The Teachers Institute To Be Held Here
Monticello will host the Jones county teachers institute at the public school auditorium next Thursday and Friday. County superintendent Miss Nellie V. Morey has secured an able corps of instructors including J. C. Brown F A Welch Royal H Holbrook CO N Bigelow Miss Hazel Prehm Miss Jane M Wiley and Rose Wilcox. Sessions cover conferences and lectures on curriculum, geography, oral composition, and music with a packed program of concerts and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County Teachers’ Institute
Nellie V. Morey
J. C. Brown
State Teachers College
DeKalb
Ilinois
F. A. Welch
Midland
Des Moines
Iowa
Royal H. Holbrook
Iowa State College
Ames
CO. N. Bigelow
Adel
Hazel Prehm
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Jane M. Wiley
Rose Wilcox
Brown
Jones’ County
Miss Wiley
Welch
Pierrot
Pierritte
Katherine Jacque
Laura Koop
Old Gray Mare
Ellen Yousse
Ruth Lambert
Holbrook
Hoosier
Miss Wilcox
Bigelow
Solman
Moore
Miss Prehm
Mr. Brown
Goodene
Glow Worm
Mary Stickford
Anitra
Mildred Pulver
Ford’s New Model Centered On Lincoln Line and Power
Ray Childress of Childress Motor reports Ford’s big 48 000 workers ready to roll the new car with Lincoln like features. Four wheel brakes balloon tires balloon tires and a Lincoln style distributor. Six models including roadster coupes sedans and tow truck to be shown. orders advised now as deliveries will follow bona fide orders in sequence. Nearby visits note Mr and Mrs Arthur Clark and Mr and Mrs William Schodde visiting Cedar Rapids relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Childress
Childress Motor Company
Ford
Lincoln
Bootleggers jailed as others face fines and accidents
Cedar county bootleggers W A Long and Del Kinsey receive 30 days in jail with hard labor while Frank Smith of North Manchester is fined 300 dollars and jailed 90 days on a second offense. The Farmers Home at Bellevue is closed due to old age. A Delaware county man dies after a run in with injuries from a farm accident. The region reports grand jury indictments and a fatal shooting involving an escaped inmate. A bus accident west of Freeport injures several people in Dubuque and Chicago linked victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Long
del Kinsey
Cedar County
Frank Smith
North Manchester
Bellevue
Maier
William V. Welch
Prairie Township
Delaware County
St. Francis Parish
Dyersville
Federal Radio Commission
WJAM
D. M. Perham
Cedar Rapids
KWCR
H. F. Parr
Harry Miller
Anamosa
Grand Jury
Dell Kinsey
Clifford B. Morris
Louis Yaints
Ralph Wells
Jesse Battleman
Clifford Morris I
State Hospital For the
Fred Schoenfele
Waterloo
Scheufele
W. F. Dilworth
Hugh Crumrine
H. E. Wagner
State Hospital
Independence
Dubuque
Freeport
Royal Rapid Transit
Chicago
Loretta Sager
Dodge Street
Emil Schneider
Garfield Avenue
James Linehan
J.R. Kuenster
Edwin Goodwin
Georgetown University
Ray Ahmer
Rockford
Selections From 35 Years Ago State Fair and Local Notes
The Thirty-Five Years Ago column records state fair receipts of 45000 dollars versus 70000 the prior year, farm horse wins at Anamosa races, deaths including Mrs Lydia Hitchins and Mrs Harriet Wright, births and marriages, student moves to institutions, injuries at the fair, and local court officials. It lists numerous residents by name, hometowns, and dates across a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James George
Lydia L. Hitchins
Douglass H. Smith
Siegfried Gruenstein
Lake Forest University
Lake Forest
Illinois
Grace Street
Park College
Kansas City
Missouri
Norman Smith
Jessie Fawcett
