June Term Opens at Jones County District Court
The June term of the Jones County District Court opened in Anamosa with Hon. John T. Moffit presiding. A county bar dinner at Hotel Gillen drew wide attendance and former officers were reelected. Docket entries include numerous promissory note cases, defaults, attachments, and multiple foreclosures in equity matters, with defendants granted short pleadings windows.
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Jones County District Court
Anamosa
John T. Moffit
Jones County Bar Association
Gillen
Bar Association
J. W. Coxsee
Charles J. Cash
J. J. Locher
Judge Moffit
Car Turns Turtle West of Monticello
John Monk and Allan Stutt were in a mobile accident last Sunday evening on the road west of Monticello. Their car struck a rough spot causing steering gear failure and the vehicle rolled two to three times. Monk suffered a deep facial cut needing stitches at a doctor’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Monk
Henry Monk
Allan Stutt
Herman Stutt
Monticello
Notre Dame Graduate Joseph d Autremont Receives Civil Engineering Degree
Joseph d Autremont elder son of Mr and Mrs I Victor d Autremont graduated from Notre Dame University South Bend Indiana last Sunday with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He has several positions in view but has not chosen yet. He earlier finished Pole High School with class of 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph d'Autremont
I. Victor d'Autremont
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Indiana
d'Autremont
d’Autremont
the Pole High School
Delay to Be Ordained Priest From Castle Grove Area
James F Delay a Castle Grove native, will be ordained a priest for the Dubuque archdiocese by Archbishop Dowling at St Paul Seminary in St Paul Minnesota. He is the son of Mrs Agnes Delay and the late James F Delay and will celebrate his first solemn mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Castle Grove township on June 16 at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Delay
St. Paul Seminary
St. Paul
Minn
Austin Dowling
D. D
Archdiocese of
Dubuque
Delay
Agnes Delay
Castle Grove Township
St. Berchman's
Marion
Columbia College
Bridge Grade Shaping Form Near Maquoketa River
Excavation began early last week east of the city on state highway 161 to form a fill between the new Maquoketa River bridge and the highway ends. Mulgrew & Sons Excavation of Dubuque uses a 45 ton Linkbelt tractor and dragline to move 35 000 cubic yards of dirt for a swamp fill ranging seven to seventeen feet high and thirty feet wide at the top. Two crews, day and night, work under B M Willits with Harold Balson and Fred Tinkle operating the dragline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa River
Mulgrew & Sons’ Excavation Company
Dubuque
Harold Balson
Fred Tinkle
B. M. Willits
Dubuque Company
First Band Concert Of Season At Park Tonight
The Monticello Municipal band opens its season at the city park this evening at 8 15 o clock under bandmaster Frank Royden. Concerts continue weekly until fair time with the band personnel including Royden as leader and players across the winds and brass sections.
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Park Tonight
Monticello
Frank Royden
Royal Corbett
George Barnts
Ray Eby
Ben Ament
Hillar Becker
Sylvan Bixby
Ed Turner
Willam Wright
John Becker
Victor D’autre
Frank Barnes
M. E. Thoeni
E. H. DeWitt
E. G. Burrichter
Floyd Sinclair
Automobiles Crash On First Street Through Corner Collision
Fre da Behrends driving a Whippet collided with Pred Sahli near the Memorial building on First street last Saturday night. Sahli’s car had a caved in door and crushed fenders while Sahli was knocked unconscious. Behrends failed to observe a signal and Sik? accompanying Margaret Luck witnessed the scene. Sahli was alone in his car. Behrends carried sufficient collision insurance to cover Sahli’s damages.
