Squires Chicago Bank Absorbs Another Bank
The Chicago Daily News reports Citizens State Bank of Chicago absorbing North Central Trust and Savings Bank at 3228 Lincoln Ave. The merged entity, led by President J G Squires, has $12,000,000 resources, $750,000 capital, $760,000 surplus, and over $750,000 in undivided profits, after previously absorbing Addison National and Marshfield Trust banks.
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Chicago Daily News
North Central Trust & Savings Bank
Chicago
Citizens’ State Bank of Chicago
Lincoln Avenue
Addison National Bank
Marshfield Trust & Savings Bank
J. G. Squires
Kitty Gardner
Monticello
Helen Hayes Weds Lyle Snyder in Washington Iowa
Miss Helen Hayes daughter of J J Hayes wed Lyle Snyder at St James Catholic Church Washington Iowa on September 3 Reverend Joseph O Donnell officiated The bride was attended by Miss Emma Pine with witnesses Miss Ruth Miner and John Mangold A wedding breakfast followed in Iowa City before the couple toured Chicago then returned to Washington Mr Snyder is affiliated with Iowa Southern Utilities and is a Washington High School graduate Mrs Snyder studied at Sacred Heart School Monticello in 1828
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Helen Hayes
J. J. Hayes
Washington
Iowa
Lyle Snyder
St. James’ Catholic Church
Joseph O'Donnell
Emma Pine
Ruth Miner
John Mangold
Iowa City
Chicago
Snyder
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Mra. Snyder
Sacred Heart
Monticello
Mr. Snyder
Washington High School
Monticello Auxiliary Wins National Cup for Membership
The Monticello auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, less than a year old, captured the national cup for the largest net percentage membership increase at the Baltimore convention. It grew from ten charter members to sixty eight, reporting a 550 percent gain since last year. Officers include President Mrs. E. E. Reed and Secretary Florence Carmichael.
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Monticello Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Baltimore
E. E. Reed
Anne Echternacht
Henry Che
Florence Carmichael
Florence Metzenburg
Hans Ruof
Anna Marie
Bertha Locher
Foreclosures, crashes, and a Civil War veteran's death in Iowa
In Jackson and Fayette counties, rural schools reshuffled teachers while Fayette counts twenty foreclosure suits awaiting action. A Manchester fair concession man, Jack Mooney, clashed with an officer and is jailed after a $100 fine he cannot pay. Road work contracts schedule gravel work for No. 153 from Wyoming to Oxford Junction. Civil War veteran John H. Hess, 84, dies in Cedar Rapids after serving with General Sherman and Libby prisoner details. Delmar H. Kamberling is jailed on a driving while intoxicated charge after a crash involving Dorothy Ray in Cedar Rapids. Millard Bealer of Cedar Rapids recovers from a Tipton-Cedar Rapids crash with multiple injuries. Edna Adams of Volga City fracturing her skull in a primary No. 10 crash near Arlington. Dr. Cahill uninjured. Federal agents seize hootch apparatus in Dubuque with Dietz and Smith arrested on related charges. Dietz bonds posted after jug smashing incident.
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Jackson County
Fayette County
Jack Mooney
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
John H. Hess
Sherman
Cedar Rapids
Libby
Lee
Appomatox
Delmar H. Kamberling
Mechanicsville
Linn County
Dorothy Ray
Millard Bealer
Tipton
Prohibition
Dubuque
Alfred Dietz
Dietz
Edward Smith
Fillmore
Smith
Port Porter Reappointed Pastor At Monticello M E
The fourth quarterly conference of the Monticello Methodist Episcopal Church voted unanimously to reappoint Rev. Roy V. Porter as pastor for the coming year. The Upper Iowa conference sessions are set for Davenport in three weeks. Committees reported a healthy church, with forty new members this year, the largest gain in years, under the leadership of Rev. Earl Baker of Mount Vernon.
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Methodist Episcopal Church of
Earl Baker
Mount Vernon
Davenport
Golden wedding anniversary recalled in Jones county
Mr and Mrs William Sutherland celebrated their 25th anniversary at Scotch Grove township on the 3rd with 140 guests. The Express praised the community for its many old settlers. Other notes include marriages, bank deposits, a canning plant season end, a death in Monticello, and local political nominations.
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William Sutherland
Scotch Grove Township
the Express
Jones County
George Sutherland
Lavinia Greer
Monticello
Howard Clarke Irvine
Leeds
North Dakota
James Greer
Samuel Greer
Miltonvale
Kansas
William H. Ensign
Irma Babcock
Wyoming
Major Howard Smith
Dubuque
Douglass H. Smith
Crane
Ney
George Hicks
South Chestnut Street
Hans Kettiltz
San Antonio
Texas
Claude Porter
Drere
Platt Jennings
Independence
August Schlemme
Maquoketa River
Ship
Lewis Schlemme
W. J. Mills
Frank Page
M. H. Teeter
Cedar Rapids
Lee Maurice
Bert Hubbard
Iowa Jamboree Scouts Held Reunion Sunday
A group of Iowa Boy Scouts who attended the International Jamboree in London last year were hosted Sunday at the Cedar Falls home of O R Latham, president of Iowa State Teachers College. Attendees included Ray Latham and James Rickless with others from Monticello Anamosa Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids Nora Springs.
