Death of H B Bohlken Recalls Long Wayne Township Life
Henry Borchers Bohlken died November 22 at his son Adolph Bohlken’s home after a illness from pneumonia. Born February 7 1853 in Dose Ostfriesland Germany he immigrated to the United States in 1883 settling in Wayne township. He was a farmer longtime church and community member and leaves Adolph and seven grandchildren along with a brother and sister. Funeral services were held November 26 at St John’s Lutheran Church with burial in St John’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Borchers Bohlken
Adolph Bohlken
America
Wayne Township
Germany
Mr. Bohiken
Dose
Ostfriesland
Reepsholt
Henrietta Eggers
United States
Maria
Henry D
Adolph G. Bohlken
Bohlken
German Mutual Fire Insurance Association
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
S. John's Cemetery
Dinner Hosted At Garrett Juilfs Home For Klein Family
The Garrett Juilfs residence hosted a Sunday dinner on November 25 honoring Mr. and Mrs. Hans Klein and their children Rudy Hilda and Raymond from Owatonna Minnesota. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Little Davenport Freda Schmidt Marge Zumichoff Dubuque and others from Cedar Rapids Amber Scotch Grove Monticello and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett Juilfs
Hans Klein
Rudy
Hilda
Raymond
Owatonna
Minn
Juilfs
C. C. Little
Davenport
Freda Schmidt
Marge Zumichoff
Dubuque
Frank Snyder
Loretta
Robert
Cedar Rapids
Louie Behrends
Amber
Theodore Behrends
Velma
Anna
Henry
Scotch Grove
Lizzie Schmidt
George
Ernest
Joan Schmidt
Henry Juilfs
Henry Schrader
Ralph Potter
Monticello
Judge Clark Files November Election Contest
Judge A B Clark of Cedar Rapids filed an election contest with the secretary of state in Des Moines after losing re election to the eighteenth judicial district by 15 votes. Charles J Haas of Marion won as a Democrat. Clark seeks a contest court and recanvassing of returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Des Moines
A. B. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Clark
Eighteenth Judicial District
Charles J. Haas
Marion
Samels Undergoes Serious Operation at St Marys Hospital
Will Samels of Monticello submitted to a serious operation at St Marys hospital Minneapolis on November 19 for the removal of gall stones. Steve King of Castle Grove township spent last week with Mr Samels and reports his condition greatly improved when he left. Mr Samels is a brother in law of Mr King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Samels
Monticello
St. Mary’s Hospital
Minneapolis
Steve King
Castle Grove Township
Samels
Mr. Samels
Mr. King
Clarence Baldridge
The
State University Medical College
Donnellson
Iowa
Fort Madison
Lorraine Jellison Zoller
Dubuque
Keith Kirkpatrick
Gerd Hanken Seriously Ill at John McDonald Hospital
Gerd Hanken of Center Junction is seriously ill at John McDonald Memorial Hospital with pneumonia. He was admitted last week and bedside reports indicate condition is as favorable as could be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerd Hanken
Center Junction
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
New Implement Dealer Opens in Monticello in December
The Farmers Implement company will open in the Burrichter building on December 10 with a full John Deere line including parts and supplies. Formerly carried by Matthiessen Auto and Supply, the Deere line moved to Farmers Implement as Matthiessen shifts focus to a new car merchandising program and uses the former implement space for used cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Implement Company
Burrichter
Iater
John Deere
Monticello
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
Matthiessen Brothers
John Deere Company
Fred Matthiessen
the Express
Fred C. Reeve Died Sunday
Fred C. Reeve aged 66, former Hopkinton mayor and longtime banker, died Sunday. Funeral Tuesday was led by Rev. A B Soule and Rev. Roy V Porter. Reeve served as church superintendent and trustee, bank bookkeeper, and active lodge member. He had served on the Hopkinton school board and ran an insurance office after the bank closed. He was born April 4, 1868 in Sheffield Ohio and had a daughter Zada Elliott Bers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Reeve
Hopkinton
A. B. Soule
Methodist Episcopal Church
Roy V. Porter
Reeve
Sheffield
Ohio
Isaac and
Emerancy Reeve
Iowa
Hopkinton State Bank
Methodist Church
Mugsonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Reeves
Louis H. Lang
Monticello
Marie Glauser dies after long illness in Lovell township
Mrs Marie Glauser aged 79 died Sunday at 1 PM in Lovell township after heart trouble. Born Marie Linder in Blumenstein Switzerland May 24 1862 she emigrated to the United States at 27. Survived by husband Jacob four daughters eight grandchildren sister in Argentina and several Swiss relatives. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM at Reformed church Pastor Armin Tendick officiated. Burial in Onakwood cemetery.
