Airplane Lands In Wales On A World Tour
World flight team land in a Moyle Grove Welsh farmyard after a 32 hour non stop from New York. Hugh Herdon Jr and Clyde Pangborn aim for speed record while Cape Cod monoplane from Boardman and Pontano fades from contact after leaving New York bound for Istanbul.
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Airplane
Wales
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Clyde Pangborn
Welch
Moyle Grove
Pembrokeshire
Cardigan
New York
Iowa
Moscow
Cape Cod
Russell Boardman
John Polando
Herndon
Pangborn
Istanbul
Turkey
Newfoundland
Inspectors Patrol Iowa Highways Enforce 35 MPH Limit
The Iowa motor vehicle department has deployed twenty inspectors to patrol state highways. They will arrest violators including drivers who speed above 35 miles per hour and those driving atop signs. In Monticello, 161 runs through town and many drivers speed on the west hill into the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Motor Vehicle Department of
Monticello
Barlow Warns Trespassers On Farm
Harry T. Barlow of the town edge publishes a notice that trespassers will be prosecuted after hunters disrupted his land. He reports wire fences cut and property damaged including a tree limb saw, and a cow shot and killed, presumably by a hunter. His patience wears thin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Barlow
Mrs. Gerdes and Daughters Injured in Auto Crash
A roadside accident near the Harold Deischer farm west of Monticello left Mrs. John Gerdes with severe facial lacerations needing six stitches and two missing teeth to be extracted. Her two daughters were thrown from the car but suffered no injuries. the vehicle rolled after steering failed on loose gravel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Deischer
Monticello
John Gerdes
Gerdes
Cr. G. Thomas
Cascade Reds Triumph Over Monticello In Lopsided Derby
Cascade Reds defeated Monticello 16 to 4 in a Maquoketa Valley league game at the city park Sunday. Cascade collected 13 hits while Monticello committed 13 errors, with Meredith pitching for Monticello in a tough loss as the Reds built a large margin early and maintained control throughout.
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Cascade
Monticello
Monti
Jonah
Dubuque County Boys
Cascade Reds
Tria
Siso
Meredith
Sister of Prairieburg Pastor Enters Benedictine Order
The Rev Stephen J Kucera of St Josephs Prairieburg attended a religious profession at St Joseph Minnesota where his sister Emma became Sister Mary Herman of the Order of St Benedict School Siaters She is a St Benedicts College BA in music graduate She is fifth of nine Kucera children with two sisters already in religion and a bishop relative noted in the piece
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Journal
Stephen J. Kucera
St. Joseph’s
Prairieburg
St. Joseph
Minnesota
Emma
Order of St. Benedict
Siaters
Mary Herman
Ory M. Herman
S St. Benedict's College
Kucera
Montgomery
Minn
Mary Bozena
Cathedral School
Bismarck
N. D
Mary Cecile
Louis B. Kucera
Lincoln
Nebraska
Monticello Boys Depart for Citizens' Military Training Camp
Junior Burris received orders to report at Ft. Des Moines for service in the annual Citizens' Military Training camp. Others awaiting travel orders include Kenneth Burris Merle Hutton Elmer Rickels and Harry Schneider. Kenneth Burris attended the camp last year and speaks highly of the government program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Burris
Ft. Des Moines
Citizens
Monticello
Kenneth Burris
Merle Hutton
Elmer Rickels
Harry Schneider
Flag Golf Tournament At Monticello Park
Monticello Country Club directors announce a flag golf tournament to be held next Sunday August 2 at the Monticello city park golf course. Prizes will be awarded and an entry fee of 25 cents. Play is limited to club members and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
Monticello City Park
