Tragic Drowning Claims Monticello Boy Emil Schneider
Emil Alfred Schneider, 15, of Monticello, drowned in the Maquoketa River after a day of swimming with friends Charles Ross and Jack Beeks. Despite rescue attempts by Boy Scouts and a local doctor, artificial respiration could not revive him. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church with burial in Oakwood cemetery.
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Emil Schneider
Charles Ross
Emil Alfred Schneider
Benjamin Schneider
Monticello
Maquoketa River
Emil
Jack Beeks
Hanging Rock
Mill Dam
Boss
Schneider
Beeks
Maquoketa
Charles Boss
Joanne
Carr
Centerville
Presbyterian Church
William J. Grossheim
Oakwood Cemetery
Boy Scouts
Marvin Schoon
Harold Yeoman
Paul
Charles Bender
Mary Delpnorte
Katherine Rozzata
Olin Ballard
Peter Carr
Don Spencer
Moline
Mike Goarke
Waterloo
Preacher Rev Grossheim Plans Summer Journey
Rev. Wm. J. Grossheim pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Monticello and his family leave on their annual vacation. He will preach at the First Presbyterian church in Washington D C on Sunday July 18 before visiting his Cincinnati father and then Winona Lake Indiana for the rest of the break. Return to Monticello is planned by August 29.
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Wm. J. Grossheim
First Presbyterian Church of
Monticello
Roland Goudy to solo in Monticello Band concert
Roland Goudy will be featured as soloist in the Monticello Municipal Band concert at the city park tonight under Gene Byers. The program includes marches by Esberger and Johnston, overtures by Suppe and Wagner, a Spanish village motif, and an accordion solo of Under the Double Eagle.
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Roland Goudy
Monticello
Gene Byers
Esberger
Johnston
Suppe
Webster
Rockwell
Wagner
Hughes
Francis
Monticello Man Weds Anamosa Teacher
Mary Dunn a junior high teacher in Anamosa by five years married G W Eiben of Monticello at St Philomena church Dubuque last Saturday morning. Officiants were Rev Joseph F E Dunn and Rev P J Behan. After breakfast at Pa ther Dunns home the couple departed for a motor trip to the Black Hills and will reside in Monticello.
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Mary Dunn
Anamosa
G. W. Eiben
Monticello
Dubuque
St. Philomena’s Church
Joseph FE. Dunn
P. J. Behan
Bernice Dunn
Eugene Chaloupka
E. J. Dunn
University of Iowa
Iowa State Teachers’ College
E. F. Eiben
Pather Dunn
Martelle Main Street Paving Planned By State
The state highway commission ordered paving of north and south Main Street through Martelle from the Y junction with No. 261 to the junction of the new grade with the old No. 261. Concrete pavement 20 feet wide will run south to near the tracks and blacktop north to the new pavement. Horrabin Construction Co. will lay the pavement, partly offsetting the grade and viaduct that blocks a westward Martelle view.
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State Highway Commission
Main
Martelle
Horrabin Construction Company
Bone Team Wins City Golf Tournament
R Bone's Nickelodeons won the city golf tournament on Sunday overcoming Ben Roberts Hounds. Ralph E elodeons led with a 75 while J E Heiser had 76 and Bud Hauss 79. Royal Rodman led the Blood Hounds with 76, Gene Byers 80, Roberts 82. Team totals 1112 to 1153 with a 46 stroke margin.
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Ralph E eSelodeons
Ben Roberts
Ralph
J. E. Heiserman
Bud Hauss
Royal Rodman
Gene Byers
Bone's Nickelodeons
Roberts’ Blood Hounds
Bone’s Nickelodeons RR
Bone Adanewe Lee Pdd
Beseeepeeeeeneee
M. Thoeni
W. Shaffer
L. J. Swift
L. Hauss
Long
H. Rodman
F. Shimanek
Appleby
Brainard
Sanford
McMullen Atteres
Ben's
Mrs. Della Newhard Dies At Home In Fairview
Mrs. Della Newhard died of heart trouble at her Fairview home. Funeral services were Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Fairview church officiated by Rev. Harry Green of Anamosa. Burial followed at Norwich cemetery. She is survived by eight sons and two daughters.