Art Institute
Chicago
Adam
John Reichart
Edith A. Sherman
H. C. Sherman
Glenn M. Averill
Cedar Rapids
Harriet E. Wright
Cascade
San Francisco
California
Jacob Schoon
Amber
J. E. Giffin
Jones County District Court
Henry M. Dirks
Harry Sanderson
Lillie Ackerman
O. R. Ricker
Gard Hicks
State University
Iowa City
D. L. Davis
Jennie Doyle
Mabel Schoonover
George N. Kenniston
Anna Matthiessen
A. E. Himebaugh
Langworthy
Onleion Bausan
Mantigelio
Emma Cook
John L. White
Eugene Pierce
Arch Hicks
Michigan State University
Bessie Phillips
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Tasker
Monticello
Zelma Farwell
Katie Martin
Albert Kiburz
Ida Duffin
George Duffin
Davenport
B. B. Ryan
Do You Know? Tricky Quiz Questions On Common Facts
A printed quiz asks ten questions about acres in a square mile national songs of Germany central planet Santa Claus rubber tree sap race of Japanese and Chinese Columbus birthplace author of Abies Irish Rose which falls higher Bridal Veil or Niagara and Fulton’s steamboat Hudson steam date. Page 8 reportedly holds answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Columbus
Abie
Yosemite
Niagara Falls
Fulton
Hudson River
Reverend Coe to Attend Upper Iowa Conference Session
Rev Albert E Coe pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church left Tuesday for Cedar Falls to attend the annual Upper Iowa conference session. He was unanimously invited to return to Monticello for another year. Frank E Stimson serves as lay delegate. The church finished the year financially strong with all expenses and salary paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Coe
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cedar Falls
Upper Iowa
Methodist Church
Coe
Monticello
Frank E. Stimson
Monticello Contingent Heads to Tunney Dempsey Fight
Monticello sends John J. Locher Halstead Carpenter Mack Stott and George Ireland to Chicago for the Tunney Dempsey showdown with others limited to radio seats. Fans hope clear air tonight to hear Graham’s running report on the exchanges between fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Chicago
John J. Locher
Halstead Carpenter
Mack” Stott
George Ireland
Graham
Hanser Named Judge in 10th Judicial District
R W Hanser of Independence was appointed to fill the vacancy from the death of Judge E B Stiles of Manchester. The district covers Grundy Black Hawk Buchanan and Delaware counties. Delaware attorneys favored M J Yoran of Manchester. The governor appeared to favor Buchanan county given Delaware’s long representation. J S Finlay visited Cedar Rapids last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Hanser
Independence
10Th Judicial District
E. B. Stiles
Manchester
Grundy
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
M. J. Yoran
Buchanan County
Delaware County
Indian Mounds Near Hopkinton Described by Early Investigators
A Dubuque Telegraph-Herald excerpt recounts 1877 explorations of a long line of mounds near Hopkinton in Jones County Iowa. Led by Moulton Foster Wright and John Blanchard the party found eleven aligned mounds with a 300 by 20 foot large earthwork and a limestone bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
John Blanchard
the Express
H. M. Wright
John Lorenzen
Joseph Fowler
E. P. Conser
R. A. Rynerson
Jones County
Delaware County
Hopkinton
Monticello
September Colors Brighten High School Notes
High School notes describe Miss Specht's room in September purple and gold. News covers returning students, sports practice with Coe freshmen, wedding invitations for Miss Dorothy Small ine, and various faculty activities and visits.
