Monti Building Show Opens In Opera House
The Eclipse Lumber company hosts its second annual building show at the Opera House with displays from Certaineed Products Chicago Dubuque Stone and other firms. Soil tests by Max Wortman and a screening of the movie Transformation follow showings today and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eclipse Lumber Company
Opera House
Certaineed Products Company of
Chicago
Dubuque Stone Products Company
Max Wortman
Curtis & Company
Clinton
N. E. Davis
Dewey Portland Cement
C. B. Law
Northwestern Barbed Wire Company
A. C. Schucknecht
Franklin Equipment Company of
Montice
Express Honored In Press Competition At Iowa Meeting
The Iowa Press association honored several weekly papers at Des Moines. Rock Rapids Reporter won first for greatest general improvement, with F. K. Smith as editor. Anthon Herald earned prize for towns under 1 000. Honorable mentions went to Audubon Advocate Dallas County News Ida Grove Pioneer Clayton County Register Cherokee Chief Monticello Express Corydon Times-Republican New Hampton Tribune Traer Star Clipper Gowrie News Newell Mirror and others in various categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Press Association
Des Moines
Associated Press
Rock Rapids
F. K. Smith
Anthon Herald
Audubon Advocate
Dallas County News
Ida Grove Pioneer
Clayton County Register
Cherokee Chief
Monticello Express
Corydon Times
Waverly Independent Republican
Traer Star-Clipper
Cedar River Floods Hit Iowa Cities and Roads
Destructive floods from melting snows flood Waterloo Vinton and Cedar Rapids causing street flooding and damaged basements while 200 residents flee. Wapsi overruns Anamosa highway 161 making night travel unsafe and Monticello sees washing but no travel cutoff. Authorities note receding waters and stubborn mud on rural routes along the Cam Greer farm to Sand Spring area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar
Waterloo
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Wapsie
Anamosa
Maquoketa
Monticello
Hopkinton
Cam Greer
Sand Spring
Capitola Youngstrom Named Iowa Hospital Day State Chairman
Miss Capitola Youngstrom RN superintendent of John McDonald Memorial hospital Monticello was selected as state chairman for National Hospital day in Iowa. The 1929 committee includes Dr. Louis H. Burringham and J Cummings. She previously helped make hospital day at Monticello unique and has served two years.
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Capitola Youngstrom
R. N
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Monticello
Iowa
Louis H. Buringham
American Hospital Association
J. Cummings
Tacoma General Hospital
Tacoma
Cummings
Ampasoum
Youngstrom
McDonald Hospital
Neighborhoods Eye Tax for Municipal Band Concerts
Local voters will decide on a tax to fund municipal band concerts following the Monticello example set years ago. Nearby reports note outages from flood damage to the Central City dam east wing and Cedar River flooding.
Rotary Anns Guests At Dinner In Monticello
Dr. T. M. Redmond presided over a Rotary Anns dinner at Maples Inn in Monticello last Tuesday evening. The affair featured vocal solos by Howard McLaughlin with Laura Sinclair on piano, a high school boys quartet with Bertha Mae Goldin at the piano, and a reading by Miss Eleanor Luse of Coe College. A pink rose stunt and a lemon exchange provided finale fun, with Mrs. Riess Stuhler winning candy and Ray Hoag paying for it as the lemon bearer. An orchestra of local players supplied music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Redmond
Maples Inn
Monticello
Bertha Mae Goldin
Items Of Occurrences Thirty Years Ago
Names and events from the community include deaths, marriages, land sales, and public notices. Key items: Guy Mosier dies in Cuba as a Spanish American War enlistee. John Niblo dies at 62 in Zwingle. marriage of Miss Lena Ehler and John Haeussler. marriage of Ollie Dawson and Luther Vandemark. church fund drive underway. various property sales including Lovell residence and Perry Sisson farm. veterans returning with discharge. school board re-election. Simon Kehoe dies of pneumonia at 29 with four children. Forrest Matson attends state normal school after a varied career. Eliza Voorhees birthday. James Chapman sentenced for beer theft. Fay Seeber dies in Deming NM. David Lundon dies in Castle Grove. municipal election results. Dayton Cunningham and Dora Gadmer marry. Lovell heirs land sale to Tobias Tobison for 24600. timber sales in Richland township.