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Della Newhard
Fairview
Harry Green
Anamosa
Norwich
Fred W. Chipman Dies in Anamosa After Cardiac Asthma
Funeral services for Fred W. Chipman a longtime Anamosa resident were held at the Congregational church at 2 30 pm Monday. He died at his home Friday at 6 30 pm from cardiac asthma. Survivors include his wife Gertrude Chipman and a daughter Clara of Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Chipman
Anamosa
Congregational Church
Mr. Chipman
Gertrude Chipman
Clara
Monticello Opens Scout Fund Drive For Boys
Monticello raised 225 dollars last week to support Boy Scout activities in town. Scout masters Roy Moore and Merle Hutton will lead a broad program with funds possibly aiding boys who cannot pay camp fees at Cedar Rapids area Waubeek camp. The camp runs now and aims to enroll at least ten more boys this season.
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Monticello
Roy Moore
Merle Hutton
Cedar Rapids
Waubeek
Ken Fuller
Jones County People At Calif Picnic Report
Report from Miss Kate Maurice visiting Los Angeles details a Jones county Iowa picnic with attendees listed by name and address in Pasadena Glendale Santa Monica and other areas. Names include Mary Scales Grace Brazelton Clara Evans H S Doutrick and many others with current locations in California.
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Kate Maurice
Los Angeles
Calif
Jones County
Iowa
Miss Maurice
Mary Scales
N. Madison
Pasadena
Grace E. Brazelton
E. Walnut
Clara Evans
Summit
H. S. Doutrick
Linda Doutrick
Henrietta (Hagen) Nation
Don Nation
Chadwick Drive
A. W. Nichols
Summit Avenue
E. 5Th Street
W. A. Doran
la Roda Avenue
Eagle Rock
Emma Laude Biedesheimer
Maryland
Essie Hoag
Lema Drive
Nellie
Austin Freeman
Lemon Street
Riverside
Charles Scroggie
Jessie Scroggie
Sycamore Road
Santa Monica
Mary Stutsman
Prospect Avenue
Hollywood
Edna Schoonover
Z. N. McGarvey
Pearl Huene
G. N. McGarvey
Mount Washington Drive
Leota IL
McDonough
Broman
George F. Snyder
Hillcroft Road
Glendale
Olive James Roos
la Jolla Avenue
Harry Phillips
Olympia Boulevard
Prof
L. J. White
N. Larchmont Boulevard
G. N. Fordham
Pine Crest Drive
Los An
Boy Scout Notes First meeting under new organization held
The local troop met with 12 scouts attending and planned an early morning hike for Friday at 6 a.m. at the school grounds. Patrol leaders urged full attendance and weekly hikes are set. Regular meetings will be at 6 30 p.m. Mondays lasting one hour. Five new applicants include Bud Burris Billy Marsh Bud McNeill Bill Thomas and Jack Stuhler. Dean Morey and Charles Field will report on the Washington Jamboree trip next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Burris
Billy Marsh
Bud McNeill
Bill Thomas
Jack Stuhler
Dean Morey
Charles Field
Washington, D. C
Marion Pool
Escaped Convict Bailey Pleads Guilty in Colorado
Raymond Bailey who escaped from the Anaamosa reformatory in September 1933 pleaded guilty Monday morning and received a sentence of five additional years. Bailey was captured June 20 in Colorado.
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Raymond Bailey
Anamosa
Bailey
Colorado
Escaped Convict Captured Near Monticello After Breakout
Claude Warrington 26 of Estherville escaped from Anamosa reformatory on Saturday afternoon and was captured by Constable Will H. Null Sunday night near Ed Eiler farm on highway 113 two miles north of Monticello. Warrington pleaded guilty Monday and received five additional years to serve after his current term. He fled after leaving Cedar Rapids Wilson team game with guards. Gerald Sampica, guard, was later found in a Hard Scrabble hayfield. Warrington, a reformatory trusty, wore khaki trousers and a blue chambray shirt and had stolen a car key and hat from the chief clerk.
