Death of Dr. Frank McLaughlin Read in Monticello Obituary
Dr. Frank James McLaughlin, a longtime Chicago dentist born August 5 1878 in Castle Grove township, died July 21 at Ravenswood hospital Chicago after bronchial pneumonia. Survived by widow Gertrude Wilbur and four brothers. body returned to Monticello for funeral at Oakwood cemetery.
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Monticello
Frank James McLaughlin
Ravenswood Hospital
Chicago
McLaughlin
Clarence McLaughlin
Castle Grove
Dr. McLaughlin
Castle Grove Township
Clarence A. McLaughlin
John A
Allen Downer McLaughlin
Lenox Preparatory College
Hopkinton
College of Dentistry
Northwestern University
Tonkawa
Oklahoma
Gertrude Wilbur
Witchita
Kansas
Monticello Miss Hit By Catfish Accident
A four year old Monticello girl was playing when she fell onto a large catfish head. A barbel pierced her chest but no internal injury occurred after her parents removed the fish head and she was treated and guarded against infection.
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William Schneiter
Mrs. Ed Harms Escapes Serious Haying Accident
Mrs. Ed Harms of Wayne Center near Monticello narrowly avoided severe injuries in a haying accident at the Harms farm last Thursday. Her right arm was caught in the fork while loading hay but stopped in time. she sustained a sprained shoulder and a hand abrasion with no broken bones per X ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Harms
Wayne Center
Monticello
Harms
Monticello Golf News From Local Country Club
Bill Laude defeated Francis Lo cher 2 and 1 in the playoff of last year’s golf championship. The July 26 dance is postponed and a new date will be announced later. The Eastern town golf tournament ten man team must be chosen by Monday July 29 with four qualifying scores due by Saturday July 27 due to notice from the Eastern Iowa tournament committee.
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Bill Laude
Francis Locher
the Express
Eastern Iowa
Jones County Insurance Benefits Totaled 134000
Monticello residents received 24000 in 1934 payments from the National Underwriters report. Anamosa reported 110000 in benefits including several large unnamed claims and James W. Conmey with a 2000 claim. The county total stood at 134000 with no other locality figures provided.
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Monticello
Anamosa
James W. Conmey
District Court Entries From Multiple Dismissals and Approvals
District Court entries list several actions including dismissals with costs and without prejudice, demurrer and leave to amend, judgment on notes, land lease approvals, receiverships final reports approved, and petitions dismissed with costs. The record shows cases involving banks, guardianship, and insurance companies with various outcomes.
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L. A. Andrew
State Superintendent of Banking
J. L. Fisher
Monticello State Bank
Linda Kiburz
H. F. Pinaire
Gilbert F. Skelding
E. R. Easterly
Guardian
Mary Jane Glenn
Chas. A. Ohl
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Town
Harry Fairbanks
Harry A. Hoag
Mae O’brien
Cross
Nadyne Hoag
Mae O'Brien
Hopkinton Voters Back Municipal Light Plant
In a special election Hopkinton residents approved a municipal electric plant by a 237 to 43 vote with 60 percent turnout. Revenue bonds under the Simmer law will fund up to 67,800 dollars for construction. current power is supplied by Iowa Electric Company of Cedar Rapids.
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Hopkinton
Iowa Electric Company of
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Farm Land Returns to Farmer Owners Amid Rebound
The Iowa land shift sees 10 000 acres in Dubuque county and 15 000 in Jones county sold to private buyers at higher prices after foreclosures. Linn county sales rise 25 percent with similar prices as last year. Investors and farmers alike are buying as farm product prices rise and financing improves. Insurance companies also increased land values by 10 to 30 percent, signaling a broader move from corporate to private ownership.
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Iowa
Jones County
Linn County
Dubuque County
Madsen Motor Co Hosts Picnic With Regional Dealers
The second annual Madsen Motor Company picnic drew eighty three guests at Beverly Park Cedar Rapids last Sunday. Attendees included thirty eight employees and families from Anamosa Maquoketa and Monticello motor companies.
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Madsen Motor Co
Madsen Motor Company
Beverpark
Cedar Rapids
Associated Motor Companies
Anamosa
Maquoketa
Monticello
M. & S. Motor Company
M. & W. Motor Company
Max Wells
W. G. Stambaugh
Larry Robertson
Wayne Walker
Virginia Ferring
Original Great American Circus Plays To Happy Monticello Audience
The Great American Circus drew a Monticello crowd Friday afternoon in a well billed show that doubled as a philanthropy. Promoters Mary Lou Luett Billy Stuhler Ann Marie Robert Husman Jack Stuhler Rebecca Grimes Janis Grimes donated receipts to Camp Good Health Irand Cedar Rapids. The writer recalls early show business days and praises youth charity while predicting brighter future for the performers as they age.
