Trade Merit Days Offer Wide Monticello Discounts
Nineteen merchants join the July Trade Merit event in Monticello with special two day sales Saturday July 27 and Monday July 29. Ads list bargains across suits, fabric, home canning gear, cleaning items, shoes, work shirts, bathing suits, tires, bread, rolls, radios, paint, pig chow, luggage, and cookies among other values for shoppers seeking value.
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Monticello
Monticello Express
Merchant No. 1
Merchant No. 2
Merchant No. 3
Merchant No. 4
Merchant No. 5
Merchant No. 6
8&C
Merchant No
Merchant No. 8
Zenith
Steinelle
Crosley
Nellie Nagle Weds Robert Ray in Maquoketa Church
Miss Nellie Nagle daughter of William Nagle now of Florida married Robert Ray of Anamosa last Friday. The ceremony was at Maquoketa by the Reform church pastor. Theola Darrow and Willis Rickels attended the couple. The bride has lived with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Albert Chapman for years. Mr Ray and his brother Will run an oil station in Anamosa and will reside there.
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Nellie Nagle
William Nagle
Florida
Robert Ray
Anamosa
Maquoketa
Reformed Church
Theola Darrow
Willis Rickels
Albert Chapman
Lowell Township No. 5
Ray
Will
Monticello Boy Earns Trip to Vermillion Lakes
Eugene Rodman led ten Cedar Rapids area Boy Scouts to Vermillion Lakes 200 miles north of Duluth Minnesota for a camping trip that will run until next Wednesday. The trip honors the scouts’ exceptional camp performance with all expenses paid by the Cedar Rapids area council.
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Eugene Rodman
Cedar Rapids
Thomas
Vermillion Lakes
Duluth
Minn
Leonard Helsey to Move from Austin to Eagle Grove
Leonard Helsey, long time Austin resident, will relocate August 1 to Eagle Grove after purchasing an interest in the Wessels hardware store. He says in a personal letter he plans to return to his old Roll Town.
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Leonard
Fine Musical Program Tonight at City Park
Monticello residents are invited to an 8 15 pm Monticello Concert Band program at City Park starting with the Orpheus overture. The program features Glow Worm Minuet in G Beethoven Waltz Nights of Gladness and a vocal solo by Virginia Ferring along with a hunting scene and Simplicity.
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City Park
Monticello
Orpheus
Virginia Ferring
Cascade State bank appoints new directors and officers
Stockholders elected directors George W. Myers J H Devaney Peter Till George A Burden George Rogers M F Kurt William P Knepper Edward D Hogan The board chose M F Kurt as president J H Devaney as vice president W J Moran as cashier A 3 percent semiannual dividend was declared Health issues prompted two resignations and three employees retained including Eldred P Moran Lester Kinlahan and Glenn Grier.
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Cascade State Bank
Pioneer
George W. Myers
J. H. Devaney
Peter Till
George A. Burden
George Rogers
M. F. Kurt
William P. Knepper
Edward D. Hogan
W. J. Moran
Mr. Dehner
Walter G. Cox
Eldred P Moran
Lester Kinlahan
Glenn Grier
The
Ank
Paul Schuetz Wins Free Trip To New York City
Paul Schuetz assistant cashier at Monticello State Bank wins a free trip to New York City as guest of the North German Lloyd Steamship line. He arrived in New York and is being entertained aboard The Bremen on its maiden voyage, which set new Atlantic ocean crossing records surpassing the Mauretania.
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Paul Schuetz
Monticello State Bank
New York City
Lloyd Steamship Line
Schuetz
New York
Bremen
Atlantic
Cunard
Mauretania
John Stuart 30 years a salesman dies in Clinton
John Stuart a longtime traveling salesman for Reid-Murdock & Company of Chicago wholesale grocers died last Friday at his Clinton home. He leaves a wife and three daughters and mourns a son killed in World War service. Many friends in Monticello remember him fondly.
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John Stuart
Reid-Murdock & Company
Chicago
Clinton
Fifty Years Ago in Monticello July Highlights
Monticello weathers 1879 reports noting strong bank deposits led by H. M. Carpenter as cashier, and a plan to extend the Bellevue to Cascade narrow gauge railroad toward Monticello. Local life includes weddings, deaths, and relocations, with crop notes on corn ahead of schedule but wheat damaged by cinch bugs.
