Joe Peterson Dies in Florida After Illness and Suicide
Clippings from Florida papers report Joe Peterson died by his own hand at Fort Lauderdale on March 15 after a battle with incurable cancer. He was 78, born in Rochester and long-time Monticello plumber and city engineer. He left behind wife Mabel, two sons W H and M L Peterson, a foster daughter, and plans to move back to Minnesota.
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Florida
Joe Peterson
Fort Lauderdale
Peterson
Ore Cemetery
Fort Laudevale
Rochester
New York
Mabel Stambauch
Lake District
Minnesota
Monticello
Maquoketa Valley Baseball League Eyes Growth
The Maquoketa Valley baseball league plans its fourth season with 6 to 8 clubs, up from five, hoping to end Sunday double headers. Monticello Cascade Manchester and Dyersville will stay. Guttenberg may join if more teams enter. A future meeting, likely in Monticello, will set the venue.
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Maquoketa
Contest On Among Four The Boy Scout Patrols
Twenty three boys attended the local troop No 49 meeting held in the scout room Tuesday evening. A contest among the four patrols runs until June 1 based on attendance promptness conduct hikes promotion and good turns with each patrol planning the meetings. Next Tuesday evening the patrol led by Clarence Hearn will run the session. New boys are preparing to pass tenderfoot tests and any boy turning twelve may apply to join the troop.
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Clarence Hearn
Heavy Snow Blankets Vicinity Early This Week
Monticello and nearby areas saw a heavy snow cover as a winter snap hit the region on Monday and Tuesday. Snow depths ranged up to three inches locally with sleety, hazardous highways. Vehicle slide incidents were reported between Monticello and Anamosa and near Monk place east of Monticello, with no injuries or major damage.
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Monticello
Iowa
Anamosa
Monk Place
Onticello
School Board Names Stimson As President
The Monti cello school board held its regular meeting in the public school building last Monday evening. New members R. J. Bone and O. E. York were sworn in, and F. E. Stimson was elected president for the ensuing year. B. C. Dee, an board member, was lent during the past year.
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Monticello
R. J. Bone
O. E. York
F. E. Stimson
B.C. Dee
Narrow Gauge Line 18 Abandoned by Rail System
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced it would issue a certificate permitting the Chicago Milwau kee St. Paul and Pacific Railway to abandon 35.7 miles of narrow gauge branch from Bellevue to Cascade. Local efforts to reconsider failed after a Cascade group and town railway officials traveled to Washington. Loss of the road harms local cattle feeders who depend on it as truck hauling for long distances is unprofitable.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway System
Bellevue
Cascade
Town Railway Commission
Washington
Funeral services held for Louis W. Kehoe
Louis W. Kehoe died March 17 after heart trouble. Funeral at Sacred Heart church conducted by Rev. A L Lorenz. Burial at Immaculate Conception cemetery Castle Grove. Survived by mother Anna Kehoe, brothers John B and Charles, sisters Genevieve Florence and Mrs Ryan. Born August 8 1887 in Castle Grove township.
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Louis Kehoe
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Mr. Kehoe
Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove Township
William
Anna Kehoe
Minneapolis
Minn
Hammond
Wis
Monticello
Ryan
Martin
Walter
Kehoe
Nicholas Kehoe
John B
Charles
Hastings
Ned
Genevieve
Chicago
Florence
Driving to the Century of Progress Fair in Chicago
Rufus G. Dawes predicts a new era for autos as the Century of Progress prepares a motor friendly World’s Fair. He notes Chicago’s highway system and easy day trip access for millions of potential automobile visitors. The exposition aims to showcase modern ideas and meet the era’s needs and hopes.
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Beacon Way
Rufus G. Dawes
Century of Progress
Beacon City
Chicago Sunday Tribune
Chicago
Hejinians to Return From Florida Visit This Month
Dr and Mrs A G Hejinian plan to return from Florida around the 21st or 22nd stopping in New York City for a short visit with their son John Hejinian before heading home a week to ten days earlier than originally expected. J A Belknap and Arthur Lister were elected as directors of the Anamosa Independent School District at the March 13 election with 729 ballots cast, marking strong voter interest. Charles Elliott remained at home after an accident at the Produce plant left his leg bruised and sprained, with no bones broken, after being pinned against a wall by a cranking truck.