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Towa
London
O. R. Latham
Cedar Falls
Latham
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Ray
James Rickless
Monticello
Anamosa
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Howard Remley
Edmund Woodrich
R. T. Moore
James Lawson
William Green
Bob Moody
E. Thayer Curry
Nora Springs
Latham Porch
Indictments Return in Jackson County Case
Grand jury in Jackson County returns three indictments against Emmet Judge for manslaughter in the Dubuque deaths of Elmer Gilford his wife and Mabel Faust after an automobile accident. First trial set for Elmer Gilford’s death with Judge out on $5000 bond.
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Jackson County
Emmet
Elmer Gilford
Mabel Faust
Dubuque
Gepac
Maquoketa Valley Baseball League Celebrates Opening Season
The Maquoketa Valley Baseball League closed its first season with a Monticello city park celebration hosted by eight clubs. A 15 to 3 Monticello victory over Cascade highlighted the day along with awards, banquet, and plans to continue the league next year.
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Maquoketa Valley
B. B. League
Maquoketa
Escaped Reformatory Prisoner Captured Near Laramie
Bray Harding, a life term bank robber who escaped from Anamosa Reformatory ten days earlier, was captured on a dairy farm near Laramie Wyoming by a sheriff and railroad agent. He admitted his identity after a finger comparison. Harding, sentenced in 1927 for a 1926 Modale Iowa bank holdup, was moved across the state after forcing a foreman to drive him with a knife. His capture followed a tip that he was seen with brother in law Ben McManigle.
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Anamosa
Larramie
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Harding
Marsh Ireland
Anamoss
Laramie
Ben McManigle
Modale
Iowa
New Officers Elected For Legion Post At Anamosa
The Anamosa American Legion post elected officers for the coming year last Monday evening. Commander L. L. Doolittle leads the lineup with vice commander Paul Stener adjutant Glen McLaughlin and finance officer L. H. Lowry. Post historian Lloyd Robertson chaplain Max Monroe and executive committee Alva Barber Lee Lanner join along with sergeant at arms Lee First. Retiring commander Cecil Wilson completed his term.
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The
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L. L. Doolittle
Paul Stener
Glen McLaughlin
L. H. Lowry
Lloyd Robertson
Max Monroe
Alva Barber
Lee Lanner
Lee
Cecil Wilson
Boy Dies After Set Ablaze By Burned Clothing
Three year old Jackie Bland of Independence died in a hospital from burns suffered when his clothing caught fire from a match. His sister Betty extinguished the flames with a rug before he was rushed to medical care, but he did not survive.
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Jackie Bland
Ted Bland
Independence
Betty
Rural Teachers To Attend Study Center in Monticello
The one day study center for rural teachers will be held in Monticello on Saturday September 20 from 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m under Miss Nellie V Morey county superintendent Three fourths of Iowa counties have adopted rural choir work and will showcase with Mr Kauffman Iowa State Teachers College and Miss Louise Hearst will present geography Eighth grade pupils enrolled in schools with this plan may be excused from the music exam if satisfactory to their teacher
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Nellie V. Morey
Monticello
Kauffman
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Louise Hearst
Iowa
Ttig
Monticello Fisherman Reels 59-Pound Catfish Haul
Monticello resident William Skelley caught a string of yellow catfish weighing 59 pounds on the Wansie below Anamosa. The largest fish weighed ten and a half pounds, with three totals reaching thirty pounds. The show lasted three hours last Saturday and adds to Skelley's bass title from Minnesota. Prof Henry Blanco and family arrived at Gibraltar en route from Salem to Morocco to visit Spanish relatives.
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William Skelley
Monticello
Anamosa
Bill
Minnesota
Henry Blanco
Gibraltar
Salem
Mass
Azores
Blanco
University of Iown
Iowa City
Morocco
Coffey Seeks Pardon For Grip Of Grim Wisconsin Murder
William N. Coffey, once a Cascade and Monticello collector, confessed to killing and dismembering his bigamous wife Hattie Hales Coffey in La Crosse Wisconsin. He is serving life in Waupun and petitions a pardon from Wisconsin authorities.
