A REMINDER OF LUSH DAYS AND POLITICS
H C Reppert of Polk County seeks the Democratic nomination for sheriff noting a 1934 bid of 25 cents a case for state liquor haulage that lost to 29 cents and a later testimony about kickbacks. The piece also surveys state audit bills, primaries, and Iowa sinking fund totals and discusses banking changes and future costs.
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H. C. Reppert
Polk County
Retail Merchants Transfer and Storage Company
Herring
Reppert
W. E. Wissler
Herring Wissler
Iowa House
Iowa Bankers
Newspaper Men Call National Wage and Profit Controls
Iowa editors at a recent convention urged the federal government to aggressively regulate wages hours prices and profits to speed the war’s end They supported a strong war bond push to prevent postwar inflation and pledged to elect a Congress loyal to American interests over any predatory capital or labor groups
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Iowa
Congress
America
America's Modern Army Prepares for All-Out War
A reader from Mon ticello describes U S Army training evolving to modern warfare. Soldiers train under wartime conditions with tents mess kits and full gear including bayonet gas drills and gas masks. The piece emphasizes readiness to fight the Japs with advanced tactics and a desire to be deployed promptly.
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Lavern L. Schmidt
Monticello
United States Army
West
United States
Japan
Cross Creek author Marjorie Rawlings profiled in praise
A review highlights Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings of Cross Creek Florida and her book Cross Creek noting her focus on orange growing and native cooking. The piece recalls her prior works South Moon Under The Yearling and her life away from city life. It also mentions Margaret Webster and a Shakespeare anecdote about misnamed offstage figures.
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New York
Cross Creek
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Florida
South Moon Under
Gard
Margaret Webster
Earl of Whatsisname
War era civic prompts and moral appeals in editorials
A compilation of editorials urges public action and moral scrutiny during wartime. References include speed limits under Roosevelt, calls to pressure Congress, and warnings about wartime ethics, with sentiments from several small papers.
War Bond Drive Urges Home Front Support for Victory
The article asserts America’s vast aircraft production and cooperative spirit will win the war. It emphasizes unity of armed forces and asks citizens at home to back the effort by buying bonds and stamps to fund the offensive and defeat the Axis.
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America
Time Flies As Iowa Students Win Spelling Title
Margaret Houston eighth grade Monticello student and Laura R Houston relative won the Jones county spelling contest in Anamosa during the first week of April. Pupils joined a district music contest in Waterloo where Monticello orchestra placed second and Edna Schoon earned third for soprano.
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Margaret Houston
Monticello
Laura R. Houston
Jones County
Anamosa
Waterloo
Edna Schoon
J. W. Lenker
Paul Moore
Cedar County
Fort Madison
Vivian Bancroft
Marie Schatz
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Frank Royden
Oelwein
Local Notes Across Monticello Area Events in April 1902
April entries recount births and marriages including Donald August Prult son of Henry and Mrs. Prult, a factory supervisor shift in Akron, Ohio, deaths of Mary Ely and Reuben Schneider, weddings of Emma Poppe and John Kray, James Carson and Julia Quigley, and migration of N A Rice to Chisholm and C B McKean family moving stock to Moose Jaw.
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Henry Prult, Jr
Donald August
Grant Lamright
Akron
Ohio
Monticello Tire and Rubber Co
Yeoman-Hoag Company
Ben’ Mettler
Martha Zumbrunnen
Reformed Church
Henry Kray
Reuben
Ben) Schneider
Monticello
Peter Egger
Colton
S. D
James Carson
Julia Quigley
Cascade
Sacred Heart Church
John McCormick
N. A. Rice
Chisholm
C.B. McKean
Clark
Scotch Grove
Moose Jaw
Canada
Monticello High School shines in state music contest
The Monticello state music contest closed Saturday showing strong cooperation between instructors and pupils. The school earned fourteen Division 1 ratings and fourteen Division 2 ratings, with much credit going to instrumental instructor Lyle R. Me.
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Monticello
Monticello High School
Lyle R. Me
Monticello Band Earns Division 1 Rating in Contest
The Monticello band of 60 pieces earned a unanimous Division 1 rating in the weekend contest under director Mrs. Cecil Goettsch who handled the vocal department after Gilbert Hobson enlisted. Supt Arch B Grimes is credited for fostering extended extracurriculars, with praise to students and instructors for sustained musical success.