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A. G. Hejinian
Florida
Daytona Beach
New York City
John Hejinian
J. A. Belknap
Arthur Lister
Anamosa Independent
Charles Elliott
Elliott
California Earthquakes Bring Chaos and Fearful Tales
Teresa Lux recounts the multiple tremors that followed a California quake. Families scrambled outdoors as cupboards opened and plaster rained down while Los Angeles landmarks suffered glass losses and fires burned. Many slept in cars or tents amid cold nights and tremors that numbered over two hundred by Saturday noon.
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California
Long Beach
Teresa Lux
Frank Lux
Monticello
Louise Hotz
Teresa
Los Angeles
May Company
Bullocks
C. A. Coxsee
G. B. Thomas
Thomas
Compton
C. J. Northrop
Charlie
Monticello Bank Clerked Holbert Auction at Greeley
The Monticello State Bank acted as clerk at the Holbert Horse Importing Company auction in Greeley last week. N G Kraschel Iowa lieutenant governor served as auctioneer. Forty seven Belgian and Percheron horses sold for 26505 dollars averaging 563 dollars 93 cents. The top stallion brought 2275 dollars. Jones county buyers included C B Bottomstone Wyoming at 1600 dollars. The sale described as the largest in twenty five years by horsemen.
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Monticello
Jones County
C. BE. Bottomstone
Wyoming
Icy Sleet Causes Car Crash Near Manchester
Charles H. Durey of Manchester aided Earl Roff after his car stalled on an icy road three and a half miles south of Manchester. While Durey helped, a rear collision with H. C. Becker’s car sent Becker into a five foot ditch. Durey’s car was heavily damaged and Durey was injured.
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Charles H. Durey
Manchester
Earl Roff
Mr. Durey
Roff
H. C. Becker
Becker
Durey
Maude Mirick Cooper Named State Organizer for P. E. O.
Mrs. Maude Mirick Cooper of Boone has been named state organizer of the P. E. O. sisterhood. The appointment was made last week by Mrs. Laura Storms Knapp of Ames, the state president, and brings strong leadership to the Monticello-born member and the order’s state-wide network.
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Maude Mirick Cooper
Boone
Laura Storms Knapp
Ames
Sisterhood
Monticello
Cooper
Gene Byers Orchestra To Play For Farm Bureau
The Lowell township Farm Bureau meets next Tuesday March 28 at 7 30 PM at the public school. The program includes Gene Byers orchestra Pruning Frank Walker Poultry Point era John Wilcox Marginal Land Out of Production William Hintz and William Balsiger Monetary area John C Smith and Irving.
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Lowell Township Farm Bureau
Gene Byers
Frank Walker
John Wilcox
William Hintz
William Balsiger
John C. Smith
Irving
Unusual Sights In And About The Islands Of Fair Hawaii
A January 23 1933 travelogue from Enroute Hawaii recounts a Pearl Harbor harbor cruise by a U S Navy squadron. The author details rough seas aboard ships including the Lexington and Saratoga, a rescue of a stalled plane, and arrival in Pearl Harbor. In Honolulu the group tours Oahu sights including the Navy Y M C A Queen Emma museum Pali and views of sacred falls and Kahuku sugar mill. The visit covers Haleiwa and Haleiwa Bay coral gardens and ends back at Honolulu with military headquarters stop.
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Hawaii
Lexington
Saratoga
Navy
Lee
U.S.S. Chester
Honolulu
Fleet Base
Army Field
Pearl Harbor
Oahu
Queen Emma
Pali
Kamehameha
Kaneoha Bay
Kaawa
Sacred Falls
Loire
Utah
Kahuku
Haleiwa
Walalus Bay
School Patrons Asked To Attend P. T. A. Meeting
The next regular meeting of the Monticello Parent-Teachers' association will be at the public school house next Tuesday after noon March 28 at 3 o'clock. A most interesting and instructive program has been prepared for attendees.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association of
Sleet Storm Causes Major Damage To Local Lines
The sleet storm of Saturday and Sunday caused about 1200 in damage to North Western Bell Telephone lines near Monticello. Over thirty poles broke and 100+ breaks occurred around the exchange requiring forty spans of new wire. Electric lines also suffered with extensive outages in Worthington Delhi Hopkinton Oneida and Band Springs regions. Repairs to be completed in about two weeks.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Tom Hamilton
Monticello
Dubuque
Delaware
Jones
Town Electric Company
Worthington
Hopkinton
Delhi
Oneida
Earlville
Band Springs
Dyersville
Manchester
Cedar Rap
Free Twelve Baby Chicks Offer in The Express
Readers are invited to subscribe and receive twelve baby chicks at no cost. The ad promises twelve chicks for town and twelve more for the country farm, noting the free offer pays back many times the paper’s yearly price. Clip the Chick order from this week’s Express.
