Ortmann Surrenders Over Hopkinton Bank Theft
Vice president and former cashier Ortmann surrendered in Dubuque after absconding with about 15,000 dollars from Farmers State Bank of Hopkinton. He faced charges for theft including 2500 dollar forged note, with bonds set at 2400 dollars and a grand jury test looming in Delaware County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Ortinanti
armners-State Bank of
Hopkinton
Dubuque
Ortmann
J. J. Pentony
Manchester
Delaware County Grand Jury
Cedar
Mexico
EL. Giford
Gifford
Ortman
Delaware County
Farmers State Bank
L. J. Ortmann
Miss Offerman
J. J. Matthews
L. A. Andrew
Des Moines
C Behrens Jr
Littléport
Buck Creek
South Fork
South Fork Township
Town of Hopkinton
Brookhart-Lovrein Guaranty
Local Iowa News Roundup From Des Moines To Cedar Rapids
The record shows three divorces to every eight marriages in Linn county. Marion editor Charles W. Dow chosen for 1929 Iowa State College yearbook Bomb. First National Bank of Waukon paid ten percent dividend but has closed, totaling 30 percent on accounts. Letts teens charged with criminal mischief after rotten-eggs incident at superintendent’s home. Hatch test disproves claim turkeys won’t hatch in incubators. Warfield-Pratt-Howell Cedar Rapids wholesale grocers to close after July 1. D E Howell retires after 32 years. Marion Sentinel becomes daily, dating to 1852. Jackson State Bank president Charles A. Leach dies at 80. Waterloo West High grad Thernon Scott dies after auto crash. Dean Larby of Olin charged with and pleads guilty to intoxicated driving. fined. Hazel Spurgeon killed in Cedar Rapids area automobile crash. 20, survived by parents and brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Charles W. Dow
Marion
Iowa State College
First National Bank of
Malie
Clarence
Edgewood
Cedar Rapids
Warfield-Pratt-Howell Company
D. E. Howell
Marion Sentinel
J. L. Papes
The
Sentinel
Charles A. Leach
Jackson State Bank of
Leech
Clarence Sackridge
Waterloo West High School
Thernon Scott
Dean Larby
Olin
Glen Lehman
Larby
F. L. Anderson
Hazel Spurgeon
Shellsburg
Joe Benesh
G. W. Geise
Miss Spurgeon
Gladys Stickford Named Beauty Contest Winner
Announcement that Miss Gladys M. Stickford of Monticello shared in a beauty contest at Iowa State College Ames. Twelve contestants were chosen by college students and the top six were selected by a national artist for the Bomb yearbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys M. Stickford
Monticello
Iowa State College
Ames
Peok
Fifty Years Ago in Monticello and Nearby
Events of interest from May a half century ago include Stephene Soper starting corn, Schodde and King opening a dry goods store, and J Q Wing lecturing on the common law. A church cornerstone laying, a $14,000 Immaculate Conception project, a new Cascade cheese factory, and a move of the Burdicks to Muscatine are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephene Soper
Fairview Township
Schodde & King
J. Q. Wing
Monticello
Ladies’ Society
First Methodist Church
Castle Grove
Hennessey
E. E. Burdick
Muscatine
Methodist Episcopal Church
Boswell
William Holston
Cascade
John Lorenzen
Fred Grassmeyer
Germany
F. J. Tryon
Virginia
Henry Shipman
First Street
Opera House
Luther Foster
Mary Farwell
Maria A. Wright
Mary Marvin
Pink W. Dyer
Amelia Moulton
Mattie Herrick
Anna Moody
Fletcher Burnight
Achiol’ Board
Wax
P. Smith
Min
C. M. & St. Paul Railway
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Oliver Magee
Sacred Heart parish school class of '28 graduates
Fourteen young people from Sacred Heart parish school will receive diplomas on June 6 at 8 o clock in the school auditorium. Exams precede the graduation with questions prepared by Rev. Wolf, superintendent of the diocese. Honors are conferred by Rev. G A Hauck and addresses by Rev. P J Coffey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Wolf
McIntyre
G. A. Hauck
P. J. Coffey
June Term Opens in Jones County District Court Anamosa
The June term begins Monday June 4 with no petit jury and grand jury convening first day. Judge John D. Moffit presides over numerous law and equity cases including First Trust & Savings Bank vs Frank Pegerick and many others across attachments garnishments and promissory notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District Court
Anamosa
John D. Moffit
First Trust & Savings Bank
Frank Pegerick
George L. Spears
C. V. Burris
H.W. Jacobs
Will Cassady
Monticello State Bank
E. H. DeWitt
Farmers Mutual Creamery Co
Tiffany Productions
A. O. Lambert
E. T. Landis
H. F. Dolan
Francis Wooley
Fred J. Benischeck
Robert Pavlista
James Pavlista
Hutton
Ed Fadley
Farmers Savings Bank
Anna Porter
Elizabeth Lusk
Gerd Andreesen
L. L. Attachment
John Buresh
F. Guyer
Elmer Dodge
L. F. Bramer
L. L
Roger McFarland
J. N. Baumel
G. D. Scott
the King & Hamilton Co
Fred Biere
John Kropik
James Powlishta
James L. Cave
George Coleman
Mary Thuman
