Five Monticello Women In Auto Crash
Five Monticello women were injured in a head on crash near Strawberry Point on Tuesday night. The group from Alpha Delphian club, led by Mrs. Albert J. H. McNeill, suffered severe lacerations and bruises as their car collided with a Quirk Oil oil truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
John McDonald Hospital
Strawberry Point
John J. Locher
Frank E. Stimson
Kate Maurice
August Rickless
Albert J. H. McNeill
Howard
Ellington
Locher
Stimson
Albert McNeill
Depthian Club
Alpha Delphian Club
Festina
Fort Atkinson
Old Army Fort
Spillville
Dvorak
the Bily Brothers
Iowa
Cararade
McNeill
A. J. H. McNeil
Quirk Oil Company
Oelwein
Frank Stimson
Mrs. McNeill
Mrs. Locher
Miss Maurice
Mrs. Rickless
Oil Company
Jones Co Young People On Cornell Honor Roll
Four Jones county students at Cornell College earned spots on the honor roll for the second semester last year. Ruth Van Buren of Anamosa, a senior, Miss Van Buren is a Monticello high school graduate. Buster Davenport of Anamosa, a former Cornell freshman, earned honors. Marguerite Kohl of Martelle, Cornell graduate last spring, received high honors. Manley Goodrick of Wyoming, a junior, also earned honors. To qualify, students must take at least 13 hours of class work.
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Jones County
Cornel College
W. 8. Ebersole
Ruth van Buren
G. J. van Buren
Anamosa
Miss van Buren
Monticello
Cornell
Manley Goodrick
George H. Goodrick
Wyoming
Goodrick
Charles Oswald Dies in Breda After Stroke
Word reached Monticello of the death of Charles Oswald formerly of Monticello at his Breda home. He died Tuesday morning October 18 following a stroke. He was brother of the late John B. Oswald and well known to many in the community.
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Monticello
Charles Oswald
Breda
Oswald
John B. Oswald
Farm To Sell 92 Head of Boats and Sta
Auction notice for 92 head of boats and sta to be sold at the farm near Mar teltown on Wednesday October 26.auctioneer W Mee ks lists details and timing for bidders in the local area.
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Miles Eant
Mar‘telle
Meeks
Mrs. M W Pulley Died at Maquoketa
Mrs. M W Pulley a former Monticello resident died at her Maquoketa home last week Tuesday October 11 after a long illness. Funeral services were held at her home with Rev George F Barsalou of the Congregational church in charge. Burial was in Oxford Junction. She was born near Lost Nation maiden name Valie Skiff married to M W Pulley forty years ago. She leaves a half sister in California and a foster daughter Mrs Della Stackhouse of Chicago. She taught in Oxford Junction schools and was active in the Methodist Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Pulley
Montciello
Maquoketa
George F. Barslalou
Congregational Church
Oxford Junction
Pulley
Lost Nation
Valie Skiff
California
Della Stackhouse
Chicago
Tipton Top Monti Eleven in Conference Opener
Monti High led by coach Smith and eighteen players visited Tipton to open the conference season and lost 14 to 0. Monti showed improvement on defense and backfield, with Yeoman Phelps Stott and Seedorf standout, while Tipp on capitalized on a second quarter pass and a fourth quarter drive to seal the win. University High of Iowa City scheduled to play Monticello next day. Eastern Iowa Seven standings and results noted.
