Jones County Fair Proves A Huge Success
Rain and money shortages cut attendance at the Jones County Fair but organizers expect enough income to cover expenses. Lightning struck a Balster tent wounding Mrs Arend Balster and others as the 4 H club and horse pulling contests drew crowds. Swine judging and running races produced multiple prize winners across many classes.
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Jones County Fair
The
Fair Association
Balster
Arend Balster
Mary Balster
J. C. Balster
Jack Payne
Monticello Express to Sponsor Three Day Cooking School
The Monticello Express announces a cooking school for women to be held in Monticello on Thursday through Saturday October 29 30 and 31. The event will be at the opera house with Miss Alice Sharpe as demonstrator and notebooks provided for attendees to record lecture notes.
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Monticello
The
Alice Sharpe
Sharpe
Many Students Attend College in Monticello Area
A compiled list shows numerous local youths set to study at colleges and universities across the country. The roster includes students to attend University of Iowa, Iowa State College, Coe College, Cornell College, Notre Dame, Grinnell College, and area hospitals, with names such as James Maurice, Ralph Redmond, Mildred Wilcox, John Shover, Vivian Bancroft, Dale Greenawald, Laura Sinclair, Paul Locher, and Naomi Gutknecht among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello and Vicinity
Iowa
Monticello and
Vicinity
University of Town
Towa City
James Maurice
Ralph Redmond
Alma
Dale Greenawald
Carlton Landis
Vivian Smith
James Bender
Howard McLaughlin
James McLaughlin
Maye Cass
Faye Cass
Corne College
Mount Vernon
Ruth van Buren
Laura Sinclair
Mildred Pulver
Emma Hughes
Notre Dame _ university
South Bend
Indiana
Simon Locher
John Locher
Robert Locher
Elvin d’Autremont
Paul Locher
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Mary Lovell
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter
N. H
Milton Langer
University of Chicago
Louis R. Hoag
Grinnel College
Grinnell
George R. Guyan
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Margaret Porter
Technical School
Omaha
Chicago
Naomi Gutknecht
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Kathryn Dress
People's Hospital
Rockford
Mtl
Helen Starks
Helen Rohr
Broadlawn Hospital
Des Moines
Viola Hogan
Elsie Seehusen
Death Notice Carroll Margaret Locher
Carroll Margaret Locher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Locher of Dubuque, died last Saturday at 1 p.m. at the family home 555 West Seventh Street after months of illness. Born July 27, 1925 in Dubuque, she attended Nativity School. Survived by parents, two sisters Mary Lorraine and Phyllis, two brothers David and William, maternal grandmother Mrs. William Roache of Willmers Minnesota, and several aunts and uncles. Funeral from the family home to Cathedral at 2 p.m. Monday, burial Mount Calvary Cemetery. Pallbearers included Robert, Paul, Francis, and John Locher Jr.
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Harry Locher
Dubuque
Carroll Margaret
Seventh Street
Mary Lorraine
Phyllis
David
William
William Roache
Willmers
Minn
Carroll
Nativity School
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Monticello
John J. Locher
Simon
John, Jr
Robert
Paul
Lil- Man Margaret
Mary
Bertha Locher
Frank Locher
Matt Muller
Francis
John Locher
Lovell State Bank To Close Labor Day
The Lovell State Bank of Monticello will remain closed all day Monday September 7 due to Labor Day and a national holiday. Citizens are advised to plan operations accordingly.
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Lovell State Bank
Labor Day
Lovell State Bank of
Monticello
Adv
Premium Livestock Premiums At Jones County Fair
The Jones County Fair awards premiums for cattle hogs and poultry with lists showing exhibitors such as J R Winslow Marion Helgens Bros G H Gerdes N Roeder & Sons J W Livingstone W B Meeks Bert Miller J Supers Solon C J Supers Solon and others. Readable results include class placements boar sows and grand championships across farms like Monticello Hazelton Lisbon Lost Nation Masonville and Center Junction. The article notes next week will publish additional exhibit premiums due to time.
