Joe Ladehoff Wins Annual Jones County Husking Contest
Joe Ladehoff of Scotch Grove won the second annual Jones County corn husking contest with a net 2208 pounds after deductions. Knutsen of Anamosa placed second with 2178 pounds net and Zimmerman of Olin was third with 2158 pounds net. The event at Center Junction started at 10 16 a m and was judged by local officials. prizes were awarded by the Jones County Farm Bureau.
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Joe Ladehoff
Scotch Grove
Jones County
Ans Knutsen
Anamosa
Ee Zimmerman
Ohard
Harry Stingley
Center Junction
Henry Etchhorn
J. C. McConaughy
Martelle
Jones County Farm Bureau
John Goodman
Ladehoff
Hans Knutsen
Knutsen
Louis Zimmerman
Olin
Herman Ortgies
John Boysen
Galen Hein
Monticello
Howard Ireland
Floyd Shew
Carl Hay
Archie Fraser
Herman Harms Seriously Injured In Car Accident
Herman Harms nineteen son of Mr and Mrs Henry Harms sustained serious injuries after a car ran off a road near Amber two miles southeast of town last Thursday morning He and Ernie Ortgies were in the vehicle Ortgies escaped with minor injuries Harms underwent eye surgery after a glass fragment was removed from his right eye Mercy hospital Anamosa treated Harms and he was unconscious briefly Rendered unconscious Ortgies was not seriously hurt
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Amber
Herman Harms
Henry Harms
Mercy
Harms
Ernie Ortgies
Ortgies
Mercy Hospital
New Members Added to Monticello B P W Club
Monticello B P W members enjoyed a Maples Inn dinner with membership committee Izora Bancroft Madge Shaffer and Recene Ashton in charge. New members elected included Elizabeth Wallis Adelaide Gray Opal Porter Marion Hayes Virginia Ferring Lillian Stewart and H P Edwards. The evening focused on hobbies and the group finds meetings engaging and productive.
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Monticello
Class Of '33 Makes An Unusually Fine Record
Supt. A B Grimes reports 18 of 46 students from the class of '33 are now in college equal to 39 percent. The record is unusually high given current cash constraints.
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A. B. Grimes
Monticello
Real Summer Stages Return Engagement in Monticello
California enthusiasts enjoyed Iowa last week as summer performed an encore in Monticello under perfect skies. Temperatures Tuesday climbed to a top of 77 degrees in the afternoon mirroring unseasonable summer warmth.
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California
Iowa
Monticello
Back to School Night Planned in Monticello High School
Plans are forming for Monticello citizens to attend a Back to School evening on Thursday November 16 at the high school. Regular classes will be held that evening with visitors choosing from subjects offered and attending under the same conditions as current students.
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Monticello
Supt
Grimes
the Express
West Branch Victors in Low-Scoring Conference Battle
Monticello drops first conference game 7 to 0 at West Branch in a hard fought clash. Moore stars for West Branch with heavy ball carrying and kicking while Monticello backs and defense shine, but fail to score. Center Tom Eden out with illness weakens line ahead of Mount Vernon game.
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Monticello
West Branch
Seedorf
Monti
Yeoman
Moore
Monti High
Che
Tom Eden
Mount Vernon
St Matthew's Church To Hold Special Meeting
Pastor H F Schuh of the American Lutheran church will speak in Monticello on Friday November 3 at 7 30 p m to about twenty congregations on financing during difficult times. The meeting is open to all with no admission or offering. He will also preach at Sunday service at 10 45 a m.
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American Lutheran Church
H. F. Schuh
Columbus
Ohio
Monticello
Schuh
The Hoodoo Chosen As The Junior Class Play
The Monticello junior class of 1935 chooses The Hoodoo as their play to be staged in the public school auditorium on Tuesday evening November 7 directed by Miss Opal Dee Porter. The cast features many named students and teachers in a comedy about a wedding party disrupted by an Egyptian scarab superstition.
