Interesting Iowa Tales Spotlight Local Quirks and Accidents
A 12 year old hunter in Hardin County, Lawrence Clampitt, was wounded when his . gun fired while he hit a squirrel. Suzanne Hanson of Albert City had a nickel lodge in her throat, removed at Fort Dodge Hospital. Ehastus Forsythe preserves a carved antique sword with French and English inscriptions found near Eddyville. Gwen and Abs De Witt from Oskaloosa built a debt free five room log cabin in pioneer style.
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Lawrence Clampitt
New Providence
Hardin County
Lawrence
Roy Clampitt
Suzanne Hanson
Kenneth Hanson
Albert City
Buena Vista County
Hanson
Hansons
Fort Dodge
Ehastus Forsythe
Albia
Monroe County
Eddyville
Iowa
Abs
Gwen DeWitt
DeWitts
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Dream Gives Creston Boy Voice Return
Howard Allen a Creston high school pupil in Union county lost his voice for the summer and believed a dream triggered its return during a swim in McKinley lake. He plunged in and resurfaced able to speak with a normal voice afterward, becoming a firm believer in dreams.
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Howard Allen
Creston
Union County
McKinley Lake
Women urged to improve fire prevention education
Education expert S. Brown of Des Moines urged women to receive more fire prevention instruction during Fire Prevention Week on WOI Ames. He cited 300000 American home fires yearly and blamed carelessness by housewives for many blazes. Meanwhile a Clinton burglar robbed homes while whistling, and two Tama County men hunted with a loaded rifle cartridge misfire injuring a wrist. In Sheldon three men required eye removals after accidents, all treated in Sioux City.
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8. S. Brown
Des Moines
Travelers Insurance Company
WOI
Ames
Brown
Clinton
Clinton County
Sheldon
Obriey County
Dykstra
Warren Peters
John Montgomery
Peters
Cye
Montgomery
Sioux City
Spillville hosts three day Vath festival at local church
Residents of Spillville Winneshiek county celebrate a three day festival marking the Vath anniversary of the Sy Wenceeshills Catholic church. The church houses a white organ used by Anton Dvorak who created Humoresque and New World Symphony while staying in Opillville. The church building mimics Kuttenberg cathedral in Bohemia.
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Spillville
Winneshiek County
Anton Dvorak
Opillville
Kuttenberg
Bohemia
Local Farmer Reports Ambitious Team of Horses
Clifford Hansen of Audubon county reports a curious team of horses near Au dubon seeking education. The tale mentions Frank Campbell as a lender in the same brief notice.
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Clifford Hansen
Audubon
Audubon County
Frank Campbell
Portrait Corner: A South Dakota homesteader's path westward
A South Dakota man who pursued a Monticello high school education seeks a homestead in the west after graduation. He proves up, travels to Wyoming as a railway clerk, and pursues golf and fishing as favored hobbies while maintaining a wide friend circle. Last week's portrait featured Clyde Titson, barber.
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South Dakota
Monticello
Wyoming
Clyde Titson
Jones County Road Work Bids Reviewed by Supervisors
Jones County board opened bids for seven miles of secondary road work in Washusen and Clay townships. Fleckenstein submitted the low bid for earthwork at 14806. The concrete bid from Eberhard Construction topped the list at 13 39410 for concrete work and was accepted.
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Jones County Board of Supervisors
Secandary
Jones Couunty
Wradina
Waschhusen
Ataove the
Dinipie
Marshalltows
Foley Brothers
Anamosa
John Hohendal
Muscatine
A J. Fleckenstein
Independence
C.F. Betz
Sioux City
Arthur Houstman
Olin
FP. T. Patek
Ben Johnson
GG. H. Lowe
Cedar Rapids
Fleckenstein
Sis Berdee
Aberhard Construction Company
Grnttenberg
Thor Frisco
Garber
I. Peterson
Trennen Brothers
Lansinu
Perry
Jasne
E. W. Coon
Monticello
Eberhard
Iene
Greengeld
Washinauten
OxforddOwn
Gold and fortune tales from farm reports and a found treasure
Grainy notes recount Hansen luring horses into a pasture near a school yard, a gold prospect revived in To wa with tests and a distant assay, and Floyd Reibsamen uncovering $2500 in a hollow corn crib tin dating 1890 to 1930. The Atlantic News-Telegraph reports Senator Robinson's Oakland speech and Charles Michelson’s efforts over the potato act.
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Floyd Reibsamen
Titonka
Kossuth
Reibsamen
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Joe Robinson
Hoover
Oakland
Cal
Charles Michelson
Farmer Osthe completes fourth barn after two burned
In Fayette County near Cermont farmer Lloyd Osthe finishes a fourth barn on the same foundation after previous fires. One burned and another badly damaged, with one torn down, as Osthe continues to rebuild amid repeated setbacks.
