81 Year Old Lady Returns From Africa
Mrs. W. D. Cornish of Pacific Grove California travels through Africa with her cousin Miss Sally Hooper aged 50. They journey from Cairo to Johannesburg and Cape Town by boat motor car and train, enduring mud huts and a lion attack near Rijaf. They leave New York Oct 30 1926 and reach Cairo after Naples misstep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Cornish
Pacific Grove
California
Emil C. Rickless
Cornish
Monticello
Africa
Sally Hooper
Cairo
Johannesburg
Cape Town
Afrin
Nairobi
Mrs. Cornish
Miss Hooper
New York
Naples
Egypt
UTC
PRS VO Vy
Khartoum
South Africa
White Nile
Rijaf
Neighborhood crime and county road bond issues mix with early Iowa news
Charles Nictert, west of Manchester, is bound over to the October grand jury for stealing two bushels of clover seed valued at 40 dollars from Frank Childs of Masonville. Jackson county voters will decide a bond issue for paving primary roads, with Supervisors Day and Patterson supporting and Sweeney opposing. D. H. Penrose, 75, died after being struck by a car driven by Blanche Houser in Cedar Rapids, the 105 acre E. McKeever farm near Ryan was on the market, and Dubuque suffered a city blackout after a power plant oil switch explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nictert
Manchester
Frank Childs
Masonville
Nictert
Jackson County
Patterson
Buckner
Sweeney
Donovan
D. H. Penrose
Cedar Rapids
Blanche Houser
Mr. Penrose
Chicago
East Dubuque
Frank Pearson
Marion
Illinois
Pearson
Express
W.N. Moore
Alaska
Oxford Junction
Fred Guyer
Stiles
Fred Drafahi
Joseph McDonnell
Carl J. Smith
Lincoln Highway
John T. Moffit
Linn County
Drafahl
Monticello News Recalls 25th Anniversary and Local Events
Twenty five years ago events in Monticello include marriages at local churches, court cases such as Naomi Horacre versus the City of Monticello, business sales like David Goldstone selling stock, and multiple family milestones. The tragic railroad accident involving a steam merry go round killed McGrew and injured others, with detailed wreck outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Dakotas
Edna Thomas
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chicago
Raymond
Annapolis
Maryland
Anna Grenewald
Jacob Widmer
B. E. Gruenstein
The
Reformed Church
Marie Carlton
John Larkins
Castle Grove
John Johnson
Mardoff
Naomi Horacre
City of
District Court
Monticello State Bank
Grace Lovell
George L. Schoonover
Hattie Broerkens
Gerd Boedeker
Wayne Township
J. A. Broerkens
Langworthy
B. D. Haeussler
Henry Rehorst
Rehorst
Diamond Creamery Company
David P. Young
Canada
Chris Decker
Bowen's Prairie
Louise Bebb
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
William Repke
Bell
Sane Furniture
C. S. Bidwell
Louise Loetscher
Rudy Winkler
E. E. Gruenstein
Laura
Andy Ambuehl, Jr
D. Butterfield
Lovell House
Harry J. Wilson
Hopkinton
W. H. L. Schuetz
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Friederika Oltmanns
Scotch Grove Township
Louis Schuetz
Hilbert
Wisconsin
Don McAleer
Belle Devlin
Anne Lubben
James D. Shelley
the Reformed Church
Daisy Waugh
Bert Millsap
Anamosa
Richard Cartano
Frank Eberhart
Illinois
Cartano
Eberhart
McGrew
John Reichart
Frank Jarrett
Mr. Cartano
Springville
Do You Know Answers From Page Eight
A trivia prompt lists ten questions covering a seven wonders lighthouse Clara Peggoty Passion Play paternoster Dixie Deadeye Dick Jim Crow car canine hero novels Charley Bates and the Dream City, promising page eight for missing answers.