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Happy Monticello
Monticello
Doc Maurice
Mary Lou Luett
Billy Stuhler
Ann Marie
Robert Husman
Jack Stuhler
Rebecca
Janis Grimes
Mary Lou
Billy
Jack
Janis
Grain Company Headed by Scotch Grove Trio Proves Rural Success
The Cedar Rapids Gazette recounts Scotch Grove residents Arend Balster Ray Naylor and F A Royden building large farm parts grain and nursery businesses despite living in a tiny 14-house town. Balster runs Balster Implements with 1400 customers in 41 states and operates nine warehouses while managing a post office. Naylor oversees Farmers Grain with seed stocks worth 10200 at opening and Royden supplies nursery stock wholesale to 25 states and eight Iowa counties. Balster is a longtime postmaster and works extreme hours from 5am to 10pm, expanding wholesale reach since 1926.
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Emerson
Arend Balster
Ray Naylor
F. A. Royden
Scotch Grove
Jones County
Adeline Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Arend Enalster
Balster Implements and Parts Company
Desot
Naylors
Farmers’ Grain Company
Iowa
Iowan
Towa
Balster
John E. Lovejoy
Peru
Two Monticello Girls Involved In Cascade Car Crash
Miss Esther Schoon and Miss Mildred Bartlett of Monticello were passengers in a Cascade drive of Carl May when a high speed crash occurred on primary 161 near the brick schoolhouse. May allegedly drove drunk, sideswiped a car, and was jailed in Cascade.
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Esther Schoon
Mildred Bartlett
Monticello
Carl May
Cascade
May
Schoon
Bartlett
Marguerite Ahrendsen Weds Joe Cole in City Office Service
Miss Marguerite Ahrendsen and Joe Cole of Sand Spring were married in a simple ring ceremony conducted by Mayor Fred D. McLaughlin in his office. Attendants were Miss Minnie Parson and Albert Parson. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs August Ahrendsen of Castle Grove township. Cole works on a farm near Sand Spring.
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Marguerite Ahrendsen
Joe Cole
Sand Spring
Fred D. McLaughlin
Minnie Parson
Albert Parson
August Ahrendsen
Castle Grove Township
Cole
Dubuque Man Admits Killing His 6 Year Old Nephew
Marlo Heinz of Dubuque age 29 confessed to the murder of his 6 year old nephew David Fox on the Fox farm near Holy Cross. The crime occurred Tuesday afternoon and the body was found in a water pool along a stream on the Fox farm after hours of questioning by county and city authorities.
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Marlo Heinz
Dubuque
David Fox
Fred Fox
Fox Farm
Holy Cross
Fox Arm
Jack Kay Honored At R O T C Camp
Jack Kay son of Mr and Mrs Fred Kay returned this week from the R O T C camp at the University of Nebraska in Fort Cook The six week camp focused on army maneuvers Kay showed strong interest and skill and was chosen as one of four top representatives from Nebraska University for the year
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Jack Kay
Fred Kay
University of Nebraska At
Fort Cook
Kay
Nebraska University
Farm Accident Leaves Monroe Hurt After Hay Rake Incident
Seward Monroe of Morley suffered an impacted fracture of his right hip when a side delivery hay rake locked and dragged him 60 feet under the rake after a runaway team pulled him forward onto the horses. He was treated at a Cedar Rapids hospital. Monroe, 26, is married with a child.
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Seward Monroe
Morley
Frank Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Monroe
Car Crash Involving Local Worker Ends Without Injury
Roy Whiting of the Henry Renk farm was in a Sunday night automobile accident after buying a new Ford V-8 from Madsen Motor Company. While test driving down a hill he swerved to miss a mud puddle, skidded, and rolled into a ditch. the vehicle shattered glass but Whiting was unhurt.
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Roy Whiting
Henry Renk
Whiting
Madsen Motor Company
Monticello Band Moves Remaining Concerts to City Park
The Monticello Municipal Band announces all remaining concerts this season will be at City Park per band director Gene Byers. Byers highlights new numbers in popular and classical repertoire. The band is contracted to perform at the Jones County Fair from August 20 to 23.
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Gene Byers
Byers
Monticello
Jones County Fair
Items Of Occurrences Forty Years Ago July 1895 Monticello
The Monticello Express lists July 1895 happenings with Monticello claiming county largest city status over Anamosa, population figures, and Straw berry Hill as a separate corporation. It notes grocery cash basis shifts, July 22 cattle shipments, the death of James Young at 80, Robert Abel’s severe accident, complaints about the Monticello railway station, and a rare soaking rain parching Iowa farmers.
