Tilda Miner On Trial At Anamosa
Retrial underway in Anamosa with Mrs. Tilda Miner of Olin accused of murdering her husband Ed Miner by strychnine poisoning. Jury includes a husband and wife duo, witnesses testify on viscera findings and notes alleged to be penned by Miner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilda Miner
Anamosa
Olin
Miner
John T. Moffit
Albert Ament
Howard Kirkpatrick
Clarence
W. D. Merritt
Harold Hartman
Martelle
Walter Latare
Mina Sears
Onslow
Harvey Barber
Mildred Weighels
Esther Brady
Anamosa Creamery
Melvin Starry
Wyoming
Andy Neilson
Ruth Hayes
Monticello
Paul
W. C. Henning
Cedar Rapids
H. H. Freeman
Albert Hartwig
Hartwig
Ray Purcell
Edward LeClerc Dies After Two Year Illness in Cedar Rapids
Edward LeClerc died at his Cedar Rapids home last Saturday after a two year illness. A former cashier in Central City and later in Cedar Rapids real estate, he was born November 24 1876 in Coggon. Funeral services were held in Cedar Rapids and burial in Coggon. Survived by widow and three children Faye Roy and Donnell nine siblings and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward LeClerc
Cedar Rapids
Central City
State Bank
Mr. LeClerc
Coggon
Charles LeClerc
Monticello
William Treft
Clinton Burke
Vinton
Henry
Hopkinton
Will
Eilmer
Scranton
Frank
Waukon
Fred
Boy Scouts Hike to Pictured Rocks on Saturday
Eleven boys from the local Boy Scout troop joined Mr. Gutensohn for a full day hike to Pictured Rocks. John Hay passed the fire test while several boys took pace tests at the race track with Tom Hamilton and Merle Hutton assisting. Tenderfoot initiation occurred last evening and parents are urged to ensure weekly Wednesday meetings at 7:00 PM, with monthly hikes planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Mr. Gutensohn
Pictured Rocks
John Hay
Tom Hamilton
Merle Hutton
Mount Vernon Visits Tipton for Eastern Iowa Seven Opener
Mount Vernon travels to Tipton tomorrow for a conference game as West Liberty tops the standings with one win and no losses. Mount Vernon follows with one win, Tipton seeks to rebound after a 12 to 6 defeat by Mount Vernon last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Smith
Pigskin Toters
Tipton
Iowa
West Liberty
Mount Vernon
West Branch
Anamosa
University High
Iowa City
Monticello
Anamona
Three Jones Co Men Among Iowa Bar Examiners
Thirty applicants passed the Iowa state bar exam and were sworn in as new lawyers. From Jones County three men Heiserman of Monticello Cash of Anamosa and Shimanek of Oxford Junction joined seven Des Moines three Davenport and others from fifteen schools to form the new firm Doxsee Doxsee Helserman. Rhoda Abel Guttenberg the lone woman also joined the cohort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa
John Edward Heiserman
Monticello
Paul Cash
Anamosa
Charles FP. Shimanek
Oxford Junction
Rhoda Abel
Guttenberg
Byron Abel
Truman
Stevens
B. W. Garrett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Des Moines
Davenport
Towa
Arthur Braverman
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Abel
Maurice H. Bordewick
Vinton
George Bowden
Dubuque
G.T. Cousins
Clinton
E. R. McDonald
L. L. Phares
D. M. Roche
Iowa City
E A. Traeger
West Union
G. W. VanderVennet
Helserman
Coxsee
State University At
College of Liberal Arts
University College of Law
Coxsee & Coxsee
Monticello High School
Messrs
J. W. Doxsee
C. A. Doxsee
Corn yield test at J N Smith Farm tallies results
The Jones County Farm Bureau co operated test at J N Smith farm east of town measured corn yields Saturday. Hibred No 042 led with 120 bushels per acre while hibred entries averaged 104.4 bu, top cross 99.2 bu, ordinary corn 0 or 1. Hicks of Monticello won the guessing contest for nearest yield to the high farmer's crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
J. N. Smith
Ames
Lloyd Hudson
E. G. Hicks
Monticello
E. F. Burr
Farm Bureau
Jones County Fair
Hicks
J. R. McNeilly
Nina Ames Koleman Dies in Clyde Ohio After Illness
The death of Mrs. Nina Ames Koleman at Clyde Ohio followed a weeklong illness of pneumonia. Survived by her husband two daughters and her father Harry D Ames she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry D Ames formerly of Monticello. The family moved to Clyde when Nina was a child. Her mother was Libble Campbell formerly of this city who died after an operation years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Nina Ames Koleman
