Farming accident claims life of Robert Howie near Monticello
Robert J. Howie, 44, was accidentally killed at his Monticello area farm when a corn picker without a guard hooked his clothing and pulled him into the power take-off shaft. He died after being found by his wife around 5 p.m. Coroner J J Hayes ruled the death accidental and no inquest was needed. Howie, a Castle Grove Township native and longtime farmer, was married to Alice Deischer since 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Howie
Monticello
Howle
J. J. Hayes
Howie
Kenneth
Castle Grove Township
James Howie
Alice Deischer
Mrs. A. C. Cool Dies at Farmington Minnesota
Mrs. A C Cool died at her Farmington Minnesota home on October 22 after a lingering illness. Funeral services were at St Michael church Farmington with burial at Lakeville. Her maiden name was Mary E King born December 25 1858 in Canada. She married A C Cool March 3 1886 at Castle Grove township Immaculate Conception church. Survivors include two brothers Michael King Minneapolis and Steve King Castle Grove township, four sisters Mesdames Frank Miller Lucy Hogan Dan McDonald and Ella McGrath, and extended family in Minnesota and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Cool
Farmington
Minn
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
D. J. Moran
Lakeville
Cool
Mary E. King
Canada
Monticello
Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove Township
New Barn Under Construction on Knepper Farm Near Cascade
Joe Knepper, a prosperous Cascade area farmer, is building a large basement barn 36 by 74 feet for a dairy herd and space for horses grain and hay. The addition modernizes the Knepper farm and improves stock care while Knepper reports corn yields are turning out well and crops above par.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Knepper
Cascade
Knepper
Joe
W. F. Rohn
Express
Iowa Prisons Release 118 Men in October
Fort Madison and Anamosa reformatories released 118 prisoners in October with 69 paroled and 40 due to sentence expiration. Anamosa led with 88 total releases and Fort Madison with 52. One prisoner died at Anamosa and one was deported to Scotland. Thirty seven inmates were committed to the reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Anamosa Reformatory
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Scotland
Reformatory
Counterfeiter Gets Five Year Sentence at Davenport
Myles Robinson of Oxford Junction was sentenced to five years in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to possessing counterfeit money and moulds. He and his wife were arrested in DeWitt for gas theft, with counterfeit half dollars found on him and moulds at his Rock Island room. Robinson reportedly learned to make money at Fort Madison while serving time for a Jones county theft. He will face further charges in Jones county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myles Robinson
Oxford Junction
Jones County
Charles A. Dewey
Robinson
DeWitt
Rock Island, Ill
Fort Madison
Armistice Day Observances Planned in Monticello
Armistice Day events will honor veterans on Sunday November 11 with a service at Soldiers Memorial park at 105 to 11 and a union church service at the Methodist church led by Rev W J Macaulay with Rev Gutensohn and Rev Grossheim taking parts. The Monticello post VFW and auxiliary will observe the day since it falls on a Sabbath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monticello Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Monticello State Bank
Memorial Park
South Sycamore Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wm. J. Macaulay
Methodist Church
Samuel G. Gutensohn
William Grossheim
Soldiers’ Memorial Park
Hila Morgan Weds Vivian C. Vetter in Missouri Ceremony
Announcement from Monticello friends confirms the marriage of Hila Axtell Morgan of Vicksburg Michigan to Vivian C. Vetter of Kansas City Missouri. The service occurred in Columbia Missouri on Friday October 12. Mrs. Vetter operates the Hila Morgan stock company which performs in Monticello each summer. Mr. Vetter served as her manager and acted with her in summer Monticello productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Hila Axtell Morgan
Vicksburg
Mich
Vivian C. Vetter
Kansas City
Columbia, Mo
Vetter
Hila Morgan Stock Company
Old Age Checks Arrive for Jones County Residents
