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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1928
Page
5
Rep Smith wins a sweeping victory support across forty states, securing a large electors total. Despite the broad win, the candidate retains only eight states in the final tally.
Hoover and Curtis captured 444 electoral votes to Smith and Robinson's 87, carrying 40 states and breaking the Solid South. Iowa backed the ticket with over 200,000 votes, large state and county majorities, and a decisive tax bond approval.
President Coolidge and Pope Pius XI send congratulations to Mr and Mrs Martin Holub of Prairieburg on their golden wedding. The ceremony included Mass at the local church, a noon dinner, and an evening city hall reception with dancing. The Holubs have 18 children, 16 living, and 39 grandchildren, with each son receiving a farm as a wedding gift totaling 1761 acres.
Jones county farmers along the C M and St Paul and Pacific railway between Sand Spring and Langworthy received twelve carloads of limestone from a Dubuque firm. Each buyer supplied two men per car and freight was prorated. The rate was 9 dollars per hour for eight hours and 11 dollars per hour thereafter while the train operated. An additional trainload of crushed stone is expected this fall before freezing weather. Buyers listed include Glenn Eilers J J Lang George Mardorf E E Hicks Henry Adams Wilcox Sons Mike Breen C K Greer Stutt Bros Fred Hanken J F Lieneman John Dirks and Henry Jd Jacobs.
Armistice Day will be observed next Monday at 10:30 a.m. in front of the public school building if weather allows. The Monticello band will play several selections, a short address will be given, and the exercises will close with three volleys and taps for the fallen soldiers.
The text notes Monticello’s largest poll in 1920 during the Harding Cox campaign, tied to a bond issue for a new courthouse. The total city vote was 1332, with ward totals of 463 in the First Ward, 609 in the Second Ward, and 370 in the Third Ward.
Mrs. Freda Day, 27, of Monticello married Ray Pearson, 27, of Swea City in Cedar Rapids last Thursday. Day was previously married to Joe Day and sent to the penitentiary as an habitual criminal. Her maiden name was Freda Haeussler.
The Red Cross annual roll call begins next Sunday Armistice Day. Mrs. John H. Lambert is general chairman dividing the town into districts. Committees will call on every resident to solicit dues and contributions. Monticello hopes the drive will top previous efforts.
J J Matthews resigns as receiver of the closed Ryan State bank and becomes cashier of the reorganized Strawberry Point State bank with duties starting next week. A Cedar Rapids theater incident ends with a box of potatoes and a missing suspect. Local deaths include Gilbert Deshaw Hopkinton and Patrick Shearn. Cedar Rapids boy Jack Turner dies in a train collision. coroner to investigate safety signals. A fire on Leo Haennig farm destroys a stock and hay barn and many valuables.
Two Republicans vying for office were described as killing each other off and a woman received a clear chance. The town voted two to one to bond the state for 1 billion dollars to pave and gravel primary roads over six years. Bonds and interest will be paid from automobile and gasoline taxes. Col Haynes and his persistence aided the result. Jones County backed the bonds four to one.
Hoover wins Linn County by about 14 743 votes in a tally of 25 452 to 11 709. The county total exceeds the four year turnout by about 2 500 votes. In Cedar Rapids residents approve a new water works system by a three to one margin.
Precincts report Hammill 4,433 and Houses 2,162 with Cole defeating Cahill 4,296 to 2,036 in Congress race. Rigby beats Thompson 4,255 to 1,816 for state senator. Gilmore topples Simmermaker 4,040 to 2,167 for state representative. All county Republican officers elected. road bonds pass 4,038 to 1,727 and amendment 2,774 to 1,319. Leaker drew 259 votes amid anti-T. B. sentiment.
The article presents the county officers vote from the 1926 election as recorded officially. It notes the comparison to the returns from last Tuesday's election and aims to aid readers in evaluating shifts in local political support.
Dr. J. A. White, 89, a Civil War veteran and former Olin mayor, denounces modern drinking as greater than in open saloon days. He recalls leading efforts to ban saloons, bragging of helping close thirty six barrels of liquor, and says he voted Republican in the latest presidential election.
Hog cholera continues to strike farms across Iowa with several Eastern towns reporting losses of 150 to 300 hogs. Vaccination is urged as the sole preventive measure, with a long list of affected localities including London Sigourney Hayesville Harper Keswick Delta Denver Janesville Cascade Kalona Maquoketa Ely Cedar Rapids Solon Fairfax Iowa City Vinton Lone Tree Mount Vernon Garrison Reinbeck Davenport Blue Grass Walcott Buffalo Eldridge Hudson What Cheer Barnes City Lost Nation Stanwood Calamus Oxford Junction Baldwin Mallolin DeWitt Grand Mound Rose Hill Deep River Montezuma Gibson Richland Teed s Grove Ohlie Mechanicsville Cedar Falls New Hartford Denver Dike Waterloo Hopkinton Wyoming Osage Washington Keystone Ely Brighton Toledo Tama Montour Bryant Low Moor Clinton Cascade Preston Baldwin Monticello Stanwood Bennett Tipton Clarence Lost Nation Sigourney Donahue Alta Vista West Union Postville.
Last Wednesday Carl Wenger hosted a family reunion at Ryan to celebrate Mrs. Carl Wenger’s birth anniversary and Ed Wenger of Manchester’s birth anniversary. Attendees included Godfrey and Mrs Wenger, Chris, Flora Hamblin, Hart and Mrs Hamblin, Ed Wenger, Louis and Betty Lou Wenger of Masonville, Will Wenger and son Lester, Mrs Widmer, Mr and Mrs John Wenger of Monticello, John McCoy and Donald of Cedar Rapids, and Carl Wenger with sons Clarence Albert and Gilbert of Ryan. An expected surprise, guests arrived with baskets and a plentiful dinner followed.
A compiled snapshot notes births marriages deaths and local events. Highlights include a newborn son to Mr and Mrs Henry Null near Johnsontown, property purchase by C W Hosford, several marriages in Wayne township, hog market totals from Smyth sisters, and local clergy changes. Also reports of accidents, deaths, a siege-variant retirement furlough, and weather shifts with snow and rain impacts on farming.
The local election changed offices with Ray Echternacht and Fred McLaughlin elected as justices of peace for two years. They had votes of 804 and 826, while I. V. Dautremont received 348 on the Democratic ticket. Harold Tedrow and W. H. Null won as constables with 818 and 840 votes respectively, Null the top vote-getter.
Monticello defeated Mount Vernon 12 to 0 in a mud soaked morning game on Cornell College practice field. Brokaw scored two touchdowns and Monti added another as both teams struggled with field conditions and fumbles. Fans await a November 12 showdown between Monticello and Anamosa.
Anamosa high school secured its fifth win of the season by beating Lyons 7 to 6 at Anamosa Saturday. Lazio scored and Carstens added the extra point after a second quarter drive, while Lyons replied in the period. Lee Line recovered four fumbles for the Anamosa defense as Clabbe scored for Lyons on a late surge.
On Tuesday evening November 13 at 8 o clock the dedication of the new school building in district No 6 Wayne s township will be held. Pupils with assistance will present a program and lunch will follow. Miss Alma Anderson is the teacher and the public is invited to attend.
Farmers along rural Route No 2 report wide corn harvest activity with families helping in the fields. The crop is not as strong as expected with downed and rotting corn touching the ground, yet some farmers still have substantial yields and plan to feed soft corn to cattle and hogs. Wayne township shows thriving dairying and hog production with the Folkers farm highlighting spring and fall pork. local schools and Wayne Center district are praised for modern facilities and capable teachers.
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