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Public School
Opal Dee Porter
Monticello Public Schools
Brighton Early
George Fraser
Billy Jackson
Robert Spooner
Solomon Spiggot
Roy Rickless
Hemachus Spiggot
Herbert Adix
Malachi Meek
Clark Matthiessen
Dun
Wayne Jones
Amy Lee
Ada Egger
Perrington-Shine
Lucille Scheele
Gwendolyn Perrington-Shine
Jean Liddy
Dodo de Graft
Helen Holst
Ima Clinger
Laura Lehman
Angeline Clinger
Garol Naylor
Doris Raffles
Francesa Steck
Semiramis Spiggot
Eloise Kuhns
Dodge de Graft
Miss Nettie Hormel Weds Claude Johnson in West Liberty
Former Monticello teacher Miss Nettie E Hormel married Claude Johnson at her parents home in West Liberty. Rev C E Burdine officiated a single ring ceremony attended by close relatives and friends. Mrs Johnson is a Cedar Falls graduate who taught in Monticello and Glenwood, while Mr Johnson farms near Dows.
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Nettie E. Hormel
Monticello
Claude Johnson
Ed Hormel
West Liberty
Johnson
Christina Johnson
Dows
C. E. Burdine
Presbyterian Church
Marie Holtz Improves After Colfax Accident
Sister of Earl Holtz band instructor Marie Holtz lies in a Marshalltown hospital convalescing after injuries from the October 21 automobile crash near Colfax. Doctors report a fractured pelvis and frontal skull fracture, but she is conscious and improving with an excellent chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Holtz
Earl Holtz
Monticello
Marshalltown
Colfax
Monticello Scouts Honored at Cedar Rapids Meeting
At a Cedar Rapids court of honor meeting, Waubeek campers held a reunion with several Monticello Scouts in attendance. Edward Ferreter of Marion earned the Eagle Scout rank, others received Star rank Merle Hutton, George Fraser, and Merle Hutton were honored as merit badge recipients went to 47 Scouts.
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Court of Honor of
Boy Scouts
Cedar Rapids
Waubeek
Monticello
Edward Ferreter
Marion
Merle Hutton
George Fraser
Call For Condition Of State Banks In Iowa
The state banking department has sued for the condition of all state banks savings banks and trust companies as of October 25.
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Iowa
The
State Banking Department
State Game Commission Announces Open Dates For Hunting Pheasants
The Iowa State Game Commission announced open pheasant hunting dates in thirty northern counties. Six day sessions run noon to 5 pm in five counties and parts of six others. four day sessions run noon to 5 pm in nineteen counties and parts of all. The pheasant census prompted the larger season. bag limit remains three male birds per day. Wardens will enforce regulations to prevent violations.
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State Fish and Game Commission
Iowa
Lyon
Osceola
Dickinson
Emmett
Winnebago
Sioux
O'Brien
Clay
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Hancock Counties
U. 8
Worth
Mitchell
Cerro Gordo
Floyd
Bremer
Chickasaw
Black Hawk
Grundy
Butler
Franklin
Wright
Humboldt
Pocahontas
Buena Vista
Cherokee
Plymouth
Woodbury
Monona
Ida
I. T. Bode
Three Foxes Shot On Herman Hanken Farm
A group of hunters bagged two old foxes and one young fox on the Herman Hanken farm last Sunday morning. The shooters were Leneee Herman Hanken and Lester Wenger.
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Herman Hanken
Leneee
Lester Wenger
Jones County Husker Rates For State Contest Near Audubon
Joe Ladehoff of Jones county heads 25 corn huskers entering the twelfth Iowa state corn husking contest near Audubon. This year includes three former champions and marks the first Jones county qualifier after 76 elimination derbies across Iowa.
