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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
4
Dr Martha Manning endorses a ten point reduced calorie eating plan to maintain weight. Emphasizes greens fruits vegetables milk and lean proteins with guidance on portions fat avoidance bread and starch choices plus regular fruit and broth snacks and careful preparation of vegetables and carrots.
Remnants and bargain silks flood counters, with advice from Miss Olive Settles of Iowa State College. Learn how to judge warp and filling balance, watch for weighting, and test yarns from seams to avoid poor grades and overdressed fabrics.
Dr. Peter Malcolm states there is no extra danger from mad dogs in August and that March saw more rabies complaints. He urges immediate reporting of suspected outbreaks, quarantine of premises, and cautious handling of dogs including brain submission if needed.
The Monticello station timetable lists C. M. St. P. & P. trains with morning and afternoon passenger departures to Cedar Rapids Oxnard Calmar Dubuque and Omaha connections. Freight movements include Cedar Rapids Farley Dubuque and Marion turns. A note mentions a silo investment for winter pasture.
Mercy hospital reports Mrs. J Meade and infant making good progress after a Caesarean. Bridge work progresses with iron carloads unloaded for abutments while the old bridge remains usable. A court case State vs Henry Scheer ends in a $10 fine. Foley brothers complete Benton county road contracts and Sterling Apron factory nears operation with steady hiring and new equipment.
Dean Curtiss of Ames on his Rookwood farm shows an oats yield of 110 bushels per acre on 95 acres using Logren variety developed by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. This record surpasses state averages by nearly four times and marks the highest oats yield in Iowa to date.
Rex Woodrow sketches sunbathers on Sound Benel sands and wins the gaze of a stunning Sun Goddess. A bold agent offers to buy his portraits while a mysterious man watches, hinting at a rapid studio deal and a passionate, unspoken bond.
The text explains meters as instruments measuring pressure and electrical current. It notes a volt meter measures voltage and a current meter gauges electric flow, with implied roles in monitoring electrical quantities and related contractions.
A native in Egypt declared a camel is worth more than a wife in a market dispute. Clergy questioned the claim as the camel was offered for sale but refused, and the trader offered the camel for 100 dollars. The seller maintained the stance saying the camel is better than a wife.
Thieves entered the Sears store in Cedar Rapids early Monday and carted off a safe weighing about 1220 pounds. Officials recovered only $180 in cash from the take, while about $1500 had been removed from the safe and banked after Saturday business hours. A nearby company’s truck was stolen and thought to have been used to haul the safe away.
This notice compiles multiple small ads and a public probate notice from Anamosa Iowa in August 1928. It lists a girl for general house work, rooms for rent near Steiner Grocery, apples for sale Whitney crabs and Yellow Transparents, cattle for sale with counts and weights, a red milking shorthorn bull for sale, and a dead animals removal service. It also includes a public notice appointing Lovell State Bank as executor of the John Marek estate with filing claims and payment instructions.
TYPWRITER FOR SALE In good shape and recently reconditioned. Monticello Produce Market Eyes 30¢ Heavy Hens 4 pounds up Light Hens and Leghorns Heavy Springs Leghorn Springs Old COX We Sell your poultry and eggs where you get the most money. E J Farley Phone 96 FOUND POCKET BOOK Mrs Renk has found and left at this office for the owner a lady s handbag containing 2 wristwatch 9 memoranda of addresses and a canceled note signed by Clifford L Hemphill The book contained no money.
Of W S Wilkinson deceased and all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to file to be allowed or proved. Dated at Anamosa Iowa this 26th day of July 1928 H H Wilkinson Doxsee and Doxsee attorneys for the estate.
The executrix of the Mary I Jarman estate in Jones County Iowa notifies all creditors to file their claims with the clerk sworn and within legal time. Debtors are urged to pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa July 30 1928 Mrs Louis E Jones Executrix E E Reed Attorney.
Public notice from Iowa states executrices Ella Stahlberg and Mabel Behrends of the estate of August Land deceased seek immediate payments to settle the estate. Dated Anamosa Iowa July 24 1928. J J Locher attorney for estate.
The state of Iowa appoints an executor for the Harm Behnken estate. Dated at Anamosa on the 1st this month. J J Locher is attorney for the estate and records indicate the executor actions.
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