Nomination papers incomplete for county offices
The piece notes several candidates filed for the coming primary and that tomorrow is the final filing day with potential late submissions. It lists names for senator representative clerk of court auditor sheriff county attorney recorder and treasurer, plus remarks on Democratic papers and local campaigning at Monticello and Anamosa clubs. It also covers agricultural notes on sweet corn and Rotary Club officer elections with a hospital accident report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Byers
John Bodenhofer
Lusk
James L. Cave
Gilbert Brickley
Supervisoria
G. J. Hughes
John Matthiessen
C. H. Brown
G. W. Walker
George Lawrence
Monticello
High School Notes Recap Of Events And Achievements
Stuart Lang reports on Ted Koop's trip to Grandy Center for the extemp speaking contest with Eldora winning and Grundy Center placing fifth. Senior averages list includes Koop and other top students. A May 9 manual training exhibit, senior play progress, and junior banquet details are noted. Anamosa hosts a triangular track meet May 10 with Monticello seeking strong showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Koop
Grandy Center
Eldora
Town Falls
Marshalltown
Monticello
Grundy Center
France
Miss Jarman
Ted Koop
Myrtle Rockstad
Edith Che
Joseph Dautremont
Stuart Lang
Lisle Arduner
the Presbyterian Church
Thomas Chambers
Mahannah
Mr. Parsons
Carl Schneider
Kathryn Morse
Violet
Lambert
Florence Bishop
Florence
May 1904 Events Plentiful In Monticello And Vicinity
The Monticello Express notes a May 1904 mix of deaths, family losses, and local business news.Deaths include Mrs Dougal Campbell at 76 in Monticello and three year olds and an 80 year old. Rev and Mrs Mardorf respond to a death in Solon. Thomas Kehoe funeral held in Monticello and Castle Grove. The Hong Duster Co raises wages for 65 workers. John A Hubbard sold matched driving colts for 400 dollars. A May 6 senior class play lists numerous participants. Golden wedding for Mr and Mrs Hofacre observed May 7. Frost fears expressed by fruit growers May 19. John B Foster elected Monticello schools superintendent from 28 applicants. Foster, a Western College and Yale graduate, serves as dean of men at Iowa State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
C. Mardorf
Solon
Mardorf
Dougal Campbell
William Drinkwater
Monticello
Glasgow
Scotland
Hong. Duster Co
John A Hubbard
Castle Grove
Dr. Mirick
Opera House
Allen Fairbanks
Kathryn Sarles
Grace Noble
Bellé, Lyons
Leroy Lang
Francy Schneider
Richard McLaughlin
Mary Hogan
Frank Thompson
Walter Hubbard
Valentine Eby
Harriett Smith
Margaret Pond
Arthur Thoeni
George White
Catherine Lovell
Florence Hefner
Vera Smith
John B.foster
Clarence McCracken
Western College
Yale University
Iowa State College
Ames
Musical comedy by Knights of Pythias at Opera House
A three act musical comedy under the Knights of Pythias will premiere at the Opera House on Thursday evening May 9. The production features Capt. Racket by Charles Townsend with high royalties and top talent. C H Mellecker directs with advanced electrical effects. Reserved seats go on sale Wednesday at 8 am through local distributors and Kay's Drug Store. Adults 55 cents, children 36 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Charles Townsend
C. H. Mellecker
Kay
City Dog Tax Due for May Payment
The city tax on dogs is due by May 30 with rates of 2 dollars per male or neutered dogs and 3 dollars per female dogs. Payments may be made at any of the three banks. Dogs not paid for by the deadline will be killed. Ray Echternacht city clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Echternacht
Henry W. Jacobs
U. S
Ogden Announces Candidacy for Republican Representative
Anamoga resident A Parke Ogden declares his intention to seek the Republican nomination for representative subject to voter decision at the June primary. Frank Stimson has demolished the old barn and is currently building a modern garage on his premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stimson
Merchants Special Sale Day set for Monticello
The Monticello Express announces the first of a series of eight Merchants Special Sale Days to be held Tuesday May sixth. Thirty two local merchants offer bargains at cost to draw customers, with subsequent sales planned for the first Tuesday of each month in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
the Express
The
Express
Boy Scout Corner May Meeting And Overnight Hike Plans
