Sept Term Of District Court Starts Monday
The first term of Jones county district court in the new courthouse opens Monday September 27 with Hon. F. O. Ellison as presiding judge. No grand jury will convene. Petit jurors report October 4 for trial, with default cases September 28. Docket lists guardian, replevin, promissory note, damages, and habeas corpus actions, plus an adoption matter and attachments.
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Jones County District Court
New
Court House
F. O. Ellison
Mary Shedeck
Charles Shedeck
Guardian
C. Lee Glover
Malcolm Vernon
Eastern Iowa Light and Power Company
Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Cooperative
Lena Mayveld
Carl Billman
Ralph Zimmerman
Gerd Zimmerman
Guardian. M
8. Motor Company
Andrew Tobiassen
J. J. Spoo
Harry B. Kedley
Citizens State Bank
E. F. Hodoval
L. B. Madsen
A. DeForest
Pioneer Finance Corporation
Max Sievers
Arlo Goodyear
Howard K. Coder
D. C
Fred Kutz
Henry Wallace Hardman
W. W. Wallace
Eugene Kenneth Herber
P. S. Weaver
A. D. Ingwersen
Joe J. Holub
John Walker
John McDonald Hospital Notes Of The Past Week
The John McDonald hospital admitted several patients including Mrs Mary Stoner Mrs Lulu Cass Mrs Margaret Nelson Margaret Ambuehl and Mrs Ilse Buol. Newborns arrived to seven couples with two girls and three boys among them. Discharges included Mrs Mary Husman John Sible Mrs Violet Aldrich and baby Mrs Lydia Zumbrunnen Mrs Mary Stoner and others.
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John McDonald Hospital
Mary Stoner
Lulu Cass
Margaret Nelson
Margaret Ambuehl
Ilse Buol
Gerald Dunne
Herbert Koppes
John Darrow
Rex Reuter
Dan Flannagan
Special Ritualistic Services Held Sunday in Oxford Junction
Monticello Post No 1683 and Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars invite members to Lutheran church Oxford Junction at 10 30 a m Sunday for services and a grave marker on Gold Star mother Josephine Wosoba in the local cemetery. Auxiliary work at the cemetery is available for those unable to attend the church service. A picnic luncheon at the home of Mr and Mrs Daniel J Meade Oxford Mills will follow with sand wiches and a covered dish. The event honors living Gold Star mother Effie Reynor and G A R comrades. all members and families are urged to attend.
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Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Oxford Junction
Josephine Wosoba
Daniel J. Meade
Oxford Mills
Effie Reynor
Car Stolen In Anamosa District Found Near Oxford Junction
Arthur White of Anamosa reported a 1935 Chevrolet sedan stolen from Anamosa streets on Tuesday night. The car, missing since 11 p.m., was found undamaged on a street in Oxford Junction the next morning.
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Arthur White
Anamosa
Sheriff's Office
Oxford Junction
Marriage Licenses Issued Past Week by Clerk of District Court
Two marriage licenses were issued this past week. George W. Ades, 49, and Alice B. Frendle, 41, both of Cedar Rapids, obtained licenses. The other couple, Francis J. Weber, 27, of Oxford Junction and Lillian Kouba, 32, of Wyoming, applied for theirs.
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Lee Byerly
George W. Ades
Cedar Rapids
Alice B. Frendle
Francis J. Weber
Oxford Junction
Lillian Kouba
Wyoming
Rally Day Sunday At The Reformed Church
Next Sunday at the Reformed Church features a combined service at 10 o clock with recitations music a playlet and a sermon. The program includes Prelude Invocation Hymn Rec and a special feature designed to inspire and interest attendees.
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the Reformed Church
Longtime farmer Joe Lang celebrates 87th birthday
Joe Lang born September 26 1850 in Canton Bern Switzerland turned 87 last Monday September 20. He lives on the same Monticello area farm since 1882 aside from a three year stay in Monticello and hosts a family dinner with several children, eight grandchildren, and his wife Mary Richards.
