Death of Monticello Resident Nicholas Kehoe at 92
Nicholas Kehoe of Monticello died after frail health with rheumatism and heart trouble. Funeral Mass at Sacred Heart Church with Rev Fr A L Lorenz. burial at Immaculate Conception cemetery. Survived by widow Bridget Crilley Kehoe, five children, twenty three grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and many friends. Burial in Castle Grove area earlier life in Ohio and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Kehoe
Monticello
Kehoe
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Holub
Hennessey
Immaculate Conception Church
Mr. Kehoe
Michael
Leo
Vincent Donovan
Vincent
Louis
Wilfred Kehoe
Bridget Crilley
Holy Crogs
Dubuque
Huckins Trial Costs Linn County 1794.60
The trials of the late George F. E. Huckins in Jones county on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses cost Linn County 1 794.60. Trials ran Feb 23 to 28 and Apr 11 to 17, 1933, ending in hung juries. Huckins died in Jones county jail July 3 and the case was dismissed March 8. Jury fees totaled 1 259.55 with a prior Linn county conviction reversed by the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George FE. Huckins
Jones County
Linn County District Court
Edwin W. Lundquist
Huckins
Linn County
Hucking
Supreme Court
Burns Cause Death Of Woman In Anamosa Fire
Mrs. John Durgin aged 42 died at Mercy hospital Anamosa from burns suffered February 14 when a kerosene can exploded while starting a fire. The Durgin home was destroyed by the blaze. Funeral services were held at St. Mark's church Anamosa officiated by Revs Campbell and Horton. She was daughter of Henry and Mary Stanaway of Stone City and survived by her husband three sons John Henry James Robert and a daughter Nelda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Durgin
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Durgin
Bt. Mark’s Church
Anamoas
R. J. Campbell
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Horton
Clinton
Henry
Mary Stanaway
Stone City
John Henry
James
Robert
Nelda
Henry Britting Called By Death This Morning
Henry Britting died at his Monticello home this morning at 4 o clock after a long illness from cancer of the face. He is survived by his wife three daughters and four sons including Yonge Mia Fred Hein of Monticello Albert Mascelia Woods of Amarillo Texas and Mrs B Andre of Detroit Michigan. Funeral details were not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Britting
Monticello
Mr. Britting
Yonge
Mia
Fred Hein
Albert
Mascelia Woods
Amarillo
Texas
Andre
Detroit
Mich
Cooking School 18 Set for April 13 14 15 in Opera House
The Monticello Express sponsors its annual cooking school to be held in the opera house on April 13 14 and 15. Miss Gladys Looney will lead lectures for the three afternoons. Electricity will power demonstrations using the latest Hotpoint stoves from Iowa Electric Company. Big D flour from Stuhler Grocery and Monticello creamery butter will be used with Shomiont Dairy milk and ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Opera House
Gladys Looney
Looney
the Express
Iowa Electric Company
Stuhler Grocery
Monticello Creamery
Shomiont
Monticello Group To Present Jazz and Minuet in Iowa Play Festival
The Monticello cello high school troupe performs Ruth Gierloff’s Jazz and Minuet as part of the eighth annual festival at the University of Iowa in Iowa City from March 30 to April 1. Thirty-five casts join thirteen high schools and five junior colleges in a multi-division competition with one act and long-play segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Gierloff
Monticello High School
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Alden
Corning
Immaculate Conception Academy of
Davenport
Marengo
Mason City
Nevada
Sigourney
Springville
Traer
Vinton
Wilton
Garwin
Monticello
Tax payments extended as county treasurer stays open
