Express Free Cooking School Set for October 29 30 31
The Monticello Express will sponsor a cooking school in the opera house October 29 30 and 31 seating 400. Miss Sharp leads with a model kitchen and dining room on stage and practical menus to be demonstrated with receipts shared. The event is part of a statewide Iowa series by Iowa Newspapers Inc and features wide advertiser support and prepublication coverage.
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Monticello
Monticello Express
Opera House
the Express
Iowa
Iowa Newspapers, Inc
United States
Miss Sharp
Express
Third Express
The
Audition Seeks Young Amateurs in Jones County
In Jones County IA a national radio audition seeks non professional singers aged 18 to 25 for $25,000 in cash prizes and ten conservatory scholarships. The county contest will be at Anamosa High School on Monday Oct 5 at 8 pm with three judges and free admission. Applicants should contact county chairman Mary E Leech, Anamosa.
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Marlon Talley
Lawrence Tibbett
Jones County
Anamosa
Mary E. Leech
Fictitious Check Writer Arrested in Iowa towns
Lester Brown alias Iowa Falls resident was arrested in Mason City after a scheme with Jack Melchart in Manchester to buy a roadster for 150 dollars. He issued checks from Hopkinton State Bank with no funds, traded cars in Cedar Falls, and circulated fake checks to Hopkinton and Ryan area firms.
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Lester Brown
Iowa Falls
Jack Melchart
Manchester
Brown
Hopkinton State Bank
Melchart
Cedar Falls
Mason City
Buck Creek
Hopkinton
Grief & Reggentein
Kehrii
Farmers Buy Fire Truck For Local Service In Monticello
A group of 140 farmers near Monticello arranged to purchase a Studebaker mounted fire truck built with Boyer equipment from Logansport Indiana. The truck costs 3785 dollars, carries a 100 gallon water tank a 40 gallon chemical tank and 1000 feet of hose and will be delivered in 60 days.
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Studebaker
Logansport
Ind
8. M. Hosford
Lovell Bank
C. J. Matthiessen
Monticello
Lenker Faces Contempt Charge Over Bovine Test Case
The Cedar County opposition leader J W Lenker was jailed then released on 10000 bond in Cedar Rapids to await arraignment for contempt of court. The case stems from alleged interference with bovine tuberculin testing as Cedar County farmers press for militia involvement and tax resistance threats.
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J. W. Lenker
Cedar County
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Lenker
Tipton
J. C. France
Clifford B. Paul
Jones County
Leaker
Philomonte High School Launches Newspaper Plans And Activities
The Philomonte high school launches its newspaper with elections and subscriptions as students prepare for the season. Enrollment counts include 41 seventh graders 58 freshmen 43 eighth graders 656 sophomores 52 juniors and 49 seniors with four post graduates.
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Anamosa
Shannon
James Rickless
Mabel McVay
Philomonte
Olin
Royden
Wallace Schneider
Charles Field
Oxford Junction
Denkhoff Denkhoff wed Edyth M Bunker in Chicago church
Donald E Denkhoff son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Denkhoff married Edyth M Bunker at St Ambrose Church Chicago last Monday September 28 at 9 am Monsignor Foley officiated Bride attended by Miss Jeanne Meis Groom by his brother T E Denkhoff A breakfast followed at the Sutherland Hotel The couple will reside at 4727 Ellis Avenue Chicago Formerly, Edyth taught in Monticello and Fort Dodge schools Donald is in the Chicago optometry business Attendees from Monticello included Mr and Mrs T Denkhoff and daughter Betty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Denkhoff
Theodore F. Denkhoff
Edyth M. Bunker
St. Ambrose Church
Chicago
Monsignor Foley
Jeanne Meis
T. E. Denkhoff
Iowa City
Monticello P T A Holds First Fall Meeting
The Monticello Parent-Teachers' association opened its fall session in the high school gym with about 160 attendees. A 6:30 dinner featured songs led by Ruth Webster, followed by remarks from Supt. A. B. Grimes and Rep. George J. Van Buren.
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Monticello
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Ruth Webster
A. B. Grimes
George J. van Buren
Castle Grove Township
F. G. Matthiessen
Association
Fine Crop of Peaches Raised on Darrow Farm
In Cass township, C B Darrow farm produced a fine peach crop as Robert Darrow led the harvest. Mrs. Robert Darrow canned seventy quarts, the C B H Darrow family canned two bushels and several bushels were given away. The peaches were notably good and did not always mature in this territory.
