Saugie Hospitalized After Skull Fracture Mystery
John Saugie, a retired farmer near the Farmers Creamery, is in McDonald Hospital after a five inch base skull fracture. An operation drained a blood clot, and an x ray confirmed the injury. The cause remains unclear with theories of a fall or possible hijacking. two gravel haulers were seen nearby but unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Saugie
Farmers Creamery
McDonald Hospital
King Kaylor
Kaylor
Saugie
Nyuor
Laugie
Enabnit Couple Celebrates Fifty Years of Marriage
Chris Enabnit Sr and his wife of Ryan observed their golden wedding last Friday with over a hundred relatives and friends. Rev Eugene Melchert spoke and presented a gold wreath and purse, noting the Swiss native couple began life in 1890 near Monticello before settling near Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Enabnit
Ryan
Monticello
John
Central City
Chris
Herman
District Presbytery Meets At Cascade
The fall meeting of the presbytery of Dubuque will be held at Cascade on September 10 and 11. Officers include Pastor-host Rev. J. C. Orth moderator Elder Edwin Dukes and several clerks. The program covers devotions, addresses, committee reports, and religious services across two days with multiple sessions and a sermon by Rev. A. C. Carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbytery of
Dubuque
Cascade
J. C. Orth
Edwin Dukes
Independence
L. L. Bond
Hazelton
R. P. Galloway
Postville
J. F. Hinkhouse
Presbytery
Christian Education
A. G. Stewart
Rowley
R. F. Galloway
National Missions
J. C. Krebs
L. W. Hunter
of Foreign Missions
L. T. Krebs
A. C. Carrier
Republican caucus set for Cedar Rapids district meeting
Willis L. Stern chairman of the Republican state central committee calls a caucus for Iowa’s 5th district in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday September 18 at 1 30 p m. Participants will assemble to discuss party matters and candidate support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis L. Stern
Republican State Central Committee
Republican Party
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Legion Convention at Cedar Rapids Dogs and Dynamos
Mon ticello Legion post chose Clark Hubbard as delegate to the state convention in Cedar Rapids September 10 11 and 12. The event opens in the new memorial coliseum with dedication by E. E. Spafford and a parade on Tuesday at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Cedar Rapids
American Legion
Monticello
Clark Hubbard
Million Dollar Memorial Coliseum
Herbert Hoover
E. E. Spafford
Neighborhoods That Interest Harry H Annis and Local Events
Obituary notes Harry H. Annis died at his sister's home in Manchester after heart trouble. The Jackson Sentinel reports on equipment upgrades at Maquoketa’s paper, a fatal kerosene lamp accident in LeMars, a Blairstown player struck at Vinton, and a Manchester liquor raid leading to a $300 fine. Other items include a Delaware bus tour, a shooting case in Waterloo, a hospital update for Arthur Hentees, road contract lettings with figures, a Manchester cattle sale at the Delaware county fair, and a Missouri Valley bank robbery with $5,000 taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Annis
Manchester
Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa
Goss
Margaret Maloney
LeMars
Daniel Maloney
Lester Dolge
Blairstown
Vinton
Vinton Hospital
Nell Abbott
Hoover-Curtis
Delaware County
Dubuque
Earlville
Harry Craft
LaPorte City
Waterloo
Craft
Arthur Hentees
Allen Memorial Hospital
H. G. Utley
State Highway Commission
Jackson County
Bellevue
G. J. Kramer
Delhi
Paul Orr
Charles Orr
T. Ryan & Sons
Missouri Valley
Par ent-Teacher Association to Host Fall Meeting
The first fall PTA meeting is set for Tuesday September 11 at 8 oclock in the public school auditorium. It will be a reception for teachers and the superintendent and invites all parents and interested residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
New Books Added To Monticello Public Library
The Monticello Public Library announces new arrivals including an illustrated Bradstreet family history by a niece of S. Y. Bradstreet, Monticello’s first mayor. Other titles span poetry, football history, mystery fiction, Western tales, prison life stories, and children’s classics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet
Monticello Public Library
S. Y. Bradstreet
Monticello
Biggers
E. D
San Francisco
Scotland Yard
Kyne
P. B
Tide of Empire
California
Martin
Stuart
Nason
Leonard
Eadie
AE F Powel
Harford
Olin Young Man Killed by Accidental Gun Discharge
Louis Carstensen a 21 year old farm youth was killed near his home by a 16 gauge shotgun discharge while counting cattle after a rainstorm. He slipped while climbing a bank and the muzzle fired into his right temple. Survived by mother Mrs Henry Carstensen and siblings John Elsa Hilda Arthur Ahrendsen. Found two hours after death, estimated around 2:30 to 4:30 pm yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin
Louis Carstensen
John
Henry Carstensen
Arthur Ahrendsen
Elsa
Hilda
Six Year Old Girl Bruised After Street Collision
Miss Jean May six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John May of this city was struck by a Pontiac sedan with Polk county plates. Walking beside her mother who wheeled a baby carriage she dashed into the street and was carried several feet before the driver stopped. She was taken to the hospital with bruises but no broken bones. The accident happened at the Orange and Maple street junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean May
John May
Polk County
Miss May
May
Harrison Construction Company
Orange
Maple Streets
Boy With Lockjaw Slightly Improves at Mercy Hospital
Andrew Achenbach the boy in Mercy hospital at Anamosa suffering with lockjaw from an infection after stepping on a tack is slightly improved report issued by hospital authorities yesterday. The uncle with whom he was visiting at the time has remained constantly at the boy’s bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Achenbach
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Paving On Primary 161 Wil Be Completed In Two Weeks
With good weather the major portion of paving in Jones county should finish within two weeks. work from Monticello toward Anamosa and Cascade progresses. a new bridge will be built across the Wapsipinicon river and sections opened as grading and shoulder work continue. The Monticello project includes city streets with Bemis Schlik crews starting Oct 1 and a November 1 completion goal for all city paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
Farmers Creamery
Anamosa
Corporation Line
Harrison Construction Company
Cascade
Asa Logan
Logan Place
Lovers’ Lane
Stambaugh
Nordman Corners
Weilers
Fair Grounds
Wapsipinicon
John Matthiessen
Langworthy
Haege Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Bemis & Schlik
Des Moines
Hampton
Main
Main Street
First
Bemis & Schlik Company
Sacred Heart School Opens Year With Record Enrollment
Sacred Heart starts 1928-29 with 157 students, the largest on record, including 29 in junior high and 32 in senior high. Nineteen new pupils enroll, a junior and senior high plan is adopted, with seventh through ninth in one assembly and tenth through twelfth in another. Eleven students join the commercial course. five new typewriters and new rooms for primary grades accompany the setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Burrichter
Sacred Heart School
Ruth Ann McLaughlin
Ruth Hein
Magdaline Miller
Dorothy O'Rourke
Dorothy Dehner
Marion Elizabeth McKeever
Robert John Liddy
Robert Hennessey
Paul Robert Vifian
James Joseph Ward
Francis Edward Lundon
Dean Nordmann
Etta Miller
Mary Catherine McLees
Marie Wiflan
Margaret Miller
Margaret Fox
Velma Slauson
Donald Nordmann
Gene Carmichael
Harold Carmichael
Loretta Himes
Rockford Flyers Found Safe After Greenland Stranding
Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer of the Rockford Flyers survived a two week disappearance after a fuel shortage forced a Greenland landing. They walked fifty miles on ice on short rations until signals drew aid. rescues reached them as disbelief spread. Hassell’s wife kept hope alive despite moments of discouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Rockford
Canada
Sweden
Greenland
Hassell
Humble farmer Ernest LeClerc buys new Eaglecraft airplane
