Fatal Bull Attack Claims Wm E Luck In Monticello Area
William Edward Luck a farmer six miles northwest of Monticello died July 4 at John McDonald hospital from injuries after a bull gored him the day before. He led the herd bull down the road when the animal turned and attacked. daughter Minnie fled. Funeral services were held July 6 at the Reformed church in Monticello with six sons as pallbearers.
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William Edward Luck
Monticello
John McDonald Hospital
Mr. Luck
John Tschantz
Minnie
Méno Monk
Mr. Monk
William Luck
Berlin
Germany
America
Minnesota
Luck
United States
Jones County
Mary Bronemann
Gruenstein
Reformed Church of
Willam Luck
Chicago
Ill
Herman
Fred Luck
Laramie
Wyo
Elmer Luck
Harrold
Arthur Luck
Ryan
Marie Gerrets
John
Margaret
Edward
Richard
Minnie Luck
Herman Luck
St. Paul
Minn
Augusta Luck
Green Isle
Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Oakwood Cemetery
Lucke
New Postage Stamp To Be In Circulation Soon
A two cent stamp commemorating Edison’s incandescent lamp fifty years after its invention will circulate soon. Smaller post offices may require a special order from the postmaster. The red stamp features Edison’s lamp, with supportive ribbons and the legends Electric Light's Golden Jubilee and United States Postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
United States
Electric Light
Hila Morgan to Bring Tent Theater to Monticello
Hila Morgan and her company arrive in Monticello next week to open a big tent theater on the city lot across from Eclipse lumber yard starting Monday July 15. They have performed here for about fifteen consecutive years and audiences in the surrounding area have enjoyed their up to date productions. The program changes nightly and features current plays performed for ladies and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hila Morgan
Monticello
Eclipse Lumber Yard
Hila
Wall
Aioe
Monticello School Census Totals 613 Pupils Aged 6 to 21
The Monticello annual school census counts 613 pupils ages 6 to 21 with 308 girls and 305 boys. Among 399 students aged 7 to 16, 208 are girls and 191 are boys. Eighth grade graduates totaled 19 girls and 9 boys, while high school graduates were 12 boys and 29 girls, for 41 total. No district pupils studied outside the district. Eleven non resident pupils below eighth grade paid tuition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Neighborhoods That Interest T R Roberts Rotary President
T R Roberts superintendent of Independence public schools was installed last week as president of the Rotary club of that town. The Iowa Canning company merger with Sac City Canning to form a million dollar corporation will open factories at La Porte City Garrison Shellsburg and Storm Lake. John Taylor Oxley 78 died suddenly July 2 at his son George B Oxley's Cedar Rapids home.
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T. R. Roberts
Independence Public Schools
Rotary Club
Iowa Canning Company of
Vinton
Sac City Canning Company
la Porte City
Garrison
Shellsburg
Storm Lake
John Taylor Oxley
George B. Oxley
Cedar Rapids
Oxley
Paving Superintendent John Wickham Injured In Cable Accident
John Wickham superintendent for Harrison Construction suffered severe injuries on road No 10 east of Oelwein when repairing a cable left hand severed three fingers taken to Mercy hospital Oelwein. Former Monticello resident Wickham previously supervised road No 161 project last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wickham
Harrison Construction Company
Oelwein
Wickham
Mercy Hospital
Monticello
Mr. Wickham
Two Monticello Scouts Are Given Eagle Rank
Raymond T. Moore and Milton Rudy Langer were named Eagle Scouts at a court of honor closing Camp Mishawaka near Stone City. Howard M. Remley and Charles Hubbard of Anamosa earned Gold Palm. The event highlighted a five period Boy Scout camp with nearly 200 scouts attending and Troop 49 of Monticello contributing about twenty representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond T. Moore
Monticello High School
Milton Rudy Langer
R. J. Langer
Monticello
Camp Mishawaka
Stone City
Howard M. Remley
Charles Hubbard
Anamosa
Moore
Troop 49
Milton Langer
Backbone State Park
Iowa
America
Douglas Fairbanks
Monticello Girls Hitch-Hike To Belmond
Miss Helen Rohr and Viola Hogan, wearing blue overalls and red bandannas, hiked from Monticello to Belmond Iowa last Sunday. They stopped in Waterloo Cedar Falls Clarksville and reached Belmond after dark visiting Della Bishop Walter Wallace and Marjorie Williams Nicolett before staying with her former Monticello teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Rohr
Viola Hogan
Belmond
Iowa
Sun
Waterloo
Della Bishop
Monticello
Cedar Falls
Wallace
Iowa State Teachers College
Clarksville
Marjorie Williams Nicolett
Monticello High School
New Drinking Fountains Installed on First Street
New drinking fountains replace old cast iron units on First Street with gray cement bases and continuous cold-water flow. The post office corner fountain was moved east to ease crowding while the Maple and First Street fountain stayed at its original location.