The county treasurer’s office will remain open until 6 p.m. daily through April 1 to accommodate tax payments. A marriage license was issued to Isadore Mere and Goldie Wilkins and performed by Justice Whitcombe. Dr. William Ewart Glanville, 68, former Anamosa pastor, died March 11 in New Market Maryland. R L LaChapelle elected school board president with J A Belknap and Arthur Lister sworn in. Salary reductions for next year proposed. teacher elections and expenditures set for April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadore Mere
Goldie Wilkins
Justice Whitcombe
B. E. Rhinehart
Ana
William Ewart Glanville
New Market
Glanville
Baptist Church
Anamosa
R. L. LaChapelle
J. A. Belknap
Arthur Lister
Country Club Elects Its Officers For The Season
Monticello country club stockholders met at the public library auditorium last Tuesday evening. Ralph Bone and John Heiserman were elected as directors for three years to replace retiring directors Frank Podhaski and A G Ricklefs. Heiserman was named president and Bone secretary for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
Public Library
Ralph Bone
John
Heiserman
Frank M. Podhaski
A. G. Ricklefs
Heisermansident
B. CO. Ricklefs
Nae Bone
Honolulu as melting pot of the Pacific in traveler notes
Henry Balster recounts a West trip visit to Honolulu highlighting the Oriental district’s shops, theaters, and markets. He describes the War Memorial Natatorium, Kapiolani Park and its 175 acres with Waikiki frontage, palm shade, bathing crowds, and an aquarium attracting many visitors. Continued on Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriental
Honolulu
Oriental District
China
Japan
Philippines
Korea
War Memorial Natatorium
Kapiolani Park
Waikiki
Allrance
Islands
Fourteen Highways To Center At World's Fair
Chicago plans fourteen major auto routes radiating from the city to distribute traffic to the World Fair. Each route will be marked for 75 to 100 miles with signs reflecting main exhibits such as Electrical and Fort Dearborn. The fair expects 350000 daily attendees, 87000 driving, with Beacon City residents offered direct access via Lincoln Highway and car storage as part of Beacon membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee
Rockford
DeKalb
South Bend
St. Joseph
Fort Dearborn
Beacon City
Beacon
Milwaukee Road Pays $43 509 53 in Iowa Taxes
The Milwaukee Road pays the first half of its 1932 tax bill totaling about 1 095 635 05 to 57 Iowa counties. Jones county receives 43 509 53 of the total with the final installment due in September. The railroad has paid nearly 135 million dollars in taxes over 16 years and notes regular rail taxes despite other defaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Milwaukee Road
Jones County
Tisnes
Funeral services held for Rupert Bahl in Dubuque
Rupert Bahl aged 24, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Jake Bahl of near Dubuque, died recently. Mr and Mrs Ben Eilers, son Renk and Reuten Tuel attended the funeral services in Dubuque last Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Eilers
Renk
Reuten Tuel
Rupert Bahl
Dubuque
Rupert
Jake Bahl
Monticello Dominates Sub-District Music Contest
Monticello public schools led the sub district music contest with host Ruth Webster and Frank Royden guiding. Readouts show multiple first and second place awards across solo, small vocal groups, glee clubs, mixed choruses, and bands including Monticello securing top honors in several classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monticello Public
A. B. Grimes
Ruth Webster
Frank Royden
Satuday
Waterloo
Pauline Oltman
Glee Club
James Ricklefs
Roy Ricklefs
Gerald Schoon
Madonna Cotton
Betty Kay
Robert Spooner
Mount Vernon
Dubuque
Marion
Preston
Wyoming
Bellevue
Manchester
Sheldon Rahn
Louis Knackel
Kenneth Jones
Winthrop
Ed Treft
Coggan
Josephine Atwater
Lawrence Goodrick
Harland Jones
F Alburnett
G. Schroeder
Winnifred Meffert
L. Goodrick
John Goodenow
Maquoketa
Lloyd Boxwell
Springville
Ray Smith
W. Schroeder
D. Dukek
Alburnett
R. Cheney
R. Shine
Norman Fettkether
Tubasolo
M. Oldfather
M. Koch
Arthur Bull
Coggon Band
Marion and
Two Wyoming Men Fight in Bloody Neighborhood Dispute
