Death of H W Steege in Scotch Grove Township
H W Steege died last Monday evening at 10 o'clock after a summer-long illness from internal cancer. Born October 10, 1879 in Maxfield township Bremer county, he led Steege Manufacturing at Waterloo then worked with Franklin Equipment in Monticello. Survived by wife Clara, four children, two grandchildren, and multiple siblings. Funeral services held at St. John's Lutheran Wayne and Readlyn with Rev. Gutknecht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Steege
Scotch Grove Township
Steege
Steege Manufacturing Company
Waterloo
Monticello
Franklin Equipment Company
Maxfield Township
Bremer County
St. John's Lutheran Church
Bredow
Mr. Steege
Clara Matthias
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Theodore Wolfram
Lorenz
Gerhardt
Edna
Theodore Schluepsiek
Vinton
Freda
Russell Ritz
Des Moines
Fred Steege
Waverly
Edward Steege
Brighton
Colo
Mesdames
Minnie Weilditschka
Louise Kahe
John Strodtman
Readlyn
William Moehling
Denver
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Paul T. Gutknecht
St. John’s Church
Gutknecht
Abeage
Hat-Tamily
New Who's Who In America Arrives At Library
The public library received the new Who's Who in America 1932 33. It lists 30 645 living Americans across world fields, with admission split between notable deeds and official positions. Iowa has 978 natives in the volume, Monticello is represented by Roy Merle Peterson, and the book will be available for use by patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Library
America
Iowa
Monticello
Roy Merle Peterson
University of Maine
Lovell Laboring Lassies Hold September Meeting
The Lovell group met at Lucille Yossi's home with roll call about learning club work next year. Clemma Wenger spoke on lamp shades as Mrs. Balsiger read fair booth scores. Girls crafted scrap book pages and learned smocked pillow making from Clare Adams and Garnet Eilers, finishing about one third of their projects before adjournment and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell
Lucille Yossi
Clemma Wenger
M. E. Sunday School Rally Next Sunday
The annual Sunday school rally will be held at the Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday. Department parties are planned this week and the program will culminate in Rally Day services on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Elmer C Lee Promoted at Powell River Co Ltd
Elmer C Lee of Monticello receives a promotion at Powell River Company Ltd a Vancouver pulp and paper firm He becomes assistant to the executive vice president and general manager S D Brooks Lee is a Monticello High School graduate who later studied at Quincy Illinois He has worked in Chicago and Vancouver over eleven years He is the son of Mr and Mrs Hiram Lee of Monticello
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer C. Lee
Monticello
Powell River Company, Ltd
Pulp and Paper Manufacturers
Vancouver
British Columbia
8. D. Brooks
Lee
Quincy Business College
Quincy
Illinois
Chicago
Lst
Hiram Lee
Mrs. M. Bebb Dies at Winona Lake After Long Life
Mrs. Mortis Bebb aged 89 years 2 months 19 days died at her home in Winona Lake Indiana last week Monday September 19 She lived in Monticello from 1884 to 1907 and taught in multiple states She is survived by her husband daughter Louise and brother H A LeClerc Funeral was held at Winona Lake with burial there She was active in several churches and loved flowers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque County
Bebb
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Girard
Kans
Flandreau
South Oak
Otter City
Morris Bebb
Louise Bebb
New Mexico
Ozark Mountains
Missouri
Monticello
A. J. H. McNeill
Winona Lake
Ind
Presbyterian Church
Schoolmasters Hold Meeting in Monticello
The Schoolmasters club of Jones county met at Maples Inn and in the school building last Tuesday. Eighteen members elected officers for the year: President G Vander Broep Center Junction, Vice President James Macauley Onslow, Secretary-Treasurer Nellie V Morey county superintendent. They voted to hold the annual county basketball tournament in Monticello February 10 and 11. The Monticello high school band played three selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Maples Inn
G. Vander Broep
Center Junction
James Macauley