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The
Express
Forty Years Ago in Monticello March Events
The Monticello Express for March 1893 records Bert Hubbard buying a small farm near the Clark lime kiln, multiple marriages at Zion Lutheran and in Monticello, a state college trip for Reed and McConnon, two local deaths including Don Huntoon and Polly Joslyn, and a city election delivering a new mayor W W Hunter and officials. Other items note the Chicago marriage of Fd Gardner, a fatal fall of Walter Jewett, school election results with 302 votes, farm sales, a Kansas City funeral train for Calkins, a St Louis medical school graduation for Eugene Gilmore, a birth of an eleventh-pound girl, and the death of Jessie Crim.
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Monticello Express
Bert Hubbard
Clark
France Herrick
Chauncey Bates
Monticello
E. R. Earhart
Hattie Proctor
Concordia
Kansas
Fritz Husmann
Minnie Thumann
Gerhard Lambertus
Kate Siebels
Zion's Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
C. Mardorf
Messrs
Ervin E. Reed
Frank McConnon
Ames
State College
Don Huntoon
Bowen's Prairie
Polly A. Joslyn
John Clark
W. W. Hunter
W. R. Weir
Herman Tiarks
James Young
Fred Slauson
P. O. Babcock
Dexter Page
Fred Matthiessen
Isaac Rigby
Charles Winner
the Express
Fd Gardner
Minnie Black
Chicago
Monticelio
Isaak Schneider
George W. Condon
John McConnon
F. A. Coyle
Walter Jewett
Lovell House
C. A. Crocker
Sand Spring
P. A. Kurt
Bellevue
Ransom M. Calkins
Kansas City
Croup
Calkins
O. M
St. Paul
Eugene &. Gilmore
St. Louis
O. B. Rundle
Jessie Crim
Arthur Crim
Monticello Boys Win Lenox College Tournament Title
Fifth men Ray Coyle Harry Schneider Ray Ferring Robert Hogan and James Bort led Monticello boys to the intra-mural title at Lenox College Hopkinton. They drew a bye in round one, beat their semi final 26 to 16 and won the final 40 to 27 before a large Lenox gym crowd.
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Lenox College
Hopkinton
Ray Coyle
Harry Schneider
Ray Ferring
Robert Hogan
James Bort
Lenox
Steads
Monticello
Placque
Dean Laughlin
Schneider
Agi
Coyle
Hogan
Bort
Ferring
Stead
Paris
Sweaney
Rf Grim
Man Caddy
Lg Rimmer
Hodgdon
Brooks
Cedar Bank Robbery Link Tied to Waterloo Pair
Two Waterloo men Louis Rose aged 28 and Lloyd Green aged 22 were arrested Wednesday and charged with carrying concealed weapons while being questioned in Cedar Rapids over a Cedar Rapids bank robbery. Bank officials later could not identify them as the culprits though authorities said the heist netted about 835 dollars.
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Waterloo
Louis Rose
Lloyd Green
United State Bank
Cedar Rapids
Local Creamery Pays 19 Cents Butterfat in February
The Monticello creamery patrons were paid 19 cents a pound for butterfat for the last half of February. The board of directors will decide by this evening the butterfat price for the first half of March.
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Monticello
Monticello Hosts Sub-District Music Contest
Friday and Saturday this week Monticello hosts the sub-district music contest with 26 events and 105 entries. Contestants come from Bellevue to Wyoming, judged by three Iowa City faculty and three Drake Conservatory judges. Programs run Friday 9 am 1 30 pm 7 30 pm and Saturday at the same times.
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Monticello
Bellevue
Coggon
Dubuque
Manchester
Maquoketa
Marion
Mount Vernon
Preston
Springville
Winthrop
Wyoming
Music Department
the State University
Iowa City
Drake Conservatory of Music
Banks and business moves in Iowa towns and deaths
Amber Savings Bank of Amper was released from bank restrictions under Emergency Banking law. Emerson founder of Emerson-Hillbruner Music in Cedar Rapids died from head and internal injuries after a highway collision between Lisbon and Mechanicsville. Witwer GroceryCo purch ased J G Hutchison in Ottumwa. now runs seven branches in Iowa and nearby states. Governor faces foreclosure suit over a building in Atlantic as a group he presides over holds delinquent mortgage. Legislation amended to allow waivers on public and state funds for reorganizations. Henry Schloz, 62, dies after a coal stove fire in Dubuque Finley hospital confirms burn injuries and explosion caused by kerosene seeking warmth.
