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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1928

Page

4

Court House Notes From A Busy Iowa Week

Weekly court house roundup details election prep and county actions. County Auditor Rockstad toured precincts delivering ballots while County Engineer Floyd Vetter oversees road program updates. Miss Nellie V Morey plans school visitation and a study center for teachers, with a county superintendent meeting in Des Moines tied to state teachers sessions. Deeds filed list transfers in Jones County from 1923 to 1928 with small sums recorded.

Express Court House Rockstad Floyd Vetter Nellie V. Morey Jones County Montticella

Homecoming prep and football clash loom in Monticello

Monticello prepares for homecoming with a busy schedule including a Monticello Anamosa football clash viewed as a championship bout. The event features a large crowd forecast, a hot dog stand fundraiser, and a pep rally, with football tickets priced for students and adults. Edith Brown, a Tipton teacher, was hospitalized after a pistol discharged in a local office injuring her.

Jones County Schoolmasters' Club Martelle Supt Southard Monticello Wyoming Anamosa Supt. Grimes R. T. Moore Opal Scott Rose Wilcox Des Moines Bernice Ferguson Cee Philomonte Leer Dahil Iowa Monti High American Legion Monticello City Band Bame Edith Brown Tipton Mercy Hospital Town City Brown Forest City

Crop Progress and Roadwork Highlight Jones County Fields

Farmers report high yields from corn oats and clover with improvements on the land. John Doyle praises clover’s impact and notes forty acres of wood clover while L J Doyle touts four acres of alfalfa producing twelve tons. Road work improves Monticello Wyoming route with graveled surfaces and track-like upkeep under Supervisor Hughes and Carl Rickels supervises the district ensuring good travel conditions.

John Jown L. J. Doyle Llangworthy L. J Doyle Jones County Monticello Wyoming Hughes Carl Rickels Sand Hill Church N. 7 Onslow Amber Road Lie Carl's Road Kotilinek Anna Care Board Koranda Chas Knapp Kalouse Louis King Drag N. W. Bell Telephone Co Btavel cc Oltman Geo DULOS Neecssteeeseone jLamb Cyrus Mileage Lyons & Carnahan jLathrop Jettle jLaucamp L. B. Labor Metcalf H. C. Co Monticello Express Publi Mershon Karl G Milota Louise Petit Powers Ray Petit Jury Muscelaneous Phillips F. L Rand McNally Co Remley A. L Rowen John Est Rent Rawson E. G Rohwedder E. F Saper Lloyd Sherman Earl E Siebels Will King Drag Stanton Orland King Stover W. G Straka J. G. Jr King Dragvator Co Stimpson Thames Bess Starry Harlon Stivers Lila Swartzell J. G Soule Harry Stickford W. W Smith J.N Lief ( Smith May M Webb Bagk Pub. Co Walton, Wm Waggoner Walter Wherry B. L Whitcombe F. H Justice Witness Wood Gerald Wiemeter H. L Wyland Mary Jane Rail Repeye Irwin Keystone Envelope Co Loose Leaf Co Koch Bros Kilefélter Kellogg L. W Lammey Hazel Linwood Cement Co Lange Love F. D Macmillan Co Metropolitan’ Supply Co Cations Rickels Palmer, A. N. Co Ness Prouty Rapid Press Carl Labor A. G Rummell Roy C Provisions Reid G. R Silver Burdett & Co Swartzell’s Soper Howard T. M Grand Jury Stoner Paul Sinclair Donald Swift & Co Symons W. H Soldiers’ Reteachers Institute Taylor F. E Eee van Buren G. J Sheep Welch J. H Printing Co John Wilcox Walker Frank LOEB Wincke Vetter

County board earns thanks for road attention

The text praises Supervisor Hughes and fellow board members for their attention to roads in this part of the county, noting residents owe them a vote of thanks for their efforts.

County Hughes Board of Supervisors

Church Services and Schedules for Sunday Nov 11

Chopies Congregational Church lists Sunday school at 10:00 a.m and morning worship at 11:00 a.m with Young People's Hour at 6:00 p.m inviting public worship. Methodist Episcopal and other churches provide 10:00 a.m Sunday school 11:00 a.m services and evening programs with a quarterly conference on Nov 15. Other churches show German services 10:45 a.m and Armistice sermon at 7:30 p.m with a mid week service on Wednesday.