The May 6 meeting features Iowa Trees Flowers and Ferns slides with no lecture. If weather allows, an overnight hike starts Friday after school, returning Saturday afternoon. Scouts prepare gear and food for three meals, with blankets, poncho, and mess kits packed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Greene
Monticello
Coe
G. Meyer
C. Landis
G. Rohr
R. Hoag
Confirmation class guests at St. Matthew's Lutheran party
The 1924 confirmation class of St. Matthew's Lutheran church were honored guests at a Luther League party Sunday evening. Confirmed were Tweet Rutherford Ed win Schmidt Mary Rink Anna Hegger Lucia Schoon Edna Ricklefs and Edna Zimmerman. A young man warned for careless driving was arrested last Friday and brought before the mayor for violating the ordinance prohibiting turning automobiles between intersections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Luther League
Tweet Rutherford
Edwin Schmidt
Mary Rink
Anna Hegger
Lucia Schoon
Edna Ricklefs
Edna Zimmerman
Dubuque man fined in Davenport liquor shipment case
Clarence OHern of Dubuque was fined 5000 dollars at Davenport last Thursday in federal court. He pleaded guilty to shipping a carload of beer into Davenport and was prosecuted under a federal statute forbidding shipment of liquor in an unmarked receptacle after his arrest near a legal manufacturing plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Otten
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello-Davenport
Monticello
Clarence O'Hern
Dubuque
Davenport
O'Hern
Monticello Notes Highlight Local Events And Changes
Local items report school construction nearing completion with an auditorium ready for commencement, new coal shed and implement business developments, and notable moves by residents including C W Ladd and J J Hayes. Also listed are track meet pupils, a quarantined teacher, a forged swindler claim, births and deaths in 1923, a bridge club luncheon, and leadership updates at Maple Inn social scene.
County Bibs Begin Grading Gravel Roads Across Lands
The board of supervisors ordered condemnation of gravel beds owned by C W Brazelton and N C Townsend to grade the Monticello Anamosa highway. Sheriff’s juries valued Townsend’s one acre at 775 and Brazelton’s two acres at 1200, near barns and fairgrounds respectively. Final acceptance depends on title conrmation and bids for hauling and spreading gravel will open May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
C. W. ‘Bragelton
Monticello
N. C. Townsend
Anamosa
Bodenhofer
Fair Grounds
O. W. Brazelton
Buffalo Bridge
Anamosa Corporation
Townsend
H. H. Soper
Earl McConaughy
John Stimpson
Homer Hanna
Ray Starry
Allen C. Son
District Court
Board of Supervisors
Local Notes From South Spring Area April 30
A stream of short items from South Spring and nearby towns details weddings visits and daily activities. Family trips include Miss Minnie McDonough's wedding in Dubuque and Ralph Lux's sister. People visit hospitals attend clubs shop and conduct neighborly errands across Monticello Anamosa Hopkins ton Dubuque and Manchester.
Prairieburg Social Notes and Local Visits Report
Prairieburg Iowa April 28 reported Mrs James Walmutt visiting Randall home and Ruth accompanying her home for a brief stay. Esther Isham Dale Woodland and Eva Shaffer attended Cedar Rapids study center. James Sage a Miami Florida resident visiting daughter Mrs F Carr and other relatives. Hsta Scott and Howard Holmes of Waterloo visited the old home north of town. Frank Marshall and family guests of Verner Conklin. Two more measles cases reported though old cases improving. H Henderson Cedar Rapids visitors last week. Donald Benson visited his sister near Anamosa. A Truesdell reshingling his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Iowa
James Walmutt
Randall
Ruth
Esther
Isham
Dale Woodland
Eva Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
James Sage
Fatally
Miami
Florida
F. Carr
Hsta Scott
Howard Holmes
Waterloo
Frank Marshall
Verner Conklin
H. Henderson
Donald Benson
Anamosa
A. Truesdell
Water meters must be accessible by June 15 1924
Notice requires all meters to move to basements for easy access by Ray Echternacht water superintendent. Any meters in obstructed places must be relocated before June 15 1924 or water service to the patron will be cut off. Beads barettes bobby combs Keyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Echternacht
Numerous Cedar Rapids visitors and town notes
A stream of local visits spans Cedar Rapids Monticello and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs Bess Dickey J T Lanigan Mrs A W Steiner and Dr Redmond Supt F Jones with many weekend trips and social events noted from Cascade Manchester Oxford Junction and Anamosa.