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First Street
Maple and
Lisle Arduser Graduates From U Minnesota
Miss Lisle Arduser graduated from the University of Minnesota last June and will supervise a home management house at St. Agnes Junior College Morris Minnesota next year. She joined Sigma Kappa and Theta Sigma Upsilon and was active in the Masquers Torch and Distaff. she taught in a Negro girls’ school in Alabama between sophomore and junior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisle Arduser
J. W. Gilroy
Torch and Distaff
Miss Arduser
Alabama
Witte
Andrew Davidson Celebrates 84th Birthday in Cedar Rapids
Andrew Davidson of Cedar Rapids turned eighty four on Saturday June 29. The First Presbyterian Church children visited his home and sang for him as part of the birthday observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Davidson
Cedar Rapids
First Presbyterian Church
Dae
Mae
Honors George Washington As First In Agriculture
Earl Elijah Cedar county Master Farmer led Jones county Farm Bureau Day at Anamosa fair grounds on July 4 stressing Washington as a pioneer in farming and urging ongoing attention to agricultural policy. He warned Iowa farmers to remain hopeful yet patient with federal programs while criticizing tax, market, credit, and immigration issues.
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George Washington
Farm Bureau
Earl Elijah
Cedar County
Jones County
Anamosa Fair Grounds
Elijah
United States
Federal Farm Board
Stabilization Corporation
Iowa
Industry
Federal Reserve
Capital
Washington
Michael Foust Celebrates 87th Birthday in Anamosa
Michael Foust a former Scotch Grove resident now with his daughter Ella at Springville celebrated his 87th birthday July 3 at Mrs. Harry Witham’s home in Anamosa. Born in 1842 in Center County Pennsylvania he came west as a child and settled in Iowa. He lived 65 years on a Scotch Grove farm and owns the first violin in Scotch Grove town ship. He has five children of whom two survive and he is the last of seven siblings. He is in good health and reads the daily paper without glasses.
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Greenfield
Fairview
Scotch Grove
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
LaVern Rockstad
Jones County
Virgil Miller
Harry Andrews
Paul van Buren
Lavonne Streeter
Lucile Norton
Frank Remington
Gaylord
Castle Grove
Jackson
Lee Fish
Clayton Sherrill
John
Michael Foust
Scotch Grove Township
Ella
Springville
Harry Witham
Mr. Foust
Center County
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Wiliam Witham
Foust
Narrow Escape From Serious Auto Accident Near Monticello
Mr and Mrs Podhaski their daughters Inez and Irene and John Locher Jr narrowly escaped a crash Friday night when Locher drove into a ditch east of Monticello. A shutting off of the Willys Knight’s engine and rain on the windshield plus bright bridge lights caused him to miss a roadside post, sending the car into a ditch and injuring the Podhaskis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Podhaski
Inez
Irene Podhaski
John Locher, Jr
Monticello
No. 161
Tech
Position Of Band Stand Should Be Changed
Public opinion favors moving the band stand to near the fountain in the park upper area to allow more parking and accommodate larger crowds. Band members complain they cannot perform effectively where the band is currently stationed due to distance and noise volume issues.
