Murdered infant found near Monticello tracks
A newborn baby boy was found dead near the Milwaukee railroad tracks about three miles north of Monticello. The infant showed signs of strangling and skull trauma. a coroner's inquest found it was murdered. The body was in a pasteboard box wrapped in newspapers and likely thrown from a passenger train. Authorities seek information to identify the killer.
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Milwaukee
Monticello
Gearhart
Iverson
Rhinehart
Bodenhofer
Dautremont
Cedar Rapids
Farley
Monticello High Falls to Manchester 20 to 7 in Season Finale
Monticello high school football ended with a 20 to 7 defeat at Manchester. Dautremont and Schweitzer starred for Monticello while Manchester held a 6-0 lead at halftime before Monticello swung momentum with a late score. Principal notes include exams, Cedar Rapids photo visits, gym rule updates, and club activities at the Phiformean society.
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Violet Lambert Charlies Parsons
Iowa
The
Society For the Friendless
Monticello
Manchester
Monti
Dautremont
Zubler
George Schweitzer
Oval
Man- Hold
Schweitzer
Cedar Rapids
Turner & Preston
Edangar
Leo Simmons Killed in Accidental Shooting Near Monticello
Leo Simmons ten, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Simmons, was accidentally shot Sunday near Monticello while muskrat hunting. The hammerless auto shotgun discharged as he reached for a muskrat along a creek on Joe McDonald farm. He died after a moan, funeral at Prairieburg Catholic church, Buffalo cemetery burial. Survived by parents, three brothers, two sisters.
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Leo Simmons
Joe Simmons
Monticello
Leo
Joe McDonald
Crising
Lop
Prairieburg
Buffalo
Young man jailed in Cedar Rapids area still case
A youth arrested after authorities seized a copper still and five pints of finished product in Langworthy. Federal agents and Sheriff Podenhofer traced the illicit operation with tips from Federal Judge Wade. The suspect faces federal charges in Cedar Rapids and Jones county district court.
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Langworthy
AOL
Wessels
Marl Stanley
Podenhofer
Jeflow
Wade
Jews City
Cedar Rapids
Republican
South Grove
Wess. 5
Federal Court
District Court
Jones County
County's pursuit ends in reputational harm, not reward
A fragment laments that those who sought the gaite in this county gained no money and damaged their reputations among law abiding citizens, urging them to stop.
S. M. F club elects officers at Sand Spring meeting
The S. M. F. club met at Mrs. Ray Chaplin’s home with visitors Mesdames Batchelder Behrends Slauson and Hall. Officers elected for the year: president Mrs Alex Blair and secretary treasurer Mrs Fred Egger. Several local residents noted for travels and visits, including the Guthries and Shuster family, were reported. A carload of hogs was shipped by the creamery, and Stanley Bright welcomed a baby girl.
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S. M. F. Club
Ray Chaplin
Mesdames J. L. Batchelder
Henry Behrends
C. C. Slauson
C. A. Hall
Alex Blair
Fred Egger
Collins
Bryan
Iowa City
I. J. Guthrie
Jean Ann
Dubuque
R. J. Guthrie
John Shuster
Clarence
Paul
Irene Messonough
Knights of Columbus
Manchester
A. Blair
Mildred
Cedar Rapids
Mesdames Dean
Irish
Milroy
Hopkinton
PF. M. Wheeless
Creamery Company
Stanley Bright
F. M. Wheeless
Monticello
Flood Devastates Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs
Floods from heavy rains damaged every building at the Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs Iowa. Heating lighting and power were unusable for days as basement store rooms flooded destroying thousands in supplies. The non sectarian institution appeals for a Thanksgiving offering to cover losses and daily care for two hundred children.
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Christian Home
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Jones County Delinquent Tax List and Sale Notice
Notice of public sale of delinquent lands and town lots in Jones County Iowa for 1922 and prior years. The sale is set for December 3 1923 from 10 a m to 4 p m at the county treasurer's office in Anamosa. W Walker treasurer will offer parcels until the amounts due including costs are collected.