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Jones County
Joe Ladehoff
Iowa
Audubon
Orville Wicks
Kanawa
Wright County
Louis Curley
Lee County
Ruel Harmon
Mills County
Clyde Tague
Guthrie County
Joint VFW Installation Set for Nov 8 in Monticello
Monticello post No. 1633 VFW and its auxiliary plan a joint installation on Wednesday November 8. Department President Anna Hanrahan will initiate eleven candidates as the department president class. President Emma Jacobs and Commander William H Jarrett lead ritual work with a refreshment committee named for the event.
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Monticello Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Anna Hanrahan
Monticello
Dubuque
Emma Jacobs
William H. Jarrett
Vera Bader
Maggie Behrends
Velma Morrissey
Laura V. Waddick
Frieda
Margaret Behrends
Starks Farm Auction At Monticello Draws Crowd
Messrs Fred and Charles Starks held an auction two miles northeast of Monticello last Wednesday. Col L P Waddick called the sale which drew a good crowd and strong prices. Corn brought 24 to 25 cents, a 13 year old horse sold for 70 dollars, a 9 year old black horse 70, a 5 year old team 220, and the team weighed about 2700 pounds. Chickens brought 48 cents each, cows averaged 28 dollars with the high cow at 38. This sale marks one of the first near Monticello this fall and more sales are expected.
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Messrs
Fred and
Charles Starks
Monticello
Col. L. P. Waddick
Jack Kay Nabs Crandic Stage Company Prospect
Jack Kay son of Mr and Mrs Fred Kay is in line for a Crandic Stage bus operator position after two student runs between Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Cedar Rapids Omaha He underwent preliminary training and hopes for a permanent posting The company drew from more than 200 applicants with strict screening.
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Jack Kay
Fred Kay
Crandic Stage Company
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Omaha
Jack
Lee
Torea
Special Song Service At Reformed Church
The Reformed Church hosts a Sunday night service at 8 oclock featuring readings and special music. Congregation and friends are invited to attend and share their favorite songs before Sunday.
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Reformed Church
the Reformed Church
Halloween pranks caused no major damage
Large groups of youngsters celebrated Hallowe'en last Tuesday by carrying away personal property and creating mischief with corn and cabbage. No serious damage was reported, though some residents opposed the antics.
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Hallowe'en
Sacred Heart Church Bazaar Dinner Set for November 21
The Sacred Heart church announces its annual bazaar and dinner for Tuesday November 21. Plan to attend and enjoy community activities and dining in a church event.
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Sacred Heart Church
Agricultural Outlook Topped by Wortman at Monticello Rotary
Max Wortman former county agricultural agent for Jones County and manager of the state farm near Anamosa spoke to Monticello Rotary Club at Maples Inn Monday evening. He said the agricultural situation is better and likely to improve in coming years. He urged full cooperation with the President’s program and praised Secretary Henry Wallace as a world authority on plant breeding. Rotarians learned farmers’ viewpoint on current trends. LeRoy Farmers and W R Ralston of Cedar Rapids Rotary Club attended as guests and invited the club to an inter city meeting at Hotel Roosevelt on November 6.
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Max Wortman
Jones County
Anamosa
Monticello
November 1913 items from Monticello Express
Events include Thais Van Meter injuring her arm, Leslie Reade fracturing his forearm, birth of a baby to Mr. and Mrs. Schoon, Charles Moore opening a photographic studio, and a fiftieth wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Lee. Also Rev. Hauck becomes Sacred Heart parish priest and Dr. C G Thomas to practice in Monticello.
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Monticello Express
Thais van Meter
Leslie Reade
George Schoon
Wayne Township
Charles Moore
Monticello
Moore
California
William Lee
Des Moines
Scotch Grove Township
W. R. Kuhns
Leyland Shelley
George W. Hauck
Sacred Heart
Orlando McDaniel
Long Beach
Calif
C. G. Thomas
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago
Ilinois
Bids Sought For Cascade-Jones County Road Surfacing
Jones and Dubuque counties officials met in Dubuque on Tuesday to receive bids for surfacing a 3.38 mile stretch of road from Cascade into Jones county with crushed rock under the project.
