Fair Premiums Won By Many 34 Exhibitors
The record lists numerous 1934 exhibit premiums awarded to students and teachers for a range of projects. Highlights include Helen Lieneman Wayne No 3 with magazine racks and classroom displays, Katherine Locher with ink and pencil drawings, Rosaline Kuriger watercolors, and others across rural, Sacred Heart, and town schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Lieneman
Wayne No
Rachel Callahan
Basswood Toys
Emil Prull
Wayne No. 5
Florence Hosch
Bernard
Katherine Locher
Clarence Hosford
Rosaline Kuriger
Sacred Heart School
Edna Steuri
Clarence Ehlis
Betty Lou Podhaski
U. S
Iowa
Jones County
Betty Adams
Ae Health Magazine
Dale Adams
Earl Null
Dicky Landis
Merle Jacobsen
Dorothy Kurt
James Guler
Hottentots Fail to Appear in Monticello
A large crowd at Monticello kittenball diamond paid admission to see Chicago Hottentots and Monticello All Stars. The Negro team did not show, passing through Annapolis around 9 p.m. and driving to Chicago, with refunds issued after 10 p.m. Local officials warned other teams to confirm appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Chicago Hottentots
Monticello All Stars
Henry Bohlken Ill at Home of His Son
Henry Bohlken former president of the German Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Wayne township has been confined to bed at his son Adolph Bohlken's home for two months. W F Rohn, Express solicitor, visited and found him cheerful and interested in current events. He is 81 and has difficulty getting about.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Bohlken
German Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Wayne Township
Adolph Bohlken
W. F. Rohn
the Express
Mr. Bohlken
Rohn
Ray Adams Returns Home After Serious Crash
Raymond Adams of Lovell township was released from the hospital after six weeks and four days because of injuries from a July 19 car crash. He can return to his parents in Monticello but must visit the hospital daily for surgical dressings as his blood count has risen from 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Adams
Lovell Township
A. W. Adams
Monticello
Jewish Holidays Fall On September 11 And 12
Mr and Mrs Samuel Marmis and sons Meyer and Leo plan to travel to Dubuque next week to observe the Jewish holidays on September 11 and 12. The note references the Jewish new year period dated from September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Marmis
Meyer and
Leo
Dubuque
Canning Factory Poised to Use 1,680,000 Cans This Season
The local sweet corn packing facility operates at speed with 1,680,000 cans planned for the season and 70,000 cases expected. Manager Hudson employs 135 workers from 126 families as the plant runs day and night to meet strong demand. Last week 2,000 cases were processed, matching all of last year’s output. Some corn arrives wormy and requires extensive hand trimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Death Claims Reuben Tuel
Benjamin Reuben Tuel aged 63 died at John McDonald hospital after several years of poor health. He was born near Epworth April 17 1857 son of John and Martha Tuel. Surviving children include Benjamin Richland township Frances Bahl of Dubuque Virginia Eilers Martha Graves and Arvilla Derflinger. Funeral at Sacred Heart church with Rev Fr A L Lorenz. burial Oakwood cemetery beside his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Reuben Tuel
John McDonald Hospital
State University Hospital
Iowa
Mr. Tuel
John
Martha Kliner Tuel
Epworth
Catherine Bobleter
Anamosa
Monticello
Lawrence Locher
Benjamin Tue
Richland
Frances
J. P
Tuel
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Oakwood Cemetery
McCrea Restaurant Sold to Marion Couple
John McCrea sold his North Sycamore street restaurant to Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Achey of Marion. Possession is given at once. the Acheys are experienced cooks. The McCreas and their two daughters will move to Anamosa where McCrea works as a guard at the men’s reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCrea
Sycamore Street
Cleve Achey
Marion
Achey
Iowa
Jones County Plans Partial Tax Refunds for 1933
County Treasurer Tom McNamara says taxpayers who paid the last half of 1933 taxes due October 1 will soon receive refunds as the state auditor's office reports no property tax is needed for the last half of 1933 and all of 1934 for state purposes. The refunds reflect 1.1 mills state levy, with about 1.10 per $1000 valuation. Some homeowners may be disappointed by the small checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Tom McNamara
Local Teachers Leave For Their Teaching Positions