George W. McNary Methodist Episcopal Church Robert Davies Epworth League Christian Endeavor

Local Lutheran Schedules German Services This Sunday

Paul T. Gutknecht leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. German services are set at St. John's 10:45 a.m. and Trinity 2:15 p.m. The church calendar lists these gatherings for worship and community.

St. John’s Ey Paul T. Gutknecht St. John's Trinity

Mirick Method Charms Beginners Band Directors

Chicago trade review details Galen C. Mirick of Fayette Iowa selling a new easy method to form and direct beginners bands. The book promises quick progress with clear lessons and home practice, endorsed by Clay Smith and others, and aims to spark broad interest in band and orchestra education.

Ld Aked Chicago Galen C. Mirick Fayette Kate C. Mirick Boone Mirick Gamble Hinged Music Co East van Buren Street Clay Smith Lloyd Swartley LeMars Iowa Palmer J. Clark University of Chicago

Wanted and For Sale Notices From Monticello

A collage of classified listings from Monticello including items for sale such as radios breeding ewes saxophones cattle and horses with names like Locher's Music Store O E Fuller Stutt Bros Sackett Kiburz Margaret Wismeier Ed C Wenger and Fred Shover plus notices on hunting restrictions public notices and farm stock listings and a Buick 1925 sedan offered by F W Page and J L Weber & Sons. The ads mention properties like a modern house near Lowell State Bank and several livestock types with contact phone numbers and farm locations in Iowa.

Anamosa Supervisors Proceedings August Claims

Vast ledger of the Anamosa county board shows August claims and expenditures from multiple vendors and individuals. Entries cover lumber, cement, groceries, road work, medical aid, legal fees, postage, gravel, and bridge maintenance with numerous named suppliers and residents.

Anamosa Journal Publica Anamosa Lumber Co Dorveshaasly Althen, F. C Adams, J. D. & Co Austin Western Road Machine Co Fred Amber Cooperative Lumber Co Anamosa Farmers Creamery Co Anamosa Eureka Eee Amber Cooperative Creamery Co Bodenhofer John Boone Blank Book Co Biere Biggart Cal Eid & Jackson Boots Arthur Bruce Lem Burda, Frank Bonar Barber Robert Byers L. A Rohwedder Milk Rogers Geo Sarby King Dragging Stanton Orland Stover H. E Straka J. G Stickley Dillon Sears Geo J Standard Ol Co BE. W King Dragstairs E. W Stahlers Sitter & Son Tyler & Downing Washington Co M. Schnoebelen Wilkins Fredus Vent Dent Children Kebmiss F. H Justice Rummel Roy Oy Swift & Joy Visions Taylor F. E Widows' Pensions Dependicteon Cecil Vetter F. H Corner Grocery September Claims Acres Blackman Co American Book Co jAnamosa Eureka Publica- Choms Lee Berlin F. L Callaghan Pat Carson Chaplin, R. E Ecceesestee Neoteceeneneess Christophersen J. N King Cave Addie Dubuque Stone Products Co Dodge J. H Garnett Clayton Labor A. A Gavin Basil Gordon R. D Glick Beth Green C. H Garrison Harrison, ‘Ener. Co Hanssen Hunter T. W Hutton L. E Helms Henry W Hart W. L Hejinian Dr. A. G Medi- Cal Aldvat Ia Hanold Himebaugh Frank L Ape Ocean Jos, A Ald Anamosa Farmers Cream- Ony Bellevue Sand & Gravel Builders Material ‘Company Coarse Bailey Philip Posts Baumel Petit Jury Grand Jury Black A.M Bricker H. H Bristo) & Allen Clark S. W Chipman Clyde G Des Moines Register & Triplies Bahnsen Elmer Behnken Emma Waemess Co Salas Bumgardner & Schroeder Blauls John’ Sons Bangs & Sutton Eby J. M Eilers Hein Earl N Hoffman W. H Powet Gueya

Letter from Alice Jamieson recalls Monticello teaching days

Mrs. Alice Crane Jamieson of Cheyenne Wyoming writes to former pupils and friends from nearly fifty years ago. She recalls teaching in Monticello-area schools including Rocky Ridge Slough and Hanken, and notes family ties to The Express through 1912. She invites letters from former pupils and mentions life near Cheyenne since 1915 with the Yellowstone highway nearby.

