Interesting Local Events and Oddities From Iowa
G W Rutledge of Rockwell City celebrated a 3rd birthday with a radiogram greeting sent from Chicago around the world via London and Tokyo, arriving in 27 minutes. Lightning struck two Madrid farms damaging only minorly, a bull injured but no major harm. M D Fox owns a Suva Times copy with Fiji market listings. A quilt chain letter begins in Fostoria and Spencer. H Pierson finds a wallet lost years ago, coins intact but paper money damaged and later replaced by two new one dollar bills from the treasury.
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G. W. Rutledge
Rockwell City
Calhoun County
Burteh J. Rutledge
Chicago
Tilmois
London
England
Ami Tokio
Japan
Madrid
Boone County
H. Pierson
West Elders
Hardin County
Treasury Department
Washington
Treasury
Ice cream mixup at church party and a Revolutionary saddle tale
H Meyer of Waverly treated a dozen men to twelve quarts of ice cream for a church party. The order was for the wrong evening and the parsonage stood unoccupied when clerks recovered the freezer and found the ice cream missing. Howell Boyd of Eldora owns a saddle linked to Revolutionary War era espionage via a relative who carried British plans to American forces.
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H. Meyer
Waverly
Bremer County
Meyer
Howell Boyd
Eldora
Hardin County
Mr. Boyd
Grave marker found in charred Dewey Jessup home ruin near Chariton
In Lucas county a Native stone grave marker was unearthed among the ashes of Dewey Jessup’s Chariton house. One theory suggests the home sits on a former cemetery, while another, more likely, says the marker was discarded and later used as part of the foundation.
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Dewey Jessup
Chariton
Lucas County
Jessup
Foxymer
Odd projects and peculiar tales from Amana colonies to Iowa villages
Unusual engineering at Amana involves a 0 foot Holland tunnel under a canal used as a mill race as part of a drainage project for about 40 acres of bottom lands. The Weatherbee family in Fayette county bears a rare trait of an extra finger on each hand and extra toe on each foot. Charles Sturtz of Dysart introduces a low mood wedding and. his fiancée Mrs Margaret Ferguson of Little Falls Minnesota, fund a grove wedding to raise housekeeping funds. Harvey Howland in Independence reports a mysterious unclaimed automobile tire rolling into his service station. Gates near Horn in Shelby county dies a business center as EB Kints records.
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Towa
Amana
Weatherbee
West Wnton
Fayette County
Charles Sturtz
Dysart
Tama County
B Sturte
Margaret Ferguson
Little Yalls
Minnesota
Harvey Howland
Independence
Last store in town closed as merchant leaves town
Miss Eva Jordan of Mc Gregor argues against the high auto accident rate. She, 64, has driven over a million miles in 12 years without an accident, reflecting on the town’s empty business district after the merchant left for Panora.
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Panora
Kintz
Eva Jordan
McGregor
Clayton County
Jordan
Quail Nest Found by City Official in Waverly
Carl Shaffer superintendent of streets in Waverly discovered a quail nest with 17 eggs while inspecting city property. A few days later only shells remained with no sign of the birds, suggesting the young quail hatched quickly and moved on to a new home.
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Carl Shaffer
Waverly
Shaffer
Sleepy man’s jaw injury from yawn travels to hospital
Clark Jenks of near Audubon yawns and cannot close his mouth. He is taken to a Carroll hospital where the jaw bone is set and becomes normal. Mrs Mary A Allen of Knoaville reports a plum tree bearing twin fruits with four pairs of twins on one twig and three pairs on another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Jenks
Audubon
Carroll
Mary A. Allen
Knoaville
Marion County
Highway workers unearth buried trees along diagonal 88
State highway commission workers on the diagonal highway 88 between Marshalltown and Des Moines have unearthed an odd phenomenon. Whole black spruce trees ten to twenty feet deep in hard packed clay lie firmly imbedded and appear sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Four-Legged Duck Attracts Visitors Near Anthon
Sightseers stop at the Bil Peterson farm near Anthon to view a duckling with two normal legs and an extra pair growing from its back. Local observers describe it as a rare natural oddity drawing curious crowds.
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Bil Peterson
Anthon
Bees Salvaged From Tree Hit by Wind Near Packwood
The Pencil family of the L. K. Wallace home in Jefferson county reported a strong wind that blew a maple tree onto their house. The tree held a beehive. they lured the bees into a hive, salvaged honey, and cut the tree for fuel.
