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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1928

Page

8

Hopkinton A Busy Harvest Day Event Planned

Hopkinton prepares for a large harvest celebration at Rob Davin property grounds on Tuesday September 4 featuring a Cedar Rapids Bunnies vs Jayson Shamrocks game at 2 30 pm a ball contest and a full schedule of events. A parade dinner band concert barnyard golf horseshoes and tug of war are planned with prizes and a moving picture show in the evening.

Wooktenters Rob Davin Hopkinton Cedar Rapida Bunnies Jayson Shamrocks The Presbyterian Church Buck Creek Sand Springs Dubuque Bowery M. O. Smith Paul Des Moines Charles Reggentine Lenox Loren Wheeless A. T. Wheeless A. H. Reed John Gee Monticello Ruth Dunlap Frank Dunlap Mary Zeuch Minnie Will Julius Irene Beadie Keosauqua W. C. Bradle Erma Delhi Dam Harry Reeve Hila Beth Welton High School Dean Morgan Jane Pierce Casper Wyo C. C. Morgan Morgan Massachusetts George Zeuch Anamosa Reformed Presbyterian Church G. S. Coleman Claude E. Reed Iowa City Will Johannsen J. R. Kirkwood Wendell Cutler, S. C Kirkwood Frank Morrison Mary Eleanor Baldwin Cedar Falls Marion Spence Norman Reed Moline E. V. Lauchlin France C. Earhart Mabel C. Binney Anna Laughlin Pearl M. Reeve E. W. Roberts Julius Zeuch Kathryn Reeve Chicago

Family and social visits fill weekend in local towns

The notice lists numerous Sunday and weekday visits across area households. John Toenjes and family from Ireton attend a reunion at August Toenjes, with Julia Toenjes and Martha Paulsen from Cedar Rapids present. Other guests include Rhiny Wessels, Henry Kammerman, Clifford Lawrence, Delco Yount, and families from Davenport, Des Moines, Anamosa, and Anthon.

Toenjes August Toenjes John Toenjes Ireton Rhiny Wessels Henry Kammerman Olin Clifford Lawrence Des Moines Delco Yount Julia Toenjes Martha Paulsen Cedar Rapids Hearst Duncan Associated Chautauqua Helen Chase Maxine Clarence Yardley Kansas City Gerald Preston Davenport Will Grover Preston H. E. Stover Forrest Charles Hayes Herman Zimmerman Warner Heiken Herman Che Dundee Paul Springer Ed Duncan Ollie Springer Cedar Falls Will Springer Grundy Center Gerd Prult Anamosa George Bodeker Oscar Woodman Baby Anthon Iowa Will Jansen Maxine Allen Ida Ella Schoon Vivian Englehart Ed Englehart Roland Badger

Obituary and Community News From Garry Owen Iowa

Mrs. Dean Driscoll dies at home in Garry Owen after a lingering illness. Funeral at St Patrick’s Garry Owen with eight nephews as casket bearers. Survivors include husband five sons two daughters and several siblings. Local residents and visitors are noted with travel and daily life items. A hit and run near Mechanicsville injures farmer Michael Hanlon. driver unnamed.

Dean Driscoll Garry Owen St. Patrick's Church Conry Dubuque Albert Leo Eldon Wilfred Walter Leo Beck Jettie Mary Cahill Peter McKenna Susan Thompson Frank Monticello Patrick Bernard Vincent Driscoll Mike Cahill Dennis Cullea Frank Noonan Edward Alfred Bernard Brady Driscoll Catholic Church A. V. Devlin Frank McQuillen Tommy Bernice O'Brien Minneapolis Alice Devlin Marguerite McAllister Robert Keane California Helen Baldwin Cincinnati Ohio C. D. Baldwin Frank Koppes Catherine Kirchen J. P. Kirchen Anamosa Evelyn Brett Ruth Milwaukee Maude Ganfield Peter Beck

Most Valuable Players Contenders For 1930s Baseball

In a lively debate the writer backs Burleigh Grimes of the Pirates and Jimmy Foxx of the Athletics as top MVP picks in the National and American Leagues. He notes Grimes’ pitching impact for Pittsburgh and Foxx’s versatility and power for Connie Mack, while listing peers like Frankie Frisch and Tony Lazzeri as strong contenders shaping the vote. The piece previews the suspenseful MVP race with several veterans mentioned as possible surprise winners.

Martin Jimmy Foxx Burleigh Grimes Athletics Pirates Oxx A's Connie Mack Foxx St Grimes Grimes Frankie Frisch Larry Benton Freddy Lindstrom Shade Grimes Tony Lazzeri George Pipgras Willie Kamm Ed Morris al Simmons Frisch New York John McGraw Lindstrom Jimmy Bottomley Jimmy Wilson Cards Riggs Stephenson Cubs Fresco Thompson The Chillies Giants Yankees Red Sox Bobby Reeves Gordon Cochrane

Inside Information For The Busy Housewife

Practical household tips cover removing grass stains from linen, laundering with hot water and soap, and bleaching with Javelle water. Advice extends to canning safety, marking batches, and storing jars in cool dry places. Additional notes explain browning buttered bread crumbs, using a meat thermometer, and cooking lamb to preferred doneness with oven temperature considerations.

Study Shows Wide Differences in Work Output From Farm Horses

Iowa farmers analyzing three years of cost accounts found horses on some farms averaging 600 hours per year while others averaged 1330 hours. Costs per horse ranged 45 to 149 dollars with an average of 90, feed accounting for about 61 dollars, and feed items including 28 bushels of corn and 33 bushels of oats per horse.

Iowa County Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station United States Department of Agriculture Towa County John A. Hopkins, Jr Towa State College

Late alfalfa cutting risks winter-kill warned by expert

H D Hughes head of farm crops at Ions State college cautions farmers that cutting alfalfa after September 1 increases winter-kill risk. He notes last year’s losses tied to late cutting, with some fields cut mid September faring poorly compared with those cut earlier. New seedings in spring showed vigorous growth but should not be cut until the following year.

H. D. Hughes Ions State College Hughes

He’s Gone in His Best Clothes We Laid Him

Poem by James Stanley Gilbert laments a death tied to alcohol and illness. It recalls Matty’s years of rain and malaria, the abscess on his liver, and the drink that undermined him. The speaker notes a somber wake, a wooden box, and mournful travels back down the hill with friends.

Hennessey Sherry James Stanley Gilbert

Train Schedule for Monticello Station Trains

Public timetable lists arrivals and departures of C. M. St. P. & P. trains at Monticello. It notes passenger trains to Davenport Cedar Rapids Chicago and Calmar with times, freights to Farley and Monticello, and connections at Delaware Oxford Junction for Chicago Dubuque Omaha and points east and west.

Monticello Station Roto Calmar Cedar Rap Calmar Freight A.m Farley Monticello North Delaware Dubuque Oxford Junction Chicago Marion Omaha

Barkis is Willin Originates in Dickens Novel

The phrase Barkis is willing originated in Charles Dickens David Copperfield where a character signals readiness for marriage. The line has since entered common usage as a humorous shorthand for consent or willingness.

Barkis Is Willin Dickens David Copperfield

Toffmann's Milwaukee Business College Ad Offer

Earn while you learn with immediate earning power. Permanent office and clerical positions in Milwaukee Chicago or home town while attending classes starting Sept 10 and Oct 2. Train for accounting secretarial stenographic bookkeeping clerical work with rapid advancement at 117 525 Wells St Milwaukee Wis.

Milwaukee Chicago

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