Death of H J Lang recalls long life of Lovell region
Horatio James Lang a longtime Lovell township resident died Friday morning February 26 at 11 28. Born in Cornwall England May 7 1848 he worked as a miller in England and the United States before settling near Monticello and later running a mill for Monticello Electric Light. He was married to Mary Katherine Wolf in 1871 and survived by eight children, two brothers, and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held at his home and he was laid to rest in Oakwood cemetery after affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio James Lang
Lovell Township
Stella
John Lang
Mr. Lang
Tredineck
Cornwall
England
John
Sophia
James) Lang
Robert Lang
Churchtown
St. Issey
Lang
Cambern
Bands End
United States
Devonshire
Liverpool
New York City
Manchester
Mary Katherine Wolf
Russell
O. R. Davis
Maquoketa
Iowa Electric Power House
Monticello
United Brethren Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ruth M. Byers Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Miss Ruth Malinda Byers granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Templeton underwent an emergency operation for acute appendicitis at a Grinnell hospital last Saturday. Dr C G Thomas accompanied the Templetons and performed the operation. Byers is convalescing nicely. Her mother Mrs Don Merrill flew from Chicago to Iowa City and drove to Grinnell to be at her daughter's bedside. Miss Byers formerly attended Northwestern University at Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Malinda Byers
Edward Templeton
Grinnell
C. G. Thomas
Ruth Van Buren Wins Honors At Cornell College
Ruth Van Buren granddaughter of Mrs. Orpha Cramer won honors at Cornell Mount Vernon in the first semester. She led a group of fifty three on the honor roll with seventeen credit hours and an A grade. Marguerite Kohl of Martelle also earned an A with thirteen hours. Manly Goodrick of Wyoming held high standing.
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Ruth van Buren
Orpha Cramer
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Marguerite Kohl
Martelle
Jones County
Manly Goodrick
Wyoming
Sacred Heart Earns Third in Dubuque Tourney
Sacred Heart High School basketball placed third in the class B portion of the Dubuque Archdiocesan tournament. Monticello beat Our Lady of Victory 31 16 and later defeated St. Wenceslaus 18 12, with Ferring and Hogan among top scorers. St. Wenceslaus defeated Sacred Heart 18 12 to claim that game and third place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart High School
Dubuque
Hogan
O’rourke
Kurt
R. Ferring
Monticello
Our Lady of Victory
Waterloo
Ray Ferring
St. Wenceslaus
Cedar Rapids
Sacred Heart Boys
Columbia
St. Mary's of
Man Riding On Box Car Killed Near Delaware
Bert Schaffer, 33, of north of Dubuque, died at 5 a.m. Monday at Delaware when his head struck a railroad bridge while riding on top of a freight car bound for Cedar Rapids. His brother Alden Schaffer was with him. the impact hurled Bert across his brother’s lap as the train stopped at Manchester.
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Bert Schaffer
Dubuque
Delaware
Alden
Cedar Rapids
Schaffer
Davenport Bank Robbed of 26000 Dollars Monday Morning
Bandits broke into The Home Savings Bank of Davenport during the night and bound employees. After the time lock failed the cashier opened the vault and the gang escaped with 26000 dollars in currency. No trace of the yeggs was found.
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Home Savings Bank
Davenport
Yeggs
Two Deaths Mark Week In Monticello Community
Miss Clara M Schodde of Monticello dies at 66 after heart trouble. Surviving siblings include Mrs Augusta Bliss and Otto Schodde. Funeral set at family home with Rev Samuel Gutensohn. burial in Oakwood cemetery. Also Mrs Sophia Neiman Bader dies after two week illness. services at Reformed church and burial in Oakwood. Survivors include husband Arnold Bader, daughter Mrs John Robinson, son Henry Bader, sister Mrs John Wenger, and three grandchildren.