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William N. Coffey
Cascade
Hattie Hales Coffey
la Crosse
Wis
Coffey
Wisconsin
Waupun
Lancaster
Madison
William Y. Coffey
Box C
Platteville
Iowa
Elroy
Hales
Lyle Wright
Juneau County
Wright
Dubuque
Eagle Point Park
Illinois
Grant County
Jones County No 3 Report For August Dairy Yields
The report covers 264 cows with 27 dry. Average milk is 580 pounds and 22.7 pounds butterfat. Eighteen cows exceed 40 pounds butterfat and seven exceed 50 pounds. Notable herds include A. Ray Fairbanks with 682 pounds milk and 34.2 butterfat from 15 Guernseys. Tyler and McGovern with 906 pounds milk and 33.3 butterfat from 13 Holsteins. Antone Kula with 822 pounds milk and 28.4 butterfat from purebred and grade Holsteins shares. Bess the Holstein from Kula yields 1,583 pounds milk and 681 pounds butterfat. Johanna from Tyler and McGovern yields 1,878 pounds milk and 63.8 butterfat. Beauty from the same pair yields 1,479 pounds milk and 54.9 butterfat. Marion Anderson, tester.
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Bess
Antone Kula
Oxford Junction
Johanna
Tyler and McGovern
Hopkinton First To Erect War Monument
Hopkinton Iowa earned early Civil War honor by building the nations first monument to fallen soldiers. On Lenox College campus a memorial lists 41 men who did not return from war. Dedication followed in 1866 after federal troops mustered out.
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Dubuque
Telegraph-Herald
Hopkinton
Iowa
United States
Lenox College
Lincoln
Hoptown
Cahill elected Iowa American Legion state commander in Sioux City
Maurice Cahill of Cedar Rapids was elected state commander of the American Legion in Sioux City this week, marking a notable tribute to his service. A former Cedar Rapids post commander in 1923 and longtime member of the state executive committee, Cahill had been considered for the role several times before his election.
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Iowa
Maurice Cahill
Cedar Rapids
American Legion
Cahill
Sioux City
Monticello
Service Men's
New Junior Orchestra Forming at Monticello Public School
A junior orchestra will be established at Monticello Public School led by Frank Royden of Scotch Grove. More than 45 students from fifth through ninth grade will join without previous musical experience, with private lessons, group rehearsals, and instrument provision plans outlined.
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Monticello
Frank Royden
Scotch Grove
Royden
Grimes
Ottumwa Bank Robbery Nets 40000 In 1930 Heist
Five gunmen robbed Ottumwa Savings Bank on Tuesday at 10 a.m. taking 40000 dollars from currency in the tills, after forcing seven employees and four customers to the floor. No shots were fired. The bank held 50000 dollars insurance. It was the twelfth bank robbery in the state that year, the largest sum so far.
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Ottumwa Savings Bank
Leeds State Bank
Bible Quiz Questions 61 62 63 64 65 See Answers Page 8
A list asking about biblical details. Questions cover who claimed murder for reward, if David was a musician, who escaped death for eating honey, the Tabernacle veil colors, and whether honey appeared in a burnt offering.
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Tabernacle
Monti First To Use Farm Sales Organization
The Monticello Livestock Shipping association led by Tom George became the first U S group to use the new direct to market government sponsored livestock sales system begun last Monday in Cedar Rapids. The initial carload of hogs sold for 8.50 to 10.75 per cwt with Earl Elijah of Clarence selling the first carload. cattle sales were led by Charles E Hearst Sons Cedar Falls at 12.10 per cwt. Regional directors met at Hotel Roosevelt as Iowa prepares more concentration points. R F O Donnell resigned as regional director and Iowa State College leaders pledged cooperation.
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Tom George
United States
Cedar Rapids
Mr. George
Eastern Town Livestock Marketing Association
Iowa
Federal Farm Board
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation
Elijah
C. E
Buchanan
O'Donnell
Blacksmith Shop Destroyed By Fire In Town
The Herman Hoffman blacksmith shop burned last Monday night. Owner Joe Meyer held $500 building insurance while Hoffman had $800 on tools and stock. Night Watchman William Null discovered the blaze after hearing an explosion. The home of Wilbur Adamson nearby was saved by steel siding though its east wall was scorched. Losses include Harry Eastwood’s $250 with $150 insurance. The shop, built by Leonard Starks over fifty years ago, changed hands through the years culminating with Herman Hoffman operating the business before the blaze.
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Joe Meyer
Hoffman
Meyer
William Null
Null
Wilbur Adamson
Harry Eastwood
Wheeling
Leonard Starks
Anton Locher
Henry Behrens
New Books Placed On Rent Shelf At Library
The Monticello public library board votes to add a rent shelf for new fiction. Limited book funds restrict purchases mostly to children and non fiction, so new fiction will be rented at 2 cents per day or 10 cents per week. A few books are on hand. more will arrive over time.
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Board of Trustees
The
Monticello Public Library
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