King Road Drag and Early Iowa Road Work
A reminiscence recounts Fred C. Cramer of Monticello on his early 1900s duties as Castle Grove assessor and the 1886 Average Guide for Assessors. It notes poll tax tied to road labor, King road drag’s 1905 buzz, 1906 township contracts, and 1917 patrols shaping Iowa's good roads era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Historical Society of Iowa
Fred C. Cramer
Monticello
Castle Grove
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Cramer
Jones County
State Historical Society
Iowa
D. Ward King
Historical Society
The
General Assembly
Vm Sure
Volun
Pvt Arnold Turnis In Basic Training
Pvt Arnold J Turnis aged 20 son of Mr and Mrs George F Turnis Route 1 Hopkinton is in basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky with the 3rd Armored Division The Spearhead division recently reorganized into a combat ready unit Turnis is assigned to service battery of the division’s 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
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Hopkinton
Arnold J. Turnis
George F. Turnis
Route 1
Fort Knox
3Rd Armored Division
Armored Center
Tuniis
67Th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Hawkeyes Complete Navy Recruit Training at Great Lakes
Anders Delbert J. and Robert H. Ohe along with other Monticello men completed recruit training on August 13 at the naval training center Great Lakes Illinois. They enlisted under the navy all state recruiting system.
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Delbert J. Anders
Wilbert H. Anders
Robert H. Ohe
Henry A. Ohe
Monticello
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Navy
Lingston department store sold after 41 years in Paullina
A. L. Ling ston, longtime Paullina merchant, has sold his department store after 41 years in business. The sale marks the end of an era for a familiar local retail landmark and the next chapter for the shop.
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Paullina
A. L. Lingston
Dry Funny Weather and a River Fishing Tale
A rural narrator laments heat taxes and debt while describing a river fishing moment. A young city man in a bathing suit uses a streamer fly to entice a big smallmouth bass under a rock as the group plans to head home for the day.
Strangers Share River Fishing Tale Of Big Northern Catch
A local boy fishing with a shrimp tail hooks a six pound northern bass and shares the moment with a passing stranger. The two anglers later chase carp and bass, swapping bait tips and stories along the river.
Four-H Year Opens With Banquets And Demonstrations
County 4-H leaders praise the year as girls submit records and boys due Sept 10. October will bring both boys and girls banquets. Scotch Grove and Olin clubs post blue ribbon teams. Judges commend high quality demonstrations as top ten in judging workouts compete. LFYE visitors arrive to learn about 4-H club work.
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HHHH
Scotch Grove Cornhuskers
Olin Ship Ahoy Club
Boys County
Fellows
Girls Club
Carolee Benhart
Judy Ingwersen
Onslow Firemen Quell Hay Fire at Hammel Farm
Onslow Fire Company along with Wyoming and Center Junction units were called to the Jam Hammel farm Saturday to battle a burning bale pile threatening the farm buildings. Firefighters prevented disaster at the tenanted property of William Hansen.
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Onslow
Wyoming
Center Junction
Loveland
Colo
Dillon Stickley
James Rhatigan Chosen For Coe College Encampment
James Rhatigan a Coe College junior Cedar Rapids is among 40 students picked for the first student faculty encampment set September seven to ten at Camp Waubeck near Coggon. The program includes plenary discussions on goals for 1955 56 and activities with 14 Coe faculty and staff members. Rhatigan is the son of Mr and Mrs J I Rhatigan 711 North Maple Street.
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Karl Harksen
Tommie
Patrice
Fred Harksen
Davenport
Herman Gutzeit
Clyde Allen
Cedar Rapids
Jesse Allen
W. C. Barnts
Wayne Strait
Mason City
Fred Bramer
Preston
Pete Schladetzky
Sam McCarty
Harold Jordan
Ray Jordan
Wisconsin
Garrett Juilfs
John
C. C. Littke
Owatonna
Minn
Lake McBride
James Rhatigan
Coe College
Waubeck
Coggon
Coe
Rhatigan
J. I. Rhatigan
North
Maple Street
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King Road
Arthur Riedel
U Langworthy
Sunshine Club
Charles E. Hendricks
Express
Scotch Grove
SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Ron Stahlberg
Wartburg College
Waverly
Rev. Hendricks
Fred Cramer
Monticello, Iowa
Best Buy
Me & J
Piannine
Monticello Express
Pvt
Arnold Turnis
Anders
Kuriger Bros
BY J. CuRtIs Grigg
Delaware
Maby
Jerry Parsons
Jerry Bronemann
Duane Wenndt
Dick Fishwild
Ken Erickson
Darrell Tracy
Ronnie Broneman
Benny Goedken
Denise Donovan
Howard Meeks
Duane Mallicoat
Leonard Monck
Don Mackey
Leonard
Lf.y.e
State Farm
BUD Rittmanic
Monticetic
Hammel Farm
W. A. Hicks
Mrs. Hicks
Phillips
Seehusen
Essie
Paul Revere Life Insurance CO
Massachusetts Protective Assn., Inc
D.D.S
Ralph Wilson
North Cedar Street
E. W. Brashaw
Baty
Chester A. Condit
General Insurance
Ross Baty
Alvin K. Jones
Looner
Arthur G. Riedel
Langworthy
Col
Ray Fluckiger
Louie Hanken
Locher, Locher & Strittmatter
Attorneys-at-Law
Locher
Phone 99 Insurance Service
M. E. McCraeb
Monticello Monument CO
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Mark Hogan
Linden Ave
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