Milton Stott Buys Penn Oil Co Station
Milton Stott formerly with Cities Service Oil of Davenport purchases the Penn Oil Co station lot and equipment. He plans to offer Cities Service oils and later add other oils and greases, accessories and tires with assistance from William Thompson and Raymond Marugg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Stott
Cities Service Oil Company
Davenport
Pennsylvania Oil Company
Barnsdale
Mr. Stott
William Thompson
Raymond Marugg
Homecoming Dance Promised by Monticello High
Monticello high school students sponsor a homecoming dance in the public school gymnasium tomorrow evening, Friday, November 11, following the annual homecoming football game with Anamosa at the city park. Alumni and friends urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Public School
Monticello
Anamosa
Mrs Henry G Rickels Finds Odd Five Inch Carrot
In Scotch Grove Mrs Henry G Rickels unearthed an unusual carrot grown five inches long. The tuber reportedly had two arms that wrapped around its neighbor, making it a remarkable garden oddity for the fall harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. Rickels
Scotch Grove
Armistice Day Service Slated in Memorial Park Monticello
Monticello to observe Armistice Day with services Friday in Memorial Park near the Memorial building. Veterans of Foreign Wars led by post commander William H. Jarrett will organize, with ex servicemen meeting at 10 am and the public welcome to services at 11 am ending with three volley salutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Memorial Building
Veterans of Foreign Wars
William H. Jarrett
Memorial Park
Mut Dog Show at Monticello
Monticello hosts a dog show Saturday after noon November 19 with twenty four prizes. Prizes are awarded per township for longest tail longest ears smallest dog and largest dog to dogs one year or older. entrants must leash their dog. all details and judging occur at the Memorial building dance hall with the Monticello high school band leading the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Castle Grove Township
Lovell Township
Richland Township
Wayne Township
Scotch Grove Township
City of
First Street
Memorial Dance Hall
Luther Tesch Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Luther Tesch age 22 of Hopkinton was found guilty of second degree murder after a 15 hour jury deliberation. Judge Lovejoy will sentence him December 5 pending any new trial motions. The case involved claims of self defense and a disputed confession. Mrs. Martha Tesch, indicted as his accomplice, testified for Luther and faces trial in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Tesch
Hopkinton
Lovejoy
Tesch
Martha Tesch
Wapsipinicon
Supt Arch Grimes and Family Visit in Vin ton
Supt Arch Grimes and Mrs Grimes and their daughter Nancy spent Sunday with Mrs Fred Cameron in Vin ton. Mr Grimes returned home Sunday evening and Mrs Grimes with Nancy will stay for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Grimes
Nancy
Mrs. Grimes
Fred Cameron
Vinton
Grimes
Nelson Reade Turns 90 in Wyoming Family Celebration
Nelson Reade, brother of Samuel Reade of Monticello, celebrated his 90th birthday November 2 at his daughter Edith Marshall’s home in Wyoming. He voted for president for the seventeenth time last Tuesday and remains active husking about thirty bushels of corn daily at his son Clarence A. Reade’s farm in Onslow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diedrick Dirk Kammerman
Mr. Kammerman
Lerhave
Germany
Ostfriesland
Evangelical Lutheran Church
United States
John
Rena Kammerman
Kammerman
Diedrick
Scotch Grove Township
Castle Grove Township
Wayne Township
Harm Behnken
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Anna Just
John Henry
Wyoming
Albert Schmidt
Bertha
Harold Egger
Anna
Lovell Township
Ralph Otten
Rena
Antone
Fred Taylor
Fiana
Monticello
Gerd Kammerman
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
H. L. Hx
Erman
Oakwood Cemetery
Caroline Beutler
Genany
Theis
Marie Bucher
Tulsa