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C. B. Darrow
Cass Township
Robert Darrow
C. BH
Cascade Farmer Stricken With Malta Fever
Charles Green a young farmer near Cascade is suffering from a severe Malta fever case. It is one of the first eastern Iowa cases reported recently. A similar illness afflicted a Band Spring farmer a year or eighty ago. A blood test from Mr Green was sent to the State University of Iowa City laboratories and confirmed the diagnosis.
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Charles Green
Cascade
Iowa
Band Spring
Green
State University At
Iowa City
Conference Appointments Made At Cedar Rapids Last Monday
The Upper Iowa Methodist Episcopal conference finished its Cedar Rapids session. Rev. Roy V. Porter returns to Monticello as pastor for the year. The June start and July 1 close adjust pastoring family schooling. New district superintendents and numerous appointments across Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and other towns were announced by Presiding Bishop Edgar Blake. The list names many pastors and supplied posts in a wide regional assignment.
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Upper Iowa Methodist Episcopal Conference
Cedar Rapids
Roy V. Porter
Monticello
J. Arthur Young
Hampton
Waterloo
F. C. Witzigman
Washington
Edgar Blake
Indianapolis
Ind
E S Johnson Dies in St Louis Hospital
E S Johnson age 62 died Monday September 21 in a St Louis hospital after gallstone surgery and pneumonia. He was born in Boone and lived in Webster City and Monticello with wife Elizabeth Rauche Johnson and three children Sidney Justine and John. He had led the Webster City Chamber of Commerce and belonged to the Universalist church.
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E. S. Johnson
Elizabeth Rauche
Maggie Kiburz
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Johnson
Monticello
Mr. Johnson
Sidney
Grinnell College
Justine
John
Margaret
Webster City
Oscar Johnson
Reeview
Calif
Montana
W. P. Mingle
Belleville
Ill
Mae Austin
Esther Starks
Des Moines
Milwaukee
Boone
Arnold Bader reports his dairy herd free of tuberculosis
Arnold Bader states his thirty Holstein cattle on the South Fork farm in Delaware county were tested by veterinarians on September 21 and this week the report showed all cattle free from tuberculosis. He notes this is his first test in ten years and expresses pleasure at the results.
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Arnold Bader
South Fork Township
Delaware County
Bader
Twenty Years Ago Items Of Occurrences
Russell Stahler left for Madison Wisconsin to resume studies at the Wisconsin State University. H S Richardson returned from a European trip sailing London the previous month. Carl Thuman sold a 113 acre Langworthy farm to J H J Stutt for 140 dollars per acre. earlier paid 125 and added 600 in improvements. J T Lanigan bought the Hickock building now hosting Iversen furniture store. Clara Rieken wed Herman Eilers at St John’s Lutheran. New births reported at Kehoe and Barney homes. Anna Lawrence of Anamosa and Joe Holub married in second week. Velma Behrends died of pneumonia. Pauline Appleby married Harry Leeds at Manchester. Anna Zimmerman and Carl Siebels wed at Zion’s Lutheran. Thomas Kehoe and Nellie Corcoran married. pastorates and deaths noted. Isabelle Cowan died after a stroke. buried Cascade. Elizabeth Dirks died at state hospital Independence. Miss Ethel George was a Moody Bible Institute student. Postmaster Noyes of Onslow celebrated 79th birthday. Manon Harford and Seymour Bennett wed in second week. Mrs. Andrew Davidson died of heart disease. Ellen Cummings and Harriet Eby also noted deaths. Landon Taylor of Dubuque convicted for attempted extortion in Anamosa. five-year max. Bertha Darrow Nagle died at 17. survived by husband and daughter Nellie. Hugh Kidd celebrated 50th anniversary. John Fitzsimons, Civil War veteran, died at 78. Mary Davidson and Dr. Benjamin Budee married. Cornelius McAleer welcomed a son born 27th. Janet Young celebrated seventh birthday with a party.
