Automobiles Collide on Hill Near Fairview Injuring Eight
An crash on a hill crest near Fairview two miles southwest of Anamosa Sunday at 7 pm injured eight people. Mrs. William White is critically ill with a fractured shoulder skull and broken nose. Jessie Smith unconscious. A G Smith and William Smith badly cut. The other occupants suffered various injuries.
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Fairview
Anamosa
William White
Center Junction
Jessie Smith
Mercy Hospital
A. G. Smith
William Smith
William Dobbs
Melvin
Camille Goings
C. V. Burris, Jr
Mr. Smith
Buick
Melvin Dubbs
Dubbs
Smith
Wilbur Adamson
Harry Eastwood
Monticello
Mrs Louis Schultz Dies by Gas Suicide in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Louis Schultz of Cedar Rapids died by self inflicted gas poisoning at her home last Thursday morning. She sealed kitchen exits with sacks and papers, lit three burners, and lay on the floor to die, indicating premeditation. A white dog was released from the house before the act. Her sister Jessie alerted neighbors who found her deceased around 10 o clock. Survived by daughter Helen, 14, and husband a local druggist. Born in Monticello, she lived in Cedar Rapids after marriage. Funeral last Sunday at 2:30 from a Cedar Rapids mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Schultz
Cedar Rapids
Jessie
Schultz
Helen
James Abel
Monticello
Do You Know Answers From Page 8 Quiz
A set of miscellaneous trivia questions covers city nicknames biblical terms and historical facts. Topics include City of Saints casus belli My Antonia Cop perheads As the crow flies faux pas mail transport times Monticello incorporation and per capita bank deposit division among residents.
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City of Saints
Antonia
New York
San Francisco
Monticello
Neighborhoods Of Interest in Iowa News Briefs
A survey of local happenings notes C G Cole of Delaware county seeking the state senate nomination to replace Slemmons. Receivers appointed for Monmouth Creamery. Dyersville to add 1000 feet of sewer mains. George H Carter, public printer, studied journalism at Iowa State. Davenport considering a municipal airport for mail planes. Deaths include William F Moffett near Olin and Detlef Anderson near Clinton. Community milestones, road gravelling progress, and a Farmers Mercantile Co store fire at Trace with $50,000 loss.
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C. G. Cole
Delaware County
Slemmons
M. J. Hoffman
Monmouth Creamery Company
Dyersville
George H. Carter
U. S
Iowa State University
Sioux City Tribune
Davenport
National Air Transport Company
William F. Moffett
Jones County
Olin
Farmers Mercantile Co
Tracr
Thirty-Five Years Ago Local Events and Notable Changes
A retrospective from Scotch Grove and Monticello recounts building a new parsonage near the Presbyterian church, a 20000 apple tree sale, bank meeting travel, a stone bridge contract, and a near tragedy with a child in a corn bin. It notes church and business changes, marriages, deaths, and civic events across several towns.
Margaret Adams Dies in Los Angeles Cal
Margaret Adams seven to eight year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Adams died in Los Angeles California last Monday October 24 after scarlet fever followed by mastoid trouble major surgery and diphtheria. She was the second of four children and described as bright and winsome.
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Margaret Adams
Harold Adams
George L. Lovell
Los Angeles
California
Margaret
Primary No 161 To Be Paved In 1928
The state highway commission at Ames let a contract Oct 18 for paving 24 miles of Primary No 161 across Jones county. Harrison Engineering Co of Kansas City Mo won at 1.82 per sq yd, about 537 346 total cost, 4000 per mile cheaper than Cedar county paving. Work will start in spring, two crews from Monticello and Anamosa, with grading and rock excavation required before paving.
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State Highway Commission
Ames
Jones County
Harrison Engineering Company
Kansas City
Highway Commission
Cedar County
Harrison
Monticello
Anamosa
Lovell Farm Bureau to hold regular monthly meeting
The Lovell township farm bureau will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith on Thursday evening November. Rev Leonard Duckett will discuss his recent trip through the British Isles. Mrs Duckett and Max Wortman will perform solos and outline the bureau work for the coming year. Refreshments will follow.
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Lovell Township
John Smith
Leonard Duckett
British Isles
What About Busted Iowa Figures Deny The Very Idea
Agricultural statistician Leslie M. Carr notes Iowa leads in farm value livestock and dairy products based on 1925 data. Iowa farms numbered 213,490 with 55 percent owner occupancy, and total farm value surpassed many regions. Cattle and hog totals, corn, oats, and milk output highlight Iowa as a top agricultural state in 1925.