A community list shows young residents leaving to take teaching posts in Iowa and nearby states. Names include LaVetta Perrine Bondurant Mil dred Deischer Elkader Alfreda Reed Knoxville and others across Illinois Wisconsin Oklahoma and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Census Snapshot Jones County 1933 Service Stores Hotels
The U S government census details Jones County business activity in 1933. It lists 101 service establishments with $163 000 receipts 108 proprietors 18 full time employees earning $16 000. Six amusements $23 000 receipts 7 proprietors 5 full time employees earning $4 000. Three hotels two in Anamosa $8 000 receipts 3 proprietors and one employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jones County
Anamosa
First Visit To Monticello In Eighteen Years Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kernen and their children from Delphi Falls New York visited Monticello to reunite with relatives Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kernen. Rudolph grew up here and had not seen his hometown in eighteen years. The reunion of the two brothers was very pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Kernen
Delphi Falls
New York
Adolph Kernen
Rudolph
Monticello
Farmers Mutual Creamery Picnic Proves Successful Affair
The third annual Labor Day picnic of the Farmers Mutual Creamery in Monticello drew over 2200 attendees despite rain delaying plans. A 10 cent dinner, cooked by a Bishop’s cafeteria chef, fed patrons in under ninety minutes while Monticello business leaders funded and staffed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Monticello
Bishop's Cafeteria
Cedar Rapids
Creamery
Harold Tedrow
Adolph Bohlken
Bohlken
Harness Races And Balloon Flight Planned At Monticello Fair
Harness races on September 15 and 16 at the Jones County Fairgrounds Monticello will feature two heats per day with 125 dollar purses and two farmer running races. A balloon ascent by a Minneapolis expert and kittenball playoff games headline two days of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fair Association
Jones County Fairgrounds
Monticello
Jones County Fair Association
Carl Hamilton
Iowa
T. J. George
Tom J. George
Jones County Fair
Mr. George
F. G. Matthiessen
Minneapolis
Fall Association
Maquoketa River
Stahler
DeMolay
Shomont
de Molay
Matthiessen
Society And Club News Highlights From Area Gatherings
Mrs. William Tuetken hosted the Hi-Low bridge club with three tables of Progressive auction bridge. Merle Cass won high score and James Howie took the traveling prize. guests included Mrs. Ralph Strausburg and others. The Friday club discussed period and American furniture with talks by Mrs. Earl DeShaw and Mrs. John Fraser. Mrs. Ralph Bone led devotionals. Miss Bray of Marion spoke on mountain girls’ work. The Women’s Working Band of the Congregational church met at Miss Kate Maurice’s with a social hour after business. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Perrine hosted out-of-town relatives for a seven o’clock dinner with pink rosebuds and blue delphinium centerpieces. vocal duets followed by informal evening. Out-of-town guests came from Cedar Rapids, Wyoming, and Center Junction. The Ladies' Social Circle of the Methodist Episcopal church held its annual luncheon in the church parlors with fall flowers and officers elected for 1934-35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tuetken
Merle Cass
James Howie
Ralph Strausburg
Horace Edwards
Ben Cotton
Frank Podhaski
Kert
Ralph Bone
Miss Bray
Marion
Dorland Bell School For
Hot Springs
North Carolina
Eva Kint
Walker
The
Congregational Church
Kate Maurice
Fred McLaughae
Rex Rickless
Ike Suter
John H. Perrine
Paul Smith
Beahl Perrine
Plano
LaVetta Perrine
H. D. Hall
Irene
Howard Hall
W. E. Lamey
J. D. Stickley
Beahl T. Perrine
Cedar Rapids
5. G. Franks
Frances
Henrietta
W. W. Bronson
Wyoming
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ed Hulbregtse
Boyd Shannon
L. J. Swift
Rudy Langer
Surprise farewell dinner and slumber party for Clemma Wenger
Mrs. Harold Egger hosted a surprise six thirty dinner at her country home last Friday for Miss Clemma Wenger who leaves for Marshalltown to attend Central Iowa Business College next year. Guests included Esther Bender, Wilma Clark, Ruth Graves, Margaret Sagg, Fern Bender, Clare Adams, and Frances Steck. A Monte theater party followed. Saturday evening Wenger hosted the same group at her home for a slumber party with watermelon at eleven and breakfast at eight the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Egger
Clemma Wenger
Marshalltown
