Jones County Fair Grows Into Nation’s Top Five
The Great Jones County Fair draws people by the thousands to Monticello each August for five days of stages shows free draws band concerts harness racing stock car races and the famed fat steer show This 1953 centennial context notes the fair’s rising fame since 1944 and its status among Iowa’s top agriculture events with strong community support and a lasting harvest of entertainment and pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Waterloo
Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Mason City
Chicago
F.F.A
Barrow
Rural America Faces the Atomic Age Moral Awakening
Rural church leaders should lead a moral awakening rooted in humility and stewardship. Farm policy must balance abundance with addressing hunger at home and abroad, urging pastors to support subsistence and spiritual renewal amid productive capacity and environmental strain. The piece urges Samaritanship and moral courage alongside technical knowhow.
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Marshall Harris
America
Christian Advocate Magazine
Harris
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Law Center
State University of Iowa
National Council of Churches
Merchants Should Trade In Home Town
A highway patrol fragment recalls a fatal curb crash as a boy ran from a truck with a broken wheel. The column urges McLean county readers to hire local labor for construction, noting many locals are skilled from Paducah to Evansville and that outside bidders often win.
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McLean County
Paducah
Evansville
Owensboro
Armed Services
Zoning Defined and Its Purpose in Town Planning
An explainer notes zoning divides land into districts and lists legal uses to protect residential values by separating conflicting operations. It contrasts unzoned cities with cluttered areas and argues local builders should favor local labor and materials for community benefit.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
The Last Steps Of His Life
A brief, tragic report recalls a 3 year old boy described as fast by a highway patrolman. The narrative follows four young men in a gravel truck driving through an Iowa city, raising concern about safety in residential streets.
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Iowa City
Monticello Express Staff and Publication Details
The Monticello Express is published Mondays and Thursdays in Monticello Iowa. It lists staff including H M Johnny Jones publisher Fred Tunks news editor and others in office and printing departments. Advertising reps come from Newspaper Advertising Service and Iowa Press Advertising Service. Subscription rates are $4.50 within certain Iowa counties and $5.50 elsewhere in the United States.
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H. M
Johnny) Jones
Fred Tunks
Alex Nagy
Herbert Kuntz
Leamon Scott
Monticello
Iowa
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Chicago, Ill
Iowa Press Advertising Service
Des Moines
Jones, Clinton
Cedar
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson
Linn
United States
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Daily Drovers Journal
Land of Plenty
Fran O’brien
Algona Advance
Bob Hullihan
McLean County News
Calhoun, Ky
Eloy
Ariz
Ruth Clark
Tipton
Monticello Express
Monticello and
Emma Stadtmueller
Paul Kurt
Ralph Haus
Ray Luckstedt
Robert Goodyear
Ditorock
Athpen Howa Press
Waffle
General Electric
John Behn
Marvin Terveen
Jones County Fair
Jones
Freese Impl. Sales
Miller’s
International Harvester
Monticello Impl & Truck
GEO. C. Schon Impl. CO
ED L. Vanourny
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