Two Cars Crash South Of Town Friday Morning
A two-vehicle wreck at the four corners on Amber road south of Monticello airport Friday morning left Naomi Gutknecht and her father Rev. Paul T. Gutknecht injured. Glenn Gabbert of Lisbon drove the other car, which crashed into a ditch and struck a telephone pole. Gabbert suffered a back bruise while the Gutknechts were treated at John McDonald hospital. Naomi has severe injuries and Elsa Ruth Gutknecht wrenched shoulder. The badly wrecked cars were towed to town for assessment.
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Four Corners
Amber Road
Monicehe
Naomi Gutknecht
John McDonald Hospital
Paul T. Gutknecht
Glenn Gabbert
Lisbon
Gutknecht
Gabbert
Amber
Korneman Brothers
Muscatine
Monticello
Naomi
Elsa Ruth
John McDonald
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Company
Aattinensen “Company
Elwill Behrends Seriously Injured In Auto Motorcycle Crash
Elwill Behrends, 27, is hospitalized with a badly fractured right leg and internal injuries including three broken ribs after a collision on primary 161 last Saturday evening. Arthur Eilers, driving three motorcycles abreast, swerved off the pavement and hit Behrends as he walked along the shoulder. Behrends is deaf and did not hear the approaching riders. He underwent more than three hours of surgery and will be sidelined for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwill Behrends
John McDonald Hospital
Bowen's Prairie
Monticello
Arthur Eilers
Alva Eilers
Eilers
Behrends
Judge Ben I Salinger Dies at Carroll
Former Iowa supreme court judge Ben I Salinger Jr aged 71 died at his Carroll home early Friday from bronchial pneumonia after months of ill health. Born in Germany he settled in Butler county as a boy and practiced law in Manning before moving to Carroll. He was elected to the supreme bench on November 3 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben J. Salinger, Jr
Iowa
Water Shortage Hits Manchester Area
Drought affects Spring Branch fish hatchery east of Manchester and Backbone Park near Strawberry Point as springs run low. Manchester country club well is nearly dry, risking club facilities and prompting possible deeper drilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Spring Branch
Strawberry Point
Manchester Country Club
Alub
Prairieburg Council Sets Meeting Date In July
The Prairieburg City Council plans a July 22 meeting to discuss the matter in a safe, orderly setting. Officials emphasize town leaders can conduct deliberations with utmost safety at the appointed time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Central City New
City paving completed. all streets open to traffic
The Haegg Construction Co. finished 22 blocks of paving in Monticello including Primary 113 from Second Street to the city limits. Inspector H. H. McNair, for Howard R. Greene Co, tallies costs. city council acceptance to follow in two weeks. Seventh Street near the city park last paved. Monticello's civic improvements visible to visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haegg Construction Co
Monticello
State of
Iowa
Second Street
8. H. McNair
Howard R. Greene Company
Cedar Rapids
Seventh Street
Mrs F Hedden Dies After Stroke In Monticello
Mrs. Folbert Hedden of Monticello died Tuesday morning after a stroke of paralysis. Born Johanna Maria Claasen in Germany February 11 1854 she and her husband moved across the United States settling near Langworthy Castle Grove and later Monticello. Funeral services were held at the home and church with Rev Christolph Mardorf delivering the address. Burial followed in Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folkert Hedden
Monticello
Hedden
Germany
Horsten
Ostfriesland
Johanna Maria Claasen
Henry
Anna
Janssen
Folbert Hedden
G. Wolfe
St. Peter’s and Paul's Church
Castle Grove Township
Rev
Mardorf
Miss Jayne Shover Graduates From State University
Miss Jayne Shover will receive her B A degree from the State University of Iowa at the July convocation this evening. She also earns a diploma in speech pathology and will soon start in Eau Claire Wisconsin as supervisor of defective speech from kindergarten through the grades. Mr and Mrs Thomas Shover and the sons Mirick and John traveled to Iowa City to attend the graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayne Shover
State University of Iowa
Shover
Eau Claire
Wis
Thomas Shover
Mirick
John
Iowa City
Miss Shover
Supt Grimes to Receive Master’s Degree at State University of Iowa
A. B. Grimes superintendent of Monticello public schools will complete work today at the State University of Iowa. He will receive a Master of Arts in educational sociology at 8 o’clock during the summer school convocation. His wife and his sister attend the exercises as he has just signed a new three year contract as superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Grimes
Monticello
State Univerity
Iowa
College of Liberal Arts
Grimes
Herman Rolfe
Claremont
Luther League Plans Three Act Play at Prairieburg
The Castle Grove Luther League will stage a three act play titled Two Days to Marry at the Prairieburg theater on Friday evening July 24. Rev. G. Wolfe directs and manages the production with several intermissions between acts. Admission is 35 cents for adults and 20 cents for children. Cast includes Clarence Stadtmueller Alfred Seehusen Clarence Willms Irene Helken Emma Heiken Augusta Elben and Gerhard C. Ohe.