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Pencil
L. K. Wallace
Packwood
Jefferson County
Pencils
Lightning Strikes George Boland House at Amea
A lightning bolt struck the Boland residence at Amea. It passed through the roof narrowly missing an occupied bed, damaged the light meter and wiring, entered the water pipe, blew items from the kitchen sink, melted soldering, and blew the waterscreen to the ceiling. The electric clock stopped at 5.44 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Boland
Amea
Hens Given Palatial Home From Retired Rail Car
Nick Samuelson of near Maynard Fayette County constructs a $300 palatial coop from a retired Great Western parlor cafe car. The hens roost in the observation end feed in the cafe area and nest in the upper and lower berths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Samuelson
Maynard
Fayette County
Samuelson
Great Western
Local farmer feeds cows bread loaves replacing bran rations
Julius Rostenbach of near Davenport in Scott County feeds his Holstein herd on bread made from unsold loaves. He substitutes sliced or unsliced bread such as white, whole wheat, rye or pumpernickel for bran, buying bread too dry for people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Rostenbach
Davenport
Scott County
Rostenbach
Finger Found in Mower Sparks Nowhere Clue
Henry Engstrand found a human finger jammed in his mower at Fairfield while inspecting a jam. Police had no leads and hospitals and the morgue offered no explanation for the finger's origin.
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Henry Engstrand
Fairfield
Sunday Visitors and Local Travels Across Monticello and Surrounding Towns
A lengthy list of social visits and travels across the area. Families from Manchester Monticello Colesburg and surrounding towns visited homes in Dubuque Des Moines Iowa City and Petersburg. Notable names include Eggeman Lang Gadient Weber Bohiken Eden Batchelder Adams Cox Schrader and Clem ent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Eggeman
Manchester
Lester Lang
Monticello
Dave Wilson
Watson Gull
Colesburg
John Blaer
John Gadient
J. A. McDonough
Dubuque
Fred Egger
Edwin Egger
Robert
Des Moines
Dean Morton
Chas Stevenson
Iowa City
J. L. Weber
Prairieburg
Alfred Egger
Henrietta Bohiken
John Eden
J. L. Batchelder
Clare Adams
Arduser
Joe McDonald
Lorraine
Harry Lang
Virginia Schneider
Pratt
Herbert Cox
Center Junction
Elmer Schrader
Ellen Marie
E. H. Cox
Irvin
Ernest Becker
Ed Willenberg
Petersburg
Ann Clement
Harold Wessel
Cora Winona
Sanborn
Towa
Local Families Visit Each Other Across Town
A chain of Sunday and weekday visits links the Blaker Hein Arduser Bohiken Prats Behrends Weler and Welter households in Monticello Cascade Cedar Rapids Guttenberg Edgewood and Richland Center. Names include John Bohiken Mil dred Arduser James Balsiger and Delores Yossi among others as residents share time with relatives and friends.
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John ‘Blaker
Galen Hein
Insane
Richland Center
Arduser
Mildred Arduser
John Bohiken
Adolph Bohiken
Monticelia
Dave Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Ben Timmer
Lester
Cascade
Peter Prats
Donald Johnson
Donna Lee
B. W. Cox
Guttenberg
B. H. Cox
Will Balsiger
Fred Weler
John Batchelder
James Blaker
Arthur
Maude
John Blaker
Fred Welter
John Welter
Monticello
Sixty Years of Local Life Mark Lucille Siebel Birthday
A surprise picnic luncheon honored Lucille Siebel on her eighteenth birthday hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Siebel. Attendees include numerous Helgens and Siebel relatives plus friends. visits span Langworthy to Amana and Cedar Lake with multiple family gatherings and a few minor injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Siebel
Lucille
Harm Helgens
