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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1936

Page

6

Jones County Board Adopts Budget and Road Plans

Jones county board holds budget hearing for 1937 and approves corrections and warrants. It awards coal bids, authorizes road condemnation, and names engineers C A Spaethe and E G Henningsen successor. The session establishes right of way, fixes salaries, and approves county and fairground finances.

Anamosa Iowa Board of Supervisors Jones County N. C. Holst Harris Russell Shimerda Mayberry C. N. Blood Salina B. Clothier Olin Adney A. Coleman W. H. Pieper Miriam F. Mayhew Oxford Junction Katie Wozenilek Harms A. J. Fleckenstein F. E. Ormsby Carmen van Zante Martello Chris Reiter Court House Center Junction Lumber Company Anamosa Lumber Company Eclipse Lumber Company Amber Lumber Company Center Junction Creamery Company Franklin County Herman J. Wendt Center Junction L. Berlin Monticello Frank Andrews E. G. Henningsen Henningsen Holst C. A. Spa

Explosion Injures Two Boys On Palmer Farm

At Romey Booge farm near Palmer Pocahontas county Frank Lampe 12 and Francis Booge 7 were burned when a car clock removal triggered a gasoline tank explosion. Frank freed his mate’s burning clothes and helped extinguish the flames as neighbors heard the blast.

Romey Booge Farm Palmer Pocahontas Counts Frank Lampe Francis Booge Booge Frank

Interesting Events Of Iowa News

A collage of short Iowa items notes baseball memories from 1919 in Corning Adams county and Rab t Maranville of the Boston Braves as the target star. It reports an Alta Buena Vista county hitchhiker tale a 30 year old wine find in Onawa and a star-gazing fire omen. It also covers a car through a fence mystery near Northwood and a gypsy scam in Marcus and Sheldon. A Carroll finger amputation follows a kitchen accident. Knoxville to replace wooden paving with modern asphalt soon. Prosperity touch near Walcott after a truck crash ends abruptly.

Lee Watts Corning Adams County Watts U.S Pennsylvania Cuba Rabbit’ Maranville Boston Braves

Looting After Truck Collision Disturbs Quiet Roadside Scene

Scattered along the road, two trucks carried beer and meat. Scores gathered at the scene as people seized vessels and filled them from smashed kegs, while others stocked up on meat.

Buffalo skeleton rises from Storm Lake mud in historic find

In Buena Vista county Storm Lake receded revealing a buffalo skeleton preserved in mud from long ago. Dr J W Kime of Fors Dodge un buried the grave while visiting Dr and Mrs T C Raymond. The bone was in good condition despite ages lae. Eldon Adrian of Davenport faced a legal oddity before his wedding planning. He turned 21 at midnight and could not buy a license until morning, so deputy clerk I M Mellen arranged an early license and he married at 7 am.

Storm Lake Buena Vista J. W. Kime Fors Dodge T. C. Raymond Eldon Adrian Davenport Scott County Adrian I. M. Mellen

Historic deed signed by Patrick Henry linked to Ohio land

An Elgin Iowa County man owns a parchment deed signed by Virginia Governor Patrick Henry transferring 1000 acres from Virginia to his grandfather. The document, partly printed and ink-filled, may refer to land now within Ohio.

Pat W. Longsdale Elgin Faycette County

Freak of Nature at Smallest Church Draws Thousands

Visitors flock to Festina Iowa to see the world’s smallest church seating eight. In the nearby cemetery a rooted oak bears a grave cross mark with the cross wedged through the tree trunk, creating a natural freak of nature and curiosity for years.

Festina Winneshiek County

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