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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
1
The Mon Monticello Express discusses small colleges facing funding challenges and the move toward junior status, cites Ellsworth and Lenox as examples, and urges Uncle Bim donations. It recalls shipping subsidies postwar, Ford age rules, and worker retirement trends before urging summer to fall school scheduling and the value of reading.
A mother of eight was executed by hanging in Canada for killing her husband. The incident contrasts with Chicago newspapers that mourned the firing of a woman bootlegger who was also a mother of five.
The passage notes the deadly impact of the Zippers and Thrillers on Lake Okoboji claiming nine or ten lives, and compares this to nationwide speeders whose toll grows monthly many times over.
The past week brought good weather for early fairs but uneven rains across the state left some localities with corn that fired before maturity. Overall the state should show a pretty fair crop, though some areas will have greatly reduced yields due to dry conditions.
Uphold perpetual care through annual income or lot costs says Furman Mulford in the Yearbook of the U S Department of Agriculture. Neat grounds depend on well trimmed turf grave markers kept level and straight. managers should limit monument size and placement to preserve cemetery appearance.
A Sioux City Journal column argues male physical prowess grants limited superiority. It cites faster running, higher lifts, and louder yell, while praising women's patience, tolerance, fidelity, and broader cultural advances. The piece suggests gender progress rests on economic and political development, not just strength.
Miss Margaret Haggart of Iowa State College argues rural students suffer more defects from infectious diseases. She urges generous water supplies in country schools to enable hand washing before meals, noting 90 percent of infectious diseases enter through the mouth and calling for compulsory washing.
L. R. Combs will take over information service and editorial duties of the agricultural extension service at Town State College on Aug. 28, succeeding H. J. Metcalf who recently resigned. Combs is a Kansas State Industrial Journalism graduate of 1926 with prior work at the Manhattan Morning Chronicle and as farm editor of the Emporia Gazette.
The Des Moines Register notes that any proposed move by President Hoover to stir a fight in the senate has ceased to seem newsworthy to the general public.
Des Moines prepares 24 hour weather forecast to aid air mail pilots with telephoned and radio updates from Iowa City station. Bananas and fruit trains move through Eldora as grain and livestock shipments head to market. Mesquakie Nation pow-wow in Tama county draws visitors from several states with 400 tribe members and 16 year tradition. Tama County Indian education expands with 4-H clubs and two schools joining public system. In 1927 28 season Iowa issued 164647 hunting fishing licenses totaling 168277 dollars. separate licenses for each hunter fisher and trapper may boost state revenue, risking fewer sales.
The article details Iowa football schedule dates with home and away games against Carroll Monmouth Ohio State and others, plus Illinois reserves game on Oct 19 and Indiana trip on Oct 19. It also covers freshman orientation events at Teachers College Cedar Falls and a 1920s-era anecdote about veterans Tom and Earl Lewes and a Kansas connection to John Brown and a Osawatomie cabin memoir.
Banks in most counties in the state section have formed a compact to carry out the program. Funds can be secured at Sioux City quickly for urgent demands. Bank robberies in that section are described as "slim picking" henceforth.
In the September 1929 term of the District Court of Iowa in Jones County a petition for divorce from Irma Smyth was filed by Laurence J. Smyth on grounds of desertion for over two years. The notice warns Irma Smyth to appear by September 23, 1929, otherwise default and judgment may be entered.
In Jones County Iowa the estate of Mary O Rourke is to be appraised for collateral inheritance tax. The appraisers R A Cartano and associates will meet September 16 1929 at 1 p.m. in the district court clerk's office at Anamosa to assess property charged or sought for tax.
An Italian family near High Bridge in Boone county ate mushrooms that looked like toadstools. The entire family became very ill at supper. Dr. Smith of Granger treated them with a strong emetic. All but the mother recovered.
District court of Jones County Iowa to all concerned holds probate on the last will of Margaret Young deceased filed August 3 1929. A final proof and probate date is set for September 1929 at 10:00 a.m. Dated August 3 1929 B G Rees Clerk. Doxsee Doxsee attorneys for the estate.
State horticulture estimates indicate only about half a normal apple crop this season with the best fruit from the north and the worst from winter varieties. Grapes are near average, corn for canning average, and potato output likely below last year.
George W. May, longtime Columbia merchant in Marion county, celebrated 50 years in business with a community event attended by the Pella band and Congressman Dowell. Knoxville poet E. O. Osborn honored May with verse praising his steadfast shop offering staples from soap to kerosene and his enduring friendship to all.
Iowa district judge ruled a radio set is a musical instrument exempt from execution along with household effects. The state supreme court reversed the lower court in a non unanimous decision. a majority held contrivances do not produce new harmonious sounds and hearing the unregistered. The dissent argued the original concept viewed a musical note as contacting ears nearby and dying there.
In the matter of Mary I. Jarman deceased the Treasurer of State and listed heirs and institutions are named. The notice references distributions of one half of residue to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and lists numerous individuals and organizations including Monticello Congregational church and Grinnell College.
A notice outlines a tax sale at 1 p m on September 16 1929 at the mosa office in the countystate. The sale involves property from the Schauffler Missionary Training School and one half of residue to the American Missionary Association with proceeds allocated to various parties. J W Connley and A O Sones named as officials.
The court fixed September 23 1929 at 10 o clock A M for final proof and probate of the last will of John B Eggers deceased in Jones County Iowa. All interested persons are required to appear at the September term to contest or present claims as provided by law. Dated August 13 1929 Clerk of District Court B G Rees and J J Locher attorney for estate.
A long list of surviving children and heirs of J. H. J. Stutt Maggie S Bohlken and Ed Behrends, with trusts to Evan gelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Monticello State Bank, naming pastors and heirs. The document references legatees including Strockhold Germany Leerhave Germany St. Matthew's church and the Lutheran church in Leerhave. It notes lateral Inheritance Tax and mentions A. O. Bones J. W. Conmey R.A. Cartano as involved parties.
The Maplecrest Hatchery near Williamsburg Iowa County reports 1400 turkeys, poultry moved to an alfalfa tract on the Edward estate. Two groups, older and younger, are cared for by Phil Gingerich Clark Jones and Lloyd Jones. The turkeys display notable manners at feeding troughs and show bonding with their caretakers.
Northwestern Iowa bankers publish notices restricting cash on hand after daylight robberies in Cherokee Orange City Gilmore City and nearby towns. The move aims to curb losses and deter further robberies.
The announcement that the state university football team was expelled from the Big Ten conference drew little impact. Minnesota and Illinois emerge as the standout games on the University of Town football schedule for 1929.
On August 21, 1929 the clerk of the District Court Jones County Iowa sets September 23, 1929 at 10:00 a.m. for final proof and probate of the last will and testament of Augusta Helgens deceased. All interested persons may appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Lara E. Hanna deputy and attorney W. J. Locher for the estate.
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