Holbert Horse Breeders Picnic Draws 2500 Crowd
Dean Curtis of the State Agricultural College at Ames tells Holbert picnic attendees that horses back farming as the balanced base of the economy. He says some tasks machines cannot replace the horse and revival of interest is returning to farming. The event drew over 2,500 people from Iowa and neighboring states with officials from Holbert colt clubs and a program including a Monticello band and Betty Maree Amusement Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Curtis
State Agricultural College
Ames
Holbert Horse Breeders
T. P. Shreve
The
Holbert Company
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Ohio
Holbert Colt Clubs
J. J. Locher
Jones County
United States
Monticello
Gene Byers
Betty Maree Amusement Company
Racing Features At Iowa State Fair
Horse racing will be a feature of the Iowa state fair on four afternoons and six nights. Harness and running races headline the events from Monday to Thursday, August 26 to 28, with running races on the illuminated track six nights from August 23 to 29. Officials say the track lighting is 50 percent brighter than last year and purses total over 9,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Jones Co Indebtedness Exceeds One Million Dollars
The total bonded debt of Jones County has reached 1 199 700 dollars per the January 1935 board of supervisors proceedings published in the county records. Most of the debt stems from paving main highways, with gasoline tax receipts anticipated to cover the bonds over time. No data on gas tax allocations to the original bonds is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Gus Hudson Hurt by Buzz Saw at Cedar Rapids Plant
Former Monticello resident Gus Hudson suffered a deep laceration to his right hand while operating a buzz saw at the Hall plant in Cedar Rapids. He was transported to St. Luke's hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Hudson
Monticello
Hall
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Road Worker Killed Under Dump Truck Near Hale
William Cross aged 53 of Center Point was instantly killed Tuesday near Hale while tripping a dump truck at a Betz Construction Co. site in Sioux City. He stumbled and fell under the vehicle which passed over him, ending his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cross
Betz Construction Co
Sioux City
Hale
A Stitch In Time Saves Nine In Home Repairs And Care
Corrosive resistant metal flashing above door and window frames protects against water leakage. Choose drain and closet cleaners carefully to avoid enamel damage. Calking cracks around frames reduces dust ingress. A ventilating fan removes odors and humidity. Know the main shut off valve location. Screens prevent mosquitoes and flies.
Anamosa City Raises Funds for Court House Site
Anamosa citizens placed a warranty deed for a city park south of the state reformatory in escrow to be turned over to county supervisors once a bond issue for a new court house is approved by voters. The city seeks a $71,700 federal grant and will hold a special election for the bond. The park deed carries a price stipulation if the gift ceases to be used as a park, and about $2,500 is involved in securing the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Corn Hog Payments Still Pending in Jones County
The federal government paid 359 016 into Jones county for 1934 corn hog contracts from January 2 to July 8. About forty contracts lack second and third payments totaling around 8 000, with penalties and disputes possible. Over 900 1935 contracts are in Washington and first payments are expected to start in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Washington
Jones County Gets No Reductions Abatements
The state board of review granted tax assessment abatements totaling 248449 between April 17 and June 15 with no Jones county cases. Polk county and other large counties lead in these grants. Des Moines tax relief process appears lengthy and confusing to the average taxpayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Review
Jones County
Polk County
Des Moines
Contracts Let For Road Maintenance Re surfacing
The state highway commission awarded three maintenance re surfacing contracts in Jones county. Cedar Rapids firm Baker & Paton bid $11,316 for 31 miles on the Clinton Jones highway. Marion firm Dewees & Whitney bid $9,840 for 29 miles on the Delaware Jones road. Iowa City firm Dane Co. bid $2,956.20 for 12 miles on the Jones Cedar highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Ames