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Smith
Monti High
Tipton
Monti
Yeoman
Phelps
Stott
Seedorf
Maurice and
Starks
van Buren
LeRoy Schoon
Gerald Schoon
Roberts
West Liberty
Mount Vernon
West Branch
University High
Monticello
Muscatine
Mechanicsville
Stanwood
St. Patrick's
Marengo
Anamosa
U, High
Manchester
Monticello Group Attends Anamosa BPW Club Meeting
The Misses LaVetta Perrine Minnie Rickless Lora Houston and Florence Noble attended the guest night charter supper and meeting of the Business and Professional Woman's club at the Congregational church in Anamosa Monday evening. Miss Nellie V. Morey is president. Seven towns represented and several state officers spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVetta Perrine
Minnie Rickless
Lora Houston
Florence Noble
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Congregational Church
Anamosa
Nellie V. Morey
Monticello Aviator Flies to Storm Lake in New Waco 10
Kenneth Benesh flew his new Waco 10 to Storm Lake last Monday. He was joined by Archies Bender, chief attendant at the Sinclair filling station. Before departure the pair weighed continuing their plans to use Falls, South Dakota, with Benesh holding an amateur pilot license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Benesh
Storm Lake
Archies Bender
Sinclair
Falls
South Dakota
Benesh
V F W Post and Auxiliary Meet Elect Officers
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post and auxiliary met last Wednesday for their regular session with 75 members present. Officers were elected for the year, followed by a program and social in charge of the Americanization committee featuring a Columbus Day song and recitation program by Sacred Heart School pupils. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans” of Foreign Wars Post and Auxiliary
Sacred Heart School
Lois Schneider
Raymond Clark
Marguerite Fothergill
Catherine Renk
Francis McKeever
Gwendolen Reed
Emma Jacobs
Grant Stambaugh
Florence Carmichael
Florence Metzenberg
Honor Clark
Emma Ruof
Margaret Carmichael
Lena Marugg
Mabel Jarrett
Mabel Hoag
Helen Burrack
Doctors Take Post Grad Course At Monticello
The Iowa State Medical society sponsors a fall post graduate course for general practitioners in Monticello Davenport and Washington Iowa Ten weekly sessions run Wednesdays 5 to 7 pm at the Masonic temple with dinner at Maples Inn and 8 to 10 pm lectures. The program covers obstetrics surgery and pediatrics and includes stereopticon demonstrations. Forty seven doctors attend from towns within forty miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Medical Society
Iowa
Monticello
Davenport
Washington
Masonic Temple
Maples Inn
Nothing Like It Ever Attempted Says Haien
John Haien of the Beacon City organization in Oberlin Ohio predicts the Century of Progress opening in Chicago on June 1 next year will be the greatest educational event. He says one week at the fair will yield more useful knowledge than a year of normal schooling. He cites exhibits in progress railroads aviation steamships electricity and a host of educational features plus pageants boating athletic contests and amusement sections. The Monticello Express sponsors the Beacon City Plan locally to make the fair educationally accessible to the middle west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Ohio
John Haien
Beacon City Organization
Chicago
Beacon City
Middle West
The
Monticello Express
Bill Long Raises Record Castor Bean Plant Here
William Long asserts no record sunflower plant as claimed from Dyerville but shows a castor bean plant he grew to eighteen and a half feet that did not mature seeds. The item warns the public against eating castor bean seeds after a death in Ohio from chewing such seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Long
Dyeraville
Ohio
Murder Shocks Cascade Farm Family in Jones County
Charles B. Pierce 66, a Cascade area resident, was murdered in his rural home last Thursday night by a bandit who escaped. Mrs. Pierce and their son Charles Jr. were bound. two shotguns, a revolver and ammunition were stolen. Bloodhounds were sought from Waterloo as a manhunt expanded across the area. Authorities described the killer as stocky, five six, in a white striped trousers and black overcoat, with no robbery motive found. The Pierce family, including a daughter in Nova Scotia, faced a large funeral service in Cascade attended by many. The case spurred fingerprint and identification efforts at Des Moines and other local offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pierce
Jones County
Cascade
Pierce
Dubuque
Charles Pierce, Jr
Waterloo
Charles, Jr
W. H. Frazer
Anamosa
Monticello
Sheriff's Office
Frazer
Mrs. Pierce
Cedar Rapids
Charles BE. Pierce
Consolidated Church
Charles Rabenburg
Myr
Marble Rock
Mary Lebow
Bird City
Kansas
Charles
Iva
Arnold Currie
Nova Scotia
Canada
H. Pierce
Gordonsville
Minn
James Pierce
Glen Ellyn
Will Pierce
Stella Shue
Hamburg
Edward Walker
Weyerhauser
Wis
Ladies Of M E Church Chicken Pie Supper Nets $65
At the annual supper by the Ladies Aid of the Methodist Episcopal church the net raised was 65 dollars from 36 cent plates. A large crowd attended and more suppers are planned as town churches continue the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Express
Schilt Couple Honored at Surprise 20th Anniversary Party
Mr and Mrs Ulrich Schilt were surprised by about fifty friends and relatives last Wednesday to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary. Guests played cards and enjoyed refreshments after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulrich Schilt
Annual Hospital Meeting Adjourned To Monday
The annual meeting of the trustees advisory council and others interested in the welfare of the John McDonald hospital has been adjourned to Monday evening October 21 1932 at 7 30 o clock. E E Hicks Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
E. E. Hicks
Express Store News Highlights Local Bargains and Events
The Jones county farmers are urged to read ads in The Express featuring Arend Balster’s Scotch Grove store bargains. Oshkosh overalls at 98 cents, Kash & Karry groceries, Butter-Nut coffee at 1.15 for three pounds, Stahler’s Shoes priced 3.05 and 4.95, Goodyear tire clearance Oct 23 to 29, and a dance in Anamosa Oct 21. Legg Department Store savings plus P and G soap deal.