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J. R. Pearson
Chester Whites
Morehead
Maquoketa
Jorguson Bros
Qiin
Stevenson
Center Junction
Red Jersey
Miller
Pleasant Hill
Lisbon
Cook
Manchester
Meeks
Marshalltown
Poland
China
Helgens
Monticello
Winslow
Marion
Gerdes
Hampshire
Lawrence Sueppel
Solon
Orbin Scho
Ghina
N. Roeder & Sons
Hazelton
Herd
J. W. Livingstone
W. B. Meeks
Martelle
Bert Miller
Ee Ae
C. J. Supers Solon
Orben Schoff
Lost Nation
Robinson Bros
Masonville
Cascade Wins M V Loop Title In Ten Inning Thriller
Cascade defeated Guttenberg 6 to 5 in ten innings to claim the 1931 Maquoketa Valley baseball league championship before 1400 fans at Maquoketa. Stodola hurled 10 innings for Cascade with 13 hits allowed while Finch and Willenborg pitched for Guttenberg.
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Manchester Democrat-Radio
Cascade
Maquoketa Valley
Guttenberg
Finch
Old Chine Stodola
Willenborg
Stodola
Janu
Mantz
Unipares
Plass
Charles Schneiter Suffers Fracture Of Right Ankle
A serious accident occurred on the Charles Schneiter farm last month when Schneiter fractured his right ankle while cutting corn. He was near a Ford car with two grandchildren of Alva Rodman of Springville inside. the car rolled downhill, another man tripped and fell, and the car halted only after a child pulled the emergency brake. The children were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schneiter
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J. Noble
Elmer J. Noble and his wife celebrate fifty years of marriage with a family gathering in their North Gill street home. The couple, longtime Castle Grove area residents, were married August 28 1881 in Castle Grove township.
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Mrs
Elmer J. Noble
Castle Grove Township
Jones County
Mrs. Noble
Gill Street
Helms
C. R. Gazette
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Prairieburg
Alfred Noble
John Deischer
Monticello
Noble
Funeral honors for William W. Rhodes at Wagner South Dakota
William W. Rhodes died August 18 at his Wagner home after weeks of illness. He was born June 1 1859 in Van Wert Ohio and lived in Monticello Iowa before moving to Wagner in 1924. He leaves Ella Rhodes and son D F Rhodes of Pembina North Dakota, two sisters and two grandchildren.
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W. W. Rhodes
Monticello
Wagner
South Dakota
William W. Rhodes
Loomis
Methodist Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
van Wert
Ohio
Davenport
Iowa
Topeka
Kansas
Wyoming
Elia Flinch
D. F. Rhodes
Rhodes
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Ella Rhodes
Pembina
N. D
Mary Markham
Seattle
Wash
Sarah Barr
Toledo
Death of Gerd Schmidt Remains at 1880s Monticello Railman
Gerd Schmidt died August 26 at John McDonald Memorial Hospital after a July stroke and another on August 23. Funeral services were held at St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church led by Rev. Henry L. Adin and Rev. Gottlieb Wolf. Born February 14, 1858 in Wittmund Germany, he immigrated to the United States in 1880 and settled in Monticello in 1893 to work as a section hand for C. M. St. Paul Pacific Railway. he never married and is survived by two sisters Mrs Kammerman and Mrs Otten and brother Harm in Germany.
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Gerd Schmidt
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Schmidt
St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Henry L. Adin
Gottlieb Wolf
Mr. Schmidt
Wittmund
Ostfriesland
Germany
America
Gerd Kammerman
United States
Monticello
Shelley
Shomont
C. M. St. Paul & Pacific Railway
John Otten
Kammerman
Harm Schmidt
Dinner guests attend Jones County Fair in Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. John Reider of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. James Gregory and Miss Cora Garth of Cedar Rapids, and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Loomis and family of Scotch Grove were dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Steck last Thursday. They attended the Jones County Fair in the afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reider
Chicago
James Gregory
Cora Garth
Cedar Rapids
H. A. Loomis
Scotch Grove
Cornelius Steck
Jones County Fair
Items Of Occurrences Nineteen Years Ago
A county itemized retrospect lists residents and events from a previous month. It notes Harry Hoag leaving for Quincy to study, teachers moving between towns, graduates and hires in engineering and medicine, deaths including Mrs. Grace Boedeker, marriages, births, sports leadership, and local business moves such as B A Hubbard relocating his furniture and undertaking shop.