Central Iowa Business College
Monte Theater
Clemma
Esther Bender
Wilma Clark
Ruth Graves
Margaret Sagg
Fern Bender
Clare Adams
Frances Steck
Mrs. Wenger
Mrs Matthiessen Hosts Missionary Luncheon at Country Home
Mrs John Matthiessen welcomed 24 guests from the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church to a 1 PM luncheon at her country residence last Wednesday. Tables were arranged with late fall flowers and Fran ces Ellen Bone and Margaret Kint served. Assisting hostesses included Mrs. Charles Luett and Mrs. Asa Lam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Matthiessen
Women's Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Frances Ellen Bone
Margaret Kint
Charles Luett
Asa Lam
Monticello Twenty Years Ago Occurrences Outline
September 1914 events include Miss Frane Schoonover wed Bert Kiburz at Scotch Grove and Oscar H. Loctje’s funeral by Masonic rites. Monticello closed for Soetje’s funeral. county courthouse tax discuss and a $50,000 Monticello offer to move the seat. Anamosa challenged good faith. tax levy for a new courthouse voted down. Dr. Arthur E. Baker wed Elizabeth Postlewaite. Mrs. Edward N. Howard dies at 66 after forty years in Monticello. John Lubben buys farm from James Shelley. Swiss-born Mary Arduser naturalizes at 75. Danneman dies in Colorado Springs. body returned to Monticello for German Lutheran church burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Frane Schoonover
Bert Kiburz
Elges
Presbyterian Church of
Scotch Grove
Express
Oscar H. Loctje
E. &. Reed
F. P. Shaffer
Anamosa
Soetje
Monticello
Jones County
Arthur E. Baker
E. M. Baker
Elizabeth Postlewaite
Rock Island
Edward N. Howard
The
James Shelley
John Lubben
Harrison
Mary Arduser
Switzerland
United States
Nicholas Maurice
Kate
New Mexico
John Danneman
Herman Dan
City Clerk Builds Portable House On Wheels
Monticello city clerk Ray Echternacht designs a portable house for vacations. Ida Grove builder Tom Meece partners with James R. Krick to create a two wheeled moving bungalow with four beds a stove electric lights cooking gear water supply and curtains. It can be towed by car or converted onto Krick's truck bed for one vehicle travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Echternacht
Monticello
Tom Meece
Ida Grove
James R. Krick
Mr. Krick
Krick
Could This Happen To Mony Players
Eighteen poker players at a farmhouse near Stanhope Hamilton county were robbed after three bandits burst in with a machine gun and pistols. They fired at feet, searched players, and fled with $900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanhope
Hamilton County
Colored Football Star Duke Slater Remembered For Speed
A remembrance of Duke Slater from Clinton County notes his extraordinary speed and skill as a tackle for the Devine brothers and Gordon Locke. Despite racial insults he showed lasting sportsmanship and earned several All American selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Slater
Tony
Slater
Clinton
Clinton County
Devine Brothers
Gordon Locke
Auxiliary Of V F W To Meet September 12
The next regular meeting of Monticello Post No. 1683 and Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be held Wednesday evening September 12. Plans for fall and winter activities include sewing for Iowa government hospitals. Details on the 30th national encampment in Louisville Kentucky September 30 to October 5 are available. a large attendance is desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Iowa
Louisville
Monticello Red Cross Seeks Fall Winter Clothing
The Monticello Red Cross asks residents to donate clothing and shoes for those in need as winter approaches. Citizens may contact Rev Samuel Gutensohn or Mrs Asa P Lambert or Mrs H M Carpenter, and contributions can be left at three homes or a pick up arranged. The Anamosa public health office warns of high demand for winter apparel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
The
American Red Cross
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Asa P. Lambert
H. M. Carpenter
Red Cross Relief Committee
Public Health Office
Anamosa
Nearby News Briefs from Dubuque to Independence
Local items report Arthur W. O Leary linked to Dillinger case and bank depositors in Marton receiving 95 percent payments. Reverend Hugh Atchison seeks reinstatement in Dubuque. Ruth Gotsch injured in auto collision near Springville. Rev Henry J Bowder dies in Cedar Rapids hospital. Elmer S Huckins faces federal fraud charge. Anamosa reformatory to receive Gilman bank robbers Glen Wilson and Clarence Loy. Andrew Swenson dies in Manchester. Doris village land sold for 1260 dollars. eight foreclosure suits filed in Buchanan County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Glen Wilson