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Luther League of
Castle Grove
Prairieburg Theater
Rev. G. Wolfe
Clarence Stadt- Mueller
Alfred Seehusen
Clarence Willms
Irene Helken
Emma Heiken
Augusta Elben
Gerhard C. Ohe
Adv
Paris From Viewpoint Of A Monticello Boy
Milton Langer describes a European tour with his parents in 1831, detailing a Cherbourg arrival, a Paris visit with sights such as Notre Dame and Versailles, impressions of Paris life, and contrasts with American customs including high living costs and tips. He notes the Pantheon, Malmaison, and an American cemetery near Paris, ending with a preference for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Langer
Cherbourg
France
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Paris
Normandy
Chicago
New York
Notre Dame
Pantheon
Arc de Triomphe
Palais Royal
iLouvre
Versailles
Malmaison
Josephine
Napoleon
Louis
Sarennes
United States
Oil-O-Matic Dealer Announces New Low Priced Oil Burner
Hoag Duster Company announces a new mode l oil burner for medium sized homes. Listed as standard at Underwriters Laboratories it burns any grade of oil. With improved designs and low fuel costs a home could cost 78 percent less to heat than in 1920. Display ad in this week's Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoag Duster Company
Williams Oil-O-Matic Heating Corporation
Underwriter’s Laboratories
Express
Car Accident Injures Arthur Moenck Near Anamosa
Arthur Moenck son of Garrett Moenck living near Anamosa sustained a serious automobile crash last week Wednesday when a car at high speed forced his Chevrolet off the road. The vehicle crashed into two trees, leaving the rear end detached and the windshield shattered. He injured a leg. the car was insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Moenck
Garrett Moenck
Anamosa
Lovell's Laboring Lassies Plan Fair Demonstrations
Lovell's Laboring Lassies met on Mrs John Matthiessen's lawn with Miss Mary Fothergill and Miss Mary Minnis chosen to demonstrate at the Jones County Fair. The group discussed a program for the Farm Bureau meeting, with Minnis showing muffin scoring and Wenger giving a talk on Fresh Air. A trip to Aim ed was reported and the gathering closed with a picnic lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Matthiessen
Lovell
Mary Fothergill
Mary Minnis
Jones County
Farm Bureau
Clemma Wenger
Mary Niger
Andee Hansen
Hawarden Town Finances From Municipal Power Plant Profits
Hawarden Iowa uses earnings from its municipally owned power plant to fund city operations and pay for light water and street services. The arrangement, approved by state officials, has kept taxes suspended with profits funding salaries police fire health and public improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Porter
Des Moines State Register
Hawarden
John Fletcher
Oscar Anderson
J. W. Long
Fred A. Gerke
B. T. French
Accident injures Patterson party near Springville
Mrs Elwyn Patterson a niece Barbara Embrey and Clinton Davis rode in a Chevrolet that struck a roadside obstruction near Springville Anamosa at 1130 PM the car overturned twice and slid into a ten foot ditch Neva Davis fractured collar bone Mrs Patterson bruised one side of face Clinton Davis was thrown clear and Barbara Embrey uninjured A Marion man with bright lights assisted and Patterson party continued to Monticello for medical care Doctor Patterson held insurance covering repairs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Anamosa
Elwyn Patterson
Neva Davis
Patterson
4-H Girls Camp August 10 21 Near Troy Mills
The Linn county 4-H Girls' Club plans a joint camp at Camp Hitaga on the Wapsipinicon river. Girls depart Monday morning August 10 and return Friday forenoon August 21 under the supervision of club committee members from Anamosa Center Junction Martelle Wyoming and Monticello with a lifeguard on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Camp Hitaga
Troy Mills
Wapsipinicon River
Roy Joslin
Anamosa
B. D. Heiken
Center Junction
Sam
Ellison
Martelle
Ed Steele
Wyoming
Don Wherry
Joe Holub
Geo. Specht
Monticello
Gotach
Projector
