Students Head to Colleges From Monticello Area
A Monticello area list shows many youths departing for higher education in Iowa and across the nation. Institutions include the University of Iowa Coe College Cornell Grinnell and Purdue with numerous named students. Edwin Wilcox of Monticello seeks more time to pay debts under a federal bankruptcy act provision.
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Monticello
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
James Redmond
Robert Locher
George R. Gugan
Ruth Jacobs
Simon Locher
Robert Hogan
Janet McNeill
Maxine Red
Mount Vernon
Margaret Mataulay
Loretta Specht
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Richard Calkins
Robert Smith
St. Mary's of the Woods
Terra Haute
Ind
Helen Louise Stuhler
Chicago University
Chicago
Mildred Pulver
Lenox Junior College
Hopkinton
Russell Suter
Keith Dickey
Ray Hodgson
Wilma Clark
Charles Renk
Clare Adams
Mount Mercy Academy
Cedar Rapids
Leona Fitzsimmons
Shattuck Military Academy
Faribault
Minn
Colin Thomas
John Thomas
Hillcrest School For Girls
Beaver Dam
Wis
Joann Schemmel
Secretarial Training School
Washington, D. C
Mildred Wilcox
Cedar Rapids Business College
Eunice Buol
Richard Hoag
Central Iowa Business College
Marshalltown
Clemma Wenger
Gates Business College
Waterloo
Lucille Welland
Brown's Business College
Davenport
Betty Denkhoff
Ann Marie Orcutt
Mercy Hospital
Helen Fitzsimmons
Kathleen Hayes
Lutheran Memorial Hospital
Chicrago
Dorothy Eden
Frieda Balster
South Shore Hospital
Emma Hughes
Luella Oltman
Edna Peters
Lorna Gerdes
Franklin Boulevard Hospital
Helen Harms
Pauline Cooper
Wanda Cooper
Presbyterian Hospital
Miriam Fairbanks
St. Luke's Hospital
Madonna Cotton
Edwin Wilcox
Mount Vernon corn grower sets record with 8470 bushels released
An Anamosa dispatch reports Mary E. Tracy of Mount Vernon released 8470 bushels of corn, the largest single release, after previously releasing 3000 bushels. Much of the corn sold in the crib for 70 to 75 cents a bushel as 237,744 bushels remain under 39 warehouse certificates in Jones county.
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Anamosa
Mary E. Tracy
Mount Vernon
Bess Sherman
George Paulsen
Onslow Savings Bank
New York Herald
Douglas Fairbanks
Admiral Byrd
Minneapolis Journal
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Roosevelt
Pathfinder
Woodbury to Speak at Public Address September 18
Lieut. Woodbury of the Maquoketa CCC camp will give an open evening address at 8 p.m. in the public school auditorium. The event, organized by the Business and Professional Woman's club, invites Monticello residents to attend. He is noted for current government topics and WWI service, with prior speech at Clinton district meeting.
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Woodbury
Maquoketa
Clinton
Herd of milk cows dies after entering corn field
Roy Wright of Scotch Grove loses ten cows and one more expected to die after the herd breaks fence and grazes on green corn. A Monticello veterinarian arrives too late to save them. Cattle bloat from prussic acid risk, warning to tighten fences between pasture and corn fields.
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Roy Wright
Scotch Grove
D. O. Sinclair
Express
Monticello
the Express
Mr. Wright
Sunday Schools Convene in Anamosa September 17
The sixty-ninth annual Jones county Sunday school council convention meets at Congregational church Anamosa starting Monday September 17. Morning sessions include registration prayer and various discussions led by Rev. David M Beggs Walter Hutton and O G Herbrecht with music from church groups. Afternoon and evening programs cover leadership training temperance education a youth program and concluding addresses by O G Herbrecht and Rev Lloyd Dutro plus reports and adjournment.