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Amber Savings Bank of
Amper
Co. L. Emerson
Emerson-Hillbruner Music Company
Cedar Rapids
Lisbon
Mechanicsville
Weaver Witwer
Witwer Grocery Company
J. G. Hutchison Company
Ottumwa
Witwer Company
Iowa
Atlantic
County Boards of Supervisors
Executive Council
Henry Schloz
Dubuque
Finley Hospital
Sheriff's Fees Must Be Paid In Advance
The Jones County sheriff informs the county bar that bar members needing notices served must pay service fees upfront. Fees will be billed monthly, replacing the former practice of collecting costs at case settlement. Attorneys may need to advance fees for clients at litigation start to cover incurred costs.
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Jones County
Jones County Ministers Meet At Anamosa
The Jones County Ministerial association gathered last Monday at the Anamosa Methodist Episcopal church. Hosts were Rev and Mrs Harry D Green. After a luncheon the program featured devotionals by Rev Dutro of Olin and talks on Confidence in the Future, Re-thinking Missions, and an illustrated lecture on Church Architecture. The April meeting will be at the Presbyterian church of Onslow.
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Jones County
Anamosa Methodist Episcopal Church
Harry D. Green
Martello
Roy V. Porter
Monticello
Presbyterian Church
Gold Deposited in Cedar Rapids by Hopkinton Bank Officials
Messrs. W. P. Hogan and A. J. Miller, officers of Citizens State Bank of Hopkinton, traveled to Cedar Rapids last Monday and deposited 21000 in gold bonds and currency. The amount included 3000 in gold coins and 18000 in gold certificates.
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Messrs. W. P. Hogan
A. J. Miller
Citizens State Bank of
Tax Revision Clash Shapes Iowa Senate Agenda
The Iowa Senate wrestled over tax policy in a two day clash with tax reduction supporters and revisionists. A sitting committee was formed to handle all pending bills with nine tax reduction measures approved and a Beardsley style tax revision bill gaining traction. Lieutenant Governor Kraschel praised the new committee, listing its nine members from across seven cities.
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Senate
House
Kraschel
John H. Valentine
Centerville
D. W. Kimberly
Davenport
Irving H. Knudson
Ellsworth
Henry D. Miller
Morley
Clyde H. Topping
Burlington
Matt D. Cooney
Dubuque
Vincent E. Harrington
Sioux City
E. R. Hicklin
Wapello
M. X. Geske
McGregor
Sub-District Declamatory Contest Held Thursday
Mon ticello high school hosted a sub district declamatory contest with contestants from Anamosa Grant High Cedar Rapids Hopkinton Marton Monticello and Washington high Cedar Rapids. Florence Bock of Grant high won the oratorical division first with Allen Edwards of Marion second. Eileen Ferreter of Marion won the dramatic division with Cecelia Ellington of Hopkinton second. Elmer Rosenbaum of Washington high Cedar Rapids won the humorous division first with Robert Demarec of Hopkinton second.
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Monticello High School
Anamosa
Grant High
Cedar Rapids
Hopkinton
Marton
Monticello
Washington High
Florence Bock
Allen Edwards
Marion
Loree Gillilan
Charles Ireland
Eileen Ferreter
Cecelia Ellington
Miriam Fairbanks
Betty Rapaport
Elmer Rosenbaum
Robert Demarec
Miriam Fair
Ruth Murray
Maquoketa High School
Madonna Cotton
Roy Rickless
Balster Recalls California Earthquake Experience
Henry D Balster, aboard the U S S Pensacola at San Pedro California, describes the tremor as abrupt and strong making the ship appear to move at 28 knots. The crew patrolled the harbor and later searched debris, finding 111 bodies.
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Henry D. Balster
U.S.S. Pensacola
San Pedro
California
the Express
Niece of Karl Keyes Dies in Mount Vernon
Miss Harriet Keyes Hoover, 30, of Mount Vernon, died last Tuesday after a Cedar Rapids hospital operation for cancer. She was a Cedar Rapids teacher and niece of Karl Keyes of Monticello. Funeral services will be held in Mount Vernon tomorrow.
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Harriet Keyes Hoover
Mount Vernon
Karl Keyes
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Hoover
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. V. Baseball League
Boy Scout
Stimson
Louis W. Kehoe
William Kehoe
Castle Grove
Monticello State Bank
Holbert
Farm Bureau
Far West
P. T. A. Meeting
Henry Balster
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