Onslow
Nellie V. Morey
Monticello
Monticello High School
P. T. A. Holds Its First Meeting At Public School
Last Tuesday evening the P T A gathered at the public school gym for a pot luck supper. New president Mrs Byron Abel welcomed attendees and introduced Monticello high school principal Minard Stout who urged parent teacher cooperation. Reverend Grossheim spoke next and the program ended with vocal numbers and a reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Abel
Minard Stout
Monticello High School
Grossheim
Stout
Frank Walker
LaVetts Ag
Ae Hin
Everett
First Pep Meeting Of Year At Local High School
Friday September 16 marked the year's first pep gathering with a band selection. Kenneth Burris led songs and cheers while coach Smith announced the afternoon game lineup and captain Willard Yeoman spoke. The assembly ended after Mr Stout spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabeth McLaughlin
Kenneth Burris
Miss Wood
Miss Stout
Jesson
Stutt Brothers
Eby's Mill
Anamosa State Park
Miss Webster
Girls’ Glee Club
Ruth Schneider
Loretta Oaken
Antonette Coxsee
Frances Collins
Leona Taylor
Margaret Deischer
Hope Orcutt
Mildred Bartlett
Edythe Vertrees
Ruth Zubler
Betty Matthiessen
Bernice Havlichek
Fern Lightfoot
Elmeree Nichols
Mary McLaughlin
Helen Jolly
Virginia Matthiessen
Naida Bradley
Mary Schoon
Frances Taylor
Grace Huston
Kathleen Carlsen
Dam
K Tgarten
Oe Mias Stemm
Miss Ashton
Miss Iverson
Uffelman Transferred to Wisconsin Store Promotion
Schultz Brothers move Henry Uffelman from Monticello store to Richland Center Wisconsin as local manager. The promotion follows two years in Monticello. he and wife Edith Deischer will relocate early next week. The Monticello store will have a new manager taking charge soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schultz Brothers Company
Henry Uffelman
Monticello
Richland Center
Wisconsin
Madison
Uffelman
Beacon City Plan Wins Reader Support for World’s Fair
The Monticello Express sponsors Beacon City plan to attend the Century of Progress in Chicago next summer. Readers praise the cooperative effort by Beacon organization and Elder and Shannon of Washington Iowa. The plan promises security, low costs, and added enjoyment with no promotion expense, and Q A booklets are available free at the office for members and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Chicago
Beacon Organization
Elder & Shannon
Washington
Iowa
Beacon City
Jewish New Year Observed October 1 2
Community observes Jewish New Year on October 1 and 2 with services in Dubuque. Mr and Mrs Sam Marmis and son Leo plan to leave tomorrow for the observance. Observance reported for Monday October 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam. Marmis
Leo
Dubuque
Hicks Celebrate Golden Anniversary At Bowen's Prairie Home
Mr and Mrs E G Hicks marked fifty years of marriage with an open house at 380 South Chestnut. Relatives and friends gathered as the couple shared memories, with a display of Jewett era artifacts and family history tracing back to pioneer settlers Francis M Hicks and DeWitt Jewett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Hicks
South Chestnut Street
Lyle J. Hicks
Margaret
Charles E
Jean
Hicks
Francis M. Hicks
Bowen's Prairie
Wayne County
New York
Atchison
Charles
Dewitt Clinton Jewett
Watertown
Delaware-Jones County
Hicks Place
Ella Jewett
Franklin
Jewetts
Jewett
Hawkeye
Eva Henry
Sand Springs
Delhi Monitor
Stillving
Oliver B. Ross
Charley
Jim
Ella
Ed Little
Ella Sherman Shelley
Will Greer
Anna Greer Ensign
A. Neil
Catherine Perley
Caroline
Gard Hicks
Ida Johnson Greer
George O. Yoran
Forty Years Ago Items of Occurrences September 1892
A retrospective Tribune note lists Monticello events from September 1892. Obituaries include Mrs. Lydia Hutchins in Bowen's Prairie and Mrs. Harriet Wright in San Francisco. Local births, marriages, school openings, and community happenings from Langworthy to Davenport are summarized with names, places, and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Lydia L. Hutchins
Massachusetts
Bowen's Prairie
Siegfried Gruenstein
Lake Forest University
Chicago
Effie Whitemore
Monticello
Long Pine
Neb
Edith Sherman
H. D. Sherman
Glenn. M. Averill
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
T. A. King
William Stahler
R. P. Smith
