Woman Admits Burning Home In Sand Spring
Mrs. Anna Shaffer of Sand Spring confessed to arson and pled guilty after a preliminary hearing. Judge R W Hasner sentenced her to five years in the Rockwell City women’s reformatory. The fire destroyed the 60 year old Shaffer family home as neighbors reported furniture hidden in a corn crib and insurance irregularities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Shaffer
Sand Spring
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
R. W. Hasner
Delaware County District Court
G. G. Shanafelt
Carl] Anderson
Delaware County
Shaffer
Former Monti Boy Holds Fine Position In The East
Jay Dreibelbis of New York City and his wife visited Monticello after a long absence. He is a General Motors executive with a decade of export work in South America and prior service in China the Philippines and Europe. He has two daughters studying in Pennsylvania and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Dreibelbis
New York City
Monticello
Dreibelbis
Iowa City
Jay
General Motors Corporation
China
Philippines
Europe
General Motors
South America
Pennsylvania
New York
Former Monti Girl Secures Second in Contest at Cedar Rapids
Miss Mary McKeever, 21, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Michael McKeever formerly of Walnut Street Monticello, placed second in the Gazette Paramount most popular working girl contest at Cedar Rapids. She received a $100 diamond ring. winner earned a free Hollywood trip. She works at Montrose beauty shop and studied at Mount Mercy parish school Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McKeever
Michael McKeever
Walnut Street
Gavette-Paramount
Cedar Rapids
Miss McKeever
Montrose
Hollywood
California
Mount Mercy Parochial School
Monticello
Waterloo
Thomas Pen~ der
Falls From Fourth Story Window Injure Cedar Rapids Man
John Montgomery twenty two son of Rev W A Montgomery of Cedar Rapids escaped without a fracture after falling from a fourth story fire escape at the Killian store building last Saturday at 430 pm. His fall was broken by bed springs and mattresses on the ground below and he suffered only minor cuts and bruises. He was taken to St Luke's hospital in a non serious condition. The Montgomery family formerly lived in Castle Grove township where Rev Montgomery was pastor of the Penial Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Montgomery
W. A. Montgomery
Cedar Rapids
Killian
Young Montgomery
St. Luke's Hospital
Kiltlan Company
Montgomery
Castle Grove Township
Penial Presbyterian Church
Neighborhoods And Local News From Manchester Area
Manchester high school enrolls 290 with 100 freshmen. junior college reports ten boys and three girls. George Hohwieler, oldest resident of Earlville, dies at 90 after immigrating from Germany in 1883. A judge fines Floyd Oberhaus 160 dollars and bans him from driving for a year after a driving incident. Two insane ward inmates escape Anamosa reformatory. one found in park, other unaccounted. An 8 year old girl from Edgewood fractures neck playing in yard. Maynard May, nine, is hit by a car in Manchester. left shoulder fractured and four stitches. Mike Caputo, 17, dies after racing car crash near Clarence. Anamosa Produce works attack injures Lewis Axlin. his mother Grace injured. Attacker from Omaha attacked with a gas pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester High School
George Hohwieler
Earlville
Maynard May
Manchester
Walter Morehouse
Morehouse
Mike Caputo
Chicago
Clarence
Lincoln Highway
Caputo
Anamosa, Produce Company
Lewis Axlin
Grace Axlin
Axlin
Omaha
Guardian Granted Custody To Send Youth To School
Judge Ellison ruled in a habeas corpus case that the Linn county district court order authorizing Albert Marek as guardian to send 13 year old Clement Marek to St Berchmans academy Marion Iowa must be respected. The boy, orphaned by flu, had been living with John and Blanche Lawrence at Oxford Junction. The guardian to take him to school accompanied him to Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellison
Marion
Lawrence
Twenty-Five Years Ago Items Of Occurrences
A recap of events in Jones County including Adam Reichart buying a residence, Louise Stambaugh teaching in Allegheny, and Mrs J D Hogan leaving for Frederick. Notes mention the Rathbone Sisters supreme chief in Louisville, a September fair, a vaudeville act Leaping the Chasm, a 20 foot chasm jump by a cyclist, and local school changes. Also recorded are frost onset, two personal crises near Anamosa, a farmer shooting himself, a man hanging himself, deaths of John Schweitzer and Gerd Aldrich, a birth, extended store hours in Monticello, clothing company moves, osteopathy practice, naval midshipman return, Harvard study, and Monticello Canning season nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Stambaugh