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Joe Lang
Monticello
Mr. Lang
Canton Bern
Switzerland
United States
Lang
Mary Richards
Sand Spring
John Glanze
Hopkinton
Gilbert Skelding
Cuba City
Wis
Fred
Marion
John
Sioux Falls
S. D
Edward
Hazel Green
John Kettelsen
Center Junction
Dick Welding
Chicago
William
Richard
The
Reformed Church
Death sentence upheld in Tipton vigilante murder case
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for John Mercer 28 for the murder of Robert Stoke in Tipton. Mercer who pled guilty was arrested in San Francisco and returned to Town for trial. Co defendants included Roy Mercer and Waine Kile with Kile already serving life.
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Davenport Association of Congregational Churches of Iowa
Anamosa
Mount Vernon
Carleton Campbell
Iowa City
Barton Power
Manchester
Maquoketa
Elva Landis
Iowa Supreme Court
John Mercer
Philadelphia
Robert Stoke
Tipton
Mercer
San Francisco
Roy
Waine Kile
Kile
Castle Grove Farmer Dies Suddenly Friday
Gerhard H. Gerdes 56 of Castle Grove died of a heart attack Friday morning after years of poor health. Born October 12 1880 in Richland Township he lived on farms in Wayne and Castle Grove areas. Survived by Minnie Poppe wife four children Lorna Paul Lois and others nine siblings and six brothers and three sisters. Funeral held at home and St Matthew s Lutheran Monticello with Rev Henry L Adix. Burial Oakwood cemetery.
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Gerhard H. Gerdes
Castle Grove
Monticello
Richland Township
Rickles
Mary Gramm Gerdes
Minnie Pop
Chicago
Paul
Lois Gerdes
Terra Bella
Calif
Grant Eilers
Anamosa
Gerdes
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Henry L. Adix
St. Matthew’s Church
Oakwood Cemetery
County Roads Improved With Crushed Rock Surfacing
Washington and Clay townships gain all weather roads after surface treatment with crushed rock. A J Anderson holds the contract for the summer project. The Madison township road, built by Ben C Johnson of Cedar Rapids, was lately accepted by the board of supervisors.
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Washington
Clay
A. J. Anderson
Board of Supervisors
Madison Township
Ben C. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Monticello P T A Plans Evening at School
The Monticello Parent Teacher Association holds its first meeting tonight in the public school gymnasium. A pot luck dinner precedes moving pictures of Monticello’s centennial celebration shown by Ray C. Hoag. Mrs. Riess G. Stuhler serves as president this year.
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Monticello
Parent-Teacher’s Association
Ray C. Hoag
Riess G. Stuhler
New Blacksmith Shop Opens in Monticello
Messrs. W. L. Aldrich and Son open a new blacksmith shop beside the railroad on Second Street. The shop will handle general blacksmithing horseshoeing and welding with August Siebels employed during winter months.
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Messrs
Wedding at Sacred Heart Church Silent Ceremony Monticello
Miss Marcella Clement and Lem Berlin were married at Sacred Heart Church in Monticello on September 22. Rev. A L Lorenz officiated the single ring service and high mass. The bridal party included Jane Stuhler as flower girl and Mrs. William Conley as matron of honor. The couple planned a two week honeymoon to Minnesota and the Dakotas.
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Marcella Clement
Lem Berlin
Sacred Heart Church of
Monticello
A. L. Lorenz
Lohengrin
Jane Stuhler
William Conley
Couple Observe Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs Jacob Matthiessen marked their Golden Wedding Anniversary with an open house, recalling a half century of happiness. Born in Oldenburg Germany and Wayne Township, they shared memories of youth, family, and 50 years together.
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Jacob Matthiessen
Mr. Matthiessen
Gerhard
Katrina Taten Aldrich
Oldenburg
Germany
Amer
Matthiessen Family Settles in Scotch Grove En Route to Monticello
The Matthiessen family immigrated from Germany in 1884 and joined the Scotch Grove area. Jacob Matthiessen, a foreman at a stump-puller firm, helped start the first model device and later moved to Monmouth Illinois. He and Anna Eliza Aldrich wed September 21 1887 at Frederick Matthiessen’s home on a farm west of Monticello.
