If We Work Upon Immortal Minds
Monticello parents and teachers heard thought provoking ideas at a recent PTA meeting on education. The piece recalls J. W. Coxsee’s unpublished talk urging that true education makes character and effort a priority over mere college credentials, citing Lincoln and Garfield as examples.
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Monticello
PTA
the Express
J. W. Coxsee
Monticello Express
Moses
Lincoln
America
Lowa College
Lowa
Abraham Lincoln
Harvard
Jonah Billings
Maria
Garfield
Church of Christ
Colenage
Thanksgiving spirit and old world kindness in small town voices
Readers share reflections on decency and gratitude beyond crime headlines. Letters quote Robert Burrows Sr and Boyd W Schultz praising everyday good deeds while recalling childhood joys and simple pleasures, contemplating a market for new nostalgic comforts.
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Robert Burrows, Sr
Jumbie
Belle Plaine Union
Boyd W. Schultz
Newell Mirror
Quotations and light notes from many Iowa papers
A collage of brief quotes and reflections from readers across Iowa towns. Snippets address happiness and contentment, geography quiz funnies, town life scenes, and everyday observations from editors and correspondents in What Cheer, Albia, Rock Rapids, and other communities.
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Florida
G. Wiley Beveridge
Clarion Monitor
Monticello's John McDonald Hospital Praised and Challenged
The Monticello editorial lauds the John McDonald Hospital as a remarkable gift and a model of planning and equipment. It praises staff and nursing care, notes the need for community support, and urges consideration of expansion while denying any fundraising drive.
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John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
John McDonald
Montticello’s
The Editor Speaks From Greene Iowa
Robert Fischer ponders humanity’s small view of the vast world comparing earth and sky to man’s limited scope in the Greene Iowa Recorder.
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Robert Fischer
Greene
Iowa Recorder
Letter From St Luke's Patient in Cedar Rapids
A patient at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids writes to Bill Coxsee Monticello Iowa thanking friends for cards and letters after an operation. He reports improving health and hopes to be home soon.
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Wilma Collins
Grimes
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bill Coxsee
Monticello
Bill
Newspaper subscription rates across Iowa and borders
The notice states annual subscription prices: $3.00 in Jones Linn Delaware Jackson Clinton Cedar and Dubuque counties. In other Iowa counties and bordering states the rate is $3.50. Outside these areas the price is $4.00 in the United States.
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Jones, Linn
Delaware
Jackson
Clinton
Cedar
Dubuque
Iowa
United States
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