Flaherty Family Victim of July Fourth Auto Wreck
Clifford Flaherty his wife Katherine nee McAleer and their baby son were injured when their car failed to stop after a front vehicle turned onto a side road. The baby was thrown from the window into roadside weeds. Mrs. Flaherty recovered from a hip bruise and temporary leg numbness. Mr. Flaherty suffered a neck injury and other bruises. Mrs. Lahey, Katherine's mother, visited over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Flaherty
Flaherty
Death of Alfred Scherrer at Woodward State Hospital
Alfred Scherrer aged 21 died Saturday at the state hospital for feeble minded in Woodward after six years in the institution. Funeral was Monday at 3 pm from the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Phelps with Rev Leonard Duckett presiding. Burial at Oak Wood cemetery. Survived by sister Josephine and brothers Edward and Harold. The mother died ten years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Scherrer
Joe Scherrer
Monticello
State Hospital
Woodward
Robert Phelps
Oakwood Cemetery
Alfred
Josephine
Edward
Harold
Monticello Men Get Gravel Contracts
Adolph Kernen and P. J. Taylor of Monticello were awarded gravel contracts by the Jones county board of supervisors. Work spans about six and a half miles across Castle Grove and Cass townships, starting at the Zimmerman corner in Cass and connecting with the Monticello Prairieburg road in Castle Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Kernen
Monticello
P. J. Taylor
Castle Grove
Cass Townships
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Zimmerman Corner
Cass Township
Monticello-Prairieburg
Monticello Thirty Years Ago Item Highlights
Ringling Brothers' circus visited Monticello on the 20th with a giraffe touted as the only captive in the United States. Local deaths include Peter Murray aged 90 in the first week, Adam Richardson 74, Maria Kellum 79, and Albert Weers 30. Temperatures ranged above 100 degrees from the 20th to 25th. A new residence began on Gill street and Rev. Hugo Lutz moved to Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers
Monticello
United States
Peter Murray
Ryan
E. E. Hoag
Delaware
Frances Dierks
Fritz Athen
Mardorf
H. Boedeker
Cleveland Welch
Adam Richardson
Harvey Richardson
Miles
Maria Kellum
B. Kellum
Nicholas Maurice
Albert Weers
Cass Center
Hugo Lutz
Castle Grove Township
Greene
George Himebaugh
Indianola
Wayne Township
Scotch Grove
Edward A. Lang
Allison
E. G. Drury
W. B. Allen
Gill Street
Alloway Home
Andrew Bajasch
Martius Cordovius
Gerd Tholen
Ursula Prader
Christian Prader
Anamosa
Switzerland
O. D. French
Love Bank
John Coakley
the Express
Inver Young
D. P. Young
Lightning Strikes Home in Lovell Township Causes Shock
Mr and Mrs Fred Berlin and their daughter Pauline were stunned Sunday evening when a lightning strike entered their Lovell township home through the telephone. A ten inch fireball blew out an acetylene lamp, knocked the trio unconscious briefly, and blew telephone parts into adjacent rooms. They recovered after the shock, with the incident narrowly avoiding more serious harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Berlin
Pauline
Lovell Township
Berlin
Monticello Band Plans Evening City Park Concert
The Monticello Municipal Band will perform tonight at City Park featuring Part I overtures and solos including Morning Noon and Night in Vienna and a trumpet solo by J E Heiserman. Part II includes vocal solos by Alma Buol and Howard McLaughlin with songs of Scotland and dances such as Down South and Coming Through the Rye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Vienna
van Suppe
J. E. Heiserman
Herman
Alma Buol
Down South
Middleton
Scotland
Miss Buol
Neighborhoods That Interest The World War Flight Pioneers Visit Iowa Airport
The Iowa City chamber invites Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, the world circlers, to tour the local airport. Local news notes Navy entrance for W R Powell of Earlville, and a Manchester chautauqua slated for July 15 to 18. Civil and social items span deaths, injuries, and public events in Cedar Rapids, Manchester, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