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Freda Behrends
Pred Sahli
First Street
Sahli
Angle Street
Miss Behrends
Mr. Sahli
Margaret Luck
Tendick Installed as Pastor of Monticello Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick was formally installed as pastor of the Reformed Church of Monticello during regular services last Sunday morning. Installation was conducted by Rev. B. Fresenberg of Wheatland and Rev. H. Snitker of Marengo. Tendick succeeds Rev. R. P. Kuentzel who led the church for seventeen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armin H. Tendick
Monticello
B. Fresenberg
Wheatland
H. Snitker
Marengo
Tendick
R. P. Kuentzel
Memorial Day Observed At Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello and vicinity observed Memorial Day with a program at Oakwood cemetery led by the Monticello band. Four girls presented readings representing Revolutionary War to World War, placing bouquets on the monument as each spoke. Speeches by Rev. Leonard Duckett and Rev. George W. McNary followed, with rifle salutes and taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Oakwood Cemetery
America
Vivian Smith
Edith Winkler
Olga Meter
Bertha Mae Goldin
Leonard Duckett
George W. McNary
W. A. Suthers
Sacred Heart Cemetery
George A. Hauck
Sacred Heart Church
Arthur P. O'Rourke
American Legion
Monticello Scouts Attend Camp Mishawaka Stone City
Scoutmaster Raymond T. Moore and Monticello scouts Eugene Rodman and James Ricklefs join Camp Mishawaka at Stone City the Cedar Rapids area summer camp directed by Carroll C. Thomas Rodman serves as tent leader for two to three weeks Ricklefs plans five weeks before traveling to England for the World Scout Jamboree Monticello Troop 49 members join the camp July 22 to 29 A new Monticello scout committee led by Dr W A Suthers then governs summer scouting in Moore attends Camp Mishawaka and the Jamboree in England
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond T. Moore
Monticello
Eugene Rodman
James Ricklefs
Mishawaka
Stone City
Boy Scouts
Cedar Rapids
Carroll C. Thomas
James Rickless
England
Moore
W. A. Suthers
R. H. Rickless
W. W. Hodgeson
Rudolph J. Langer
BE. E. Reed
Neale Helvey to Open Monticello Summer Troupe
Neale Helvey and his company of players return to Monticello Monday night June 10 for their annual engagement. The big tent goes up on East Third street and the opening bill features The It Girl Clara Bow play with new wardrobe and effects. Musical opening Lets Make Whoopee will impress audiences with songs and dances. vaudeville acts follow between plays. Ladies admitted free on opening night.
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Neale Helvey
Wneale
Melody Boys
Monticello
East Third Street
Clara Bow
Henry J. Jacobs Injured in Barn Frame Accident
Henry J. Jacobs near Langworthy suffered five rib fractures when a barn frame broke while he helped raise it. One rib pierced his lung pleura. He was admitted to John McDonald Memorial hospital for treatment and fracture reduction by Dr. Thomas.
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Henry J. Jacobs
Langworthy
Jacobs
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Thomas
Tragic double sorrow at Dundee farm
Mrs. Fred Preussner 49 hanged herself last Sunday near Dundee in Delaware county. Her husband, Mr. Preussner, was found to have suffocated while repairing a water tank on the same farm. The widow had been living alone in a fine home after her husband’s death and was believed to be improving before the tragedy.
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Fred Preussner
Dundee
Delaware County
Mr and Mrs Thompson Relocate from Monticello to Cedar Rapids
Mr Thompson runs a garage in the Hazard building on Flask Street and will seek work at a Cedar Rapids garage. Mrs Thompson will return to her former bookkeeper role at the Montrose Hotel.
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William Thompson
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Thompson
Hazard
Flist Street
National and World News Roundup
Highlights include Harry F. Sinclair ordered to serve six months for jury shadowing while already serving three months for contempt of the senate. court reverses William J. Burns sentence. Burns son fined $1,000. Harry Mason Day four months. Mount Vesuvius erupts near Pompeii. lava stream 40 feet wide. Premier Baldwin to resign after Conservative defeat. MacDonald poised to take control. Lindbergh honeymooning aboard the Mouette. Col. Lindbergh linked to a yacht at Block Island. Prohibition support letter signed by Henry Ford, Edison and others urging honest enforcement. Des Moines university diplomas issued under court order amid trustee dispute. Kansas/Missouri storms cause major damage. Iowa blocked from Western Conference return. Narcotic ring uncovered with Waterloo doctor linked to Des Moines arrests. Paris announces final reparations agreement, Dawes plan to be superseded.
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Harry F. Sinclair
Supreme Court
Sinclair
Senate
William J. Burns
W. Sherman Burns
Harry Mason Day
Sinclair Oil
Palmer Recalls Dallas Rotary Convention Experience
C A Palmer, Monticello Rotary delegate, described the International Rotary convention in Dallas Texas held May 25 to 27. He highlighted southern hospitality the large stadium pageant with a forty foot Rotary wheel and fifty two country flags and noted high May attendance percentage for his club.
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Dallas
Texas
Monticello
Cleveland
Texas State Fairgrounds
Rotary
Fred S. Stahler
Local residents visit Eloise Gardner after hospital graduation
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Mastin and Mrs. Walter Barman of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Ernest Gardner of Chicago spent last evening with Miss Eloise Gardner. They attended the McDonald Hospital graduation where Miss Gardner was a member of the class of 1929.
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Willis Mastin
Walter Barman
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Gardner
Chicago
Eloise Gardner
McDonald Hospital
Mrs Harriet Samter Former Monticello Resident Dies
Mrs Harriet Clute Samter, former Monticello resident, died May 31 at her Oak Park Illinois home. Funeral services were held last Monday, interment in Marengo. She leaves two daughters Harriet Cameron and Miriam Walker. Her husband David Samter, of the Samter Brothers clothing firm, and all firm members and wives are now deceased.
