Iowa News Recaps Mobilization Efforts and Local History
Arnold Spencer notes Major Malonee reports rapid mobilization of Iowa National Guard with 2 000 troops at Tipton by Sept 22 after trains departed within two hours of Sept 21. Article also recalls Fort Atkinson drills, Winnebago land claims, and Chief Whirling Thunder at Decorah. Also covers record canning yields across Iowa and debates over Mississippi river improvement for freight versus conservation. Engineer Jesse Hardin retires after 43 years as branch-line locomotive engineer with perfect safety record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Dee Malonee
168Th Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Tipton
Arnold Spencer
Audubon
Fort Atkinson
Winnishick County
War Department
L. P. Barth
Cresco
Howard County
C. J. Harlan
Whirling Thunder
William H. Decorah
Winnebago Reservation
Nebraska
Decorah
Jesse Hardin
O. B. & Q. Railway
Chariton
Indianola
Hardin
Halloween program at Black Oak school features student acts
Pupils under Miss Lena Bartels present a Halloween program on Friday night October 30 at Black Oak school. The program includes songs, readings, dialogues, dances, a flag drill, and a variety of acts by primary to advanced pupils, with many named students performing. The Amber Presbyterian Community club held a Halloween masquerade party last Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Oak School
Lena Bartels
James Gray
Rosemary Gray
Stuart Gray
Ruth Dirks
Helen Husman
Clarence Dirks
Robert Lee Lincolin
Wade Grant
My Dolly
Marie Husman
Norman
Martin Serbousek
Virginia Reel
Prairieburg Social Notes and Visiting Folks
Prairieburg residents spent time in Marion with the Truesdells and visiting kin. Miss Ruth Randall vacationed with her mother in Prairieburg. Mrs. Dew of Mount Vernon visited old friends. The Union Sunday school class hosted a party at the Bohlken home. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Burnside’s, with a luncheon boosting her culinary standing. Upcoming meeting set for Nov 4 with Crosby and Conklin serving. Several locals and visitors called on friends, including Marion Conklin Butler of Portland and Joseph Walker of Cedar Rapids. Marie Benton was confined at home for two weeks due to knee infection. Families from Plainview Nebraska and Central City joined visits, while O A DeLancey and others hosted Cedar Rapids and Bettendorf visitors. Churchgoers and neighbors attended services and spoke of repairs.
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Maquoketa
Frazier Twins
T. J. Miller
Monmouth
Iowa
Capital Theater
Davenport
WOC
Odd Fellows Hall
Odette Keene
Lillie Smith
Wyoming
George Lyons
G. Hutton
R. Chatterton
Melvin Spencer
Lydia Lyons
Mildred Barlow
Cedar Rapids
Spencer
Onslow Savings Bank
Jessie McMaster
Mount Vernon
Arthur McMaster
Ruth
Emma Smith
Minnie Lewis
Monticello
Hal Smith
Genevieve
Fred Pike
Clinton
Flett
Presbyterian Church
Somers
Wis
Frett
Palmer
Wellington Fordham
Colville
Wash
John Hanna
W. H. Orr
F. K. Barnes
Waterloo
Macauley
Voyle Potter
Cornell-Monmouth
Leonard McKinstry
Howard Willison
Henry Koon
Carrie Flett
S. G. Hutton
Synod
Fairfield
Hutton
C. R. Smith
Paul
Fletts
Johnson
Nichols
Eons
James Smith
Horace Barber
Laura Smith
Frank Larkey
Vic Snyder
Sinyder
Lloyd Robertson
Anamosa
Frank McNeilly
Springville
Ed Duncan
Cletus Boland
McGovern
Waucoma
Mary Josephine Daly
Mount Mercy Academy
P. B. Daly
Kathryn Dress
Bernell Dress
Alice Rohwedder
Florence Mardoff
Grover Preston
George Andrews
Henry Collier
Center Junction
Alex Robertson
Jackie
Robert Dress
Mercy Hospital
Jack Husman
Willie Husman
Otto Otten
George Herren
Henry Leesekamp
John Dirks
Henry Henrichs
Philip Bailey, Sr
Mr. Bailey
Henry
Phil
Wear
Leone
Howard
Shipping Association
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
June Wilson
Eugene Bailey
I. G. Truesdell
Marion
Truesdell
Ed Burlingham
Union Sunday School
F. H. Bohlken
Ladies’ Aid
Walter Burnside
Burnside
Mesdames Crosby
Conklin
Marion Conklin Butler
Portland
Oregon
Central City
Joseph Walker
Marie Benton
George Story
Plain
Marshall Byerly
Siebels
Castle Grove
Burg
Community notes and dairy payments in Sand Spring
Visitors from Greeley Monticello Farley Manchester Onslow and Cascade gathered at local homes Sunday while social gatherings included a Five Hundred game and birthday celebration. The Sand Spring Farmers Mutual Creamery paid 37 cents per pound for September butterfat with several patrons earning over $100, led by Smith and Egger at $214.34 and Leo White at $172.21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Gerdes