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Clara M. Schodde
West First Street
Augusta Bliss
Miss Schodde
William and
Louisa Schodde
Dubuque
Monticello
Schodde
Otto Schodde
Chicago
George Schodde
Newark
New Jersey
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Oakwood Cemetery
Eight Cars of Stock Shipped Today
Ray George and Tom George shipped eight cars of livestock to the open market in Chicago this morning. They were all loaded at the private chute along the Milwaukee tracks on the Henry George farm. This saves transport cost and effort for the shipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray George
Tom George
Chicago
Milwaukee
Henry George
Local Dribblers Win Jones County Tournament Title
Montini routed Mount Vernon 20 11 on their local court to clinch Jones County bragging rights. Reed Bartlett led scoring with four field goals and one free throw as Monti surged in the second half while holding Mount Vernon to two field goals. The article also details season summaries, key players, and upcoming sectional games in Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montini
Mount Vernon
Neal
Monti
Monticello
PRI Matthiessen
Vaebdl
Bort
Bartlett
Peake
Scherrer
Yeoman
Stott
Eager
Phelps
Bureess
J Hall
Hogell
de Boker
Brash Vansace
Hartenberger
Lowen (Mlinois
Monti Hi
Eby
Matthiessen
Null
Reichart
Coyle
Eeger
Springville
Hopkinton
Martello
Doland
South Dakota
Anamosa
Marion
Manchester
Mount Vernon Ap
Peared
Coggan
Dubuque
Aebi
Bart
Egger
Smith
Reynolds
Taylor
Spooner
Jacobsen
Haeussler
McCollum
Hutton
Junior High
Martelle
March 1912 Local Happenings In Monticello Gazette
The Monticello Express notes events from March 1912 including new business ads for Will Corbin’s Model T Ford, residents moving between towns, nurse education in University Hospital, marriages such as Mamie Haeussier and Leonard Wilhelm, births including twin boys to the Tobiassons, a bottle injury ending David Young’s bottling business, the Eden-Be r nken wedding, a 25th anniversary for John and Miss Eden, school board director elections, college seniors and freshmen at Cornell Mount Vernon, deaths and relocations, new teachers in Mechanicsville, a 15th birthday party for Helen Hosford, a Hicks daughter Fannie May, Dinklager death in Columbus Nebraska, and other March 1912 local moves and family events.
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Monticello Express
Will Corbin
Peter Deutsch
Monticello
Rockford
Ilinois
Dubuque
Caroline Schneider
Town City
University Hospital
Lawrence Jacobs
Waterloo
Peter Meyer
Mamie Haeussier
Leonard Wilhelm
Presbyterian Church
David Young
Charles Curtis
Mr. Young
Tiete M. Eden
John R. Renken
Jo’ Eden
A. M. Maurice
Mortello
Blanche Hunter
Blanche Fairbanks
Cornil College
Mount Vernon
Wilhelmina Gruenenwald
Ponsonville
Ontario
Canad
Gresham
Oregon
Alfred Ommen
Langworthy
Chris Balsiger
Richland Township
Henry Schaeffer
Wayne Township
Edward Wirth
Mechanicsville
Mary Pond
Charles Bates
Halstead Carpenter
Chicago University
H. M. Carpenter
Helen Hosford
Howard P. Hicks
Fannie May
Chris Dinklager
Columbus
Nebraska
Anna Livingstone
William Leech
Center Junction
Matilda Behrends
William B. Balsiger
Delaware
Peter Young
Hartley Wilkinson Seeks Republican County Auditor Nomination
Hartley W. Wilkinson announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for county auditor, subject to primary voters. A Monticello resident, he is a war veteran with aviation corps service in France, and has long banking experience at Monticello.
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Hartley W. Wilkinson
Mr. Wilkinson
Monticello
Troy Mills Farmer Dies By Own Hand After Ill Health
Lonnie Long ages 76 a farmer from north of Troy Mills shot himself in the pantry following a hearty breakfast ending his life last Saturday. He and his wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1991 and he had been despondent due to ill health.