Ernest LeClerc, a farmer five miles south of town, owns an Eaglecraft plane with 90 horsepower and 35 foot wingspan. He learned to fly in the U S Army aviation division at Fort Des Moines and previously used a wooden craft with several forced landings. He plans to teach flying at Manchester airport opening next March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeClerc
Fort Des Moines
Aviation Division
U.S. Army
Manchester
Jurors Drawn For Federal Grand And Petit Court
Cedar Rapids federal court clerk lists thirty men called for grand jury on October 2 at 2 pm. From Jones county the names E G Brazelton J Schoon of Monticello Henry Coden Michael Neville Gus O Deen of Anamosa. Petit jury forty men report October 3 at 10 am including Clyde Chipman and William Sheen of Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Court
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
E. G. Brazelton
John Schoon
Monticello
Henry Coden
Michael Neville
Gus O'Deen
Anamosa
Clyde Chipman
William Sheen
Monticello Men Injured In Car Crash At Cascade
Joe Heeren a machinist at Franklin Equipment in Monticello is in McDonald hospital with a severely cut face after a car driven by Ray Yousse in Cascade collided with a freight car. Heeren sustained cuts above his eye and near his ear requiring ten stitches. Tom Carson of Monticello was injured in a carnival fracas with a company member, suffering several head cuts needing a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Heeren
Monticello
Franklin Equipment Company
McDonald Hospital
Ray Yousse
Cascade
Yousse
Heeven
Tom Carson
Carnival Company
Twenty Years Ago In Monticello And Surrounding Areas
Readable entries recount events in Monticello and nearby towns during September including school openings under Superintendent John E. Foster and principal Mary Jarman, a 20th anniversary for Rev Gruenstein, local births and deaths, farm sales near Onslow, storms, a runaway accident in Castle Grove, and marriages such as Fred Lehman and Rena Arnold. The Jones County fair drew larger attendance, and Rev Roy Porter left for Drew Theological Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francy Schneider
Cedar Falls
Teachers’ College
Spencer Guiles
Monticello
Springville
David Young
Young & Curtis
Louis Gardner
T. &. Booth
Yellowstone Park
FE. E. Gruenstein
Reformed Church of
George Rettig
Gruenstein
Frank Wernimont
Raymond G. Thomas
Annapolis
J. G. Thomas
Lucy Altman
Dubuque
Bayless Business College
John H. Bacher
California
John Barrack
Castle Grove
Canada Land Company
Dominion
John McCormick
Sacred Heart Church
Ireland
John E. Foster
Mary I. Jarman
F. B. Bolton
Adelaide Rittenmeyer
Laura Miller
Charlotte Adams
Rachel Magee
Maude Crum
Clara Barr
Anna Balcar
Florence Hefner
Nellie K. Lane
Mary Locher
Alicia Whiting
Nellie Wales
Harriet Smith
Ida Tschantyz
Chris Tschantz
Jones County
John Noyes
Josephine Franks
Rena Arnold
James Abel
Aston S. Cummings
Harm Harris
Bert Hubbard
Anamosa
Dwight Smith
Hahannaman Medical College
Chicago
John Woellert
Scotch Grove
Delaware
Oakwood Cemetery
Roy V. Porter
Drew Theological Seminary
Evanston
Etta Santola
Calmar
Velma Rastede
William H. Corbitt
Delaware Co Paving On No 20 Completed
The Bryant Paving company finished paving primary No 20 north of Earlville completing the hard surfacing of the entire highway across Delaware county a distance of about twenty four miles. Concrete needs two to three weeks to set before opening to traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant Paving Company
Earlville
Delaware County
High school football squad limited returnees with hopeful recruit mix
Coach Jack Finlay reports a squad of 68 for Lisbon high school football with only eight returning players from last year including Captain James Maurice. Practice began with two tentative teams. Schedule includes Sept 22 with an agreed game, Oct 19 vs DeWitt, and a potential November matchup with Galena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Finlay
James Maurice
Sam Rhatigan
Meyer Marmis
Raymond Marury
James Bender
John Zubler
Harold Marage
Steve Hoag
Clarke Brokaw
Lisbon
DeWitt
Galena
Seven Girls Start Training at John McDonald Hospital
