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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1929
Page
5
The March term opened in Anamosa with Judge F L Anderson presiding. Several cases were dismissed or unresolved, defaults noted, and numerous estates and guardianships with final reports and court actions listed. Equity cases for March 18 and 2nd week assignments were also announced.
Sacred Heart defeated St Wenceslaus 13 10 in the Catholic tournament semi final in DuBuque earning the trophy from Archbishop Keane. Tonight the Blues face Columbia Academy with a possible trip to Chicago for the Central West tournament. Monti led earlier wins 38 12 over St Johns Independence and 13 10 over Cedar Rapids Immaculate Conception.
Monticello’s Red and Black basketball team fell 18 to 17 in overtime to Dubuque Senior High in the first round at Dubuque last Thursday. Seven Monti misses at the line doomed the upset bid. They close the 1928-29 season tonight versus Martello after two prior losses to the same opponent this season.
Messrs. W. R. Johnson of Marion and F. A. Dougherty of Cedar Rapids bought the Jacque Dray and transfer line and took possession yesterday. Dougherty will move to Monticello to run the business. Johnson will join the railroad for a time before relocating. Pearl Levien will drive the delivery truck on First street as they plan to add a larger truck for heavy hauling.
The Farmers' Savings Bank of Troy Mills was closed yesterday morning by order of the board of directors due to frozen assets. N. T. Rowe was president, and cashier R. W. Michael cited the bank's $46,000 in deposits against a $10,000 capitalization as details. It was the town's sole bank.
Weather permitting, Lovell and Richland townships schedule a joint meeting at the Monticello public school on March 8, 1929. A noon dinner is served, attendees bring dishes and silverware. The program includes piano by Miss Liddy, a talk by School Superintendent Mr Grimes on the Smith Hughes Act, delegate reports from the January Des Moines convention, moving pictures, and other matters.
The column records multiple deaths by suicide in Wheatland and Mechanicsville, a fatal pedestrian auto accident in Wheatland, injuries to Manchester girls from a car crash, a 50th wedding anniversary near Morley with 110 guests, a district court fine in Independence for illegal liquor transportation, and the seizure of a Ford truck with 400 gallons of alcohol, tied to a Chicago man.
Clayton Palmer spoke to the Monticello Rotary on community service praising town roads, schools, the hospital, library, fair, PTA, fire department and council. He urged forming a commercial club to attract factories, promote airport access and cleaner streets, and noted the late Wv. L. Hanssen’s service. A new baby was welcomed at McDonald hospital.
Calvin Yoran 84 longtime Manchester lawyer and Delaware county bar leader died at home March 1 at 1 30 p m He was born June 5 1844 in Herkimer County New York and admitted to the bar in 1870 Survived by two sons Melvin and Clarence both lawyers His wife preceded him in death Yoran was admired for his character and service to clients and tracked as a notable figure in local legal circles.
President Hoover took the oath at 1 PM on March 4, Taft administering from the east steps of the Capitol. He stressed law enforcement and rapid justice, urged state and citizen duty to enforce Prohibition, and proposed shifting enforcement to the Department of Justice. He backed world peace, the World Court, and a restrained national defense as part of a broader plan for reduced arms and legal reform.
John L. Batchelder of the Sand Spring Farmers Mutual creamery reports January butterfat payments averaged 56 cents. Patrons receiving $200+ included P. J. Kurt 493.20 Ray White 356.76 Weber and Geste 330.46 E Gearhart 306.86 Slauson and Slauson 291.96 Trenkamp Bros 281.33 H Becker 268.30 Flanagan and Lives 243.34 Smith and Roger 228.58 Earl Neilsen 209.55 and Schmidt 206.60. Batchelder notes January test averaged over 30 percent, a 9 percent rise from 1928 and 50 percent from 1927, and urges culling low producers and adding young stock. A cow testing association meeting is set for Sand Spring March 15. patrons urged to attend to improve herds and learn ration mixing.
Willard Wastman Robert Hartford and John Reistoffer all of Bellevue were arrested during Jackson county raids and pleaded guilty in district court to maintaining liquor nuisances. Judge C L Ely sentenced each to three months in jail and a $300 fine.
Fourteen carloads moved from this station in the past week. Cattle to Chicago from Adams & Adams on Monday and from Ed Eilers, S. M. Hosford, and John Hasler on Wednesday. Two more cattle carloads to Union Stock Yards Chicago via Rev. R. P. Kuentzel last week. A farm goods consignment to Reeseville Wisconsin by Solomon & Marmis on Friday. Scrap iron to Hammond Indiana by Ed Eilers last Thursday and to Gary Indiana next Wednesday. Butter and eggs to New York by Farmers' Creamery last Saturday.
