Monticello High School Plans Comprehensive 1927 28 Curriculum
The Monticello school outlines year divisions into quarters or semesters with quarterly written exams and optional questions. Promotion rules vary by grade, with specific grading scales and conditions for removing E grades. New agricultural offerings include animal husbandry and, later, farm crops and soils, with emphasis on teacher training and community cooperation.
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Monticello
Specie
Bixler
Cast le Grove Social Roundup Amid Visits and Travel
Castle Grove notes show multiple Cedar Rapids, Madison and Williston visits by families including the Hosford, Brown, Burr, Whitmore and Hahn households. Threshing ends with variable yields, generally not large but of fair quality. The McAleers plan an auto trip through South Dakota and Nebraska, while Nosford and son buy a milking polled shorthorn bull in Wisconsin.
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S. M. Hosford
Elmo Brown
Cedar Rapids
Brown
Minneapolis
Williston
North Dakota
E. F. Burr
Anamosa
McNeilly
State Park
R. M. Whitmore
Madison
Wisconsin
H. Hahn
Lawrence
Anna Husman
Delhi
Adelbert King
Theola
Wapsipinicon
George H. Whitmore
Hosfoerd
Ida Hahn
Adix
Monticello
Theodore Rieniers
Henry
Bowen's Prairie
William McAleer
South Dakota
Nebraska
S. M. Nosford
Kenneth
Chilton
Fred Caspers
Pleasant Ridge Homecoming Draws 148 Residents
Eight years after the first homecoming the Pleasant Ridge community gathered at the Pleasant Ridge school house two miles east of Wyoming. A picnic dinner on the lawn followed by a program featured welcome by Lyle Tompkins, readings, music, and remarks from local figures. The event included a ball game and sports, with Lyle Tompkins elected president and Hazel Mallicoat secretary for the new year.
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Pleasant Ridge
Wyoming
Lyle Tompkins
Hazel Heasty
The
Ridge Girls
L. M. Tasker
Anna Brodersen
Cole
Olin
M. H. Morse
Janet Robertson
Hazel Mallicoat
Charm of Edinburgh And the Scotch Lakes
Leonard Duckett narrates a Scottish trip via steamers and coaches across Loch Lomond to Inversnaid, describing Ben Vorlich Ben Vane and Ben Lomond, the beauty of Loch Lomond, and a later Glasgow stay. He notes Glasgow as Scotland’s commercial capital with its Clyde shipyards and George Square monuments, then continues by rail to Carlisle and the English Lake District, promising a next letter.
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Stronachlachar
Inversnaid
Roy Roy
Scott
Ben Vorlich
Ben Vane
Ben Inne
Loch Lomond
Ben Lomond
Balloch Pier
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Clyde
Scotland
Liverpool
Nto Binmileo
Aunge
George Square
Carlisle
English Lake District
Leonard Duckett
Inside Information for The Busy Housewife
A range of kitchen tips from Farmers Bulletin 1513 F on convenient kitchens. Soak very salty ham in buttermilk before cooking. cottage cheese provides milk nutrients. cook rice in ample salted water. make long grain separation. seasonal fruits and dried fruits pair with biscuits and whipped cream. celery root serves as a celery substitute and enhances potato salad. Caramel flavoring easy to prepare for desserts. Iced tea garnishes include citrus slices mint and candied fruit peels. oranges provide vitamins and minerals for children.
Worth and Wealth Reflections
A classical sentiment quotes Ovid on value and social status, noting that wealth and property confer honors and friendships, while poverty leads to widespread discount. The remark links material means with social standing and personal relationships in a terse moral reflection.
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Ovid
Jones County Fair Opens With Livestock Exhibits and Booths
The Jones County Fair opened Tuesday featuring Lovell Township Farm Bureau booth in purple and gold with a horn of plenty centerpiece and culinary displays. Other exhibits include Holstein Calf Club and 4H booths, Home Project work, and Jackson Wyoming Madison township displays, plus Wolf Carnival midway rides and various eating stands.
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Tion Hall
A. C. Martin
Hopkinton
Frank Locher
A. J. H. McNeill
Universal Ranges
Zimmerman & Harms
Henry Helms
A la Fevre
Earlville
Lovell Township
Farm Bureau
Jones County
Township Farm Bureau
Holstein Calf Club
Cow Testing Association
Glenn Brookins
Jones County Home Project
Jackson
Wyoming
Madison
Max Wortman
Wolf Carnival Company
Sunday and Evening Services at Local Church Calendar
Sunday school 9:45 a.m. divine services 10:30 a.m. Ladies Aid meets Aug 31 in Luther hall with Mrs John Otten as hostess. Sunday Aug 28 Sunday school and Bible class 10 a.m. English service 11 a.m. Rev Prof Wideraenders to preach. Friday Sept 2 Ladies Aid at Mrs Louis Stadtmueller. Sunday school 10 a.m. Morning worship 11 a.m. Epworth League 7 p.m. Special musical program 8 p.m. Violinist Dan Woods of State Center and pianist Luella Wilson perform. Woods second in Iowa State music contest. Wilson a Grinnell conservatory graduate.