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Arend Balster
Scotch Grove
Jones County
the Express
George Stahler's Sons Company
Niles Theater
Anamosa
Marlene Dietrich
Venus
Stahler
Clark Brothers
Goodyear
Kayser
Beery's
Trausch Baking Company
Legg Department Store
Items Of Occurrences Twenty Five Years Ago
October 1907 entries from The Monticello Express recount a year ago events. Teachers Nora Breen Mary O Rourke Edith Rettig Minnie Barnts Rozan Kruel Edith Schneider Mary Pond and Mabel Kness in Lovell township. accidents include Thomas Lynch’s buggy mishap. Jack Graves buys Dorrell barber shop. Harry Sandhouse moves to Garden City Kansas. Marriages include Josephine Hogan Bernard Smith Edith Welch C F Mack aproot and Lisle Richardson Lafayette Lovell. The Diamond creamery gains patrons. interurban railway talks fade. Deaths include S E Satles Civil War veteran and lumberman and 83 year old Alexander Livingstone. A thief steals Mons Corbet’s fur coat. Mrs Sarah Calkins dies. banks cap currency at 15 dollars. Elizabeth Lane and Thomas Pender wed. Careful processing at high temp guards canned goods.
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Monticello Express
Lovell Township
Nora Breen
Mary O'Rourke
Edith Rettig
Minnie Barnts
Rozan Kruel
Edith Schneider
Mary Pond
Mabel Kness
Thomas Lynch
First Street
Jack Graves
Dorrell
Jack
Harry Sandhouse
Garden City
Kansas
Colin Thomas
College of Physicians and Surgeons At
Chicago
University of Chicago
William Heeren
Henry Heeren
Wayne
Mary Dress
Peter Dress
Josephine Hogan
Bernard Smith
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove Township
Sam Humble
Monticello
Iowa State College At
Ames
Valentine Eby
Gottlieb Bader
Maude Mirick
Howard Deischer
Ward Inglis
Jay Dreibelbis
The
State University
John Pond
Margaret Pond
Catharine Lovell
Libbie George
Tom George
Thomas George
David Terwilliger
Marie Bateman
Selma Suter
Carl Stahler
John McLaughlin
Castle Grove
Joseph Sumter
Gerry
Edith Welch
John Welch
C. FP. Mackaproot
Hartington
Neb
Diamond Creamery
W. J. Purchas
Manchester
Davenport
S. E. Satles
Dutchess County
New York
Alexander Livingstone
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Wisconsin
Lisle M. Richardson
Lafayette W. Lovell
Terkins Liscum
Methodist Episcopal Church
R. G. Robertson
Jackson, Minn
Mons Corbet
the Express
Mons
Sarah Calkins
Wesley W. Calkins
Clinton County
Elizabeth Lane
Eliza Lane
Thomas Pender
Sacred Heart Church
Father McCormick
Tilda Miner Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Mrs. Tilda Miner of Olin Iowa was found guilty by a Jones county jury of murder in the first degree for poisoning her husband Ed Miner in February 1930. The verdict carried a life imprisonment penalty and followed retrial after a prior conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilda Miner
Olin
Iowa
Jones County
Ed Miner
John T. Moffit
Moffit
George Johnson
Miner
Rockwell City
Ballot Printing Delayed Over Supreme Court Vacancy
Secretary of State G C Greenwalt ordered county auditors to halt ballot printing after Justice E A Morling died. The vacancy will be filled by state central committees orGovernor Turner appointment until a 1936 finish. Senator Brookhart sought an injunction over party placement on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Greenwalt
The
Supreme Court
E. A. Morling
Justice Morling
Turner
Smith W. Brookhart
State Greenwalt
Brookhart
Progressive Party
G O P Chooses Claussen For Iowa Supreme Court Seat