The Christian Science Monitor notes tributes to Mrs Calvin Coolidge’s graciousness and regret over her imminent departure from Washington. A diamond brooch gifted by women marks her tact and charm as wife of the president, featuring a five carat center stone and three carats surrounding by smaller diamonds. A 22 inch chain with 170 diamonds accompanies it. The public sentiment also praises a George Washington University degree she received.
The Galbrith and Kellum sale last week and the H E Ahraken sale last Thursday drew good crowds and fair prices per the auctioneer W H Null. Cattle stock had mixed results with cows underperforming for the season while other stock sold well. Grains and poultry valued with oats at 50 cents per bushel corn 90 cents and hens fetching 1 87 and 1 40 respectively at the two auctions.
Daughters were born to Mr and Mrs Frank Starry and to Mr and Mrs Adam Reichart. Leonard Durst bought the Casper Arduser farm in Castile Grove. G F Paulsen bought the R M Hicks farm in Delaware County at 100 per acre. Several weddings and births, including Miss Jessie Warnecke’s teaching post and the Schlemme, Skelley, Graves, and Balsiger family events, are noted along with school elections and local deaths. Archibald Livingston, Red River band member, dies between here and Hopkinton.
Mr and Mrs I D Terwilliger visited Monticello friends last Friday and Mrs Terwilliger reported she had read The Express for sixty years. She began as a girl of eleven in her father's home and continued after her 1875 marriage. They have been married forty four years and staff invite others to report readers since July 10 1865.
Siegfried Guyan of Geo. Stuhler's Sons shoe department has gone to Chicago to report to the Scholl Orthopedic Training school. He earned a scholarship for advanced foot comforts orthopedics and retail merchandising under Dr. William M. Scholl. Friends wish him well and await his return.
Theodore Jacobsen sells fixtures and goodwill of Snow White Bakery to Bert and Donald Watters of Galesburg. They assume management this week after completing the deal yesterday. Jacobsen stays a week in Monticello before returning to Maquoketa. The Watters bring bakery experience from Independence and Galesburg and plan to move to Monticello once a house is found.
The Monticello Boy Scouts host Anamosa troops for a joint court of honor Monday night March 11 at 8 o'clock in the Monticello Methodist church. Scout Commissioner Hathaway says 30 or more scouts in uniform will attend with townspeople as onlookers. The event presents badges and Tenderfoot investments, inviting all community members to attend with no admission.
Jones county Farm Bureau women gathered March 2 at the Anamosa office with L A Dunn presiding. Discussions covered county scoring horticulture and home gardening plus reports from the state federation and on Ames Farm and Home Week. Delegates named to Des Moines thanked the county and set next meeting for the first Saturday evening in May.
The Hopkinton Leader notes the county poor fund, rising from about $8,000 to over $30,000, now strained by high demand. A hard winter increases requests for aid as the county home remains full of needy residents. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Carpenter Sr. depart to St. Petersburg Florida for two months to escape Iowa’s late winter.
Chas D Chase 63 of Greeley Colorado died in his sleep on Friday February 22 after prolonged illness asthma. A Texas native and Monticello native he worked in hardware with his father in law George W Eastwood later at Hongdluster factory and in irrigated farming. Survived by wife Mia two daughters Lucile and Helen and sister Mrs George Daniel.
Leonard E Aldrich died at home near the Monticello area last Sunday after a three year battle with internal cancer, with his wife and children by his side. Born May 4, 1856 in Castle Grove township, he lived most of his life on a local farm, retiring three years ago. Survived by his wife, eleven children, two brothers, two sisters, and twenty two grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Monticello Presbyterian Church last Monday at 2 p.m. Rev. Leonard Duckett officiated. Burial followed at Oakwood cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Iverson were part of a town delegation that traveled by special train to Washington for Herbert Hoover's presidential inauguration. They appeared in group photos with President Hoover and Governor Hammill of Iowa. The delegation also enjoyed a reception with Hoover, a navy orchestra ball, and tours of Mount Vernon Arlington Cemetery and Washington before returning home.
The Parent Teacher Association selects several films to screen in Monticello from March 6 to April 1. Among titles are Coffee To Tom’s Cabin, The Cohens and Sillers in Paris, Cold Troopsides, The Fighting Redhead, and The Big Killing featuring stars like Wallace Beery Esther Ralston J Farrell MacDonald Buzz Barton and Raymond Hatton.
Mr and Mrs John Finlay welcomed Clyde King born last Sunday morning at eight o clock in McDonald hospital. This adds a second boy to the Finlay family. Mr Finlay serves as supervisor of physical training for boys at Monticello public schools.
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