 PM injuring twenty one passengers. Among the injured were three Monticello women and Miss Helen Hayes. An Atkins boilermaker and Frank Higgins of Monticello also suffered injuries. Pilot Montgomery was only slightly hurt. Open switch blamed. snow and boarded front windows noted. A steam train was dispatched to Monticello two and a half hours late. The jitney car was completely out of commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M St. P. & Pacific Railway
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
O. E. Terrace
James Shirley
St. Luke's Hospital
Helen Hayes
Marion
Frank Higgins
Jack Higgins
Higgins
Atkins
Montgomery
Henry Sibly
Margaret Fawcett to be buried in Oakwood
Margaret M. Fawcett died January 28 in Cleveland of heart trouble. Her body returns to Monticello for burial beside her parents in Oakwood cemetery. Funeral Friday at her brother in law J. W. Coxsee’s home with Rev. Robert Davies officiating. She was a longtime Cleveland teacher and life long Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret M. Fawcett
Cleveland
Ohio
Monticello
George S. Fawcett
Philadelphia
Charles H. Fawcett
Glenwood Landing
Long Island
Charles L. Fawcett
Oakwood
J. W. Coxsee
Robert Davies
Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss Fawcett
New Lisbon
Salem
Ohio Normal School
Methodist Episcopal
Parent Teachers Set Special Address by Mrs Perrie Beyea
Monticello will host an evening talk by state social worker Mrs Perrie Beyea of Des Moines in the public school auditorium on Wednesday February 27 at 730 PM The day will also include a talk to the public school children Earlier notices urged P T A members and others interested to attend The Express will publish further details later
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Monticello
Perrie-Beyea
Des Moines
Perrie- Beyea
Parent-Teachers Association
The
Express
Poland China Sow Sale Set for Dyersville Fairgrounds
Wm H Arens of Dyersville announces a Poland China bred sow sale at the Dyersville fair grounds Tuesday afternoon February 6. Forty five head of spring gifts sired by The Moulder will be offered. There is no safer or surer investment than a good Poland China bred sow.
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Wm. H. Arens
Dyersville
Fair Grounds
Adv
What the Gray House Hid starts in this Express
The Express begins a mystery serial titled What the Gray House Hid by Wyndham Martyn. Readers are invited to enjoy a four to five column weekly installment set in a charming New York mansion where a baffling crime unsettles the occupants. The author promises an engaging, hair raising tale with an elusive guilty party.
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the Express
Gray House
Wyndham Martyn
New York
Two Local Men Die This Week
Luke Coyle a Monticello painter and paper hanger died at John McDonald Memorial hospital last Monday at 3 30 am after a brief illness from erysipelas following a forehead bruise. He was born November 19 1857 in Scotch Grove township and leaves two surviving sons Henry and Raymond plus a brother and two grandsons. Funeral services were held yesterday at the home of Henry Coyle conducted by Rev George A Hauck and burial was in Oakwood cemetery beside his second wife Nellie Lacey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Coyle
Monticello
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Mr. Coyle
Michael
Julia Coyle
Scotch Grove Township
Sarah Dixon
Joseph Rhr. Arthur
Henry D. Coyle
Raymond B. Coyle
Iowa Falls
Nellie Lacey
Michael L. Coyle
Henry Coyle
George A. Hauck
Coyle
Oakwood Cemetery
Simon Bader Dies in Ames After Illness and Heart Trouble
Simon Bader a Monticello resident and former Northwestern Bell lineman died in Ames from heart failure following influenza and a hand injury. Born February 28, 1880 in Canton Huldirbank Switzerland, he was never married and survived by sister Miss Pauline Bader of Chicago and half siblings Jacob, Gottlieb, Godfrey Bader and Mrs. Fred Nelson. L. A. Iverson and Godfrey Bader brought the body to Ames. funeral planned at Reformed church with Oakwood cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Bader
Monticello
Ames
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Mr. Bader
Canton Huldirbank
Pauline Bader
Chicago
Ilinois
Jacob Bader
Godfrey Bader
Gottlieb Bader
Philadelphia
Fred Nelson
Grants Pass
Oregon
L. A. Iverson
Reformed Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Cartano Farm Sale Brings In Over Nine Thousand Dollars
The R. A. Cartano sale held last Tuesday drew many farmers and totaled over $9,500. Prices included corn 80 cents, hay 14 dollars per ton, barley 65 cents, oats 45 cents. Horses sold well with one team 305 dollars and a 10-year-old horse 112 dollars. cattle averaged 78 dollars per head. Dr. Jesse L. Cook of Oxford Junction was convicted of performing an illegal operation on Eva Thompson and received ten years. parole was denied in Des Moines on Saturday after one year served.