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Harriet Clute Samter
Monticello
Ontario Street
Oak Park
Illinois
Marengo
Samter
Harriet Cameron
Miriam Walker
David Samter
Samter Brothers
Purcell Takes Over Wenona Index Newspaper
N F Purcell, former Mechanicsville Pioneer Press publisher, assumes ownership and management of the Wenona Index. He began as a printer on the Oquawaka Democrat and later published with his brother in Ackley. The Index reports a successful subscription drive.
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N. F. Purcell
Mechanicsville Pioneer Press
Purcell
Pioneer Press
Mechanicsville
Oquawaka Democrat
Ackley
Fox Hound Race Planned at Anamosa Fair Grounds
Messrs. Jake Bader and Bill Null announce a fast fox hound race for Sunday June 9 at the Anamosa fair grounds. Ten preliminary races will be run for elimination and two final races will wind up the program. One admission charge, none for cars or amphitheater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Bader
Bill” Null
Anamosa Fair Grounds
Nurses Graduated From John McDonald Memorial Training
Miss Eloise Gardner of Monti cello and Miss Teresa Willard of Delhi completed three year nursing studies at John McDonald Memorial hospital including a nine month state university hospital stint. A large audience attended last evening’s exercises in the public school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eloise Gardner
Monticello
Teresa Willard
Delhi
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
State University Hospital
Elfriedo Cartano
Dorothy Hance
George A. Hauck
Christ
McDonald Hospital
Helen
Ruth Hayes
Leonard Duckett
John S. Finlay
Elfriede Cartano
Paul E. Gibson
Henry M. Carpenter
Misses Hayes
Cartaho
Ruth G Van Buren State English Champion
Miss Ruth Van Buren daughter of Representative and Mrs George Van Buren of Castle Grove township won first place in the senior English division of the state academic contest at Iowa City. She earned a four year college scholarship and will enter Cornell college next fall after also winning home and district honors. About 40 000 students participated across 223 high schools in the April contest. Monti High and the community are proud of her achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth van Buren
George van Buren
Castle Grove Township
Iowa City
van Buren
Cornell College
Cedar Rapids
Monti High
van Burtn
Alumni Banquet Proves A Successful Affair
The Monticello high school alumni banquet drew 142 attendees including grads faculty and class of 1929 members at the Masonic Temple last Friday evening. Highlights included a class of 1914 reunion nine members at one table, recitals by George Richard Guyan and Otto Riedel, and a post banquet program with toasts from Evelyn Eby Mary Lavell Frances Johnson Arch Grimes and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Monticello High School
George Richard Guyan
Otto Riedel
Eastern Star
Beahl Perrine
Cedar Rapids
Evelyn Eby
Mary Lavell
Frances Koop Johnson
Confirmation At Sacred Heart Church
A class of fifty five was confirmed at Sacred Heart church last Sunday morning at high mass. Bishop Drumm of Des Moines officiated with Fathers Alber s Tem ple Hill Hennessey Cascade and others in attendance. Adult confirmands included William Podlaski Gerhard Brockhohn A Wroblewski Lyle Adams and several named spouses. The list of children confirmed by Bishop Drumm includes Genevieve Bader Agnes Cashen Betty Denkhoff Ruth Dress Helen Fitzsimons Clara Flack Mary Plack Kathleen Hayes Jean Hogan Maxine Redmond and many more students.
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Sacred Heart Church
Drumm
Des Moines
John Albers
Cascade
John Hehir
Temple Hill
John Hennessey
Castle Grove
A. Landah
Sand Spring
J. Kerkhoff
Coggon
J. Fisher
Dubuque
George A. Hauck
Raymond Fluckiger
William Ferring
Harold Schlimmer
Michael Tiennessey
Merle Hennessey
Car
Renk
Russell McLaughlin
Bud Denkhoff
Donald Minnis
Arnold Desecreer
Donald Kurt
John Lahey
Marcus Lahey
Earl Redmond
John Redmond
Gerald Locher
James Winans
Frank O'Rourke
Donald Nordman
Red Cross Officers Meet At Public Library
H W Chehock Iowa City state representative of the American Red Cross convened a meeting of the local Red Cross chapter officers at the public library Tuesday evening. He outlined each officer’s duties for the year and praised last year’s results while hoping for an equally strong new-year report.
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H. W. Chehock
American Red Cross
Iowa City
Red Cross
Chehock
Springville Youth Richard Woodward Killed in Auto Crash
Richard Woodward an 18 year old Springville youth son of Mr and Mrs Frank Woodward was accidentally killed last Sunday morning when his car overturned a mile and a quarter from Whittier He was found about 1 30 a m and likely died of internal injuries He was alone in the car and survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters
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Richard Woodward
Frank Woodward
Springville
Whittier
Woodward
Leonard Davies Receives BA at Up per Town University
Leonard Davies eldest son of Rev and Mrs Robert Davies of Monticello earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the seventy third commencement at Upper Town University Fayette. Rev Andrew Holmes delivered the baccalaureate sermon as Davies and family attended the ceremony with sister Tsahe present.