Clyde
Ohio
Harry D. Ames
Kolman
Monticello
Ames
Milwaukee Depot
Nina
William J. Aitchison
North Third Street
Marguerite Aitchison
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Cascade
Aitchison
Marguerite
Clare
Henry
Lovell Township
John Miller
Aileen
Anamosa
William Burke
Peter Koster
Montice
Harry Maire Named Chief Attendant at Standard Oil Station
Harry Maire has accepted a position as chief attendant for the Standard Oil filling station on East First Street. He assumed duties this week assisted by Ed Kurt. Maire promises courteous service to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Maire
Standard Oil
East First Street
Ed Kurt
Harry
Six Weeks Tests Dominate Monti High News With Cheer Lead
Monti High reports six weeks tests in full swing as students cram for next week report cards. Berkley Curtis elected master cheerleader with Wayne Jones and Merle Hutton as assistants. field trip to Norman Clark farm showcased fall plowing benefits. Doris and Madonna Cotton join the school. Philomonte canceled to cut expenses. leadership conference delegates named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Clark
Monticello
Walker
Mr. Walker
Doris
Madonna Cotton
Marion
Monti High
Madonna
Philomonte
Philo
James Rickless
Junior Burris
Betty Kay
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Margaret McNeill
Berkley Curtis
Pauline Cooper
Miss Webster
Miss Meyer
Stout
Shakespeare
Cedar Falls
Ife
Stuart Hoag
Duroo Sale At Farm Near Marion Sets Oct 26
Twillell 33 heads boars and gifts at a farm three miles east of Marion for the Duroo sale on Wednesday October 26. The notice lists the seller and venue details in brief, marked as a farm sale event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twillell
Mari
Pioneer Women Called By Death In Monticello Area
Obituary notes Mrs. Allie D. McLaughlin of Monticello dies at noon Sunday after a long illness. Born 1852 in Castle Grove, she taught rural schools and married John A. McLaughlin in 1877. Buried beside her husband in Oakwood Cemetery after funeral at First Congregational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie D. McLaughlin
John A. McLaughlin
Monticello
McLaughlin
Horace
Ruth Downer
Castle Grove Township
Frank J. McLaughlin
Chicago
William D. McLaughlin
John W. McLaughlin
Richard L. McLaughlin
Clarence A. McLaughlin
Minnie Stuart
Kansas City
Eugene R. McShe
Michael McLaughlin
Los Angeles
California
Congregational Church
Republican Meeting Consolidates Jones County Campaign
A Republican gathering in the Memorial building dance hall drew candidates for Jones County offices and county central committee members. Chairman Rey Echternacht led talks by Hartley Wilkinson and others. Frank W. Elliott spoke for Congress, signaling optimism for a landslide on November 8. C. B. Paul of Anamosa was named campaign committee chair with Hartley Wilkinson as publicity head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Republican County Central Committee
Memorial Building
Rey Echternacht
County Central Committee
Doolittle
Kruse
Hartley Wilkinson
D. A. Downing
H. P. Barber
S. M. Hosford
EB. R. Easterly
Warren Rees
Bess Sherman
Marvin Levien
Bill Null
Harry Holcomb
E. A. Grimwood
G. J. Hughes
Frank W. Eliott
Davenport
Behrends
C. B. Paul
Anamosa
Iowa Butter Production Rises in August 1933
Iowa dairy reports show butter output up about 12 percent in August 1933 from August 1932 due to pasture conditions. Federal figures indicate a 3.78 percent rise across states for the same period. Eight month total matches last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Lovell 4-H Club Girls Meet at Balsiger Home
Lovell's Laboring Lassies held their regular meeting October 8 at Luella Balsiger's home. Clare Adams and Luella Balsiger spoke about their Waterloo trip, plans were made for next year's pictures and artists, and marberized paper for scrapbooks was prepared. Four visitors attended and a Halloween party was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell
Luella Balsiger
Clare Adams
Waterloo
Prairieburg Man Jailed After Booze Raid
