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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
8
Reinhard Essbach of Manning Carroll county after 27 years in America returns to his native Saxony at 62 to claim a million dollar estate left by his late father. The music teacher who taught lessons for 50 cents now will help run the family’s vast musical instrument factory.
Bystanders watched Walter Clausen 31 charged with stealing clothes from Frank Murphy begin to walk to jail in underwear. He was ordered to undress for returning clothes, then driven to the patrol wagon. A Milton school board note describes a maid seeking teaching work with odd self description.
A Iowa Falls man avoids a short change scam after a $20 and a $10 bill exchange attempt. Lohrville Scouts run the town for a day handling officials and fines. A LeMars merchant buys traps after a mice demonstration. A Riceville farmer survives a BB shot to the eye via a glass eye. A Waukon couple chase a skunk into their home and fumigate. County Agent Frank notes growing farm youngsters.
The sequoia is the national tree chosen in 1881 by 8 million voters. It grows only in California within restricted areas and is the largest and likely oldest tree. The Sherman Tree is about 278 feet tall and 86 feet in diameter, located in Sequoia National Park.
Kloser of Carroll county runs a part time night class for 68 farm boys in November. Students guess the price of hoys four months later. John Hoffman and Leonard Frischmeyer both predicted $10.50, the exact cent. Many others were close to the mark.
High school musicians from Rolfe in Pocahontas county faced rough roads to the state district contest in Nevada Story county. One carload tipped en route to the event but the orchestra and girls glee club still earned superior ratings. On the return trip another carload overturned and a third unit witnessed an accident injuring members of the West Bend girls glee club.
Romance framed DeWitt Iowa’s early history once known as Van denburg in Clinton county. The town grew into a thriving municipality of over 2000 people after 1841 acts by the council and territorial representatives, with the name changed to DeWitt in 1842.
George LaGrange and George Horning of Vinton Benton county narrowly escaped tragedy when their car steering failed and the vehicle plunged into a 12 foot deep pond. Horning who cannot swim, opened a door and surfaced while LaGrange climbed out and swam to shore.
The notice urges housewives to be thrifty in food buying and touts the refrigerating unit Model CF-2 nicknamed the Thrift Unit. Its low operating cost and long service life reduce operating time and meet peak demands with large reserve capacity.
A farmer aided a swimmer named Horning by pulling him ashore with a rope. Both identities and roles are noted, and no injuries were reported for Horning or the rescuer.
W H Olson of Newell in Buena Vista county advances fur farming from sideline to profession. He currently keeps 20 female foxes with unseen pups, plus a few pairs of mink. Ideal Iowa climate supports profitable fur husbandry despite counting the pups being risky.
Mrs Curtis Van Houten of Battle Creek Ida county prizes a 1865 sampler cross stitched by another day. She plans to have the piece framed for preservation.
The piece showcases delicate embroidery with bright colors after 75 years and includes figures of people animals houses and trees. Mr Reynolds aged 82 visits Sidney Fremont County where he spent his youth leaving at 16. He finds no one from his early days after 66 years away.
Police in Wright County and Earle Grove searched for a stolen truck but the operation proved a mistaken alarm. Local officials say the Potgeter elevator project and related details were briefly tied to the incident before clarifications were issued.
Police recovered the missing truck after an all night search when Walt Porter found it parked at Jeny Bruni's garage. Jerry mistakenly believed the vehicle was his and had parked it inside the garage and locked it for the night.
Merlin McBride of Defiance narrowly escaped injury when a shot from a farm yard crew exploded at Mrs. Etta Jensen’s property. Buckshot blasted through the J. W. Mc Bride car roof where Merlin sat, missing him by inches as the empty pin misled the shooters.
A handwritten style home recipe describes Oatmeal Nut Bread with oats yeast sugar and nuts. It provides steps to steep oats in boiling water dissolve yeast and mix with flour then rise knead shape bake in a hot oven for about 45 minutes at 490 degrees.
Nelda Marie Henderson, eight, daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Henderson of Taledo, Tame county, started music lessons at four and now serves as pianist for her Sunday school. She learned violin at six and has earned membership in both junior and senior high school orchestras.
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