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Iowa
Leslie M. Carr
National Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Coast
New England
South Atlantic Coast
Delaware
Florida
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
South Atlantic
Illinois
Towa
Texas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New York
Carl
Auxiliary To Convene Here In Monticello For Legion Convention
The American Legion Auxiliary Tire district gathers in Monticello Friday November 4 at Memorial hall with delegates from district auxiliaries. A noon public dinner is served. program includes registrations, color advancement, flag salute, speeches, committee reports, and a luncheon by the Monticello auxiliary. The Scotch Grove road near Monticello receives a gravel coating to fix washed and damaged sections from summer rains.
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Tire District
American Legion Auxiliary
Monticello
Memorial Hall
Legion Hall
O. H. Allbee
Marshalltown
Fifth District
Louis Egger
Agnes Maire
Olin Howie
Catherine Jacque
F. H. Webster
Algona
George Barnts
J. J. Locher
P. A. Kurt
Ralph Williams
Marion
Marion Hayes
Katherine Jacque
L. Jeffries
West Branch
Benton
Paul Miner
Belle Plaine
Cedar
S. L. Jeffries
Grundy
Hazel Gravenstein
Grundy Center
Jones
A. E. Hodoval
Oxford Junction
Linn
Inez Wormer
Center Point
Marshall
D. Toedt
Laurel
Tama
Anna Wieland
Gladbrook
Harry Utley
Manchester
Paris
Trevarthen
Scotch Grove
Henry George
Barber Dixon alias Young Arrested In Anamosa County Jail
Barber Dixon also known as Young was arrested last Saturday in Anamosa by Sheriff Bodenhofer on a Minneapolis telegram charge of stealing a Studebaker. The owner recovered the car in Minneapolis last Tuesday. Dixon waived requisition and was returned to Minneapolis for trial. He worked in a beauty parlor in Anamosa and was noted for dating many young women. He had possible engagements in Monticello and Monticello dances. He was wanted in Emmetsburg for DUI and Eldora for bad checks. officers say he has a wife and two children in Illinois.
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Anamosa
Bodenhofer
Minneapolis
Studebaker
Dixon
Alias Young
Young
Monticello
Mr. Dixon
Durance Vile
Emmetsburg
Eldora
Illinois
Willis Rickels Injures Finger In Gun Loading Incident
Willis Rickels son of Mr and Mrs Carl Rickels was seriously injured while loading a gun during a hunting trip when the shell back fired and the cap embedded in his right index finger. The cap was removed by a surgeon and the wound is healing. Betty Matthiessen daughter of Mr and Mrs F G Matthiessen was seriously hurt playing on a teeter board at the public school grounds when her companion jumped off sending Betty to the ground. Two of her second teeth broke and her jaw bone required examination by specialists in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Rickels
Carl Rickels
Rickels
Betty Matthiessen
F. G. Matthiessen
Betty
Iowa City
Court Finishes Jury Docket After Record Term
The district court closed most work with the Starry v Starry & Lynch verdict for the plaintiff. Lynch, cashier of a local bank, deemed a surety, also judged liable. Other rulings included a mandamus contest over a school election, a divorce with alimony, and a bank equity suit cancelling a conveyance. A nuisance case against Earl Coker resulted in a $300 fine.
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District Court
Clark
Cedar Rapids
Lewis B. Starry
Starry & Lynch
Lynch
Olin
Frank Larby
Nellie
Morey
Consolidated District School
Julian Bright
Cornellius Bright
Onslow Savings Bank
Hugh Corbitt
Luther R. Inglis
Corbitt
Callaat
Lowell State Bank
Luther R. Ings
Earl Coker
Corn Plots Husked on Hintz Farm in Lowell Township
Representatives from the town and state college extension tested corn plots on W F Hintz farm, Lowell Township. Fifty one samples from ten ranges were weighed after husking, showing yields from 12 to 46.6 pounds per twenty five hills. results to be sent to Ames and displayed at the February corn show.
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Town State College Extension Department
W. F. Hintaz
Lowell Township
Ralph Henson
E. R. Grove
A. W. Bryan
W. F
Irving Hintz
Iowa State College
Hintz
Ames
Jones County
Real Estate Active This Week Near Monticello
Three local property sales reported around Monticello. Abe Allamand sold 160 acres in Richland township to Walter Heath at 165 dollars per acre. Walter Heath sold the Ross farm of 65 acres to W H McDaniel at 100 dollars per acre for ditching business. The Ben Che home near the city park sold to Rudolph Winkler for 4500 dollars with possession on December 1.