Rev Leonard Duckett Leaves Monticello for Michigan
The farewell sermon of Rev. Leon ard Duckett at First Presbyterian Monticello drew full attendance, with members from nearby churches and Veterans of Foreign Wars in body. The Duckett family departed for Ecorse Michigan to begin their new home and ministry after eleven years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Duckett
First Presbyterian Church
Monticello
Duckett
Methodist Episcopal
Congregational
Ecorse
Mich
Presbyterian
Order of Eastern Star
Roy V. Porter Asked To Return As M. E. Pastor
The Monticello Methodist Episcopal church held its fourth quarterly conference last Monday led by Rev. Earl Baker. The conference unanimously recommended renewing Rev. Porter as pastor for the coming year, his third tenure in Monticello. The Upper Town conference will meet in Cedar Rapids in three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Monticello
Earl Baker
Mount Vernon
Davenport
Upper Town
Cedar Rapids
Porter
Methodist
Money to Burn Starts This Week
The Monticello Express begins a new serial by Peter B. Kyne titled Money to Burn. The story follows a young man who suddenly gains one million dollars and must outmaneuver gold diggers while facing thrilling adventures across the installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Peter B. Kyne
Mr. Kyne
Multiple Iowa incidents show losses, deaths and trials
A farmer Samuel Miller shot himself near Independence amid despondency. Clifford Oyler killed his wife and wounded himself after a divorce suit. Ames bank, Tipton bank closure, Iowa Highway contracts approved, a breach of promise suit filed in Marion, Iowa State Fair attendance down, Avner Ott’s daughter drowned, fire at Ray Mc Millen farm caused $8,000 loss, Ames summer session degrees conferred, Hentges Hardware fire at Dyersville with $15,000 plus loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Oyler
Maxwell
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank
Tipton
D. L. Dick
C. R. Rassey
Iowa State Highway Commission
Iowa
Karoline Peterson
Northfield
Minn
Walter Simonsen
Marion
Simonsen
Peterson
Avner
Albert Ott
Oelwein
Ida May
Ray McMillen
Independence
Monticello and Hopkinton Golf Tourney Playoff
Monticello and Hopkinton competed in a return golf tournament last Sunday near Monticello. The Monticello team led by W H Laude M E Thoe mi F M Podhask E C Ricklefs A J Ricklefs L A Iverson Robert Hogan W H Schaffer H S Stuhler and B Roberts won by 131 strokes with Podhaski posting 79 for eighteen holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Monticello
W. H. Laude
M. E. Thoemi
F. M. Podhask
E. C. Ricklefs
A. J. Ricklefs
L. A. Iverson
Robert Hogan
W. H. Schaffer
H. S. Stuhler
B. ©. Roberts
Podhaski
Thoeni
Roberts
New Osteopath Firm Locates in Anamosa
Drs Walter and Stella Swift establish an osteopathy practice in the Foley building Anamosa. They are Kirksville College graduates and former Missouri Wesleyan AB graduates. Dr Walter Swift holds a Bachelor of Science in addition to his medical degree. They practiced in Keokuk for the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Stella Swift
Foley Building
Anamosa
Walter Swift
L. J. Swift
Monticello
Drs. Swift
Kirksville College of
Missouri Wesleyan University
Keokuk
Enrollment In Public Schools Shows Increase In Monticello
Monticello public schools operate on full schedule with smooth term start. Supt A B Grimes expects enrollment to match last year as tuition pupils rise boosting income and trimming tax costs. Miss Ruth Webster to replace Miss Maurine Hamblin as music teacher. Frank Royden leads popular junior and senior orchestras with support from Edward Derby. Total enrollment reaches 529 students. ninth grade hosts 29 tuition pupils.