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Ladies’ Aid
Luther Hall
John Otten
Wiederaenders
Louis Stadtmueller
Epworth League
Dan Woods
State Center
Luella Wilson
Oberlin Conservatory
Wilson
Mr. Woods
Grinnell Conservatory
Local Visitors Stop by Area Homes
Mrs Elsie Buol of Minneapolis and Paul Marugg of Dubuque visited the Schweitzers last week. Ocder-Foapide guests spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Sackett. Schweitzer family returned from a motor trip to Hanlontown. Robert Buol from Dubuque visiting Fritz Marugg. Leroy Clark Sr Monticello spent Sunday with H L Wismeier. A Burkey Center Junction visited his son S A Burkey and family. Adam Hein Monticello stayed a few days at Paul Guyan home.
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Elsie Buol
Minneapolis
Paul Marugg
Dubuque
John Schweitzer
Amos Sackett
Hanlontown
Robert Buol
Fritz Marugg
Leroy Clark, Sr
Monticello
H. L. Wismeier
A. Burkey
Center Junction
S. A. Burkey
Adam Hein
Paul Guyan
Rural Schools Will Start Soon in Various Towns
Fragmentary list shows names such as Louise Nesper Rowena Kohl Mary Stupka Agnes Krumpe Doroth y Ba Baldwin Vera Pence Ridge Eva Teeilall and others connected to towns like Ox Monmouth Pleasant Ridge Mulvyshill Oxford Junction Spencerville and Spencerville indicates upcoming school openings across Wyoming towns with student names attached.
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Louise Nesper
Rowena Kohl
Mary Stupka
Agnes Krumpe
Wyoming
Beers Creek
Dorothy Ba
Baldwin
Vera Wean
Pence Ridge
Eva Teeilall
Monmouth
Pleasant Ridge
Gertrude
Mulvys
Early Marriage Not Best for Happiness
Study based on 1,000 Philadelphia domestic relations cases suggests ideal marriage ages are 29 for men and 24 for women. Risks rise when either spouse is 19 or younger, while slight age deviations around the ideal have little effect. Postponement and guidance may reduce domestic disaster. Also notes on horse and livestock feeding with corn types and weed control by sheep and goats.
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Journal of Social Hygiene
Domestic Relations Court
Philadelphia
Thief Trains as Hotel Clerk Then Robs Guests in Paris
A Dutchman posing as a hotel clerk named Carolus Benner studied guests to learn where valuables were kept. After years of steady thefts he fled and was later caught hiding behind draperies in an Englishwoman’s room. He received a two year prison sentence.
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Paris
Hemming
Carolus Benner
Drought Ravages South Africa Amid Desperate Hardship
The Midlands cape endures an acute drought with Aberdeen reporting 500 near starvation and Wilrow area seeing over 400 destitute families. Karroo stock dies and crops fail. Port Elizabeth relief funds reach 1140 pounds, but funds remain far short of needs as farms are abandoned and workers laid off.
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Cape Towna
Cape
South Africa
Aberdeen
Wilowmore
Port
Elizabeth
Westricts
Kansas Anti-Horse Thief Body To Patrol Nocturnal Neckers
After sixty years of law enforcement, the Anti-Horse Thief association of Kansas plans to target nocturnal spooners on country roads. The group aims to revive justice of the peace courts in every township and use male members to patrol districts with authority to arrest neckers and bring them before local justices.
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Topeka
Kiu
Anti-Horse Thief Association of
Kansas
Justice of the Peace
Mystery of Place Name Clues Kronos Quiz
A concise puzzle lists items such as distance Yokohama Denmark winter Egypt and New Amsterdam. The fragment hints at a wordplay or geography themed challenge likely asking for connections or origins of these terms. No clear narrative or outcome is provided.
Giant Lobster Captured Off Long Island Coast
Brooklyn readers learn a giant lobster weighing 24 1 4 pounds and 3 feet long was caught near Long Beach then moved to an Evans Avenue shop for exhibition. The piece playfully imagines coast dangers while noting the lobster’s size and age.
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Long Island
Brooklyn
Long Beach
Rockaway
Coney Island
New York
Bronx
Brownsville
Canarsie
Rita
Sheepshead Bay
Emmons Avenue
Tess
Uim
Finay
Ijlis
Kissing Taught as Science at Universities
Professor Nyropot of Copenhagen University says kissing is a science and will be taught in universities. He warns that a near sighted old fellow with song whiskers could strip the poetry from it.
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Nyropot
Copenhagen Uiversity
Cnapper'sa Weekly
Riches at Command by John Burroughs
An aphoristic quotation asserts that the universe’s wealth lies at one’s door and can be claimed without money or price through simple action. The speaker urges readers to extend their hand and take what they already possess.
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John Burroughs
Rooms for Rent Furnished or Unfurnished
Furnished or unfurnished rooms available strictly modern. Contact Mrs Will Netcott by phone at 370 for details.
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Will Netcott
Wayne No 3 School House Auction Notice
The Wayne Township school board in Jones County Iowa votes to sell the old Wayne No 3 school house due to a new building. The public auction is set for Saturday August 27 at 1 PM for cash to the highest bidder. Gerd Harms president H R Jacobs secretary Thos Stimpson auctioneer.
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Wayne
Jones County
Iowa
Wayne No. 3
Best
Gerd Harms
H.R. Jacobs
Thos, Stimpson
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