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Claude Warrington
Estherville
Anamosa
Will H. Null
Ed Eiler
Highway 113
Monticello
Warrington
Gerald Sampica
Gottfiob Zumbrunnen
Liam Null
Null
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Packers
E. P. Clement
Reformatory
William B. Allen Rites Held At Monticello
William B. Allen died Friday at his daughter’s home in Lidora after years of angina. Born 1851 in England he lived in Langworthy Kansas and Iowa before settling in Monticello in 1901. Survived by three daughters and a son, with funeral at Methering church led by Rev. Macaulay and burial at Oakwood.
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William B. Allen
Monticello
Louis W. Martin
Lidora
Myr. Allen
Allen
Methering Church
Ray
Wm. J. Macaulay Crus
Ing
Methodist Episcopal Church
England
Kansas
Langworthy
Iowa
Bailey
Frank Darrow
Eldora
Homer Hanna
Anamuse
F. W. Hunter
Morley
W. J. Allen
Anita
Monticello Golfers Visit Marion Next Sunday
The Monticello country club golf team will visit Marion golf club on Sunday July 18 with the aim to lower tournament averages before the Northeastern Iowa event at Maquoketa on August 29. Most local players are expected to attend the annual match starting at Marion at 1 30 p.m.
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Monticello Country Club
Marion Golf Club
Monticello
Iowa
Maquoketa
Marion
Stuhler Family Vacation Through The East
Harry Stuhler and family return from a three week trip visiting Detroit Windsor Canada Niagara Cherry Valley Northampton and Boston then to New York City Easthampton and Washington with Smith College graduation of Helen Louise Stuhler cum laude June 21 in Northampton Massachusetts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Stuhler
Northampton
Mass
Helen Louise Stuhler
Smith College
Monticello
Mr. Stuhler
William Stuhler
Easthampton
Long Island
N. Y
Washington, D. C
Heart Attack Fatal for Salon 64 Senator Robinson
Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas and Roosevelt ally died suddenly in his Capitol apartment. Found by a maid at 7:30, death due to heart disease. His colleagues expected him to shape a new Supreme Court compromise bill amid rapid work and strain.
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Joe T. Robinson
Roosevelt
Senate
Capitol
Arkansas
United States Supreme Court
Justice van Devanter
Monticello Rotary Club Begins New Year With Picnic
Monticello Rotary Club opened its year with a Monday evening picnic at Stuhlers Acres east of town. President Elect William H. Shaffer announced officers and committees for the year, with Abe Altrowitz of the Minneapolis Tribune delivering the main address. Roland Goudy provided piano accordion music.
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Monticello
James A. Maurice
Milton Lanner
Clayton A. Palmer
Sone
A. B. Grimes
Roland Goudy
Arms and Objects Committee
J. E. Heiserrann
Simon Locher
Milton Langer
W. IT. Shiatier
CIA Services Committee
Hearst
The
Tribune
Meyer Slivken
Playground notes outline weekly city program changes
The schedule lists Kittenball and gym activities on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, an apparatus at the city park Tuesday morning, golf on Tuesday and Thursday, and gym on Thursday. Friday shifts to Boy Scout hikes and camps with weekly changes noted. Several local families attended a Diamond club picnic at Crystal Lake near Grand Mound last Thursday.
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City Park
Jack Mire
Coleen
Harry Matthiessen
Ralph Crimm
Crystal Lake
Grand Mound
County Officers Held Picnic At Wapsipinicon State Park
Jones county officers held a Monday noon picnic at Wapsipinicon state park in Anamosa. Out of town guests included Judge John T. Moffitt and his court reporter. Forty-one attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Orin Maine and Roscoe Easterly who runs the Jones county home, along with several spouses of officials.
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Jones County
Wapsipinicon State Park
Anamosa
John T. Moffitt
Orin Maine
Roscoe Easterly
Rodman graduates from Harvard with Master of Architecture
Harry E. Rodman son of Mr and Mrs Harry I Rodman of Monticello earned a Harvard University Master of Architecture degree after completing studies at Iowa State College where he won a scholarship and a Harvard fellowship He has not decided whether to pursue further study. Six Monticello Epworth Leaguers depart Monday for the Clear Lake Epworth League institute, July 19 to 26 led by Shirley Hobert Deatrice Long Virginia Clark Yola Rodman Antonette Coxsee and Harold Scott Robert Carter Blanche 70 died Sunday at his son Billy Blanche’s home in Anamosa services held at Mechanicsville with burial at Rose Hill He was a native of Wilkesboro Pennsylvania and a member of the Methodist church the Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges.
