Widow Marie Kiburz Dies After Long Illness
Marie Kiburz widow of John R. Kiburz died at her sister’s home June 7 after years of heart trouble. Born October 24 1851 in Suhr Canton Argan Switzerland she immigrated July 1876 to the United States and married December 1876. Surviving children include Gott-Schneider Morristown Minnesota Herman Schneider Dubuque Joseph Kiburz Lovell township and Clem Liddy Lovell township. Funeral was at the First Congregational church with Rev. George W. McNary and Rev. Henry Marks assisting. she was a lifelong Presbyterian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Kiburz
John R. Kiburz
Herman Zubler
Suhr
Canton
Argan
Switzerland
John Schneider
United States
Richland Township
Monticello
Godfrey Schneider
First Congregational Church
George W. McNary
Henry Marks
Richland Center Presbyterian Church
Kiburz
Four Nurses Graduate From Local Hospital
The John McDonald hospital nurses training graduates four women Margaret Meeker Martha Buol Gertrude Schweitzer and Elsie Winch at a public school auditorium ceremony with Dr Paul E Gibson urging faithful service and noting future state exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Henry M. Carpenter
Board of Trustees
Paul E. Gibson
Margaret Meeker
Martha Buol
Gertrude Schweitzer
Elsie Winch
McDonald Hospital
University Hospital
Iowa City
George Guyan
Monticello Plans New Southwest Street to Improve Traffic
At Monticello city council, no petition was presented by farmers seeking to reroute a street past the cemetery from a northward turn after Kitty creek to a direct west line to Maine street. The project, through Williamson property, will employ an engineer to survey and lay out the street and authorize condemnation to obtain the needed land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Scotch Grove
Kitty Creek
Maine Street
Martha Williamson
Notable Obituaries and Local Notes From Delaware County
A compilation of obituaries, civic events, and town notices from Delaware county. Highlights include deaths of Mrs. W. A. Roe and Henry B. Brown in Manchester, the new Jackson County State Savings bank presidency, rabies precautions in Milo Township, and the Dyersville city hall fire. Also notes on tax totals, road bonds, marriages, and civic milestones across neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Roe
Manchester
Des Moines
Delaware County
William Walker
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
American Legion Post
Iowa City
Henry B. Brown
C. L. Ely
Maquoketa
Jackson County State Savings Bank
C. A. Leech
Milo Township
Mary Vacek
Oxford Junction
M. W. Pulley
Monticello
Dorothy G. Sweet
Morley
Fred Fritz
Olin
Bernice Hacussler
Dubuque
J. B. Hacussler
W. T. Proudfoot
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Walter A. Jessup
Indiana
Missouri
Wheelock & Company
Dyersville
Farley
New Vienna
Towans
Twenty Five Years Ago Events Of Interest
The column recalls Monticello area happenings from a quarter century ago including births, marriages, deaths, and local career moves. Notable items cover Carl Jacobs’s daughter born in Scotch Grove, Lena Burrichter's marriage, high school and college graduates, staff changes at Lowell State Bank, and area residents pursuing studies or moving to new roles. وفاة of Robert Beatty and other regional obituaries are noted.
Farmers from Jones and Linn counties visit Ames campus
Jones and Linn county farmers travel by motor caravan to Ames on June 24 and 25 to tour Town State College grounds. They depart Anamosa at 1 p.m. and Cedar Rapids an hour later, staying in a dormitory. The two day program includes tours of agriculture, engineering, home economics, veterinary medicine, dairy, poultry, meat lab, and livestock exhibits across over sixty buildings on 2000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones and Linn
Ames
Town State College
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jones County Names Emma J Phillips Public Health Nurse
The Jones county board of supervisors selected Emma J. Phillips of Austin Minnesota as county public health nurse starting August 1. She will be paid 150 dollars monthly plus seven cents a mile for travel and will work from the Anamosa courthouse conducting school child health examinations and coordinating with local doctors and dentists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma J. Phillips
Austin
Minnesota
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Phillips
Court House
Anamosa
Jones County
Illinois
