Willms Couple Mark Silver Anniversary at Zion Church
Rev. and Mrs. J P Willms celebrated twenty five years of marriage with a service at Zion's church Wayne township near Monticello on September 6 The event drew 500 to 600 attendees including relatives from Humboldt Nebraska Strawberry Point and other areas A German and an English sermon followed by a social hour and dinner A gift was presented by the Rausch family and 300 plus cards and letters were received The event honored by the Ladies Aid society recalled as a high point in the couple's life
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Willms
Wayne Township
Monticello
Zion's Church
Erbelger
Redlands
Zeilinger
Wyoming
Willms
Theological Seminary
Zion’s Church
Dubuque
Kehren
Bellevue
J. Reentz
Eiken
Harvey
Clinton
C. W. Eden
Albert Trad~en
Orville
Ed Albers
Anna Rockermann
Herman Ploeger
Norman Ketula
Humboldt, Neb
Enno Burrack
George Burrack
Will Rienits
Strawberry Point
E.rausch
Prof. Salzmann
M. Fritschel
George Fritschel
Rausch
Ladies’ Aid Society of Zion’s Church
Hans Naether
St. Peter & Paul's Lutheran Church
Castle Grove Township
Borna
Germany
Farmers Begin The Fall Plowing In This County
Fall plowing has started in this area aided by heavy rains last week. The rains came too late for corn but will improve pastures and late crops. Farmers expect plowing to be in full swing soon as silo filling progresses and rough feed remains plentiful with soybean crops promising.
Beery D G Store Sold to Schultz Brothers of Chicago
Monticello records a business change last Saturday as Schultz Brothers company of Chicago becomes owner of Beery Dry Goods. William F. Flackender is put in charge and operations continue as before. Ill health prompted Mr Beery to sell and retire, ending a long, successful Monticello career and Rotary secretary service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Schultz Brothers Company
Chicago
Beery
William F. Flackender
Fred L Mahannah to Address Jones County Rural Officers
Deputy State Superintendent Fred L Mahannah will meet with rural school district secretaries and treasurers in Anamosa to present a new system of school records. The gathering, scheduled for Wednesday September 14 at 2 pm, will be in the court room and attendees are to bring their new record books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Mahannah
Jones County
Anamosa
Centennial Plans To Be Perfected Friday Night
Monticello prepares a centennial celebration with a planning meeting set for Friday night at 7 30 in the Legion hall on First street. The Junior Chamber of Commerce urges wide participation from all organizations and residents to organize plans for the hundredth anniversary of Monticello's settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monticello
Legion Hall
First Street
Patrick Leonard dies after six year illness at 72
Patrick Leonard of Castle Grove township died Sunday August 30 near Hopkinton after a prolonged illness including high blood pressure strokes and pneumonia the direct cause. Born March 26 1858 in Canada he married Mary Ellen Burns February 17 1886 celebrating their Golden Wedding last February Survived by his widow eight children twenty three grandchildren and many relatives funeral held September 2 at St Luke's Hopkinton with Revs Landholt and Hennessey officiating burial at Immaculate Conception Castle Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Leonard
Castle Grove
Hopkinton
Mr. Leonard
Patrick
Isabelle Leonard
Canada
Mary Ellen Burns
Castle Grove Township
St. Luke's Church
Landholt
J. J. Hennessey
Immaculate Conception
M. F. Hogan
James Hogan
Henry Claren
James Kehoe
Prank Lux
Richard McDonald l
New Books At Monticello Public Library Readings
Monticello public library announces new books spanning Irish country life legends and habits of York state to Beowulf described by a guide dog. Titles include Anne of Windy Poplars and A Romany Life with tales of Alaska Yukon border adventures and international society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public Library
Hamilton Gibbs
Carl Carmer
Old York State
Ernest Lewis
Anne of
Ethel Owen
the Featherleys
Virginia Watson
J. B. Hendryx
Alaska- Yukon
Kathleen Norris
Iowa
Dr. R. E. Foreman Dies in St Ansgar
Word reached Monticello of the sudden death of Dr. R. E. Foreman former chiropractic practitioner with offices over the Palmer. He passed away on August 20 in St Ansgar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Foreman