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Jones County Sunday School Council of Religious Education
Congregational Church
Anamosa
David M. Beggs
Walter Hutton
Harriet Cunningham
O. G. Herbrechs
Baptist Quartet
Church School
S. G. Gutensohn
O. G. Herbrecht
Methodist Episcopal
Council of Christian Education
Lloyd Dutro
A. O. Sones
Gene Byers
Florence Thornhill
Randall Home Damaged By Fire In Monticello
The bathroom of L. G. Randall’s home in the southwest Monticello area was damaged by smoke and fire last Saturday at 10 am. A kerosene water heater heated bath water when the stove exploded, rupturing the tank and splashing kerosene. Firemen extinguished the blaze with chemicals, limiting damage to one room. The Ran dalls were away. roof and end walls were cut to reach the fire. The house, owned by the John Egger estate, was insured.
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L. G. Randall
Monticello
Local Library Adds New Books for Monticello Readers
The Monticello public library lists recent additions for general circulation. Notable titles include H M Doyle A Child Went Forth and C E Laughlin Traveling Through Life. Other works span biographies on Hans Christian Anderson and Chief White Bull, plus medical and religious volumes.
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Monticello
Laughlin
C. E
Tossing
Signe
Hans Christian Anderson
Vestal
Stanley
Warpath
White Bull
Corti
House of Rothchild
Engagement announced of Charles Stuart Lang
Mr and Mrs Walter Thomas Perkins announce the engagement of their daughter Ethel Louise Perkins to Charles Stuart Lang of Evanston Illinois, son of Mr and Mrs Lewis H Lang of Monticello. Miss Perkins is Kenosha High School graduate and Western Union branch manager there. Lang is a Iowa State College electrical engineering graduate and Alpha Tau Omega member. No wedding date set.
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Kenosha
Wis
Walter Thomas Perkins
Ethel Louise
Charles Stuart Lang
Evanston, Til
Lewis H. Lang
Monticello
Miss Perkins
Kenosha, Wis
Western Union
Lang
Iowa State College
Ames
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Miss Goldie Berryhill To Teach In 6th Grade
The Monti cello public schools board assigns Miss Goldie Berryhill of Webster City to the sixth grade due to unusual enrollment. She is Iowa State Teachers College trained with seven years experience in rural schools Wa terville and Cal mar.
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Monticello Public Schools
Board of Education
Goldie Berryhill
Webster City
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Waterville
Calmar
Monticello Public Schools Opened With Busy Freshman Year
Monticello Public Schools opened with record freshman enrollment of 78, prompting three class periods for early subjects. A six girl information bureau helps newcomers. Music reception grows with weekly and half hour lessons. English clubs form with officers named. Freshman manual training and home economics focus on basics. Physics and biology classes begin element and matter studies. Football activity increases workload for Mr. Merten and Mr. Brindley as first assembly approaches.
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Bureau of Information
Presi
Merten
Brindley
Morro Castle Fire Kills 135 Passengers in Atlantic Disaster
The Ward line steamer Morro Castle burning near the New Jersey coast resulted in 135 passengers either burned or drowned. The captain died the day before the accident. Investigations focus on crew actions and the radio operator’s delays.
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Burns
Morro Castle
Ward Line
Cuba
New York
New Jersey
Death of Albertus Lay prompts Hastings notice
Rev and Mrs W J Grossheim travel to Hastings Nebraska after the death of Mrs Grossheim s father Albertus Lay aged 74 on Thursday September 6 in Hastings. Funeral services were held at South Side Presbyterian Church. Mr Lay is survived by four sons and four daughters. Mrs Lay died July 11.
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W. J. Grossheim
Hastings
Neb
Sacred Heart School Opens for 1934 Year
Sacred Heart parochial school observed a 9 a.m. Holy Spirit mass on Tuesday to start the new year. Enrollment exceeds last year in high school and grades, with all students ready for regular classes. Courses remain the same, and initial plans include boys and girls glee clubs and an athletics program.
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Sacred Heart Parochial School
Foreman Chiropractor Moves Practice to Lansing Iowa
Dr. R. E. Foreman who practiced in Monticello for a year and a month has moved to Lansing Iowa to continue his profession. He formerly had offices in the Palmer building and came to Monticello from Wellman. He and Mrs. Foreman are joined by their daughter Lenore on the move.
