Monticello Forms New Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monticello plans a Junior Chamber of Commerce formed at a Maples Inn dinner attended by sixty five business men. Elden Brashaw led the meeting with Tom Hamilton reading proposed by laws limiting office to under forty, dues set at five dollars yearly, and a seven member board to guide the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Chamber of Commerce
Maples Inn
Elden ‘Brashaw
Brashaw
Tom Hamilton
Bell Telephone Company
W. A. Beery
Harry Stuhler
H. M. Carpenter
L. A. Iverson
Chambers of Commerce
Walter Zubler
T. M. Redmond
Elwyn Patterson
A. J. H. McNeill
25th Anniversary At The McLaughlin Home
Mr and Mrs William D Mc Laughlin celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with over 80 guests at their home last Monday evening November 25 The event was hosted by Peniel church members and friends Their four children Howard Elizabeth James and Mary Esther were mentioned at the reception Guests were served refreshments from a dining room table adorned with pink roses and white chrysanthemums The couple received silver mementoes and greetings from friends near and far
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. McLaughlin
Peniel Church
McLaughlin
Elmer J. Noble
Howard
Proctor & Gamble
Ottumwa
Elizabeth
University of Cincinnati
James
Iowa State College
Ames
Mary Esther
Monticello High School
Robert J. Howie
Irving R. Hintz
Phoebe Hiller
Antonette Coxsee
Mary McLaughlin
Margaret Deischer
Helen McLaughlin
One Act Play Contest in Jones County
The Public Schools announce a preliminary one act contest to be held in the Jones County high school auditorium next Thursday evening December 5. Teams from Anamosa Martelle and Monticello will participate. The local school performs Andante with cast members Mr Davis Fred Bone Mrs Davis Hilda Balster Bruce Davis Warren Studer The Doctor Paul Allen The Maid Lucille George directed by Miss Georgia Linter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
Martello
Monticello
Mr. Davis
Fred Bone
Maid
Lucille George
Georgia Linter
Selma Barney Weds Paul Dietiker in Evangelical Reformed Church
Miss Selma Barney daughter of Mrs. D H Cobb of St. Louis married Monday morning at the Evangelical Reformed church to Paul Dietiker son of Mrs. Barbara Dietiker. Ruth Topping served as bridesmaid and Jacob Dietiker was best man. A wedding dinner followed at Rudolph Ambuehl's home. The couple will reside on a farm east of Monrovia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma Barney
D. H. Cobb
St. Louis
Evangelical Reformed Church
Paul Dietiker
Barbara Dietiker
Ruth Topping
Jacob Dietiker
Rudolph Ambuehl
P W A Grant Approved for Jones County Court House
County Auditor Geo Specht announced a $74 250 P W A grant for a new Jones county court house. The grant requires construction to begin by December 15 after the November 6 board approval. the project follows a landslide vote for the courthouse in the fall election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Specht
Washington
P.W.A
Jones County
Court House
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Annmosna
Lydia Wright Dies at Scotch Grove After Stroke
Mrs Lydia Edwards Wright 56 died suddenly at home November 21 1935 after a day of normal work She taught at Lenox college early life in Scotch Grove later married George Coleman 1908 and Lewis Wright 1917 survived by husband adopted daughter Thelma Gregory stepmother sister and several relatives active in Scotch Grove Presbyterian church roles included Sunday school superintendent junior class teacher and Ladies Aid vice president Continued on page a
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Edwards Wright
Lewis Wright
Wright
Scotch Grove
Clark
Lenox College
Hopkinton
George Coleman
Ernest Leroy
Thelma Gregory
Wheatland
John Edwards
Grand Island
Nebraska
William Fox
Elkton
South Dakota
Carl Sorenson
Ord
Ethel Grutz
Dubuque
John
Glenn Edwards
John Prouty
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Sunbeam Mission
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
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Adam Hein Undergoes Eye Surgery At John McDonald Hospital
Adam Hein remains a patient at John McDonald hospital after an operation last Tuesday morning that removed part of his eye. The injury earlier involved a piece of tin causing serious damage to his eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Hein
John McDonald Hospital
Thomas A Faust Farms Near Monticello in Iowa Life
Thomas A Faust rises on a 160 acre Monticello area farm southeast of the town. A Zwingle native born in 1894, he moved here in 1930, married Lena Zimmermann in 1920, and with four horses runs a mixed operation featuring hogs, cows, and corn. The farm yields 60 bushels an acre of yellow dent corn and includes soy beans, clover, timothy, bluegrass, oats, and 200 laying hens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Faust
Monticello
Z2wingle
Lena Zimmerman
Frederick
Faust
Zwingle
Duroc Jersey
Poland
China
Plymouth Rock
Installation at St Peter and Paul's Church
Next Sunday, December 1, Rev. Thalacker will be installed as pastor of St. Peter and Paul's Lutheran church in Castle Grove township. He succeeds Rev. G. Wolf. Prof. Salzmann of Wartburg seminary, Dubuque, will supervise the installation and a large crowd is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thalacker
St. Peter & Paul's Lutheran Church
Castle Grove Township
Rev
Rev. G. Wolf
Salzmann
Wartburg Seminary
Dubuque
First real touch of winter arrives with cold snap
Last week brought the season's first real touch of winter. A rain storm on Thursday morning left a light snow cover that thawed little by Friday morning as temperatures dipped to eight above zero.
