Widow Mrs Doxsee Dies After Long Illness In Monticello
Mrs. Jessie Fawcett Doxsee wife of J W Doxsee died at her Monticello Iowa home Thursday March 22 1928 at 7 40 pm after a long illness She was laid to rest at Oakwood cemetery funeral at the family home March 25 led by Rev A E Coe with Rev W B Van Buren assisting The service featured songs My Task and Crossing the Bar with Miss Elfriedo Cartano on piano She leaves husband two children Charles Alfred Doxsee and Mary Eliza Doxsee three grandchildren and several siblings in Ohio and Pennsylvania Her life included teaching in Alliance and Salem Ohio marriage in Salem 1887 and over four decades in Monticello She traveled extensively to Europe the Great War battlefields the Mediterranean and the Holy Land and found great solace in travel and reading including My Shepherd Life in Galilee by Haboush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Fawcett Doxsee
J. W. Doxsee
Monticello
Iowa
Suinday
A. E. Coe
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. B. van Buren
Tipton
Coe
Elfriedo Cartano
Oakwood Cemetery
Elmer KE. Hicks
A. M. Maurice
L. H. Lang
A. J. H. McNeill
Clif Main
Elmer Noble
Frank E. Palmer
Vinton
Ellsworth Palmer
Neilsen
Frank Carroll
Mattie McClintock
Ruth Laurence
W. R. Boyd
Blanche Hunss
Chatiers Moles
Dorothy Hance
Georman
Cedar~ Rapids
Sore Mirick
Maud Cooper
Boone
Galen Mirick
Fayette
J. E. Nye
Manchester
Jessie Fawcett
Mechanicsville
Arne Oldberg
Evanston
Illinois
R. E. Coxsee
Rockford
Ilinois
Sara Cumming
Moline
Alfrieda Reed
Toledo
Alice Reed
Mount Vernon
Thomas Kingsley
Preston Hamil
Thomas Hamil
Cascade
Ida Leonard
Woodward
Melissa Hubbard
Sioux City
W. E. van Buren
Jessie Sloan Fawcett
Charles L. Fawcett
Eliza Sloan Fawcett
Salem
Ohio
Lisbon
Aliance
J. W. Coxsee
Charles Alfred Doxsee
Mary Eliza Doxsee
Antonette Mary
Wilbur Korslund
George Charles
George S. Fawcett
Philadelphia
Charles H. Fawcett
Long Island
Margaret M. Fawcett
Cleveland
Coxsee
Europe
Mediterranean
Holy Land
Christ
Galilee
Stephen A. Haboush
William Moler
Independence
Moler
Dorothy Yoran
M. J. Yoran
Delaware County
Charles Isbell
Hopkinton
George Harper
E. M. Loop
Carlyle Bowling
Maquoketa
T. B. Sabile
Joseph Wiehl
T. Warning
Dyersville
Sacred Heart
Walker
John Steinlage
St. Mary's Church
Ackley
St. Francis Church
Jules Gleanson
Masonville Bank
State Penitentiary
Creansson
Thomas McAleer
Buchanan County
Monti
Castle Grove
Florence Austrel
Frederick Stock
Cornell College
Eddie Gustafson
Keosauqua
University of Town Hospital
Gustafson
Kenneth Merritt
Beulah Sutton
Iron Hill
Gilbert Sutton
JiNette Rezab
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Gera Maria Rastede
Charles Rastede
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Gera Maria Jacobs
Henry Jacobs
Wayne Township
Jones County
Wayne Lutheran Church
C. Mardorf
Langworthy
Velma Alice Rastede
Jones County Early History Highlights First Settlers and Institutions
A digest of Jones County origins lists the first settlers and key institutions including Hugh Bowen as the first permanent settler and sheriff, Edinburg as early court site, William Hutton as first court clerk, I C O F lodge in Anamosa, and the 1840 post office in Edinburg. It notes early schools, a first attorney C C Rockwell, Dr. Clark Joslin as first physician, the first creamery by H D Sherman, and the Anamosa News as the first newspaper in 1852.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Bowen
Bowen's Prairie
Edinburg
William Hutton
Anamosa
Simington
Monticello
D. Stivers
C. C. Rockwell
Newport
Clark Joslin
H. D. Sherman
Anamosa News
First
Tragic Postmaster Kills Family in Lowden Iowa
In Lowden Cedar County Iowa Lambert Meier postmaster shot his wife and three children in his home then killed himself. Meier had just been ordered to turn over post office accounts and had been briefly relieved from duties. Authorities investigated as mayor and deputies prepared for autopsy and inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowden
Iowa
Cedar County
American Press Association
Lambert Meier
Meier
Fred Meier
M. M. Paul
Washington
Jean
M.B. Paul
Tipton
Cedar
Stanwood
Meijer
Alyce le Belleau
Milwaukee
Roy Marks
Marks
A. L. Mensing
A. M. McCormick
Harry Hamilton
Double Wedding in Anamosa and Ames Students
In Anamosa last Saturday two couples wed at the Congregational church with Rev. W. K. Williams officiating. Wilma S. Reid and Julius H. Westphal wed, and Mariam A. Powers married Hubert M. Stoddard, all of Anamosa. The brides are 20 and the grooms 22. After a brief trip to Des Moines the couples returned to Ames for studies at Iowa State College. Westphal works at a service station in Anamosa. the others are students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Anamosa
W. K. Williams
Congregational Church
Wilma S. Reid
Julius H. Westphal
Mariam A. Powers
Hubert M. Stoddard
Mr. Westphal
Ana