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R. E. Foreman
Monticello
Lansing
Iowa
Foreman
Palmer Building
Wellman
Funeral held for Darlene Thompson at Oakwood Cemetery
Interment services for two year old Darlene Thompson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Thompson, were conducted at Oakwood cemetery after services at Bertram Methodist church. The child died Sunday and was laid to rest Tuesday with her mother Hen rietta Duis before marriage.
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Darlene Thompson
Herman Thompson
Oakwood Cemetery
Bertram Methodist Church
Constitution Day Set For September 17th
The Americanization committee of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary urges observance of Constitution Day on Monday September 17. It proposes church mentions the Sunday before and class programs to highlight fundamentals of the constitution with Mrs. Velma Ohe Morrissey in charge.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Auxiliary
Monticello
Velma Ohe Morrissey
Items Of Occurrences Twenty-Five Years Ago
September 1909 notes from The Monticello Express recount marriages including Walter Hubbard to Josephine Wilson in Osage and Nellie Lane to Thomas Lyons in Aberdeen. Major S S Farwell dies after long illness. 1,066 cans of corn canned in one day. a long automobile trip to Chicago is described as strenuous.
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The
Monticello Express
Walter Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
Bert. Hubbard
Isl
Osage
Josephine Wilson
H. M. Carpenter
National Bankers’ Association
Chicago
Carpenter
Town State Bankers’ Association
Charlie Brown
Lucy Worster
Selim Worster
Langworthy
Nellie K. Lane
Eliza Lane
Thomas E. Lyons
Aberdeen
S. D
John MecCormick
Charlies C. Curtis
Luella
Alton M. Black
S.S. Farwell
Coshocton County
Ohio
Jones County
Towra
Monticello
Pella
Clay County
Kansas
31St Volunteer Infantry
National House of Congress
Monticello State Bank
Maquoketa
Illinois
Reverend Macaulay Goes To Upper Iowa Conference
Rev Wm J Macaulay pastor of the local Methodist Episcopal church left for Waterloo to attend the annual Upper Iowa conference session. He served Monticello for fifteen months and parishioners hope for his return. He and Mrs Macaulay won many friendships in Monticello during the year. C A Coxsee also left for Waterloo as a lay conference delegate from the Monticello charge.
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W. J. Macaulay
Methodist Episcopal Church
Waterloo
Upper Iowa
Macaulay
Monticello
C. A. Coxsee
Jones Co Calf Case Rivalry Emerges in Jackson County
Litigation unfolds as John Beneschek seeks 60 dollars over calves born to cows from a pasture shared with Mike Yarolem. The initial and retrial juries hung, with a 4 to 1 vote for the plaintiff in the latest session.
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Jackson County
Jones County
John Beneschek
Mike Yarolem
Yarolem
Benischek
Justice Court
Martelle Lumber Yard Manager Loses Right Hand
W. Lembaugh, 68, manager of a Martelle lumber yard, had his right hand amputated above the wrist at a Cedar Rapids hospital after his hand was badly mangled in a coal chute at the Martelle yard early Monday morning.
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W. Lembaugh
Martelle
Cedar Rapids
Rajah Niad to Appear at Monticello Park September 15
Harness racing event at Jones County Pair Association grounds Monticello City Park Monticello Iowa features Rajah Niad master mind internationally known. He will answer questions about past present and future including lost property in front of the grand stand September 15 16 no charge. People urged to write questions to Rajah Niad care General Delivery Monticello Iowa.
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Jones County Pair Association
Monticello City Park
Rajah Niad
Monticello
Towa
Barn Fire Destroys Structure Near Martelle
A barn on the John Lacock farm south of Martelle burned Friday morning, likely from spontaneous hay combustion. No livestock were killed.
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John Lacock
Martelle
Harness Race Meeting At Monticello This Week End
Harness races are set at the Monticello city park by the Jones County Fair association on Saturday and Sunday September 15 and 16. About 50 horses train for the meet with entries from Marshalltown and local speed times near 2 12. Admission is 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children under 12 with free seats and parking. A balloon ascension, kittenball games, speeches by Jim Foole, Fischer’s orchestra and Kentucky Mountaineers provide additional entertainment across the two days.