Spillville Quietly Guarding Its Rich Heritage
Spillville in Winneshiek County resists letting Antonin Dvorak’s stay overshadow the town. The community notes its other claims to fame including Yale professors, a college president, a noted bandmaster, an ambassador to Japan, a Chicago scientist, and a violinist with the New York Symphony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spillville
Winneshiek County
Antonin Dvorak
Spillvile
Dvorak
Meyer Marmis Weds Libby Barvin in Dubuque Ceremony
Meyer Marmis of Monticello married Libby Barvin last Sunday in the Gold Room of the Julien Dubuque hotel with Rabbi Reuben Dietz officiating. About 400 guests attended as the couple stood under a flowered hapah. attendants included Miss Gertrude Miller and Leo Marmis among Chicago and Dubuque guests. the bride wore white maire with orange blossom lace and carried white roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Meyer Marmis
Monticello
Libby Barvin
Gold
Julien Dubuque Hotel
Sam Barvin
Jackson Street
Sam Marmis
Reuben Dietz
Gertrude Miller
Chicago
Cous
Leo Marmis
Nor‘man Weinstein
Libby Miller
Norman Weinstein
Bob Goldstein
la Crosse
D. Solomon
Ben Barvin
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Ambuchl
The Ambuchl couple of Monticello observed their golden wedding on November 26 1885 by Rev Wittenwyler. Surviving children grandchildren and friends attended a two to four o clock call and a dinner at the Ambuehl home on Bowen's Prairie. The couple both born in Switzerland and settled on Bowen's Prairie before moving to their present 23 acre farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen’s Prairie
Wittenwyler
The
Reformed Church
Andrew Ambuchl Sr
Monticello
Ambuehl
Andrew Ambuehl
George Ambuchl
Hans Ruof
Oscar Ambuehl
Bowen's Prairie
Jones County
Hugh Bowen
Anna Ruof
Prien
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Ulrich
Marguerite Ruof
Ulrich Ruof
United States
Anna
Ambueh
Oxford Janction
Nord
Monticelio
Monticelo Tefore
Powen's Prairie
Ambrehl
Prientz
Andrew Amibueht
Daves
Canton
Graubenden
Andrew
Katrina Ambuehl
Bowen
Arduser
Kate Baer
Margaret Kiburz
Cedar Rapids
George Ambuehl
Ambuchl
F. Graf
Reformed Church of
Shomont White Collies Set for Midwest Tour
A Shomont Farms unit of seven white collies will tour the Middle West under Merchants Advertising of Fort Dodge. Managed by Myrick Shover with Clifford Ferring, the act starts in Fort Dodge, runs to December 21, features ponies, camels, reindeer and Christmas figures, and will pull an Alaskan dog sledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shomont Farms
Merchants Advertising Company
Fort Dodge
Tom James
Myric Shover
Clifford Ferring
Cedar Rapids
Ringling Brothers
Corn thieves plague farm near Wyoming
The Wyoming Journal reports Eddie Wobub who farms south of Wyoming faced crop thefts. Last fall he lost much corn and Wednesday night thieves entered his best hybrid plot, removing twelve rows over seven or eight rods and continuing from a prior theft, totaling about fifteen to twenty bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wyoming Journal
Eddie Wobub
Wyoming
Holub
Rotary Club Contributes Ten Dollars To Welfare Fund
At a Maples Inn meeting the Rotary Club unanimously votes to donate 10 dollars to Monticello’s welfare fund. Almost every other local organization has made similar contributions to aid the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Maples Inn
Monticello
Topic Club Holds Regular Meeting On Supreme Court
The men's Topic Club met last Monday evening and heard J. E. Heiserman discuss the United States supreme court and its powers. The next meeting is set for December 8 with the topic Does capital punishment solve crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