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
J. D. Hogan
Monticello
Jones County
George van Buren
Wilmington
Illinois
Anamosa
Moses Barto
Greenfield Township
August Grauel
Jake Miller
Convict Brock Flees Anamosa With Accomplice
George Brock a state reformatory trusty escaped Friday morning using a Ford car with help from an accomplice. The pair fled after Brock left guard Art Atkinson at the Easterly hotel area and sped from Cleveland street. If caught Brock faces five more years, the accomplice ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Eureka
George Brock
State Reformatory
Brock
Art Atkinson
Atkinson
E. J. McKinstry
Drayman
H. P. Aagard
Cleveland Street
McKinstry
New Mexico
Reformatory
Ford
Impressions Gained By Our Monticello People In Ireland
The narrator recounts a sea voyage to Dublin then a two day stay in the city. They visit St Patrick's Cathedral, Phoenix Park, and Green's Park, ride in an Irish jaunting cart for their sixteenth wedding anniversary, tour Blarney Castle, Killarney, Galloway, and Enniskeen, and note Irish life, salaries, and scenery including turf bogs, copper plumbing, and a race at a grayhound track. They travel by rail to Belfast, visit the Giant's Causeway, Isle of Man, and Douglas, describing ships under construction, lighthouses, a big water wheel, and island sights before planning two days in Glasgow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Irish
Kingston
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Phoenix Park
Trate
Queenstown
Rickless
United States
Ireland
Bremen
Cork
Imperial Hotel
Blarney Castle
Mrs. Rickless
Great Southern Railway
Atlantic Sea
Killarney
Galloway
Enniskillen
Sligo
Irish Sea
North Treland
Londonderry
Portrush
Atlantic Ocean
Giant’s Causeway
Belfast
Celtic Park
Oceanic
White Star Line
Celtic
Cobb
Isle of Man
Douglas
Isle
Ramsay
Tynwald Hill
Hall Caine
Peel Castle
Glasgow
Next Term Of Court May Be Very Light
The district court at Anamosa will convene September 23 with Judge Atherton B. Clark presiding. No Jones county jury case has been tried since January, and Clerk B. G. Rees expects a light term with a sparse criminal calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Anamosa
Atherton B. Clark
Jones County
B. G. Rees
County Attorney on Wyoming trip with railroad group
County Attorney C. B. Paul is away for a week on vacation in Wyoming as a guest of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The company has brought nearly 200 of its attorneys on the excursion, providing railroad fare and all entertainment en route and at a Wyoming ranch visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Paul
Wyoming
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company
Wyoming Ranch
Grace Fleming Weds Harry Sullivan in Autumn Castle Grove Ceremony
Grace Fleming daughter of Mr and Mrs W P Fleming of Castle Grove marries Harry V Sullivan son of Mr and Mrs Dan Sullivan of Ryan in a September 10 nuptial mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The ceremony features flowers orchestral music and a reception for about 100 guests followed by a three week eastward motor trip and a forthcoming home at Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Grace Fleming
W. P. Fleming
Castle Grove Township
Harry V. Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
Ryan
J. J. Hennessey
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove
Marcus Kehoe
Lohengrin
James Fleming
Francis Sullivan
Mae Rose McCusker
Margaret McDonald
Harold Crowley
Blanche Sullivan
Paul Fleming
Immaculate Conception Choir
Leonard
Mary Grace Kehoe
Miss Sullivan
Sullivan
St. Francis Bavier's
Dyersville
Will Moore Celebrates Seventy-Fifth Birthday
William Moore of Monticello turns seventy five. Born in Switzerland he moved to the United States at age ten with his family. He lived in Richland township and Monticello before settling, with siblings in Monticello, Lisbon and Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Moore
Monticello
Mgr. Moore
Switzerland
Matthew and
Matilda Moore
Mr. Moore
France
Tlinois
Matthew Moore
Richland Township
Jones County
John Weible
Sinclair Oil Station
Moore
Christ Sevendah
Forest Ely
Community Social Notes Request Appears in Express Column
The Express invites readers to phone in social items each week. Anyone in town or the countryside can have notices carried. Call the office or society reporter Mrs. Frank Podhask at 174-W to submit items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Frank Podhask
Primary No 113 Gravel Project Planned This Fall