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Monticello
The
Express
Kahn
D. C. Tice
John O. Duer and Co
Palmer & Paine
Karo & Gager
Dunham & Liechardt
Brown & Boman
Lucy
St. Mary's Academy
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
G. W. Trumbell
Chicago
F. J. Podlaski
Frank
Bellevue
Cascade
Prairieburg
E. E. Adams
Bowen's Prairie
G. W. Birdsall
Kansas
John Blanchard
the Express
William H. Schodde
William Schodde
Dell Brown
Wheatland
Schodde
John Stephenson
W. H. Walworth
S. Y. Bradstreet
Stephenson
Christiana McLean
Scotch Grove
James Harrison
Alonzo Abernathy
Artesian Well
Harrison
W. H. Waugh
California
M. A. Smith
T. H. Bowen
Sand Spring
Monticello People Plan Amber Chautauqua Visit
Monticello residents and Monticello business people plan to attend the Amber Chautauqua tomorrow evening. Anamosa merchants also join Thursday night visit. The Friday program starts at 8 with Gros jean Marimba Trio preluding an address by Sumayeh Attiyeh on Turkey and Palestine. She tours from WGN Chicago and WEAF New York. The event closes Saturday night.
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Monticello
Chautauqua
Amber
Anamosa
Grosjean
Sumayeh Attiyeh
Turkey
Palestine
WGN
Chicago
WEAF
New York
Endurance Fliers Still In The Air At 12 45 This Afternoon
Hope for peace through Kellogg pact prompts belief that Russian and Chinese talks may avert Far East war. Premier MacDonald trims British naval program while Hoover delays three US cruisers pending parity talks. Papal celebration set as Pope Pius XI to bless world assembly outside the Vatican. Paving contracts let for 35 miles in several counties with $719 274 02 cost plus cement. Iowa issues whisky prescriptions permit 935 doctors. State tax commission to reassess railroad and utility properties and real estate values. Aurora wedding tragedy after car crash injures couple and wedding party. US border guards report casualties and arrests in a rum smuggling clash with Mexican smugglers.
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State Highway Commission
Audubon
Boone
Shelby
Pottawattamie
Fliers In Air Extend Record Flight At St Louis
Pilots Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine, already holders of the sustained flight record, remained aloft in St Louis. They had logged 280 hours by morning and hoped to reach 300 hours if the engine endures. O Brine from Cedar Rapids has family traveling to greet him at completion.
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Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
St. Louis
O’brine
Cedar Rapids
Time To Write Alfred E Smith Story Heads To Weekly
Has Time To Write by Alfred E Smith the former New York governor and presidential candidate will appear in a national weekly. His followers may read with interest though not as much as during the late campaign. War Prisoners Mr and Mrs Ray Talbot and their baby daughter of Rockford Illinois were captured by Russian troops during the seizure of a Chinese steamer on the Amur river.
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Alfred E Smith
New York
Ray Talbot
Rockford
Illinois
Amur
Talbot
Harry J. Schneider to Attend C M T C
Harry J. Schneider son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Schneider Jr is designated to attend a citizens military training camp from August 1 to August 30. Camps are part of national defense with government providing food uniforms equipment and medical care while at camp. Each candidate pays own railroad fare to camp but is reimbursed five cents per mile on arrival and five cents per mile for return travel before departure. Camps target boys aged 17 to 24 to foster citizenship and teamwork and respect for laws and rights.
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Harry J. Schneider
Isaac Schneider, Jr
Citizens
Plan of National Defense
Marmis Couple Return From Eastern Trip
Mr and Mrs Marmis of Monticello arrived home after an automobile tour to New York City where Mr Marmis met a brother unseen for eighteen years. En route they attended the Montefiore hospital dedication in Pittsburgh a project costing 2 500 000 funded by the local Jewish community.
Gypsies Arrested in $10000 Cash Theft Case
Carl Glade of near Oelwein lost $10,000 to Gypsies who promised to double his money. County Attorney Martin Cooney received word from Hackensack, New Jersey, that the thieves were jailed after detective work uncovered a Tulsa bank letter showing the family name Thompson. Glade hopes the Tulsa bank note confirms his loss and plans revenge.
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Iowa
Fayette County
Carl Glade
Oelwein
Hazelton
Martin Cooney
Hackensack
N. J
Glade
Cooney
Tulsa
Thompson
Twenty Seven Cars Shipped In Seventeen Days
The M. M. St. Paul & Pacific freight office reports a busy period with 27 freight cars moved over seventeen days in July. Shipments include hogs cattle butter eggs and poultry for Farmers Creamery John Hasler Ray George and firms Adams Adams Shover Nagel Eilers Kurt Farley Cartano and Harken with multiple cars per consignee.