George W. Lathrop
Oxford Junction
Alexander Sutherland
Scotch Grove
Harriet E. Wright
San Francisco
Calif
H. Franks
Coyle
North
Cedar Street
Henry M. Dirks
Langworthy
D. L. Davis
Davis
Mable Schoonover
George N. Kenniston
Anna Matthiessen
A. BE. Himebaugh
Nelson Slauson
Humphreys
Eugene Pierce
Leng Behrends
Bowen’s
Prairie
Henry Null
von Strode
Ida
George Duffin
Davenport
B. B. Ryan
H. A. L. Bigsley
Charles Bates
Company of Cavalry
Leroy Clark
Albert Kiburz
Katie Martin
Anamosa Hosts Atwater Kent Radio Audition for Youth Singers
County contests select top 2 singers to compete in state and national rounds. Prizes include 5000 for first, 1000 for second, and 500 for six runners up. Open to non professionals aged 18 to 25. voice only. Anamosa high school hosts October 6 at 8 p.m. contact Mary E. Leech now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
Mary E. Leech
Farm Change Nets Bancroft Extra $1760 in Sale
H P Bancroft of Monticello purchased the Frank Brooks farm of 160 acres near Hopkinton last April for 64 dollars an acre. He recently resold to Raynore Becker of two miles south of Dyersville for 12000 dollars, a profit of 1760 dollars from his April purchase. The Brooks farm is described as well improved with modern house and barn equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Bancroft
Monticello
Frank Brooks
Hopkinton
Mr. Bancroft
Raynore Becker
Dyersville
Bancroft
Brooks
Rural Ball Team Ends Season With Undefeated Run
Fred Sahni reports his team closed the season with a 12 game undefeated streak. The final match against Prairieburg ended 6 to 2 with Art Mueller on the mound for the Sahlii squad. All games were played on Sundays with no weekday practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sahni
Prairieburg
Art Mueller
Sahlii Aggregation
Bishop Cannon Reschedules Dubuque Visit After Son's Death
Bishop James Cannon Jr. alters plans in Iowa after the death of his son. The Iowa Anti-Saloon League says his Dubuque talk is postponed to next Saturday night October 1 at 8 o'clock at St. Luke's M E Church with the address The Present Day Whiskey Rebellion and How to Meet It.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cannon
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Dubuque
Cannon
St. Luke’s M. E
Hoover to Speak at Des Moines Coliseum October 4
President Herbert Hoover will address crowds at the Des Moines Coliseum on October 4 at 7 30 pm. The event moves from the Iowa State Fair grounds due to weather and broadcasting needs. Admittance is by ticket only, distributed by county party chairs, with additional venues in Des Moines for listening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Des Moines
Hoover
H. E. Spangler
Iowa State Fair Grounds
Coliseum
Death Notices From Monticello and Anamosa
The death of Celia Bobleter occurred at her Monticello home at 4 16 p m after a pneumonia illness lasting under a week Funeral services are set for Sacred Heart church tomorrow with Rev A L Lorenz officiating Burial will follow in Sacred Heart cemetery George Grassfield 48 died in Anamosa hospital after a skull fracture from a fall from scaffolding He never regained consciousness He was born in Anamosa in December 1883 and worked for the State Reformatory ten years and Anamosa Lumber Co He married Zella Hotz in 1908 and later Maude Hay in 1928 He leaves a daughter Dorothy with Lyman Postel and two daughters Georgia Ann and Alice Marie Funeral services were held at Bride chapel Monday with Rev D M Beges officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Bobleter
Monticello
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Sacere Heart Cemetery
George Grassfield
Lyman Postel
Anamosa
Anamosa Hospital
Mr. Grassfield
State Reformatory
Anamosa Lumber Company
Zella Hotz
Dorothy
Grassfield
Maude Hay
Georgia Ann
Alice Marie
Bride Chapel
D. M. Beges
Congregational Church
Jones County Sunday School Council Meeting Held
The Jones County Sunday School Council met at Wyoming on Tuesday September 27 for a full day program under the theme Things Necessary. Anamosa Meth odist Sunday school won the banner for largest attendance and QO A Sones was reelected president with Mrs J W Streeter as secretary and treasurer. The program featured a county chorus and orchestra with members from Martelle Anamosa Wyoming and Monticello. Local players included Otto and Evelyn Riedel Elmeree Nichols Clemma Wenger Helen Jolly Raymond Eby Norman Clark and Helen Brown. director was Mrs William Laude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Sunday School Orchestra
