Death of Cornelia Clarke Ends Grinnell Photographer’s Career
Cornelia Clarke of Grinnell Poweshiek county died from injuries after a past auto crash. She began photography at age nine and grew to world renown for animal flower and insect images used in children’s books magazines and rotogravure sections. Meanwhile a stock thief gang operates in Clay county targeting farms by killing livestock and burning remains to hide evidence. farmers urged to track livestock numbers.
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Cornelia Clarke
Grinnell
Poweshick
Clay County
Principal in Arcadia Burns From Frozen Radiator Incident
Principal P J Fiekelkorn of Arcadia High School in Carroll County spilled boiling water while thawing a frozen radiator. He crawled under the car to open a petcock and a water pipe burst spraying boiling water on his face. He was confined at home for several days with burns.
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P. J. Fiekelkorn
Arcadia
Carroll County
Fieckelkorn
Lady Luck
C. M. Phillips
Carroll
Phillips
Bettendorf
Scott County
Iowa
Ben Zoeckler
Davenport
Remarkable repair saves plane after strut failure
Sid Cleveland, manager of Spencer airport, fixed a damaged landing gear strut beneath a plane in flight using a leather belt from his jacket. He crawled under the aircraft while Jay Hammer, a student flyer, piloted it to a safe landing. Cleveland believes only one prior instance exists of such a repair.
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Sid Cleveland
Spencer
Clay County
Jay Hammer
Hammer
Cleveland
Des Moines Newlyweds’ Party Ends With Vandalism
A rowdy crowd forced into the newly occupied home of Mr and Mrs Robert Lamb in Des Moines demanding ice cream and cake. When refused the celebrants battered doors and windows and stuffed rags down the chimney, filling the uncompleted house with smoke.
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Des Moines
Robert Lamb
Farmer Privately Ended Threatening Wolf Named Oscar
Howard Burkhart of near Vinton Benton county faced recurring losses as his wolf pet Oscar killed five chickens after escaping and returning to the pen. After Oscar killed nine more chickens on a later escape, Burkhart euthanized the animal, ending the threat to his flock.
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Howard Burkhart
Vinton
Benton County
Oscar
Howard
Burkhart
Halloween Party Delivers Graveyard of Skeletons at Sidney Club
Sidney Women's club members and guests entered total darkness to a staged graveyard scene for a Halloween party. Flashlights cast eerie beams on skeletons and tombstones, heightening the spooky atmosphere for the event in Fremont County.
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Sidney
Fremont County
Epitaphs on Tombstones Read by Committee
The committee read epitaphs on the tombstones, all in clever verse, remarking they were about those present. The eerie scene heightened the somber mood as the readings unfolded.
Bright colored apartment in Newton area changes hues
In Jasper county Newton an apartment house once bright orange with light blue trimmings was repainted in conservative tones after the former owner, described as eccentric, died. The owner favored orange blue and red and had planned red accents, while his heirs dyed his underwear bright red.
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Newton
Jasper County
Mrs Julia North’s longtime Storm Lake school legacy
Mrs Julia North of Storm Lake Buena Vista county has had descendants in Storm Lake public schools every year since 1884 with a five year gap. Her children entered first followed by grandchildren after 1911 and now her great grandchildren attend the same schools.
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Julia North
Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
North
Town Sees Bright Radio Star Don Ameche Rise in Hollywood
Town touts Don Ameche as a radio and film talent with a promising future. The Marion Iowa native studied three years at St Berchmans academy in Linn county and showed early drama interest. He has two sisters Catherine and Mary Jane Ameche who attend Mount Mercy academy in Cedar Rapids.
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Town
Hollywood
Don Ameche
Ameche
St. Berchman's Academy
Marion
Linn County
Catherine
Mary Jane Ameche
Mount Mercy Academy
Cedar Rapids
Slow freight train saves Emmetsburg man in fog accident
H L Brown of Emmetsburg Palo Alto county crossed a railway track in thick mist. A slowly moving switching freight struck his car but stopped short of wrecking it, leaving Brown alive to tell the tale.
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H. L. Brown
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County
Brown
Items Of Occurrences Twenty Five Years Ago
Henry Folkerts in Wayne township bought a small haystack, threshed 360 dollars worth of hayseed. Lawyer Cassius Cahoon died in Council Bluffs Court, aged origins in Onslow. Kate Andreason, 18, died of infantile paralysis near Amber. News of trips, marriages, land sales, and homestead proofs tied to Monticello, Amber, and surrounding towns. Peter Perring killed on Sabula bridge while railroad work. Postmaster Dan Pond warned that a hunting license scam involved.
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Henry Folkers
Wayne Township
Cassius Cahoon
Emmetsburg
Council Bluffs
Cahoon
Onslow
Monticello
Kate Andreason
Amber
Rudy Bohren
Switzerland
William Aldrich
Anna Walter
M. A. Breed
Hannah C. Rice
Bowen's Prairie
Andreas Ambuchl Jr
Rice
Wilton
New Hampshire
Hazel Warner
Henry Warner
Bud Dickerson
Rockford
Charles W. Brown
Michael McLaughlin
Los Angeles
Henry Menk
Laneworthy
C. N. Brown
Matthew Moore
Lovell Township
Bertha Anderson
August Toenjes
Elen Nandel
J. W. Putnam
John J. Locher
Peter Perring
Sabula
Brad S. van Vliet
Har
Dan Pond
Public Library Observes Book Week Observance
The Montreallo Public Library marks the eighteenth Book Week from November 16 to 21 with the theme Books to grow on the modern world for young readers. Exhibits, a miniature Pilgrim village, a Library ladder display, and the “Booklover's map of America” are planned. Story hours for elementary grades, a Jumbled title contest, a title puzzle contest, and Vacation Reading Club diplomas will engage children and adults alike.