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Guy Mosier
Cuba
Co. H
Iowa
John Haeussler
B. D. Haeussler
Lena Ehler
Ehler
John Niblo
Richland Township
Zwingle
O. G. Meyer
Ollie Dawson
Luther Vanedermark
A. W. Steiner
North Cedar Street
Thomas
Robert Wilson
Ryan
Monticello
Perry Sisson
James Crowley
Castle
Forrest Matson
Cedar Falls
State Normal School
Forrest
Klondike
Cedar Rapids
Eliza Voorhees
James A. Voorhees
Remley
James Chapman
Fay Seeber
Deming
New Mexico
Montitello
David Lundon
Castle Grove Township
Father Murphy
Argand Catholic
Dayton Cunningham
Castle Grove
Dora Gadmer
Quimby
Manchester
George W. Lovell
Tobias Tobiason
School Notes From Leta Peterson A Quiet Return After Mumps
Miss Mattocks' science pupils await her return as she recovers from mumps. Mabel McVay resumes classwork after a week away, Velma Ohe teaches twelve third graders, and senior normal training girls prep to teach rural schools during spring break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ferguson
Heiserman
Sutherland
Miss Mattocks
Josephine Poppe
Funeral Held For Frank Harold In Prairieburg
The funeral of Frank Harold 76 formerly of Prairieburg was held at the Catholic church yesterday morning at 9 30 Burial was made beside his wife in the cemetery He was born in Bohemia and was a farmer for most of his life He is survived by one daughter Mrs Hayle of Grand Meadow Minnesota The body traveled to Monticello yesterday with Mrs Hayle and her son Joseph The funeral party went from the train to the church Mr Harold moved from Prairieburg to Minnesota in 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Harold
Prairieburg
Harold
Bohemia
Hayle
Grand Meadow
Minnesota
Monticello
Joseph
Electric cooking school set at Monticello Opera House
The Monticello Express sponsors a free four day cooking school for women at the Opera House starting April 2. Miss Gladys Looney will teach two hour sessions daily with demonstrations of electric cooking using a Hot-Point range. Local merchants supply equipment, furniture, shoes, and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Monticello
The
Monticello Express
Gladys Looney
Miss Looney
Merchintte
Iowa Electric Company
Iverson Furniture
Frank Locher
Lyric Radio
George Stuhler
Farmers’ Creamery Company
Kash & Karry Grocery
Childress Motor Company
Geo. Stuhler’s Sons Company
A. J. H. McNeill
Rickless Grocery
Rickless Os Goods Store
A. W. Steiner
Digiuee
Manchester Lawyers Robbed By Burglars
Two Manchester law firms Yoran and Yoran and Bronson and Charlton were burglarized last Sunday afternoon. The thief opened safes with a cold chisel, taking 265 dollars in bonds and cash plus 1000 dollars from the Yoran office. He used known keys, entered through doors, and papers were scattered. Senator Banta’s office was also broken into but left untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Yoran
Bronson & Charlton
Bronson and Charlton
Bud Lehman Victim of Automobile Accident
Bud Lehman son of Fred Lehman, an Iowa Electric power house employee, was injured in an auto accident Sunday evening in front of the Farmers Cooperative creamery. He drove a Whippet roadster into a telephone pole, wrecking the car and causing a fractured arm and serious cuts. Francis Locher, in a nearby car, had a window broken by flying glass from the Lehman collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Lehman
Fred Lehman
Iowa Electric Company
Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery
Lehman
Francis Locher
Creamery
Locher
Scout Circus Plans and Scoutmaster Moore's Instructions
The Cedar Rapids area council Scout circus next month will feature stunts such as a dingle fire and a wigwam fire with clowning and demonstrations. Tickets for Monticello residents are available from the scouts. A new bulletin board at scout headquarters lists merit badge examiners and meetings. Beaver patrols show a new white pennant with a red beaver. Attendance at meetings improved despite rain. aim is 100 percent next week at 7 PM.
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Moore
Cedar Rapids Area
Monticello
R. T
Geraldine Brainard Offered Girls Club Leader Post
A Fayette and Winneshiek county committee offers Geraldine Brainard the girls' club leader and home project work in the counties for the coming year. Brainard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Brainard, is a Monticello and Iowa State College graduate and ex Spirit Lake domestic science instructor. Her release from Spirit Lake High School would start in April if the school agrees, and the committee notes no risk in the selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Winneshiek
Geraldine Brainard
Miss Brainard
George Brainard
Cass Township
Monticello High School
Iowa State College
Spirit Lake High School
Butterfat Pricing Set By Farmers' Mutual Creamery
The Farmers' Mutual Creamery association will pay 58 cents per pound of butterfat for February deliveries and that rate will be the price payable on the 25th.
