Baseball Season Opens in Monticello with Dyersville Game
Monticello opens its league schedule hosting Dyersville at city park with a new grass diamond and 2:45 start time. Dick Ryan and Meredith pitched for Monticello in a 13 to 5 win for Dyersville the previous week, while Monticello later fell 6 to 4 to Gilkerson's Colored Giants of Chicago in a rain affected game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyersville
City Park
Monticetlo
Guttenbure
Monticello Municipal Band
The
Park Association
Wile
Savel
Cedar Rap
Maquoketa Valley
Ryan
Plass
Dubuque
Monticello
Ray Smith
Bartlett
Meredith
Gilkerson
Coaored
Giants
Chicago
West Coast
Kirksy
Cooper and Boyas
Tripkoch
Blackman
Sacred Heart Class To Graduate May 29
The Sacred Heart high school will hold its seventh annual commence ment on Friday May 29 at 8 p m in the auditorium with Rev J Rooney as speaker and honors conferred by Rev A L Lorenz The program includes chorus graduation song recessional and a paper Now We Try a Boundless Sea plus a piano solo by Helen Stuhler and an address The graduating class also planned a May day fete and a trip to Anamosa State Park May 25 with games and races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Sacred Heart High School
Eugene G. Chaloupka
Helen Louise Stuhler
J. Rooney
St. Martin's Church
Cascade
Rev
A. L. Lorenz, Son
Sacred Heart
Oelwein
George ‘A. Hauck
Sacred Heart Parish
Knights of Columbus
Monticello
A. L. Lorenz
Newman Hall
Memorial Building
St. Elizabeth Society
Maxine Redmond
Jean Hogan
Helen Stahler
Mary Elizabeth Fothergill
Betty Denkhoff
E. J. Kean
J. J. Hennessey
Immaculate Conception Church
Castle Grove Township
Mr. Kean
Glenn McLaughlin
Harry Liddy
Miss Denkhoff
J. J. Locher
Herbert J. Hoffman
Dubuque
Judge Maguire
James H. Devaney
M. F. Hogan
Hoffman
A. B. Grimes
E. C. Ricklefs
Frank Royden
Rex Ricklefs
Singing of
America
Mr. Grimes
Bald Eagle Sets Home on Chester Hunt Farm in Marion County
A large bald eagle with a white head and breast roosts on the Des Moines river woods near Swan, Marion County, on Chester Hunt’s premises. Hunt hopes the bird stays and warns hunters not to shoot it, noting government protection under the migratory bird act and promising legal action if harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Chester Hunt
Swan
Marion County
Marshalltown firm expands asparagus canning to 90 acres
The Marshall Canning Company expands asparagus canning with 90 acres at Waverly and La Porte factories and plans more growth. Branch canneries exist in several towns and Waterloo acreage is developing for future canning. The firm also explores carrots and string beans for canning while noting U.S. motorists traveled about 162 billion miles in 1930.
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Marshall Canning Company
Marshalltown
Waverly
LaPorte
Waterloo
Rural school music inspires state fair and county events
The article notes rural pupils from Iowa’s farm schools performed as a large chorus at the state fair in Des Moines and a later operetta by Warren county students in Indianola. Miss Ethel Maxfield directed the operetta with accompanist Mrs. Eugene Schooler, while Buena Vista county schools staged a Storm Lake musical carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrine Temple
Des Moines
Seth Shelton
Indianola
Warren County
Forest Court
Ethel Maxfield
R Eucene Schooler
Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
Four Women Travel Coriine to Omaha On Route Thirty Four
Ora Clayton Moore recalls a caravan of four women traveling from Coriine to Omaha and back along Paved Highway No 34. She notes vivid rural scenes including an orchard and a dilapidated three story barn, plus road hazards from two men drivers and pedestrians seeking rides. She also mentions a driving woman smoking, market baskets full of pansy plants and roses, and a large white house with a three sided porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coriine
Omaha
Ora Clayton Moore
Local youth gains naval academy entry amid prep schooling
James Clark son of Cedar Rapids judge Atherton B. Clark passes entrance exams for the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis and will enter mid June after attending Werntz preparatory school. The item notes his Cedar Rapids family and the Annapolis link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clark
Atherton B. Clark
Muse
Cornell College
Arthur Hentges
Manchester
Henry Briggs
Marion
Hunt General
Earlville
Marshal Smock
Dyersville
Clarence Creek
Olin
Croek Farm
Henry Gerdes
Charles Gould
Walter Ross
Wilbur Starry
Hans Rohwedder
August Hartwig
Howard Harrah
Fred Austin
Arthur Engleking
Ernest Wigfier
George Kramer
Mike Swenson
Earl Bixler
Mr. First
Fayette County
Ray H. Christiansen
State Board of Assessment and Review
Cook
Christiansen
Cedar Rapids
William Prochaska
Ed Marsh
Fallon
Charles Robohsky
William Kosina
John Rozek
Dolly Johnson
Frances Sanders
Michael Gorman
Jones County
Louis Power
Anamosa
Mr. Gorman
Fll. Griffin
Baldwin
John Gorman
M. F. O'Pante
W. FE. Gassen
Grover Gorman
Anamesa
T. F. McNamara
Independence
Cedar Ranids
TC Gorman
Ceorge Gorman
Waterloo
Mary Daniel
St. Joseph’s
Clinton
John Hanson
John Sexton
Illiteracy in Town Reaches 15 879 Beyond Reading Age
Miss Agnes Samuelson state superintendent reports the town has 15 879 illiterate persons over ten. National advisory committee on illiteracy advised her. Literacy in Towa now 0.8 percent versus 1.1 in 1920. Native white illiterates 8 177 foreign born white literates 5 932 Negro illiterates 777 other colored illiterates 993.