George Claussen of Clinton and former judge Hubert Utterback of Des Moines were named by party central committees to fill the Morling vacancy on the Iowa Supreme Court. Claussen will serve until November 9 with a later elected justice to be certified. Utterback, a former Polk County district judge, was chosen earlier. both nominations affect the term from the November 8 election to December 31, 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Claussen
Clinton
Monticello
Hubert Utterbach
Des Moines
Democratic State Central
Supreme Court
E. A. Morling
Claussen
Iowa Supreme Court
Dan Turner
Utterback
J. M. Grimm
Polk County
Justice Morling
Justice Grimm
Thieves Loot Five Luxemburg Businesses Leaving Damaged Premises
Thieves ransacked five townsfolk businesses in Luxemburg twelve miles north of Dyersville on Monday night. Nothing of value was taken but windows and doors were pried open causing damage across the five locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burelars
Luxemburg
Dyersville
Corn Husking Contest Set for Wayne County
Wayne township hosts a Jones county corn husking contest at the Charge Zimmerman farm on Saturday October 29. Women huskers are invited to contend in a new ladies class while men follow state rules with a one hour and twenty minute limit. About fifteen entries are planned with premiums in cash and merchandise for all contestants and a demonstration by a mechanical picker. Committees have been named and meetings arranged for October 22 at the Farm Bureau office to finalize entries and plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Babe Ruth
Charge Zimmerman Farm
Wayne Township
Farm Bureau
Nichols Family Hosts Wide Relatives Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. Jud Nichols and children hosted a large family gathering last Sunday with relatives from Jersey City Cedar Rapids Scotch Grove Maquoketa Monticello and more. It marked the first all together in thirty two years with a noon dinner and an afternoon of visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud Nichols
William Thompson
Charles Schneiter
Elwood
Esmerce Nichols
Sarah Johns
V. S. Nichols
Tressie
Charley
Walter
Albert
Jersey City
N. J
Henry Carter
Donald
Elmer
Charles Johns
Margaret
Roland
Albert Johns
Catherine
Lucille
Ted Breit
Cedar Rapids
Louis Schlemme
Scotch Grove
Minnie Jallcroft
Maquoketa
Ray Repstein
Nellie Taylor
Monticello
Court Rules For Plaintiff In Automobile Case
In Anamosa Eureka the jury sided with J. Lubelchek in the dispute over a Ford sedan sold to Mrs. Bernice M. Peacock. The verdict grants Lubelchek possession of the car after a trial that began late Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Eureka
J. Lubelchek
Bernice M. Peacock
Mount Pleasant
J. E. Remley
Lubelchek
Glenn McLaughlin
P. T. A. Meeting Set for October 25 at 2:30
The Monticello Parent-Teachers Association will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday October 25 at 2 30 PM in the high school auditorium. A special program will feature talks by the district president and the Cedar Rapids playground instructor. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Parent-Teachers Association
Cedar Rapids
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Duroc Sale
Eastern Iowa
Anamosa Club
Haien
Bill Long
Young Pierce
Pierces
Mr. Pierce
Mrs. Schilt
Secretary of State
G.O.P
Harry Newman
Loyal Byerly
Stanley Eggoner
George Zimmerman Monroe
Dr. L. W. Kellogg
Ray Sanford
Merle Murfield
Lyle Callahan
Alvin Byerly
Harold Hartman
Delbert Brickley
Paul Smith
S. M. Hosford
Gene Porter
William Reese
Stanley Waggoner
H. E. Stover
Truman Stanton
Ray Stivers
J. C
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