Mrs Nellie Rummell pension investigator reports seven old age pension checks received in Jones county. Monticello Anamosa and Olin show recipients with two in Olin a married couple each getting a small amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Rummell
Jones County
Monticello
Anamosa
Olin
Book Week Observed at Monticello Library Weeklong events planned
Monticello Library hosts Book Week November 11 through 17 with displays for children and older readers. A Thursday party invites students up to sixth grade in costume with prizes, while a Tuesday open house features a talk by Mrs. Robert Kerr of Grinnell Iowa on new books and a tea social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jean Bender
Marguerite Bader
Elizabeth Lee Byerly
Charles Ross
Elaine Havlichek
Ann Marie Husman
Marian McKeever
Dwight Moncrief
Mary Jane McKeever
Albert McNeill
Helen Louise McLaughlin
Dorothy O'Rourke
Arfie Rathbun
Jack Stuhler
Anna R. Strasburg
Geraldine Schoon
Mother Goose
Monticello
Robert Kerr
Grinnell
Iowa
Kerr
Iowa Library Association
Des Moines
Monticello Library
Hallowe'en Pranks Target Harold Schlimmer Car
Last week on Halloween a First Street car owned by Harold Schlimmer had air let from its tires and two horns removed. The prankster offers to return the horns after the fun. no prosecution will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe’en Celebrators
Harold Schlimmer
First Street
Harold
Armistice Day Dinner Set For Castle Grove
The Armistice Day dinner will be held at Castle Grove Catholic church on Sunday November 11. Dinner begins at noon. Adults 35 cents children 25 cents. Amusements indoors in the afternoon for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Catholic Church
Monticello High School Plans Homecoming Dance
Monticello high school will host a homecoming dance in the public school gym Friday evening honoring the football teams of Monticello and Anamosa and their coaches. Alumni attendance is encouraged with Miss Opal Dee Porter organizing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Francis Merten
Anamosa
Monticello High School
Opal Dee Porter
Democrats Sweep Iowa Race with Gains in Senate and House
Jones County shifts to Democrats led by Governor Herring and B. M. Jacobsen winning local seats. Across the state Democrats gain three senate seats, hold the governorship, and approach a two thirds majority in the Iowa House as Republicans suffer nationally with 318 seats to 88. Local results show Herring ahead by 1974 votes and Jacobsen carrying Jones County by 913 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Iowa
Democrats
Herring
Jones County
Clyde Herring
Turner
B. M
Installation Of Officers Of V F W Auxiliary
The Monticello post No 1683 VFW and Auxiliary will install officers next Wednesday November 14 with a 7 30 p m start. Department president Hazel Miller of Des Moines will serve as installing officer and a brief business session precedes the ceremony. Visitors from Cedar Rapids Clinton Des Moines and Dubuque are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Hazel Miller
Des Moines
Milter
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Dubuque
Claude Chesmore Resigns as Mid-Continent District Manager
Claude Chesmore, district manager of Mid-Continent Petroleum, resigned recently and was honored at a dinner in Manchester where he received a purse and good wishes. He plans to move to Red Oak Iowa to oversee a large number of stations after residing in Independence and serving Monticello customers. Mrs. John Matthiessen and others attended a Frances Shaw chapter D A R luncheon in Anamosa last Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Chesmore
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Glenn-Charles
Manchester
Chesmore
Independence
Monticello
Red Oak
Iowa
John Matthiessen
Ralph Bone
Will Hiller
Frances Shaw
D. M. Strawman
Anamosa
A C McKinsey Dies at 66 in Maquoketa
A C McKinsey, 66, former owner of the Maquoketa Excelsior and postmaster of Maquoketa until recently, died Sunday night. He moved to Maquoketa 25 years ago from southern Illinois and previously lived in Anamosa, where he worked at The Anamosa Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. McKinsey
Maquoketa
Popular Magazines Offer Through The Express Ad
The Express promotes a big bargain offer for subscribers who pay promptly and add 50 cents for four magazines from a large list. Readers must print name and address in the coupon and mail or bring remittance to The Express office, as the publishers may withdraw the offer soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
