Republicans Gather at Anamosa for County Convention
The Jones county Republican convention in Anamosa elected G J Van Buren as chairman and named C B Paul and Mrs Ethel Fraser as temporary officers. Delegates and alternates were chosen for state and judicial conventions with Hoovers endorsement and Coolidge support urged. The meeting forecast a strong Republican majority in the presidential year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
G. J. van Buren
County Central Committee
C. B. Paul
Ethel Fraser
B. E. Rhinehart
Emma Alden
George Buol
J. W. Coxee
E. A. Grimwood
Curtis
Resolutions Committee
Jones County
Iowa
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Republican Party
Party of Progress
Miss Alden
Committee On Delegates
Co. L. Niles
E. C. Vaughn
Ray Echternacht
Alice Port
G. L. Buol
Geo. W. McDonald
J. W. Hutton
B. W. Streeper
Glenn M. McLaughlin
Ray Stivers
Burton Brown
Howard Hicks
Henry Kruse
A. A. Cole
J. E. Remley
H. H. Freeman
Olin
Lawry
Three Die in Clinton Airplane Crash at Golf Course
Dr. Homer K. Lambert 27 of Clinton, his 4 year old daughter Betty, and his niece Shirley 14 of Toledo were killed when Lambert's plane crashed on Clinton golf course after engine trouble near Clinton airport. Witnesses include his mother Mrs. Walter S. Lambert and brother C. A. Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer K. Lambert
Clinton
Betty
Shirley
Lambert
Toledo
Ohio
Geneseo
James DeLange
Mary Weir Logan Weds C. Vanderbilt Jr at Reno
Mary Weir Logan adopted daughter of William R. Weir wed Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr in Reno. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. William Moll Case. Vanderbilt Jr previously faced newspaper venture losses totaling about $2,000,000. he plans to cover all losses himself. Both brides and grooms had prior marriages and divorces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Weir Logan
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Reno
William R. Weir
Monticello
Davenport
William Moll Case
Federated Presbyterian-Congregational Church
Vanderbilt
Weir
Neighborhoods and Tragedies Highlight Rural Iowa News
A string of Iowa incidents includes a Marion robbery at a Standard Oil station where $75 was stolen, a boy fatally crushed on an oil truck near Winthrop, a crash injuring two near Littleton, and a pole crash near Cedar County. Other notes cover a farm laborer’s arrest fight, a fatality near Iowa City from a detour crash, a Manhattan King charity tie in Maine, a burn accident in Waterloo hospital, a self harm death in Robins, a Knights Templar conclave in Spirit Lake, a Mechanicville train fatality, a Manchester elder recognized for community clubs, and Monticello ties listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Parkin
Standard Oil
Marion
John Callan
Winthrop
Independence
Guy Fay
Oelwein
Dan Richards
Littleton
Waterloo
Cedar County
West Side Park
Tipton
Butterbaugh
Osborne
Kenneth Pringle
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Central Engineering Company
Twenty Years Ago Monticello Notes and Local History
A look back at 1908 events in Monticello includes students and faculty moving between Chicago and Stanford, graduates later teaching in Maine and entering Harvard, clerical changes at Epworth and local churches, civic items like the missing Monticello cannon, a prominent school superintendent touring Europe, a widow’s death leaving eleven children, local moves to De Smet, hog market prices and corn scarcity, a drug store transfer, a sports injury, Zion Lutheran church rededication and ordination, extreme heat days, a physician’s rest trip, good crop weather, and total bank deposits around 2.19 million dollars, noting growth over twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millington F. Carpenter
Chicago University
Rev. C. Mardorf
Germany
Mark Matthiessen
Campbell
Calif
Leland Stanford University
Portland
Oregon
Roy Peterson
Eureka College
Harvard University
University of Maine
Perkins Slocum
Epworth
Epworth Seminary
Roy V. Porter
Slocum
Monticello
John E. Foster
Europe
Thomas Supple
Mercy Hospital
Castle Grove
O. A. Ahlers
Bertha Rigby
de Smet
S. D
Chicago
Messrs. Bacher & Abel
W. W. Stickford
Garnaville
Bacher
California
Mr. Abel
J. W. Gilroy
Wayne Township
Zion's Lutheran Church
Christopher Mardorf
Carl Mardorf
W. A. Mirick
Huron
S. C
