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The Monticello Express editors J W Doxsee and Charles A Doxsee announce annual subscription pricing. The rate is two dollars per year.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1927
Page
2
The Monticello Express editors J W Doxsee and Charles A Doxsee announce annual subscription pricing. The rate is two dollars per year.
Seniors stage Ruth in a Rush a three act comedy Friday April 22 at the hall. The issue also covers Easter services at the Presbyterian church nominations for Sunday school officers and a long list of local events and visits across Center Junction Oxford Junction and Monticello.
Wyoming Iowa observes 75 year druggist B M Babcock with school praise flowers and gifts. community leaders recall a life in service including mayor terms and early telephone work. funeral notices and local society events fill a day of reminiscence and visits.
Scotch Grove reports David Lapham of St Paul visiting the Gra ham family and recalling his boyhood in the area. William Lange dies at Mc Donald hospital at about 42, leaving a wife and two young sons Leo and Irvin, plus his mother and several siblings. County children under school age will be eligible for free health examinations through Farm Bureau and Sheppard-Towner clinics in late April with locations to be announced.
Prairieburg April 4 1927 news notes report Mr and Mrs Clarence Curtis of Conneautville Pa welcomed a son Keith Ray born March 31 Esther Isham former local teacher. Charles Lamont celebrated 82nd birthday with gifts. Prairieburg school plans a carnival and box social April 20 attendees bring boxes. Various residents mentioned including Kenneth DeLancey Rose Babak and trips to Cedar Rapids.
Onslow reports Mr. and Mrs. A. K. McMaster back from a Florida winter stay. They visited Carl Brown and family. Miss Brookhart, daughter of Senator Brookhart, visited Mrs. C. R. Smith. Ladies' Guild meets for annual meeting and social, then picnic. John Lozier ill with pneumonia from measles. two nurses care for him. Families move and visit across local households. Easter services planned with special music.
Roads improve for easier travel after rain on Tuesday. Seeding is late but ongoing and crops need a long season to mature. The creamery received alfalfa on Monday and feed on Thursday. Local residents travel to Cascade Hopkinton Monticello Buck Creek and Buck Creek for visits and errands.
Palm Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Englebart included Mr. and Mrs. George Schoon and family and other local families. Community notes mention improvements in cream haulers and local farming activity, plus updates on residents and church services.
Arrangements for a last week of April baby clinic series in the county, run by Iowa State University extension with the local Farm Bureau. Dr J F Gerken and Miss Nan Clack will examine babies at five sites. all are free and open to any parent. Appointments with local chairmen. malnutrition risk noted. only 25 babies per day.
Mrs. Lulu R. Lancaster of the Iowa State college nursery school classifies babies into happy and unhappy groups. Happy babies show health, alert eyes, pink skin, appetite, and frequent sleep. unhappy ones may suffer from poor food and care. Monthly weighing, feeding guidance, and child study courses for girls are advised to raise happy children.
One locality, Toronto, reports hog cholera to the Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association. Hog production is near normal with slight logging in some sections. Hemorrhagic septicemia is diagnosed in cattle at Springville, Dysart, London, and Norway, with a sheep herd affected in Fairfax. Eldora and Dysart report black leg in young cattle, Eldora notes calf scouts trouble, and influenza in horses appears at Victor and Independence.
The New York Herald-Tribune notes the vice president has had his case proven by rivals and savors their defeat with a clear sense of earned satisfaction.
Judge Anderson suspended the license of James L Cave an attorney from Oxford Junction for one year from April 11 1927 following a Jones County Bar Association investigation. The bar concluded he offered money to influence a court and libeled officers. a trial followed with arguments filed and a ruling issued last Monday. The report notes related actions, including property transfers and a bankruptcy petition by Edwin Beery Garwin listing liabilities of 85597 and assets of 31934 with major creditors Continental & Commercial Bank Chicago and State Bank Garwin.
A Philadelphia style economist notes that women no longer blush visibly, suggesting social cues have faded in appearance. The observation hints at changing gender norms and public behavior trends.
Notice announces bids for erecting one schoolhouse in Wayne township Jones county Iowa. Bids due 8 a.m. Saturday April 20 1927 at Monticello home plans available for viewing. The Wayne No 3 schoolhouse will host the bid opening with award to the lowest responsible bidder. The board may reject any or all bids. Dated April 7 1927.
Notice to Bidders from the Onslow Independent School District Iowa invites sealed bids for installing a heating plant at the Onslow school house. Bids due by 6 p.m. April 25, 1927, to the secretary. Rights reserved to reject any or all bids. Plans available at the secretary's Onslow office.
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