John Marek of Castle Grove Ends His Life
John Marek a farmer on the county line west of Monticello died after shooting himself Monday afternoon. The 32 caliber bullet pierced the brain and surgery could not save him. He had been in failing health and had considered Rochester for an exam. Funeral services were held at St. Joseph’s cemetery after a nine thirty morning service. Survivors include his wife Katherine eleven children and one brother Martin Marek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marek
Monticello
Mr. Marek
McDonald Hospital
Marek
Rochester
Albert
Albert Marek
Harm Schatz
Victor Holub
Wendey Marek
John Jr
Thomas
Mike Holub
Martin Marek
Anamosa
St. Joseph's
Dyersville Golfers Entertained At Club Event
Dyersville golfers and their wives visited the local Country Club last Sunday afternoon for a fourball scramble featuring fourteen players from Dyersville. J. W. Powers led with 42 to win three golf balls as first prize, F. M. Podhaski took second with 43 for two balls, and William Laude earned third with 44 for one ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyersville
Country Club
Indy
J. W. Powers
Mr. Powers
F. M. Podhaski
William Laude
National Mystic Workers Juvenile Convention Attendees
Four youths Bertha Mae Golden Harold Schlemmer Rose Littlefield and Junior Burris returned from Fulton Illinois where the third national Mystic Workers juvenile convention met July 17 18 and 19 Mrs John Lambert accompanied them A parade through Fulton opened the event with Fulton lodge No 1 performing Juvenile Ritual followed by officer elections and a music program The convention focused on business sessions and installation of officers after election returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Illinois
National Mystic Workers
Bertha Mae Golden
Harold Schlemmer
Rose Littlefield
Junior Burris
John Lambert
Fulton Lodge No. 1
Steam Mill Explosion in Cedar Rapids Kills One
A steam explosion in the basement of the Quaker Oats meal mill in Cedar Rapids last Monday killed 31 year old steam fitter Ivan B Augustine who was covering a steam pipe with asbestos. Two other workers Steve Prochaski and John Hrbek were injured but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ivan B. Augustine
Steve Prochaski
John Hrbek
Judges Re-nominated by Acclamation at Cedar Rapids Rally
At the republican state judicial convention in Cedar Rapids yesterday four judges whose terms near expiration were renominated by acclamation. The gathering was well attended with most delegates drawn from the bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bar
Girls Travel Over 1000 Miles by Auto Then Walk Ten
Miss Agnes Matre and Miss Clara Schoon returned from a cross country trip to Sioux Falls South Dakota. They traveled more than 1000 miles with lifts from passing motorists and walked only ten miles in total. They found many obliging people and generous meals along the way. They wore blue overalls and shirts with a red bandana. They were gone from Monticello a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Matre
Clara Schoon
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Monticello
Death claims Ray Jacque after long illness and fall
Ray Jacque died at John McDonald hospital after a fall from a ladder while painting at the Riess Stahler residence worsened an illness begun July 14. He was 40, born December 3, 1889 in Buck Creek Delaware county. He married Jessie Moses January 9, 1902 and leaves widow, daughter Genevieve, parents, brother Roy, sister Katherine. Funeral Friday at 2:30 at the Presbyterian church, Rev. Leonard Duckett officiating. burial in Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Jacque
John McDonald Hospital
Riess Stahler Rsidence
Jacque
Genevieve Jacque
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Death Notices Franklin H Buxton of Wheatland
Franklin H Buxton 18 son of Mr and Mrs Perry Buxton and great grandson of P O Babcock died at Wheatland last Saturday at home. Army Air Service member formerly Wheatland High School 10th grade. stationed Chanute Field Rantoul Minnesota. Funeral held at Wheatland Presbyterian Church American Legion in charge. Survived by parents a brother and two sisters with relatives from Monticello attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Howard Buxton
Perry Buxton
P. O. Babcock
Wheatland
Army Air Service
Wheatland High School
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Minagis
Presbyterian
Lovell Township Farm Bureau Meeting July 31