Jubilee Sunday boosts St. Matthew's church debt drive
Last Sunday October 9 St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran church in Monticello held jubilee services in English and German. A cash collection of 7086 will be applied to the building debt leaving about 3000 in pledges due by March 1. The Ladies' Aid dinner raised 162.50 toward a 1000 pledge for the building fund. The church, organized 1912, has grown to over 700 attendees at dedication and remains healthy under Pastor Henry Adix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Monticello
Henry Adix
Arbelger
Wyoming
J. Willms
Wayne
G. Wolf
Castle Grove
A. Matthias
Anamosa
St. Matthew's Church
Hans Nather
St. Peter and Paul's Church
Castle Grove Township
G. J. Fritscher
Dubuque
Co. Mardorf
Wayne Township
August Siebels
John B. Zimmerman
John Barrack
Henry Behrends
John Stadtmueller
Fred Lehman
August Schlinner
John Otten
Gerd Schmidt
J. H
Sigmund M. Ide
Bellevue
Ladies’ Aid Society
Wurt Siefkes
Clarksville
Erg
Kammerpm
Eos EP
United Brethren Church
Ide
S. M. Ide
Frank D Stout Dies at 73 in Wisconsin Home
Frank D Stout husband of Clara Wales died late last Tuesday at a Rice Lake Wisconsin hospital near his summer home at age 73 He was a member of a wealthy Dubuque pioneer family and survived by his widow three daughters and one son His biography cites his role in Knapp Stout Lumber Star Electric Union Electric Iowa Trust and Savings Bank and the Dubuque Fire and Marine Insurance firm among others He later moved to Chicago where he built further wealth and held leadership roles in several firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Stout
Clara Wales
Charles FB. Wales
Monticello
Dubuque
Frank Stout
Henry L. Stout
Knapp-Stout Linwnber Company
Stout
Old Star Electric Company
Union Electric Company
Dubuque Electric Company
Interstate Power Company
Eastern Interests
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Bank
Thomas Connolly
Bank and Insurance Building Company
Dubuque Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Knapp-Stout Lumber Company
Devydey
Chicago
Missouri Southern Railroad Company
Ilinois Merchants’ Trust Company
Ruth Elder Completes Long Trans Atlantic Flight
Ruth Elder and George Haldeman landed the plane American Girl off the French coast after a 435 year anniversary start from Roosevelt field New York. The craft carried 520 gallons of gasoline and 20 gallons of oil with a 4800 mile cruising radius. Elder sent a radio to Paris confirming the crossing and became the first woman to fly between the new world and the old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Ruth Elder
George Haldeman
Monticello
WSUI
Iowa City
Miss Elder
United Press
Paris
Roosevelt Field
New York
Christopher Columbus
New World
County Convention At Center Junction
The Jones county Sunday school council of religious education will hold a three session convention at Center Junction next Monday, Oct. 17. Special instructors arrive from across the county and a strong program aims to engage all ages, with an evening youth focus. The event features a Center Junction Sunday school orchestra, special numbers, and a leadership training demonstration by girls in Indian costumes around a camp fire. The closing moment is by the state young people’s superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Sunday School Council of Religious Education
Center Junction
Bias Tape and Its Uses Meeting by Farm Bureau Ladies
The Farm Bureau ladies announce a follow up meeting on Bias Tape and Its Uses to be held Saturday October 15 at Mrs Clem Liddys home. Attendees should bring lawn or gingham half yard needles pins scissors ruler bias cutting gauge and six yards of wrapping paper. Promptly at 2 00 the session aims to teach useful sewing and money saving patterns and is open to all interested individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Clem Liddy
Jones County Holstein Calf Club at Waterloo Dairy Congress
Emmeline Hoffman and John Shover represented the Jones County Purebred Holstein Calf Club at the Waterloo dairy cattle congress. The group placed 10th among nineteen clubs. Shover earned 8th with a two year old heifer 6th with a yearling in a 42 entry class and 10th with no heifer under one year in a 78 entry class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Waterloo
Emmeline Hoffman
John Shover
Levsen Completes The Season With Cleveland
Emil Dutch Levsen Jackson county hurler who starred locally and with the Cleveland Indians for two seasons will return to the mound for Cleveland next year. After a mid season arm ailment he spent weeks at a Battle Creek sanitarium where specialists treated his pitching arm. He reports being in fine shape and ready for spring practice while visiting his wife’s parents in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Sentinel
Emil “Dutch” Levsen
Jackson County
Cleveland Indians
Ohio Club
Levsen
Battle Creek
Mich
Former Monticello Resident Dies in Minneapolis
Fred Garmshausen a former Monticello resident died Sept 28 at his daughter's home in Minneapolis. Born Jan 3, 1856 he was married twice to Louise Baumgartner and to Mrs John Reuger, both deceased. Survived by daughter Mrs Willis F Brink of 3134 Dupont Ave S Minneapolis. Cremated remains sent to Monticello for burial in Oakwood Cemetery this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Garmshausen
Monticello
Minneapolis
Mr. Garmshausen
Louise Baumgartner
John Reuger
Willis F. Brink
Dupont Avenue South
Minn
Garmshausen
Oakwood Cemetery
Mike Schmidt Buys Matt Liebold Farm Near Sand Spring
Mike Schmidt purchased the Matt Liebold farm near Sand Spring. The 220 acre property was bought at 150 dollars per acre. Possession date was not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Schmidt
Matt Liebold
Sand Spring
Mr. Schmidt
Skelley Poised to Return for Monticello Game Saturday
The Skelley of Monticello may play in the football game between Tawa Uo and Wabash this Saturday. He has not appeared this year due to a illness, is underweight by fifteen pounds, and has undergone extra quarterback drills under Coach Ingwersen.