Okla
Clarence Stutt
Eisie
Helma McKee
Sand Spring
Paul Theis
Oka
H. L. Adix
Jessie Koch
Nelson Reade
Samuel Reade
Edith Marshall
Mr. Reade
Indiana
Iowa
Samuel
Sarah Reade
Jones County
Canton
Maquoketa
South Fork
Reades
Reade
Twenty-fourth
Iowa Regiment
Home Guards
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Ellen Osborne Reade
Jessie Arnold
Clarence A
Onslow
Bessie Dawes
Center Junction
Marshall
C. A. Reade
Obituary of Joseph J Milne Former Scotch Grove resident
Obituary notes Joseph J Milne born Scotch Grove September 18 1858. He moved to Monmouth Illinois in 1894 with Milne Manufacturing and Sunnyside Shetland Pony Farm later expanding both businesses. Survived by four children F M Hatch Hugh M Milne C L Wilmoth and James Walker Milne. Wife Margaret McQuiston predeceased him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Innes
Joseph J. Milne
Scotch Grove
United Presbyterian
Mr. Milne
Monmouth
Monmouth College
United Presbyterian Church
Margaret McQuiston
Milne
Milne Manufacturing Company
Sunnyside
H. A. Milne
United States
Hugh
India
Helen
Home Missionary College
Knoxville
Abyssinia
F. M. Hatch
South Bend
Ind
Hugh M. Milne
Gujranwala
Punjab
C. L. Wilmoth
Staten Island
N. Y
James Walker Milne
Chicago
Illinois
Tom Shover Buys The Thomas George Dairy
Thomas George owner of the George dairy announced negotiations with Shomont dairy. Shover dairy will deliver to George’s former patrons. George supplies cream and milk to Shomont for pasteurization cooling refrigeration and delivery to customers. Patrons may choose pasteurized or raw milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Shover
Thomas George
George Dairy
Shomont Dairy
Shover
Mr. George
Mrs J L Arduser Franks Ill At Home With Pneumonia
Mrs J L Arduser is seriously ill at her Sycamore street home with pneumonia after a brief recovery from a relapse. Her daughter Mrs George Maire of Greeley Colorado is expected today. Her husband and other children stay at her bedside as the Arduser couple near fifty years of marriage by late November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Arduser
Sycamore Street
George Maire
Greeley
Colo
Arduser
Boyd Shannon Elected Officer At Teachers Meet
The Iowa State Teachers association held sessions in Des Moines last Thursday through Saturday. Physics and chemistry teachers elected officers last Saturday with Boyd Shannon of Monticello chosen secretary and A J Rider of Drake University named president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Teachers Association
Des Moines
Boyd Shannon
Monticello
A. J. Rider
Drake University
Landslide Victory for Democrats in General Election
The Democrats won a sweeping victory nationwide with Franklin D. Roosevelt carrying 472 electoral votes to Hoover's 69. Roosevelt won all but six states and is set to lead a likely friendly Congress. Iowa and several counties also swung Democratic, with detailed county results reported.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Vermont
House of Representatives
Congress
Iowa
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Towa
Dowell
Gilchrist
Brookhart
Allamake
Palo Alto
Ida
Jones County
Red Cross Roll Call Planned for Monticello
Monticello organizes its annual Red Cross roll call from Armistice Day to Thanks giving with leaders meeting at the public library. The drive runs Nov 16 to Thanksgiving. 50 cents of each membership goes to the national group. Special NBC and Columbia network radio programs on Nov 14 and 15 promote joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Congress
United States
Lovell
National Organization
NBC
Columbia Network
Delaware County Postpones 1932 Tax Sale to January 1933
The Delaware county board of supervisors delayed the delinquent tax sale for 1932 by one month from December to January 1933 to give property owners more time to arrange funds. The move mirrors actions by many counties in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Press
Board of Supervisors
Delaware County
Sacred Heart Notes on October school events and awards