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Monticello
Vernimont & Parrott
Maurice & Hubbard
C. M. Brown
Bowen's Prairie
James Young
E. F. Ross
Castle Grove
Robert Abel
J. H. Bacher
Mr. Abel
Express
Iowa
Gibson
Milwaukee Road
Grinnell Group Visits Monticello Camp
Rev R J Montgomery from Grinnell with Larry Upton Dick Corlett and George Marker visited Richard Calkins in Monticello. The Grinnell College students are touring camps for the Town Pilgrim Fellowship Conferences of the Congregational Church. Waubeek hosts the district camp. Helena Calkins and Wanda Podkowski are Monticello attendees.
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R. J. Montgomery
Grinnell
Larry Upton
Davenport
Dick Corlett
Burington
George Marker
Lewis
Iowa
Grinnell College
Richard Calkins
Rev. Montgomery
Mrs Beels of Hopkinton Suffers Broken Hip
Mrs Beels of Hopkinton widow of former Hopkinton Leader editor W S Beels is at McDonald hospital with a broken right hip after a fall near the Hopkinton post office last week. She has no children.
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W. S. Beels
Hopkinton
Weekly Payroll Campaign Opens in Monticello Area
The Monti cello Express announces a large scale Weekly Payroll circulation drive in Monticello and nearby territory. Entrants can earn hundreds of dollars by promoting subscriptions, with no entry cost.
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Monticello Express
Monticello
The
Express
Three injured in west of Petersburg crash and campaign prize drive
A two-car collision four miles west of Petersburg injures Frank Scherrman, his son Emmett, and a third occupant. Nick Maiers and family escape unhurt. Obituaries note David Rummel dies in Los Angeles aged 74 after long Olin ties. Local alcohol seizures precede court actions and a large prize subscription drive promises Ford and Chevrolet cars plus weekly paychecks.
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Petersburg
Frank Scherrman
Dyersville
Scherrman
Emmett
Nick V. Maiers
Holy Cross
Maicrs
John Scherrman
Farley
David Sherman Rummel
Olin
Los Angeles
California
Mary Derr
Jennie Rummel
Fannie Starry
Albert
Frank
Chicago
Roscoe
Genevieve Conant
Clinton
Anamosa
Charles Sherman Jr
Sherman
Tom Smith
Cedar Rapids
the Express
Monticello
Madsen Motor Company
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Co
Mrs Della Sutherland Dies in Monticello Home
Mrs Della Sutherland longtime Jones county resident died at her Monticello home this morning at 7 30 Funeral will be held Saturday July 27 at 2 00 at Scotch Grove Presbyterian church An obituary will appear next week pending life details
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Della Sutherland
Jones County
Monticello
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Two Cars Collide Near Anamosa Injures Driver
Russell Ard of Cedar Rapids suffered a fractured arm when his car and a truck driven by Hans Knut sen of Anamosa collided on a road near Anamosa late Saturday.
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Anamosa
Russell Ard
Cedar Rapids
Hans Knutsen
Air Mail Speeds Local Rail Deliveries To Coastal Regions
Monticello residents use air service via Cedar Rapids and Town City for fast mail, with trucks and trains handling connections. Air mail to west coast saves one to two days, while east and south coasts gain 12 to 24 hours. The U S system now covers about 29 000 route miles with 40 million miles flown annually and March 1935 set all time records at 1 002 269 pounds.
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Monticello
Mitton Thoens
Cedar Rapids
Town City
United States
Thunder StormS Hit Monticello Tuesday Morning
Monday night and Tuesday morning brought heavy rains and vivid lightning across Monticello. A large tree collapsed in front of the F. W. Ferring home while four Lovell and Adams cows were struck and killed by lightning as corn tassels began. The storm affected the region from corn to grain harvests and delayed harvest in parts of the vicinity.
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Monticello
F. W. Ferring
Lovell & Adams
Hopkinton Weighs Municipal Light Plant Project
Hopkinton seriously considers building a city lighting plant under the Simmer law to contract for and pay from profits, as the Supreme Court recently sustained its constitutionality. Supporters expect demand for municipal ownership if reliable contractors will build and be paid from profits.
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Hopkinton
Supreme Court
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Frank McLaughlin
Northwestern
Monticello Golf News
Don Wherry
Wyoming
Augusta Bliss
Adolph Johnson
Mrs. Bliss
Chestnut
Third Streets
North
Walnut St
Luett’s
Ajonic Games
Scotch Grove Village
City Park
Grinnell Group
Mrs. Beels of
W. N. Wottrich
Jos
FP. Ryan
Air Service
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