Mem‘bera
Wyoming Boy Enables Daily Radio Chats With Lima Peru
Raymond Harrington of Wyoming Iowa and James Connelly of OA4V conduct a daily radio talk with Lima Peru via station CA4V and W9KK. Harrington, 21, a University of Iowa engineering student, builds short wave gear at his grandmother's home and aspires to see television and his Peruvian friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Harrington
Wyoming
Iowa
Lima
Peru
James Connelly
Harrington
U. S
National Observatory
Washington, D. C
Harrington Connelly
Connelly
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
F. L. Harrington
University of Iowa
8. F. Schaefer
Australia
New Zealand
South America
Europe
Paul Griffith
Richard Lyons
Engineering Department
The
State University
Christian Conrad Dies at 71 in Davenport Iowa
Christian Conrad born January 6 1860 in Sils Switzerland died July 19 1931 at his son Georges Davenport Iowa home after a stroke. He came to the United States in 1883 settling in Monticello later living in Jones county with his wife Catherine Stroub and three children Nellie Chris Jr and George four grandchildren. Services were held at the Congregational church Rev David Beggs in charge with interment at Riverside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Journal
Christian Conrad
Sils
Switzerland
George
Davenport
Iowa
Conrad
United States
Monticello
Catherine Stroub
Jones County
Cass Congregational Church
Modern Woodmen of America
Nellie
M. H. Weiss
Chris Jr
Anamosa
Congregational Church
David M. Beggs
D. M. Beggs
Florence Hale
Melville Brown
Riverside Cemetery
Tuesaday
Parcel Post Allows Larger and Heavier Packages
Uncle Sam says you may send larger and heavier parcels by parcel post after August 1. A new law expands limits, raising length and girth from 84 to 100 inches and weight to 70 pounds for long distances, enabling delivery to any zone in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Parcel Post
Postal Department
United States
Books Added To Public Library During Month
Miss Janet Hazard librarian announces new library additions for patrons. Fiction includes Sixth ... by Alice. details incomplete but indicates fresh acquisitions and shelf placement.
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Janet Hazard
Alice
Anamosa Eureka 75 Years Old With Last Week's Issue
The Ex press reprints an Anamosa Eureka article marking seventy five years of the paper. It recalls editors John E Lovejoy Edmund Booth Thomas E Booth Louis Gardner George Bye and Clifford Niles and outlines the paper's history from 1856 noting abolitionist roots and support for the Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Eureka
Express
Anamosa
Eureka
John E. Lovejoy
Edmund Booth
Thomas E. Booth
Louis Gardner
George F. Bye
Clifford Niles
Jones
James C. Buchanan
John C. Fremont
Buchanan
Kansas
New England
Ohio
Union
Booth
E. Booth
Elijah Lovejoy
C. ‘Lo de Crorkwell
Thomas
Kimball Union Academy
Meriden
N. H
Cars Crash at Inter Section Near Post Office Corner
Sunday morning collision at the intersection just south of the post office corner involved Henry Balster and Emil Burrichter. Burrichter, turning a Studebaker, and Balster in a Model A Ford, suffered vehicle damage and Balster sustained a forehead gash, a cracked rib, and a broken front tooth. Repair costs are estimated around 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Balster
Emil Burrichter
Burrichter
Studebaker
Balster
Monticello
Miss Mary Bender Visits Monticello Relatives
Miss Mary Bender of Vinton was a guest in the home of relatives in Monticello last week Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bender
Vinton
Monticello
Fine Picnic By Sacred Heart Parish Near Monticello
The chicken supper and picnic sponsored by Sacred Heart parish last Tuesday drew a large crowd in Monticello city park. More than 600 enjoyed a delicious meal served by parish women, with a notable delegation from Holy Cross.