Clarence Loy
Gilman
Citizens Savings Bank
Davenport
Andrew Swenson
Manchester
J. Frank Moore
Doris
Independence
Illinois Central Railroad
Wapsipinicon Mill Company
Buchanan County
Union Central Life Insurance Company of
Cleveland
Ohio
Bradley Polytechnical School of
Peoria
Public Schools Open for 1934 35 Year in Monticello
The Monticello system began the 1934 35 term on September 3 with quick class starts on September 4. Ninth grade enrollment rose to 75 from 58, and tuition pupils increased to 108 across grades eight through twelve. Heavy sixth grade enrollment may require an extra teacher, while kindergarten is private only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public
Board of Education
Ardys Rabe
Byron Abel
Infant Marvin Leonard Buol Dies at Age Nearly 9 Months
Mr and Mrs John Buol mourn the infant Marvin Leonard Buol born November 12 1932 near Monticello. He died September 3 from a severe dysentery. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church with Rev William J Grossheim and Rev Arnold Buol officiating. Burial followed at Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Buol
Marvin Leonard
Monticello
Presbyterian Church
William J. Grossheim
Arnold Buol
First Presbyterian Church of
Dubuque
Jesus
Oakwood Cemetery
Car Crash On First Street Near Sinclair Station
A Friday morning rain soaked crash on First street near the Sinclair station left Floyd Richardson driving a Tom Shover pickup with extensive damage to both vehicles. Milton Stott’s Chevrolet sustained bumper, fender, and front frame damage estimated at $60 while the Shover vehicle may cost about $50 to repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Street
Sinclair
Floyd Richardson
Tom Shover
Milton Stott
Shover
Miller Couple Welcome Son Frank Joseph in Dubuque
Mr and Mrs Francis Miller of Castle Grove township welcomed a son named Frank Joseph born in Dubuque hospital last Thursday August 30 This is their first child and the mother Virginia Plondon of Dubuque prior to marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Miller
Castle Grove Township
Frank Joseph
Dubuque
Virginia Plonondon
Marriage Occurred At Sacred Heart Church
The marriage of Mrs Teresa Takes of North Sycamore Street Monticello to John Turnis a farmer near Cascade occurred at Sacred Heart Church last Monday morning at 5 am. The nuptial mass was administered by Rev Fr A L Lorenz pastor. The bride and bridegroom were unattended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa Takes
Sycamore Street
Monticello
John Turnis
Cascade
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Ipastor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Folkette
Merley
Muriel Hunter
Morley
Jimmy Howie
Hottentots
Ray Adams
Canning Factory
Reuben Tuel
McCrea
Marion Man
Bondurant
Mildred Deischer
Elkader
Alfreda Reed
Knoxville
Merle Foreman
Nira
Helen Meyer
Holstein
Hazel Brazelton
Decorah
Mary Stadt
Mueller
Spirit Lake
Mabel Heisey
Grant High
Alice Reed
Mediapolis
Jayne Shover
Chicago, Ill
Bernice Rodman
Chicago Heights
Althea Bancroft
Maywood
Ill
Iola George
Milwaukee
Wis
Edna Ahraken
Government School For
Chilocco
Okla
Edith Schemmel
Hillcrest School For Girls
Beaver Dam
Josephine Meyer
Council Bluffs
Frances Coyle
Boone
Jean Sutherland
Irma Rohr
Newton
Dorothy Johnson
Victor
Vivian Benesh
Walford
Ethelwyn Wilcox
Buck Creek
Vivian Bancroft
Hartwick
Jones Co
Farmers Mutual Creamery
Mike Lawrence
Rob Aldrich
Reed ‘Clark
Pete Haeussler
Elfreda Oltman
Rudolph Oltman
Ruth Dress
Maxine Nordman
Raymond Plueger
Will Plueger
Stuhlers
Allen, Nagel
Liddy
Blaine Burkey
Alvin Weers
G. H. Gerdes
W. R. Martin
L. E. Moats
G. D. Moats
John Yoasi
Park Pavilion
Essa
Jones
Fisher
Eugene Byers
Fairlands
Kentucky Mountaineers
Jim Poole
Chicago
Poole
Hi-Low Bridge Club
Charles Northrop
Chippendale
Sheraton
Queen Ann
Earl DeShaw
Duncan Phyfe
John Fraser
Arthur Shelley
Halstead Carpenter
Miss Maurice
M. E. Social Circle
Women's Missionary Society
V.F.W
Arthur W. O'Leary
Louis Piquett
John Dillinger
Dubuquet
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Marton
Hugh Atchison
St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church
Upper Iowa
Ruth Gotsch
E. C. Gotsch
Martelle
Carl Lundeén
Springville
Henry J. Bowder
Elmer S. Huckins
Cedar Rapids Financial
Ava
Washington, D. C
Barbara Fritchie
Rebsis
President McKinley
Czolgosz
Prof. Langley
Galveston
Texas
California
Pwny
Grimes
Recene Ashton
Emma Grote
Supt
A. B. Grimes
Shenae
Beens
Basen
Marvin Leonard Buol
F. Miller
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