Richland Center Social Notes Reach Dubuque Visitors
Richland Center residents host and visit in neighboring towns. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs. John Hein Jr home with refreshments. Deaths and family news circulate as Kiburz and Lang families mourn.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1928
Page
8
Richland Center residents host and visit in neighboring towns. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs. John Hein Jr home with refreshments. Deaths and family news circulate as Kiburz and Lang families mourn.
The Sand Spring area records a car of feed delivered last week and a hog shipment from the creamery on Monday. Residents visit relatives in Monticello and Dubuque. A swing project is begun at the school. a surprise party honors Mrs. J L Batchelder. Winter weather brings a blizzard with deep snow and low temps.
The newly elected elders of the Presbyterian church at Scotch Grove D. Sutherland H. A. Loomis and D. O. Bin were installed.
Mrs. John Letze of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Scotch Grove, died Tuesday in St. Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids. Funeral set for Thursday 2 30 at Presbyterian church Scotch Grove with interment at Scotch Grove cemetery. Mrs. Warren Porter and two daughters visited family in Scotch Grove as others from Davenport Monticello stayed nearby.
Prairieburg residents report visitors and social calls over the weekend. The &J. Joseph youth group plans a play titled Valley Farm to be shown to the public soon. Local families including Pillards Randall and Holub note recent travel and illness updates.
Shortcake dish uses ironed stewed chicken in its own gravy served on biscuits. Preserves like strawberry and rhubarb are handy for gifts. Tips include stain removal with borax and lemon juice, sun exposure, and recommending cotton charmeuse for smocks and baby rompers. Also advises eliminating breeding places, destroying any that enter, and putting up tightly fitting screens and doors in spring.
Iowa advocates and M. Di Thornburg urge Forest Week April 92 28 stressing three aims planting more trees preserving woods and linking Iowa to the forest economy. Agriculture secretary Thornburg notes Iowa uses wood near half of US lumber and promotes local wood production for conservation and home use.
Eastern Iowa veterinarians report azoturia in horses and widespread infections in livestock. Influenza and red worm cases appear in several towns including Fairfax Independence Hedrick Reinbeck Lost Nation and Monticello. Hog cholera necrotic enteritis hemorrhagic septicemia mange contagious abortion white diarrhea and fowl cholera are listed across multiple counties and towns with numerous farm species affected.
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association in Ames offers Manchu and Peking soybean seeds and Dunfield seed for testing. About 600 farmers participate yearly, buying seed at modest prices with inoculant and bag. Manchu costs 2.75 per bushel covering 12 to 15 acres, Peking 3.50 per bushel covering 12 to 15 acres for silage or 1 acre for hay, Dunfield 3.50 per bushel. Contact Joe L. Robinson to participate.
Boone county has been added to Iowa's accredited counties bringing the total to 40. The state reports bovine tuberculosis reduced to less than 0.5 percent with 21 counties still working on area plans. Secretary M G Thornburg confirms progress and ongoing accreditation efforts across Iowa.
A long payroll style list details expenses for Madison Township supervisors including labor bills, juror fees, milk, medical aid, supplies, mileage, and various services. Notable entries show payments to Otten repairs, Parrott & Sons supplies, McDonald Hospital, Mercy Hospital, and Remington- Rand for care and piling. Amounts range from fractions to 600 dollars, totaling substantial disbursements.
The Hale Grocery company is sold to George K. Zeuch and Julius Westphal. Zeuch has served with the business nine years and will continue involvement as part of the new ownership.
A partial OCR shows names of jurors Nellie Stivers Vernon George Sarma John Sherman Earl Siebels Will Straka Jr James St Anthony Dakota Elevator Co and others with items of labor, repairs, supplies and mileage. Amounts include 66.00 for Zimmerman and 42.85 23.05 82.15 across entries for drain, mileage, board and printing.
Public timetable shows arrivals and departures at Monticello station for OC M St P & P trains including passenger and freight services. Entries specify connections at Delaware Oxford Junction and other hubs for Dubuque Chicago Omaha and points east and west with noted times for arrivals departures and through services.
A noted chemist proclaims victory over pests including boll weevils corn borers pole bugs and mosquitoes as a praise worthy warning to spread the news widely to all concerned about agricultural pests and control efforts.
A brief quotation attributed to Horace Bush extols fidelity to God and humanity as the source of personal quality character and confidence in dealings with others. The line emphasizes integrity, self-respect, and social trust as core virtues.
A five minute clock error saved a group of workers at a Buenos Aires drug manufacturing plant who escaped five minutes before an explosive blast wrecked the building. The last man left just as the rifle blast shattered the structure.
In Waterville Maine the Brank Hegerty family grows with a new daughter after the eleventh birth. No word on football prospects yet as the baby’s development remains uncertain.
A Falls City Neb resident J B Reeder reports severe indigestion, says ZINSEP produced relief where other remedies failed. The ad promises results or money back and urges readers to buy a bottle today.
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