Adored wife and mother Mrs Coxsee passes in peace
Mrs Coxsee, longtime member of the local P B O society and a Methodist, died peacefully in sleep after a brilliant sunset. Her faith was bright, guiding her family from darkness to the light of an eternal morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxsee
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fifty Years Ago Election Returns And Social News
The city elected G W Garlock mayor by 45 votes and C W Gurney recorder by 63. Other winners included N W Austin assessor 96 vote margin and L Palmer treasurer 64. Council members were Starks Kahn Rigby Bradstreet Paine. Births marriages and local events fill the Monticello page with theatre, donations, shop moves, burglaries and school notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Garlock
M. W. Herrick
C. W. Gurney
B. Stuart
N. W. Austin
W. Hickok
L. Palmer
Theodore Soetje
J. G. Wood
Thomas Peak
W. King
N. Smith
H. H. Starks
Board of Education
Table Mound
Dubuque County
Lucien Rice
Hannah Palmer
Leman Palmer
G. Frankfurter
Viola Allen
Edward Allen
J. S. Eberhart
M. E. Church
Joseph
Monticello
Frank L. Hayden
W. Towne
J. H. Bacher
H. G. Leichhardt
Robert Young
Andrew Peak
Miles L. Austin
F. Reichenbach
J. B. Smith
E. N. McGregor
E. K. Humphrey
I. N. Austin
W. A. Mirick
G. W. Hunt
Fanny Clark
Carrie Starks
Ida Young
Anna Smith
H. H. Monroe
Kate Curtis
E. Brintnall
H. D. Sherman
Emma Vehon
B. W. Brintnall
Dell White
May Banghart
Ella Tryon
Rose Magee
Allie Tryon
Mary Sleeper
Lulu Gibson
C. A. Henry
Emma. Clark
Clarence A. Thomas
Hattie N. Fairbanks
Cass Township
C. B. Mather
One Week Left to Pay Taxes to Avoid Penalty
Taxpayers are urged to pay the first or full tax installment by the week’s end to avoid penalties. The 1927 Code Sections 7211 and 7214 note delinquency dates and interest at one percent per month if installments are not paid by April first and October first after the levy.
Husman Becomes Salesman at Geo Stuhler’s Sons
Henry E. Husman former member of Husman and McCrea has joined Geo Stuhler’s Sons as a clothing department salesman. He brings extensive experience and invites Easter clothing shoppers to his counter, noting he will serve his many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Husman
Husman& McCrea
Geo. Stuhler’s Sons Company
Husman
Mowry Case Resume in Anamosa Court
The Mowry versus Reinking trial resumed in district court at Anamosa before Judge F. L. Anderson with a jury. Plaintiff Henry Mowry testified in a slander and libel action tied to remarks by London residents about his refusal to permit an American Legion event on a German holiday. Arguments to the jury began, led by J. C. France of Tipton, as all evidence was already submitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mowry Vs. Reinking
Anamosa
F. L. Anderson
Charles Dutcher
Iowa City
Henry Mowry
London
American Legion
Hopkinton Hotel Man In Liquor Trouble
A Manchester dispatch covers the trial of Henry Acers Hopkinton hotel keeper charged with selling intoxicating liquor. The trial is postponed to Monday due to a missing prohibition agent witness. Sheriff Utley testified about squid bottles found during the raid and unstamped cigarets. the federal agent says liquor was purchased at the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Henry Acers
Hopkinton
H. G. Utley
Long
Farm Bureau Women Complete Clothing Project Activities
Farm Bureau women in the county completed a clothing project. Training schools led by Mildred B. Elder taught bias tape making pattern alteration and machine finishes. Sixty local leaders held 213 follow up meetings with 1 544 attending, resulting in 3088 yards of bias tape and 401 finishes used. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moon visited in Warren Illinois on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Mildred B. Elder
Extension Service
Ames
Elder
Monticello High School Prepares For Music Contest
Monticello Public School will host a district high school music contest next week April 7 with four sessions over two days. Ten Monticello entries include orchestra chamber music glee clubs and various solos and small groups. Public attendance urged and admission price to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Anc
Cedar Rapids
Marion
West Liberty
Tinton
Manchester
Edgewood
Caron
Mount Vernon
Marlville
Stonwiad
Maquoketa
Carson
Miss Specht
Miss Wilcox
Monti Hi
Monti
Finlay
Oxford Junction
Wyoming
Coe
County Democrats plan county and state convention in April
Iowa Democrats hold township and precinct caucuses March 31 to pick delegates for the county convention on April 7 in Anamosa. The state convention in Des Moines April 20 will choose 26 delegates for Houston’s national convention June 26 1928. Contests brew between Al Smith supporters and Ed Meredith backers over delegate choices. Iowa’s strong Republican tilt limits general election hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Des Moines