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Sacred Heart Parish
Monticello
Holy Cross
Dubuque
Father Lorenz
Jones County
Lorenz
Park Commissioners
County Fair Association
Fifty Years Ago Monticello July Highlights
Items from the Monticello Express for July 1881 note the 8S. H. Barrett and Company's circus coming to town on the 6th with a 50 cent admission. Businesses advertising include attorneys, blacksmiths, grocers, and a long listing of trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
H. Barrett and Company
Monticello
Antone Matthiessen
H. W. Gill
John Deere
the Express
A. J. Monroe
Herrick & Coxsee
M. M. Moulton
H. H. Stark
John 8. Rigby
Sam Kahn
O. B. Rundle
F. F. Bentley
Druggista
Soetie & Tairks
John Basher
W. A. Mirick
F. Merriman
T. O
J. W. Mershon
Hazard & Starks
Lon Jennings
W. H. Proctor
C. D. Tice
Dunham & Leichardt
F. Grassmeyer
Moody Bros
Carey & Company
Wills & Doutrick
Ricklefs & Houser
G. G. Schaeffer & Co
Lovell
Cedar Street
George Schaffner
D. E. Pond
Clarence M. Coxsee
Ames
State Agricultural College
H. T. Hanna
Chicago
Sam Youssee
Wilton Junction
Missouri
Ilinois
Jacob Reuger
First Street
Mary Marvin
Miss Wright
Mattie Herrick
DeWitt Fowler
Elias Smith
Mrs Tendick Piano Pupils Recital At Parsonage Friday
Mrs. A H Tendick presents a piano recital by her pupils at the parsonage Friday night July 31 at 8 15 oclock. Parents invited. The program includes Lightly Dance Onward March Twinkling Stars A Merry Dance Minuet in G Mermaid’s Lullaby Call to Arms March of the God Frieda Stears John Messerli America First Melady of Love Engelmann Waltz Melody Cypress Waltz On the Lake Edelweis Glide and other pieces by Luella Baleiger Williams Vanderbeck Laura Lehman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Tendick
Lyle B
Twinkling Stars
Lucille Yossi Minuet
Ellen Bohiken
Gladys Epg
Mathews Call To
Frieda Stears
John Messerli
America
Walter Rolfe
Melady of
Love Engelmann
Luella Baleiger
Breabbag
Margaret Schilt
Williams Edelweis
Vanderbeck
Laura Lehman
Last Week Of July Was Excessively Hot
The week opened broiling with temps above 100 and reached 102 on Tuesday. Des Moines hit 107 while other locales saw over 100, setting records as farmers threshing faced severe heat. Clouds finally brought promises of cooler air later in the afternoon. The hot nights continued through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Seeebous
ISU Medical Student Reuben Depping Drowns in Quarry
Reuben Depping a medical student at Iowa State University and president of the Junior Medical Class drowned last week while swimming in a quarry nine miles east of West Branch. He was a star quarter miler on the track team and last spring was elected honorary captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Depping
Iowa State University
West Branch
Special numbers in Monticello band concert this evening
Monticello Municipal band presents a program including solos by Mr Heiserman on trumpet and cornet and Howard McLaughlin on baritone. The mystery number, Offenbach Orpheus overture Columba Polka Humoresque Marche Militaire and other pieces will be performed with an intermission and Danube Waves waltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Frank Royden
Mr. Heiserman
Howard McLaughlin
Offenbach
Dvorak
Schubert
Ivanovici
Bucalossi
Iowa City’s Few Civil War Veterans Noted In 1930s Survey
In Iowa City three Civil War veterans remain. Reports cover local celebrations, tax levies, deaths by suicide and illness, obituaries, and midwestern civic notes including college commencements, highway accidents, and livestock movement at Dyersville. Local officials discuss parole revocation and a dagger found in a parolee’s room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Clinton
Manchester
Ernest Hardig
Clarence
Men Wanted For Tipton Murder Reported Caught
Tipton murder suspects Roy and Jack Mercer, linked to the slaying of Tipton merchant R. C. Sproat after a Davenport store hold up, are reportedly in federal custody in the Bahama Islands. Cedar county attorney received word from the state bureau of criminal investigation. One accomplice, Wain Kile, 24, of Canton Ohio, is serving a life term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Jack Mercer
Tipton
R. C. Sproat
Bahama Islands
Cedar County
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Des Moines
Sproat
Davenport
Wain Kile
Canton
Ohio
Legion State Meeting Heads To Davenport August 3 4 5
The American Legion state convention will be held in Davenport August 3 4 and 5 with Wiley Post and Harold Gatty among headliners. Reed Landis will introduce aviators and NBC will present them. Other speakers include National Commander Ralph T. ONeill Hanford McNider and Gov Dan Turner amid a full program of meetings parades and contests.