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Goettsch
Gilbert Hobson
Arch B. Grimes
Muste
Monticello
Monticello’ High School
Grimes
Lions Club to Present Sportsmanship Award
The Monticello Lions Club will award a good sportsmanship pledge to the basketball player judged by school to show the highest all-round love of fair play. Voters will be those with activity tickets who saw the players in action. The winner will be announced in the Philomonte next issue.
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State Appeal Board
Statehouse
Akers
Lions Club of
Monticello
The
Philomonte
Sidelights Of Music Contest Highlights And Humor
Five Earlville contestants were sisters though not quintuplets. Mrs Goettsch planned to sleep with complimentary criticisms under her pillow. Mount Vernon mixed chorus impressed, Marion's Miss Wilcox directs winning groups with humor, while observers noted a tense six week typing test from April 8.
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Mount Vernon
Miss Wilcox
Marion
How a Philomonte Newspaper Is Put Together
The story explains the production cycle for Philomonte with steps from dope sheet posting to assignments proofreading typing and final dummying. It details shrinking stories to fit the printed page and the process of selecting and sizing headlines before final proofs.
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Philomonte
Express
Farm Mechanics Boys Build New Farm Structures
The agricultural department expands projects as Farm Mechanics boys construct hog and poultry buildings, wagon boxes, sun porches and screens. Last year records show a net $75 profit, and summer growth for these porkers is expected to aid victory.
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Agricultural Department
Walker
Seniors Pick What A Life
The senior play What a Life about Henry Aldrich is set for May 15 and mirrors real adolescent life. Henry, a sixteen year old trouble magnet, earns a rebuke from the superintendent, befriends Barbara, faces money woes, and grips the audience with a rollicking climax as the missing school instruments spark excitement.
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Henry Aldrich
Henry
Barbara
Losing Magazine Sellers Entertain At Anamosa Picnic Duo
The losing team from last fall's junior magazine sale entertained Elizabeth Byerly's winning team at a picnic held Tuesday April 14 at Anamosa State Park. Ruth Hoffman led the organizing with food committee members Betty Clark Dick Cartano Joyce Wismeier and Pete Hall managing transport overseen by Agnes Bohlken Joyce Otten and Jack Stuhler.
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Sale
Elizabeth Byerly
Anamosa State Park
Ruth Hoffman
Betty Clark
Dick Cartano
Joyce Wismeier
Pete Hall
Agnes Bohlken
Joyce Otten
Jack Stuhler
Math In Science Discussed At Trem Meeting
The Trem meeting covered the mathematics subject for disease week and announced committee members. Plans included a barn dance on May 18 with committees for cleanup music and refreshments and an April 27 meeting at Euclidean Geometry Society.
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Gram
Albert McNeill Atae
Gail
Euclidian Seometry
Sr Homemakers Host Luncheon For Faculty
The senior homemaking class held a buffet luncheon on Thursday April 16 inviting several faculty members. Venita Shover led as head hostess with Mary Miner as head waitress Laurabelle Baum organized decorations Emma Hanken ran meal prep Rosalind Kiburz managed the kitchen and Kathleen Adams handled the market order.
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Venita Shover
Mary Miner
Laurabelle Baum
Emma Hanken
Rosalind Kiburz
Kathleen Adams
Is Our Spirit Up To Par
A school opinion piece urges students to boost school spirit through punctuality and attention to detail. It cautions against gossip and: urges unity for Mont.
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Mont
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lou Gardner
Executive Council
Bagley
United States Treasury
State Sinking Fund
Charles A. Doxsee
NATIO
Monticello, Iowa
Association
Tea Silente
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubuque
E. Seausr
A McKown
Bellevue
Roosevelt
Madisonian
Waukon Republican and Standard
Sac City
Madrid
Pella Chronicle
Monticello Express
H. P. Bancroft
BH. A. Schatz
William Schneiter
Shirley Jean
Ann Marie
Howard Shelley
Grace Grover
Ira Grover
Charles Etten
the Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Fritz Husman
W. E. Ackerman
McDonald Hospital
Helen Hefner
Iowa Falls
Dora .Hefner
Earlville
Marilee Matthiessen
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