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Agnes Samuelson
National Advisory Committee
Miss Samuelson
State Commission On the
Towa
Oak Harrington home near Bellevue to be razed for Scenic Highway
The 90 year old Harrington house, built entirely of oak and overlooking the Mississippi near Bellevue in Jackson County, is being razed to allow grading for a hard surfaced Scenic Highway.
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Harrington
Bellevue
Jackson County
Thirty Years Ago in Monticello and Vicinity Recollections
Miss May Liddy moved to St Paul for a stenographer post. Several local families marked milestones with births deaths and marriages. Notable items include dentists graduates in Des Moines and Dubuque, a golden wedding anniversary, a 94 year old passing, a large barn blown down, and a Sunday closing law petition by Monticello merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Liddy
St. Paul
Co. D. Chase
Fred Matthiessen
John H. Helsey
Chicago
Northwestern University
David Helsey
College of Dentistry
Dubuque
Arthur M. Maurice
Des Moines College of Dentistry
Drake University
Monticello
H. S. Richardson
Lisle
Miles
Richardson
A. Richardson
Monticello Public
Mary I. Jarman
Alice Reed
Nettie Hazard
Kate Maurice
Gerade
Margaret Greer
Carrie Hicks
Gertrude Lang
Bertha Gilroy
Clara Dunn
Ruth Darling
Nettie Sleeper
Margaret Young
Clara Rickless
W. B. Sloan
William Podhaski
Lee W. Duer
Lillian W. Baker
Elgin
Jennie Nandel
West Union
Jackson Yousse
Richland Township
Arthur B. Sayles
Mabel Moore
E. Moore
Cascade
Frank Quimby
Marie Heller
Congregational Church
C. C. Warner
Mothers visit Fort Des Moines on Mother's Day event
Hundreds of soldiers hear warm welcome as officers invite mothers from across the United States to the fort for a Mother’s Day gathering. Regimental band plays while Rev. W. L. Ewing delivers the sermon, Des Moines locals attend, and the troops sing Onward Christian Soldier. Entomologists note June beetles, May bugs, now appearing and attracted to lights in evenings.
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Fort Des Moines
United States
W. L. Ewing
Grace Methodist Church
Des Moines
France
Onward Christian
Iowa State College
Public School Auditorium Painting Bids Sought
Separate sealed bids will be received for painting the auditorium and thirteen rooms of the public school building. Bids opened June 1, 1931. must be in the hands of Secretary Chas. M. Luett by 7:00 p.m. June 1. Board may reject any or all bids. Information from secretary Luett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
St Louis business men tour southeastern Iowa cities
A good will tour by St Louis business men brought a large delegation of boosters to Keokuk Fort Madison and Burlington. A band accompanied the delegation and the social visit was a success with warm receptions. St Louis works to grow its business climate as rail connections aid outreach to Uvestock shippers and wholesale houses seeking new customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Iowa
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Burlington
Uvestock
Chicago
Sioux City Hearing Device Brings Joy to Deaf Children
Anxious parents and the school board watched a private Hopkins school demonstration as ten deaf Sioux City children heard sounds for the first time using the radio car device. Delighted shrieks filled the room as the new aid opened auditory sense, marking a memorable moment for the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Board of Education
Hopkins School
Administrator's Notice for Maria Catherine Rickels Estate
District court in Jones county Iowa appoints E. E. Reed as administrator of the estate of Maria Catherine Rickels deceased and all claimants are required to file sworn claims with the clerk within legal time while debtors pay the administrator to avoid costs. Dated Monticello Iowa May 18 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Maria Catherine Rickels
Monticello
A. D
E. E. Reed
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al Sprinzelmeyer
W. Springelmeyer
Meredith and
Gilkerson Colored Giants
Sacred Heart Convent
Catherine Fagan
James McDonough
Elizabeth Pender
Eugene Chaloupka
Loretta Redmond
Bald Eagle
the Express
K. C
Chas, M. Luett
Newton Parrott
Peacock Shop
J. L. Weber & Sons
Cascade, Iowa
Majestic
Philco
Locher's
Fred Shover
Adolph Schoon
Amber
Walter Hall
Roy Bodenhofer
Scotch Grove
Prouty
South
Cedar Street
Barbara Dondelinger
Newhall
White
Midwest Finance Corporation
Security
Harm Rickels
O. J. Rogers
Maples Inn
A. G. Bohiken
J. F. Lahey
Moran Family
Atwater Kent
Bingle
Ben
Roberts
Monttcallo
Sanitary Kash & Karry’s
Blue Ribbon
Lipton’s
M Spagchetti
Sboxen
Proeny
Val
Kraft’s
Stuhlers
Willys and
Willys-Knight Cars
Medinger Motor Co
Main Street
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