Martello
Anamosa
Wyoming
Monticello
Otto Riedel
Evelyn Riedel
Elmeree Nichols
Clemma Wenger
Helen Jolly
Raymond Eby
Norman Clark
Helen Brown
William Laude
Betty Haeussler Weds Rollin Evans in Galena
Announcement from Cedar Rapids notes Miss Betty Haeussler daughter of the late Mrs L Lee Jones married Rollin J Evans at Galena Illinois on September 20. The couple met at Coe College where she joined Chi Omega and he belonged to Chi Beta Phi. Evans works for Cities Service Oil in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Haeussler
L. Lee Jones
Cedar Rapids
Jones
Plan To Attend Red Cross Meeting Tonight
A meeting of all who are interested in Red Cross activities is being held at the library this evening at 7 30 o clock. The local chapter seeks the cooperation of the entire community to plan this winter relief program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Nine Year Old Boy Burned Near Ryan Rendering Works
An accident at John Price’s home five miles west of Ryan last Monday morning left Buddie Price nine severely burned on legs arms and face after a steam pipe burst in the rendering works. A pair of high boots saved him from worse injury and he was taken to a Ryan doctor for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Price
Ryan
Buddie Price
Heavy Term Of District Court Under Way At Anamosa
The September term at Anamosa opens before Judge John T. Moffitt with a packed schedule. Trials include Garnishment in Dennis Bros. v Buol and Schoon, plus motions, murder case State v Miner, and numerous civil equity and default actions through October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Anamosa
John T. Moffitt
Dennis Bros
Buol
Schoon
Gardner
Trustee
Anamosa National Bank
Motion
Tobin
Va. Durga
General Talking Picture Corporation
Olin Opera House
Lubelchek
Peacock
Stover Mfg. Co
Sappe & Sons
State
Miner
Gable
Koranda
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Starry
Nichols
Dr Matthew U Chesire Native of Anamosa Dies
Dr Matthew U Chesire, native of Anamosa born May 25 1870, died after a long illness at his Marshalltown home last Friday. He practiced medicine there for thirty years and leaves a wife two children Louise and Matthew a brother John and sister Esther of Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew U. Chesire
Marshalltown
Anamosa
Columbia College
Dubuque
Rush Medical College
Chesire
Louise
Matthew
John
Esther
Matthiesen Auto Supply Secures Oldsmobile Agency
Matthiessen Auto Supply Co announces it has taken on the Oldsmobile agency for both six and eight cylinder models. They relinquish the Auburn contract and will continue Chevrolet Oldsmobile and Packard agencies in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Company
Oldsmobile
Auburn
Chevrolet
Packard
Also Mentioned on This Page
New “Who's Who In
Library
M. E
Powell River Co., Ltd
M. Bebb
H. Uffelman
Beacon City Plan
Rock Island
Lowell BE. Hicks
James
Robert
Frank D. Hicks
John J
MR. and
Mrs
Atwater
Kent
Jones County Sunday School Council Met
Galena
Ill
J. T. Moffit
State of Town
Mettler
State of Iowa
Powlishta
J. R. Close
Lloyd Hammons, Jr
Lloyd Martin
Frank M. Smith
Bernell Dress
Bernice Peacock
Anna Lazio
L. A. Andrew
Gene Countryman
L. A. Andrews
Henry Shimerda
D. O. Roff
Madsen Motor Company
O’dea Finance & Realty Company
Lyman Fraser
G. F. Manufacturing Company
B. Bixler
Harry Norton
Peer Aalt
Howard Brutsman
Ben Hinrichsen
Emma L. Maurice
Fern Moss
Edgar Moss
City National Bank Et al
P. W. Scott
W. P. Scott
Jessie Scott
City National Bank
George Gearhart
Alma Stevens Jackson
Kenneth E. Jackson
Mary Julfs
John Rickels
Mary Kratachvil
Henry Hamer
F. E. Johnson
New York Life Insurance Company
George B. Frazier
Andrew Prazier
Louis Bisek
John Buresh
James E. Peekosh, Jr
Wilhelmina K. Nichols
Ferne Jayne
Bruce Jayne
Monticello State Bank
George McKeever
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Ida M. Miller
Chas. M. Luett
Nettie Ackerman
M. U. Chesire
Matthiessen Auto Supply Co
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