Mary I Jarman Former Monticello Principal Dies
Mary I Jarman longtime Monticello High School principal and Latin instructor died at 6:30 am after a two day illness from myocarditis. She taught 35 years in Monticello and guided 755 of 57 graduates, leaving a legacy in the Congregational church and local education. Funeral at First Congregational Church with burial in Cedar Falls beside parents. Survived by one relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ida Jarman
Monticello
Harriet Coughlan
Congregational Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
First Congregational Church
Miss Jarman
Coughlan
George W. McNary
Cedar Falls
McNary
Prave
New England
Thomas
Sarah
Jones) Jarman
Jarman
Iowa State Teachers College
Hampton
United States
Congregational
University of ‘Iavia
University of Gotoraah
Iim
Europe
Sacred Heart Parish
Sacred Heart Church
Harriet Coughan
Hoover Poised for Republican Nomination at Kansas City
The Republican National Convention in Kansas City appears set to nominate Herbert Hoover with a strong delegate majority. A minority report by La Follette was defeated as the platform committee report was adopted amid debates on farm relief and the equalization fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Platform Committee
LaFollette
Smith
Illinois
Murphy
Minnesota
Turner
Town
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Committee On
Texas
Hoover
Committee On Evsolu‘tions
Rev Hauck Celebrates Twenty Five Years as Priest
Sacred Heart Church honors Rev. George A. Hauck with a solemn high mass at 10 a.m. and a noon dinner. The afternoon program in Monticello features speakers and choir numbers as tribute to his 25 years in the priesthood, with clergy from Dubuque and surrounding parishes attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Hauck
Sacred Heart Church
Hauck
Sacred Heart School
Db. Hauck
Jarre
Newman Hall
St. Elizabeth Society
Hopkinton
Hopkinton Catholic Church
Rev
Claude Fothergill
M. Wardley
Anamosa
Sacred Heart
Antoinette Nordman
Frederick Ament
James Trobec
St. Cloud
Minnesota
Mount Calvary
Wisconsin
St. John’s University
Colllegeville
Petersburg
Holy Ghost
Dubuque
Fillmore
Monticello
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Howard
Portland
Oregon
McGavick
LaCrosse
H. P. Rohlman
Davanport
Eastern Town Race Circuit formed at Monticello meeting
The Organization of an Eastern Town Race Circuit was completed in Monticello Friday night by representatives of four county fairs. EB A Phillips of Maquoketa was chosen president and Dr A M Maurice of Monticello secretary. Delegates adopted a uniform racing program for 1928 fairs at Maquoketa Central City Anamosa and Monticello with a purse of 250 plus added money per race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
EB. A. Phillips
Maquoketa
A. M. Maurice
Central City
Anamosa
Henry Morey
C. H. Treland
Mr. Remley
Messrs. Moore
Debois
Sauer
Harry I. Rodman
Louis BE. Hoag
Monticello Concert Band to Perform Tonight at Park
The Monticello Concert Band under Bandmaster Frank Royden will play a regular weekly program at the city park this evening. It includes marches overtures and dances such as Norman Bellini Foxtrot Sunshine Dvorak Serenade d Amour and Danube Waves. The program also features My Ohio Home sung by Bol Dewitt and quartet Miaireh and selections Nola Felix Arndt Songs of the Old Folks Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park
Monticello
Frank Royden
March
Overture
Norman V. Bellini
Berlin
Tyanoviel
Ohio Home
Bol Dewitt
Miaireh
Nola Felix Arndt
Monticello Board Elects Twenty-Four Teachers for Next Year
The Monticello board of education announced the selection of twenty four instructors plus Archie Grimes as superintendent. Returns include Hattie Specht as senior high principal, Ruth Gould English, Rose Edie Latin, Leona Reindahl algebra, and numerous grade and junior high teachers with salaries ranging from 100 to 222.22 dollars per month. The board plans to finalize the faculty list in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public Schools
F. E. Stimson
Board of Education
Archie Grimes
Maynard
Hattie L. Specht
Miss Specht
Monticello
Glota Raymond
Moore
Hg. Will
John Finlay
Finlay
Ruth Gould
Des Moines
Rose Edie
Knoxville
Rose Wilces
Cedar Falls
Opie Scott
Bedford
Nettie Hormel
Cedar Palls
June Meyer
Breda
Mary Sheets
Hagapton
LaVetta Perrine
Marnteels
Georgia Miller
Bernice Ferguson
Vera Mattocks
Martha Meyer
C.F. Heiserman
Mildred Tverson
Leola Morrison
Ardys Rabe
Pioneer Gerdes Moves to Orange County Home