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E. J. Farley
E. J. Kurt
John Hasler
Adams & Adams
Farmers’ Creamery Company
Ed Eilers
R. A. Cartano
Ray George
Farmers' Creamery Company
Fred Harken
Mead Pagel Marriage Solemnized at Nashua Little Brown Church
The wedding of Miss Sylvia Mae Pagel and Louis J. Mead occurred Sunday July 21 at 10 o clock in the Little Brown church Nashua with Rev E Clements officiating. The couple were joined by Mr and Mrs J A Woodward of Oelwein. Mead, a painter and interior decorator, plans to make Oelwein home.
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Little Brown
Nashua
Sylvia Mae Pagel
August Pagel
Sumner
Louis J. Mead
Center Junction
E. Clements
M. E
J. A. Woodward
Oelwein
Water Supply Question Prompts Public Health Warnings
A discussion on surface water contamination in public taps prompts calls for a new well or remediation. Reference is made to the 1928 Olean typhoid outbreak linked to polluted water, NY state bonds to pay damages, and Iowa cross connections. The state health department urges inspections and joint efforts to improve municipal water safety.
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State Department of Health
Olean
N. Y
New York
United States
Iowa
Division of Sanitary Engineering
Towa
Anamosa Driver Involved In Marion Road Crash
The Marion Sentinel reports a Ford roadster driven by Anna mosa woman Thelma Harrison collided with Mrs. George Strong’s Buick. After the crash the Ford sped off but was followed by a special officer who arrested all five occupants for fast and reckless driving and fines were paid for speeding and damages. Allegations of alcohol presence were not pursued with arrests.
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Marion Sentinel
Annamosa
George Strong
Thelma Harrison
Anamosa
Sinclair Oil Station On First Street Repainted
Workmen redecorated the Sinclair oil station on First street this week painting it with white enamel by spray method. The fresh coat created a pleasing new look for the station.
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Sinclair Oil Station
First Street
Sinclair Oil
Monticello Cedar Rapids Bus Line Petition Denied
The state railroad commission last Thursday denied M. J. Gass of Monticello permission to operate a freight and bus line from Monticello to Cedar Rapids. Gass currently runs a Monticello to Dubuque service, facing opposition from the Milwaukee railroad.
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Monticello
Cedar Rapids
State Railroad Commission
M. J. Gass
Mr. Cass
Dubuque
Milwaukee Railroad
Heatwave Persists as Temperatures Edge Past Ninety
Over the past three days thermometers register in the nineties with bright sun and a forecast of no relief tomorrow. Corn crops are reported to be weathered with little impact, except perhaps on very light sandy soils.
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Weather Bureau
Paving Work To Start On Primary Highway 161
Contractors will lay cement on State Primary Highway 161 at about a mile per week. Two crews will each pave roughly 13 miles this summer and fall to close the gap between Jones county and Marion. A detour through Stone City is required while work proceeds. Materials for Dubuque county paving will be trucked in, and the mixer was unloaded today.
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Key West
Dubuque County
Dubuque
Death Calls Mrs. Florence Curtis of Anamosa
Mrs. Florence Noyes Curtis, a longtime Anamosa resident and Riverside Cemetery superintendent, died last Monday of possible heart disease at about 67. She studied at Iowa State College Ames and had a daughter Irene who died after graduating Smith College. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church in Anamosa with interment in Riverside Cemetery.
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Florence Noyes Curtis
Anamosa
George W. Curtis
Irene
Smith College
Curtis
Chicago
Maguire
HeéyrrYather
Monticello
Band Of Farmers Challenge Iowa Bovine Tuberculosis Test
More than 300 Delaware county farmers file a petition in Iowa court led by George McDowell A J Noble and Harry Stimson against the Department of Agriculture local veterinarians and county officials. Judge Hasner grants a temporary halt while arguing the test is faulty and harmful and not authorized by Iowa law. Trial is expected at the October term.