The
Express
Fire Destroys Home of Charles Schneider
Monticello firemen battled a south side home blaze Tuesday as Charles Schneider suffered burns on his hands and face. The house burned completely after a gasoline stove flare up and there was no insurance. This marks a second recent blaze at his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Charles Schneider
Schneider
Mr. Schneider
Items Of Occurrences Twenty Years Ago In November
The Monticello Express recalls events from November twenty years ago. Local students entered business colleges in Minnesota and Cedar Rapids while Ada Moore and others attended the Iowa State Teachers’ meeting in Des Moines. New births, marriages, deaths, and property sales are noted along with weather, a minor accident near Dubuque, and the murder of Al Frey in Oregon. The piece also records a fortieth wedding anniversary for Mgr. and Mrs. Jacob Rohr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Minnie Ricklefs
Minnesota
Monticello
Beulah Benedict
Cedar Rapids
Eberhart Prull
E. M. Byers
J. J. Locher
Ada Moore
Margaret Greer
Alice Delscher
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Ralph Baker
Theresa Bohlken
Seattle
Wash
Raymond Lee
U.S. Lee
Ada Zeigler
Edenton
John P. Bader
Ruby Ely
Algie Miner
Marjorie Livingstone
Waubeek
A. G. Hanken
Winfred Slauson
Matthew J. Delay
Genevieve Reilly
Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove Township
John Reilly
Coggan
Mary Wenekamp
Henry Gerdes
Longmont
Colo
Orlando Curtis
Robert George
Pat Troy
Hans Ambuehl
Chicago & Great Western
Dubuque
Ambuehl
al Frey
Union, Ore
John Sangi
Richland Township
Mgr
Jacob Rohr
Car Accident Near Anamosa Fairgrounds Involving Petersen
Paul Petersen of Lovell township and Art Himebaugh of Hopkinton were involved in an automobile crash near the old Anamosa fairgrounds yesterday at 4 p.m. Petersen slowed to pick up a girl when Himebaugh, driving too fast, chose to strike the car. Petersen suffered a scalp wound from the rear vision mirror. Himebaugh was bruised. Neither vehicle was badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Petersen
Lovell Township
Art Himebaugh
Hopkinton
Anamosa Fairgrounds
Petersen
Himebaugh
Chris Arduser Dies in Lemmon South Dakota
Word reached Cedar Rapids of Chris Arduser’s death in a Lemmon hospital after a brief illness. His brother Leonard Arduser traveled to Lemmon last week. Funeral services will be held at the Reformed church in Monticello on Saturday November 10 with Rev Armin H Tendick officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Arduser
Lemmon
S. D
Leonard Arduser
Cedar Rapids
the Reformed Church
Monticello
Armin H. Tendick
Red Cross Roll Call Opens Monday in Jones County
The annual Red Cross drive begins Monday November 12 with a $1 membership fee. Half stays local to aid in disasters and relief, with solicitors in Monticello and surrounding townships urging generosity for future needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Express
American Red Cross
Monticello
Jones County
Here And There In Nearby News
Obituaries note Mrs. Matt Herbstreath 79 died in Oxford Junction while gardening. John Jones 75 a Manchester auto dealer died Nov 3 after an operation, survived by two sons. Stanley Lamb 38, former Muscatine resident, sentenced in Wapello to up to ten years for larceny. Mrs. James Risinger near Andrew gave birth to her sixteenth child Nov 1. Ten boys and three girls living. three previous children died. Football results show Drake and Coe, Grinnell, Simpson, and others with various scores. several games reported across regional colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Herbstreath
Oxford, Junction
John Jones
Manchester
Wnhterloo
Harrold
Forrest Jones
Stanley Lamb
Muscatine
Wapello
Fort Madison
Lamb
James Risinger
Andrew
Maquoketa
Risinger
Drake
Haskell
Iowa
Indiana
Morningside
South Dakota
Coe
Carleton
Creighton
Grinnell
Cornell
Knox
St. Olaf
Luther
Columbia
Parsons
Simpson
State
Upper Iowa
Central
Capt Paul Balcar Visits Monticello Friends
Captain Paul Balcar of the Omaha area visits Monticello friends. He serves in the U S Army in his seventeenth year with thirteen years to retirement. Balcar was admitted to practice law by the Iowa Supreme Court and remained in army service after World War I. He is the son of the late Reverend and Mrs B T Balear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Paul Balcar
