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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1928
Page
7
Iowa state superintendent Miss Ag nes Samuelson announced a diploma program for standardized schools meeting strict criteria. Superior status requires a highly qualified teacher a near perfect school building and facilities community interest thorough county inspection and teacher observation before state review.
A two headed calf born on the Lloyd Bradley farm in Page County attracts attention. Mrs. Bradley feeds it with two bottles, noting it drinks from both and ceases when one bottle runs dry. She observes the same muscles move both heads, showing coordinated action.
Ralph Reed of Des Moines, chair man of the legislation committee of the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers, calls for a non partisan get out the vote effort. He asks presidents of parent teacher groups to carry through a program to mobilize voters as only three months remain. He emphasizes the home church and school as foundations of government.
Voters in Grinnell and Poweshiek County show strong interest in Theodore R. Burton’s U.S. Senate bid. The Cleveland native, previously a U.S. senator and congressman, trained as a country teacher in Poweshiek and studied at Grinnell College.
Chemists announce a granulated coffee substitute after experiments approved by professors natimes and Town City. Three vegetables led by parsnip form the material, claiming four pounds of vegetables yield one pound of coffee. Promoters report orders for 10,000 pounds and a factory is planned to open soon, likely in Council Bluffs.
Storm Lake city council engaged Dr. Domogolla state biologist of Wisconsin last summer to devise a plan for treating the lake water and freeing it from a harmful condition.
Experts tested copper sulphate to treat water at Storm Lake after widespread algae and odors affected East Okoboji Spirut Lake and West Okoboji bays. Storm Lake remained free of the scummy water and odors. State labor policy supports prison industries producing 176 state built products sold to state departments and local institutions to teach trades and generate revenue for the state. Prisoners earn wages, totaling over $40 000 this year.
The article notes rapid expansion of gladiolus propagation with about one hundred acres near Des Moines. Thousands of cut flowers are shipped daily to Chicago St Louis Kansas City Denver and Minneapolis. It also covers air mail speed records from Lincoln to Omaha and a high altitude flight attempt, plus butter production from the Traer cooperative creamery for ice cream use and a barley yield record in Cherokee county yielding 10 049 bushels from 250 acres at 64 cents per bushel.
Analysis by Walter Williams counts Audubon county corn at 2,500,000 bushels valued at 90 cents per bushel totaling 2,250,000 dollars. He compares to 3,609 passenger cars and estimates owning and operating costs near 661 dollars per car, or about 1,850,000 dollars, close to the corn’s value. The report mixes agricultural output with auto costs and cites county hardware merchant Clemons Rick’s fatal rattlesnake incident in Lansing.
The lesson traces Paul’s move from Athens to Corinth where Aquila and Priscilla host him. He preaches weekly in the synagogue, faces opposition, and based on Crispus and many Corinthians, believers arise. He stays a year and a half, forging a deep link with the church. The broader voyage from Berea to Athens to Corinth frames Paul’s ministry and its epistles.
A man was struck on the right hand between the thumb and forefinger and medical skill failed to save his life. The report notes the injury proved fatal despite treatment.
Miss Mary Waddick resumes work in LeMars schools after vacation with brothers W. E. and James B. Waddick. A. M. Black and family depart for Kasota Minnesota for a week with friends and relatives. Miss Elsie Heiken of Manchester visits Castle Grove relatives. District No. 2 opens with Bridget McCusker of Boulder township as teacher. Otto Pedal seas buys Margaret Pfeil’s tenant house and moves it to his farm. Stadtmueller honored at surprise 57th birthday with fifty guests. E F Burr family visit Red Oak. Henry Oltman of Scotch Grove visits with Kenneth Hossford. Gerhard Heiken and family visit Henry Johnson home. Henry Barrack finishes thrashing and moves equipment to Hopkinton. Farm bureau machinery meeting Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hahn visit Manchester. Arthur Stadtmaener undergoes tonsil and adenoid operation at McDonald Hospital in Monticello.
Brief notes from Anamosa recount visits by Ro d Remley from Mason City to see relatives then return to legal practice in Mason City. Supt and Mrs Frank Jones and daughter Joyce visited their Anamosa home while he taught in Chariton summer extension. JONES left, family stayed. Deputy Sheriff Ray Purcell welcomes a baby girl born August 19 at Mercy hospital with mother and child doing well. Anamosa residents Dr J D Paul A E Walton Peter Robertson and Rev Father N A Keffler flew from Cedar Rapids to Florence Alabama in a Stinson Reliant monoplane supervised by E B Marshall of Florence to attract northern investment. W E Adams of Sterling Junction Massachusetts, brother of Mrs Hubbard, visited last week. they had not met since arrival.
Forty years mark a joyful reunion as Mr Adams visits the west for the first time. Mr and Mrs Hubbard show him the agricultural heartland and western hospitality. Adams traveled from the east and will stay as long as possible. Samuel Bye, 95, celebrated his birthday August 21 and remains active and healthful. Born in 1833 in Chester County Pennsylvania, he came to Iowa in 1882 settling at Springville for forty years and is among the oldest residents of Anamosa and Jones County.
Florence C Fox recounts Plymouth colony's struggle for milk and butter. Cattle arrival on the ship Charity, seven months until cream and butter could be made, Mistress Higgins churns the first butter as John Alden aids. The moment becomes a village memory.
Henry Ford endorses Herbert Hoover, arguing the nation faces a vast unused opportunity requiring Hoover’s leadership. He praises Hoover’s experience, plans for national transport and power development, and says prosperity depends on wages, employment, and broad industrial growth driven by smart public policy and big projects.
The text extols Herbert Hoover as the leader fit for a new era, claiming he grasps the country and world relations and can apply ideas in practice. It argues his ideas and proven ability justify support for his candidacy.
A teacher leads a discussion on Civil War songs as students test lines about John Brown and "John Brown's Body." One student chants a line about the song rising over the ocean, sparking enthusiasm and lively exchanges.
Eight freight cars are slated to depart from Monti Cello this week. Monday includes hogs from Adams & Adams, butter and eggs, and corn from J. L. Farmer. Wednesday brings Ed Eilers with mixed stock, today and tomorrow J. L. Farmer ships corn, and Saturday J. J. Farley delivers CEES
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