Jones County
Baker & Paton
Cedar Rapids
Dewees & Whitney
Marion
Dane Co
Iowa City
Jones-Cedar Highway
Prominent Cass Township Resident Edward Head Dies at 82
Funeral services were held Sunday at the family home in Cass township for Edward J. Head born August 22, 1852 in Clinton County. He died July 11 after a week’s illness aged 82 years 10 months 19 days. He farmed in Cass Township and is survived by two daughters, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery with nephews as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Head
Cass Township
William J. Macaulay
Methodist Church of
Monticello
Ed Huibregtse
Byron Abel
Oakwood
Clinton County
William
Ann Head
England
Jackson County
Sarah M. Mayberry
W. I. Darrow
Nettie
Anita
Iowa
Frank Burlingham
Mamie
Edward
Evelyn Darrow
Zeela
Bertha Burlingham
Cass
Bernadine
Mavis
Duane Darrow
Clarence Mayberry
Fulton
Wiley Hamilton
Q. March
Andrew
Roy Sanger
Emil Schnoor, Jr
Maquoketa
Charles Gregoire
Clarence Gregoire
de Witt
Frank Chamberlain
Roy Thompson
Iowa City
Stone City Reverts From Incorporated Town Status
Judge Ellison granted a petition to discontinue Stone City as an incorporated town. The village, incorporated in April 1933 amid Iowa beer control changes, faced relief application disputes and threats against officials before returning to village status. Mrs. Adolph Johnson and two daughters from Ottumwa visit Monticello relatives. Frances Koop Johnson formerly lived there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone City
Ellison
Iowa Beer Inow
Adolph Johnson
Ottumwa
Monticello
Monticello Golfers Down Mt. Vernon on Home Course
Monticello golfers defeated Mount Vernon 27 to 14 on the Monticello Country Club course. Medalist Francis Merten posted 39 38 77, while Bohlander led Mount Vernon with 40 42 82. The Monticello lineup included Hodson Vernon Roberts Spooner and others. A stag party was planned at the Country Club with a home tournament set for Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Mount Vernon Club
Francis Merten
Mount Vernon
Bohlander
Royal Rodman
C. Hodson E. Vernon
B. Roberts, Jr
R. Spooner
Monticello Country Club
Anamosa M and S Garage Incorporates For 100000
A new corporation forms to run the M and S Ford garage at Anamosa after acquisition from Mr Madsen of Monticello. State records name Earl Ott as president and J J Locher of Monticello as vice president with Mrs Earl Ott as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. & S. Ford
Anamosa
Madsen
Monticello
Earl Ott
Ford
Wyoming
J. J. Locher
Across Lakes and Rivers into New England Journey
The junior editor of The Express and his wife and children travel from Monticello to Milwaukee and on to Muskegon Grand Rapids and Port Huron then to Sarnia and Niagara Falls. They tour by boat across Lake Michigan and by road through Ontario enjoying camps, drives, and automotive factory visits before continuing toward New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
the Express
Canada
Niagara Falls
Boston
Massachusetts
Hill and Dale
Monticello
Milwaukee
Pabst
Antonettte
S. S. Illinois
Lake Michigan
Muskegon
Michigan
Coxsee
George
Wilbur
Scotland
Mel
Grand Rapids
Burton Mclaughlin
Chevrolet
General Motors
Monte Theater
Port Huron
Sarnia
Ontario
London
Legion Auxiliary Reports 1934-35 Activities at Local Post
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Arthur P O'Rourke Post outlines 1934-35 work. They donated 33.60 to district state and local causes, funded a 5.00 invacuation project with the PTA, sent flowers to service families and the sick, contributed cookies to Knoxville Veterans Hospital, bought poppies, sent baskets, and honored Gold Star Mothers on Mothers Day. They also aided local families in winter, elected delegates, and purchased new Legion room curtains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Arthur P O'Rourke
The
American Legion
Edna Behrends
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
Gold Star
County
Dubug
Legion Rooms
Jones County Reports Pension Tax Collections
Jones County reports 1935 head taxes for old age pensions totaling 13 678 dollars. Statewide collections reached 1 587 962 dollars as of last Saturday, with 17 045 individuals taxed in Jones County through July 15, totaling 14 090 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
State Commission On
State Department
Great Rise in Iowa Soybean Plantings in 1934