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Russell Stahler
Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State University
H. S. Richardson
Europe
London
Carl Thuman
Langworthy
J. H. J. Stutt
J. T. Lanigan
Hickok
Iverson
Clara Rieken
Herman Eilers
St. John's Lutheran Church
Manchester
Anna Zimmerman
Harm Helgens
Carl Siebels
Zion's Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
C. Mardorf
Thomas F. Kehoe
Castle Grove Township
Nellie Corcoran
M. S. Murphy
Church of the Immaculate Conception
W. Z. Allen
Reinbeck
Carrie King
Omaha
Harriet Eby
Samuel Eby
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Sabula
Landon Taylor
Blackhand Society
Dubuque
Anamosa
W. W. Eye
Wyoming Township
Taylor
Bertha Darrow Nagle
Albert Chapman
Monticello
Nellie
Hugh Kidd
John Fitzsimons
Mary Davidson
Benjamin Budee
Ames
Andrew Davidson
Cornelius McAleer
Janet
David Young
Matinee Concert by Kryl Set for Oct 10 at High School
Supt A B Grimes announces Kryl's famous band will perform a matinee at the high school auditorium on Saturday afternoon October 10. The group is renowned nationwide for high art standards and festival performances in major cities. Each member is rigorously selected and tested by Kryl, with a history of Monticello engagement twenty years ago next month.
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Supt
A. B. Grimes
Kryl
Kry
Monticello
Harvest of Hi-bred corn plot at Center Junction farms
The public is invited to view the Hi-bred corn harvest at Paul Smith farm near Center Junction on Friday October 9 at 1 pm. It is the second year of an experimental Hi-bred plot by the Jones County Farm Bureau with several corn varieties tested for yield stalk stiffness disease resistance and quality with corn breeders present to discuss developments. County Agent Max Wortmann urges all farm owners to attend.
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Paul Smith
Center Junction
Jones County Farm Bureau
Max Wortmaan
Drowning Near Dock Shocks Clinton Youth
Emil Goettsch 14 of Clinton drowned last Sunday afternoon after falling into the swift Mississippi near the boat club dock. The body was not immediately recovered, and authorities feared possible further dog bites during rabies scare in Anamosa.
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Emil Goettsch
Clinton
Mississippi
Grinnell
Coe College
Town State Teachers' College
Columbia
Dubuque
Monmouth
Parsons
Augustana
Wayne Normal
Morningside
Buena Vista
John Brookman
Tlinois Central
Rock Cut
Fine Seed Corn Grown On Orren Snyder Farm
Orren Snyder of Onslow farms more than twenty acres of premier seed corn. The Express reporter collected two sample ears, noting the crop is ready for harvest. Snyder sources seed annually from the Town State College, ensuring superior yields with favorable weather. He also fattens a fine flock of bronze turkeys for the holidays.
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Orren Snyder
Onslow
The
Express
Snyder
Town State College
Monticello Man Suffers Severe Arm Fracture
Thomas Moore, who hauled gravel this summer, had a serious accident last Tuesday while cranking a truck. The motor kicked back, fracturing his right wrist. He was taken to McDonald hospital, where the fracture was reduced and his arm cast. Recovery is expected to take over two months.
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Thomas Moore
Thomas Schafer
Monticello
McDonald
Pigskin Toters To Meet Olin In Game Friday
Monticello scouts reveal a largely new starting unit for the inaugural contest as six of the eleven may be freshmen. Clark leads the backfield with Buel Smith and Hanssen, while Reed Bartlett Phelps Dickey vie for end spots and Cramer Yeoman Stott Eilers boost the line. Howard Burgett aids, helping shape a scrappy, potentially stronger squad ahead of this Friday’s match.
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Pigskin Toters
Olin
Eridders
Montici
Smith
Clarence Egger
Clark
Robert Buel
Jess Smith
Paul Hanssen
Bud
Hanssen
Reed Clark
Elmer Starks
Clark Matthiessen
Reed Bartlett
Robert Phelps
Keith Dickey
Phelps
Bartlett
Bove
Hetolayr Ae
Dickey
Cramer
Yeoman
Stott
Ellers
Eilers
Schoon
Che
Hutton
Hinrichs
Ohe
Seedorf
Roaberts
Fetter
Monticello
Truck Driver Injured At Manchester Tuesday
Francis Malone of Manchester suffered a cut above one eye when a leaf dropped from a roadster ahead, shattering its windshield as it struck Malone’s truck. The roadster was driven by A Reis sler.