Anna Siebel
Fred Helgens
George Helgens
Harvey Helgens
Mra
Louie Helgens
Ed .Helgens
Herman Helgens
Henry Tobiasson
W. J. Zimmerman
Gerd Moenck
Conrad Poppe
George Siebel
Ben Wroblewski
Henry Stebel
Will Stebel
Henry Zimmerman
Lorene
Alfred Folkers
F. W. Folkers
Hank Stebel
Mildred Caden
Lester Juilfs
Otto Otten
Mabet Dirkes
Maynard
Langworthy
John Moenck
John Conley
Minnesota
William Croas
Conley
Albert Harma
Henry Harris
Owen Conley
Thelma Farward
Ilinois
Bernell
Lena Englebart
Rex Reuter
Ben Englebart
George Schoon
F. H. Otten
Henry Wehling
Celena Eden
William Otten
Swede Cross
Amana
Will Hildegard
Ed Harms
Henry Thrun
Alice
Lillian Schlemmer
Sophia Behrends
Grand Mound
George H. Bchoon
Robert
Marion
Sigourney
Cedar Lake
C. W. Gray
Virginia Yount
Forest Chapel
Miss Yount
John Folkens
John Albers
George H. Dirks
Chris Dirks
George
A. Dirks
Alfred Dirks
William Tieken
Gerd Tholan
Dick Freese
Diedrick Dirks
Dirks
Ralph Zimmerman
Willie Harms
John Dircks
Anamoss
Anamosa
Maxine Kettlesen
Margaret Ann Zimmerman
Mgr
Louie Schdieski
Hale
Will Dirks
Iowa City
Graossheim Family Dinner Hosts Near Monticello
East Case Township residents Rev and Mrs Wm J Graossheim and family of Monticello were dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Lou Ehrisman last Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Earl Benedict attended a reunion and picnic of the event.
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Wm. J. Graossheim
Monticello
Lou Ehrisman
Earl Benedict
Clark family reunion and park picnic at Anamosa State Park
The article lists a long gathering of Clark family members and relatives visiting Anamosa and nearby towns. It notes a State Park picnic with the Clark kin, a reunion for Ern est Strandberg's family from St Cloud and At Cloud Minn, and dinners in Monticello and Centralia Kansas. The piece mentions several visiting relatives and a band concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn
Anita
J W. Hf. Darrow
Atlantic
C. B. Darrow
Anamosa
Darrow
Edward J. Head
Richard Skelley
Monticello
Lou Ehrisman
Henry Prull
Freda
Berdena
Clarence Prull
Cass
Adolph Dirks
Zimmerman
3B Prull
Wilma
Gerhard Prull
Dorothy
Arthur Riedel
Langworthy
Hattie
Sand Springs
John Prull
Emil
State Park
Jat
Clark
Lyle Clark
Ernest Strandberg
At. Cloud
Minn
Strandberg
Pearl
Elaine
St. Cloud
Minnesota
Karl
Mildred
Kenneth
Delhi
Dale Clark
Hopkinton
Leigh Clark
Mar- Meigh
Virginia
Lloyd Clark
Olive
Donald Clark
Charles Clark
Henry Uhr
Lyle
Emma Batchelder
Alburnett
Clarks
Jennie Condit
Ray Condit
Katherine
Centralia
Kans
Allen Fairbanks
Otto Riede
Patsy
Willard Schatz
Frank Fairbanks
Ela Strong
Will Strong
Onslow
Castle Grove Panthers Triump Over Richland Kitten Ball Team
The Castle Grove Panthers beat Richland 17 to 11 on Sunday after a late rally tied the game 3 0. Castle Grove pulled nine runs in the seventh to seal the win before Richland added three in the seventh. The Castle Grove club travels to Wayne next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Panthers
Richland
Panthers
Richland Boys
Panther
Castle Grove
Wayne
Louis Vernon
Ruth
Morley
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Joseph T. Kula
Cass
Kenneth Hosford
Ronald
Hosford
Delores Warner
Monticello
G. Thomas
John Messerli
Lyle Hosford
Anamosa
A. McLaughlin
Chicago
Arthur Hugh
Delhi
MelLees
Howard McLaughlin
Ottumwa
Proctor & Gamble Shop Company
Benjamin Greene
Des Moines
F. C. Cramer
Greene
James McLaughlin
A. W. McDonald
Jones County to hold budget meeting August 6 1935
The Jones County Board of Supervisors will convene August 6 1935 at 2 00 p m in the County Auditor's office Anamosa Iowa Taxpayers may be heard for or against the proposed expenditure estimates announced by County Auditor George F Specht and the meeting will record the filing of the county budget estimate"}