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Monticello
Supt
A. B. Grimes
Frank Royden
Royden
Edward Derby
Cedar Rapids
Supt. Grimes
Lucia Schoon
Board of Education
Tt Fis
Ann Miller
Georgia Miller
Boyd Shannon
Vern Mattocks
Amney Wood
Minard Stout
Margaret Kaste
Clara Pilmore
Frank Walker
Martha Meyer
Opal Porter
Raymond Smith
Emma Grote
Harry Berg
Ruth Webster
Mmn Club
Clara Pimore
Ann Miler
Clieses
the Philomonte
Son of Former Local Man Seriously Injured
Richard Greenawald the fourteen year old son of Roy Greenawald of Mechanicsville suffered a fractured skull four broken ribs a fractured collar bone and other injuries when the automobile he was driving plunged over an embankment on a newly graded road near Lisbon last Sunday afternoon He was taken to Lisbon for first aid and early week reports on his condition were unfavorable Roy Greenawald grew up in Monticello and operated a Mechanicsville grocery store in recent years The article also notes visitors in the Stott home including Mrs Allen Allison and her son Ralph from Mohall North Dakota and mentions Mrs Bessie Kaylor and Mrs H R Marshall and son Glen of Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hoag
Quincy
Pansy Carter
Marjorie Nelson
Coggon
Hartley
Mabel Helsey
Ionia
Monticello
Francy Schneider
Osage
Blanche Hunter
Laurens
Jessie Fawcett
Mechanicsville
Plorence Hefner
Alton
Minn
Millington Carpenter
Houston
Texas
Earl Gordon
F. A. Hefner
Gordon
Dental College
University At
Iowa City
Susanna Heisey
Hopkinton
Lenox College
Nellie Matthiessen
Finley
Julia Nichols
Julia Champion
Independence
John Prult
Ralph Cooper
Boone
Cooper
Maude Mirick
Halstead Carpenter
Chicaro University
Samuel Fluckiger
Mary E. Hoover
Nancy Wills
Jacob Matthiessen
Sand Spring
Esther Burrichter
Catherine Webster
Volney Webster
Hannah L. Haines
Henry Prult
Stork
Albert McNeill
B. A. Hubbard
Lunigan
Richard Greenawald
Roy Greenawald
Lisbon
Hitch School
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Eloise
Wilma Kuhns
Sunshine
Beoth Grove Township
Jackson Township
Fortune Finders
Castle Grove
Sunshine Club
Scotch
Grove
Ket
Ol'Madison
Township
Lovell
W. H. McDemiel
Extension Department
Town State College
Ames
Monticello Fair
William Goarcke
Olin
Melvin Starry
Onslow
Dick Hanken
A. G. Dozark
Lamont
Butt
Car Hein
Elden Gillette
Worthington
Victor Glenn
George Sbalsiger
John Smith
Walker
Walter Lees
Don Hennessey
the Express
Jones Co
J. R. Winslow
Helgens Bros
G. H. Gerdes
M. V
Elizabeth Scott
Frank A. Scott
E. J. Noble
Harriet A. Noble
Mr. Noble
Atefred Noble
Scotland
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association of
Peniel Presbyterian
Napoleon B
Mary Jane Scott
Yuba County
California
Marysville
Scott
Napoleon Scott
Panama
New York City
Familly
Pickering Township
Toronto
Alfred
Margaret (Vardon) Noble
St. Peter and Paul's Lutheran Church
J. W. Coxsee
Marshall Noble
Emma J. McCullouch
Long Beach
Frank Scott
Harold Bedell
Elsie
Cincinnati
Oho
W. D. McLaughlin
Blanche
Clarence McLaughlin
Grace
Florence Elizabeth Noble
Monticello Public Library
Howard
James
Elizabeth
Mary Esther McLaughlin
Helen Louise McLaughlin
George
Donald Bedell
John McLaughlin
Harriet Coughlan
H. 8. Richardson
Laura Koop
Town City
Halstead M. Carpenter
Charles A. Coxsee
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Margaret and
Janet McNeill
Betty Kay
Vivian Bancroft
Wagner, S. D
Michigan
Roy V. Porter
M. E
Samuel Miller
Iowa State College
John E. Foster
Foster
Peter Hentges
Dyersville
New Osteopath
Maurine Hamblin
Miss Hamblin
Miss Webster
Coe College
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