Source reports the Monti cello to Hopkinton segment of Primary No 113 will be gravelled this fall. Contracts for the work are not yet let but expected soon by the highway commission which has already let contracts on the north end toward Delaware and Primary No 20. The road was graded last year but poor gravel caused travel issues in wet seasons and a bad hole north of the railroad crossing remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Hopkinton
Highway Commission
Delaware
Monti Grid Squad Prepares For 1929 Season
Monticello high school's football squad begins practice with 30 candidates reporting. Coach Jack Finlay foresees a scrappy team, returning lettermen and a strong line led by Marmis Kay Balster Bender Oltman and McLaughlin Rhatigan. Stickford leads backfield with Cooper Reichart and Eby in contention. First scrimmage vs alumni set for tomorrow at 4 PM. Schedule lists ten games with two open dates and rival matchups including Lisbon DeWitt Mount Vernon Anamosa Manchester Tipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Finlay
Monticello High School
Monti
Marmis
Kay
Balster
Bender
Oltman
McLaughlin
Rhatigan
Ietter
Stickford
Red and Black
Finlay
Cooper
Dani Reichart
Eby
Galena
Illinois
Maynard
Alumni
Lisbon
DeWitt
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids Man Damages Plane In Town Incident
George Warner of Cedar Rapids damaged his airplane last Sunday afternoon near Monticello field while taking off. He struck rough ground causing the tail to dip and cracked a propeller blade. He drove home for a replacement, installed it, and flew back to Cedar Rapids at dusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Warner
William G. Warner
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Warner
Stock Show Opens for Visitors with 116 Head Displayed
The Annanesa fats opened the antes to visitors today. It reported a good showing of stock, comprising 116 head, including Shomont Farms of Monticello with 18 Holsteins and Aitchison Bros. of Monticello with 12 Guernseys. The Anamosa state reform atory shows 16 Holsteins and 18 polled Herefords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annanesa
Shomont Farms
Monticello
C. W W. Wand
Center Point
Aitchison Bros
J. W. Garrity
DeWitt
Charles Reinheimer
Marion
Anamosa
T. M. Christanson
Lone Rock
B. F. Maiden
Tama
R. L. Peck
James D. Morgan Dies in Hopkinton Pioneer and Businessman
James D. Morgan of Hopkinton, born April 25 1856, died after a long illness. He ran the Morgan livery and sale stable, was deputy sheriff and town marshal, and later adopted automobile service. He was a Mason and Odd Fellow, survived by wife Dora Mullan and nephew Lieut. Dean C. Marjan, with services by Rev. F W Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Roberts
Presbyterian
James D. Morran
Hopkinton
Morgan
Joncest
Uso
Masonic Fraternity
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
James D. Morgan
William B
Sarah Douglas Morgan
Dora Mullan
Dean C. Marjan
Casper
Wyoming
Charles C. Morgan
Warry Utley
Manchester
W. F. Gavin
R. E. Goss
F. B. Tibbitts
F. R. Tesar
F. C. Reeve
W. J
J. R. Kirkwood
Messrs
U. S. G. Keith
Willis P. Lard
Narrow Escape From Fire On Kurt Farm
John Kurt narrowly averted disaster on his farm near Monticello when a hay shed containing 40 tons of hay caught fire. Monticello fire department quickly sprayed the blaze limiting damage to about ten tons of hay and preventing loss of surrounding buildings. Insurance with Dubuque county manual was adjusted and Kurt thanked the fire company and neighbors for preventing total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kurt
Jones
Dubuque
Monticello
Kurt
Marual
Monticello Fire Company
Express
Pern
Rotary District Governor Knutson visits Monticello Club
The 11th Rotary District leader Marence Knutson visited the Monticello Rotary Club last evening. He spoke after a dinner at Maples 조inn and conferred with the club board on international relations with Rotary clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Monticello
Marence Knutson
Gare Eat
Rotary International
Maples Tren
Knutson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adam Reichart
Joe Jacque
John Schweitzer
Cedar Street
Presbyterian Church
Wayne Yousse
E. H. Johnson Clothing Company
Shelley Variety
Stuhler Clothing
Sam Holmes
Art
Gesse
P. J. Peet
Raymond Thomas
Naval Academy
Annapolis
H. Perrenaud
Marcus Matthiessen
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Harvard College
John C. Reuger
Jacob Reuger
Gerd Alrichs
Jacob Matthiessen
Sand Springs
Monticello Canning Company
Mrs. E. C. Rickless
Grace Fleming
Harry Sullivan
Will Moore
Anamosa Fair
Jas. D. Morgan
Hopkinton Fur
A. W. McDonald
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