St. Ansgar
Monticello
Palmer
Monticello Triumphs 6 3 Over Bellevue Sluggers
Monticello defeated Bellevue 6 to 3 in a 14 inning playoff game last Sunday to clinch the second half title with a 7 1 record. Bellevue takes consolation honors and Monticello earns a championship series with Lost Nation. reporter could not recover full score details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Bellevue
Monti Boys
William Helgens Farm Sale Set Near Monticello
William Helgens announces a farm sale to be held Wednesday September 16. The property sits five miles south of Monticello and a quarter mile east of the Wayne Center schoolhouse, or three miles north and a quarter mile east of Amber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Helgens
the Express
Monticello
Wayne Center School House
Amber
John Prouty Called By Death in Scotch Grove Township
John Llewellyn Prouty a lifelong Scotch Grove resident died September 3 at John McDonald hospital Monticello after a brief illness. Born March 4 1856 in Jackson County he lived much of his life in Jones County Texas years later returned and bought a 190 acre farm. He married Frances Bredin in 1906. she died in 1913. Survived by multiple half siblings and nephews and nieces. Funeral held at Scotch Grove Presbyterian church with Rev Abram Alyea officiating. Burial in Scotch Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Llewellyn Prouty
Scotch Grove Township
John McDonald
Monticello
Abijah and
India Ann Harris Prouty
Knox County
Ohio
Mr. Prouty
Jackson County
Jones County
Texas
Frances Bredin
Balster Family Enjoys a 2550 Mile Western Trip
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Balster and daughters Hilda and Arline returned home last week after a long trip through Shelby Nebraska, southern Nebraska and Kansas into Colorado. They visited Carl Mortensen, Elmer Wahl and the Carter gold mine near Pitkin and a dam project on Taylor River. They toured the Colorado state fair at Pueblo and stayed with relatives in Wayne Magnet and Scottsbluff areas before finishing a 2 550 mile journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Balster
Hilda
Arline
Shelby
Carl Mortensen
Pueblo
Wayne, Neb
Austin Spahr
Helen van Buren
Magnet
Neb
Anna Pfeil Gillilan
Larry
Evangelistic Services Near End at Methodist Church
Misses Olive and Paul continue daily evangelistic meetings at the Methodist Episcopal church held at 7:30 p.m. Each day this week leads to a closing next Sunday September 13 with two services at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive
Paul
Methodist Episcopal Church
Marshalltown Woman Wins Hutchinson Contest
Miss Marguerite Burnett of Marshalltown won the $100 cash prize after a contest judged by a panel of four. The winner was announced by local organizers amid a South Hutchinson event featuring trained participants and community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Marguerite Burnett
Creamery Labor Day Picnic Draws Over 2500 at Monticello Park
Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello hosted its fifth annual Labor Day picnic drawing 2500 patrons and families. Events included an ox roast, tug of war won by Tedrow's Cream Heavers, a lopside east versus west baseball game 15 to 4, track races for children, and several bicycle and fiddlers contests. Credit went to President Fred Cramer and the board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Monticello
Monticello City Park
Creamery
Fred C. Cramer
Harold Tedrow
Cream Beavers
Adolph Bohlken
Giants
Tedrow
Cream Heavers
F. Etten
F. Simmons
V. Simmons
G. Balster
M. Balster
J. Kula
A. Monk
W. Bartels
H. Marek
Bohlken
C. Himebaugh
A.husman
G. Hein
H. Hein
C. Plueger
C. Husman
F. Kiburz
H. Brockhahn
B. Rieniers
Meredith
West
Hank Oltman
East
Dress
Ted Oltman
Matt Mueller
D. C
S Perry Thorpe Died At His Hopkinton Home Last Monday
Obituary of S Perry Thorpe 89 of Hopkinton recounts birthplace near Hackensack New Jersey on May 11 1847 and death September 7 after a brief illness. He lived in Delhi Monticello and Hopkinton and held business roles including Farmers State bank vice president. Funeral held Wednesday at Hopkinton funeral home with burial in Delhi cemetery. He married Margaret Albertson in 1881 and is remembered for charitable deeds like baskets during holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Thorpe
Hopkinton
David de Best
Delhi
Sturgess Perry
Thorpe
New Jersey
Hackensack