Omaha
United States Army
Balear
Iowa Supreme Court
Murder suspect Adolph Berg escapes after manhunt
Adolph Berg, sought in the murder of Mrs. Mabel Tracy of Manchester, eluded a posse of 100 Delaware and Dubuque county officers Tuesday night. He appeared at the Fear home in Farley armed with a revolver. The Fear family fled, Berg stayed with Lenora Fear 16, and others. He fled toward a railroad track and authorities searched all night without success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Berg
Mabel Tracy
Manchester
Delaware and Dubuque County
Fear
Farley
Berg
Lenora Fear
Ethel Perkins and C S Lang Married in Kenosha
The Kenosha Evening News reports the October 27 wedding of Ethel Louise Perkins and Charles Stuart Lang at First Methodist Church Kenosha Wisconsin. Attending were Neal Hayden and Carl Schneider with ceremony by Rev John G Law. organist Beatrice Wehner and singer Chester Bagg. The bride wore a white satin gown and halo veil, carried white sweet peas and gardenias. she was given in marriage by her father Walter T Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
Evening News
Charles Stuart Lang
Lewis H. Lang
Ethel Louise Perkins
Evanston
Ill
Miss Perkins
Walter T. Perkins
Seventy-fifth Street
Lang
Lewis Lang
Monticello
Iowa
John G. Law
Beatrice
Kurt Wehner
Chester Bagg
Miss Noel To Start Her Dancing Classes
Dubuque dancer Miss Hylda Noel opens a studio in the K of C hall on Tuesday November 13 at 3 PM. Classes are planned for children ages up to six at 3:30, ages 6 to 10 at 4, ages 11 to 12 at 4:30, and advanced groups at 5 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Noel
Hylda Noel
Dubuque
Monticello Sets Friday Rivalry Clash With Anamosa
Anamosa and Monticello prepare for a pivotal conference showdown Friday at 3 p m with both teams unbeaten in league play. Monticello closes shops 2 30 to 5 during the game and aims to rebound after a 20 to 9 win over Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Monticello
Three Year Sentence For Bootlegging In Delaware County
Judge A B Lovejoy imposed a maximum three year reformatory term on Ed Fass of Sand Spring for his third Iowa liquor offense. A recent raid yielded 15 gallons whiskey 11 gallons alcohol three cartons of whiskey in glass and two partially filled gallon containers. Fass was detained in a Sand Spring auto with a young woman, and the sentence aims to deter other violators in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Lovejoy
Ed Fass
Sand Spring
Delaware District Court
Fass
Iowa
Anamosa
Delaware County
Lovejey
Imw
Reformatory
Local Boy Colin Thomas Plays for Shattuck Team
Colin Thomas of Monticello plays half back for Shattuck, a strong Faribault Minn. prep school. The Crimson has seven wins with one loss and has beaten Minnesota college elevations. They travel to Culver Indiana next Saturday for the season’s highlight game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monti
Monticello
Colin Thomas
Shattuck
Faribault
Minn
Crimson
Minnesota
Culver
Ind
Culver Military Academy
Thomas
C. G. Thomas
Red Cross Roll Call Leaders Named for Town Drives
Paul R. Locher announces the Red Cross drive leaders for town sections. Mrs R J Langer Miss Minnie Rettig Mrs J B Heiserman and Miss Mildred Meyer head the residential areas while Miss Florence Noble and Mrs Lee Byerly lead the business district. Enrollment begins Friday November 9 and runs until canvassing completes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Locher
Roll Call
Red Cross
R. J. Langer
Minnie Rettig
J. B. Heiserman
Mildred Meyer
Florence Noble
Lee Byerly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Howie
Castle Grove
Farmington, Minn
Davenport
Hila Morgan
Jones Co
Hallowe’en
A. F. Walker
State Teachers’ Association
Bess E. Sherman
Marvin C. Levien
Mayberry
Nea
Kraschel
Patterson CR
Storms
Hanson
Wegman
Williams
O'Connor
Neaglestad
Secretary OF Agriculture
Murray
Jase
Nelson
Dunlap
Huffman
Martin
Woodruff
Supreme Court
Hamilton
Richards
Evans
Kindig
Stevens
Powers
Claussen
Stimpson
Thomas Stimpson
Cass Township
Warren Rees
H. J. Mayberry
W. B. Fagan
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Zaife
Susan B. Anthony
Abraham Lincoln
Bolshevists
Sarah Bernhardt
U. S
Kaiser Wilhelm
Martin Luther
Lemmon, S. D
Ethel L. Perkins
C. S. Lang
Kenosha, Wis
Mt. Vernon
Capt
Matthiessen
Hobert
Travis
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