Fred H. Gerdes, a Terra Bella pioneer, relocates to South Tustin street in Orange California to establish a permanent home. He developed twenty acres of naval and Valencia oranges, now one of the district’s finest groves valued at about $2,000 an acre, to be cared for by his brother-in-law Fred W. Oltmans who has lived nearby for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Gerdes
Terra Bella
California
Tustin Street
Orange
Gerdes
Netheran Colony
Naval
Valencia
Fred W. Oltmans
Monticello Graduates Highlight Ames Spring Commencement
Monticello men Stuart Leer gad and Kert Bo First were among 485 students receiving degrees at Ames spring commencement. Leer gad earned a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering while First earned a non collegiate trades and industry certificate. Lang, son of Louis H Lang, also featured in the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Leer Gad & Kert Bo
Nothonf
Mr. First
B. &. First
Monticello Plans July Fourth Monster Independence Program
Monticello will host a large Independence Day celebration July 4 cooperating with the Jones county farm bureau. A parade at 11 a.m. features township and club entries plus local business exhibits with cash prizes. Congressman Gilbert Haugen of Northwood will deliver the keynote address. Evening concerts and a fireworks display will follow, with free admission to afternoon and evening events. The Jones county farm bureau picnic and related entertainment are expected to attract thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Monticello
County Farm Bureau
Gilbert NieWaugen
Northwood
McNary- Haugen
Coolidge
Haugen
Fourth
Town
L.A. Iverson
Jones County
Park
Congressman Hansen
Farm Bureau
Irving Hintz
Ray Em- Herry Halccatrb
Ras Sanford
Ray Stiver
Ceorge Snecht
Rowashe Sp
Former Castle Grove Man Dies In Dubuque
James Cashman brother of Miuitice Cashman of Monticello died at Mercy hospital in Dubuque Saturday morning after four days illness. He was born in Castle Grove and lived in Taber. Funeral Monday at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Dubuque with burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery. Survived by wife Cashman of Dubuque, two sons in Marion and Rockford, Illinois, brothers Maurice Manchester Thomas Cedar Rapids, and sisters Mrs John Doyle Mrs James ONeill Mrs Elizabeth McKeever and Mrs Frank Kinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cashman
Miuitice Cashman
Monticello
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Mr. Cashman
Castle Over Toms
Taber
Cashowin
Holy Ghost Eathohe
Mt Calvary
Cashman
Brunswick-Balke- Collender Company
Heys
Otters
Allof
Maron City
Rockford
Illinois
Maurice
Thomas
Manchester
John
Cedar Rapids
John Doyle
James O'Neill
Ryan
Elizabeth McKeever
Independence
Frank Kinley
Coueron
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Mechanicsville
William Boyce
Marshalltown
Winthrop
Masonville
Dytersville
Wilhelmina Glanz
George
Earlville
Lee A. Jaegger
Martin Jaegger
Jaegger
J. J. Keane
the Express
John Noyes
Oscar Bucklin
Carl Jacobs
Scotch Grove Township
Charles S. Bidwell
Lowell State Bank
Leonard Arduser
Mary Smith
Redfield
S. C
Richard Cartano
Frank Eber+hart
Ray Lee
Gerry Eilers
Newton Parrott
Lena ,Burrichter
Fred Burrichter
Bowen's Prairie
Carl Mohr
Lost Nation
Matilda Zimmerman
George Mardorf
Lutheran Parsonage
C. Mardorf
Anna Mary Rieger
Joseph Rieger
Monticello High School
Iva Barnts
Elmer Bigley
Will Byers
Albert Byers
A. P. Walton
United Brethren Church
Louise Bebb
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Jessie Fawcett
West Union
State University
T. A. King, Jr
Louis Stuhler
Maggie Errickson
J. Q. Shelley
John B. Corbin
Cascade
Messrs
N. P. Kehoe
Edward Hogan
Creighton College
Omaha
Edith Welch
Lenox College
Nellie Delay
John Delay
Castle Grove Township
W.E. Herrick
Minneapolis
R. I. Eberhart
Bert Hubbard
Fannie Keenan
Wyoming
J. M. Young
Medical Department
The
University At
Town City
Center Junction
Jones and Linn County
Mary I. Jarman
Norination
Dianer
Fulda
W. Bies
Bellevue
B. WH. Fromme" O
Springbrook
C. Miller
Ory West
W. J. Cremer
JT. Schmeetz
Stone City
M. J. Yardley
L. McDononagh
A. P. Meyer
Watkins
F. L. Schuh
Sand Springs
J. Friedman
P. Friedman
St. Theresa
J. B. Albers
William Knickel
Raymond
J. A. Dupont
Guttenburg
J. Hehir
Temple Hill
J. Smith
J. Dunn
L. White
Worthington
W. J. Weirieh
J. Wolfe
Fair Managers Farm
Part
Rep. Haugen
Castle Grove
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