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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1929
Page
8
Readable items from Wyoming Iowa record visitors from Davenport Monticello and Sioux City. church officers elected at Presbyterian church with 1st vice president Maude Stoffel and other posts. town paving plan on Main Street with partial assessments adjusted. several local deaths and anniversaries noted along with childhood injuries and Easter events.
The funeral for Charles Joseph McPoland died in Grand Island Nebraska was conducted last Thursday at Sacred Heart church Fillmore with a requiem high mass by Rev Leen and interment in the adjacent cemetery. Attendants included John Carr William Walsh Francis McBride Robert Hall Arthur McGinnes and Leck Kinsella.
A New Jersey born woman marks her 100th birthday and defends the modern girl as no better or worse than the girl of eighty. Mrs Nancy Chopper in Anamosa celebrates her 93rd birthday, living as the town’s oldest resident with active mind and lively relatives gathering at her home. A contractor reports progress on an Episcopal church and Frazer company garage as winter delays slow cement work. Manchester Press notes supervisors are lowest paid with great responsibility, earning $1000 yearly amid criticism and risk. In 1843 congress funded $30000 for an experimental telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore.
Notice to electors of Wayne township Jones county Iowa announces a special election on April 6 1929 to vote on issuing up to 7000 dollars in bonds for building two schoolhouses in sub districts five and eight. Polls open 1 to 4 pm at Wayne Center schoolhouse. Secretary H R Jacobs signs.
In the district court of Jones county Iowa E S Reed sues Otto Steinkopf for 59 dollars in attorney fees arising from 1925. The petition seeks attachment of one third undivided in lots six and nine Lightfoot addition Monticello. If he fails to appear by June 3 1929 default will be entered.
A Manchester press item criticizes society women who lend their names to cigarette advertisements claiming it keeps them trim. The piece argues real benefit comes from daily exercise, more work, and less food, noting these women are not workers but socialites who spend time in beauty parlors and at bridge.
The remark frames tobacco as a weak support for revenue yet remains essential for funding. It notes the persistence of interest in tobacco money regardless of its fragility, implying little concern from stakeholders about broader risks.
Farmers who increase crop acreage hoping a special session of Congress will solve farm relief create a worse situation as overproduction is identified as the direct cause of the trouble.
A 1929 sworn bank statement from the State Bank of Jones County shows totals 122,778.81 44,105.75 265,000.00 291,849.85 and 1,008,808.76. J W Doxsee vice president and L W Lovell cashier declare the figures full true and correct before Notary H W Wilkinson on April 1, 1929. Autested by directors F A Hanken R H Rickless R J Bone and T M Redmond.
Field tests at Iowa State College show liming increases hay yields on red clover and boosts subsequent corn yields. Liming at two tons per acre raises hay from 1.28 to 1.84 tons, while adding 16 percent superphosphate climbs to 2.7 tons. Manure and lime plus phosphate also raise corn yields. Local agents advise applying lime after corn emergence.
The letter notes the governor seeks painless taxation methods and argues for cutting expenses to match income. It urges less expenditure and lower taxation, stating times demand economy rather than new taxes, framed as a call for logical budgeting and financial restraint.
Iowa traffic conditions have persisted across the state for the last two to four weeks, varying by northern or southern location, underscoring concerns for travelers and the broader impact on daily life and budgets.
The article argues that practical necessity favors reinforced cement for future main highways over gravel. It states that gravel surfaced roads fail on soils that are not gravel and limestone, presenting a knock down demonstration of gravel’s folly for primary routes.
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