Superintendent Mahannah travels to Iowa City for state debate
Superintendent F. L. Mahannah attends a conference of school superintendents in Iowa City and will witness the state high school debate championship between two teams. The Friday contest will be broadcast by radio in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Mahannah
Iowa City
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A.T. Erwin
Iowa State College At
C. G. Hopkins
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
Stuart’ Lang
Hackett
Poweries
A. Parke Ogden
Anamoga
Tawa
Robert Burlingame
Beth Burgess
Iowa Falls
Labor Ministry
England
Thelma, Bass
Freedom For the
Philippines
Literary Digest
Des Moines Register
Samaria Perrine
John H. Perrine
Paul H. Smith
Center Junction
Perrine
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Riley School
Des Moines
Smith
Alpha Gamma Pho
Jones County
Express Office
McCarn
Davis McCarn
Mercy Hospital
Monticello High School
Boy Scout
Louis Gardner
Anamosa Eureka
James E. Remsey
Louie
Brother Byerley
Sheriff Hogan
Eng
Sam Rhatigan
Claude Appelby
Harold Carmichael
Robert Durst
Vincent Hiler
Robert Vesey
A.J. H. McNeill
Winchester
William G. Schoon
E. G. Drury
Tabor
Edna Rhodes
Mr. Drury
C.W. Ladd
International Harvester Co
Willys- Overland Motor Co
William Corbin
Peter Dress
Mrs. Dress
J. J. Hayes
Maquoketa
Agnes Petersen
Paul Petersen
Lovell Township
Springville
Claude E. Judd
Chicago
Mapler Inn
Kate Stuhler
Miss Stuhler
W. Brazelton
South Spring
Ge Bestel Toost
Gestel
F. P. Lux
Ralph
Minnie McDonough
John Schuster
Fred Egger
Helen
F. M. Wheeless
Dale
Mary
Manchester
Gertrude Arduser
Hopkinton
Merle Burts
Father Schuh
H. §. Pierce
W. M. Stevenson
FP. M. Wheeless
Louis Rickless
Bess Dickey
J.T. Lanigan
Mrs
A. W. Steiner
Parlor City
Scotch Grove
David Allen
McNeill
Mrs. J. Warde
Olive Smithson
Singer
Locher's
Olle Linzy and
Farley
Harold Marshall
Wyoming
Dr. Redmond
Supt
F. Jones
Strawberry Point
Amelia OttlIng
Cascade
J. B. Oswald
Edwin Egger
Edison
Locher
Elmer Aebt
Sherman Olsen
Eugene Leggett
Elmer A. Johnson
Gibson
Keyes
George Hauck
Gerald Wernimont
John Wernimont
Frank Peckosh
Oxford Junction
Altman
Halstead M. Carpenter
Bradimation Keyes Ie Creamery
Rudolph Aebi
Fred Haug
Emma Stadtmueller
Eclipse
McNeill's Hardware
Central Lbr. & Coal Co
Genevieve Russell
Henry Carlson
McNeill’s
Laura Petersen
Frank Petersen
Althea Bancroft
Mrs. I. M. Bancroft
A. J. H. McNeill
H. B. Tedrow
Lottie
Martha Rice
Ed. Rice
Marion
Catherine Schneider
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
J. W. Hoult
Harold Adams
Grace of
George L. Lovell
Louise Rickels
Leonard Duckett
Benjamin Ament
Lowenlure
BYU
C. H. Schipman
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
Phana No
Harry
Rodman
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