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Jacob Glauser
Lovell Township
Glauser
Marie Linder
Jacob Linder
Blumenstein
Canton Bern
Switzerland
United States
Ryan
Margaret
Marcus Zeman
Iowa City
Catherine Linder
Bennos Aires
South America
The
Reformed Church
Armin Tendick
Onakwood Cemetery
Letters to Santa Arrive From Monticello Children
A 1934 Monticello Iowa collection shows children’s letters to Santa Claus. One four year old requests a green truck with lights, an overall and a blue shirt. Another child asks Santa to visit their home with a lead pencil an overall size eight and candy and nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Santa
Norman Hubbard
Iowa
November 1899 Monticello life items summary
A Monticello Express list recounts November 1899 events. Local elections elected John T. Moffit senator and other officials. Births include a 12 pound boy to Frank and Mrs Lubben and children born to Wilkens and Schneider families. Deaths include Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. Scroggie, and Mrs. Henderson. Notable moves and incidents include Rev Street relocating to Dayton and Paul Black's arm fracture from a mule incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
John T. Moffit
F. J. Sokol
J. F. Petcina
Hiram Arnold
Clifford B. Paul
T. B. Kent
Robert Scroggie
Frank J. Brainard
Frank Lubben
Baldwin
Michael Mansfield
Ed G. Brazelton
George F. Wilkens
Godfrey Schneider
David Street
Dayton
Ohio
Street
Presbyterian Church
Monticello
F. M. Podhaski
James Helmer
Cass Township
May Hubbard
William Hubbard
Alva Eilers
Renk Eilers
Andrew Scroggie
C. R. Scroggie
Clay Township
Andrew Steiner
Paul Black
Castle Grove
Mary Tobiason
Herman Hanken
Sand Hill
von Strode
Charles P. Henderson
First Street
Mattie Bort Henderson
Fannie
Ruth
Ann King
D. A. Palmer
Death of Miss Anastasia Murray in Monticello
Miss Anastasia Calista Murray died last Saturday in Monticello at her sister Mrs. John Appleby’s home after long illness. Born near Sand Spring July 22, 1867, she lived with her sister most of her life and was child of John and Margaret Murray. Funeral at Sacred Heart church Tuesday, Fr. A L Lorenz presiding, burial in Sacred Heart cemetery. Casket bearers were nephews Leo Kane John Donovan Bernard Joseph Leo and John Murray. many relatives and friends from Cascade Dubuque Lawler Sand Spring attended.
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Anastasia Calista Murray
Monticello
John Appleby
Miss Murray
John
Margaret Murray
Sand Spring
A. L. Lorenz
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Theodore Decker
Peter Thill
Margaret
John Kurt
William Hosch
Cascade
M. Ronan
Charles Ronan
Jennie McMahon
Dubuque
John Donovan
Gerald Sullivan
Lawler
George Gadient
Thanksgiving Service At Reformed Church
The Reformed church will hold a Thanksgiving day service at 10 30 in the morning in English. The theme of the message is Why Give Thanks.
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The
Reformed Church
Jones County 4-H club party honors top winners
The Jones County 4-H party at Olin schoolhouse drew about 300 including members, parents and friends. Awards honored top 4-H boys and girls for livestock, dairy, grain and health, with teams heading to Des Moines and Waterloo, and county champions receiving medals and silver cups.
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Jones County
Olin
Ed Beach
Fred Heiken
Evelyn Stivers
Jacqueline Kinler
Edna Reese
Sam Ellison
Carl Smith
Alvin Bailey
George Fraser
Maurice Bonjour
Delbert Grafft
Des Moines
Paul Allen
Robert Peet
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Maurice
John Ingels
Ingels
Pig Club
Alex Inglis
Dean Newman
Dale Newman
Baby Beef
Verdon Richardson
Donald Meeks
Lamb Club
Robert Fishwild
Dick Naylor
Clifford Petersen
Bert Newhard
Carl Wehling
Dale Mayberry
Colt Club
Dale Neweman
Market
Clair Robertson
Market Lamb
Donald Fairbanks
Garden Club
Olin Howie Jr
Poultry Club
Donald Thede
Jersey
Chester Miller
Guernsey
Maynard Kuhns
Jones County Fair Association
Alex
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Boyd Frantz
Producers’ Commission Company
Wilson Company
Fac
Henry Weseman
Appreciation Letter From Michigan Reader to Wyoming Correspondent
R M Corbit of Oxford Michigan writes to Mrs Jessie Koch of Wyoming praising the Monticello Express for timely news coverage. He notes how memories surface from item to item and thanks her for the effort in gathering data that keeps readers connected to Jones County and its current events.
