22 Aug 1935
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1935
Page
1
The text describes a festive county fair with rides, games, floral displays, and crowds including farmers, housewives, and youths. It notes merry chaos, spending, and betting at booths while warning that rising taxes, including income, death, and potential sales taxes, strain taxpayers and threaten the budget under the New Deal era.
Summer heat dominates August with strong oat harvests but farmers worry about corn due to insufficient rain. Soybeans look promising. The nation mourns airman Wiley Post and Will Rogers after Alaska crash. Roosevelt's policies spark debate as Rhode Island Republicans face a Democratic vacancy and officials face corruption indictments.
Des Moines Register columnist Harvey Ingham outlines world corn production with Iowa contributing eight percent of US output, noting a 1920 world crop near 4.7 billion bushels and the three main growing regions. Sioux City Journal praises Verne Marshall for exposing Iowa graft, sparking resignations and fear among officials as a fight to clean the state.
Metropolitan Life statisticians report declines in several major causes of death for January through April 1995. Cancer deaths fell about 0.7 percent, tuberculosis 4.2 percent, heart disease 4.7 percent, and deaths from four pediatric communicable diseases over 10 percent, amid improved treatments and research.
Des Moines recalls postwar stock promotions and savings bonds as the U S treasury reports May bond sales led by Iowa. New York slipped to fifth while Iowa surged, with total first quarter sales near $133 million for 1945.
July liquor store sales in Iowa totaled 319 301 dollars, down 126 495 from June, with 13 new stores bringing total to 103. About 23 000 job applications are on hand under the new system, though no positions are available. Top selling cities include Des Moines Davenport Cedar Rapids Sioux City and Waterloo along with several others.
A series of public notices announces special elections in Monticello Iowa and Jones County. Voters will decide on building a city swimming pool and issuing bonds up to 15000 dollars, and a county courthouse at an estimated 165000 dollars with a 93300 dollar bond portion financed by a federal grant. Polling places are listed across Anamosa Cass Castle Grove and other wards with specific locations. Polls open eight a m to eight p m on election day.
Public notice from the state of Town as administratrixes of Ed J Head deceased calls all claimants to file sworn claims with the court clerk within legal time and demands immediate payment from debtors. Dated Anamosa Iowa July 31 1935 Nettie Darrow Mamie A Burlingham Administrations Coxsee Coxsee Helserman attorneys for the estate.
The State of Iowa acts as Administrator of the estate of Harry J Lang. The notice outlines probate administration steps and deadlines for creditors and heirs under the state rules. It specifies filings and required actions to claims against the estate.
Claims against the Monticello State Bank estate filed with the Clerk of the Court are due within the legal time. creditors must present sworn claims for allowance or proof. Debtors are urged to pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa July 30 1935. Attorney Locher & Locher for the estate.
Notice to interested parties that final reports and applications for discharge of executors administrators guardians and trustees in listed estates have been filed in Jones county district court. A hearing to approve these reports is fixed for August 28 1939 at Anamosa Iowa before the district court.
The administrator Benjamin W. Ament of Edward Ament deceased asks all claimants to file sworn claims with the Jones County court clerk within the legal period and all debtors to pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa August 7, 1935.
In the district court of Jones county Iowa for September term 1935 the case lists numerous defendants including Genevieve Barnett J E Barnett Blanche D Autremont Genevieve Auld Leland Auld Nell D Autremont Joseph D Autremont James D Autremont A S D Autremont J A Ward Margaret Winters Fred Sam Richards Lillian D Autremont Roy F Dautremont. Readied notice states there is now on file in the clerk of the district court office a formal action.
A court petition in Jones County Iowa asserts the plaintiff owns the fee simple to extensive railroad addition parcels in Monticello with a carved-out exception. It asks a judgment establishing superior title against all defendants and directs appearance by September 23, 1935, at Anamosa court. Attorneys Lochner & Lochner represent the plaintiff.
The notice lists polling places including Center Junction City hall Fairview Court Anamosa Greenfield H and M Motor Co Martello Hale School house Monticello Fire station American Legion building Morley Community hall Oniow Onslow Oxford Junction Richland areas Rome Olin Scotch Grove Dearborn hall Stone City Washington Wayne Wyoming and more. Voters are instructed to appear at their precinct polling place and vote, per the board of supervisors order dated at Anamosa.
Veterinary surgeon and dentist office one block north of the post office. Calls answered day or night. Phone 171.
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