New York City
Iowa
Lenox College
Daniel Thompson
Cynthia Wescott
Benson
Idaho
Montana
Des Moines
Omaha
Missouri River
Twork
Monticello
John Campbell
Thomas McBride
J. R. Boots
Perry Thorpe
Monti High Football Team Builds Toward Coming Season
Monticello public school athletic field hosts a growing Monti High squad with Captain Donald Schoon leading eight lettermen. Key players listed include Schoon Bone Prultland Behrends Kuhns Lubben Schlemme Rickels Richardson York Kiburz Eden Beh rends Hobert Field Balziger Coxs. Schedule starts Sept 18 at Maquoketa and runs through Nov 11 at Anamosa with a major early injury to Jimmy Wells a transfer from Maquoketa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Donald Schoon
Schoon
Bud Bone
Prultland Behrends
Maynard Kuhns
Lubben
Schlemme
Rickels
Vic Richardson
York
Kiburz
Eden
Behrends
Hobert
Field
Balsiger
K. Cox
L. Cox
Maquoketa
Manchester
Marion
Tipton
University High
West Branch
Mount Vernon
Anamosa
Jimmy Wells
Maquoketa High
Junie Hobert
Jimmy
New Petit Jury For September Term Jones County District Court
The petit jurors for the September term of the Jones county district court have been drawn and ordered to appear at the Anamosa courthouse on October 5 at 10 am. Jurors listed include Monticello, Anamosa, Cascade, Clarence, Olin, Onslow, Mechanicsville, Oxford Junction, Scotch Grove, and Wyoming names such as Monticello Martin Buel, John Curtin, J N Christophersen, Nellie Easterly, Lulu Fadley, H R Morse, Olive Minney, and Blanch Von Sprecken among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District
Thomas Jensen
B. J. Keating
Mechanicsville
C. C. Hartley
Monmouth
Herbert Koppes
Oxford Junction
Helen Kelly
F. E,. Moravec
Robert Powelka
Frank Rushford
Vince Sobotka
Scotch Grove
Olive Minney
Wyoming
H. R. Morse
Fred Petersen
Blanch von Sprecken
Country Club Social Season Calendar Details Public Interest
The Country club will host multiple parties this season ending with the October 8 closing dance. The calendar lists September events including dances on Sept 10 and bridge on Sept 15 and 29, a Sept 24 pot luck, and a week of Sept 28 contract games, with chairmen and members named for each event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Luett
PF. M. Podhaski
M. Sliv
R. G. Stuhler
F. P. Stuhler
Melteson
Lyle McMullen
Anderson
Boyd Shannon
Robert Balster
EB. E. Skelley
Sam Rhatigan
Gene Byers
Virginia Ferring
Louis Hoag
Ben Cotton
Walter Brainard
Harry Stahler
A. J. H. McNeill
Constitution Day Observed Across Nation September 17
The nation marks Constitution Day and observes Constitution Week with focus on the 149th anniversary of the U S Constitution signed in 1787. The Monticello Auxiliary VFW Americanization committee urges rededication to the constitutional ideals and increased civic education for youth to counter foreign propaganda. Miss Edna Balsiger of Cedar Rapids visited her parents Mr and Mrs Chris Balsiger last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philadelphia
America
Americanization Committee of
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Edna Balsiger
Cedar Rapids
Chris Balsiger
Mrs John A Cornely Died At Fayette
Mrs John Antone Cornely died in Fayette on a Saturday. She was born February 1 1854 in Schleswig Holstein Germany and married to J A Cornely in Illinois. The family lived in Fayette County before moving to Hawkeye in 1911 where Mr Cornely died in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Heiserman
Fayette
John Antone Cornely
Heiserman
Monticello
Cornely
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
J. A. Cornely
Illinois
Fayette County
Hawkeye
Tramp Robs Farm Home After Assaulting Mrs O Shea
Jones county authorities halted the search for a robber who attacked Mrs. Elmer O Shea six miles east of Monticello. The suspect fled west after breaking in and choking the homeowner. A unidentified man matching the description was seen at Sam Holmes restaurant and later near Monticello before the trail went cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tramp
Elmer O’shea
Jones County
Elmer O'Shea
Monticello
Sam Holmes
O'Shea
Des Moines
Kansas City
Mr. Holmes
Slogan Contest Seeks New Monticello Road Sign Quotes
The Junior Chamber of Commerce offers four prizes of 3.00 1.50 1.00 and 0.50 for slogans not exceeding seven words to be placed under Monticello on highway signs. Entries accepted at The Express until Saturday September 12 at 5 p.m. No entry limits.