One Survivor Helps Form Monticello Town Incorporation
In 1867 Monticello moved from unincorporated village to town status after a May 13 petition led by agents A J Moulton M M Monroe and A H Marvin and sworn by M M Moulton. County Judge Davis McCain ordered incorporation July 1 marking James M Alloway as the sole surviving signer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
David McCain
A. J. Moulton
M. M. Monroe
A. H. Marvin
M. M. Moulton
Davis McCain
James M. Alloway
Accidental shooting near Marion claims Mrs Stepanek
Mrs. William F. Stepanek, 63, was fatally shot last Saturday night when her husband, 70, fired a .32 caliber rifle after hearing noises in the barn. He says he stumbled, fell, and the gun discharged, striking her skull through a window. Coroner's jury ruled accidental. Also, Prof Anna Heyberger of Coe College earned a doctor’s degree from the University of Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Stepanek
Marion
Massive Fourth of July Parade Delights Monticello Crowd
A rainy morning gave way to a large Monticello Farm Bureau celebration with a long parade of sixty floats from Cass to Monticello townships. Hon G N Haugen spoke for over an hour on farm relief, urging unity across parties as crowds filled the amphitheater and fireworks closed a day of civic pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Monticello
Haugen
President Hintz
Farm Bureau
United States
Congress
House
Senate
Iowa
Field Township
Wyoming Township
Democratic Delegates Hold Convention at Anamosa
The Democratic county convention in Anamosa filled four county ticket vacancies. J D Fegan withdrew from state representative race and Thomas Stimpson of Cass township replaced him. James Hayes Monticello became coroner, Thomas Hughes Cascade treasurer, James L Cave Oxford Junction county attorney. Delegates to state and judicial conventions named. Resolutions endorsed the Houston platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
J.D. Fegan
Thomas Stimpson
Cass Township
James Hayes
Monticello
Thomas Hughes
Cascade
James L. Cave
Oxford Junction
TL EL Stimpson
J. J. Locher
Gerd Harms
J. L. Arduser
C. J. Murfield
Peter Kurt
R. M. Fee
Maurice Fay
James Ward
C. J. Cash
Amerson Cave
P. B. Ptect
N. E. Carter
D. M. Stauffel
Houston
Locher
Tom White
Monticello Times
E. W. Byerly
J. E. Cave
Golf Tournament at City Park Yields Close Flights
A Sunday city park golf event drew 27 of 29 entries with 12 in first flight 10 in second and 5 in third. Wilkinson of Anamosa and Stuhler tied at 83 for first flight with Laude third at 84. Lovell 96 won second flight with Gee 97 close behind. Redmond led third flight at 114. McIntyre and Gee placed second and third. Prizes were three balls for first, two for second, one for third per flight. A handicap match-play event is planned soon with dates to be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Wilkinson
Anamosa
Stuhler
James Laude
George Lovell
Lacy Gee
Harry Stahler
James Redmond
R. D. McIntyre
H. H. Gee
Hospital Notes From Manchester and Surrounding Areas
Mrs W J Nieman and her baby daughter returned home in Manchester last Saturday. Freeman Smith of Buck Creek underwent appendicitis surgery last Monday. Veronica Demmer of Worthington operated on last Friday. John Clark and wife of Center Junction welcomed a daughter born June 25. Lawrence Zimmerman had his tonsils removed last Monday. Ward Walston of Manchester had surgery last week. James Wright is very ill with pneumonia in hospital. Gus Thomas was severely cut in the right leg by a circular saw last Friday while working for Mr Winans and is in hospital. June saw thirty surgical operations at the hospital and May matched that total. Walker Savings Bank to pay a 20 percent dividend to depositors after a district court ruling in favor of L A Andrew, receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Nieman
Manchester
Freeman Smith
Buck Creek
Veronica Demmer
Worthington
John Clark
Center Junction
Lawrence Zimmerman
Ward Walston
James Wright
Gus Thomas
Winans
Second paving gang begins work on No 161 at Anamosa
The Harrison Construction company, awarded the No 161 paving contract across Jones county, moved its second gang to Anamosa and will start as soon as grading finishes at the west end. About two and a half miles between Anamosa and the paving end will be laid first, then work shifts to Linn county border toward Anamosa. Rain has delayed operations on both ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Construction Company
