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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1937
Page
2
Local residents including Miss Jane Arnold Eva Cloud of Manchester and Mrs Julia Horn of Bloomfield visit relatives and friends. Several travel to Bryan Texas Gulfport Miss Cedar Falls and Colorado while others host guests from Fort Dodge Vinton Cedar Rapids and Dubuque over weekends and weeks.
A long list of local visitors and travelers is recounted detailing Laurence Stulken and family visiting Mr. Connolly’s mother in LaCrosse Wisconsin, Stella Lang in Milwaukee Oshkosh trips, teaching moves for Mildred Deischer, birth of a daughter to Vernon Aldrich, and many travels to Cedar Rapids Emmetsburg Pocahontas and other towns. The piece notes church service plans at Peniel Presbyterian in Castle Grove and various relatives visiting relatives in Monticello Anamosa and other communities.
Mr and Mrs Henry Ohe returned last week from Kirksville Missouri where Mrs Ohe has been receiving treatment in the Osteopathic hospital They were accompanied by Mr Ones sister and husband Mr and Mrs William Eden from Lahan Nebraska who will spend time in Monsewllo visiting relatives.
State of Town Jones county district court invites all interested parties to appear on October 12 1887 for final proof and probate of the will of Michael Leytem deceased filed September 14 1887. SEE BYERLY strict court solicitor Locher Lovher attorneys for estate.
A Detroit Free Press piece argues baby stealing by eagles is fiction and notes the eagle’s diet is mainly fish. It calls the bird a robber by nature, yet lauds its beauty, majesty, and symbolic link to courage and freedom as seen in many nations.
A sparse fragment notes a National title awarded in Providence with results indicating a six hour event producing draws and mentions a competitor named Willem Bran and a six hour duration.
Captain Walter B. Woodson of Lynchburg Virginia, formerly chief of staff of the United States Asiatic Fleet, is announced by the Navy Department to become naval aide to President Roosevelt.
Mr and Mrs W E Bell of Springville observed their 50th wedding anniversary yesterday after 47 years of residence. Cornell College reports 254 new freshmen and transfers for this year up 39 from last year. Morley native William Ambrose Boots 86 died at his farm home and services are held at Morley Methodist Church with burial at Center Chapel cemetery. Burl Johnston 23 of Manchester injured after being dragged by a runaway mower behind a truck on highway 20 seven miles west of Manchester. Johnston treated at Manchester hospital. Cedar Rapids couple Mr and Mrs Pat Murphy and Waterloo couple Mr and Mrs Hilbert Andrews visited J A Thompson house along with others last Saturday and Wednesday guests included Mrs Sam James and her son from Springville.
In Monticello High School the new vocational agriculture department reports practical lessons. The farm animals class culled 23 percent of a laying hens flock and notes a further eight percent near the border line. The field crop class studies noxious weeds and Iowa weed laws with teeth.
The article recalls the early history of Jones county and Edinburg as the original county seat, with a $140 log cabin courthouse, its 1846 shift to Newport, and Judge T S Wilson’s visit, noting no court term occurred there before legislative action in 1847.
Five towns including Lexington now Anamosa Monticello Boothh Grove Rome (Olin) and Newport vied for county seat. Lexington won the election and became Jones County seat on June 11, 1847 in Anamosa.
Hence Jones holds the record of three county seats and ownership of two buildings a $149 log structure and a two story frame building costing $800 with most materials donated before the recent move into the modern building dedicated Friday afternoon.
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