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J. Leonard Davies
Robert Davies
Monticello
Upper Town University
Fayette
Davies
Tsahe
Aft
Payless Ds
John Andrew Holmes
Lakewood
Ohio
J. Richard Merean
Waterloo
Graduation of Class of 1929 at Monticello High School
The fifty fourth commencement of Monticello High was held Thursday in the public school auditorium. Dr. Alfred Bennett of Des Moines University gave the main address urging Iowa’s pride in its farmers and leaders. The program featured processional, musical selections, honor roll list, diplomas by Frank E. Stimson, and the class song.
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Camille Goings
Talkies
Arch B. Grimes
Millington Carpenter
Town City
Ted Koop
Des Moines
Galen Mirick
Upper Town University
Fayette
Upper Town
Prances Johnson
Carpenter
Harry Soule
Monticello High School
Alfred ¥. Bennett
Des Moines University
Bennett
America
Chicago
New York City
Congress
Washington
Towa
Dolliver
Henderson
House
Wilson
Allison
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Bertha Mae Goldin
Paul Gutknecht
Boys’ Glee Club
Rose Wilcox
Maying
John Finlay
Elfriede Cartano
Dr. Bennett
Mary Lovell
Mildred Pulver
Ruth van Buren
Lucia Schoon
Laura Koop
Alma Buol
Olive Slauson
George Bohlken
Laura Sinclair
Frank E. Stimson
Board of Education
Leonard Duckett
Presbyterian Church
Pauline Atchley And Walter Wilcox To Wed
Des Moines Register reports the engagement of Lauline Elizabeth Atchley to Walter W. Wilcox. The wedding will take place at 2609 Merle Hay road, Des Moines, with Mr and Mrs John W. Atchley announcing the date. Lauline is a State University of Iowa graduate and Wilcox a 1926 Iowa State College graduate and agriculture economics research assistant.
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Des Moines
John W. Atchley
Lauline Elizabeth
Walter W. Wilcox
Edwin Wilcox
Monticello
Atchley
Merle Hay Road
State University of Iowa
Dinesher
Melcher
Mir
Vwilees Woe
Iowa State College
Tinos
Reithe Reeesst
Seimer Te Ree Tris
Delta Sigma Rho
Alpha Zeta
Gamma Sigma Delta
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O. R. Barrows
William Waite
Co. L. Fulton
Charles Hartwig
Albert Hartwig
E. BE. Reed
Otto Steinkopf
John Bodenhofer
L. C. Fowler
W. C. Horton
E. W. Fegan
John Kostachek
H. P. Barber
E. BE
Reed
Board of Review of
Town of
Wyoming
Onslow Savings Bank
Inland Finance Corporation
B. G. Rees
J. A. Hartman
Earl Toblassen
H. W. Taylor
William Breen
First Trust and Savings Bank Oxford Junction
O. J. Meade Et al
A. Cubbage
Cal Biggart
J. F. Brown
Oxford Junction Savings Bank
Frank Hudrick
Ida Osborne
Lloyd J. Pritchard
L. A. Andrew
First Trust and Savings Bank
Oxford Junction
L. A. Andrews
John Schl
Henry Kreger
J. T. Byerly
Ed Kreger
Charles Stoffer
Guardian
Arend Balster, Sr
Lilly Stirton
Grace Lovell Schoonover
Wilma Jane Schrader
Mary Cassady
Frank T. Fitzsimons
Gerd Rickels
Joseph d’Autremont
Notre Dame
A. H. Tendick
Oakwood
Lindy
Anne
Long Island Sound
Des Moines U. Grads
Mount Vesuvius
Pompeli
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Great Crater
Hell Valley
Baldwin
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Englewood
N. J
Long Island
Louis Rounds
Elizabeth Ann
Col
Block Island
New York
Monette
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Capt
Robert Dollar
J. ©. Penny
Hoover
F. S. Shankland
Polk County District Court
Harry C. Wayman
T. T. Shields
Wayman
Kansas
Missouri
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Municipal
Swallow
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Kansas C
Iowa U
University of Iowa
Hawkeyes
Etn
Associated Press
Omaha
C. A. H. de la Gardie
Narcotic
Minneapolis
Pontiac
Mich
Paris
Belgium
Germany
Palmer
Harriet Samter
Wenona
Ruth G. van Buren
Ruth Georgia van Buren
Sacred Heart
Leonard Davies
A. E. Bennett
Pauline Atchley
Walter Wilcox
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