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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1928

Page

5

Anamosa court hears liquor injunction and divorce matters

The court handled a liquor nuisance injunction against James Straka Jr of near Oxford Junction and set alimony case for Cedar Rapids trial. Habeas corpus hearing for Fetters, imprisoned for murder, delayed to July in Cedar Rapids due to board of control schedule. Probate calendar entries show multiple guardianships and estate final or progressive reports approved.

Fer Howeer Straka Hés Modifz Cedar Rapids Reformatory Fetters Washington County Jjiry Department of the State Reformatory Board of Control William Wesemann James T. Leech Edgar Flaherty Elizabeth Hennessey Phil Williams Joseph Vochoska Edmund Ide F. W. Miller J. M. Larson Martin Noble Martha J. Starks Ellen Kershner B. R. Wetmore Byrd L. Damon William Lang Sarah Young Rieger Timothy Connolly

Jones County 4‑H Member Wins Honors in Ames Show

Evelyn Griswold of Busy Bee club from South Madison township earned second place in the style show at the 4‑H club convention in Ames. The county girls’ club entered in the pageant The 4‑H Girl Triumphs. Seven Jones county girls attended the short course with three local leaders and county leader Miss Martha K Hanken among 2 446 girls from 96 counties. Helen M Needles R N of Des Moines assisted with the 4‑H health program in Jones county this week.

Evelyn Griswold Busy Bee Club Madison Township Jones County Ames Martha K. Hanken Helen M. Needles R. N State Health Department Des Moines

Monticello Mayor Warns Against First Street Celebrations

Mayor B. E. First announces a Fourth of July danger warning and enforces a ban on firecrackers and fireworks on First street from Main to Walnut. Violations will be prosecuted to keep Independence Day safe for crowds at the merchants’ celebration and Jones County farm bureau picnic.

B. E. First First Street First Main Street Walnut Street Monticello Jones County Farm Bureau

Notable Iowa News From 1928 Across Leaders and Local Events

Clara Hoyt elected head of Upper Iowa University vocal music. Rear admiral Harry Yarnell promoted from Saratoga. George and Mary Fish celebrate 51st anniversary. 69th birthday. UI child welfare funding of 900000 for ten years. Ray Nyemaster leads Iowa Bankers Association. M. W. Ellis VP. E. E. Phelps treasurer. Macbride’s new book on Iowa pioneer life. Edwin Meredith dies at 51. ex-Wilson secretary of agriculture. Oelwein fire saves home with skim milk as water scarce. Cedar Rapids lawyer D. M. Porter dies at 50. 25 airplanes in Iowa goodwill air tour. Anamosa Cow Testing picnic hosts 100 dairymen. Amelia Earhart completes first Atlantic flight with Stultz and Gordon. Lenox college reunion at Cedar Rapids. Hoover summer headquarters considered in Cedar Rapids Iowa City West Branch.

Clara M. Hoyt Decorah Upper Iowa University Fayette Harry E. Yarnell Independence Saratoga United States Navy George W. Fish Central City University of Iowa Laura Spellman Rockefeller Iowa Thomas H. Macbride University of Town Macbride Lenox College Hopkinton Edwin T. Meredith Wilson Des Moines Meredith Publishing Company United States Oelwein al Hyde D. M. Porter Cedar Rapids Anamosa Floyd Johnston Ames Carl Siebels Lee Byerly Amelia Earhart Atlantic Wilmer Stultz Louis Gordon Barryport Wales Miss Earhart

Monticello 30 Years Ago Sees Store Opening And Civic News

Names of Osceola planned a dry goods and clothing store in Monticello in the King building. A depot accident nearly injured night operator King Kaylor. New pastor Rev C C Warner arrived in June while retiring pastor Rev A M Case left the ministry. Monticello high school graduated sixteen students. Additional items cover a June wedding at Bowen's Prairie, a creamery milk payout, Republican delegates, bank bookkeeping, weddings, a military drill plan, a lodge chapter, a drowning incident, Spanish American War enlistment, a local picnic, a Detroit wedding, and a runaway causing injuries.