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Anna Eliza Aldrich
Jacob Matthiessen
Frederick Matthiessen
Monticello
Matthiessen
Stumppuller Manufacturing Company
James Milne and Sons
Scotch Grove
Matthiessens
Monmouth
Herman Bartels
Methodist Church Appointments Spread Through Upper Iowa
The Upper Iowa conference announced pastor assignments including Rev. William J. Macaulay to Toledo from Monticello and numerous new appointments and reappointments across Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Davenport districts. Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam delivered the list with changes extending into Davenport and Cedar Rapids districts.
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William J. Macaulay
Monticello Methodist Episcopal Church
Toledo
Upper Iowa
Waterloo
Macaulay
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Davenport
Upper
H. W. Artman
Ackley
A. E. Coe
Dysart
T. J. Staiger
Elberon
F. O. Hillman
Eldora
A. D. Holtry
Garrison
F. F. Travis
Marshalltown
FP. M. Strange
Montour
Glenn W. Bostrom
New Hartford
Bruce Jones
State Center
W. J. Macaulay
Squirrel Season Opens for Hunters Across Regions
The season to hunt squirrels is open with a daily limit of six and a maximum of twelve in possession. There are no hourly restrictions and the season ends November 15. Farmers report plentiful squir rels in most areas, but in seed stock regions hunters should avoid killing them.
Mrs. Charles Cline Dies At Marion Home
Monticello friends learned of the death of Mrs. Charles Cline of Marion on Monday. Daughter of J. B. and Mrs. Smith longtime Monticello residents, she grew up in town and is survived by two sons James and Ted and her husband. James is a civil engineer in Omaha and Ted a lawyer in Burlington.
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Monticello
Charles Cline
Marion
J. B. Smith
James
Ted
Omaha
Burlington
Herbert Adix Elected Wartburg Class President
Herbert Adix son of Reverend H L Adix and Mrs Adix of Monticello was elected junior class president at Wartburg college Waverly at its first meeting of the school year. He is a pre theology student and previously served as business manager of the 1936 37 college annual and participates in many school activities.
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Herbert Adix
H. L. Adix
Monticello
Wartburg College
Waverly
Herbert
Market Report Chicago cattle prices for local feeders
John Kurt Jr and Fred Kurt of Cascade sold steers at 19.50 and 18.50 per hundredweight. Ed Reiter moved 39 head at 19.35 for cattle averaging 1248 pounds. Delay Brothers west of Monticello earned 19.50 for 18 head of 1322 pound cattle yesterday.
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John Kurt Jr
Cascade
Fred Kurt
Ed Reiter
Delay Brothers
Monticello
Union Services To Welcome New Pastor At M E Church
A union service will be held at the Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday evening at 7 39 to welcome Rev George Woodall the new pastor. Participating are Rev Gutensohn Tendick and Grossheim from the Presbyterian Reformed Congregational and Methodist churches. The four churches have long held this first Sunday service when a new pastor arrives. Woodall will preach his first sermon at 11 A M Sunday.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
George Woodall
Gutensohn
Tendick
Grossheim
Woodall
Mayberry Reunion Held At H J Mayberry Home
On Sunday September 19 descendants of Carey and Rachel Mayberry gathered at Supervisor H J Mayberrys Anamosa country home for a reunion and picnic. Attendees included Ruth Mayberry Everett Mayberry Jerald Nelson Harold Yount and many others from Anamosa Maquoketa Wyo ming. A four tier cake baked by Leona Mayberry Uhr stood on a crystal stand once wedding present to the Mayberry parents. The day featured visiting and a noon meal before guests departed.
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H. J. Mayberry
Anamosa
Carey
Rachel Mayberry
Leona Mayberry Uhr
Ruth Mayberry
Lost Nation
Everett Mayberry
S. E. Mayberry
Harold
Jerald Nelson
Burwell
Neb
John Mayberry
Delbert and
Dale
Wyoming
Henry Uhr
Lula Daily
Stone City
Howard Mayberry
Maquoketa
Clarence Mayberry
Harold Yount
W. J. Hamilton
Leonard Campbell
Frank Burlingham
Wilma Blanchard
Hopkinton
Hodgson Transfers to Anamosa as Station Agent
William K. Hodgson, longtime Milwaukee depot telegrapher, is transferred to Anamosa to serve as station agent with a higher salary. He expects orders for the Monticello telegrapher replacement soon, and plans to keep living on Walnut Street, Milwaukee.