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Lonnie Long
Troy Mills
Lfe
Neighborhoods That Interest Neighborhoods
A Maquoketa filling station was entered last Sunday night and robbed of $190. Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Sones of Anamosa celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary last Friday. Lloyd Irwin, 5, was fatally injured at Maquoketa Sunday when he fell from a wagon on his father's farm east of the city. He likely broke his neck and is survived by his parents, two brothers, and a sister. John Heiken of Anamosa filed for bankruptcy in Cedar Rapids federal court, listing debts of $5,694.91 and assets of $1,236 with $1,231 exempt. Howard Jones pled guilty to kidnapping Jessie Lawless, 16, of Independence. he was sentenced to the state penitentiary and the girl sent to Mitchellville. The Maizewood Products plant in Dubuque, destroyed by fire, will resume production this week as the sole plant in the state converting cornstalks into insulation board. Mrs. Myrtle Ropers won $7,500 in a damage suit against Lagomarcino Grape Co. and Vernon W. Boldt after a crash on Highway 161 near Cedar Rapids. C. C. Shrader, 70, Town City postmaster, committed suicide last week. despondency over finances and retirement were cited. Mr. and Mrs. George Grabbe of Olin celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. they were married in Anamosa and have four children, eleven grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
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Maquoketa
A. O. Sones
Anamesa
John Heiken
Cedar Rapids
Howard Jones
Builty
Bhakedek
Jessie Lawless
Independence
Mitchellville
Maizewood Products Company
Dubuque
Myrtle Ropers
Iowa City
Lagomarcino-Grape Company
Vernon W. Boldt
Rogers
C. C. Shrader
Town City
George Grabbe
Olin
Grabbe
Anamosa
United States
Germany
Joh Westphal
Lux Poultry Farms Attract Visitors In Hopkinton
A visit to Leghorn Land poultry farm and hatchery in Hopkinton shows hundreds of layers daily and 6 000 to 8 000 chicks raised annually for breeders serving three hatcheries in Hopkinton Manchester and Dyersville. Mr Lux runs a pheasant farm, keeps 500 old breeders in ten varieties, and 2 000 to 3 000 young pheasants yearly. His poultry feed plant in Hopkinton produces all feeds and about 60 dealers handle his products nearby.
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Leghorn Land
Hopkinton
Manchester
Dyersville
Lux
Mr. Lux
Adv
March Weather Brings Ice and Power Outages
The article notes March opened with heavy rain and chilling cold. Temperatures hovered around 30 degrees before falling, leaving trees coated in ice and cutting many toll lines and farm communications.
Jones County District Court Opens March Term Convened
The March term at Anamosa heard defaults and pleadings in cases including City National Bank v A R Thuma and v J Sta et al. Other entries: foreclosures, guardianships, and trustee resignations. Judge Ring set case assignments from March 2 with hearings through March 14.
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Anamosa
H. C. Ring
City National Bank
A. R. Thuma
E. A. Barker
John Ralston
J. A. Fisher
G. J. Dirks
L. A
Thelma Rickels
Correen Lint
L. Joseph Lint
L. A. Andrew
Percy M. Bray
Nettie A. Brown
Tobias Swanson
Pearl Swanson
Ida Ramsay
Ring
Streets
Pagram
Boots
Lindley
Peet
Jones County
Willis
McCoy
Alferts
Watters
Steenbeek
Andrew
Niles & Watters Savings Bank
State
Moore and
Lenker
Missing Onslow Bank Employee Confesses Crime
Sheriff W H Prazer traveled to Detroit Michigan to return Otto Hanwardsen 28 to Jones County He confessed embezzling 25600 from Onslow Savings Bank at Onslow Hanwardsen a former bookkeeper at the bank had been missing nearly three years He aided cashier George Paulsen in balancing books before vanishing and was bonded by Fidelity Casualty Bonding Company Hanwardson faces impending grand jury action in Jones County District Court
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W. H. Prazer
Detroit
Mich
Otto Hanwardsen
Jones County
Onslow Savings Bank
Onslow
Hanwardsen
George Paulsen
Hunwardsen
Mr. Paulsen
Fidelity & Casualty Bonding Company
Onslow Bank
Hanwardson
Jones County District Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
H.J. Lang
Ruth M. Byers
Cornell
Lloyd Hudson
Farm Bureau
Max Wortman
DeMolays
East Iowa
Monticello de Molays
Iowa
Edgewood Independents
Dubuque Casinos
Monticello DeMolays
Dubuque Cardinals
Charles Eby
Edgewood Boys
Sacred Heart
Davenport Bank
Clara Schodde
Arnold Bader
North
Sycamore Street
Bader
Yelaokote
Reformed Church
Sophia Neiman
Hessen
Strawberry Point
Melchert
Raymond Smith
Merle Haeussler
Frank McCollum
Matthiagnnn_ama
S. D
Tipton
University High
West Branch
En Bort
Yle
Ray Smith
the Express
Hartley Wilkinson
Troy Mills Farmer
Lux Poultry Farms
Probate Matters
W. H. Norris
Maria Leesekamp
C. A. Schatz
Foto Tan Trek Fease
Edwani
Pirasimons Et al
Edward Fitzsimons
Alice E. Benedict
R. G C. Kerschner
Lovell State Bank
Monticello State Bank
R. C. Kerschner
John M. Hogan
Love State Bank
Clifford Phelps
Guardian
Ruth
Harry Matthiessen
Tevell State Bank
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