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Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Iowa
Anamosa
Death of Dr Frank McLaughlin noted in local obituary
Dr Frank McLaughlin of Chicago formerly of Hopkinton died in Chicago after a brief illness from bronchial pneumonia and pleurisy. Born August 5 1878 he practiced dentistry in Tonkawa Oklahoma Chicago and finally settled in Chicago. He is survived by his wife four brothers and other relatives. Funeral details and arrival of his remains to his old home are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
F.C. Cramer
Frank Mclaney
Chicago
Frank James McLaughlin
John A
Alice Downer McLaughlin
Lenox
Monticello
Northwestern University Dental College
Tonkawa
Oklahoma
Gertrude Mill
MecLaughlin
C. A. McLaughlin
Funer
John McLaughlin
Wiliam D
Clarence
Castle Grove
Eupene R
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau
Claude Mason
John van Buren
Buffalo Township
Delhi
Supervisors Proceedings Continued List of Local Expenditures
Proceedings itemizes numerous payments to individuals and firms for labor, materials, and services including fence moving, pipe work, bridge and culvert components, and payroll for construction No. 6. Names include Graham department store, Merle Hicks, John Mortensen, W. A. Hogan, and Clinton Bridge Works among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Dept
Hanson & McKinstry
Merle Hicks
W. A. Hogan
Iowa Calvert & Pipe Co
Ralph Kehoe
Henry Kruse
Leigh Lint
John Mortensen
Poll Tax Res Fund
Earl L. Mayberry
Robert Mead
jJohn Fritz
New Bridge
R. B. ‘Johnson
Hans Knutson
H. D. Miller
Henry Rickels
Andrew Tobiassen
Pucut Itebthettases Acazz Re Orsenent
Clinton Bridge Works
Henry & Dirks
John Holmes
Dwight Pulver
Fred Carson
Gay McConaughy
Raymond Huggans
W. K. Moats
W. J. Stover
L. R. Bobst
Lee Sams
Otho Hughes
Howard Treland
Ralph Holmes
Ralph Mead
Earl L
Payroll Ledger Totals and Adjournment Notice
A dated payroll ledger lists numerous individuals with varied payments from Mayberry through July 1935. The board, led by N. G. Holst, adjourned on motion to Tuesday July 26, 1935, with Geo. F. Specht as auditor.
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Mayberry
M. Raymond
Burt Cumminga
Baunserman
Ray Seely
Lester Ankney
Fred Weers
J. L. Canwell
Harry Moore
Raymond Curley
Gene Countryman
Clarence Appleby
Dwight Pulver
Fred Carson
R. EB. Chaplin
Dale Dodge
Martin Nelson
Hens Peterson
J. Kostal
Ritmour
Raymond Huggans
Harold Wag
Woner
George Minnis
B. W. Husmann
George 3B. Hein
B. Null
John Paulson
Gerd Gress
Leo Peiper
J. G. Thede
W. K. Moats
Lloyd Moats
A. L. Wood
Owen McDonald
H. K. Klinefelter
Carl Rickels
GC. F. Bock
E. Ed. Stadtmueller
Elmer Lathrop
George Lohr
Patrick Mere
John Kavanaugh
Elmer Brokaw
Pete Mumadinger
Melbourne Grimm
John Gesse
Chauncey Robinson
Robert Ray
Fred Darrow
Ben Mettler
M. J. Tallman
H. F. Horn
W. J. Stover
L. R. Bobst
Lee Sams
Otho Hughes
Howard Ireland
Ralph Holmes
Ralph Mead
Earl L. Mayberry
Burt Cummings
A. S. Bauserman
FP. L. Shankland
Chas. Robinson
Jack Robinson
N. GC. Holst
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Iowa News
Jernagin
J. W. Jernagin
Fiji Times
M.D. Fox
Odeboit
Sac County
Suva
Fostoria
Spencer
Clay County
Gates
Horn
Ghelby County
Twin Plumas
East
Case Township
Geo. F. Specht
Bonda
Supervisors’ Proceedings
Poryland Cement Association
Hubbell Bidg
Das Moines
Lows
Ene Npstea
Narme
DODGE
Plymouth
Eiben
Monticello, Lowa
Anker-Holth
Wodel
Nyard HN
Peter
Raver Goer
Aun
Ant Ats Srinsy
Nat Syailuila
Alome
America
Leecher
Ned. Ching Tame
Leytze Maytag Co
Chevrolet
iIt
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit
Michigan
General Motors
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
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