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R. A. Cartano
Helfers
Co. Waddick
Jesse L. Cook
Oxford Junction
Eva Thompson
Des Moines
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Sand Spring
H. Becker
P. J. Kurth
FE. Gearhart
T. Trenkemp
A. Weber
Slauson
E. Neil
J. H. Smith
Egger
Bernard Green
Stone City
Chicago
Tapper Construction Company
Green
Joseph Green
Forty Years Ago in Monticello and Dubuque County
A look back at local life: the Taskers move to Monticello and lease Walworth house. Mrs Tasker plans music lessons. Obituaries note Harry Babcock at 84, William Foreman at the pest house, and Slauson family losses. New Year visits, church ministers listed, marriages including Sue Biss and Vic Chambers, Della Corbett and Henry Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tasker
Dubuque
Monticello
Walworth House
the Express
William Foreman
Pest House
W. Cunningham
United Brethren
Thomas Oliver
John F. Blanchard
John Tobin
Sacred Heart
W. H. Wittenwyler
J. L. Countermine
Edith Sherman
Nelile Carpenter
Katie Perley
Rockford Seminary
Rockford
Illinois
John Clark
First Street
E. J. Farley
Kate Hubbard
Castle Grove Township
Glasco
Kansas
Joseph Vehon
Chicago
Velton
S. M. Slauson
Sand Spring
Douglas Slauson
John Grumm
Wayne Township
von Strohe
America
Germany
James Cassidy
Commercial House
Board of Education
Sue Biss
Vic Chambers
Ella L. Eberhart
William D. Magee
J. M. Eberhart
Lemuel Lytton
Fred Lytton
Prairieburg
Dubuque County
Twelve Mile
Cascade
William Wales
Della Corbett
Henry Beck
Maxwell
Snowbound Trains Delayed as Monticello Clears Routes
A heavy snow storm covered Monticello with inches of new snow atop hardened layers from sleet. Wind impeded progress, suspending train service and mail on Friday while orders mandated plows and shovels to clear roads, after prior derailments prompted caution.
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Monticello
Monticello High School Football Banquet Held
The 1928 Monticello football squad was entertained at a banquet in the domestic science dining rooms. Forty players attended with Coach Finlay, Supt. A. B. Grimes, J. E. Heiserman, R. T. Moore, and the board of education. Music, toasts by several officials, and solos provided the evening entertainment.
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Monticello High School
Vera Mattocks
Finlay
A. B. Grimes
J. E. Heiserman
R. T. Moore
Board of Education
Miss Mildred Pierce Details Her India Voyage
Miss Mildred Pierce describes six weeks at sea from Seattle to Yokohama aboard the S. S. Tilawa and ports in Japan and China. She recalls stormy weather, Mt Fujiyama, Kyoto emperor ceremonies, Kobe sukiyaki meal, Shanghai and Hong Kong visits, and a Singapore cross roads view before heading toward Calcutta with reflections on people, places, and early India landings.
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Mary
Calcutta
Seattle
Yokohama
Aleutian Islands
Mt. Fujiyama
Ammons
Kyoto
Japan
Imperial Palace
Emperor
Kobe
Moji
Maji
Singapore
Shanghai
Hongkong
Dinty Moore
India
Urata Cp Atepr
Penang
Hooghly River
Noted Cornell trustee E B Willis dies after lingering illness
E B Willis longtime Cornell college board of trustees member died last Thursday after a prolonged illness that ended in pneumonia. He had given $10,000 to Cornell last year, the largest gift in the Mt Vernon Lisbon district endowment drive.
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E. B. Willis
Cornell College Board of Trustees
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon-Lisbon
Manchester post master nominee and regional notices
Last Monday President Coolidge nominated Finley E. Dutton as post master of Manchester. Dewitt Meeks of Fairview township died early in the week, survived by his wife and several children. A Rowley farm sale reported corn 66-69 cents a bushel. cows 86c, calves 37.50, hay prices per ton.
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Coolidge
Finley E. Dutton
Manchester
Dewitt Meeks
Fairview Township
Rowley
Eldon Gallagher
Stockton
United States
The
State University
Iowa City
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Marengo
J. A. Waddell
Waddell Monument Works
Otis Worthing
District Court
Cedar County
Forrest E. Pirie
Tipton
H. F. Hacsemeyer
Stanwood
Pioneer Service Company of
L. E. Tucker
Anamosa
Mercy Hos- Rite
James E. Remley
Masonic Fraternity
Osage
Fire Department of
St. Anspar
Supervisors Buy Snow Plow From Cedar Rapids Co
Jones county will receive a heavy duty tractor propelled snow plow to clear county roads. The board traveled to Cedar Rapids last Tuesday and tested the machine on drifted Linn county roads. John Matthiessen and Gid Hughes reported the plow removed snow quickly. Traffic remained confined to primary routes as a light snow fell.
