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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1937
Page
2
Fragmentary text mentions a Mason City trip and a New York roller skating club sponsorship. It references a marathon with a purse of $5,500 but details are unclear. The passage appears to be a shuffled OCR segment with multiple garbled phrases and place names.
Frederick Ducander of Denison, an Iowan, has been voted the best dressed student at Tulare University in New Orleans, earning his annual award for the second time. His advantages include a fine physique and regular fashion advice from his clothier father. A separate Humboldt, Iowa, grocer questions where the 2008 breakfast fare went, recalling a 20 year trend of buckwheat flour sales and lighter winter breakfasts.
A damaged fragment describes a bell in Iowa associated with Reconstruction and railroad history at Riverside, referencing Eldora and Eldora years 1866, engine number 66, and a weight of 199 pounds.
Bert Davis and Char W son families of Milford, Dicr county, marked their 28th consecutive Easter picnic by Lake Minnewashia. The Davis and Wilson families began the tradition as young couples and have kept it yearly, even in snow or bad weather, sometimes indoors.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a long-ago property and farm arrangement in Jasper county. Mentions a 200 entrance fee and elderly farm residents living on site for extended periods. References G. Frank Witen as owner and a house in a town setting with unknown publicity details.
An unclear report describes a rider startled by a moonlit sight as he stepped and stopped, then looked back and removed a hat. The incident involved Mrs Joel Calitor and a man identified as Gust tram, with odd phrasing about a head and a rag.
The article describes a bedroom with a walnut Jean bed, pink chintzes, seven inch rum curtains, lavender roses, and a redoch na cream bed-spread. It highlights a mix of Frenchy bouquets, a petticoat flounce, brass rings, coral vases, and a serene shadowy library feel for a room that contrasts bright sunny spaces.
A fragmentary room description mentions a sage green rug and pale walls. The text hints at furniture described as "Poss" but is incomplete, providing only a partial glimpse of the room's decor and arrangement.
The text outlines a golf best ball concept and a forward body position during the swing. It discusses how alignment and body motion influence contact and ball trajectory, noting a delayed straightening of the arm and the clubhead relative to the bowing action.
A judge and policeman exchange a humorous exchange over a charge of running across the street costumed as September Morn. The judge retorts with a quip, Thirty days hath September, in a light courtroom moment reported by the Boston Transcript.
Tennessee wild boars descended from Russian stock released by South Carolina planters three decades ago resemble lean, muscular mammals weighing 150 to 400 pounds. They show great speed and ferocious courage with daggerlike tusks capable of maiming dogs or men, making them deemed more dangerous than bears by Tennessee mountaineers.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette argues a president should reaffirm enforcing laws as courts interpret them to bolster governors who hesitate to act without Washington backing. The Danbury Review notes readers eager to pay for their paper once forced entry into the office.
Monticello Iowa council met April 5 1937 in regular session. A resolution authorizing city payments to service providers and suppliers was adopted. The annual report was approved and filed. Hayden was named to fill vacated committees. fire chief listed members equipment and approvals. meeting adjourned.
The Canary Islands finches were introduced to Europe about five centuries ago by Portuguese and Italian sailors. Through selective breeding by peasants from the Alps to the Scottish Highlands, they diversified into many varieties in colors such as yellow, buff, orange, green, cinnamon, white, blue, fawn, copper red and black.
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