Interesting Iowa News Snippet On A Locked-In Derby Check
Davenport resident Clarence Lorber found a hidden check for 7200 dollars in a slip of paper his children played with set as a surprise for his family after a Derby pool win. The tale ties to a long running Spanish swindle where letters from Roberts DeSilva promise a 135000 dollar prize in exchange for funds to “escape prison.”
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Clarence Lorber
Davenport
Scott County
Lorber
Nellie Flag
Francis Drake
Iowa
Roberts DeSilva
Spain
DeSilva
Uncle Sam
Loyal Ida Grove Reader Keeps Paper in Family Forty Years Plus
Mrs. Mary Stewart of Ida Grove Iowa recalls arriving in Vail Crawford county and wagon travel from Illinois sixty years ago with her family to Ida Grove where her father William H Bliss had taken the Ida Grove newspaper a year earlier. The paper has remained in her family for nearly 61 years.
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Mary Stewart
Ida Grove
Ida County
Vail
Crawford County
Illinois
William H. Bliss
Bliss
Stewart
Wandering "Chief Myers" Swindles Then Mysterious Airplane Visit
Reports describe a phony healer in Livermore Humboldt county who offered cures for 35 to 75 dollars from a show troupe until authorities pursued him. The tale sits among other local items including a Greenfield girl with a swallowed pin, a mysterious low flight of a cabin plane near Sheldon, and a dog poison scare in Denison. Also noted is Mrs J K Harper selling homemade Health Noodles in Ames.
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Livermore
Humboldt County
Myers
Sheldon
O'Brien County
Denison
Crawford County
Ford car of 1905 returns to Boyden in memory
A 1905 Ford car number 12 the twelfth commercial car by Henry Ford is back in Boyden Sioux county where it was first used. It was bought in 1905 for 880 dollars from Carl Tott Hull by Frederick Kruse and now belongs to Herman E. Gritters motor service. The relic, valued over 1000 dollars, still runs with acetylene lamps brass fittings and tiny tires.
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Ford
Boyden
Sioux County
Henry Ford
Carl Tott
Hull
Frederick Kruse
Herman E. Gritters
German Airman Otto Von Moltke Visits Iowa Towns
Otto Von Moltke son of General Von Moltke toured several Iowa towns during a truce scene. He claimed to be a German aviator shot down twice by Allied flyers and said he was robbed in Oregon while trying to reach New York to sail home. He showed a return ticket to Germany and appealed to American Legion members for aid but refused money for a railroad ticket.
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Iowa
Otto von Moltke
Germany
von Moltke
Oregon
New York
American Legion
Virtue Rewarded and Street Lights Baffle Algona Reader
Traveling salesman R A Brummond returns a lost 100 bill found in the Algona post office and is thanked by a grateful depositor. In Milford, Art Clark wins street lighting after petitions, only to see a city and a utility install a second light before the mayor orders removal.
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R. A. Brummond
Algona
Kossuth
Brummond
Postoffice
Art Clark
Milford
Dickinson County
Clark
Northwestern Light and Power Company
Odd Farm Hens Pick Tree Nest. Boy Delays Train
Walter Sawyer near Davenport Iowa notes two hens choosing a tree crotch as their nesting site forcing nightly climbs to collect eggs. A Sac City boy causes a derailment delaying a freight train and costing 25 dollars in damages. Parrott of Aurelia reports opossums releasing 11 young from a mother, Creamery in Pocahontas draws 1650 free cones. Archie Davis loses club head on brassie. returned by a caddie days later. Jack Kay and Paul Lake visit from Lincoln to Omaha with plans for Fort Crooks training for Elmer Mill.
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Walter Sawyer
Davenport
Scott County
Sawyer
George Parrott
Aurelia
Cherokee County
Parrott
Jack Kay
University of Nebraska
Paul Lake
Fred Kay
Omaha
Jack
Fort Crooks
Nebras
Graduating Class 1935 Monticello High First Row
Graduating class photo lists names by row from Monticello High School 1935. First row includes Jesse Smith William erring Clark Matthiessen Mildred Rathbun Herbert Adix Garnet Eilers Elmer Schiemme George Bridges George Fraser John Warner Vernon Eilers Fay Rath bun Robert Spooner Milton Tobinson Fay Howell.
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Jesse Smith
William Erring
Clark Matthiessen
Mildred Rathbun
Herbert Adix
Garnet Eilers
Elmer Schiemme
George Bridges
George Fraser
John Warner
Vernon Eilers
Fay Rathbun
Robert Spooner
Milton Tobinson
Fay Howell
Alfreda Husmann
Rosemary Zirkelbach
Louise Eiben
Louise Collman
Philomena Lawrence
Adan Egger
Jean Ann Liddy
Frances Steck
Paul Hanssen
Frank Eilers
Merle Jacobsen
Lucille Scheele
Elmer Starks
Jerome Baum
Avert Kiburz
Eugene First
Neva Wilson
Josephine Scherrer
Helen Holst
Eloise Kuhns
John Hiller
Sam Schultz
William Hobert
Oliver Hutton
Edwin Freese
Roy Rickless
Robert Phelps
Wayne Jones
Virginia Meter
Trevor Curtis
Monticello Summer Recreation Program Welcomes 200+
Over two hundred boys and girls from Monticello signed up for a summer recreation program run by the public schools. Francis Merten will supervise June and July with Roy B. Moore taking charge August 1. Schedule includes golf, hiking, kittenball, swimming, and games, with open Saturdays for swimming.