C. E. Names Osceola Monticello King Building Sumter & Sumter Kaylor C. C. Warner Congregational Church J. A. Doutrick A. M. Case Monticello High School Marcus Matthiessen Daisy Burkert Bertha Gilroy Paul Gruenstein Orville Hosford Lillian Jennings Lloyd Jennings Grace Lovell May Liddy Frank McLaughlin Clara Rickliefs Ada Schneider Emma Schneider Grace Thoeni Daisy Waugh Maude Wheelock E. E. Hicks Board of Education O. W. Brazelton Anna Burrichter Bowen's Prairie J. B. ‘Smith, Jr Rice E. Searles Louis Gardner J. W. Coxsee Leonard Arduser Lowell State Bank Diamond Creamery John C. Smith Nellie Dunham James Fletcher Wayne Illinois Europe Fred P. Stahler Lou Gibson Manchester Indiana Norman Smith George Curtis Cedar Falls State Normal School Edith Curtis Andrew Marugg Northwestern University Mystic Workers Lodge A. Matthiessen Sarah B. Hosford Ray Curtis C. C. Curtis Maquoketa Leonard Wilhelm United States Army Wayne Township Spencer Guiles Paul Eilers Lovell Grove Eilers Chicago Ada Gibson Hugh McCarroll Detroit Michigan John Gibson John Gerdes Gerdes

Rotary Club Discusses Value of Paved Roads

The Monticello Rotary Club at Maples Inn discussed the benefits of paving primary roads. Harry W. Stuhler spoke for local merchants and Tom Shover for farmers. They argued paved roads boost trade, allow year round access, and improve shop windows and stores, urging merchant cooperation to serve farmers.

Monticello Rotary Club Maples Inn Harry W. Stuhler Tom Shover Stuhler Shover

Lovell Township Farm Bureau Meeting Set for June 26

Lovell township farm bureau members will meet Tuesday June 26 at 8 p m in the public school music room for the monthly program. Mrs W H Laudes orchestra will supply music Lucia Schoon will read Schroeder will discuss the membership drive and the bureau objects and aims County Agent Max Wortman will show moving pictures reels

Lovell Township Farm Bureau W. H. Laude Lucia Schoon Schroeder Farm Bureau Max Wortman

Bowen's Prairie Past Emerges From Iowa Journal

An article by Ted Koop in Palimpsest traces Bowen's Prairie in Iowa from its 1836 settlement by Hugh Bowen and John Flinn through early growth, notable pioneers, a 1837 wedding that moved across county lines, and a 1838 disappearance of a child, with vivid local scenes of a fading village.

Bowen's Prairie Ted Koop Monticello Palimpsest State Historical Society Iowa City Cascade Hugh Bowen R. J. Cleaveland Rome Township Jones County

Monticello Plans July 4 Parade And Farm Picnic

Monticello hosts Independence Day events with a parade inviting farm bureaus 4 H clubs and local businesses to enter floats and stunts. Civil War veterans will ride autos with an old soldiers drum corps. a Monticello band concert and a large fireworks display close the day. Congressman Gilbert Haugen will speak on farm relief and tariffs at the noon picnic in the city park followed by a park dance.

4-H Jones County Monticello W. HH. Buckner Farm Bureau Buckner Gilbert N. Haugen Northwood Haugen McNary-Haugen Hawkeye Frank A. Royden Park Pavilion City Park Commissioners

Seventy-One Pupils Graduate From Rural Jones County Schools

Certificates of graduation from the eighth grade were issued to seventy-one pupils by Nellie V. Morey, county superintendent. The graduates may enter any accredited high school. Listed are Mildred Aldrich, William Bemrose, Viola Bonar, Gerke Bohlken, Frieda Balster, Wilma Behnke, Arlo Brady, Irene Burrichter, Raymond Clary, Ruth Carpenter, Etta Chapman, Donald Clark, Sylvia Cooper, Mabel Cruise, Byron Darrow, Beulah Dague, George Dirks, Richard Darrow, Paul Dietiker, Leola Dean, Geraldine Duffy, Dorothy Eden, Mabel Folkers, Ronald Hanna, Joseph Hogan, Merle Hutton, Helen Hirts, Laura Houston, Mable Julis, Mary Kehoe, Matthew Kehoe, Inez Kiburz, Lyle Lathe, Evens Ladehoff, Hilda Lucksted, Florence Mardorf, Elsie Martinsen, Elywn May, Emery Meade, Florence McFarland, Harold McVay, Mabel McVay, Pauline Meier, Mary Moes, Sara Oltman, Catherine Peet, Robert Peet, Louis Petersen, Magda Petersen, Toni Petersen, Eflert Prull, Frances Petersen, Leischen Rickels, Willard Rickels, Ella Rickels, Carl Sleveka, Rudolph Sahli, Magdaleen Schilt, Carl Schoon, Lena Schoon, Lawrence Stuhlken, Margaret Theilen, Esther Tholen, Edna Thuman, George Von Sprecken, Lucille Walderbach, James Wosoba, Lester Wenger, Winona Wooder, Glenn Woodworth.