John H. Hagen
Joe Barto
Lambert Cave
Anamosa Farmers’ Creamery Co
D. W. Kohl
Monticello Baseball Team Clinches Strong Season
Monticello totaled multiple wins including 17 2 over Wyoming 2 and 14 1 over Anamosa 1 as part of a nine game schedule. John Shover named captain led by example in center field while Shover Egger Greenawald Appleby Morey Yossi Oltman and Harold Marugg won letters for standout seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philomonte
Monti
John Shover
Shover
C. Egger
Rhatigan
Greenawald
Appleby
Morey
Yossi
Oltman
Harold Marugg
Eugene Rodman
Orlando Null
Sam Rhatigan
Egger
H. Marugg
Woman's attempt follows husband’s death in Dubuque
Mrs John Coleman formerly Clara Boner attempted suicide at 5 30 pm by drinking tonic believing it poison doctors calmed family fears. Coleman a 34 year old World War veteran and street car motorman died Monday after drinking carbolic acid in an ice cream parlor leaving a note blaming discouragement and ill health. He is survived by a wife and a five year old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Coleman
Clara Boner
Dubuque
Coleman
Tragic drowning of Henry Carr two in Ozark area
Henry Carr two year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter Carr of Ozark drowned last Tuesday at 1 30 pm. He was in the yard while hens were fed and found in the water tank. Restorative efforts failed. Funeral set for Friday in Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Carr
Walter Carr
Ozark
Canton
E. G. Drury Returns After Illness and Visit
E. G. Drury came back Tuesday from Tabor where he stayed with his daughter Mrs Edna Rhodes after a severe bout with influenza and a period bedfast. He resumed his health enough to join Memorial Day exercises at Oakwood cemetery yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Drury
Tabor
Edna Rhodes
Monticello
Oakwood Cemetery
E. M. Baker Dies After Illness at Tama
E M Baker long time Monticello resident died at his Tama home last Monday after more than a year of illness intensified by an auto accident. He managed Tama mill operations for J G Cherry for twelve years and earlier worked for Cherry in Cedar Rapids. Survived by widow Naurette Cahill and two sons Arthur and Edwin. Funeral at home conducted by Rev DeWitt Clinton with burial at Oakhill cemetery Tama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Baker
Monticello
Tama
Baker
J. G. Cherry Company
Cherry Company
Cedar Rapids
Diamond Creamery Company
Harwick Post
Mass
Naurette Cahill
Boston
Baccalaureate Service Honors Monticello Class of 1928
The First Congregational church held a full baccalaureate service Sunday evening for Monticello public school graduates. James Maurice and Sam Rhatigan acted as ushers. Rev. A. E. Coe delivered scripture and Rev. Leonard Duckett prayed. The sermon, The Dreams of Youth by Rev. George W. McNary, urged graduates to pursue ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Monticello
James Maurice
Sam Rhatigan
Hollins
George Guyan
Play To Be Feature Of County Achievement Day
Jones county farm women plan a county achievement day at Anamosa state park club house on June 5 featuring a play by Mrs Don Wherry Oxford township farm bureau worker. Wyo ming township women present the enactment highlighting clothing project revival with named participants.
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Jones County
Anamosa State Park
Don Wherry
Oxford Township
Wyoming Township
Foley
Hardwick
Bright
Brown
Marilyn Genevieve Jones
O'Toole
Tibbitts
Bill Wright
Deborah Martha McKee
Wayne Township Pupils Make Fine Records
Miss Agnes Maire reports three scholars with exceptional scholarship at Wayne Center rural school. Alvena Stutt has 100 percent grades and exams for two years and finished sixth grade this year. Wilma Helgens and Alice Tobiason have perfect attendance for two years and high scholarship. Miss Maire will teach next year at Wayne Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Maire
Alvena Stutt
Edward Stutt
Alvena
Wilma Helgens
William H. Helgens
Alice Tobiason
George Tobiason
Three Anamosa youths injured in Fairview hill crash
Ward Vincent Clifford Shaw and Alfred Leaper of Anamosa were injured last Monday when their cars collided on the Fairview hill southwest of town and rolled down an embankment. Leaper and Shaw rode in a Ford while Vincent drove a Nash. The youths were badly bruised but not seriously hurt and are alleged to have been racing.
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Ward Vincent
Clifford Shaw
Alfred Leaper
Anamosa
Fairview Hill
Leaper
Shaw
Vincent
Schools Close Year As Graduates Prepare For Exercises
Exams finish as report cards go home and final preparations wrap the school year. Seniors recall earlier days with a park picnic and dress parades. Graduation takes place tonight with Louis Bernard Schmidt delivering the address and diplomas presented by F. E. Stimson.