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Jones County
Iowa
Anamosa
W. Walker
Thanksgiving drive for The Christian Home Orphanage
Fifty inmates described as distressed abroad prompt aid from home supporters. The appeal asks readers to send contributions at Thanksgiving to The Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to restore the home for children.
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Christian Home Orphanage
Council Bluffs
Towa
Monticello Board to Auction Hanawalt House in 1923
Under a board resolution the Monticello Iowa School District will hold a public auction at 7 p m on Monday December 3 1923 at the high school office to sell the east 80 feet of Lot 28 original Monticello plat containing the Hanawalt house. Real estate is excluded and removal terms will be announced at sale with bidding open to the highest bidder. Board Secretary A H Koop signs the notice.
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Board of Education
Monticello
Iowa
A. H. Koop
Among the Churches Service Times at Methodist Church
Albert E B Cae, pastor, leads morning worship at 11 and evening service at 7 30 p m with church school at 10 a m confirming the weekly schedule for the Methodist Episcopal Church community.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Albert EB. Cae
Thanksgiving Song Sermon At Congregational Church
George W. McNary leads services with Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. sermon titled A Thanksgiving Song. Evening service at 7 30. The public is cordially invited.
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Congregational Church
George W. McNary
Lyceum concert and local tragedy headline
The Tooly Opera Company performs The Chimes of Normandy at the Lyceum on Friday November 23 with a mystery comedy plot about a miser manning a haunted château. Also reported is the death by suicide of O B Hales at Strawberry Point after an incident with Mrs Brayton.
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Lyceum
Tooly Opera Company
Normandy
Caspard
Chauteau
Kay
Cedar Rapids Transfer & Storage Co. Offers Reduced Rates
Reduced rates on household goods and automobiles to all California points. Long distance moving by truck. Expert packing and crating. Write or call Cedar Rapids Transfer & Storage Co. Cedar Rapids Ia tf.
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California
Cedar Rapids Transfer & Storage Co
Cedar Rapids
Executor's Notice for Eden Estate in Jones County Iowa
Public notice announces appointment of Joun H Eden as executor of the estate of Talke M Eden in Jones County Iowa. Creditors must file sworn claims with the district court clerk by legal deadlines and debtors should immediately pay amounts due to the executor to cover costs. Anamosa Iowa is cited as the location with the date October 27, 1923.
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District Court
Jones County
Towa
Taalke M. Eden
Sild
Tetedi Anamosa
Iowa
A. D
Joun
Eden
Roxsee & Coxsee
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County
On November 1 1923 a document claimed to be the last will of Mary Frances Singi was filed in the District Court of Jones County. A probate hearing is set for November 24 1928 at the November term to consider final proof and admission to probate with interested parties able to appear and contest.
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Wil
Jones County
Mary Frances Sangi
Said County
Mary Frances Singi
Jyntes
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Kathryn, Morse
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Bessie Hughes
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Margaret Hennigar
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Rev Coe
Rudyard Kipling
Tommy Atkins
State University of Iowa
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Evere
Peking
Te Lees Washington
Carrick
John
Finn
James
Morrison
Joseph
Tallman
Patrick
Zeller, &K. B
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Lovell
Keys
Chas
Pt. Ni
Nee
Lehman
Anna
Madison Township
Simpson
L. A
Hughes
Powers
Mike
Raichart
Maule
Kelchart
Maude L
West Cascade
Kehoe
Sunny Side
Monticello Citvy
Y Hogan
M J—Heffner
Messer
Johr
Punhas
Mme. Fahmy
Fahmy
Cairo
Nile
Savoy Hotel
London
Des Moines Sunday Register
O. B. Hales
Strawberry Point
Bernice Phelps
Anamosa National Bank
Ray Walters
Arizona
B. G. Rees
Stuhlers
Gildners
Turkey
Gildner
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Missouri
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Monticello, Iowa
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