Houston
Texas
al Smith Club
Smith
Ed Meredith
Iowa
Brookhart
U. S
Boy Scout Notes and Upcoming Circus Plans
The column notes a potential Scout circus in a couple of months to show scout activities and clarify public understanding. It reports on a Tuesday Court of Honor with Simon Locher earning second class rank and several merit badges. Next Saturday features a hike and a second class cooking contest with scouts cooking steak and potatoes without utensils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Locher
Bruce Suthers
James Rickless
Milton Langer
R.T. Moore
A. E. Coe
First Jones County Civil War Volunteer Company Organized
The first company of Civil War volunteers from Jones County formed August 12 1861. William T Shaw named as commissary, and squads gathered at Anamosa with wagons from Rome Hale Jackson and Madison townships. Captain Carpenter of Rome led the initial unit of 64 men after withdrawals and reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
William T. Shaw
Home Guards
Anamosa
Rome
Hale
Jackson
Madison Townships
Scotch Grove
Magee
Seatch Grove
Degether
Bowen's Prairie
Carpenter
Death Visits Three Homes in Jones County
Obituary notices report the death of Harry Clay Dice at Center Junction on March 24 1928 at age 67. He left a large family including wife Amy Dell Corbell and multiple children across Iowa and beyond. Funeral held at Center Junction Methodist church. Also noted are the deaths of Gera Maria Rastede and Delores Anna Etten, with survivor details and service information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Clay Dice
Jones County
Center Junction
Mr. Dice
Fulton
Thinais
Ira J
Jennie Dice
Linn County
Prattieburg
Hopkinton
Manchester
Amy Dell Corbell
Monticello
Scotch Grove
Dice
Ross
Edwin R. Dice
C. E. Smith
Vancouver
Wash
Lucy M. Dice
Seattle
A. L. Dice
C. E. Dice
West Liberty
Iowa
C. H. Dice
Portland
Oregon
J. M. Bridges
Lisbon
Methodist Church of
Worcester of
Anamosa
G. O. Long
City Election Ends Quietly With Low Turnout
Only two Democrats remained candidates and about 200 votes were cast. Arduser won the council seat by four votes while Ray Hoag and G M Matthiessen led council races. J Le Ray Farmer drew write in votes, but was not a candidate. results show mayoral and ward tallies with Park Commissioner and assessor outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cauneilniin
Arduser
J. LeRay Farmer
Farmer
TH. Ro Jacobs
Fishman
B. EL First
Parmer
Ray Hoag
CG. Matthiessen
Vv. L. Hanssen Ai
A. W. Adams
J. L. Arduser
Fainyes
H. I. Seneccn
Park
P. J. Danke
F. E. Stimson
TH. OR. Jacobs
First Building Show In Monticello Opens This Week
The Monticello building show starts today in the Shodds building near the post office under Eclipse Lumber manager Harry Rodman. Fifteen exhibitors plus a Monticello public school manual training booth will be on display with Eugene Rodman and Henry Balster overseeing benches this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Shodds
Harry I. Rodman
Eclipse Lumber Company
Monticello
Manual Training Department
Eugene Rodman
Henry Balster
Beaver Vulcanite
Mason City Brick and Tile Co
Balsani
Wood Conversion Company
Cloquet
Minn
Franklin Equipment Company
Burnham Manufacturing Company
Charles City
Athis Portland Cement Company
Chicago
Northwestern Barb Wire Company
Sterling
Illinois
Jones County Farm Bureau
Dubuque Stone Products Company
Wagon
Penitentiary Sentence For Liquor Violator
In Linn county last Monday morning the court sentenced John Vosburg to the penitentiary at Fort Madison for up to three years for maintaining a liquor nuisance at his filling station west of Cedar Rapids. Reuben Sewell drew an indeterminate sentence up to one year for driving an auto while intoxicated. Both men were persistent violators, with Vosburg convicted three times and Sewell twice for the same offenses. Sewell also received a $300 fine and three months in jail for maintaining a liquor nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
John Vosburg
Fort Madison
Cedar Rapids
Reuben Sewell
Vosburg
Sewell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Doxsee
The
Express
T. R. Roberts
E. J. Stout
Nancy Chopper
Anamasa
Ash County
North Carolina
Albin D. Mills
Central City
A. D. Mills & Company
W Ilness
Mahlon Mills
Mildred Mills
Claire J. Mills
Kenneth Mills
Charlotte Mills
F. J. Ball
W. G. Loftus
Loftus
Rall
Louis Roth
J. L. Searneain
Touis Zika
Ed Stefn
Ralph Moon
Twyla Rae and
Edward
Warren
By Claude Applebyy
the County Democrats
MET
Canana
Apal
Boy Scout
Harry Dice
Mrs. C. Rastede
Etten Infant
Delores Anna Etten
Fred Etten
John McDonald Hospital
Reformed Church
R. P. Kuentzel
B. J
G. Matthiessen
V. L. Hanssen
Ray Hayes
A. P. Lambert
P. J. Daake
PF. . Stimson
H.R. Jacobs
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