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Louis Bernard Schmidt
Iowa State College
Ames
Carson and Wilcox
John Finlay
Messrs
Raymond Moore
A. E. Coe
Supt
Clyde I. Bixler
F. E. Stimson
Board of Education
Masonic Temple
Harriet Rohn
Beahl Perrine
Cedar Rapids
Camille Goings
Beth Lightfoot
Monti High
Frederick C. Gurney Dies in Chicago After Illness
Captain Frederick C. Gurney, longtime Chicago police officer and former Monticello boy, died at his home in Chicago on May 24 after a two month illness. He served 32 years in the force rising to captain at Grand Crossing and was 62. He leaves widow Maryel and son Edmund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick C. Gurney
Monticello
Chicago
Grand Crossing
Chicago Daily News
Evans Avenue
Maryel
Edmund
Gurney
Mark Gurney
Kansas
New Airplane Mail Routes Include Cedar Rapids Trial
The government extends overnight New York to Chicago mail to Cedar Rapids Des Moines Omaha and Lincoln. Starting July 10 a Des Moines departure at 4 30 p m will reach New York at 6 15 a m enabling earliest deliveries. Cedar Rapids mail departs east about an hour after Des Moines.
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New York
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Omaha
Lincoln
Father Hauck to Celebrate Silver Jubilee at Sacred Heart Monticello
The Monticello Sacred Heart church will host Rev. Father George A. Hauck for his twenty-fifth ordination anniversary and fifteenth year as pastor on Sunday June 10. Two of his priest brothers will assist. A solemn high mass follows a procession and choir selections. An 8 pm school program features readings songs and addresses. A public banquet offered by the St Elizabeth society begins at noon with a 50 cent dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Oakwood Cemetery
United States
American Legion
America
A. E. Coe
Leonard Duckett
Presbyterian Church
Old Camp Ground
Coe
Henry Marks
Richland Center Presbyterian Church
Sacred Heart Church
George A. Hauck
Hauck
G. A. Hauck
J. B. Hauck
J. L. Hauck
Paul Pitzenberger
James J. Keane
Wiegand
Donizetti
Benedictus
Agnus Det
Isabelle Bader
I. V. Dautremont
Marion Lord
Maxine Redmond
Claude D. Fothergill
Rev. M. Eardley
St. Elizabeth Society
Fred Penniman Comments On The South And Strawberry Trade
Fred A. Penniman writes from Hammond Louisiana praising longtime local ties and recalling Bowen’s Prairie. He notes a busy strawberry season with shipments reaching 124 cars in a day, auctions in Hammond, state inspections, and buyers from across the United States, sending trains to Ponchatoula and McComb. He sends greetings to Charles Rowley and old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Old Bowen's Prairie
U. S
Canada
Charles Rowley
California
Ponchatoula
McComb
Hammond
United States
Fred A. Penniman
Louisiana
Ed M Smith Drives GOP Campaign For Secretary Of State
The voting guide urges Ed M Smith on the republican primary ballot for secretary of state. Smith, the acting secretary appointed after a death, is described as a capable officer and former Jones county resident and two term state senator from Madison county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed M. Smith
Smith
Jones County
Center Junction
State Senate
Madison County
Cedar Rapids Team To Lead Anamosa Initiatory Night
A class of 70 candidates will be adopted in Anamosa Tuesday evening June 5. The initiatory work will be conducted by a Cedar Rapids team. Ten candidates come from Monticello as part of the group.
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Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
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Legion Hall
Auniors
Gladys Stickford
Sacred Heart
John T. Moffit
Eclipse Lumber Co
Ralph Harrison
Fred Buresh
Roland Fowler
Mary Kellaney
Frank H. Sheridan
Guardian
Vacuum Oil Co
Louis H. Triltsch
Porter & Merritt
W. A. Hale
H. D. Miller
Town of
Iowa
Harry B. Kedley
Edward T. Kedley
New Equity
C. W. Ellison
Katie Smith
Mary Burian
Lillie Oswald
Leonard Ingwersen
Fletcher Emerson
A. Byers
Tressa Corum
Edward Corum
Jennie Martensen
Martin Mortensen, Jr
Steve Peterson
Isaiah Williams
Clarence Schindhelm
Minnie Belle Ward
George W Ward
Orpha A. LeMaster
William R. LeMaster
State of Iowa
James Straka
Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Co
Lomeda C. Bunce
Bill Larson
Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank
Anna K. Cluever
the Hedges Co
Sarah J. Millsap
Edward L. Harvey
Martha Harvey
Julia F. Rhinehart
Myrtle Barker
Ed Koranda
John M. Koranda
Charlies Koranda
Lrst National Bank
Wyoming
Mildred J
AD ‘Hogan
C.W
Springville
Oxford Junction
Business Men
Wayne Township
Archie B. Grimes
Father Hauck
Fred Penniman
Woodmen
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