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R. M. Corbit
Oxford
Michigan
Wyoming
Jessie Koch
Jessie
Monticello
Jones County
Orson Arnold
Orson Lowell
the Express
No man can live piously without a wife Rich ter
A clipped aphorism notes that piety and righteousness are linked to marriage, asserting that no man can live virtuously or die righteous without a wife. The terse saying reflects a 19th or early 20th century social sentiment.
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Richter
Keosauqua Editor R B Rowley Dies at 61
R B Rowley aged 61 editor and owner of the Keosauqua Republican for 30 years died Monday after a heart attack in his office. He was the father of Mrs Donald Bell of Cedar Rapids and survived by his widow and two other daughters Mrs Joseph Strang and Miss Kathleen Rowley. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon in Keosauqua with Masonic rites at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Rowley
Keosauqua
Donald Bell
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Strang
Kathleen Rowley
Free Dance At Masonic Temple As Invitation Event
A free dance will be held Thursday evening at the Masonic temple. Invitations are extended to Masonic lodge members DeMolay boys and Eastern Star members. Entertainment includes dancing and cards with no dinner served. Plan to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Christmas Seals Campaign Opens Thanksgiving Day
The 1934 Christmas seal sale runs by mail nationwide from Thanksgiving to Christmas. The colorful seal features The Little Red Sanitarium at Saranac Lake founded by Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau. Proceeds fund Jones County child health work, early diagnosis, school health and dental inspections, TB clinics, and public health nursing. Seals ship Monday December 3.
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Little Red
United States
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Edward Livingston Trudeau
Jones County Association
Veronica Demmer Weds Leo Hughes in Monticello
Veronica Demmer and Leo Hughes united in marriage at Sacred Heart church Monticello with Rev. A J Lorenz officiating. The couple planned a wedding trip to Milwaukee and Wisconsin before settling on the groom’s Sumner area farm after December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veronica Demmer
Vily
Leo Hughes
Swinner
Sacred Heart Church
Monticello
A. J. Lorenz
Roeckel
Mary Audrie
Lidwinad Demmer
Arthur White
Worthington
Mary Demmer
Mike Kraus
Delaware County
Hughes
St. Paul's School
Schultz Brothers
William Hughes
Sumner
Fayette High School
Fayette
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Bridsgroom
Emma C Johannsen Buried After 20 Years of Marriage
Emma C Ketelsen Johannsen died after a year of declining health on Nov 17 at age 43 4 6 born July 9 1891 at Center Junction daughter of Carsten and Anna Ketelsen survived by sisters Catherine Christen sen Anna Shaw Ida Prull and William Ketelsen plus a late husband Peter Siegfred Johannsen and one infant child who died earlier Funeral services were held at home and Methodist Episcopal church Nov 20 with Rev H D Green and burial followed. relatives from Wyoming visited and Mrs Perrine and daughter George Waite spent time with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Eureka
Emma Christina Ketelsen
Carstens
Anna Vetter Ketelsen
Center Junction
John
Catherine K. Christensen
Lving
Monticello
Anna K. Shaw
Olin
Ida K. Prull
Martello
William Ketelsen
Sand Springs
Anamosa
Christ Dethman
Hood River
Oregon
Peter Siegfred Johannsen
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. D. Green
Commendation For Rev Adix Over Wartburg College Matter
The Dubuque district executive committee of the American Lutheran church clears Rev. H. K. Adix of Wartburg college controversy charges. Meeting in Dubuque, the committee finds no misconduct and commends his actions. Signed by Sandrock Voelker and GuetglatY.
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H. K. Adix
Monticel
Dubuque
Sandrock
Bellevue
F. HW. Volker
Orlweth
A. C. Proell
Town City
A. BE. Guetzlall
Sheldon
Wartburg College
Pastor Prochl
Adix
H. Sandrock
Tipton Advertiser Celebrates First Anniversary Milestone
The Tipton Advertiser marks its first anniversary as a good paper passed through notable editors. A large barn at D J Schnittjer near Delhi burned with a loss around 7000 dollars, housing five carloads of feed 100 tons of hay and 1000 bushels of shelled corn blamed on spontaneous combustion.
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Tipton
Merna Pace Rising to Broadway Stardom in Personal Appearance
Merna Pace, raised in Knoxville Marion County, has won rapid fame on Broadway as New York's latest comedy favorite. She stars in the season's big hit Personal Appearance, marking a remarkable rise as she grows into a leading actress.