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Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Association
Mrs Coolidge Presents Two Millions To Clarke School
A Clarke School for the Deaf endowment of 2 million dollars is presented by Mrs. Coolidge. The scene in Hubbard Hall includes Miss Yale and Miss Peace meeting Mrs. Coolidge and Mr. Coolidge. The ceremony is filmed by Movietone as cameras roll and reporters jot notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Brainard
Northampton
Edward
Clarke's School For the Deaf
Coolidge
Brainard
J. E. Bateman
Prof. Wood
Mrs. Coolidge
Yale
Mr. Coolidge
Miss Yale
Neilson of
Smith
Miss Peace
Dudley Hall
Adeline
Henry Schoon Traps Time in Garden With Early Sprouts
Henry Schoon seized Time last Friday dragging the mythical figure into his yard and setting him on the fence as he planted early peas and lettuce. After harvest, Time was told to move on, leaving in search of a housewife who acquires the housecleaning fever at robin sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schoon
Henry
Flower Show Featured at Jones County Fair
Jones County Fair directors announce a forthcoming flower show in the floral hall replacing the former art department. Contestants may enter gladioli dahlias zinnias marigolds asters snapdragons and miscellaneous autumn blooms with first and second prizes of 1.50 and 75 cents and a sweepstakes prize around 5. Amateurs within Jones county only may compete and further details will follow next week.
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Jones County
Monticello School Board Reelects Grimes Superintendent
At a regular Monticello public schools meeting Arch B. Grimes was re elected as superintendent with a two year contract from July 1 1929 to July 1 1931. His salary rises to 3000 per year and he is praised for universal satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Monticello
Consolidated Schools
Maynard
Coe College
University of Chicago
The
State University At
Iowa City
Mrs Pickering Former Center Jet Lady Dead
Angeline E. Pickering of Jones county died last Monday at 3 a.m. in Viola after long heart trouble. Born October 4, 1849 in Jackson county, she studied at Rush Medical College before practicing medicine at Center Junction and Anamosa. She had two marriages, first to Thomas Lyons, then to William Pickering in 1914, who died after being struck by a train near Stone City a year earlier. She is survived by a sister, a half brother, and several foster children. Funeral was at Viola Methodist Church with Rev. Kidder presiding. burial beside her first husband in Center Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angeline E. Pickering
Jones County
Viola
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Center Junction
Anamosa
Thomas Lyons
Willam Pickering
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mr. Kidder
Mount Vernon
Viola Church
DeMolay Beats Monticello All Stars In Rough Game
DeMolay basketball team defeated Monticello All Stars 11 to 3 at the gym last Friday evening before a fair crowd. A postgame boxing match between DeMolay Midpet and Bob the Assassin ended in a crowd drawn draw. The squad travels to Grinnell next Friday for a three day state tournament March 27, 29, 29 with Des Moines Cedar Rapids Sioux City and others entering.
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DeMolay
Monticello “All Stars
Bob
Grinnell
Raymond Marugg
James Bender
Harold Marugg
Meyer Marmis
Monticello
Cornell College Orchestra
Mount Vernon
Sacred Heart School Notes Highlight Class Play Exams and Basketball
Sacred Heart notes report the senior class has chosen Watch Your Step Wilton by Eugene G Hafer with parts assigned and stage after Easter. Exams six weeks long concluded last week with report cards issued Monday. Only two six week periods remain in the year as students push for strong scholastic results. English III IV studied Life and Works of Samuel Johnson and Deserted Village plus Goldsmith. Basketball season ended with a diocesan tournament win in Dubuque March 7. four seniors Schlimmer Donahoe Reichart Neilly graduate. team record twelve wins four losses and diocesan champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Eugene G. Hafer
Samuel Johnson
Goldsmith
Johnson
Dubuque
Sacred Heart High
Schlimmer
Donahoe
Reichart
Neilly
Hopkinton Hatchery Losses From Power Outage
Hopkinton leaders R. E. Lux and F. J. Gestel faced heavy losses when electricity failed mid incubation. Their incubators, running at full capacity, lacked fan heat distribution, risking widespread damage. Potentially about 40,000 spring chicks may have died as hatcheries remained powered down awaiting hatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
R. E. Lux
F. J. Gestel
Mr. Lux
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Monti
Opera
Eclipse Lumber Co
the Express
Cedar River
Hospital Day
Central City
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Winton
George Dickson
Earlville
Colesburg
Judge Wood
Delaware District Court
William Haigh
Anamosa Reformatory
Chat Wesmepu
L Frances-hame
Lane
Clarence Nauman
Spechts Ferry
Owen Mitchell
Olin
Mitchell
Martelle
Darsee General
Bobst Brothers
C. H. Hemstreet
Darsee
Bank
Lisbon
Rotary Anns
Leta Peterson
Express
Boy Scout
Clarke School
Hattie Specht
Miss Specht
Emma Grote
Ann Miller
Margaret Kaste
Rose Edie
John Finlay
J. Edward Heiserman
Martha Meyer
Ardis Rabe
LaVetta Perrine
Hattie L. Specht
Sacred Heart School
Donald Burrichter
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