Elizabeth McDonough Dies After Operation in Pennsylvania
Miss Elizabeth McDonough former resident of Sand Spring died last Saturday at St. Joseph's hospital Johnstown following an operation. Funeral services were held in a Dubuque Catholic church and interment at Sacred Heart cemetery Monticello. Survived by mother, three brothers, seven sisters and numerous relatives. She taught in Delaware county Pittsburgh and Johnstown after graduation from Visitation and Presentation academies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth McDonough
Sand Spring
St. Joseph's Hospital
Johnstown
Dubuque
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Monticello
Visitation and
Presentation Academies
Delaware County
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth
E. McDonough
Francis Street
Catholic Daughters of America
Holy Rosary Society
Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association
Frank Lux
Hopkinton
John Schuster
R. Becker
Isabelle and
Theresa McDonough
Shover Wins National Holstein Prize for Shomont Dairy
Thomas Shover of Shomont Dairy Farms near Monti cello received a $12 award for cattle showing in classification C in the National Holstein-Friesian Association tests for year ending March 31 1929. Seven two year old heifers averaged 608.75 pounds butterfat, two cows produced over 21 000 pounds milk, and Shomont Ona Hamilton Skylark ranked third in Class O with 14388 pounds milk and 576.88 butterfat. Shomont Lola Korndyke Lass, four years old, yielded 16552 pounds milk and 745 pounds butterfat in ten months and placed twelfth in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Shover
Shomont Dairy Farms
Monticello
National Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Shomont Farm
United States
Shomont Ona Hamilton
Shomont Lola Korndyke Lass
Minont
Kno Anufacturer
Farmers Mutual Insurance Losses Barn Fire at Sand Spring
A barn burned on the Matthiessen farm near Sand Spring. Farmers Mutual Insurance of Wayne township settled for 950 dollars. Obituaries note deaths of Henry Kammerman and Mrs Christina Reed, while marriages and births occur including Nannie Lockwood wed to Charles W Baggs and Thelma June Brady birth.
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Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Wayne Township
Matthiessen
Sand Spring
Marcus Matthiessen
Harvard
Anton Matthiessen
Nannie Lockwood
Nancy Jane Lockwood
Monticello
Whiting
Henry Kammerman
Gerd Kammerman
Obadiah Farragher
Richland Township
John Kiburz
Christina Reed
Ervin E. Reed
Dan Hearn
Oelwein
William Rhodes
Hearn
Cedar Street
E. E. Reed
J. S. Welch
Yankton
Rosebud
Mr. Reed
W. R. Brady
Scotch Grove
Thelma June
Iva Barnes
Clarence Hearn
W. E. van Buren
James Crowley
Crowley
Clarence McCracken
Co. B. Wales
Dubuque
Virginia Lewis
Charles Abel
Fort Byron
Milwaukee
Funeral Service Held For Mrs. Peter Pazour At Marion
Mrs. Peter Pazour aged 62 died at her Cedar Rapids home after several weeks illness. She was born in Czecho Slovakia on August 15, 1866 and came to the United States as a child. Funeral was held at the Congregational church in Marion. She leaves eleven children including Louis Pazour of Cedar Rapids and Betty Atkinson a former McDonald Hospital nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Pazour
Cedar Rapids
Savanna, Ill
Marion
Sister of Dr Swift Died After Surgical Shock
A telegram announced the death of Mrs Harley Combs, 37, youngest sister of Dr Lester J Swift, at Benton Iowa near the Missouri line. She underwent a surgical operation Friday morning and died from shock during the procedure. She leaves a husband and three children, the eldest aged ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester J. Swift
Harley Combs
Benton
Iowa
Missouri Line
Weekly band concert at city park features Poet and Peasant
Bandmaster Frank Royden leads the Monticello Municipal Band at city park this evening at 8 15. The program opens with the Poet and Peasant Overture and closes with a medley of Victor Herbert favorites. Miss Virginia Ferring sings a solo in the second portion. The concert includes Militaire March and My Mother's Arms among selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Royden
Monticello
Virginia Ferring
Victor Herbert
My Mother's Arms
Miss Virginia Ferring
Cascade Bank Leader H L Dehner Dies After Illness