Harry Benton a 34 year old Prairieburg resident was jailed in Linn County after federal prohibition agents and a state officer uncovered four one gallon tins of alleged alcohol and home brew at his premises. Benton had previously been arrested Sept 23 by Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon for drunk driving after a crash on Highway No 30 five miles east of town. He paid $100 and costs to secure release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Benton
Prairieburg
Linn County
Benton
Larry Condon
Here
Rev C E Cushman To Speak Here Sunday
The Rev Samuel G Gutensohn will exchange pulpits with Rev C E Cushman who led Monticello Congregational church from 1913 to 1920. Cushman has served at Iowa Falls since leaving Monticello and will be joined by Mrs Cushman. They arrive Saturday and stay until Thursday hosted by Mrs Augusta Bliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Gutensohn
C. E. Cushman
Monticello
My. Cushman
Iowa Falls
Twenty Years Ago in Monticello Celebrations and Moves
October 1913 notes recall births and deaths in Monticello area families including Prult Hens, McNeil, Vernimont, Miller, and Redmond. Notable events include furniture moves to Lanigan building, a Bower’s Prairie farm sale to Nic Baer, Raymond Slauson’s home return after homesteading, bar exam success by Verdon Welch, and Dr. Dwight Smith’s medical career. Also: Otto Meyer marries Vivian Jones. multiple births and a 85-year-old death of Peter Schwartz near Amber. Dootrick funeral. real estate sale on West First Street. Miss Blanche Hunter’s family illness. Automobiles appear with Ethel George transporting two men to a stock sale. a Laurens teacher’s mother dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Henry Prult
Sand Spring
Stork
A. J. H. McNeil
E. A. Hubbard
Lanigan
Raymond Slauson
North Dakota
Verdon Welch
Des Moines
Lenox College
Yale
Dwight Smith
Chicago
Mason City
California
Otto Meyer
Monticello
Vivian Jones
Sorum
South Dakota
Robert McNeill
Peter Schwartz
Amber
Charles H. Doutrick
J. A. Doutrick
Ben Redmond
W. W. Hunter
Henry Doering
Scotch Grove
Minnie van Sence
P. Monniler
West First Street
J. D. Poppe
Castle Grove
Michael McKeever
Gill Street
E. J. Lightfoot
Ethel George
A. G. Davidson
G. Watt
Mount Vernon
Blanche Hunter
Laurens
Margaret Maurice Weds Raymond J Denkhoff in Omaha
The wedding of Margaret Maurice to Raymond J Denkhoff occurred October 8 at Hotel Fontanelle Omaha at high noon with only close family present from Monticello Dr and Mrs A M Maurice and their sons James and Phillip and Miss Kate Maurice and Des Moines guests Mr and Mrs J H Slaight. The couple resides at 912 Fortieth Street Des Moines. Mrs Denkhoff is a Monticello high school graduate and Iowa State College alumna now teaching. Mr Denkhoff, Monticello class of 1925, is with the Commercial Investment Trust and holds a Des Moines post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Maurice
Raymond J. Denkhoff
Omaha
Neb
Hotel Fontanelle
Monticello
A. M. Maurice
James
Phillip
Kate Maurice
J. H. Slaight
Des Moines
Slaight
Ames
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Silver City
Valley Junction
Denkhoff
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Eastern Star
Den
Wichita
Kansas
Milwaukee
T. F. Denkhoff
Lutheran Pastor at Wyoming Accepts Call to Readlyn
Rev. E. Arhelger of Wyoming accepts a call to Readlyn and will move to his new pastoral charge in November. He has served the Wyoming Lutheran church for about five years and has led that community with notable success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Arhelger
Wyoming
Readlyn
Arhelger
Lutheran Church At
Local Monticello Bargains Highlight Fall Sales
The Express and Star advertise numerous bargains for readers. Deals include Poca hontas coal at $9 per ton, ladies knitted dresses, Schultz Bros second anniversary sale, bacon at 14 cents a pound, a two row corn picker from R H Balster, Monticello Feed Mill feeds, 72 by 84 blankets at Beerys for 69 cents, Goodyear tires from Clark Brothers Tire and Battery, and Herman Harrs closing out auction north of Monticello on October 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Bill Tuetken
Bill Schoon
Schultz Bros
Star Meat Market
R. H. Balster
Monticello
Beery
Notable Residents and Local Crimes Highlight Week