Deputy Sheriff Cooley investigated a bloody fight near Wyoming between John Johnson and Frank Matejka. Matejka, living alone in his home, says Johnson struck him with a hammer during a quarrel. Both men are hospitalized and the motive remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Cooley
John Johnson
Frank Matejka
Johnson
Anamosa Hospital
Matejka
Special Lecture At Burns Lodge No 173 Masonic Temple
Burns lodge No 173 A F and A M holds its next meeting at the Masonic temple next Tuesday evening with regular business plus a history lecture on the Town Grand Lodge in Iowa. The lecture includes 100 slides from the Grand Lodge service bureau and a refreshments break in the dining hall afterward. Master Neal Hayden urges all Master Masons in the area to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Grand Lodge
Iowa
Neal Hayden
Mrs. J. T. Lanigan Dies in Seattle Washington
A telegram announced the death of Mrs. John T. Lanigan at her Seattle home. She was about 70, born Katherine Drees, ran a Monticello millinery shop for years, and married Lanigan in May 1911. The couple later moved west. burial details are unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Carpenter
John T. Lanigan
Seattle
Wash
Lanigan
Katherine Drees
Monticello
Anigan
Manchester Man Loses Arm After Amputation
Frank Fiske a farmer from four miles northwest of Manchester had his left arm amputated at University Hospital Town City after gangrene set in. He had suffered a fracture near the shoulder weeks earlier when struck by a tractor flywheel while starting the machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fiske
Manchester
University Hospital
Town City
Fisk
Alexander Sutherland Dies in Wyoming at 83
Word reached Monticello yesterday of the death of Alexander Sutherland 83 at his son Frank's home in Wheatland Wyoming. His wife Mrs Sutherland died twelve years ago. A former Scotch Grove resident he was brother in law of Mrs A G Rodman of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Alexander Sutherland
Frank
Wheatland
Wyoming
Sutherland
Scotch Grove
A. G. Rodman
Pioneer Pioneer Woman Persis Ainsworth Dead at 97 in California
Mrs Persis H Ainsworth aged 97 died at her Orange California home on March 17. A Monticello area resident and Jones county pioneer crossed the plains in a covered wagon nearly eight decades ago. She married Lewis Ainsworth April 25 1854 and after a lengthy journey settled on the Pacific coast. Funeral services were held March 19. She leaves son Frank L Ainsworth ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Ainsworth
California
Monticello
Persis H. Ainsworth
Orange
Jones County
Plains
Lewis Ainsworth
Mr. Ainsworth
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Free baby chicks draw crowds to The Express offer
The Express last week offered twelve free baby chicks and drew many subscribers. John Ketelsen of Center Junction claimed the first batch, arriving Friday morning and joking that twelve chicks could fund about two years of paper subscriptions. The offer remains available in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Express
John Ketelsen
Center Junction
the Express
Fifty Years Ago Monticello March Events Recap
The Monticello Express notes March 1883 happenings including long telephone lines, W L Rosa buying out G Schaffer, Lovell House opening with a banquet and ball for 250 guests, an easy chair presented to G W Lovell, a $20 000 hotel with 40 rooms, and feather duster factory growth. Also mentions local moves, marriages, restaurant changes, doctors relocating, and city election results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
G. W. Lovell
W. . Hoag
Ames
The
Agricultural College
Anna McConnon
Jennie Henderson
Charles Sloan
Milan M. Hitchcock
Omaha
Clara Pennimnan
Curley
Bowen's Prairie
Std
Isaac Rigby
Jacob
Perley
Bowder
Ellen Schneider
Richland Township
John G. Smith
Wayne Township
F. J. Tryon
J. H. Winsor
Herman Tiarks
V F W Hosts Boxing And Wrestling Night In Monticello