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Montreallo Publicbrary
Booklover
America
Amney Wood
New Officers Preside nt DeMolay Meeting
George Washington chapter of DeMolay held a regular meeting with new officers leading: Master councilor Rex Hodson and several line officers. Initiate Dean Tecra joined the order as part of the program, with the Flower Talk by Clarence Hearn and refreshments afterward.
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George Washington
Order of DeMolay
Rex Hodson
Sidney Schweitzer
John Hiller
James Farley
Eugene Balsiger
Max Wortman
Croydon
York
Max Palmer
Clarence Hearn
James Keith
Dean Morey
Entinel
Don
Bud Freesse
Victor Richardson
Main Hucker
DeMatay
Curtis Moncrief
Don Morey
Elh DeShaw
S. G. Gutensohn
Hedson
Ben Cotton
Liovd Cla CA. Davies
C.J. Matthiessen
Centenary Marks County Settlement at Toolsboro
Monticello and Jones counties celebrate a centennial alongside Louisa county. A bronze tablet unveiled in Toolsboro commemorates the 1836 establishment and first white settlement near the town, now a small community of about 135. Theodorically, the county’s birthday is observed with the nearby districts joining in the milestone.
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Monticello
Jones
Jawa
Louisa County
Toolsboro
Mississippi
Mouse Sets House Ablaze in Council Bluffs Closet
A family in Mrs. Leatha Morris’s home in Pottawattamie County Iowa chased a mouse into a clothes closet. They lit a match to see it, starting a fire that destroyed all clothes in the closet. Fire crews extinguished the blaze.
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Leatha Morris
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Monticello Salutes Octogenarians In New Series
The Monticello community begins a weekly series interviewing residents aged eighty or within six months of eighty. The project aims to spotlight those celebrating eight decades of life and invites tips by phone to help complete the feature.
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Monticello
Remarkable Swiss Immigrant Chronicle in Octogenarian Arduser
Jake Arduser left Switzerland at age 12 and settled in Monticello Iowa after a voyage to New York in 1869. He raised a family, worked on farms, and became a proud American citizen, reflecting on U.S. progress. The piece also profiles Mary Schneider Bader born in Suhr Switzerland and living in Monticello for 52 years, noting her Latin literacy, long residence, eight children, wartime knitting, and Republican voting.
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Jake Arduser
Switzerland
America
Monce
Mr. Arduser
Davos
Canton Graubunden
Leonard and
Anna Hartman Arduser
Arduser
New York
Scotch Grove Township
Dora Ambuehl
Ardusers
Bowen's Prairie
Monticello
Leona
G. B. Hein
Richland
George Maire
Carl
United States
Suhr
Mary Schneider Bader
Ike
Susan Schneider
Boswell
Simon Bader
Jake
George
Bala
Penn
Pauline
Chicago
Lydia Nelson
Wolf Creek
Oregon
Mr. Bader
Real Estate Transfers in Jones County
Jones county notes October 30 to November 5 list transfers including W R Watsubaugh to Joe and Carol Howe of 2.52 acres near Stone City with river frontage and a complex boundary, and other deeds: Genevieve Tarpy to Mary Boos of parts of Huber sub division in Amosa, Dillon Bronson to Keystone Lodge Masons in Wyoming for the third floor, Nettle Miller to Leon Stivers in Olin, Gertrude Oltmanns Palmer and William Yousse to Ray Yousse in Anamosa NW Section, and Edward Boos to L G Holmes with an undivided interest and repurchase option on the Jones county homestead.
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Jones County
W. R. Watsubaugh
Joe Howe
Carol Howe
Stone City
Iowa
Genevieve Tarpy
T. H
Mary Boos
Huber
Anamosna
Dillon Bronson
Keystone Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Order
Wyoming
Block
Nettle Miller
Leon Stivers
Block 8
Olin
Gertrude Sarah Oltmanns Palmer
William D
Ray Yousse
Edward H. Boos
L. G. Holmes
Anamosa
Theresa A. Boos
Towa
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Ryan Exchange
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Will M. Lubben
Eugene Hall
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J. H. Dirks
Langworthy
John Husman
L. J. Tomlinson
Center Junction
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Hampshire
D.C. Winans
Walter Hall
Poland
Coggon
Alfred Boss
Farmers’ Grain Company
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Lorenz Broderson
China
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W. E. Tuetken
John Corrad
Sinclair
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White Collie
Garriet Harris
Townsend Club No. 1
G. W. Bohlken
Helmer
Allan T. Fairbanks
W. S. Pangburn
Wm. G. Schoon
W. T. Rieken
Gottleaber Bros
Main Street
Lillian Harms
Ben G. Dirks
Gerd Dirks
Martha Williamson
Monticello Public School
E. Podhaski
G. J. Hughes
Cascade
Joan
M. Hosford
Jones County Abstract Company
Warren P. Lawrence
Bradstreet
Lawrence
Isquire
Thomas Connolly
New England
North Dakota
Sanitary Rendering Co
Shorty
Knartean
Hopkinton
West 1St Street
Milwaukee Depot
Post Office
Monticello State Bank
John McDonald Hospital
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
City of
Fred Lehman
Mid States Photo. Co
Lisbon
Third Street
Good Garden
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Retet
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