The October exams produced high averages for Marion Stoll Lorraine Aitchison and Raymond Clark in grade two. Arthur O Rourke won the third grade spelling contest with Dorothy O Rourke winning in fourth. Civics classes studied ballots and practiced voting while high school students visited Mount St Francis in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Stoll
Lorraine Aitchison
Raymond Clark
Arthur O'Rourke
Dorothy O'Rourke
Dubuque
Mary Elizabeth Fothergill
Mount St. Francis
White
National College
Gerald Vernimont
Book Week Observed With Exhibits At Monticello Library
Book Week runs November 13 to 19 with special exhibits at the Monticello public library. Young readers see picture books while older students explore Indian and pioneer tales and King Arthur visuals. Commemorating Louisa May Alcott’s hundredth birthday, the week features a “My Favorite Book” contest for fourth through sixth graders, with prizes and pins. A reading round table, tea, and talks by local educators are scheduled, plus story hours for younger children and a dolls story hour for girls and their dolls on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello Express
Merchants of
Monticello
Monticello Public Library
King Arthur
King Arthur's Hall
Tintagel
England
Louisa M. Alcott
Migs
Amney Wood
Miss Wood
Mount Vernon Triumphs 6 0 Over Monticello in Rain
In a rainy clash Mount Vernon defeats Monticello 6 0 with Dick West scoring a fourth quarter touchdown for the victors. Burges sustains an injury. Mount Vernon clinches the conference title with perfect record and a tie.
Ruth Van Buren Invited Into Phi Beta Kappa in Iowa Delta
Ruth Van Buren daughter of Mrs. George Van Buren of Castle Grove township and granddaughter of Mrs. Orpha Cramer Monticello was one of three inducted into Iowa Delta chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Cornell College Mount Vernon last Tuesday. The other members were Helen Von Behren Mechanicsville and Prof. A R King. Dr. King earned Phi Beta Kappa honors at the University of Southern California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth van Buren
George van Buren
Castle Grove Township
Orpha Cramer
Monticello
Iowa Delta
Phi Beta Kappa
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Helen von Behren
Mechanicsville
A. R. King
King
University of Southern California
Local Landing Field Demonstrated By Passing Pilot
A pilot named R L Smith en route from Detroit landed at the Monticello local air field with a Stinson-Detroiter after encountering a 250 to 300 foot ceiling at Manchester. He touched down at 11 o clock and resumed his westward trip within an hour as the ceiling rose. No amendment to the United States Constitution has ever been repealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
R. L. Smith
Detroit
Manchester
United States
Senior High Straw Vote Totals Reveal Student Preferences
A straw vote at Senior High School totals Hoover 99 Roosevelt 65 Field 104 Murphy 59 Turner 120 Herring 43 Elliott 103 Jacobson 62 Grimwood 98 Miller 62 Hughes 101 Stimpson 63. The event followed an assembly program with remarks by George Stott Hazel Houston on Roosevelt and portions by Stuart Curtis and Winifred Rohr on the Republican side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Roosevelt
Field
Murphy
Turner
Herring
Elliott
Jacobson
Grimwood
Miller
Hughes
Stimpson
America
George Stott
Hazel Houston
Lfe
Franklin Roosevelt
Stuart Curtis
Winifred Rohr
Fire destroys unoccupied cottage on Manchester fairgrounds
An unknown origin fire in an unoccupied cottage owned by E. W. Williams secretary of the Delaware County Fair association consumed a building on the Manchester fair grounds this week. Loss put at 3500 with 1200 insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Williams
Delaware County Fair Association
Manchester
John Rudolph
Rock Island
State University of Town
Roy Freshwater
Tne
Cedar Rapids
E. J. Dahms
Business-Professional Committees Appointed Monticello Club
