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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1933
Page
4
In Wyoming April events include a Grand Army tribute dinner for veterans, birthday observances, and relief work. Local clubs meet at county homes, plan town history week programs, and announce the largest Wyoming school class of 25 seniors set to graduate May 25.
Local notes report hospital visits and illnesses, a birth announcement, travel to Bellevue and Cedar Rapids, a death in Turtle Lake, and school activities. Highlights include a dance anniversary in Oxford Junction, a library of church reports, a senior play at Onslow, a sacred concert by Cue college groups, and a Hale area marriage. Baseball practice and county sequence planning for Senea wrap the week.
Amber relatives and friends gathered at the H Dirks bowery Saturday evening to celebrate Ben Husman’s birth anniversary. Husman, formerly of this community and operator of the Jim Brown farm near town, now lives near Scotch Grove. An impending marriage of Miss Hattie Thuman to John L Grant was announced for Wayne Zion Lutheran church on May 1 at 2 p.m. Rev J Willins to officiate. Mrs Carl Eden is seriously ill west of town with two daughters aiding. Mary Thuman and family visited John Null near Monticello.
Obituary notices record Milton Steckel’s death at 77 in Copley Pennsylvania and list his siblings. Social and church events include Presbyterian circle at Mrs James Buckner home and Wayne Lutheran Aid meeting at Wayne schoolhouse. Visitors and relatives are noted among Anamosa Maquoketa Monticello and Winthrop residents.
Social notes from Sand Spring report visits with relatives in Earlville Monticello and Richland Center. Doris Elizabeth Rutz born Thursday April 20 to Louise Warner Rutz and her husband Carl in Rochester Minnesota. Birthday party for Mrs. J L Batchelder featured a surprise gathering with a 500 cash gift.
A 50 year old patient reports ten years of stomach pain ending after an operation and then a positive response to a treatment marketed as Aden Tablets. The ad-style notice promotes a $1.00 package, a money back guarantee, and Palmer's Drug Store as the seller.
Mrs. Donald Johnston and daughter Donna Lee of Guernsey reported their house and goods destroyed by fire on Friday. Dorothy Lee and another Johnston daughter traveled to Farley Sunday. Atlen Fisher, 7, was saved from drowning after falling nine feet into a mill race at the Iowa Electric power plant, thanks to Perry Dunn who shut off the water and rescued him.
For rent or sale the residence of the late Mrs J A Mc Laughlin. For particulars contact F D McLaughlin. 35-11 For sale early Ohio and Rural New Yorker potatoes for seed or eating Harris Sisters R2 Monticello Pd-43-2
Classified notices list a furnished apartment and garage for rent at 326 North Sycamore Street with contact phone 276. The item appears among other ads for cattle, furniture, and portable mill services.
Cord wood and lumber offered for sale at 10 cents and 25 per M. Includes fence posts wagon tongues leeches and eveners. Saw mill in operation ready to fill orders. Contact 4 McNeill Hopkinton.
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