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Jones County
County Board of Supervisors
Jones
Dubuque Counties
Dubuque
Cascade
Death of Lois Irene Hagen Beloved Wayne Child
Mr and Mrs George Hagen of Wayne township mourn the death of their daughter Lois Irene age one year eight months who died at home last Friday at 2 30 pm. She was born February 27 1932 and baptized March 13 1932 at Zion Lutheran church. Survived by her parents a brother Donald and her maternal and paternal grandparents. Funeral services were held at the family home and Zion Lutheran church conducted by Rev J P Willms.
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George Hagen
Wayne Township
Lois Irene
Zion's Lutheran Church
Edena Willms
Donald
J. P. Willms
Dewitt Resigns to Join National Pharmacy Firm
Eugene H. Dewitt of Grinnell resigns after three years at J. B. Lorge College Pharmacy to take a traveling position with Mess inggill Pharmaceutical Laboratories in Bristol Tennessee. He was chosen from 172 applicants. Mrs Dewitt and son Eugene Junior stay in Grinnell where he is a Grinnell High sophomore and head cheerleader.
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Eugene H. Dewitt
Grinnell
J. B. Lorge College
Messinggill Pharmaceutical Laboratories
Bristol
Tennessee
Dewitt
August Weseman Tops Hog Market With 90 Hogs Near Anamosa
Jones county farmer August Weseman near Anamosa sent 90 hogs to the Cedar Rapids market last week. The 233 pound pigs, twelve months old, brought a total of 896 dollars.
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Jones County
August Weseman
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Monticello Observes Armistice Day with Park Program
Monticello mercantile stores will close Saturday November 11 from 10:30 to 11:30 in observance of Armistice Day. A Soldiers Memorial Park program begins at 10:30 led by the VFW and auxiliary with speaker M. B. Andelfinger of Dubuque and Reverend W. J. Macaulay giving the invocation. A salute to the dead will follow with attendance urged for all citizens.
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Monticello
Soldiers’ Memorial Park
M. B. Andelfinger
Dubuque
Rev
W. J. Macaulay
Here and There In Nearby News
Mrs. Martha James a Des Moines resident aged 110 died last Thursday after 70 years in the city. Iowa University reports 2 605 students enrolled in the school of letters three years after its organization. B W Lodwick of Fayette elected president of the Iowa County Agents association at Ames. Frank Karrigan of Dubuque retiring president. Delhi and West Union receive federal waterworks grants of 4500 and 3300 dollars. Oklahoma county awarded 331 000 for paying. Football results list Iowa colleges with scores against Northwestern Creighton Grinnell Drake and others. Mrs. Winsta Hoffard of Cedar Rapids sentenced insane for murdering her four month old son Theodore. committed to Independence insane hospital due to fear of ill health.
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Martha James
Des Moines
School of Letters
University of Iowa
B. W. Lodwick
Fayette
Iowa County Agents’ Association
Iowa State College
Ames
Frank Karrigan
Dubuque
Delhi
West Union
Iowa
Weat Union
Ohns
Sot County
Northwestern College
Minnesota
Creighton
Grinnell
Missouri
Iowa State
Morningside
Iowa Teachers
Central
Buena Vista
Drake
Washington University
Iowa Wesleyan
Penn
Coe
Cornell
Winsta Hoffard
Cedar Rapids
Theodore
Commissioners of Insanity
Linn County
Independence
Rev J W Innes Weds Marion Landes Black in Malvern
The marriage of Rev Johan W Innes to Marion Landes Black occurred at Landes Black’s home in Malvern Iowa last Monday October 30. Announcements were received by friends yesterday and the couple will reside at 1620 Ridge Avenue Evanston Ill. Innes is a former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Monticello.
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Johan W. Innes
Marion Landes Black
Malvern
Iowa
Innes
Archie Bender Recovering After Abdominal Abscess Surgery
Archie Bender manager of the Sinclair service station on East First Street is convalescing at John McDonald Hospital after surgery last Friday. Doctors initially suspected appendicitis but found an abdominal abscess. Friends wish him a speedy recovery.