Jones County Nellie V. Morey Mildred Aldrich William Bemrose Viola Bonar Gerke Bohlken Frieda Balster Wilma Behnke Arlo Brady Irene Burrichter Raymond Clary Ruth Carpenter Etta Chapman Donald Clark Sylvia Cooper Mabel Cruise Byron Darrow Beulah Dague George Dirks Richard Darrow Paul Dietiker Leola Dean Geraldine Duffy Dorothy Eden Mabel Folkers Ronald Hanna Joseph Hogan Merle Hutton Helen Hirts Laura Houston Mable Juilis Mary Kehoe Matthew Kehoe Inez Kiburz Lyle Lathoe Evens Ladehoff Hilda Luckstedt Florence Mardorf Elsie Martinsen Elywn May Emery Meade Florence McFarland Harold McVay Mabel McVay Pauline Meier Mary Moes Sara Oltman Catherine Peet Robert Peet Louis Petersen Magda Petersen Toni Petersen Eflert Prull Frances Petersen Leischen Rickels Willard Rickels Ella Rickels Reformed Church Viola Paulsen Fairest Lord Jesus Eldorna Semmert Matilda Arduser Mildred Arduser Rolland Buol George Arduser Richard Behrends John Sahli Lewis Behrends Lawrence Martensen Clarence Aldrich Selma Barney Margaret Behrends Winifred Rohr Eunice Buol Violet Meyer Elda Martensen Minnie Luck Lena Zumbrunnen Burdena Behrends Mary Schilt Ruth Steiner Margaret Buddy Bader Ruby Joyce Ambuehl Lucile Yossi Helen Moore Esther Kuentzel Ruth Zumbrunnen Charles Ross Raymond Priscilla Behrends Herman Steiner Lewis and Lyle Burrichter Leslie Boner George Allamand Vernon Behrends Harold Zumbrunnen Vernon Steiner Walter Kuentzel Donald Arduser Albert Zumbrunnen Warren Durst Vernon Meier Carl Broenemann Clara Burrichter Iola Ambuehl Miss Beulah Meyer Elmer Kaufman Paul Kuentzel Gilbert Harold Steiner Carl Allamand Elmer Aldrich Otto Steuri Clarence Hall George Margaret Yaggi Mildred Behrends Elfrieda Burrichter Margaret Kuentzel Virginia Meier Irma Mildred Ambuehl Frieda Steuri Galilee Gilbert Steiner George Yager Lewis Burrichter Lyle Burrichter Mildred Paul Meier Land

Children Day Program at Reformed Church Sunday

The Reformed Church hosts a Children’s Day program this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Readings, recitations, songs, and verses will be performed by church members and classes led by Burdena Behrends, Miss Clara Burrichter, Miss Iola Ambuehl, and Mrs Beulah Meyer, with prelude and postlude by Viola Paulsen.

1929 Iowa License Plates Adopt Green and Black

The office of Ed M. Smith secretary of state announced next year’s automobile plates for Town will switch to a green and black style with black lettering. The word Iowa will not be abbreviated and 1929 will be printed vertically with the state name.

Ed M. Smith Iowa

City Paves Eleven Blocks in Monti Cello This Year

City to start paving eleven blocks in Monti Cello within five weeks. Haegg Construction of Cedar Rapids holds the contract and aims to finish before November 1. Project includes blocks on North Cedar Farley Second Maple to Main Main from Third to Milwaukee tracks and South Gill. Haegg already paving in Belle Plaine and Dysart this spring.

Monticello Ray Echternacht Haegg Construction Company Cedar Rapids North Cedar Farley Streets Second Street Maple Main Main Street Third Street South Gill Street Haegg Company Belle Plaine Dysart

Matthiessen Company Adds Fireproof Shop

Construction is underway on a 60 by 60 foot single story addition to Matthiessen Auto and Supply, south of Dr. George Albery on North Cedar Street. The fireproof building of tile and brick will house mechanical work, with foundation in place and tile work begun Tuesday. expected to be ready in about a month.

Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company George Albery Cedar Street Samuel Semmert William Nescott

Giants to meet Monticello club next Sunday clash

The Colored Giants who were to play the Monticello club last Sunday will play here next Sunday June 24. The game is set for 2 30 p.m. local time.

Monticello Club

Monticello Concert Band Presents Weekly City Park Recital

The Monticello Concert Band continues its 1928 summer Thursday performances in the city park under Frank A. Royden of Scotch Grove. E. H. DeWitt will sing Sunshine after the intermission. The program includes Overture Orpheus, Ramona, Marche Militaire No. 1, Old Times Waltz, Sunshine, Simplicity, and Robin Hood.