Iowa assessors report soybean acreage in 1934 rose 240 percent from 1933, reaching 716,853 acres sown. The crop ranks among state leaders, surpassing alfalfa in recent years, with wheat’s wartime surge as a rare comparator. More than 78 percent of the acreage was harvested for hay to meet forage needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department For Agriculture
Woman dies from tonsillitis complications in Anamosa
Mrs. Will Morrissey, 68, of Anamosa, died last Thursday from tonsillitis with complications. Her maiden name was Cheshire. She is survived by a husband and two sisters. The funeral was held Saturday morning with interment at Holy Cross cemetery, Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Morrissey
Anamosa
Chesire
Holy Cross Cemetery
Native of Jones County Found Dead at Cascade
William Croston born Farm Creek Jones County July 12 1872 was found dead in his Cascade bed Wednesday morning last week cause heart attack Ill only a day He lived with his sister Mrs Mamie Fagan East Cascade moved to Cascade 30 years ago joined livery business with brother John Croston Survived by sister and brother James Croston Garrison SD Funeral held Consolidated church Cascade Friday at 2 pm on his 63rd birthday Rev Charles Rabenberg conducted Burial in Protestant cemetery Cascade
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Croston
Farm Creek
Jones County
Cascade
Croston
Mamie Fagan
East Cascade
John Croston
James Croston
Garrison
South Dakota
Consolidated Church
Charles Rabenberg
Dr Sheatsley to Speak at Wayne Church July 23
Rev C V Sheatsley D I0 executive secretary of the India section of the board of foreign missions of the American Lutheran church has traveled widely and will deliver an illustrated lecture at Wayne Zion Lutheran church. The event includes an ice cream social at 7 30 p m Tuesday July 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Sheatsley
India
Board of Foreign Missions
American Lutheran Church
Lutheran World Convention
Shearsley
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Creamery Pays 27 and 25 Cents For June Butterfat
The Farmers' Mutual Creamery of Monticello paid 27 cents per pound for first grade butterfat for the last half of June and 25 cents for second grade butterfat. The creamery paid 28 cents for the first half of June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creamery
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery of
Monticello
July 1905 Monticello Express items of occurrences
Monticello records list July events including deaths of Mrs. Margaret Moore and William Allen, marriages of Lulu Moellinger to Irving Mirick and Bertha Van Buren to Rev. Arthur Young, a fatal workplace accident at a Dexter creamery, Swiss-born residents, legal partnership Ellison and Gorman, and local students entering school at the state university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Margaret Moore
Switzerland
America
John Moore
Magdalene Lang
Sand Spring
Rose Sehneider
Manchester
Irving Mirick
W. A. Mirick
Monticello
Jessie Fawcett
Highland Park
Des Moines
Bertha C. van Buren
W. B. van Buren
Arthur Young
Methodist Episcopal Church
Barney Hicks
Dexter
Town
Christian Siebenthal
Canton Bern
United States
C. S. Bidwell
J. W. Coxsee
Anamosa
George Gorman
Ellison
M. W. Herrick
Olin Teen Killed After Truck Overturns Gas Ignites
18 year old Hudachek hauling gasoline to a tractor overturned a ditch near Carl Rohwedder farm. Gasoline spilled and flames trapped him. LaVerne Guhl helped remove burning clothing. He died the next day after hospital care. funeral held at Catholic church. Survived by parents and sister Quipteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin W. Hudachek
Anamosa
Olin
Hudachek
Carl Rohwedder
LaVerne Guhl
Quipteen
Five Men Sought on Federal Conspiracy Charges
Federal warrants issued for John J. Turner Jr Clinton county farmer near DeWitt Lawrence Beck Low Moor Iowa Jack Renon Flburn Illinois and Fred Fanning Joinesville Wisconsin on charges of defrauding the federal government through a corn hog contraction program alleging false statements to obtain excess payments. A separate fire in Troy Mills caused more than $1 000 in damages at the Cook and Wilson store. Citizens and Walker Fire Department helped control the blaze. The town is set to receive about 52 million dollars from a 4 8 billion federal works program based on plans to spend 1 143 for labor and materials per employable person on relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. ‘Turmer, Jr
Clinton County
DeWitt
Lawrence Beck
Low Moor
Iowa
Jack Renvon
Flburn
Inols
Fred Fanning
Joinesville
Wisconsin
