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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1931

Page

4

Local notes include weddings and travels in Iowa towns

Alberta Connell and Fred Lane Jr. wed in Anamosa with Justice John T. Christie officiating. The column lists visits, reunions, trips to Chicago Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, and two men missing from Cedar Rapids, Witzigman and Fischer, with family ties noted.

Alberta Connell Anamosa Fred Lane, Jr Independence John T. Christie Lane Bell Telephone Company

Butter Theft Ring Leader Sentenced to 40 Years

Fred Tuttle, 37, alleged gang leader, received two ten year sentences in Cresco and Elkader for butter and merchandise thefts across four Iowa counties. He faces an additional twenty years for robberies at a Clayton county creamery and a Garnaville furniture store. A gang member, Alvin Scheffert, was killed. Orlando Scheffert is in prison.

Fred Tuttle Iowa Fort Madison Tuttle Elkader Cresco Clayton County Garnaville Alvin Scheffert Orlando

Turtle Causes Automobile Crash In Dubuque

A six year old boy remains near death after a turtle causes a car crash in Dubuque. Ernest Albert suffers a fractured skull while his father Earl and siblings injury in the Mississippi outing accident. The family’s six month old baby escaped injury.

Dubuque Ernest Albert Earl Robert Dorothy Camilla Donald Glen Albert Mississippi

P. T. A. Swimming Parties Popular

Regular swimming parties under the Parent-Teachers' association are popular. Swimming takes place north of the fair grounds with supervision. Parents are urged to ensure children meet at the Methodist church and ride the truck to the river.

Parent- Teachers’ Association Fair Grounds

Church Services and Schedule for Several Congregations

Local listings show multiple churches with June 28 services across St. Matthew's St. Joseph's St. John's Trinity Wayne Zion's Congregational Reformed and Methodist Episcopal. Details include masses confessions and parish activities with pastors named and special events such as Vacation Bible school programs and aid meetings.

St. Matthew's Ev H. L. Adix Carl Fass Manson Presbyterian Leonard Duckett Christian Endeavor Congregational Church Wayne Zion’s Lutheran J. P. Willms A. Freyman Wishek N. D Willms Wayne Zion's Lutheran Church Armin H. Tendick Ladies’ Aid Jack Maire City Park C. FE. Society

Economic wisdom floods the plea for prosperity

A Winterset Madisonian column mocks sweeping economic advice as excessive and confusing. It cites a Cornell professor blaming gold coinage for troubles, Senator Brookhart pointing to railroads, Governor Turner urging tax reform, and Charley Hearst seeking dollar stabilization from Hoover.

Winterset Madisonian Cornell University Brookhart Gov. Turner Charley Hearst Washington Hoover

Cutworms Ravage Alfalfa Fields Across State

Reports say cutworms are damaging alfalfa this spring and marching in army-like swarms. In one farm four acres were destroyed before control measures worked. A suggested remedy is poison bran mash using 20 to 25 pounds bran 1 pound paris green 2 quarts cheap molasses and 2 gallons water.

Now Is The Time To Kill Weeds Effectively

Practical guidance from R N Heck cites sodium chlorate as a weed killer with cautions. It covers mixing one pound per gallon water, thorough foliage spray, dry conditions, and multiple applications for thistles and quack grass. Safety rules warn of fire risk and to keep out of reach of children and livestock.

For Sale And Rent Classifieds In Amber Iowa

For sale white oak posts and native dimension lumber at reasonable prices by Adolph Schoon Amber Iowa phone Anamosa 67 F 120. Free ice cream cone with purchases at Palmer's Drug Store for boys and girls. Modern four room house for rent on North Cedar Street furnished or unfurnished ask Mrs. Will Scheele. Radio battery tips and Empire Store heavy duty batteries offered. Lawn mower grinding service by Harvey Harford. Card of thanks for funeral floral offerings and assistance. National manufacturer business opportunity offered by G C Heberling Co Bloomington Illinois. General repairing and Model T service at Indep endent Repair Shop behind W G Schoon building.

Adolph Schoon Amber Iowa Aix North Cedar Street Will Scheele

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Louis Nouzak Chicago Emil Prull Toledo Ohio Lisa Hermann Prult Emery Hinchley R. B. Woods Maquoketa Dr. O. E. York Wansipinicon State Park Dr. York Charles A. Coxsee Wilbur Anna F. Korslund Eagle Grove Mr. Doxsee Clifford Flaherty Fairfax Minnie Rettig Washington, D. C Carrie Cowan Cedar Rapids Miss Rettig Messrs KR. V. Porter Samuel G. Gutensohn D. Campbell Morgan United States Margaret McNeill Hazel Houston Bud Suter Benjamin Roberts Congregational Young People’s Grinnell A. J. H. McNeill Lora Houston Hazel Margaret Harold Kate Maurice E. E. Reed E. E. Brazelton Monticello Ed G. Brazelton W. B. Marsh Des Moines Merle Hutton Boy Scouts of Wapsipinicon Park Elwyn Patterson Barbara Embree Upper Darby Naomi Gutknecht Lutheran Memorial Hospital Paul T. Gutknecht Gutknecht Nurses’ Training School Opal D. Porter Monticello High School Truro Cedar Falls Dorothy Arnold Eleanor McMillan L. H. Keightley Sioux City Alex Davidson G. L. Cropp Keightley Ray Smith Ben Roberts, Jr Waverly Ben Norman Grassfield Mr. Smith Kenneth Cook Mrs. Smith Bill Kettlitz St. Joan's Camp Delafield Wis W. A. Witzigman Buddy Fischer Witzigman Rev Upper Town The Methodist Episcopal Church William Wistar Comfort Turtle St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Prairieburg Stephen J. Kucera St. John’s Ev Trinity St. John’s Blairstown Newhall H. W. Jacobs Sacred Heart Catholic Church N. Sycamore Street A. L. Lorenz Daily Vacation Bible School Methodist Episcopal Roy V. Porter Church School Board R. N. Heck Division of Seismology of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Palmer's Drug Store Majestic Philco Locher’s Fred Shover Empire Store Stuhlers E. A. Hubbard Marshall Meat Market C. E. Tuttle E. J. Farley Rock Island Oxford Hay LI S. H. C. Hay Loader Oliver McCormick-Deering Thomas Hay Loader Laundry Ette R. H. Balster Farm Equip Monticello, Ia Norm Smith Harvey Harford Henry Kray Kray Matthew Bader J. L. Bader G. C. Heberling Co Dept Bloomington Tllinois W. G. Schoon Kash Karry Sunkist Lipton Sanitary Kash H. W. Skelley Prop Frederic D. E. Lane J. L. Weber James B. Newton Parrott Dc Bons Cascade Waddick Madam Mikealone California Chase & Sanborns Monarch Styles Bradley and Spalding Hboys Bes
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