Seven girls enroll as student nurses at John McDonald Memorial hospital beginning training Monday. The class includes Clara Heiken Lillian Allamand Eva Goodwin Viola Rankin Ruth Nelson Gladys Frost Leone Davis, from Monticello Center Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Clara Heiken
Lillian Allamand
Monticello
Eva Goodwin
Viola Rankin
Delhi
Ruth Nelson
Gladys Frost
Leone Davis
Center Junction
McDonald Hospital
University Hospital
Town City
Died at 65 John Lang of Richland Township
Cascade Pioneer reports John Lang 65 died at 1 a.m. Sunday August 26 at the home of George Rogers Sr. in Richland township after a brief illness. He was a son of the late Patrick Lang, born in Richland, with no immediate survivors. Funeral held Tuesday at St. Martin's Church after services at Devaney & Sons funeral parlor. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lang
George Rogers
Richland Township
Patrick Lang
James Lang
William Welch
Mary Doud
Alice Lang
Rogers
Devaney & Sons
St. Martin's Church
Rev. T. Rooney
James Dolphin
William Dolphin
John Koppes
Peter Koppes
Thomas McGovern
Clermont Student Hospitalized After Appendicitis
Hershel Ralfs of Clermont visited relatives in the Grimes home when he fell ill Wednesday. He underwent an appendectomy at McDonald hospital and is rapidly recovering, with plans to leave the hospital this week. His parents drove from Clermont to Monticello to see him. Hershel is a Clermont junior in high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald
Raymond Hoag
Robert Brown
Tobias Hinrichs
Phyllis Anderson
Alma Buol
Luella Balsiger
Arthur Stadtmueller
Max Moses
Center Junction
Master Pelton
Delhi
Hershel Ralfs
Clermont
A. B. Grimes
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Grahams Return From Michigan Ten Day Visit
Mr and Mrs Fred Graham concluded a ten day tour visiting Mrs Grahams old friends in Jackson Leslie Lansing Grand Ledge and Onondaga They were hosted at Onondaga by Walter Goold and served ice cream and cakes before receiving a silver service set The couple travelled back via Gary Indiana and dipped hands in Lake Michigan Meanwhile friends report Mrs Oliver Anderson of Wyoming is improving and hopes to be out soon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Graham
Michigan
Gary
Ind
Lake Michigan
Oliver Anderson
Wyoming
Enrollment Heavily Attended as Monticello Schools Open
Monticello schools opened with 518 enrollments reported by Supt. A. B. Grimes and an expected total near 540. The freshman class at the summer high school reached 67, the largest in the school's history, while grade counts range from 21 to 67 across grades one to twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
A. B. Grimes
Siumier High School
Herry Helsey
Ruth Gould
Clark Joslin Family In Automobile Wreck
Clark Joslin and his wife daughter Mrs. Orla McGuire and son Clark Jr were in a car crash four miles from DeWitt on the Lincoln highway while returning from Michigan. The vehicle rolled twice on a right angle curve known as Deadman Corner but all survived with injuries mainly cuts and bruises. They were driven to DeWitt and home by taxi the same morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Eureka
Clark Joslin
DeWitt
Lincoln Highway
Michigan
Joslin
Orla McGuire
Clark, Jr
Graveling Oxford to County Line Road Set to Start
The Express reports graveling of three miles from Oxford city limits to the county line east of town will begin next Monday. Contract awarded to Mack of Monticello at a prior board meeting. Subscription drive funded all weather road. gravel purchased from Albert Vacek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
F. F B. Taylor
Mack
Monticello
Board of Supervisors
Albert Vacek
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District Presbytery
State Savings Bank of
Rittenhouse
J. B
Stagg
A. A
A. A. Stagg
University of Chicago
Rinehart, M. A
Children’s Books
Curtis
A. T
Old Connecticut
Connecticut
Orton
H. F
Pat
Potter
Beatrix
Gloucester
Raymond
C. H
Ernest LeClerc
the Express
Oxford
County Line Road
C. H. Sloan
Charles H. Sloan
Geneva
Express
McLaughlin
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