The Lovell township farm bureau will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday July 31 at 8 00 p m in the public school building. Program includes Interesting Events in the History of the Jones County Fair by Mrs Laura Koop Conservation of Yowa s Natural Beauty by Rev Coe a piano solo by Miss Edith Deischer moving pictures and refreshments All members and friends urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell Township
Massed Band Concerts Planned at Manchester and Monticello
The Monticello Municipal Band and the Manchester Legion Band announce two massed band concerts. The first concert is in Manchester on Tuesday July 31, preceded by a second in Monticello city park on Thursday evening August 2 featuring about 60 musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Manchester Legion Band
Manchester
Prohibition Candidates Eyed South votes in presidential race
The Sioux City Journal notes Prohibition party candidates expect Southern votes but political realities show the solid South locked for the Democratic party, making any switch unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Prohibition Party
Democratic Party
Monticello and Area Citizens Reflect Fifty Years Ago
A survey of Monticello events recalls Dr. Meller selling his drug store to Dr. Boardman and an engine house project let to Austin and Byam. The 4th of July celebration drew 4000 with a Farwell speech, while Anamosa and Monticello split a baseball game 15 to 36 and fireworks lit the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding & Henry
Monticello
Express
Cuba
New Orleans
C. A. Whiting
S. M. Sperry
S. S. Farwell
Anamosa
John Lorentzen
James Miller
Bowen's Prairie
May Farwell
Agricultural College
Wincethe Provigura
Kate Curtis
Independence
Cora Keith
Vinton
Frank Booth
J. C. Milines
Cedar Rapids
T. F. Lee
Oelwein
J. W. Coxsee
Clara Penniman
Ames
Hoover Club Heads Named Across Fifth District
Chairmen and chairwomen of Hoover campaign clubs in the Fifth district are listed by county. Cedar county J E Larsen West Branch and Mrs Mildred Yule Phelps Jones county E A Grimwood Oxford Junction and Mrs D W Straw man Anamosa Linn county H E Spangler Cedar Rapids and Mrs F W Damour Cedar Rapids Benton county Fred St Clair Vinton and Mrs S S Wertheim Belle Plaine Tama county Judge J W Will ett Tama and Mrs Ella C Taylor Traer Grundy county R B Ferguson Reinbeck and Mrs Chas Berbersheimer Reinbeck Marshall county H G A Mote Marshalltown and Miss Grace Kimberly Marshalltown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Cedar County
J. E. Larsen
West Branch
Mildred Yule
Phelps
Jones County
E. A. Grimwood
Oxford Junction
D. W. Strawman
Anamosa
Linn
H. E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
F. W. Damour
Benton County
Fred St. Clair
Vinton
S.S. Wertheim
Anamosa State Park Pool Opens After Long Construction
The new pool at Anamosa State Park was reportedly ready for use last Sunday though attendance seemed small. It measures 264 feet by 108 feet with depths from 66 inches to 8 feet and will receive water from Dutch Creek overflow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa State Park
Dutch Creek
Fatal Bull Attack Claims Elmer Galer at 25
Elmer Galer of Strawberry Point died Monday night from internal injuries after a bull he was handling bolted and pinned him near a cement wall at a water tank. He was found by his younger brother after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Galer
Strawberry Point
Galer
Anna Zimmerman Dies in Amber After Long Illness
Anna Catherine Zimmerman aged 90 dies at home in Amber after two years of declining health and weeks in bed. Born February 26 1837 in Wiescfahn Oestfrices land Germany she immigrated to the United States in 1857. She married A G Zimmerman in Dixon then Monticello and raised eleven children with survivors including eight living children and many grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Zion's Evangelical Lutheran church in Wayne township with burial at the adjacent cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Wayne
Anna Catherine Zimmerman
Amber
Zimmerman
Richard and
Anne
Nee Herren) Grumm
Wiescfahn
Oestfricesland
Germany
A. G. Zimmerman
Dixon
Monticello
Alva Behrends
Margaret Toenjes
Angel Barrack
Lizzie Behrends
W. R. Zimmerman
John B. Zimmerman
Matilda Mardorf
Olin
Man
George Zimmerman
Wayne Township
Henry
Gerhard
Sophia
Zion's Lutheran Church
Bernhard Tobiason
Angel Hanken
Zion's
Evangelical Lutheran
J. Willms
Fire devastates George farm barn in Linn County