Alice Jamieson William Crane Cheyenne Wyoming the Express Jamieson Wyo Monticello Old Stone School Maquoketa River Bowen's Prairie Iowa County Rocky Ridge Slough Hanken Alice Crane Jamieson Sage Cap Paa

Oldtime Whisky Echoes in Football Scores

The Webster City Freeman Journal notes a quip about whisky before listing Iowa college results from the past weekend. Coe beat Cornell 19 to 0, Iowa defeated South Dakota 19 to 0, Iowa State topped Oklahoma 13 to 0, Grinnell beat Marquette 20 to 13, Iowa Wesleyan won 20 to 0, Drake fell to Missouri 6 to 0, Parsons beat Columbia College 8 to 0, and Penn Os-kaloosa shut out with 0.

Webster City Iowa Coe Cornell South Dakota Iowa State Oklahoma Grinnell Marquette Iowa Wesleyan Penn Oskaloosa Drake Missouri Parsons Columbia College

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Nawsuag Vest New Lopte Univers Ag Lownst Office Direstin Delsdgoe H. D. Miller Ethel Gordon South Olin John W. Hunter Nellie C. Hunter W. D Shaw High School Route Congregational Church St. Matthew's Ey. Cutheran Church Adix Presbyterian Church Leonard Duckett Galen Mirick Towa Locher O. E. Fuller Locher’s Music Store Stutt Bros White Plymouth Hock Cockerels Margaret Wismeier Lowell State Bank Kiburz Sackett & Kiburz Ed C. Wenger Black Jersey Giants Effert Prull Duroc Jersey Steve Petersen McNeill Bros Hopkinton Town Walter Hall Fred Shover City Finder Edna Behrends Farmers’ Creamery Frank Dudley Manchester Allan Pairbanks Dondoelinger House South Cedar Street C. K. Greer Poland Alfred Boss Will M. Lubben Durham W. J. Husmann Prairieburg Cedar Rapids China G. H. Gerdes Alva Stadtmueller Cedar Street Bessie Schneider L. J. Schiemme Steiner Bros BUICK F. W. Page Paving J. L. Weber & Sons Cascade Scotch Grove Township J. W. Hutton G. J. Hughes J. W. Nutton J. ‘Farley Supervisors’ Proceedings Ernest Carlson GC. & L. Cash Grocery Emerson Chaplin R. E Cruise J. B Ducil Bramer Dahlem Ivan Edwards John A Sons Englehart Herman Fiedler Chas. G B. E Geo. F Fishwild, R. & Sons Provis Farmers’ Grain Co Goodman Don Glenn, Olive Gerdes, Alva Razor Hone ANG Canvas O W. S la Aah Hamtoe Eng. and Const Holcomb Henderson Joel P Hanson J. L C. C Jones, Earl Klipto Loose Leaf Co Klauer Mig Kellogg, Dr. L.W Inspector Koch Bros OL Digs Matthiessen Wim. J CAIN Meredith E. L Vabon Coos Gus Thomas Ee McConaughy Gay Purcell J. F Brokaw L. O Bender Jerome Rent Ravenscroft Gravel H. P Crescent Printing Co St. P. & Pac. Ry. Co Everett Farmers Mutual Ins. Assn Castle Grove Assess- Jones County Oil Co Anna Wm. T Johnson G. W Klimefelter H. L Kay F. W Laucamp L. B FLD Lacom Seersees Eee Mendenhall, EB. L Monroe Calculating Machine Co Moren Nellie V Mid-Continental Petroleum Co BAS al- Jovanices Paulsan Jacob D 'Paul Peet G. A Rapids Press Corner Grocery & Store
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