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Jones County
Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Linn
John Matthiessen
Gid Hughes
Monticello to Host Jones County Basketball Tourney
Monticello will host the Jones County basketball tournament February 8 and 9 with teams from Anamosa Center Junction Martelle Monticello Morley Onslow Oxford Junction and Wyoming. John DeLong of Greeley will referee and Supt Prehm of Olin will timer.
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Monticello
Jones County
Anamosa
Center Junction
Martello
Morley
Onslow
Oxford Junction
Wyoming
John DeLong
Greeley
Prehm
Olin
Schoolmasters’ Club
Towa State Athletic Association
Spaulding
Supt
Grimes
First Street
New 1929 Cars Shown With Beauty and Refinement
Cedar Rapids hosts an auto show February 6 to 9 displaying 1929 models with emphasis on smoother operation and reduced vibration. Cars feature improved carburetion, higher compression, adjustable seats, better ventilation, shock absorbers, radiator shutters, chrome plating, stronger welded frames, and enhanced engines with larger valves and refined combustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Poultry Protective Association Disbanded
The Jones County Poultry Protective Association voted at Anamosa to disband, saying other agencies provide better rewards protection for property and poultry. Organized in 1924, it helped spark similar county groups across Iowa and neighboring states.
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Jones County Poultry Protective Association
Anamosa
Towa
Work of Court Proves Short At Anamosa
The January term of the district court opened with Judge F O Ellison. Grand jury not required due to minimal disturbances. Calendar entries include defaults, foreclosures, divorces, probate and guardianship actions, with several cases scheduled through February 8 1929 in Anamosa.
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Anamosa
F. O. Ellison
Langworthy Creamery Meeting Reported Strong Year
The annual meeting of Parmners' Mutual Creamery of Langworthy was held last Saturday. Secretary George Pappe reported prosperity with 1928 butter output exceeding 1927 and lower manufacturing cost per pound. Officers elected: John D. Poppe president Gerd Harms vice president George Poppe secretary L W Lovell treasurer. Directors include Wm F P Poppe Fred Ortgies George Schaffer Gerd Doden Henry Prull Fred T H Poppe and Carl J Gerdes. Arthur Hemshrot will continue as butter maker.
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Parmners' Mutual Creamery Company
Langworthy
George Pappe
John JD. Poppe
Gerd Harms
George Poppe
L. W. Lovell
Wm. FP. Poppe
Fred Ortgies
George Schafer
Gerd Doden
Henry Prull
Fred TH. Poppe
Carl J. Gerdes
Arthur Hemshrot
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Poland
China
Miss Mildred Pierce
S. S. Tilawa
Ww. S. Hart
Waukon
Iowa
Alamakee County
Allamakee County
Margaret Hastings
Quasqueton
Buchanan County
Quasquet
Mrs. Hastings
Peachbloom
York County
D. C. Hastings
L. G. Hurd
University of Cincinnati
Hurd
D. B. Henderson
National House of Representatives
F. B. Daniels
Pullman Company
Beavertown
Hurd, Linehan, Smith & O'Conner
Cedar Rapids CO
Poultry Protective Association
H. W. Taylor
Admx
W. E. Tallman
George C. Gorman
Anna Tobiassen
Henry Evers
Fred Bine
Peter White
Edward Christensen
Maurice G. Heath
Elva Heath
First National Bank of Wyoming
Hugh Mallicoat
Probate Matters
D. M. Hogan
de Bonis
Henry Herman Schuette
Guardian
George Watt
Jacob Schoon
J. N. Kiburz
Harry Holcomb
John Dietiker
Jacob Dietiker
George Dietiker
Elijah D. Drury
Edna Rhode
Haye Haven
S. M. Ide
Theodore Rteniers
Melly Griswold
Monticello Express
Wallie Groth
Carrie Lergett
Joseph Reirer
Richard Blake
Chris Bramer
Joseph A. Kuhns
State
Ginsberg
Porter & Merritt
Hale
A. E. Barker
Rohwedder
McCormick
Locher
Breen
C. Z. Crew
Earl H. Lehr
Crew
Lehr
Lawrence
Union Mutual Casualty Co
Langworthy Creamery
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