A lightning strike destroyed a large barn on G. H. George's farm near Buffalo in Linn County, west of Anamosa, causing an estimated 5000 dollar loss. The fire also burned hay, a Holstein bull, chickens, and farm equipment, with adjoining buildings saved by Boy Scouts. Insurance coverage and tenants’ details noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. George
Buffalo
Linn
Anamosa
Boy Scouts
Stone City
Nanne Hanken
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association of
Castle Grove
State Mutual
County Mutual
State
Hanken
Monticello
Fetters Loses Sanity Plea in 1914 Murder Case
Oscar Fetters, longtime inmate of the Anamosa reformatory insane ward, failed in habeas corpus to prove sanity and seek discharge. Judge John T. Moffitt ruled he did not meet the burden of proof to be considered sane for standing trial for the 1914 murder of Hugh Dougall. The hearing occurred in Cedar Rapids with alienists disagreeing on his mental state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Fetters
Anamosa Reformatory
John T. Moffit
Hugh Dougall
Cedar Rapids
McDonald Hospital A Busy Place at Present
Gus Thomas recovering at McDonald Hospital after a severe cut while sawing wood for W. T. Winans and uses a wheelchair. Mrs. Thomas also at hospital with slow recovery. Miss Justine Gadient of Hopkinton saw a tonsil patient earlier. Mrs. J. W. Whisler and baby girl of Manchester discharged today. Mrs. C. H. Nelson had an operation last Friday and is in very good condition. Harold Glynn fractured left leg from a horse fall and is improving after X ray and cast. Theo Altman admitted last Monday for medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Thomas
W. T. Winans
Mrs. Thomas
Justine Gadient
Hopkinton
J. W. Whisler
Manchester
Monticello Rotary hears Olympic plans and committees
Coach Jack Finlay outlined the United States role in Amsterdam Olympics to the Monticello Rotary Club, tracing game history and America’s chances. The meeting also noted Ben C. Roberts on new Rotary committees and plans for a gathering with Manchester Rotary at Silver Lake, Delhi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Amsterdam
Holland
Monticello
Manchester Rotary Club
Rotary Anns
Silver Lake
Delhi
Eleanor McDonald
Hopkinton
Reading Club Celebrates Diploma Recipients at Monticello Library
Diplomas awarded to 42 boys and girls who completed the June July reading course led by Miss Florence Noble. Eight student essays are reprinted, praising books such as Sir Launcalot and Wis Companions, The Chimes of Dasham High, Wisp, Tom Sawyer, King Arthur and His Knights, The Man Without a Country, Lone Scout of the Sky, and Happy House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Noble
Monticello Public Library
Betty Denkhart
Lena Fothergill
Mary Fothergill
Virginia Hearn
Kathleen
Jean Ann Tiddy
Loretta Boots
Dorothy Coe
Jack Donahue
Lucile Schule
Josephine Scherrer
Ina Schneider
Burdena Behrends
Robert Schneider
Pauline Cooper
Irma Cooper
Opal Smothers
Mary Burrichter
Luella Boots
Sir Launcelot
Wis
Adentures
Elaine the Fair
Lynette
Maxine Redmond
Adams
Tom Sawyer
Polly
Tom
Margaret Phelps
Arthur
England
Knights of the Round Table
Round Table
Elizabeth Mclaughlin
Philip Nolan
Philip
Lillian Locher
Lindbergh
Paris
Municipal Band Dares Old Man Pluvius to Rain Again
The city band plans a concert at City Park this evening despite recent rains stopping Thursday events. Bandmaster Frank Roy challenges Old Man Pluvius to start the weather, intending to play Rain in the first part. The program features marches and selections from Robin Hood and The Red Mill with vocal solos and trombone pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Band
J. Pluvius
Frank Royden
Frank
Robin Hood
Salo Sylvan
Red Mill
Victor Herbert
Monticelo Nine Drops Eleventh Inning Heartbreaker
Monticello’s newly organized team lost to Mechanicsville 4 to 3 in eleven innings on the road. Monti scored all three runs in the fourth inning with Laude’s homer and Bartlett’s double aided by Slater. Mechanicsville tied the game in the ninth as Mershon reached, stole second, and Gaul’s triple tied it, with the winning run scoring after a misplayed ball in left field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticelo
Mechanicsville
Monti
Palmers
Monticello
Jimmy Laude
Heath
George Bartlett
Slater
Chambers
Rafter Schuetz
Palt
Mechanicsville Boys
Mershon
Dunn
Gaul
Macs
McKeever
Oats
Parcel Post May Go By Special Delivery
A July 1 law lets parcel post be sent special delivery with first class services. All mail classes may receive expedited handling, with office of the addressee delivery and extra stamps. Rates range from 10 to 35 cents depending on weight and delivery option.