Greeley
Grant Eilers
Henry Filers
Monticello
Lou King
Henry Otting
Farley
W. H. Behrends
Edward Cox
Phyllis May
Marjorie Kauffman
B. W. Cox
Manchester
Edward Paulsen
Neal
Russell Chaplin
Onslow
R. E. Chaplin
Ray Chaplin
Chaplin
Rear
Stanley Bright
Davenport
H. Tames
Hugo Weber
Plane Knapp
Cascade
Herman Welter
Sand Spring
Mutual Creamery
Smith and
Leo White
Henry Becker
Baum
Prairieburg and Cascade Women Discuss Herman Welter Home
Mrs Simmons of Prairieburg and Mrs Hillar Knapp of Cascade called regarding the Herman Welter home on Thursday. Figures listed include payments of 112.33 by Mike Kraus 112.54 by George Mardorf and 105.07.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Kraus
George Mardorf
Simmons
Prairieburg
Hillar Knapp
Cascade
Herman Welter
Thursay
Anamosa Developments Include Apron Factory Plans
Carl Lewis representing Sterling travels from Chicago to Anamosa to arrange for opening of the apron factory while work on the Niles Theater advances toward a December opening. Rev. Daniel P. Mulcahy named pastor of St. Patrick's Church to fill the late Rev. J. J. Hehir. Joseph Fousek, 65, dies in West Anamosa. funeral at St. Joseph's Prairieburg. L. L. Smith supervises theater construction for Cedar Rapids firm A J Smith & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lewis
Sterling Company
Anamosa
Chicago
Lewis
Daniel P. Mulcahy
St. Patrick's Church
J. J. Hehir
Father Mulcahy
Garry Owen Parish
Jackson County
Joseph Fousek
West Anamosa
John Holub
Jones County
St. Joseph's Church
Prairieburg
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Niles Theater
L. L. Smith
A. J. Smith & Sons Contracting Firm
Cedar Rapids
Cabinet members listed with $15000 salaries stun teachers
A teacher certification exam question asked to name the president's cabinet members. The list includes Stimson Mellon Hurley Mitchell Brown Adams Wilbur Hyde Lamont Doak and others at $15000 annually. Meanwhile Audubon Co. in France reports a Sunflower 13 ft 6 in tall and a corn stalk 13 ft 2 in from Dr. Weighton of Audubon. County supervisors tighten aid rules as winter nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Stimson
New York
the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Pennsylvania
Patrick J. Hurley
Oklahoma
William D. Mitchell
Minnesota
Walter F. Brown
Ohio
Navy
Charles Francis Adams
Massachusetts
Interior
Ray Lyman Wilbur
California
Arthur M. Hyde
Missouri
Robert P. Lamont
Illinois
William N. Doak
Virginia
Audubon Co
France
Audubon Advocate-Republican
St. Cloud
Gwendolin Gary Panayotou
Audubon
Paris
New York Herald
George Weighton
Iowa
Jones County seeks steward applicants for county home
At 10 00 a m November 4 1931 the board of supervisors will receive applications for the steward position at the Jones county home. The board reserves the right to waive technicalities and reject any or all applications. LaverN Rockstad County Auditor 17 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Lavern Rockstad
Monticello Iowa Auction Set for Street Bonds Sale
The city of Monticello Iowa will offer for sale at 7 30 p m on November 2 1931 in the city hall council chamber fourteen thousand seven hundred ninety nine dollars and nine cents of Street Improvement Bonds dated September 10 1931. Bonds amount five hundred dollars each except one for 299 09 bearing five percent interest maturing serially from 1932 to 1940. City clerk available for information. Official notice by city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Ray Echternacht
Notice of hearing to sell estate real estate
In Jones county Iowa the estate of George H Brown deceased seeks court order to sell Lot 231 and part of Lot 230 Railroad addition Monticello for funds to pay claims The hearing is set for November 24 1931 at 10 00 a m at the Anamosa Jones county courthouse George H Brown estate administrator J E Heiserman Coxsee Coxsee attorneys 17 4
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
State of
Iowa
Jones County
George H. Brown
George Brown
J. E. Heiserman
Monticello
Anamosa
J. E. Heiberman
Coxsee
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Elmer E. Taylor
Traer
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