The VFW post in Monticello sponsored a boxing and wrestling show at the Opera House drawing full crowds. Young fighters from Cascade Monticello Marion and Cedar Rapids competed in multiple bouts while Jimmie Baer performed a weight lifting act. The wrestling portion faltered due to a substitution and ended with the Masked Marvel winning the first and last falls and Baer clinching the second with a body slam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. F W. Post
Monticello
Opera House
Richard Grass
Cascade
Rollie Breitbach
Paul van Buren
Tom Eden
Ralph Netcott
Tom McDaniel
Ralph
Tommy
Jimmie Baer
Marion
Jim Kruse
Dallas
Texas
Kid Liggit
Anamosa
Red McDermott
Ben Atkinson
Detroit
Leonard Vick
Coggan
Youne Trimble
Cedar Rapids
Louis Hanken
Scotch Grove
Ernie Munson
Omaha
Vick
Trimble
Munson
Hanken
Demitroff
Masked Marvel
Baer
Paramount Offers Double Bill At Cedar Rapids Theatre
One of Vina Delmar's sensational stories has been picturized by Paramount as Pick Up with Sylvia Sidney and George Raft leading. George Arliss stars in The King's Vacation at the Paramount for three days starting April 5. Prices: 25 cents matinees, 35 cents evenings. children 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vina Delmar
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Theater
Cedar Rapids
Sylvia Sidney
George Raft
George Arliss
Arliss
Paramount
Local church receives $2081 bequest from Nettie Bates estate
The Nettie E. Bates estate executor sent 2081.97 to H. F. Kettlitz treasurer of the First Presbyterian church of Monticello. The gift is a one fourth share to the church for paying debts repairs and reshingling part of the church. Bates left a life estate to her husband and divides the remainder among her brother Charles A. Sutherland the church and the Board of National Missions for Sunday school work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie E. Bates
H. F. Kettlitz
First Presbyterian Church of
Monticello
Mrs. Bates
Notable Iowa Traffic Crash Leaves Several Hurt
A bus truck collision on Highway 30 near Toledo injures two seriously and fifteen others are shaken up. Charles F. Bartlett of Chicago and Margaret Dawson of Marshalltown are among the most seriously hurt. Massachusetts-born W. M. Sanstadt dies after being struck near Tama while en route from San Francisco to New York and Norway. Three others, including Russell Torgler with a skull fracture, Lilyan Norduft with a broken neck, and Louise Cook with a leg gash, are among the injured in separate crashes near Dubuque and Tama with multiple passengers treated at local hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Tama
F. J. Galentin
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Sanstadt
Marshalltown
Davenport
New York
Norway
Dubuque
John Seibert
Russell Torgler
Lilyan Norduft
Lyman’s
Louise Cook
Dubuque Hospital
H. R. Dickson
Curt Thomas
Last Days Of Legislature Are Drawing Near
The article notes the Iowa General Assembly plans to adjourn around April 15 leaving three weeks to push major appropriation and tax bills and beer sales legislation. Several measures may need a week each to be debated and could fail in votes as members seek to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Iowa
Longtime Manchester Couple Mark 60 Years of Marriage
The sixty year marriage anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brazelton of Manchester was celebrated at the home of their daughter and son in law, Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Meyers, in Cedar Rapids. They wed March 28, 1873, at the farm home of Mrs. Brazelton’s foster parents near Ryan. Their travels included farms near Cascade, Prairieburg, and Ryan before settling in Manchester. Their son Edgar A. Brazelton is a musician in Chicago and daughter Mrs. A. M. Johnson lives in Manhattan Kansas. Mr. Brazelton recently turned eighty-two. Mrs. Brazelton is eighty-one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Brazelton
Manchester
Mark J. Meyers
Cedar Rapids
Bowen's Prairie
Cascade
Jones County
Prairieburg
Linn County
Mr. Brazelton
Prairiburg
Coggon
Minnesota
Arkansas
Cuba
Maryland
Edgar A. Brazelton
Chicago
A. M. Johnson
Manhattan
Kansas
Brazelton
Belle Devlin Convalesces After Illness At Home