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Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Davenport
Municipal Stadium
Reed Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
National Broadcasting Company
Judge Landis
Ralph T. O'Neil
Hanford McNider
Canada
Howard P. Savage
Naional
Neal D. Williams
James F. Barton
Post Band of
Waterloo
Levee Park
Maurice Cahill
Legionaires
Landis
Dubuque
Stadium
Mmn
J. J. Hall
Rex Humphrey
Detroit
Dan Turner
Arthur P. O'Rourke
Monticello
American Legion Hall
Glenn Orcutt Family Involved In Car Wreck
Mr and Mrs Glenn Orcutt traveling to Iowa City with their infant son Thomas were in a serious crash near Martello when a truck without a mirror turned toward a left passing car. The family was unharmed but Thomas, about one year old, swallowed an oat hull that lodged in his throat and required hospital surgery followed by pneumonia.
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N. Y
Michael Vingalli
New York
Michael Bevilacqua
Mike
Vingalli
Nts
Harlem
Italy
Coney Island
Booth
Edmund Booth
United States
Iowa Territory
Dubuque
New England
Fairview
Jones County
Territorial House of Representatives
Iowa City
California
Newton
Iowa
Main Street
Ford Street
First Street
Booth Street
Anamosa
Chicago
Washington
Frank
Glenn Orcutt
Thomas
Martello
Orcutt
Mr. Orcutt
Mrs. Orcutt
Skelly Oil Forfeits DeWitt Gas Franchise
Skelly Oil Co relinquished the right to build and operate a butane gas distribution plant in DeWitt last Thursday. No reason was given. A letter to the DeWitt mayor hinted delays due to unfavorable utility conditions, with a possible extension request. Earlier similar franchises were sold to other utilities, including the Yowa Electric Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Skelly OH Company
Skelly
Yowa Electric Company
Lang Takes Command Of Cascade Office For Iowa Electric
Harry J Lang placed in charge of Cascade office directing all Monticello area business under the Iowa Electric company long an incumbent Monticello manager. John Reed president of the Iowa Electric visited Monticello last Tuesday meeting old associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Lang
Cascade Office
Cascade
Iowa Electric Company
Monticello
Iowa Electric
John Reed
Towa Electric Company
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R. G. Clark
State Dairy and Food Division
Ita
Manchester-Democrat-Radio
Barlow
Stodola
Weber
Ferring
Dyersville
Guttenberg Monticello
Alburnettanys
Oxford Junction
Mrs. Jeaste Koch
Ehrt tMane omiPad
John W. Lovejoy
School For the Deaf
Hartford
Conn
Mary Ann Walworth
Illinois
Frank W. Booth
Nebraska Law School For the Deaf
Oman
T. E. Booth
Thomas Booth
Gertrude Delavan
Hopkinton
Bertha
Mabel
W. F. Brewer
Bozeman
Montana
Republican Party
Mrs. Booth
Expres
Serenade
Wylie W. Smith
Dunning
C. W. Coppess
Olin
Catherine Smith
Hale Township
Town State College
W. K. Wisner
Cedar Rapids
Grinnell
Seattle
Vindav Janda
Rock Island
Toddville
Hopkinton Creamery Company
R. J. Guthrie
Sand Spring Creamery Company
P. J. Kurt
W. C. Smith
Belle Plaine
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa Reformatory
Alder
Linn County
Dale Farm
State Board of Parole
Legion
Post
Gatty
Skelly Oil Co
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