Lyle Messner Confesses to Murder of Six Year Old
Lyle Messner, 15, confessed to murdering Kathleen Forrest in Cedar Rapids after being arrested in Rock Island where he used a false name. Parents questioned then released. boy allegedly hid the body in a basement hole. County attorney seeks death penalty though juveniles may be exempt. statute excludes juvenile court in such cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Messner
Kathleen Forrest
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Linn County
Juvenile Court
District Court September Term List of Cases
District Court entries for the September term include dam ages, garnishments, promissory notes, attachments and foreclosures. Notable parties include A M Hanken City of Monticello L E Peck First Trust Savings Bank Sheridan Candy Co William Rushford First National Bank Olin Cedar Rapids Auto Supply Co William Grafft Edward Kedley W Shaffer Ohio etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Hanken
City of Monticello
C. H. Hanold
L. E. Peck
B. G. Rees
Sheridan Candy Co
J. H. Lindemeir
First Trust & Savings Bank
National Bond Investment Co
William Rushford
F. B. Sigworth
Eva Evans
Clifford L. Niles
M. C. Smith
L. L
Frank Larby
L. R. Watters
J. P
Amelia Sherman
First National Bank
Olin
D. D. Moore
Henry M. McCullough
Will
John L. Prouty
Carl Rickels
L. L. Attachment
Michael Swensen
Iowa
M. Lou West
William F. Miller
Attachment
O. M. Brunsvold
Alonzo F. Zimmerman
Grace I. McCormick
George F. Vernon
Western Grocery Co
M. G. Smith
George H. Lee Co
Louis Hodoval
Frank E. Miles
Fred H. Jurgesen
Clyde S. Chipman
Winnie Boots
Waterloo Savings Bank
Oxford Junction
W. L. Miller
L. F. Zeller
Mershon & Stingley
Center Junction Girl Becomes Cornell Freshman Class of 1931
Elizabeth Young of Center Junction joins about 200 freshmen at Cornell College as lectures cover study skills library use time budgeting and college traditions during freshman week Activities include a campus walk and a joint faculty dinner President Burgstahler hosts a welcome event while Prof William H. Bender of Iowa State College dies of pneumonia after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Young
Center Junction
Cornell College
Cornell
H. J. Burgstahrel
Cedar River
William H. Bender
Iowa State College
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
State Teachers College
Skelley Out Of Football For Season Start
Leyland Skelley of Monticello will miss the first two Iowa football games this season after illness and a current influenza weakness. University physicians say drills would strain him until he regains strength. Skelley, a former Town quarterback, earned a letter last spring and hopes to return soon. Iowa opens against Monmouth then faces Ohio State in Big Ten play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyland Skelley
Monticello
University of Iowa
Skell
Monmouth
Iowa
Ohio State
Monticello Faces United Class Opponents in Banner Season
Monticello high school football looks to a landmark schedule with Danubego Dubuque and Galena Illinois as first opponents. Coach Finlay reshapes the lineup as Monticello meets fast teams while achieving a 0–0 tie with Coe freshmen on a hot Cedar Rapids field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Dubuque
Jack Finlay
Galena
Illinois
Monti
Gridiron Warriors
Cedar Rapids
Coe
Cee
Jackson
Finlay
Dubuque High School
Zubler
Bender
Hoag
Brokaw
Morey
Sanford
Travel Talk Recalls English Visit and Local News
Rotary program featured Rev. Leonard Duckett describing July and August travels in the British Isles. He recalled family in England, factory work details, rural life, farm sizes, and cost contrasts. Mrs. Charles Rice reports Ames Des Moines trip and injuries from a recent auto accident. Charles Fuller visits family after attending the G A R encampment.
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Institute
Arthur Clark
William Schodde
Augusta Bliss
Clara Schodde
A. E. Coe
South Fork Two
The
Express
Rynerson
John Porter
Delhi
Conser
Sand Springs
Aynerson
Pearl Batchelder
Dorothy Smalline
Janesville
Ruth Cropp
Margaret Balster
Gertrude Cropp
Florence Kraft
Miss Nimtz
Miss Bammer
Miss Hall
Miss Gould
Miss Edie
Moving Picture
Edie
Miss Grote
Miss Carson
Miss Montgomery
Mr. Bixler
Jackie Finlay
Jessie Ahrendsen
August Ahrendsen
Julia Bright
Cornelius Bright
Gertrude G. Farrell
John J. Farrell
Renato Hoffman Emmert
Wil Terl Oute Eel
IL Ve Tle Wells
Hazel Marie Saunders
Robert W. Saunders
Henrietta M. Eggert
Charles F. Eggert
Wallace G. Wherry
Jessie Preston
Guy E. Farmer
State of Iowa
Loren, Hayes
William Porter
Karl L. Amend
Elva O. Hall
John S. Hall
Mary Noonan
C. W. Soesbe
Oxford Junction Savings Bank
Edward Berenak
Rena Cook
Skelley
Ill
Mason City
L. H. Benadom
J. W. Benadom
Ben Reichart
Huntington Beach
Ben
James Farquhar
Duckett
England
Rotary Club
Ray Hoag
Tom Shover
Leonard Duckett
British Isles
Morris-Crowley
London
United States
Charles Rice
Ed Tawnie
Fern Neal
Ed Lloyd
Hazel Neal
Charles Fuller
Cowles
Nebraska
William Fuller
Dora Brucks
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