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Manchester Press
Delaware County
Iowa
George McDowell
A. J. Noble
Harry Stimson
Department of Agriculture
Board of Supervisors
J. R. Kennedy
Frank Krueger
R. E. Childs
Fred Traver
John A. Manson
Fred A. Benter
E. B. Allyn
L. W. Davis
John L. Cherney
Independence
R. W. Hasner
Miss Laura Sinclair to Play Piano Recital in Monticello
Mrs George Guyan presents Miss Laura Sinclair in a piano recital at First Methodist Episcopal Church Monticello on Wednesday July 31 at 8 oclock assisted by Miss Madge Dickey organ The program includes works by Beethoven Chopin Sinding Grice Kreisler Liszt and Godard The public is invited Also notes on Mrs Chester H Smith earning a Master of Arts degree and her role as mother to three children ages 16 months to 9 years.
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George Guyan
Laura Sinclair
Monticello
Madge Dickey
Beethoven
Chopin
Edward Grice
Country Gardens
Percy Grainger
Liebesleid
Kreisler
Jugelery
Godard
Liszt
Chester H. Smith
College of Law
State University
Smith
Pioneer Mother Augusta Helgens Dies After Illness
Augusta Helgens, born December 9 1852 in Reepshold Germany, died last evening at 6 o clock at her daughter Verne Serbousek in Center Junction area after a long illness and heart trouble. She emigrated to the United States in 1888 married twice and left seven children. funeral at Zion Lutheran Wayne township next Saturday at 1 pm with Rev J Willms.
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Augusta Helgens
Augusta Reuter Helgens
Verne Serbousek
Center Junction
Helgens
Bernhard Thuman
Reepshold
Hanover
Germany
Thuman
United States
Fritz Reuter
Charles Little
Bowen's Prairie
Carl
Anna Reuter
William Helgens
Zion's Church
Wayne Township
Mardorf
Lovell Township
Carl Thuman
Amber
Herman Stutt
Ben Thuan
Onslow
LeRoy Clark
Monticello
William
Verne
Chris Decker
William Reuter
Los Angeles
California
Death of Lovell farmer Jacob Glauser aged 80
Jacob Glauser longtime Lovell township resident died yesterday after a severe hemorrhage. Born September 19 1849 in Blumenstein Switzerland he emigrated at 37 and settled on his farm in 1885. He married Mary Anna Linder January 31 1890 and is survived by wife four daughters seven grandchildren and one sister Funeral services will be held at 130 pm tomorrow at the family home and 2 pm at the Reformed church with Rev Armin Tendick officiating Burial at Oakwood cemetery.
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Jacob Glauser
Lovell Township
Mr. Glauser
Blumenstein
Canton
Berne
Switzerland
Mary Anna Linder
E. E. Gruenstein
Reformed Church of
Monticello
Glauser
Caroline
Monticel T
Mary Doll
Onslow
Louise K. Baumann
Ryan
Margaret Zeman
Iowa City
Elizabeth Ambuehl
Manchester
the Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Oakwood Cemetery
Jones Co. Stockholders in Chicago Banks Listed
The Des Moines Register lists Iowa stockholders in Chicago banks. Iowans hold $11,647,512 in Chicago bank stocks led by F. L. Maytag of Newton. Jones county names include Geo L Lovell 199046 H M Carpenter 835 Dr A G Hejinian 16700 Ida Ray 610. A lone gunman robbed E P Albertson in Cedar Rapids at 2:30 am, taking $61.
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Des Moines Register
Iowa
Chicago
F. L. Maytag
Newton
Windy City
Jones County
Geo. L. Lovell
Monticello
H M. Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
Priday
E. P. Albertson
Sioux City
Albertson
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D. C. Chase
E. C. Chase
Webster City
Wa- Pit Leaint
Chase
Frantzen & Gilbon
Perpetual Building and Loan Company
Waterloo
Royal Indemnity Company of
Edward Steger
Dyersville
Wall Lake
Independence Hospital
Steger
Rita
Joelene
Julian
Charles Thill
O. Tschirgi
Joseph Meurilisse
E. J. Klass
W. Eichman
Harry Evans
Amber Chautauqua
China
Russia
Far East
MacDonald
Great Britain
Hoover
Pius XI
Vatican Palace
St. Peter’s Square
Italy
Vatican
Federal Prohibition Bureau
Washington
Des Moines
Duburque
Davenport
State Tax Commission
Executive Council
County Boards of Supervisors
Aurora and Elgin
Warrenville
Joseph Kojkiewicz
Cicero
Lillian Olmstead
John Kochans
Rio Grande
Uncle Sam
el Paso
Denver
Mrs. Marmis
Mead-Pagel
Marion
Fuse Sway
Florence Curtis
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