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Harry E. Rodman
Harvard
Epworth
Clear Lake
Carter Blanche
Anamosa
Harry I. Rodman
Monticello
Harvard University
Rodman E
Iowa State College
Epworth League of the Methodiist Episcopal Church of
Robert Carter Blanche
Billy Blanche
Mechanicsville
Burid
Rose Hill
Mr. Blanche
Wilkesboro
Methodist Church
Odd Fellow
Rebekah
Anamosa Woman Found Dead In Berry Patch On Her Farm
Mrs. Mary E Anderson, 68, was found dead Monday afternoon in a berry patch on her Anamosa farm one mile north of town. Coroner ruled death from natural causes due to heat and weak condition after a July 3 illness. no signs of foul play.
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Mary E. Anderson
John Humpal
Anamosa
Highway 161
Anderson
Humpal
Petrigele
Siegith
Local Constitution Committee Appointed for Sesquicentennial
Sol T. Bloom announces three Monticello appointees to lead local participation in the national Constitution sesquicentennial observance. County Attorney J. E. Heiserman, E. W. Brashaw, and L. E. Hong head planning starting September 17, collaborating with national and state figures to mark the 150th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol T. Bloom
Washington, D. C
Veteran Clay Township Assessor A. J. Orr Dies
Veteran Clay Township assessor A. J. Orr died Sunday night in Rochester Minnesota. He had served in the office of the Jones county auditor and was a longtime local official.
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Clay Township
A. J. Orr
Rochester
Minn
Orr
Jones County
Death by suicide shocks nearby town
Florian Brusgemann 82 of Rate weed died by self inflicted gunshot at 6 on Wednesday. His wife found him during milking. no inquest expected. Survived by wife two daughters and a son.
Iowa Electric Recables On First Street
Iowa Electric Company renews its Monticello franchise with a 20 year renewal and lays new Parkway cable along First Street from Presbyterian to Proctor's store. T D Robinson of Cedar Rapids leads with two foremen and fifteen local workers for about two weeks. The upgrade replaces a 21 year old system to provide all night lighting in Monticello.
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Iowa Electric
Monticello
Electrahers
First Street
Proctor’s
T D Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Four Good Rains Fell This Week In Monticello
Monticello and surrounding area received four meaningful rain events this week. Weather observer Blania reported totals including 21 12 inches, 1 4 inch, 1 2 inch, 3 4 inch, with most rain concentrated on July 13 14 and 14 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Express Names Replacement In Office Apprentice Role
Harold McVay, after three years as an apprentice in The Express mechanical department, resigns effective August 1 to join Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance as an agent and casualty insurance seller. Earl Rynerson Jr., Monticello High School class of 1937, succeeds him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McVay
the Express
Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Company
Earl Rynerson, Jr
Monticello
Earl Rynerson
Mrs. Martin V. Kehoe Dies in Cedar Rapids
The unexpected death of Mrs. Martin V. Kehoe occurred late Monday morning at 1:30 a.m. at the family residence in Cedar Rapids. Born September 14, 1875 at Strawberry Point and formerly of Monticello, she is survived by two daughters Helen and Mary E., two sisters Ula M. Coykendall and Deva W. Coykendall, all of Cedar Rapids. Funeral services were held at St. Mary's church in Strawberry Point, with burial in the Strawberry Point cemetery.
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Martin V. Kehoe
Cedar Rapids
Kehoe
Strawberry Point
Una Maw
Helen Bo
Mary FE
Ula M. Coykendall
Deva W. Coykendall
Keliyee
St. Mary's Church
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Tlen
Eneland
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Surrey
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France
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United States
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Salon
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Cieneral Assembly
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H. J. Mayberry
N. C. Holst
Center Dunetion
R. J. Bone
Vlaws
U. S
House of Representatives
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Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Joseph T. Robinson
Frederick van Nuys
Indiana
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Idaho
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Oregon
Sol Bloom
New York
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Nebraska
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Pennsylvania
George P. Darrow
John Taher
Sorat Et Poe
Delaato Centpace
Tata
PAOK
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Washington State College
Horace Alden Miller
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
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Union Theological Seminary
New Youk City
Iowa Electric Company
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