Cook & Wilson General Merchandise
Troy Mills
Walker Fire Department
Postal Savings Show Small Increase For Year
Postmaster M. F. Hogan reports Monticello postal savings total $37,000, higher than last year. He notes the figure would be larger if public interest in United States bonds were not so strong. Bonds issued since April 1, 1935, have reached $840,189.33, with denominations from $25 to $1,000. A $25 bond costs $18.78 and accrues full value in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Hogan
Monticello
United States
Sacred Heart Parish Picnic With Dance at City Park
Sacred Heart parish announces a city park picnic on Tuesday July 23. An eight piece broadcasting orchestra from Melody Mill will provide music for the dance. Rides games and entertainment promise a lively community event with a public supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Parish
Melody Mill
Taxpayers to Receive $1.29 Per Thousand Rebate on Last Half Taxes
Jones county taxpayers with $24.7 million in assessed valuations will get $31,976 from sales income and corporate taxes as a credit on the second half of 1934 taxes due before September 30. The $1.29 per thousand rebate is drawn from the three point tax fund, with farm property receiving $2,524,559 and cities $1,219,486. A home assessed at $2,000 would gain about $2.58. Two cash streams will flow: county tax money to Des Moines and three point refunds back to counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Des Moines
Coggon Girl Weds At Methodist Parsonage
Miss Ann L. Mills wed Milton T. Henderson in a single ring ceremony read by Rev. William J. Macaulay at the Methodist parsonage. Attendants were Miss Marian Johnston of Coggon and Harold Taylor of Springville. The bride, daughter of J. J. Mills, has taught in Manchester schools. the groom is from Manchester where they will reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann L. Mills
Milton T. Henderson
William J. Macaulay
Methodist Church
Marian Johnston
Coggon
Harold Taylor
Springville
J. J. Mills
Manchester
E G Hicks Passes Away Monticello Honor Citizen
Eben G Hicks longtime Monticello resident and county citizen died at 6 10 am after a long illness. He was born January 18 1860 in Jones County and married Ella Jewett in 1882. Surviving are his wife and several siblings and in laws. Funeral plans were incomplete with details continued on page bg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen's Prairie
Monticello
G. Hicks
Francis M
Frances Little Hicks
New York State
Jones County
Eben G. Hicks
Ella Jewett
Tbe
Four Local Boy Scouts Earn Honors At Waubeek
Four Monticello boys received honors at the Boy Scout court of honor at Camp Waubeek. The scouts from Troop 49 with leader George Fraser earned first class and second class rankings after a week of camp work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waubeek
Monticello
Camp Waubeek
Boy Scouts
Troop 49
Chorge Fraser
Camp Wiurbeck
Harold Yeoman
W. F. Yeoman
Dean Morey
Roy Morey
Charles Bender
James Bender
Charles
Paul Bender
Scout
N. Harold West
Boy Scouts of
Helen Hosford Bolton Promoted to D C School Examiners
Helen Hosford Bolton formerly of Monticello and Monticello girls teaches in Washington D C has been appointed a member of the Board of School Examiners of that city. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Washington and is praised for her judgment and energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Ho Bolton
Tnee Hosford
Monticello
Washington, D. C
Park View
Botton
Monticelo
Helen Hosford
CDD
Amanda Babbe Hosford
the Express
Mrs. Botton
University of Washington
Fred Darrow Home Destroyed By Fire
The three room home of Fred Darrow, 11 miles northeast of Monticello, burned Wednesday morning at 10 o clock with no insurance. Mrs. Darrow left a lighted stove burning outside. Only a table and sewing machine saved. Fred Darrow was away at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Darrow
Monticello
Darrow
Mr. Darrow
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Olbert
Locher
Iowa State Fair
Buzz
Mt. Vernon
Anamosa M & S
Mr. Fawcett
Chevrolet Plant
Legion Auxiliary of Local Post
Oscar
Dr. Sheatsley
Wayne Church
Eben G. Tucks
Methodist
E.G. Hicks
Bhen G. Hicks
Mr. Hicks
John McDonald Hospital
Hicks
Pioneer
Harry A
Colorado
Frank Hicks
Sargent
Ophea Fenniman
Hammond
Louisiana
Arch Hicks
Grant Hicks
Tacoma
Ernest Hicks
Chicago
Laura Koop
New York City
E. E., Hicks
Helen Hosford Bolton
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