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Skelley
Monticello
Tawa Uo
Wabash
Eeoes
Skell
Monticello Ties Independence In Football Clash
Monticello played to a scoreless tie at Independence last Friday in a hard hitting game that showcased passing and aerial work. Monticello’s Greenawald to Rhatigan formed the standout combination, with Brokaw and Appleby also shining for both teams. Next Saturday Monticello hosts Lyons of Clinton at 2 30 as the city backs the squad toward a potential upset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Independence
Independence High School
University of Chicago
Soldiers' Field
Independence Eleven
Fast East Waterloo High School
Iowa
Nti Eent
Zere Meehan
Monti
Greenawald
Rhatigan
Brokaw
Appleby
Waterloo
Independence Territory
Wilkinson
Coltman
Lyons High School
Clinton
Busy Session in District Court This Term
The district court enters its third week with Judge Atherton PB Clark presiding. The fifth jury case, John Behrends v W J Corbett and wife, seeks a note for just over $1,000, with a defense of lack of consideration. A prior case, Lon Webster, was acquitted of transporting liquor. Other verdicts include Ed Brundage guilty of lascivious acts with a child and sentenced to up to three years, Louis Alferts acquitted, Martin Busher pled guilty and jailed six months, H F Maceau fined 600 dollars for liquor nuisance, Loren Hayes pleading guilty, and three prisoners in reformatory for escape each receiving five-year additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atherton PB. Clark
John Behrends
W. J. Corbett
Jackson Township
State of Town
Lon Webster
Ed Brundage
Louis Alferts
Martin Busher
H. F. Maceau
Cascade
Loren Hayes
Letter From Minor T. Davis Describes Spokane Contentment and Farm Exports
Former Langworthy resident Minor T. Davis writes from Spokane Washington praising the area as a happy medium between climate extremes. He details his son Lewis's 320 acre farm plus 160 rented acres yielding 475 tons of alfalfa, 3 500 bushels of wheat and 1 785 bushels of oats with 305 dollars spent on binding wire. He notes exports of wheat and hay to British Columbia and a large apple shipment anticipated in the Spokane valley with bearing orchards yielding 1500 to 2000 dollars per acre after labor costs. Davis also mentions his status as a great grandfather four times and family matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minor T. Davis
Langworthy
Spokane
Wash
Charles E. Bates
Missouri
Lewis
British Columbia
Davis
Cascade Youths Missing Are Being Searched For
Parents of John Keith 15 and Russell Hawkins 16 seek their sons who vanished from Cascade on Sept 29 with no clear motive. Cascade City Marshal James J Casey enlists aid and circulates descriptions. Keith 5 ft 8 in, black hair, brown eyes, tan rain coat overalls brown suit, U S army backpack. Hawkins in a yellow raincoat.
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Dubuque
L Herald
John Keith
Cascade
Russell Hawkins
James J. Casey
Casey
United States Army
Btussell Hawkins
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Ryan
Navy
Drake
Ohio
Cornell
Beloit
Ames
Simpson
State Teachers
Iowa Wesleyan
Augustana
St. Ambrose
Coe
Monmouth
Haskell
Morningside
Upper Iowa
Buena Vista
Parsons
Central
Clara Peggoty
Deadeye Dick
Charley Bates
Rice Lake
Wis
Organized Electric Company
Daring Girl
Cleveland
Minneapolis, Minn
Lyons
Finlay
Walter Zubler
Donald Serbousek
E. E. Skelley
Vernon Orcutt
L. A. Iverson
Milton Thoeni
Augustus Siebels
Bud" Skelley
Devere Minehart
Louis Hoag
Royal Corbett
Raymond Moore
Leroy Clark
J. J. Locher
J. A. Liddy
Clark Hubbard
Glenn Bancroft
Leroy Clark, Sr
Ray Yousse
Dean LE H Marugg Emery
Zubler Lalson
Bender MecMille
R. Marueg
Main
Hoag
Maurice Sells
Rhatigan Hudson Hao
A. McMiller
LH. Mercy Cebel Ceetee
Eee
Enero
Eal Brokaw
Ora F. Exman
Sai Richmond
J. T. Keith
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