No. 161
Jones County
Anamosa
Linn County
Wayne Township
Visitors Suffer 6 5 Defeat by Monticello in Close Showdown
Dyersville’s independent nine suffered their first loss of the season, 6 to 5, as Monticello jumped to a 5 run first three innings. Monticello built a 2 0 lead, then 3 more, before Dyersville tied it in the ninth. Bartlett’s two doubles sparked the late rally, with McKeever driving in the winning run. The locals face Wyoming next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyersville
Monticello
Serbousek
Curtright
George Bartlett
Rynerson
Kockler
Briand Bartlett
Slater
Koehler
Courtright
McKeever
Laude
Monti
Laure
Bartlett
Wyoming
Death of Mrs. Everett J. Lyons at Madison Hospital
Matilda Ellen Stillwell Lyons died June 29 in Madison Wisconsin hospital from advanced liver cancer after visiting Jackson clinic in Madison. Born February 14 1864 in Anawan Illinois she moved to Iowa as a child and married Everett J Lyons in Center Junction in 1881. Survived by ten children including Edna Sexton Monticello Mayo Mayme Allison Delmar Lester Lyons Fred Lyons Lula Curtis Herbert Lyons Anna Woolport and others plus mother and sister and brother. Funeral at Madison July 2 with interment Forest Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett J. Lyons
Center Junction
Methodist Hospital
Madison
Wis
Conway
Jackson Clinic
Matilda Ellen Stillwell
Anawan
Ilinois
Iowa
Arthur
Edmond
Oklahoma
Edna Sexton
Monticello
Mayme Allison
Delmar
Lester Cgc. Lyons
Waseca
Minn
Fred J. Lyons
Forest Hill Cemetery
Gov Al Smith Named on the First Ballot
Alfred E. Smith four times New York governor and longtime favorite son of the Empire State Democrats won the presidential nomination by a single ballot at the Democratic National Convention. He was barely short of two thirds but gained broad support as states shifted to him, totaling 849 2 3 votes of 1100. his running mate selection followed the next day. The Manchester Press notes the end of Manchester’s Chautauqua assembly as sponsors fail to secure enough guarantors for 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Marks
Shomont Dairy
Franklin Equipment Company
Cass Township
Lovell
Richland
Jackson Township
Scotch Grove Township
Greenfield Township
Greenfield
Fairview Township
Albery
Anamosa
Monticello State Bank
American Legion
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Rebekahs
Rebekah
Royal Neighbors
Stahler’s
Zimmerman & Harms
Burrichter Garage
Dodge Automobiles
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Co
Chevrolet
Henry Behrens
Henry
S. W. Gingerich
Hupmobile Motors
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway Company
Legion Auxiliary
Scotch Grove Nursery
Cass Transportation
Alfred EB. Smith
New York
Empire State Democracy
Smith
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Manchester
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C. Vanderbilt, JR
Town
Nathan E. Kendall
William F. Bonnell
Cleveland
Point Chautauqua
Mr. Kendall
Maine
Governor Kendall
Naples
Bonnell
Wilfred Gibson
Gibson
Wesley Hepker
Robins
Hepker
Toddville
John Hanson
Knights Templar
Templar Park
Spirit Lake
John Belknap
E. F. Holter
Brooklyn
Eb, Knaster
Boone
E. J. Biaff
Dubuque
Frederick Fisher
Shenandoah
Edward White
Mechanicsville
Northwestern
David Driscoll
L. C. Brooks
Manchester Press
Thirteen Club
H. L. Servoss
Davis & Servoss
East Monticello
Horatio J. Lang
the Express
Anna Heyberger
Coe College
University of Paris
Cedar Rapids
G. N. Haugen
Presbyterian Church
Main Street
Maple Street
Lovell Township
Greeneld Township
Hollie Musgrove
John Yossi
Virgil Tallman
Ray Kula
Ferriss Biggart
Rudolph Zimmerman
Paul Allen
Paul Irvine
Lena Zimmerman
Maxine Allen
Clara Clark
Lorraine Ward
Margaret Hayes
Abigail Snyder
Green
City Park
Walker Savings Bank
A. B. Clark
District Court
L. A. Andrew
al Smith
Robinson
Totus - Smith
George
Georgia
Reed
Missouri
Rep
Hull
Tennessee
Jesse Jones
Texas
Watts
S.C
Harrison
Mississippi
Rowells Woollen
India
Eo Dendrihes
Jeep
Pomerene
Pormer
Hitchcock
Preston Phompson
Colorado
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Votine
Scat- Smith Tered
Alabama
George Hull
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