Monticello City Park Frank A. Royden Scotch Grove E. H. DeWitt Bandimaster Royden Offenbach Schubert Field Artillery

J G Gavin Dies In Minnesota

The body of John G Gavin who died in Minneapolis Minnesota has been brought to Monticello for burial. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at Immaculate Conception church in Castle Grove township with Mass sung by Rev J Hennessey and burial in the adjoining cemetery. Gavin was born in Delaware county forty years ago and had been ill for weeks. He leaves a widow and daughter Margaret Mae Gavin, his parents, and brothers and sisters including Cyril Gavin of Manchester and Mrs Eugene Bruner of Shenandoah.

John G. Gavin Minneapolis Minnesota Monticello Immaculate Conception Church Castle Grove Township J. Hennessey Gavin John Gavin Ralph Lahey Will Gavin Ryan Delaware County North Dakota Charles Wesley Hutton Oakdale Cascade Hopkinton Methodist Episcopal Church Albert E. Coe Hutton Cascade High School Mr. Hutton Farmers’ Mutual Harm Behnken Scotch Grove Township Mercy Anamont Behnken Mr. Behnken Ardorf Ostfriesland Germany Harm Lena Ehmen) Behnken United States Jones County Scotch Grove Lizzie Belling Mary Benze Onslow Martha Rickels Anamosa Emma Behnken Gerd Behnken Siebert Behnken Etta Berpuper Mary Jansson Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church Wayne Township J. Willis Wayne Cemetery Francis C. Dixon Rochester Habara Iverson North Mineral North Mineral Cemetery Mr. Dixon Dixon United States Way Camp Sete Cigna Tres Orotawine Moreno Dixon Argonne Wiscanvue Diven Td Ofsuoa Td Ofsuoa Teeter Mippesota Constance Miller Independence Moses Oath

Rural School Secretary Marks 25 Years of Service

Rudolph Jacobs of Monticello completes twenty five years as secretary of the Wayne township school district this summer appointed September 1903 and re elected annually. Wayne township covers eight sub districts with nine teachers Amber school has two instructors. A new school house is built this summer in district No 6, following a voters favoring the project at the last election.

Rudolph Jacobs Monticello Wayne Township Jacobs Wayne School Amber

Died at Home Monticello Leader W S Wilkinson

William S Wilkinson died at his Monticello residence Friday June 16 at 6 30 p m after four months of illness Acute dilation of the heart was given as the cause Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p m at the family home with Rev Leonard Ducket in charge Burial was in Oakwood cemetery He was born October 15 1856 at Springfield Massachusetts came to Monticello 33 years ago and worked as a traveling salesman for Sears Saddlery company for 40 years He leaves a widow four sons and two daughters plus a sister and several relatives from out of town attended the service

William S. Wilkinson Monticello Sycamore Street Leonard Ducket Presbyterian Church Oakwood Cemetery Mr. Wilkinson Springfield Massachusetts Clear Lake Rose Parrott Worthington Earlville Sumner Wilkinson Sears Saddlery Company Davenport Odd Fellows Lodge Arthur Young Dan Hearn Hartley Newton Winona Minnesota Harold Calmar Harry Los Gatos California Fred Colonon Long Beach Newton Wilkinson Minn Harold Wilkinson W. L. Dudley Manchester Tl. Fred Keenan Louis Sears

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Wiles Liquor Byron Newberry Strawberry Point Ransom J. Bixby Edgewood F. L. Clark A. E. Anderson Susie Dickey Kate Perkins Delhi Town City West Branch Herbert Hoover Hoover the Express Historical Magazine Bowen’s Prairie Richland Township Blackleg Bowen Flinn the Prairie Moses Collins Charles Joshua Johnston Alfred Weatherford Thomas Denson Gillespie Laughlin Franklin Dalby Thomas Dickson William Moore Elvira Neal Prairie Jacob Hamilton Whitewater Dubuque County Dubuque Moore Miss Neal Hamilton Alfred Denson Farm Bureau and Merchants Make Representative Carl Sleveka Rudolph Sahli Magdaleen Schilt Carl Schoon Lena Schoon Lawrence Stuhlken Margaret Theilen Esther Tholen Edna Thuman George von Sprecken Lucille Walderbach James Wosoba Lester Wenger Winona Wooder Glenn Woodworth Chidren Matthiessen Company Part Sunshine i H. DeWitt Simplicity Ee Lee March Robin Hood Delkoven J.G. Gavin Castle Grove Church Charles W. Wutton W.S. Wilkinson Death of Steck
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