W. R. Powell
Earlville
United States Navy
Des Moines
Naval Radio School
San Diego
BE. C. Braker
Vinton
Baker
Manchester
Thrill Park
A. E.ccoones
Independence
Hetherington
Hail Causes Crop Damage Across Multiple Iowa Counties
A severe hailstorm last Thursday damaged farm crops in Linn Benton Johnson and Delaware counties. Some areas reported up to 25 percent loss with oats harvested and corn hit hardest. The storm moved southeast for nine miles, width two and a half, affecting Prairie Adams and Hazel Green townships and numerous farms including Lyness Duggan Keenan Donahue and McDonald among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Benton
Johnson
Delaware
Ryan
Delaware County
Prairie
Adams
Hazel Green
James Lyness
A. L. Lyness
Paul Keenan
James Donahue
Ed Lyness
John P. Duggan
Len Lyness
Will Duggan
Vernon McCrea
Walter Locke
Oswald Dolan
Alfred Bauman
Matt English
Harry Chrystal
James McDonald
W. D. Gavin
Dyersville Men Pay Heavy Prohibition Fines
Frank Fortman Harry Kelly and John Conrad of Dyersville were fined 300 dollars each plus costs after pleading guilty before Judge FP Nelson in the Dubuque county district court on charges of maintaining liquor nuisances. The defendants were part of a May raid group by federal and state prohibition officers and deputies. additional arrests named Theodore J. Klein Warren Read Roman J. Bertling and Herbert Schnobelen facing similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fortman
Harry Kelly
John Conrad
Dyersville
FP. J. Nelson
Dubuque County
Dubuque
Theodore J. Klein
Warren Read
Roman J. Bertling
Herbert Schnobelen
Local Woman Edith Jarrett Jones Dies by Own Hand
Mrs Edith Violet Jarrett Jones born February 14 1891 Monticello died by gas in Cedar Rapids last Monday afternoon The coroner ruled death by her own action Her illness in husband s health and arthritis are cited as the motive She leaves a daughter Elizabeth Violet and siblings Frank and William Jarrett and two Cedar Rapids sisters Funeral was held at Cedar Rapids with burial in Oakwood cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Travis
Cedar Rapids
Jones
Travis
Benjamin Jarrett
Monticello
Edith Violet Jarrett
Urban Hacussler
Hacussler
Elizabeth Violet
Lee Jones
Hildreth Family Reunion Visits Monticello Recall Whimsical Anecdote
Dr and Mrs H Hildreth and family from Julian California and Glen dale California visited Monticello to see old friends before continuing to Wisconsin and Kentucky. The group included Herman Hildreth and wife Ada once Monticello residents now tied to Indian service. A past high school declamatory contest in Algona featured Herman winning after a storm forced him to return with umbrella amid noise and a trophy for Monticello High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Hildreth
Grace
Warren
Julian
California
Elon Hildreth
Jack
Wilford Potter
Glendale
Cal
Monticello
Hildreth
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Ada Wakte
Indian Service
Far West
Herman
Algona
Harvey Ingham
Des Moines Register
Des Moines
Hermie
Monticello High School
Waukon Water Cave To Be Opened To Public
Glenwood cave near Waukon will open to boating after entrance rock and dirt removal. Prof Hel land of Luther college leads the work. The cave extends a half mile under the hill with underground water accessible to visitors once the opening is widened. Monticello men visited on the Fourth of July when the entrance required lying flat in boats to reach the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Cave
Helland
Luther College
Monticello
Local Welcome Shower Brings Hail to Buchanan County
A welcome shower last Thursday brought hail that caused limited damage locally. In Buchanan county the hail stripped corn and small grain across a three mile by twenty two mile area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan County
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Ben I. Salinger
Carroll
State U
Supt. of Schools
S.U.S
Sioux County
Minnesota
Jeity Hall
Ding
Gerke
C. Flaherty
City Park
Part
Mrs. H. Hildreth
Waukon
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