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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1930

Page

6

Wyoming November meeting and local market notes

The Wyoming area report covers the Jones County Rebekahs and Toor meeting held Monday November 17 with cards stunts and music by the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School orchestra. It lists officers from Anamosa and Wyoming, cattle and hog shipments, crop sales, and local social events plus high school basketball results and upcoming events.

Jones County Rebekahs Toor Wyoming Methodist Episcopal Anamosa A. G. Shanklin Onslow August Carstensen Miller Zaruba Wyoming Shipping Association Henry Brunscheen Albert Rohwedder F. L. Story Olin Auotloneer W. G. Wherry First National Bank of Wyoming Center Junction Wyoming Public Schools Margaret Workman Cedar Rapids Ruth Borst Pilot Mound Maxine Stetzler Kellerton Anne McDonald William Johnston Hopkinton Lavica Adams Alex Adams Mittens E. F. Rohwedder W. E. Edwards Shover Harold Norton Des Moines William Peck Thomas Davidson Peck C. B. Wherry Sim Charles Woman's Home Missionary Society The Methodist, Episcopal Church Epworth League Anamosa League Freda Rohwedder Town State College Jane Inglis Hugo Eckner Stella Mallicoat Progressive Club Europe England Holland Lawrence Goodrick Harry Eye Chicago C. W. Bye Margaret Rhodes Schamel Denver Colo Frances Stryker Boulder Elva Franks Los Angeles Calif John Rhodes Baldwin Grace Broderson Order of the Eastern Star W. H. Alden

Funeral notices and obituaries from Hopkinton area

Obituary items list Mrs Achsah Wheeless of Hopkinton born 1841 in New York with family lineage and 70 years in the region, funeral at M E church. Also notices for Mrs Gudenkauf of Castle Grove area, and Charles Drasler of Delhi, plus family updates on Mrs Ferguson and local residents with travel and visiting relatives.

Achsah Wheeless Lapeer Courtland County New York John A. Squires Towa Anamosa Ithica N. Y Buffalo Lake Erie Chicago Maringo Squires Wapsininicon River Wheeless Delhi Thomas Jefferson Place Elmer Place Albion Ned M. E. Church Nicholas Gudenhauf Monticello Delaware County Hopkinton Josephine Emil Greif Woretta Arthur Weber Edward Leo Clarence Mary Gudenhauf Larkins Charles Drasler Drasler Anamosa Hospital B. M. Ferguson F. B. Tibbitts William Edgar California T. D. Miller George Willard Charley Willard

Community Club Pushes Sewer Plan At Monticello Meeting

Local reports detail social visits in Waterloo and nearby towns, Thanksgiving gatherings, a grade school play Not Such a Goose, and a string of community events. An official notice from Monticello outlines a proposed street paving project with hearings set for December 29 1930.

Harley Willard Waterloo Alfred Willard Della Ada Willard Charles Laughlin Chicago Dean E. V. Laughlin Dr. Brown Kensington Club Edna Murley H. M. Reeve Letha Rizer Evelyn Spears Doris Herrington D. H. Johnston Paul Johnston Farmersburg Tom Edgar Fayette Wm. Edgar Frederickburg Erma Bradle Portia Main Greeley Howard Zach Lorena Martin Alta Vista Bernice Bencke Helen Egger Erma Bradke Dorothy Reeve Louise Gestel Minden Afred Pierce Little Son Gienepp Edward Mason Albert Edgar Cedar Rapids Ames Ed Turner Qasqueton Hopkinton Earlville High Finkbohner Hall Donald Smith Sam Brenneman C. K. Greer A. E. Dunlap C. R. Reggentine Robert Edgar Joan Ripple May Marie Ratliff Janet Griffith Janet Bacon Waveny Larkins Fern Lloyd Eddie Chambers Virginia Berdina Ratcliff Margey Allen Dickey Cline Billy Joe Stanger Hopkinton Friends Gretchen Winch George Allen Iowa St. Paul’s Methodist Church Arthur A. Brooks Mathew Allen Monticello Methodist Anamosa Davenport Grace Hucker Independence Junior College Lenox Junior College St. Luke's Church St. Luke’s

Make Soil for Flower Pots Mixture of Dirt and Manure

Horticulture professor E C Volz of Town State College advises potters to mix garden soil with well rotted manure or leafmold and sand to improve drainage and texture. A standard mix is three parts soil one part manure or leafmold and one part sand, with bone meal or fertilizer added per peck of soil.

E. C. Volz Town State College

Banks offer 25 percent burglar-insurance discount for tear gas

Town bankers are notified that banks with tear gas shooters will receive a 25 percent reduction in burglar insurance costs. Tear gas is praised as a deterrent for robbers since postwar improvements reduce health risks to patrons. Electric discharge guns would release gas in lobby clouds to incapacitate even bold bandits.

Infant mortality rate low in Towa Towa Iowa reports

Iowa health officials report 1929 infant mortality at 52.5 deaths per 1000 live births, a high ranking rate only exceeded by four states. Week ending Nov 13 shows scarlet fever leading communicable diseases with 70 cases, plus chickenpox 41 and smallpox 13, with county counts noted.

Towa Iowa D. C. Steelsmith Polk County Jasper Buena Vista Union

Dentist Elwyn Patterson Opens Monticello Office

Dr. Elwyn Patterson operates as a dentist in Monticello sharing an office in the State Bank building. The office hours extend to 5 PM and the contact number listed is 26 in Monticello, Iowa.

Elwyn Patterson Monticello State Bank Monticello, Towa

Dr L J Swift General Practice Office Details

Dr L J Swift operates general practice with calls answered in city or country. Office located in the Burrichter building Fiione 236.

Burrichter Building Fiione

Ideal Gift Pitch for The American Boy Youths Companion

An advertisement promotes The American Boy Youths Companion as an irresistible gift for boys ages ten to twenty. It highlights globetrotting adventures, exotic cultures, and thrilling scenarios from war zones to Africa, praising reading for imagination and character. Subscription prices are $2 for one year and $3 for three years, with gift-card options and Detroit mailing address.

Northland Vailtins U.S. Mail Africa Foreign Legion American Boy—Youth’s Companion Lafayette Blvd Detroit Michigan

Montreal Star Dialogue Sparks Laughing Audience

An exchange between Bill and an audience member during a performance ends with a sharp retort about sharing knowledge. A separate note mentions a newly tested cylindrical propeller resembling a barrel with ends knocked out, intended for an aircraft building in contrast to ordinary planes. Frederick IV.

Montreal Star

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