Ralph A Jamison Dies At Home In Hopkinton
Ralph Avery Jamison died early Wednesday after a short illness. He was born May 15, 1883 near Earlville and was the husband of Blanche Duart. Survived by his wife and four children Glenn Louis Russell and Hope the family’s only relatives. Funeral services were held Friday at the Delhi Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
Ralph Avery Jamison
Earlville
Augustus
Ida Jamison
Blanche Duart
Glenn
Louis
Russell
Hope
June Checks At The Creamery Show Large Butterfat Payouts
Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello reports June activity with 216 patrons on cream routes and 207 on hot routes. Butterfat prices were 52 cents and 49 cents per pound for vast volumes, totaling over 21 thousand pounds at the low price and 79.03 pounds at the high price. Cream received totaled 266286 pounds high price and 84586 pounds low price. Patrons bought 5063 pounds of butter for 2243.32 dollars. Seventy nine percent of cream bought was sweet. The top butterfat producer was McNeill Bros with 928 pounds earning 483.02 dollars. The eye department handled 944 cases at 26 cents per dozen. The list of patrons receiving over 100 dollars for butter fat includes 194 with over 100, 38 over 200, six over 300, and two over 400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company of
Monticello
McNeill Bros
Adams
T. F
Ray
A. W
Aitchison Bros
Ambuehl
A. J. Jr
A. Ambuehl
Wim. Ci
Behrends
Wm. R
Benedict
R. S
Benesh
John
Beringer
Joe
Breithach
Henry
Knepger
Anton
Brockhahn
Herman
Brockhahn Bros
Bual
Neher
BRT
Craleiene
Rader
Brookins
Glenn
John ND
Laugh
Brady
Joe P
Bading
Jos
Bartels
Garrett
Dehnken
Warm
Theo
Dempsey
Doll
Will
Dirks
AL EE
Doden
Finhits
Gerhard
Wilers
Fnalish
Vine
J. A
Felound
H. Kurt
Etten
Fred
Fly
Forrest
Eden
Biden
Eby
Bevert
Robert
R. P. Clark
Fairbanks
Harry
Aller
Fass
Carl
Inn. Geo. & GL
AL Bennett
Freese
Folkers
H. W. OG
Folkerts
Gerdes
Gil
Glass
AL T
Scott
Gerjets
Hall
W. S
Hayden
Flo
Hanken
Fla
H.W
W. H
Harms
Heath
W. G. As
Peoren
Gen. H
Heiken
L.A
Mintz
Hoa & Deischer
Hottiman
Sam
Woman
Wim
Holland
Usman
Aug H H
Hanken Woo
Tai Carlin
Nein
John, Jr
Hicks
Hop
Howm
Olin
Heiken Bros
Howie
Dames
Plage It FE
Hiusmiun
Henry Gi
Styerean
Jobin &B
Threon, Albert & Noble E. J
Hutton, IL
Boa J. W
Hanken, Lewis
Peartuns, EO ED
Sara Diehn
Harms, Harn
Etek Tw Bel
Horton
Henrichs
Chas
Hlomlt
Dec
Herren
Hermin HH
Hinrichs
Tobias
J. HL
Taged
Janssen
Wolken
Hoiburg
Oliver
Ruake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Self
Death Calls
Franklin H. Buxton
Farm Bureau
the Express
Hoover Clubs
Grundy County
R. B. Ferguson
Reinbeck
Chas. Berbersheimer
Marshall County
H. G. A. Mote
Marshalltown
Grace Kimberly
State Park
Anna Zimmerman
Warner Heiken
August Tobies
Herman Ohe
Dolphin Ohe
George
Linn Co
Fetters
Jack Finlay
Rotary Club
Hubert W. Ayers
Fort Madison
Iowa City
Charles E. Parrott
Johnson County
Muscatine
Reading Club
Jean Howan
Happy House
Part
Maticello
Ralph A. Jamison
McNeil Bros
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