J. E. Heiserman
J L Bader Company On The Air With New Stove Polish
The J L Bader company of Monticello appeared on WHO Des Moines radio yesterday morning 6:45 to 7 o clock to introduce the Presto stove polish for the first time. The polish, made by J L Bader in Monticello, uses a pure graphite base and is sold to hardware dealers in Minnesota Iowa and Missouri. Mr Bader plans future advertising through weekly papers in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Bader Company
Monticello
WHO
Des Moines
J. L. Bader
Minnesota
Towa
Missouri
Notable Local Events From Monticello Express 1895
A November issue recalls Monticello life forty years earlier with obituaries for Mrs. Mark W. Dunham and local births, marriages including Albert Weers and Kathrina Folkers, George Brown and Rebbecca Yousse, Jubilees, a medical partnership between Dr. Eugene L. Gilmore and J.B. Gilmore, a college football game at the city park drawing about 300 spectators, and community notices detailing transports and engagements among area residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Rebbecca Yousse
David Street
Jackson Yousse
Richland Township
Eugene L. Gilmore
J.B. Gilmore
Footbw
State University
Town City
Lenox College
City Park
Ith
Tod Tle
Vate Sehoonover
W.A. Overbayer
Geores Sehoonover
John Co. Miller
Gertie Smith
Justice Hicker
Huecatloo Lake
Moentiesto
Moly Carin
Diel LeCtadre
Jaaque
Che
Cassidy
Stuhr
Doran
Seehes
Rehaane Cardner
Louis Gamner
Oxford Junction
Frank Miller Markets Fine Drove Of Hogs
Frank Miller of Castle Grove township marketed 72 Hampshire hogs last week sold to the Dubuque Packing company. Hogs averaged 238 pounds and brought a premium of 15 cents per hundredweight for quality, yielding about 1600 dollars. Miller is assisted by his son Francis, and the hogs were purchased by Frank Evlers, local divestock buyer, who says this drove was the best in four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Township
Hampshire
Dubuque
Former University Leader Recovers After Auto Accident
Attendants report progress in recovery of Dr George Mac Lean former president of the University of Town and chancellor of the University of Webyroomed after a serious automobile collision near the Hino orebreakine. His condition has improved slowly with occasional visits for short periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George MacLean
University of Town
University of
Stores to Close Today Thanksgiving Day in Holiday Recognition
Monticello merchants are urged to close shops today except grocers and dry goods stores which should shut by 11 to 12 noon. Restaurants remain open. The move follows a Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting at Maples Inn last Thursday. The Monticello Express offices stay closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Maples Inn
The
Monticello Express
Nearby standoff and hunting tragedy reported in Dubuque area
Joe Suikowski was restrained after forcing his way into the home of Tovis Derem in Dubuque. The intruder was accused of burglary and theft including a gun and shells. Other items and a car theft or chase are noted with multiple local incidents and a hunter’s death near Waukon from pheasant hunting injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Suikowski
Dubuque
Tovis Derem
Tova
Avro
Po PL Goodjohn
Daugter Beryl
Eva Paris
Delmar
Monmouth
Beryl
Quere
Monticello Fire Crews Contain Small House Blaze
The Monticello fire department was called Tuesday afternoon to extinguish a small fire in a home south of the public school. Occupant Dek Lambert reported the blaze and crews responded promptly, bringing the fire under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Dek" Lambert
Monticello Football Season Aims for Conference Honors