Henry L. Dehner president of the Cascade State Bank died at Mercy hospital Dubuque on July 8 after leg amputation and ensuing complications. Born February 1854 in Indiana he came to Cascade as a youth and led the bank since 1886. He leaves a Catholic faith legacy and was active in St Marys parish with funeral held at St Marys Church Cascade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Dehner
Cascade State Bank
Cascade
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Mr. Dehner
Mary Caudy
St. Mary's Parish
Philomena Hayes
Barah Glynn
Thomas H. Glynn
Dehner
Pontiac Street
St. Mary's Church
Harold Ginter
St. Mary's Cemetery
Dr Irving Moles Buried At Central City Friday
Dr Irving Moles a Central City veterinarian died July 3 in a Cedar Rapids hospital after typhoid fever since March The funeral was held at the Central City Methodist Episcopal church He was prominent in veterinary circles having served as vice president of Linn and Eastern Iowa Veterinary associations and member of the American Veterinary Medical Association He leaves a widow a son Marvin his mother Mrs Ella Moses five brothers and four sisters in various states including North Carolina Colorado and New York City
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Irving Moles
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Moles
Florence Moles
Monticello
Central City Methodist Episcopal Church
Kansas City
Truck in Gravel Accident Injures Four Near Amber
Jarvis and Harold Mead of Center Junction and Misses Lucille and Norma Rickels of Scotch Grove were injured last week Monday when a gravel truck turned over near Amber. Jarvis and Lucille Rickels were taken to Mercy Hospital at Anamosa. Jarvis was unconscious for a time. The other two suffered severe cuts and bruises. The truck belonged to Jarvis and was badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarvis
Harold Mead
Center Junction
Lucille
Norma Rickels
Scotch Grove
Amber
Lucille Rickels
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Local People Involved In Dubuque Hill Auto Crash
Mrs. Armin H Tendick of Monticello and Mrs. Fred Tendick of Milwaukee were badly cut and bruised when Mrs Tendick driving east on the Centralia hill collided head on with William Ryan's car. Ryan’s car suffered about 500 dollars in damage. Tendick’s car minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armin H. Tendick
Monticello
Fred Tendick
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
William Ryan
Centralia
Dubuque
Finlay Hospital
Armin H.tendick
Ryan
Rev. Tendick
Tendick
George Ambuehl
Centralian Hill
James A. Yass
Kansas
New Bridge Fill Advances Over Maquoketa River S
Rapid progress on both riverbanks for the Maquoketa River bridge fill on state highway 161 east of the city. The east side should be completed in about a week if weather stays dry, though swampy ground may delay traffic until early fall. A Linn tractor truck, new to the Midwest, leads the work by pulling mud and other trucks free, driven by a six cylinder engine delivering 100 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoket
Linn
Midwest
Delaware County Farmer Killed by Lightning
A farmer named Graves, living four miles east of Dundee near the Lindsay bridge, was killed by a lightning strike Saturday afternoon while standing near a corn crib. His wife Mrs Graves witnessed the incident and found him unconscious. a neighbor summoned help but he died. He leaves a widow, a young daughter, nine brothers nearby, and parents at Aurora. No funeral plans announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srvest Graves
Dundee
Lindsay, Bridge
Aurora
More New Pavement In Muscatine County
Muscatine county voters approved an $800,000 bond issue by 1 432 to 1 043 to pave 31 additional miles of primary highways. This follows a prior 1926 $650,000 bond that funded 6 miles on highway No 32 and 13.2 miles on highway No 6 from Scott county line to Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Scott County Lne
Muscatine
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George Mullen
Fagan
Jess W. Green
Ellwood Bodell
Bodell Bie
Oxford Junction
Cedar-Jones County
J. W. Long
Moline
Clarence
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Nicholas Knight
Richard Anderson
Bidar
Ind
Northwestern University Medical School
Paul Wittum
Reinbeck
Cornell University
Ithaca
Phi Beta Kappa
R. T. Moore
U. of Minnesota
Roy Joslin
Jones County Farm Bureau
Tom Shover
Holstein Alan
the Express
Swift
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H. L. Dehner
Dubuque Hospital
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