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Towans
Merna Pace
Knoxville
Marion County
Miss Pace
New York
Thank Offering Service At Reformed Church
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Reformed church holds its annual Thank Offering service next Sunday at 8:00 pm. Stereopticon slides titled Winning the Winnebaro Indians will be shown. Public invited with no admission charge and an offering to be taken.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the Reformed Church
Monticello Football Finishes Undefeated 1934 Season
Monticello’s Monti Hi football team closed the 1934 season without a defeat or tie under coach Fran Merten. Capt. Swede Matthiessen led rushing with 201 carries for 1,318 yards. the squad totaled 2,386 rushing/passing yards on 349 plays and 718 passing yards from 43 completions.
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Fran Merten
Monti Hi
Monticello
Tom Eden
Junior Hobart
Tuffy
Yeoman
Richardson
York
Schoon
Farley
Hodson
H. Yeoman
W. Richardson
L. Schlemme
Lambert
Balsiger
Allen
Lubben
Meyer
Swede
Matthiessen
November term district court opens in Jones County
The regular November term of the Jones county district court opened in Anamosa with Judge Atherton B. Clark presiding. Grand jury not called day one. two Amber residents Vincent Tischauser and George Dirks pled guilty to liquor law violations including illegal possession and false labeling, fined 300 and 100 dollars with jail terms. Hartsell Greenley, a reformatory escapee, was recaptured in Louisiana and sentenced to five and ten years for escape and robbery respectively.
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Jones County District Court
Anamosa
Atherton B. Clark
Vincent Tischauser
George Dirks
Amber
Monticello
Clark
Hartsell Greenley
Anamosa Reformatory
Center Grove
Louisiana
Thomas Maxwell
Dubuque
Maxwell
Heenley
Greenley
Men's Reformatory
State Reformatory
State Park
Teachers Meet for Rural and Primary Teachers in Monticello
Rural teachers from Madison Castle Grove Lovell Richmand Washington Wayne Scotch Grove and Clay townships and primary teachers from Center Junction Onslow Oxford Junction Monticello gathered in the public school auditorium under county superintendent Miss Nellie V Morey. Miss Pearl Ritter of Des Moines spoke on Word Perception Types of Drill Lessons and Reading Through the Use of Puppet Plays. A separate meeting for other county teachers was held in Anamosa on Tuesday.
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Madison
Castle Grove
Lovell
Richmand
Washington
Wayne
Scotch Grove
Clay Townships
Center Junction
Onslow
Oxford Junction
Monticello
Nellie V. Morey
Pearl Ritter
Des Moines
Anamosa
Tuetken Sale Thursday Proved Successful
An auction on the W. E. Tuetken farm near Monticello drew a large crowd despite snow. Cows averaged 41 dollars with a top cow at 70, a top horse at 80, oats 60 cents a bushel, new corn 80 percent cents, hay 12 dollars a ton, chickens 60 cents, and farm machinery also sold well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Tuetken
Monticello
May Build Hospital Unit At Anamosa
The state board of control will request funds from the 46th general assembly to build a new hospital unit at the men's reformatory in Anamosa. The unit, costing about 150000 dollars, would house Iowa's criminal insane and use labor from convicts with stone from the state quarry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Control
46Th General Assembly
Anamosa
Iowa
Correspondence Omitted This Week From The Express
This issue omits letters from Scotch Grove Prairieburg and Sand Spring due to late arrival. The Express will publish these next week and the office closes all day Thursday for Thanksgiving.
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Express
Scotch Grove
Prairieburg
Sand Spring
The
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H. B. Bohlken
Fred C. Reeve
Marie Glauser
Santa Claus
Dean
Hubbard
Ole Ball
Anastasia Murray
Hoosac
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
Wilton Lackaye
Ford
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Maynard Alien
Ernest Blohm
Howard Jones
R. A. Naylor
Mrs. Bell
Emma C. Johannsen
John Perrine
George Waite
William Bronson
Mrs. Perrine
Town Girl Stars
Red and Black Warriors
Smith
West Liberty
Spooner
Ferring
Hanssen
Francis Merten
Merten
State University At
John Brindley
State Teachers’ College
Manchester
West Branch
U. High
Mount Vernon
Fran” Merten
Wilker
Brodersen
Bates
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Dour
Jurgensen
Hayes
Albers
First Joint Land Bank
Starry
Equitable Life Insurance
Fred Pankow
W. KE. Schreiber
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