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Monticello
Jones County Property Conveyances and Trust Deeds May 24 30
Jones County records show multiple trust deeds and transfers in late May. George Claussen and Charles Bosier transfer Lots 13–17 Block 2 Flannigan Moore Add Oxford Junction to RBE Hill and Alma Hill with nominal consideration. Louis Stary deeds to Emma Hubbard and Otto E Hubbard in Monticello Railroad Add, retaining income for Stary. Weiss devises part of Anamosa land to Gen. W. Beaman with covenants and sewer rights. Mabel Moreland and G C assign in Nick Nielsen area. Bickel and Becker relates to Willard Ellison, Mildred Powelka, and others in Wyoming and East Martelle. Considerations include $1.00 and other value.
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Musson
East Martelle
Sad
CM 81
P & P Railroad
Henry Eichhorn
Jones County
Prudential Ins Co of America
CM & St P Ry
George Claussen
Chas
L. Bosier
Trust of Peoples Trust & Logs Bk
Clinton
F. E. Sarby
Chas. L. Bosier
People’s Trust & Savings Bank
R. BE
Hill
Alma B. Hill
Flannigan & Moore
Oxford Junction
Louis Stary
Emma Hubbard
Montciello
Monti St Bank
Castle Grove Township
Iowa
Said Stary
Otto E. Hubbard
Monticello
T. A. Weiss
Amanda J. Weiss
W. Beaman
Garnavillo Street
Wm. T. Shaw
F. Be, Johnson
Roland E. Manuel
Mabel Moreland
G. C
Nick Nielsen
Mary
Bickel
G. F
Willard F. Ellison
Mildred Manuel Powelka
Theo Becker
Clark
Wyoming
Ellison
Lost Nation family attends Sacred Heart graduation
Henry Burrichter and son Gilbert along with Frederick Dickman Earl and Melvin Dickman of Lost Nation travelled Wednesday to witness Mary Elaine Burrichter graduate at Sacred Heart school.
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Henry Burrichter
Gilbert
Frederick Dickman
Earl
Melvin Dickman
Lost Nation
Sacred Heart School
Mary Elaine Burrichter
KC Baking Powder Recipes For Housewives
The Express presents tested KC Baking Powder recipes from a new cook book. Editors urge housewives to clip and paste these recipes on cards for future reference and note that additional recipes will be published periodically.
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the Express
K C Cup Cakes Filled With Whipped Cream
A vintage recipe describes making K C Cup Cakes by creaming butter and sugar with egg yolks, alternating milk and flour with baking powder, folding in whipped egg whites, and baking in cup cake pans. Cold cakes are filled with whipped cream and decorated with candied cherries, with optional sugar vanilla in the cream.
Church Services and Schedules From Local Churches
A roundup of worship times and events from St. Josephs Catholic Church, Congregational Church, Marine worship, Wayne Zion Lutheran, St. Johns Lutheran Hopkinton, Methodist Episcopal, St Matthews Lutheran, Center Junction ALF Church, and St Johns Evangelical Lutheran. Includes Mass and service times, Sunday schools, league meetings, picnics, and notes on upcoming district events.
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Wayne Zion
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wm. J. Macaulay
Clinton
Center Junction
ALFE
S. V. Williams
Vera Moats
Epworth League
Endeavor
Mary Leech
St. John's Evangelical
Portrait Corner: J E Bateman Monument Dealer Shines In Monticello
The Portrait Corner profiles a Wayne township native with a vast collection spanning historical and scientific items. An outdoorsman and animal lover, he is a mason shriner and civic board member, educated at Lenox College and a Des Moines technical school. Last week’s portrait features J E Bateman, Monticello monument dealer.
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Wayne Township
Lenox College
Des Moines
J. E. Bateman
Monticello
Church Services and Activities Weekly Schedule
A notice lists Evengelical and Reformed and Presbyterian services for June including Sunday worship, English services with communion, and Father’s Day observances. It notes a social gathering for youths on June 13 at the school, a missionary society meet, and a church picnic planned for June 26 at the city park. It also highlights sermons titled Things Indispensible for a Victorious Church and a forthcoming Christian Endeavor session.
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Trinity
Evangelical and Reformed
Armin H.tendick
Wis Hholy
Women's Missionary Society
John Steiner
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J Grossheim
Ibaan
Christian Endeavor
Grace Haskell Visits Davenport Sister's Home
Mrs. Grace Haskell of Davenport is staying this week with her sister Mrs. Asa Lambert.
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Grace Haskell
Davenport
Asa Lambert
Palmer Pharmacy Not Connected to Dr Shallenberger Ad
An apology clarifies that Palmer Pharmacy has no link to Dr Shallenberger in last week's ad. The notice notes the misattribution and emphasizes the Sabbath reflections and upcoming sermon topic on The Compassion of Christ.
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Palmer Pharmacy
Shallenberger
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