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Monticello
Jones County Fair Association
Fairgrounds
Fatr
Marshalltown
Carl Hamilton
Tom J. George
Big Balloon Ascension
Stahlers
DeMola
Shomont
Jim Foole
Chicago
Fisher
Monticeio
Kentucky Mountaineers
Change In Partnership Of Local Grocery Store
Ross Baty purchased the interest of his partner Tom Smith in the Smith and Baty grocery store yesterday. The store will be known as the Ross Baty Grocery. Mr Smith plans to stay in Monticello at least two weeks and both men have been active in developing the grocery and meat departments.
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Ross. Baty
Tom Smith
Smith & Baty
Ross Baty
Mr. Smith
Monticello
Messrs. Smith and
Baty
Suthers Assigned to U. S. S. Isabel in Orient Duty
Bruce A Suthers son of Dr and Mrs W A Suthers of Cedar Rapids and formerly of Monticello is on United States naval duty in the Orient. He has been assigned aboard the U S S Isabel for duty on the South China Sea with base at Hongkong.
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Bruce A. Suthers
W. A. Suthers
Cedar Rapid
Monticello
United States
Orient
U. S. S. Isabel
South China Sea
Hongkong
Pioneer matriarch of Jones County laid to rest
Matilda Parker Campbell Dennison, born August 1 1848 in County Antrim Ireland, arrived in America in 1868 and wed John Dennison in 1869. The couple farmed in Jones County for 34 years then moved to Onslow in 1903. She died aged ? Funeral conducted at Bethel Presbyterian Church September 8 with Rev. Palmer and Rev. Provan officiating. Survived by six children and eight grandchildren.
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Matilda Parker Campbell
William Campbell
Agnes Brown Campbell
County Antrim
Ireland
America
John Campbell
Jackson County
John Dennison
Onslow
Mr. Dennison
Provan
Elizabeth Brown
George Brown
Russell
Kansas
Joni Campbell
James Campbell
Agnes Simpson
M. McCarthy
Harry Campbell
Maquoketa
Knittle
Waterloo
Robert Scroggie
Mount Vernon
Margaret Lozier
Mary J. Bell
Arthur
Initiate Ten Candidates Into Monticello Lodge
Last Friday evening September 7 Donald Morey son of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Morey was raised as a Master Mason by Burns Lodge No 173 AF & AM at the Masonic temple A chicken dinner for 60 Master Masons preceded the in itiatory work The dinner was led by Mrs Eda Van Buren past worthy matron Schreiner chapter No 226 of Monticello The serving was by George Washington chapter Order of DeMolay Active officers conferring the degree included Warry Ireland Arthur Shelley Dr Earl DeShaw D P Young Ben Cotton Arthur Madsen Lloyd Clark C A Coxsee Frank Hayden The degree work completed for ten candidates initiated and raised into the local Masons lodge since January 1 1934
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Donald Morey
LeRoy Morey
Burns Lodge
A. F P
A. M
Masonic Temple
Eda van Buren
Schreiner
Monticello
George Washington Chapter
Order of DeMolay
Warry Ireland
Arthur Shelley
Earl DeShaw
D. P. Young
Ben Cotton
Arthur Madsen
Lloyd Clark
C. A. Coxsee
Frank Hayden
Tyler
Masons Lodge
Express Slipped Up On Canning Co Report
The Express correcting last week’s report says the local canning factory averages 2,000 cases daily and will reach 3,000 daily in the coming week. The coin is labeled and shipped as fast as packed due to warehouse space limits. Twenty five cars of Monticello canned sweet corn were sold. Warehouse space will be filled when packing ends.
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Express
Hoyle
Monticello
Cedar Rapids Minister Dies After Heart Attack Near Cascade
Rev. B. W. Jacobsen a Coe college Bible instructor dies of heart disease en route home from Dubuque. He had driven friends to catch a train, suffered a heart attack near Cascade, and died at a Cascade hotel. Funeral held Monday. he was a Masonic lodge member.
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B. W. Jacobsen
Coe College
Cascade
Dubuque
Coe
Masonic Lodge
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