William Musser 73 a lumber pioneer and wealth holder dies after long Iowa life born in Muscatine Ruth Maskery and Earl Wyrick wed in Sycamore and plan to reside Monmouth. Linn county sheriffs return parole violators Nase and Thomas to Anamosa state reformatory. parole board revokes Linn 1920 larceny sentences. John M Rider 83 dies from auto crash injuries in Cedar Rapids Town City. Bank robbers escape a police cordon near Dubuque after stealing cars and evading fifty officers. group believed Gary Indiana gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Musser
Yowr City
Muscatine
Joe Petrus
Linn County
Thomas Nase
Lawrence Thomas
State Reformatory
Anamosa
State Board of Parole
John M. Rider
Iowa Masonic Consistory
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cedar Rapids
University Hospital
Town City
North Cascade
Hills
Intoyllinois
Gary
Ind
Warden Ireland Accused of Taking Prisoners to Chicago
A Democratic candidate accuses Charles H. Ireland, warden at Anamosa reformitory, of taking two inmates to the World Series in Chicago last week. Ireland admits accompanying Harry Hortman and Walter Wakefield, saying no state funds were used and the trip was for state business. The report cites Hortman’s prior crimes and notes governor and Felton declined comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Ireland
Anamosa
Chicago
Ireland
Harry Hortman
Reformatory
Walter Wakefield
Hortman
Hariman
Treland
Cedar Rapids
E. H. Felton
State Board of Control
Indianola
Florence Porter
Cherokee
Supreme Court
Felton
Local Librarians Attend Regional Meeting in Des Moines
Miss Florence Noble and Mrs. Halstead Carpenter travel from Monticello to Des Moines for a regional library meeting with five states represented. Carpenter to chair trustee round table. Noble to address smaller libraries round table discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Noble
Halstead Carpenter
Monticello
Des Moines
Onslow Presbyterian Church to celebrate 60th anniversary
The Onslow Presbyterian church marks sixty years since its organization in 1871 72 with a weekend of services Friday through Sunday October 14 156 and 16 Led by Rev F L Provan the program features sermons solos reminiscences and a town church history address by Rev William Evans Cedar Rapids A history of the church notes its ministers officers and the destroyed steeple now replaced by landscaping inviting locals and former members to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow Presbyterian Church
F. L. Provan
B. F. Pickering
P. K. Provan
Philip Palmer
Cedar Rapids
R. M. Corbit
Oxford
Michigan
Frank Walker
William Evans
Masdames
G. C. Plett
F. W. Koon
J. Renwick McCullough
Phillip Palmer
G. C. Fiett
Somers
Wisconsin
Clay Township
John Paul
Onslow
Presbyterian Church of
J. O. Cowden
Fitzgerald
Andrew
Margaret Paul
Frances Paul
Grace Tasker
Sarah Franks
John Sim
Rachel Sim
Robert McCready
Ellen McCready
Isabel Smith
Mary Tasker
J. L. Wilson
Scotch Grove
Bethel
A. K. Baird
Wyoming
Henry Cullen
Bethel Church
Royal Chatterton
A. J. Paul
William Fletcher
Kenneth Kennedy
Howard Willison
Ward Hicks
George French
The
Missionary Society
Harriet Lamey
Ladies’ Guild
Jessie McMaster
Henry Koon
Ruth Sears
Christian Endeavor Society
J. R. Macauley
Ethel Koon
Turnip Rewar Record Breaker At Scotch Grove Meeting
Henry Carson of Scotch Grove exhibited a ten pound turnip at the Farm Bureau gathering held Tuesday night at the Presbyterian church. Seed washed from higher ground produced the large root despite harsh treatment, prompting wondering if a Jones county garden may beat the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Carson
Scotch Grove
Reawar
Burrau
Presbyterian Church
Jones County
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C. F. Shimanek
J. N. Smith Farm
Clyde, Ohio
Willard Yeoman
Fern Milroy
Shirley Jean Shelley
Tommy
Toad
Jackie Stahler
June Meyer
Miss Ashton
Mary Jane Coleman
Miss Sill
Jimmie Bone
Ralph Bader
Virginia Marsh
John Pickett
Lucille Huibregtse
Doris Schoon
Bob Hicks
Phyllis Anderson
Miriam Lovell
Miss Stemm
Miss Rabe
British Isles
France
Germany
Duroo Sale
Ose
Wm. J. Aitchison
Vermont
Horace Downer
P. EB. O
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
American Legion
W. J. Aitchison
Margaret Maurice Bride
Ruth Maskery
Celia Maskery
Maquoketa
Earl Wyrick
Monmouth
Sycamore
Frank Barnes
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