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Francis Malone
Manchester
Woo
Malone
A. Reissler
Mrs Dietiker To Leave For Switzerland Saturday
Mrs Barbara Dietiker will sail from New York October 8 for Gratubun den Switzerland for a six weeks visit with relatives. She will be accompanied by her nephew Emil Dietiker of Wayland Michigan on the trip and will depart next Saturday.
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Barbara Dietiker
Gratubunden
Switzerland
New York
Emil Dietiker
Wayland, Mich
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Parent-Teachers’ Assn
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Des Moines- Monticello
Frank Cole
C. E. Littell
J. L. McLaughlin
American Bible Society
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T. P. Potter
New York City
G. F. Sutherland
Board of Foreign Missions
New
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St. Luke's Hospital
St. Paul's
J. R. van Pelt
Gammon Theological Seminary
Atlanta
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W. C. Welch
Upper Town University
Fayette
George Woodall
Hancher Philanthropic Finance Corporation
St. Paul's-Waterloo
Davenport District
Davenport
Earle A. Baker
Alburnett
James Ballz
Anamosa-Viola
F. C. Worcester
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J. B. Eyestone
Buck Creek- Ryan
H. E. Morrow
Calamus
E. R. Kildon
Camanche
BE. G. Hunt
G. H. Goodrick
Central City
Coggon
F. M. Garrett
Clarence
Otis Moore
Bernard Davis
Springville
M. L. Hill
Stanwood
J. W. Reed
West Branch
H. D. Green
Wyoming
Waubeek
Paul Crouse
Waterloo District
Ackley
T. C. Collister
Allison
Federated
O. B. Preston
Aredale
H. M. Tiffany
W. G. Rowley
Chapin
R. G. Bachellor
Charles City
Ralph Collis
Clarksville
E. A. Sabin
Dumont
E. G. Steinman
Dunkerton-Dewar
Samuel Knoer
East Janesville
Thomas FP
Parkersburg
New Hartford
P. Schopple
Plainfield
A. S. Watson
Plymouth-Rock Falls
Joseph Yates
Raymond
Lilley
Riceville-McIntyre
W. W. Zimmerman
Rockford
C. E. Luce
Rockwell
Frank Sheffler
Rudd
F. C. Hilman
St. Ansgar
M. W. McKinney
Sheffield
H. F. Mercer
Shell
Dubuque District
Gilbert J. Chalke
Arlington-Volga
A. B. Chamberlain
Burr Oak
R. Sanner
Calmar- Fort Atkinson
Chester- Elma
J. B. Pritchard
Colesburg
Dyersville
George Nothdurst
Cresco
Hazelton-Stanley
R. A. Hallett
Independence
Floyd Weed
Lime Springs
Bonair
R. Prescott
McGregor-Marquette
H. Allshouse
Elton D. Wells
Lamont-Aurora-Whitney
J. J. Atkins
Masonville
Silver Creek
C. H. Hawn
Maynard
Virgil C. Welch
Monona
L. H. Joslin
New Albion
J. H. Barr
Oelwein
J. B. Ackman
Randalia
R. A. Doss
Sand Creek
J. J. Kidder
Strawberry Point
T. J. Elwick
Sumner-Westgate
Paul Pease
Waucoma
James P. Gable
Waukon
E. E. Clements
West Union
I. Selden
Winthrop
Eldon D. Wells
Cedar Rapids District
William C. Cleworth
Albion
G. M. Shoemaker
Beaman
H. Artman
Blairstown
W. Deissler
Brandon-Rowley
J. W. Bearse
Belle Plaine
T. M. Nielsen
Center Point-Urbana
F. R. Maynard
Conrad
C. K. Hudson
Chelsea-Haven
W. A. Faris
Dike
A. R. Coover
Dysart
H. M. Grant
Elberon
A. Calkins
Eldora
J. K. Hawkins
Fairfax- Lakeview
A. C. Olson
Garrison
Dorr Whitmore
Gilman
Fed
Ralph E
Walker Parish
Whitten-Gifford
F. C. Grieve
Belleville, Il
Kryl Sat
Joel Sylvester Outland
Reformatory
Denver
A. J. Reed
Barnesville
Ohio
Mr. Outland
Towa
Penn College
Illinois
State Reformatory
Aliee V. Hildreth
C. H. Outland
Paris
France
Outland
Orren Snyder Farm
Coe
Howard Burgett
Mrs. Dietiker
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