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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1933
Page
2
Coryell's new Main Street station offers gas and purche specials. Several residents including Don Young and Isabel Liddy are noted visiting Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Dubuque, and Como venues. Community events include a Sacred Heart bake sale and Cloverleaf club picnic at the city park.
Local residents from Central City Independence Waterloo and surrounding towns spent leisure days with families in Monticello area homes. Guests included the Ferring and Gerdes families, Naomi Maloney and others visiting relatives, and trips to events such as the American Legion convention and a Century of Progress exposition in Chicago.
A parade of visitors and extended stays fills the week as families travel to Chicago for A Century of Progress and the World’s Fair. Notables include Miss Althea Bancroft from Maywood and Jonathan families in Monticello and Madrid, with many motor trips, hospital stays, and social calls noted. An assault case places A. B. Kirkpatrick in jail after stabbing W. T. Shannon during a Sunday quarrel.
The Ex press apologizes for a series of five cent advertisements. A July 9 tax on flour barrels plus higher material costs and added staff under NIRA pushed up costs. Colonial Baking Co and dealers could not meet the advertised price and announce a 6 cent loaf.
Otto Hansen of Marion suffered arm and forehead injuries in a two car collision on Marion boulevard at 1 30 pm Sunday. He received first aid at St Luke's hospital. In other items Mrs Ed Huibregtee hosted guests including relatives from Monmouth Ill and nearby towns over the weekend. Mr and Mrs E J Farley traveled to Chicago to visit friends and attend A Century of Progress with their son John returning home with them. Miss Mildred Deischer and sisters Lura and Wilma Hanna left for Chicago to attend the Century of Progress exposition, joined by Myrtle Rockstad from Muscatine in Davenport.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Teed and baby of Colorado Springs Mrs. M. Clark of Toronto Ontario and Mr. and Mrs. Cap Bud of Dubuque were guests last weekend in the homes of Mrs. Lottie Marugg and Mrs. J W Schweitzer.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harms and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Miller with two children from Manchester spent last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carmichael and also visited Mrs. Harms' brother, Charles Scherrer.
Miss Bessie Potter of Cedar Rapids and her sister Mrs S C Searbaugh of Los Angeles Calif were Sunday visitors with the Misses Mary and Carrie Clark. Mrs Clara Bennet of Cedar Rapids and Mrs John Dumont of Anamosa also visited. Mr and Mrs L A Johansson and son David of Springville called on Mrs Robert Cushmann at the home of her mother Mrs Rudolph Bohren last Sunday afternoon. They were also guests of Miss Mary Stadtmueller Sunday evening.
Bull Peterson recently traveled to Minneapolis for a week long vacation accompanied by his aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Paul Peterson who joined him on the trip after a year of work at the Barnard Cass farm.
Mrs Ely and daughter Betty visited the Swarizell home in Olin Priday. Miss Gladys Keifer, who has been spending the past month there, returned with them to spend the rest of her vacation with the Kays.
Mr and Mrs George Rettig of Independence were guests in the home of Mrs George Rettig. They were joined by Miss Joann Schemmel who had spent a week visiting in their home.
Rules for Jones County Fair outline three horse classes pony class former class horses and class A races. Substantial purses to attract quality fields with efforts to ensure fair competition. Entry fees not charged and classification rests with judge and superintendent. horses may be disqualified for acts by horse rider or owner. Winners move up or are barred from further racing for the stated period.
Report of a hidden cache of dynamite uncovered by children on the Bovis near Baldwilash Sumgey. Names and details of people involved are unclear in the fragment but indicate authorities and residents discussing the event and a serious automobile incident in California affecting Nancy Vic Glenn. She was hospitalized and is recovering.
Rev and Mrs Cushman, traveling with their son, leave on a homeward journey from the ward to Texas after a brief stop.
Government mailing outlines August 1 tax on all cotton products with 42 cents per yard on processed goods. Retailers get 30 days to clear on hand cotton stocks while wholesalers pay on hand stock. after August 1 the tax shifts to manufacturers. Estimated first year revenue reaches 100 million dollars benefiting cotton growers.
Among those at the State convention of the American region in Dubuque Tuesday were Mr and Mrs Henry Che Mr and Mrs Harry Hoag Mr and Mrs Will Jarrett Mr and Mrs James Morrissey Mr and Mrs Clark Hubbard Mr and Mrs Clarence Matthiessen Mr and Mrs Carl Hodson Mr and Mrs Will Corbin Ray Echternacht and Harry Maire.
Reverend William Willms and his Bancroft South Dakota family arrived last Tuesday to visit relatives in the community. They plan to attend the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago next week with Reverend and Mrs. John Willms.
Mrs. Fred Endsley came home Sunday after a week at the Chicago A Century of Progress exposition with her sisters Avis and Marian McFadden Helen Harney of West Liberty and her aunt Mrs F B Osburn of Iowa City A note mentions a classified ad snippet and a stray line about child labor laws.
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