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Lloyd Osthe
Cermont
Fayette County
Osthe
Behtaing
Behtanas
Turon Family Reports Bizarre Incident in Monona County
The Chast Youn family of Turin in Monona County recounts a strange sequence at their home. A report describes pranks and confusion followed by a fatal assault when a stranger allegedly struck a man in the chest with a punch, witnesses then noting a black bass weighing about three pounds.
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Ham
Une Varn
Snatch racket notice reaches Fort Derige inquiry
Ralph Medke of Aivona Kassuth County reports receiving a postmarked letter from Mason City to attend the Fort Derige exposition park sale and pay 25 dollars to reclaim a sprin ner spaniel valued previously. Similar letters target Ben Sorensen amid suspicions of doznappers in Hollywood gossip.
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Ralph Medke
Aivona
Kassuth
Bey Priethcer
Medke
Mason City
Hum Mat
Exposition Park
Fort Derige
Ben Sorensen
Girls vs Boys debate highlights school literary club
At an English literature club meeting, a semi humorous debate on whether girls are better automobile drivers than boys was held with three debate pairings. Songs followed as Ellen Wismeier and Eleanor Stewart led the sextet and a class tournament saw Juniors lose 8 to 4 to the Sophomores and Seniors.
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Helen Ortzies
Yvonne Will
Lucile George
Royal Rodman
Gordon York
Constance Naylor
Wilma Harford
Ray Buol
Richard Hearn
Marcaret Hayes
Virginia Maten
Donald Schoon
Evgene Balsiger
Paul Winans
Alfred Fitzsimmons
Clarlene Roilf
Hilda Balster
Hilda
Second grade dental honor roll and class notes
The list shows names on the second grade dental honor roll including Richard Skeley Dorothy Griffith Glenn Appleby and Betty Bartlett. Reports mention third grade story study The Lolly pop Twins and various classroom activities with absences and a fourth grade dental honor roll addition Dorothy Bartlett and others.
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Richard Skeley
Dorothy Griffith
Glenn Appleby
Betty Bartlett
Tverson
Helen Ciutensohn
Johnette Ripperton
Jysekip Stuher
Esellins Earnest
Robert Clark
William Griffith
Arthur John Gesse
Alma Brokaw
Dale Griffith
Elaine Havitchek
Armin Jacobs
Gail Thurbrettse
Dwight Moncrief
Phyllis Schneider
Donald Siebels
Helen Bawver
Gene Tayior
Geraldine Schoon
Duane Yousse
Anna Rose Strasbure
Books Of Varied Interest Found At Public Library
Monticello librarian Miss Catherine Redmond highlights a diverse winter reading collection. The list mixes fiction and non fiction with titles on industry life Palestine Europe and American furniture, plus plays, crime science and a sweeping Tudor era queen the whole offering varied authors and subjects.
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Catherine Redmond
Monticello
Mantle
Burns
Olmen
Ormsbee
Toy
Amercan Furniture
Boneetor
Deran
Amercan Cabinet-Makere
Tobinson
Tom
Wurullingy Asylum
Tt Catthor
Abe
Dan Zeser
Stepan Mere
Urie
Ovat
Will Doll Reports From German Visit
Will Doll of Onslow returns from a trip to Hessen Germany where he met his brothers. He says the people there like him and generally agree with his stance against desk monopolies and their treatment of customers.
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Will Doll
Germany
Onslow
Hessen
Zimmerman Twins Born Three Days Apart
Mr and Mrs William Zimmerman of West Bend Palo Alto County are parents of twins. A daughter born at 7 30 on Sunday weighed 4 pounds and a son born at 8 45 am weighed 6 pounds. Both babies and mother are doing nicely. Parents are 27 and this is their first children.
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William Zimmerman
West Bend
Palo Alto County
Zimmerman
Monticello Area Social Notes and Local Incidents
Local residents host visits across Monticello and nearby towns including Alfred Etten family at Miles and Henry Adix at Grinnell. Gerriet Harms of Lockhart plans a Monticello move with farm rental, and John Gerdes of Terra Bella, California visits. A son born to Henry Pruit Jr. is reported, and multiple travel and family visits are noted along with an automobile accident near Delhi injuring Herman Harbeck and wife.
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Gerriet Harms
Lockhart, Minn
Monticello
Jones County
Wayne Township
Pat Leonard
John Gerdes
Terra Bella
California
Thomas AhIrichs
Gerdes
Des Moines
Henry Pruit Jr
John Irvin
Delhi
Herman Harbeck
Harbeck
Madison man visits Monticello to see ill father
Eda Brown of Madison drove to Monticello on Sunday to spend the day at the home of Miss Kate Maurice where his wife and little daughter were visiting. They had been called here by the serious illness of Mrs. Brown's father James Bowie. Mr. Brown returned home Sunday evening with his wife and daughter and two nephews Tom and Dick Jones of Baltimore who will spend the week in their home.