On Wednesday evening November 2 the Business and Professional Women’s club of Monticello met at Florence Noble’s home. Committees appointed by the executive board include Education Martha Meyer. emblem Minnie Ricklefs. finance Anna Ehrisman and Anna Valanta. health Marjorie Skinner. international relations Gladys Skelley. legislation Madge Shaffer. magazine Martha Laude. membership Evelyn Eby and Mary Kane. publicity Izora Bancroft. program Ann Miller Mildred Wilcox Isabel Meyer. public relations Pearl McLees. research Alta Patterson. transportation Virginia Schneider Geraldine Reichart. The charter will close after the next meeting on Nov 15. girls may join as charter members before then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Woman's Club of
Monticello
Florence Noble
Martha Meyer
Minnie Ricklefs
Anna Ehrisman
Anna Valanta
Marjorie Skinner
Gladys Skelley
Madge Shaffer
Martha Laude
Evelyn Eby
Mary Kane
Izora Bancroft
Ann Miller
Mildred Wilcox
Isabel Meyer
Pearl McLees
Alta Patterson
Virginia Schneider
Geraldine Reichart
Elizabeth McLaughlin on Radio Program
Elizabeth McLaughlin daughter of Mr and Mrs W J McLaughlin and president of the 4 H club in Jones county represented the county in a Cedar Rapids broadcast. Her portion centered on reciting the 4 H club girl's creed as forty two stations nationwide aired similar programs from KWCR Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
KWCR
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth McLaughlin
W. J. McLaughlin
Jones County
Elizabeth
Jones County 4-H Club Party Draws Big Attendance
The Jones County 4-H party at Anamosa public school attracted over 450 youths, parents, and leaders. Elizabeth McLaughlin presided, with Gwendolyn McColm, Mary Dawes, and Geneva Loomis highlighted for health, music, and memory contests and demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Clare Nichols
Playground Commission of
Cedar Rapids
McLaughlin
Gwendolyn McColm
McColm
Des Moines
Mary Dawes
Madison
Merry Maidens
Gwelda Fairbanks
Oriole Club
Fairview Township
Death of Henry Henderson in Prairieburg area investigated
Henry Henderson a 45 year old Prairieburg carpenter was killed when his car overturned on a rural road last Wednesday. Louis Bosey initially claimed responsibility but was exonerated by a coroner's jury. the investigation continues with a possible connection to a man named Jack Lawrence and a reported telephone alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Henderson
Prairieburg
Ed Kula
Prai-rieburg
Louis F. Bosey
Bosey
Henderson
Jack Lawrence
Lawrence
Kula
Rosey
Anamosa
Dubuque
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Penn Oil Co
H. G. Rickels
Strings
Joseph
J. Milne
Bess E. Sherman
Marvin C. Levsen
Roy Westerlen
Burton Clark
A.L. Clark
Abbie M. Howard
Harry G. Utley
Harlan J. Willamson
Dubuque County
Jackson County
Linn County
Cedar County
Hermann Oaken
Howard Hamilton
J. M. Blazek
Helen R. Schriver
W. W. Christian
William M. Dallas
President
Long
Kraschel
Clark
Greenwalt
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Storms
Fischer
Wegman
Shaneeneas
Johnson
Abedeanee
Fin
Anderson
Adeeee Sense
Kintzinger
Donegan
Wagner
Faville
DeGraff
Seaee
Mitchell
Bliss
Utterback
Claussen
Sacred Heart
Charles Renk
Earl Locher
Mary and
Bertha Locher
J. J. Locher
Lee Byerly
A. B. Grimes
Frank Royden
Library Board
Mount Vernon High
Mount Vernon High School
Dick West
Burges
Burt O'Connor
Mount, Vernon
James R. Martin
Iowa City
Muskegon
Mich
Hans Nielson
Columbia College
Parsons
Platteville
University of Dubuque
Nebraska
Ryan
Nielson Billiard Parlor
Lawrence Nielson
Fred Chesmore
Business-Professional Committees
4-H
Geneva Loomis
Elizabeth Fishwild
Geneva
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls Club
Ames
Pauline Stickley
Sunshine Girls
Hollyee Stingley
Ruth Hansen
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls
Luella Balsiger
Clare Adams
Laboring Lassies
Argraet Humphrey
Catherine Peet
Good Luck Club
Greenfield
Loretta Specht
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