Panthers Place 6th in WaMaC Track Meet at Marion
Monticello Black Panthers finished sixth in the WaMaC conference meet at Marion earning two firsts one second and two thirds. Eiben won the 440 yard dash in 55.3 seconds and the 880 yard relay team of Guyan Eiben Schneider and Rieken set a meet record at 1 minute 36.5 seconds to win. Rieken placed third in the 100 and second in the 220 while Hagen took fourth in the shot put. Marion won the meet with 54 points and Monticello totaled 33.
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Monticello Black Panthers
Marion
Eiben
Guyan
Schneider
Rieken
Tipton
Hagen
Monticello
Monticello Boosters Drop Opening Game 8 7
The Monticello Boosters lost their opening baseball game 8 to 7 to the Dubuque Elks in a Sunday league matchup. Monticello led six to one in the first inning but saw pitcher Al Kolarik fatigued by the seventh as Dubuque rallied with three in the eighth and four in the ninth. The contest finished under protest over a plate interference call, with Max Jenks to rule in a few days.
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Monticello Boosters
Dubuque Elks
Elks
Doc Hipschin
Beck
al Kolarik
Monticello
Monti
Kolarik
Dubuque
Max Jenks
Boosters Set For Anamosa Trip After Weekend Win
Neil Edwards led the locals with two hits while Doc Hitchien starred with both bat and mound for the winners. The Boosters head to Anamosa to face the Reformatory nine on Sunday as the Snappers remain unbeaten in three starts this season.
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Neil Edwards
Doc Hitchien
Boosters
Anamosa
Reformatory Nine
Snappers
Trail Riders Meet South Of Marion In Linn County Ride
Fifty seven riders joined Monti Cello Trail Riders and Anamosa Horsemen for a Sunday ride through rern covered wooded hillsides south of Marion on May 16. The group gathered at the 3 X Rolle Long ranch with dinner at the KV cafe in Marion.
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Linn County
Marion
Monticello
Alva Behrends
Karl
Upmeirs
Ely
Monticello Park
St. Louis Bantam Phillipe Mocca Enters Cedar Rapids Race
The 120 pound Italian racer Phillipe Mocca from St. Louis is an early entrant in the Memorial Day auto race at Cedar Rapids set for Sunday afternoon May 30. He will drive his Hal powered car against Deb Snyder Frankie Luptow Speed Wynn and other top contenders.
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Bantam
Phillipe Mocca
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
Deb Snyder
Frankie Luptow
Speed Wynn
Maquoketa Valley League Standings and Results
In week May 15 standings show Elkader, Cascade, and Dubuque Elks with mixed records. Results list Elkader 231 over Cascade 88 and Dubuque Elks 88 over Monticello 79. Monticello Elks protest noted. other games include Dyersville at Strawberry Point and Cascade at Dubuque Elks on May 23.
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Dubuque Elks
Elkader
Dyersville
Cascade
Monticello
Monticello Elks
Faber and Hedeman
R. Moran
Herard
Dubuque
Hendrick
Kolarik
Hobert
J. Hines
G. Hines
Strawberry Point Cascade
Elks
Cartoon clip shows Austrian Empress milking mare milk
Express notes a Nokomis reader sent a clipped Illinois cartoon captioned about an Austrian Empress drinking mare milk to improve equestrienne skills. Mrs C A Palmer credited. Also corrects last week's mail schedule for Cedar Rapids Monticello and Dubuque star routes with updated departure and arrival times.
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Express
Nokomis
Illinois
C. A. Palmer
The
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Maquoketa
Dubuque
Boosters To Meet Reformatory Team Opener At Anamosa
Sunday, May 23 marks the grand opening of the Anamosa Reformatory baseball season with Monticello as the opener. The new concrete grandstand, now aluminum covered with wire netting, will host paying spectators for 50 cents adults and 15 cents children. Water fountains will be available for the public.
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Anamosa Reformatory
Monticello
Veterans to hold Memorial Day ceremonies in Monticello
Members of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars schedule a Memorial Day program on Monday May 31 with services at Sacred Heart and Oakwood cemeteries. A 9 am gathering at the Community building precedes a procession to Sacred Heart for a field mass and wreath laying for Arthur P. O Rourke. The march will then go to Oakwood with prayers, taps, and a main address by Rev. Andrew Mast.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sacred Heart
Oakwood
Leslie Linn
Fred Kreeb
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Arthur P. O'Rourke
Monticello
First Street
Oakwood Cemetery
Kitty Creek
William J. Grossheim
Andrew Mast
Cornerstone box opened at old Methodist church site
A sealed tin box laid in the cornerstone of the Methodist church since July 11, 1899, was opened this week by Leigh and Lloyd Clark with John Boysen Jr and Bill Jarrett witnessing. The discovery echoed earlier accounts of the 1899 cornerstone laying with subscriptions, contracts, and historic church records and items found inside.
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Methodist
Leigh
Lloyd Clark
John Boysen, Jr
Bill Jarrett
the Express
Edgar Hubbard
Methodist Episcopal
E."d. Rosa
Testament in All Lands and Mission Papers Mentioned
The notice lists multiple religious publications and items including Gospel copies for all lands missions, Sunday School materials, and periodicals such as Sun day School Advocate and North Western Christian Advocate. It also notes two Monticello Express copies and a Jones County Times, plus several photos and church histories.
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Missions
Advocate
North Western Christian Advocate
Epworth Herald
Iowa Methodist
Monticello Express
Jones County. Times
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Panthers
Wamac
Monti Boosters
Edwards
Meron
Sivebels
J. Fines
Tines
If Bader
Kane Rf. Wolf
Cram
Dubuque Bits
Henricks
Tere Woordoff
Nevin
Om Meyer
Hipschin
Ween
Dubuque Bavin
Rader
Siebels
Bavin
Kalarik
Hines
Meyers
Merlo
Stanwood
Trail Rider News
LUX Baby Chicks
LUX Leghorn Land Farms
Hopkinton
Iowa
Mingo Barfuiheny
Robert Hutton - de Reynalds
Sonora
Ctalce
Ae An
Qane Monee
Robert Montgomery
Wanda Hendrix
Army
Marine Corps
John Rickels
Atkins
R. P. Young
Paul Schuetz
Edward Heeren
Paul Jacobs
Emma Bohlken
Henry Jacobs
John Jacobs
L. A. Oltman
R. H. Oltmanns
Delores
Raymond Eby
Billy
Nanne Hanken
Harm Dirks
W. H. L. Schuetz
Chicago
Ake Eam
Nic
Perc
Hull
Agricultural Specialist
Burlington
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery CO
Monticello, Dlowa
Methodist Coverstone
H.H. Green
D. S. Staebler
Warner
Sword
Harper
Staebler
Robert Young
Co. S. Crain
Edna Schoonover
Maude Smith
Edina Young
A. W. Starks
J. B. Smith
George L. Lovell
George Schoonover
Legion Pavilion
Thurs
Hank Thunder and His Orchestra
Dugout
Emil Flindt
America
Melody Mill
Erson
Gay Claridge
Dubuqueland
M. E. Church
Ed Buol
ASCO
Dupont
Prull’s Farm Shop
Weilert H. Prull
Freese
River Garden
Lawrence
Ivanhoe
Allen’s
Maine
Santiam Blackberries
FERCO
Ballcrest
Springwater
Bartlett
Hunt
California
New White
Shafters
Maxwell House
Bologna
Chase Sanborn
Texas
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