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Monticello
Abe Allamand
Richland Township
Walter Heath
Abe
Ross
W. H. McDaniel
McDaniel
Ben Che
Rudolph Winkler
Monticello Defeats Lenox in Local Football Clash
Monticello cruised to a 14 to 0 victory over Lenox at the city park last Friday afternoon. Brokaw and Morey combined on key plays including a touchdown pass and a solid running game as Monticello built a 14 point lead in the first quarter and held Lenox scoreless with strong defense and punting by Mac Allister. Three Monticello regulars were sidelined by injury or ineligibility, and next Friday the Marion eleven faces the local Boys in a highly anticipated rematch on the home field.
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Lenox College
Monti
Appleby
Lenox
Brokaw
Morey
Harold Marugg
Mont
Abo
Don Morey
John Sanford
MacAllister
Greenawald
Maurice
Rhatigan
Scout Hike Sets Out for Iowa City Saturday
Boy Scout Troop I prepares for a trip to Iowa City with the university athletics department and the local Boy Scouts council. Rotary club cars will meet at 7:00 a.m. at the scout master's house, with crews to depart after inspection. Scouts bring lunch and supper. return may be after 7:00 p.m. and minimal cost.
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Iowa City
Department of Athletics
The
University
Death Calls Two Former Residents
Martha Dale Boyd widow of James Boyd is buried in Clay township after living in Iowa and South Dakota. Surviving children Alexander, William, George, and Mark D. Boyd reside in Plankinton. The family notes her long life from Summit Hill Pennsylvania born June 17 1853 and her role as a devoted mother and caregiver.
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James Boyd
Martha Dale Boyd
Jones County
Mark D. Boyd
Plankinton
South Dakota
H. H. Carson
Scotch Grove
Boyd
Martha Dale
Summit Hill
Iowa
Clay Township
Lovell Township
Monticello
Jackson County
Samuel
Alexander
Monticello High School
James
Jennie Wales Dies in Dubuque After Long Community Life
Mrs. Jennie Lewis Wales widow of Charles E Wales died at Finley hospital in Dubuque last Sunday evening. Funeral held Wednesday with burial in Linwood cemetery. She was daughter of Warner Lewis and Virginia known as Jennie, connected with old Dubuque families and held posts under the late Dubuque officials. A member of Colonial Dames and Daughters of the American Revolution, she traced kin to General Fielding Lewis and Betty Washington. Survived by niece Mrs Caroline Van Pelt Barker and cousin Judge Robert Lewis of Denver. She attended St Johns Episcopal church.
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Charles E. Wales
Secord
Charles E. Wale
Finley Hospital
Drbuque
Linnor
Wales
Montcello
Warner Lewis
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Jennie
Dubuque
Buchanan
Mississippi Valley
Dubuque County
Society of the Colonial Dames of
Amercia
the Daughters of
Robert Lewis
United States District Court
Denver
Col
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Sacred Heart Students Tour Local and State Factories
Sacred Heart School notes describe juniors and seniors visiting the Iowa State Reformatory in Anamosa to view the license plate machine, and freshmen and sophomores touring Hoag Duster factory in town to learn feather duster production. Each student took home a colored feather souvenir as a memento.
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Anamosa
Iowa
United States
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E. A. Seger
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Edward Hoyt
Messrs
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H. M. Carpenter
William Stuhler
Waverly
Bank
Reuben Ely
William Woods
Lovell
Emil
R. A. Rickless
Henry Rickels
Mr. Rickels
Charles
C. K. Hawkings
Shaeffer & King
Monticello State Bank
J. W. Farwell & Co
Kate Devlin
Henry Britting
Waucoma
Sacred Heart Church
Father McCormick
Anna van Voltenburg
Augusta Gretser
E. M. Thompson
R. N. Earhart
Methodist Episcopal Church of
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Opera House
Henry Stone
Wyoming
Langworthy
Monticello Club
William Weir
Ben Behrends
Irving Slauson
Edgar Hubbard
Castle Grove
Linda Barnhill
J. A. Deutrick
Vernon L. Smith
Rufus P. Smith
Cc. M. Brown
Nick Maurice
R. C. Stirton
Peterson
Ben Haeussier
Prairieburg
Haeussier
John Q. Shelley
Olga Louise Gruenstein
H. 8. Richardson
A. L. Palmer
United Brethren Church
John Schweitzer
Cal
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Henry Carpenter
Ed Burrichter
Virginia Bedell
Spirit Lake
Gwendolyn W. MacDowell
America—Assembly
Barber
Twin Cities
Boy Scout
C. E. Wales
Sacred Heart School
Donald Burrichter
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