Iowa News Briefs Highlight Transcontinental Bus Lines and Local Events
Des Moines connects to two transcontinental bus networks with city ticket offices while rest stops and services dot the route from Los Angeles to New York. Iowa hosts an American Legion encampment in San Antonio with delegates by special train, and local bands and drum corps attend, along with state awards and portraits. The piece notes grain and grape shipments, a pipeline project, missionary updates, and farm ares including Apple Grove Orchards near Mitchellville and Polk County farming news.
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Des Moines
Los Angeles
New York
California
Towa
Texas
American Legion
San Antonio
Iowa
Monahan Post
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Philadelphia
Davenport
Paris
France
Havana
Cuba
Apple Grove
Mitchellville
Polk County
C. N. Kinney
Drake University
Robert M. Clark
Northern grown seed and high corn yields in Iowa report
The report highlights Orrie Secoy of Guthrie Center with 484 bushels per acre and Ed Champion of Denison at 474, followed by Seed stock from Petrosky Rurals. It notes large honey production by R. A. Fuller and Fred H. Peterson near Alden with extensive bee stands, and bee crops marketed to Duluth and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrosky Rurals
Jensen
Orrie Secoy
Guthrie Center
Ed Champion
Denison
R. A. Fuller
Gifford
Hardin County
Duluth
Minn
Fred H. Peterson
Alden
St. Louis
Florida
White Squirrels Captured In Iowa Says Nashua Man
George E. Ellison of Nashua reports two white female squirrels captured by Henry Gayther of Carrville last winter. The animals are described as white gray squirrels, captured from a hollow tree by a mittened hand. Gayther kept them alive in a large wire cage in his orchard during the past summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Ellison
Nashua
Chickasaw County
Henry Gayther
Tear Carrville
Local Social Roundup in Hopkinton and Nearby Towns
Numerous residents visited relatives and attended meetings in Hopkinton Cedar Rapids and Manchester last week. Notable mentions include Mrs Herman Welter in Minneapolis Miss Orpha Garlinghouse in South Hopkinton and Helen Egger at a Manchester teachers meeting. Mild autumn weather with changing leaves described as golden October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Welter
Minneapolis
John Woellert
Hopkinton
Orpha Garlinghouse
E. L. Brandt
Fred Egger
Helen
Monticello
R. E. Chaplin
Paul
C. Arduser
Kate Lang
Helen Egger
Manchester
J. L. Batchelder
Fred Bohlken
Prairieburg
C. C. Slauson
R. Prult
Cedar Rapids
Henry Otting
Farley
Highway officials inspect Wapsie bridge and move offices
T J O'Donnell of Dubuque and Clifford L Niles inspect the Wapsie bridge in Anamosa. The local highway office moves to the Metcalf building and workers survey for a new paving on 117 to begin next spring. Harrison Construction Co brings a cement mixer and corrects a dangerous corner on primary 161 through Jones county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. O'Donnell
Dubuque
State Highway Commission
Clifford L. Niles
Wapsie Bridge
Highway Commission
Metcalf
Harrison Construction Company
Anamosa
Fair Grounds
Jones County
The
Multiple Events Mark Monticello Area Happenings
The Monticello paving project nears completion while Mrs. L E Page suffers a serious shoulder fracture from a stair fall in Cass township. St Marks church seeks bids for a new stone edifice designed by Norman Hatton Cedar Rapids. County Clerk B G Rees returns from Castleton Kansas meeting brother R S Rees after sixteen years. A destructive fire at Michael Gorman’s farm home near the fair grounds causes extensive damage insured for thousands. Jones County alumni meeting elects officers to support the Iowa State University system and plan about the federation in Iowa City. The report also includes civic notes and quotes from Burke Emerson and Theodore Roosevelt on leadership and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
B. G. Rees
Warren
Castleton
Kansas
Rees
R. S. Rees
Gorman
A. B. Clark
Federation of Town Alumni Associations
Jones County Alumni Association
A. G. Wilkinson
FP. S. Vetter
Glenn J. McLaughlin
Anamosa
Howard Young
M. D
Olin
Paul E. Gibson
Colin G. Thomas
Cecil R. Smith
Onslow
John L. Reusser
James Remley
Junior W. Thompson
Oxford Junction
Flossie Memler
Jones County Association
Federation of the
University of Iowa Alumni Association
Iowa City
Ownership and Management Statement for Monticello Express
The Monticello Express weekly newspaper in Monticello Iowa lists editors J W Doxsee and C A Doxsee publishers Doxsee & Doxsee and owners J W Doxsee and C A Doxsee. No bonds or mortgages held by any person or entity at 1 percent or more. Notary acknowledgment dated October 3, 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Monticello
Towa
J. W. Doxsee
C. A. Doxsee
Iowa
Doxsee & Doxsee
CC. A. Doxsee
Grads Of Jones County Farm Association Meeting
At Anamosa city hall on Tuesday evening October 2 alumni of the University of Iowa formed the Jones county University of Iowa Alumni association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grads of Jones County Farm Association
University of Iowa
Anamosa
Jones County University of Iowa Alumni Association
Ball Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Joseph Ball marked their golden wedding anniversary last week Tuesday Their marriage began in Strawberry Point on Sept 35 1878 and the couple has lived in Arlington for 37 years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ball
Strawberry Point
Arlington
Monticello Council Approves Land Purchase for Street Extension
In a September 20 1928 special session the Monticello Iowa council votes to acquire land from Carrie Blake to extend First street. Thomas Shover will contribute 450 toward 500 total price with 250 due on contract signing and 250 on deed delivery for the quarter acre parcel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Hoag
Matthiessen
Hayes
Arduser
Hanssen
First Street
Carrie Blake
Thomas Shover
Town
Township
Locust Street
City approves contract with Carrie Blake and two city warrants
The city votes to grant Carrie Blake $500 via two warrants from the grading fund. One $250 check is paid upon signing the contract, the second upon delivery of a warranty deed conveying merchantable title to the described property. Attest signatures appear for the City Clerk and Mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Blake
Ray Echternacht
B. E
Hog
Matthiessen
Hayes
Arduser
Hanssen
B. E. First
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J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Council Bluffs
Iowa State Teachers Association
Homer H. Seerley
Cedar Falls
Seerley
State Teachers College
John Hammill
Henry Salem Hubbell
St. Paul
Oklahoma
Santa Fe
Indiana
Chicago
Mississippi River
Port Madison
China
Carl B. Wahl
Paton
Greene County
Tungten
Kweichow
Vancouver
Changsha
Thunan
Evangelical Church
Germany
Associaton
University State Bank
Noeliie
Piel Af
Woodward
Grundy County
Albert
Istous City
Bionx
Noostock
Auviet
Cinett
Te Yamas
Otarruck
Dallas County
T. D. Rutgers
Dallas Center
Marion County
Knoxville
United States
Anamosa Eureka
Burke
Emerson
Theodore Roosevelt
G. A. Doxsee
R. J. Bone
Ford
Childress Motor Co
Ford Dealership
Council Proceedings
Wm. G. Schoon
Iverson Furniture Store
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
Schreiber
Farmers’ Grain Co
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