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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1931
Page
2
A collage of Monticello items lists McNeill’s Hardware selling fertilizer pruning tools lawn care and spouting services. J W Hoult Jewelers promotes 302 N Chestnut. Sibyl Hutton visits. Father’s Son film dates April 30 and May 1. community notices mention visitors Easter and local repairs and services across multiple homes and businesses.
Mr and Mrs Tony Kammerman welcomed a daughter at John McDonald hospital on Tuesday March 31. This is the couple's first child. The report notes local family arrivals and gatherings through the period, including visits by Cedar Rapids and Fairview families.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kerans of Los Angeles announce the birth of a daughter born March 24 She has been named Mary Ann Mrs Kerans was Miss Mary Peterna before her marriage and lived in Monticello
Mr Otis Briggs and wife entertained Cecil F De Lasauz inspector of the commerce department for airplanes from St Louis Mo last Sunday He drove to Monticello in two and a half hours Stuart Lang of Waukegan Ill visited the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Lewis H Lang Also Lang is assistant manager of the Waukegan division of the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois.
E H Hulbregtse visited Monmouth Illinois last Saturday. His wife and two daughters Gail and Lucille returned after visiting her mother. A goodly number join the church at Easter morning service. Rev Porter baptized several. A Children day service is planned for June.
Miss Rose Wilcox, music supervisor in Marion schools and former Monticello supervisor, visited Monticello last Sunday. She sang an offertory solo at the Methodist Episcopal church with organ accompaniment by Mrs. Roy V. Porter.
Practical kitchen tips on fruit handling and value, clothing moth prevention, and fresh salad ideas. Advises feeding ripe bananas, comparing cereal weights, using paradichlorobenzene or naphthalene for moth control with proper wrapping, and creating colorful spring salads with vibrant greens and toppings.
The piece recalls bygone social life with dances and theater, chaperones and public displays, plus vivid scenes of vaudeville, stock company plays, evangelists, and fashion. It mentions Misses Helen Leehey Berneice McDonough Loretta McDonough visiting Cedar Rapids, and Jane Ellen Stahler and brother George visiting their grandmother in Walker.
Mrs John Krouse learned of her aunt Mrs James Baumer of Marengo death on March 28 at age 88 years six months. She leaves four daughters and two sons. Baumer was a daughter of John Ford and sister of Mrs Robert Williamson. Rev Theodore Warning of St Francis church Dyersville resigns as pastor effective April 21 and becomes chaplain at St Francis convent Dubuque. He will be succeeded in Dyersville by Rev John B Herbers formerly of Stacyville.
Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft hosted children and relatives in their home on Easter Sunday. Guests included Lloyd Bunker and spouse from Iowa City, Cecil Seger and family from Earlville, and Althea Bancroft of Maywood NL, a local teacher. Ernest Allen and son Hugh Robert from Baraboo arrived to visit Mrs. Allen's parents, with the Allens soon moving to Madison where Mr. Allen will represent the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
R. W. Henderson once of Monticello now of 205 East 26th Street Vancouver Washington sends thanks for a development copy of the Vancouver Columbian. He recalls a pleasant visit when the city spoke of big projects and the air was charged with ambition that spurred action.
Sioux City Journal argues President Von Hindenburg acted to curb the godless agitation seen as a threat to Germany's welfare and peace. It defends state intervention to protect spiritual and material welfare, while acknowledging debates on free speech and assembly.
The Kansas City Star notes formal charges against Mayor Walker filed with Gov. Roosevelt. The piece recalls Grover Cleveland as a great predecessor and questions how the current New York governor will handle the Tammany issue amid party leadership and nomination pressures.
Iowa State College extension poultry specialist W R Whitfield says hatcheries have sold 25 to 30 percent fewer chicks than normal up to now. Fewer chicks imply smaller flocks next year which could raise egg prices. A poultryman who maintains usual output with proper care and ration may profit next year unless conditions change.
The poem Bid farewell to the sea as the speaker contemplates crossing the bar. He seeks a clear call and hopes to meet his Pilot beyond time and place. Twilight bells signal the dark ahead and a stoic acceptance of parting.
Monticello real estate transfers show William E. Tuetken as buyer from multiple sellers including Monticello State Bank as trustee for Mabel Gilchrist under the Taawrence will, Genevieve Connolly, Mabel Gilchrist, Nellie Ashcroft, and Fannie Lawrence. Each deed covers undivided fractional interests in Lot 31 Bradstreet’s Addition, Monticello, with prices ranging from 300 to 600 dollars.
A light year is the distance light travels in one year. It exceeds sixty thousand times the earth sun distance, illustrating vast interstellar scales.
The article notes a Holland school teaching windmill construction to preserve the craft in the country. It cites the forestry department saying cooperative forestry work has added about 45 million dollars to Alabama’s wealth.
The Monticello Express weekly newspaper in Monticello lists editors J W Coxsee and A Coxsee. It declares no bondholders or other security holders owning 1 percent or more. Sworn before Notary H W Wilkinson on April 7, 1931.
The Atchison Globe comments on President Hoover and his potential smile toward the United States Senate, labeling such an act as hypocritical and controversial within national politics.
John O'Ren notes lifelong mispronunciation of Argentine name. He cites highest authority saying it should rhyme with vine or, if preferred, say the Argentina to rhyme with Lena. He rejects saying Argenteen.
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