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Archie Bender
Sinclair
East First Street
John McDonald Hospital
Veteran Wyoming Druggist E M Babcock Retires After 55 Years
E M Babcock proprietor of the Babcock drug and jewelry store in Wyoming since 1878 has sold his store to H G Miller of Cedar Rapids. The business will be run from the same location by Miller and his son George Miller Sr now become Miller Pen Co distributing head. Babcock at 81 years old remains on duty daily. He served as mayor 8 years, town council 16 years, board of education 8 years and helped install the Wyoming telephone system in 1899 and led the fire company as first chief in 1900.
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E. M. Babcock
Babcock Drug and Jewelry
Wyoming
H. G. Miller
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Miller
George Miller, Sr
Miller Pen Company
George Miller
Onslow
Marion
Iowa
Bietema
Board of Education
Wyoming Telephone System
Wyoming Fire Company
Keystone Lodge No
Order
Iowa Electric Plans Window Displays in Monticello
The Iowa Electric Company installed a series of well lit window displays in Monticello last week. The exhibits include displays in their own store, the J. J. Hayes furniture shop, and a George Stuhler's Sons grocery window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa Electric Company
J. J. Hayes Furniture
George Stuhler's Sons Company
Unusual Rat-Hunting on Iowan Farm Ends in 250 Deaths
Walter Miller and a Grundy County corn shelling crew battled rats infesting a double corn crib. After a full day of swinging sticks, they buried 250 dead rodents and plan a concrete floor to deter future invasions. A separate report notes rock fallout from Waverly blasting damaged a nearby home. Court officials in Garner claim a record speed verdict in a wife desertion case. A Knoxville farmer reports a seven pound sweet potato as a sample of a larger harvest.
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Walter Miller
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Walter
Waverly
Bremer County
W. H. Barclay
Barclay
Garner
Hancocks County
L. E. Evans
Tracy
Tama County
Ira Ward
Knoxville
Marion County
Curtis
Ward
Youth Sunday Held at Monticello Congregational Church
Youth Sunday sponsored by Iowa Congregational churches drew over 60 delegates from Anamosa Marion Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to Monticello. Host Miss Janett Wright of Bethany Cedar Rapids led the conference with James Bort of Monticello and Rev Nelson Drier of Cedar Rapids sharing a talk on A Philosophy of Life That Works by Walter H Judd. Hazel Houston of Anamosa was elected secretary and the local Women’s Missionary Society provided a six o’clock supper.
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Congregational Churches of
Iowa
Monticello
Nelson Drier
First Congregational Church
Cedar Rapids
Walter H. Judd
Judd
China
Anamosa
Marion
Iowa City
Hazel Houston
Women's Missionary Society
Congregational Church
Inn Keepers Plead Not Guilty At Anamosa
Former Rainbo Tin inn keepers Mary Price Mae Reisner and Art Price appeared before the Jones county district court last Monday facing four true information counts for illegal liquor possession and transportation false labeling and keeping a gambling house. They pled not guilty and await trial at the November term. A raid a week earlier yielded alcohol near beer and slot machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbo Tin
Anamosa
Jones County District Court
Mary Price
Mae Reisner
Art Price
Fire Destroys Iron Shack in Monticello
An iron shack owned by Charles Schneider in southeast Monticello was totally burned last Friday night. The blaze, likely sparked by a small heater explosion, consumed the structure and contents. No insurance coverage existed for the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schneider
Monticello
Schneider
Bill Sloan Ill at Home With Pneumonia
Billy Sloan is seriously ill at his home with pneumonia. His temperature Tuesday reached 103 degrees as Monticello school shops attend to his condition and hopes for a speedy recovery.
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Bill Sloan
Billy Sloan
Monticello
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Atherton B. Clark
Platteville
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Alex Miller
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
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Hollywood
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Eugene DeWitt
J. W. Innes
Jessie Koch
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