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Ed A. Brown
Uttle
Fort Madison
W. L. Jones
Baltimore
Maryland
Eda Brown
Madison
Monticello
Kate Maurice
Mrs. Brown
James Bowie
Mr. Brown
Tom and
Dick Jones
For Sale and Wanted Classified Items Monticello Area
FOR SALE Duroo Jersey boars eligible to registry cholera immune John H Husman 17 3-pd FARM WANTED to rent 80 to 120 acres W H Ahlrichs R J Monticello Ia 18 1 £ s een KRISTIN one man grubbing machine for sale cheap Good condition See Mrs Chris Hartman OPPORTUNITY RAISE YOUR PAY If you have car old established route in Monticello Anamosa and Dyersville will pay good steady cash income Use our capital we furnish good stocks food products cosmetics household necessities on credit to worthy persons Exceptional opportunity to make big pay every day Old established line Samples special deals help make quick sales large profits For particulars write W T Rawleigh Co Dept TAJ 401 Y Freeport Ill 16 3p
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Monticello
Anamosa
Dyersville
W. T. Rawleigh Co
TAJ
Freeport
Ill
Lee Byerly Clerk of Jones County Court
Jones county Iowa district court clerk Lee Byerly is named with deputy Julia Foarde in a formal filing. The notice lists official designation and roles within the court administration.
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Lee Byerly
Jones County
Iowa
Julia Foarde
Notice of Sheriff Sale In Jones County Iowa
Sheriff Henry Eichhorn announces a public sale of jointly owned real estate in Anamosa Jones County Iowa, to satisfy a 1935 judgment for 684.40 dollars plus 59.55 costs. Property includes undivided one fourth interests in multiple parcels totaling about 190 acres. Sale is November 16 1935 at 9:00 a.m. at the Jones County courthouse with rights of redemption.
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District Court
Jones County
J. J. Locher
Arthur P. O'Rourke
Anamosa
Iowa
Town
Monticello State Bank
Etta Chaloupka
Joe Chaloupka
A. H. Balster
St. Ne's Sw
Nwt
Township
Eighty-Six
Tanse
Henry Eichhorn
Iowan
Locher & Locher
For Sale Wood and Posts by R. J. McNeill
Classified note lists wood materials for sale including dimension lumber and posts offered by R. J. McNeill with contact number 937-11 for inquiries.
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R. J. McNeill
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Jarnagin
J. W. Jarnagin
Ancient Sword
Claude Corns
Tama
Tama County
Belle Phone
Jerytn County
Heo
Dvorak
Hansen
Towa
Gin Reynolds
Tinvin
Shelby County
Ansar
Wold
Espeort
Omaha
Chast
Youn
Turin
Monona County
Mieed
Trae Fish Story
Hollywood
Yuma
Edmund Lowe
Clara Schatz
Crenin
A. J
England
Browne Lewis
Palestine
Briffant
Robert
Europa
Chambers
Brerida
Marshall
Edison Sam Campbell
Gergeman
Alfred Etten
Fred Etten
Miles
Henry Paulsen
Jake Etten
Paulsen
Henry L. Adix
Robert Neiderwimmer
Grinnell
George Chambers
Rock Island
Ray Easton
John J. Locher
Detroit
Michigan
Harry Bannister
G. Alexander Young
Omana
Richard Regan
Columbus
Nebraska
Frank Enxer
Joe Simmons
John Hacer
Martin Buol
Feeder
Buel
Hasler
Ing
Southe
MC. Smith
Maquoketa
Hempfling
Mempfling
E. E. Leek
Center Junction
George Zeadow
Henry Bader
Ted Rienichs
Leonard Zaedow
John Zacdow
Cascade
Arnold Bader
Harvey Townsend
George Wilkens
Walter Ilgen
Chicago Heights
Illinois
Marvy Ellen
Ilgen
Adele Wilkens
Chicago
Monticello Markets
Holstein
Pat Crowley
F. H. Schlemme
Scotch Grove
Fred Shover
M. B. Leonard
Shropshire
Paul Gerdes
Hampshire Boars
Miles McDonald
Ryan Exchange
Poland
Frank Noonar
Bernard
Duroo Jersey
John H. Husman
W. H. Ahlrichs
R. J
Kristin
Chris Hartman
Arnold Upland
Rawleigh Man
North
Cedar Street
Henry Heisey
W. E. Quirk
Alta Vista St
Dubuque
Chas Duval
Oxford
Jparmers’ Grain Company
Jersey
Lloyd Hutton
Luxmilling Co
Hopkinton
Curtis QO
Rutland
Ed. Assn
Iowa City
Winchester
A.M. Maurice. of
Will M. Lubben
Lazio
Letz
Fordson
Farmers’ Implement Co
Rockford
W. H. Mechanic
Wm. G. Schoon
Farmers Implement Co. 18
Bailey Auto Co
Bill Rickels
Barnsdall
Chaloupka Auto Co
China
French Sale Pavilion
Thurs
Sale
Col. H. S. Duncan
Bert Hopkins
R.F. French
Farmers State Bank
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