Belle Devlin a milliner recently released from the hospital will stay with her sister Mrs James Lahey until full recovery. Her niece Mrs Clifford Flaherty of Fairfax will care for her. Mr Flaherty visited Sunday at the Lahey home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Devlin
James Lahey
Clifford Flaherty
Fairfax
Flaherty
Lahey
Iowa to hold constitutional convention on repealing 18th amendment
Both houses approve a bill to call a state convention in Des Moines after a summer election. Each county will vote two nominees for delegate a dry and a wet, with the county winner sending the delegate. If repeal passes the national effect remains. Iowa must also repeal 32 pages of liquor laws before returning to 1915 saloon days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Des Moines
Iowa
Bills to legalize beer manufacture and sale in Iowa
Bills to legalize beer manufacture and sale in Iowa have been presented in both house and senate by Senator Cooney of Dubuque and by Representative Ditto. Lawmakers fear the measures would open the entire state to liquor vendors in and out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
House
Senate
Cooney
Dubuque
Representative Ditto
Laura Sinclair To Play With Cornell Orchestra
Laura Sinclair of Scotch Grove, a first violinist in the Cornell college Symphony Orchestra, will join the thirty first annual spring tour during spring vacation. The tour opens in Tipton on March 31 with stops in Olin April 1 Washington April 2 Winfield April 3 Anamosa April 4 and Marion April 5. Conductor Prof Horace Alden Miller has led 28 of the 31 trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Sinclair
Scotch Grove
Cornell College Symphony Orchestra
Tipton
Cornell College
Olin
Washington
Winfield
Anamosa
Marion
Horace Alden Miller
James F. Waggoner 67 Died in Anamosa influenza noted
Funeral for James F. Waggoner 67 of Anamosa held last Tuesday. Death attributed to influenza. Survived by wife Carrie, two sons Stanley and Harold, brother Walter, sister Ruth Andrew of Philadelphia. Grandson of Anthony Waggoner who settled in Jones county in 1854. Parents Charlie B and Mary May Waggoner resided in Antioch east of Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Waggoner
Anamosa
Waggoner
Anthony Waggoner
Jones County
Charlies B
Mary May Waggoner
Antioch
Carrie Bills Waggoner
Stanley
Harold
Walter
Ruth Andrew
Philadelphia
Goodman Elected Mayor in Anamosa Municipal Election
Goodman won the Anamosa mayoralty on the taxpayers ticket defeating B. E. Rhinehart, 709 to 175 votes. Other officials elected include at large councilmen A. A. Clarke and Lee Sanner, treasurer Robert Deyot, assessor J. A. Hartman, and ward representatives J. W. McNamara, J. A. Pearson, L. L. Doolittle, and George Zeuch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
John Goodman
B. E. Rhinehart
Goodman
Rhinehart
A. A. Clarke
Lee Sanner
Robert Deyot
J. A. Hartman
John W. McNamara
J. A. Pearson
L. L. Doolittle
George Zeuch
Christian Endeavor Elects New Officers
At a Sunday evening meeting the Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian church elected new officers for the church year. They are President Kenneth Hubbard Vice-president Virginia Hearn secretary Winnon Harford and treasurer Merle Hutton. They will be installed next Sunday evening. Also W Tuetken and J A Liddy attended a Bankers Life company luncheon and meeting at the Hotel Roosevelt Cedar Rapids last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Kenneth Hubbard
Virginia Hearn
Winnon Harford
Merle Hutton
Rite
W. &. Tuetken
J. A. Liddy
Bankers’ Life Company
Rooesvelt
Cedar Rapids
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Henry Balster
Fils
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John Matthews
Robert Smith
Vincent Gough
William Callen
Robert Grime
Verse Breed
Velma Cushing
Faith Burgstahler
Helen Stamp
Claytus Nelson
Richard Long
Masonic Lodge
J. T. Lanigan
Seattlce, Washington
V.F.W
Paramount Theater News
Nettie Bates
Constitutional Convention
Cornell
Christian Endeavor
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