Coach Moore and John Brindley built a young squad from 31 tryouts, four veterans. The team opened Sept 20 with a 32 0 win over Maquoketa, then beat Manchester 7 6, edged West Liberty 7 0, and defeated Tipton 7 0 to surge toward a conference title. Marion crushed Monticello 33 0, Anamosa defeated them 13 0, Reynolds stood out in backfield, and Captain Yeoman led a scrappy unit despite limited experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hariaino
Moors
Coathe
Moore
John Brindley
Maquoketa
Manchester
Monti
the & Ty
Vickners
West Liberty
Tipton
U. Hi
Town City
West Branch
Mount Vernon
Seurine
Ana Mose van Aristies Gav
Yeoman
Anamosa
Uame
Reynolds
District Court Entries Made On the Docket
The regular November Term of the Jones county district court opened at the court house in Anamosa with Hon. Atherton B. Clark on the bench. The petit jury will not be called until December 2. Trials set for December 2 to December 16 include Eby vs Sanford and multiple other civil actions, with numerous promissory note and divorce cases listed. Equity and land-bank actions also appear among the docket entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District Court
Anamosa
Atherton B. Clark
Eby
Sanford
Ament
Et al
McDonough
Wilker
Walker
Adams
Hoag
Day
VanAmberg
Pinaire
Skelding
Andreas & Son
Hempy
Myers
Davisen
Jennie M. Runel
Lindermeyer
Peethal
Edwards
Kasper
Yeoman-Hoag Factory To Open In Monticello Soon
Yeoman-Hoag Manufacturing moves to the old tire building in Monticello. The plant is upgrading with an oil furnace and blower, partitions, and heavy presses from Farley. Workmen from Farley, including Charles Arquitt Jill Connolly and Walter Callahan, are renovating. operations expected within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeoman-Hoag Manufacturing Company
Tire
Monticello
Farley
Yeoman
Charles Arquitt
Jill Connolly
Walter Callahan
Maples Inn
Uuuldiss
Harry Berg Addresses Monticello Business Club
The Monticello chapter of the Business and Professional Women's group held its regular meeting on Wednesday evening November 20. Harry Berg spoke on the Ethiopian situation as the main feature after a dinner and musical numbers by club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Business and Professional Women's Lab
Sale
Martha Meyer
Ina Cruise
Karl Moltz
B. P. W Vestette
Tra Cruise
Almit Kaldad
Lena Maruss
Bethel Merrill
Maude Arduser
Margaret Wismetler
Harry Berg
Jere
Lucile Schweiteer
Cornell Club Banquet Held in Anamosa By Former Cornell Students
A meeting of Cornell college alumni from Mount Vernon and nearby areas took place in Anamosa on Tuesday evening, featuring a 6:30 dinner. About 116 Jones County residents have attended or graduated from Cornell, with 34 former districts in town and Jones County listed as district number 0. R. Lester Runkle is the Jones county general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Anamosa
Also Mentioned on This Page
P.W.A. Grant
Jones CO
New Court House
Lydia Wright
D. O. Sinclair
Tracy
Hang- Man
Reginald Tracy
Adolph Berg
Berg
Herring
Were
Arnold Apland
St. Peter & Paul’s Church
Mrs. A. Ambuchl
Neeman Moore
Oscar
George
Rudolph Anmbuehl
Roy Like
Shomont White Collies
Middle West
Topic Club
the Express
Frank Miller
Fire Department
D. Seton
Brill
Reviey
Pubis
Ad. Daar
Vy Rosuardson
Rex Hodson
Neen
Aven
D. Alorey
Lubben
L. Riekels
Schlemme
Verdon Richardsen
i—Way
H. Yeoman
Field
Nobelt
Capt
O. Yeoman
Navel
York
Lounibor
Durgan
Minor Bullock
Bosed Clark
Elmer Rickels
Florence Carter
Carl M. Carter
Alice A. Brewer
Marion J. Brewer
James T. Kraus
Evelyn Kraus
Inez Login
Joseph Logan
Robert P. Martiman
Mary Hartman
Ed Hines
Esther Hines
Yeoman-Hoag Company
Business Women’s Club
Cornell Club
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