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William K. Hodgson
Milwaukee
Anamosa
Monticello
Hodgson
Walnut Street
Mrs. Fred Matthiessen Celebrates 80th Birthday
Mrs. Fred Matthiessen quietly celebrated her 80th birthday at home on Sunday September 19. Friends and relatives visited in the afternoon to congratulate her. She received greeting cards flowers and gifts. Daughters Mrs. Charles Butler Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Jennie McFarlane Chicago Ill and Mr. Butler attended as out of town guests.
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Fred Matthiessen
Charles Butler
Cedar Rapids
Jennie McFarlane
Chicago
Ill
Butler
Appendectomy At The McDonald Hospital
Miss Margaret Ambuehl daughter of Mr and Mrs Rudolph Ambuehl underwent an appendectomy at John McDonald hospital last Monday morning September 20. The young woman is resting as comfortable as could be expected.
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Margaret Ambuehl
Rudolph Ambuehl
John McDonald Hospital
250 Chickens Stolen From Oxford Junction Farm
County Attorney J. E. Heiserman investigated a theft at the Herman Brunscheen farm where 250 chickens were taken while the family was at a Friday horse show in Wyoming. A $100 reward is offered for information leading to arrest and conviction of the robbers.
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J. E. Heiserman
Oxford Junction
Herman Brunscheen
Brunscheens
Wyoming
Rev J Willms Called to Wilmar Church
Rev John Willms longtime Zion Lutheran pastor in Wayne township accepted a call to a rural church near Wilmar. Zion held a meeting to release him and formed a pulpit committee to search candidates over the next two weeks. Willms has served since 1918 and helped install electric lighting and road improvements for the church and parsonage.
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John Willms
Zion Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Wilmar
Zion Church
Rev
Willms
Herman Helgens
John Doden
Engwert Willms
George Hagen
Wishek
North Dakota
Zion
Monticello
Greene
New Monticello Pastor Rev George Woodall Named
Rev George Woodall named minister of the Methodist Episcopal church in Monticello by the Upper Iowa conference at Waterloo He will preach his first sermon Sunday September 26 He has served at Brandon and Rowley and held multiple posts including army chaplain in WWI and pastor in several Iowa towns Mrs Woodall a former deaconess supervised Des Moines school Their 15 year old daughter with the family. Earl Henderson 56 a farmer near Central City died in Rochester Minnesota hospital from pneumonia after an operation last week.
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Methodist Biscopal Church
Monticello
George Woodall
Woodall
Upper Iowa
Waterloo
Brandon
Rowley
St. John’s Church
Davenport
Earl Henderson
Central City
Rochester, Minn
Amy Zirkelbach Weds William E Wilson in Scotch Grove
Amy Zirkelbach daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Zirkelbach of Scotch Grove wed William Everett Wilson son of Mr and Mrs William Wilson of Maquoketa at the bride's parents home Saturday evening at 8 Rev Abram Alyea conducted the ceremony In attendance were fifty five relatives and friends The bridal party wore satin and taffeta gowns with pink and yellow bouquets Guests served supper after the ceremony The bride a Monticello high school graduate taught in Jones county rural schools prior to marriage The groom helped on the Maquoketa stock farm with many out of town guests listed
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Berlin
Minnesota
Dakotas
St. Paul's School
Worthington
Monticello
Sophie Clement
Sand Spring
Walker Berlin
Amy Zirkelbach
Edward Zirkelbach
Scotch Grove
William Everett Wilson
William Wilson
Maquoketa
Abram Alyea
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Harry Alyea
I Love
Lorene Zimmerman
Lena Folkers
Wilma Hagen
Selma Alyea
Ruth Bennen
Dorothy Zirkelbach
Marjorie Zirkelbach
Ruth Ann Zirkelbach
Lois Guyan
Monticello High School
M” Club
National Honorary Society
Maquoketa Junior College
Jones County
Miles Putnam
Betty
Lizzie Wilson
Glen Dutton
Will Zirkelbach
Dorothy
Marjorie
Mona Putnam
C. G. Lorenc
Cedar Rapids
Melvin Horn
Mildred Zirkelbach
Platteville, Wis
Delmar White
Randall Zirkelbach
Mound
Mrs Nancy E Adamson dies after illness at Chicago hospital
Mrs Nancy E Adamson of Monticello died Sunday evening after a blood clot formed at Billings Memorial hospital Chicago. Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian church Monticello with Rev William J Grossheim presiding. She left behind husband Samuel M Adamson three children Myrtle Takes Harvey F Adamson and Roy deceased 1929 plus a brother three grandsons and several inlaws. She opened Maples Inn served travelers many years and was active in Presbyterian VFW auxiliary and Order of the Eastern Star.