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the Express
Ed Harwood the last Civil War veteran of Monticello dies
Edmund H. Harwood aged about 88 died after four weeks of bedfast illness. Born in Plainefield Vermont March 20 1848 he served in 44th Iowa infantry and 7th Iowa cavalry. Survived by two sisters Mrs Reyner and Mrs Conelly of Monticello. Funeral at Hayes parlor with Rev. William J. Grossheim. burial Canton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Edmund H. Harwood
Mr. Harwood
Plainefield
Vermont
Onslow
Canton
Cascade
Maquoketa
Baldwin
8. W. Reyner
Q. C. Conelly
Lincoln
Hinwood
DeWitt
44Th Town Infantry
7Th
Iowa Cavalry
Funeral for Jasper Hults 72 Near Newport
Jasper Hults 72 died at his home near Newport after a short illness. Funeral held at Zion's Lutheran church Wayne township. A German native, he came to the United States in 1889 and married Maggie Edwards the same year. Surviving: widow and six children Mary Helen Raymond Mrs John Neunaher Viola Mrs Minnie Dannyman Edward Hultz Amber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Jasper Hults
Newport
Hults
Germany
United States
Maggie Edwards
Mary
Helen
Raymond
John Neunaher
Viola
Minnie Dannyman
Edward Hultz
Amber
Catfish Placed In The Maquoketa River Here
L. P. Bailey of the state fisheries department of Iowa brought 1100 catfish to Monticello last Tuesday from Lansing. The fish were released into the Maquoketa River under the direction of Harry Bradbrook, a leading local fisherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Bailey
State Fisheries Department of
Towa
Monticello
Lansing
Maquoketa River
Harry Bradbrook
New Partnership Formed in Cedar Rapids Law Practice
Messrs. B. T. Perrine and J. W. Albright form a partnership for general legal practice in the Merchants National Bank building Cedar Rapids. Perrine is son of John Perrine of Monticello and has practiced law in Cedar Rapids for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Messrs
B. T. Perrine
J. W. Albright
Merchants National Bank
Mr. Perrine
John Perrine
Monticello
Mrs. A. G. Bauder Died in Cedar Rapids at 65
Mrs. A. G. Bauder aged 65 died at her Cedar Rapids home on September 3 at 4 30 in the morning. She was born in Anamosa and was formerly Mrs Margaret Wood daughter of E F Wood. Funeral services were held in Cedar Rapids at 2 p m Saturday under Rev A A Brooks. Burial followed at Riverside cemetery Anamosa with grave interment at 4 p.m. The deceased was married after living in Monticello where her husband practiced law with the late M W Herrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Bauder
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Margaret Wood
E. 4. Wood
A. A. Brooks
Riverside Cemetery
Keyes Plans To Close Jewelry Dept In Monticello
Karl M Keyes announces the closing of his jewelry and gift department within a month as Schultz Brothers acquire the Beery stock and he seeks a temporary location for an updated optometry office. He came to Monticello from Freeport HI sixteen years ago and plans to live there with Mrs Keyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Karl M. Keyes
Schultz, Brothers
Beery
Mr. Keyes
Monticello
Freeport
Mrs. Keyes
Buck Creek School Opens With 150 Enrollment
The Buck Creek consolidated school five miles west of Hopkinton opened this week with an enrollment of 150 pupils, 56 in the high school. A infantile paralysis case near Maquoketa delays opening of public schools. Wayne Kenney of Manchester receives ten year reformatory sentence for truck theft linked to two others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Creek
Hopkinton
Olive Gould
C. L. Gould
Anamosa
Columbia, S. C
William F. Ward
Burlingham
New York
Ward
Fred Henke
Maquoketa
Manchester
Lauser Hardware Company
South Dakota
Kenney
Supreme Court
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John P. Willms
Wm. F. Flockencier
Bellevue Sluggers
Wm. Helgens
John Prouty
Balster
Primary 161
Wanda Meyer
Agnes Kirby
May Null
Harold Hogan
Roy Null
Lee Rittmer
Betty Otten
Yola Rodman
Betty Lou McLaughlin
Walter Balster
Leslie Bender
Leslie Leggett
Leonard Ketelsen
Willis Bairbanks
Laverne Lambert
Leonard Bader
Loyal Rittmer
Duane Harford
Donald Buckner
Junior First
J. Huggins
John Null
William Field
S. Perry Thorpe
Monti High
Semieson
Fitzsimons
Rittmer
Comers
John A. Cornely
Sat
Ed Harwood
Company L 7Th Town Cavalry
Hayes Funeral
William J. Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Canton Cemetery
Lve
Mrs. Reyner
Milwaukee
Wis
Karl Keyes
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