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Monticello
Nancy E. Adamson
Billings Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Cascade
Iowa Electric Company
Adamson
Myrtle Takes
Harvey F. Adamson
Roy
Charles DeWald
Marion
Alphonse and
Nicholas Takes
Celsus Takes
Bellville
Illinois
Anamosa Journal Names New Managing Editor
Claire J. Mills of Cedar Rapids is appointed managing editor of the Anamosa Journal. Mills, a Central City native and former Des Moines correspondent, has worked for United Press International News Service and Chicago Tribune in Cedar Rapids and edited The Guide to Cedar Rapids and Northeastern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire J. Mills
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Journal
Charles J. Cash, Jr
Mills
Central City
University of Iowa
The
Old
Cedar Rapids Republican
Coe
Auto Collision Near Public School
A sedan driven by Sam Rhatigan collided with a new sedan driven by Ray Sorensen of Anamosa last Thursday at 1 pm. No injuries were reported and only slight damage occurred. Rhatigan traveled west on the street north of the public school. Sorensen drove south on S Maple street and was blinded by the sun.
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Sam Rhatigan
Ray Sorensen
Anamosa
Rhatigan
Sorensen
S. Maple Street
State Levy Cut for 1938 in 1937 Taxes Reported
County Auditor George Specht reports the 1937 taxes payable in 1938 will use a state levy of 2.71 mills. This is .75 less than 1936 taxes payable in 1937. The millage splits into 2.35 mills for general revenue and 0.35 mills for soldier bonus bond retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Specht
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Anamosa Streets
NEW M. E. Pastor
Theological School
Syracuse University
G. H. Gerdes
Monticello P. T. A
Sacred Heart Church
Peter
Ican
J. W. Atkins
Trev White
Delmar
Glen Hartong
Lisbon
Louie G. Reep
Martello Morley
L. E. Swanson
R. H. Supplee
Stanwood Mechanicsville
James P. Gable
West Branch
Springdale
J. B. Eyestone
Alburnett-Bertram
H. D. Green
H. E. Morrow
Buck Creek
Ryan
J. K. Delahooke
Center Point
Urbana
E. C. Allen
Central
City-Coggon-Waubeek
A. B. Chamberlain
Clarence
J. B. Ackman
Clinton
J. J. Hoffman
Lyons
Sabula
J. Arthur Young
St. John
A. W. Gable
Grace
R. C. Jerrell
DeWitt
E. E. Voigt
R. M. Hamill
D. D. Whitmore
Low Moor
F. R. Maynard
McCaus
L. C. Smith
Springville-Viola
William Crossley
S. C. Bretnall
Walker-Troy Mills
Spencer’s Grove
Clyde C. Scott
West Prairie
H. W. Farnham
Wyoming Center Junction
Andrew
Calamus
Grand Mound
Elwood
Preston-Charlotte
Federated
Wartburg
M. E. Church
Mayberry
Bill Hodgson
McDonald Hospital
Oxford Junction Farm
Rev. J. Willms
G. Woodall New
Hi. E
Methodist Church
Iowa
William E. Wilson
Presbyterian Church
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