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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1936

Page

3

Local rummage sale and community notices spread wide

Busy Monticello area notices list a December 10 11 and 12 rummage sale at the Memorial building for Sacred Heart parish. The column bundles local visits sales promotions and personal travel with discounts on pianos jewelry and appliances from Keyes and Wm. G. Schoon. Several residents are described visiting Chicago Cedar Rapids Davenport Marshalltown and Los Angeles.

Sacred Heart Parish

Visions Of Spring Contest Lists Pupils And Teachers

A long list details schools, teachers, and pupil counts for the Visions Of Spring grand prize contest. Entries include Wayne No 5 Emil Pratt 17 pupils and many others across districts such as Spencerville Hale Lovell Oxford Richland Castle Grove Mineral Valley Antioch and Castle Grove with numerous teachers and pupil totals. A final note mentions Walt Whitman’s clerical role and a Moscow Leningrad driver trip with 45 women behind the wheel.

Wayne Emil Pratt Spencerville Olive B. Lauber Hale No Edna Reese Lovell Marie Widmer Richland Mildred Arduser Ione Bertesh Castle Grove Bertha Buringham Washington Rachel Galinehan Cass Maxine Dearborn Erman Hamil Kate Hanken Winnon Harford Mineral Valley Matie Harms Oxford Catherine Strang Clay Mills Delberta Sutton Lucille Tschantz Greenfield West Corner Helen Ward Wayne No Ida Pillard Pleasant Hill Gladys Fedderson Mabel Franklin Elfreda Burrichter Irene Burrichter Johanna Thomsen Irene Johnson

Fog Dissolved by Calcium Chloride Spray at MIT in 1935

A historical note reports that MIT used a spray of calcium chloride to dissolve a dense fog in 1935. The event highlights early practical methods for improving visibility in research or industrial settings.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jones County Farm Women Met Last Week

Sixty five local leaders of the fourth year nutrition course sponsored by the Jones county Farm Bureau met in training schools last week led by Ruth Cessna Ames extension nutritionist. Cessna urged homemakers to compare home grown or home made foods with purchased items to judge value for cost while noting that buying ready made foods can save time. A luncheon was served and recipes were offered by numerous leaders from Monticello Olin Wyoming and other communities along with Cedar Rapids Business college students visiting home. Related notices include travels of residents and a light ironworker quip about mail delivery

Jones County Farm Bureau Ruth Cessna Ames Extension Cessna Monticello Lou Oltman John Jacobs Leslie Doyle Louie Heeren Will Hiller F. C. Cramer O. R. Howie George Specht S. M. Hosford John

Elgin Stout Guests Visit Mother and Family

Mr and Mrs Ralph Stout of Elgin Til were weekend guests in Mrs Florence Goings home. They returned Sunday with Mrs Goings who will visit them this week and with her brothers in Chicago. Mrs Homer Hanna of Anamosa and Mrs Will Hunter of Morley were called to Monticello on Monday by their father W B Allen illness. They left Tuesday with Mr Allen who will spend the winter visiting in the Hanna household.

John Prult San Francisco San Jose California Ella Hicks Los Angeles John Guler San Antonio Texas Joe Barron Walker F. B. Carson Gerald Carson Toledo Iowa Arthur Skelley Ralph Clarence Kuriger Kuriger John Vernimont Gerald Locher Dakota Gertrude Anderson McGregor Jay Anderson Henry Siemerinz Hopkins Minn Monticello Oxford Junction Maquoketa Kate Maurice Des Moines John Moore Foxhome Ralph Stout Elgin, Til Mrs. Stout Florence Goings Mrs. Goings Chicago Homer Hanna Anamosa Will Hunter Morley W. B. Allen Mr. Allen Hanna

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L. E. Hoag EB. J. Maloney Davenport Gene Byers C. M. Holst Donald Kurt Dubuque Peter Kurt EK. T. Goven John Liddy Mrs. Halstead Carpenter Eastern Kentucky Wm. G. Schoon John Proctor Wilkens Cedar Rapids Keyes Carl Hodson Winifred Rohr Marshalltown Mrs. C. N. Patrick Vernon Good Richard Frank Eilers J. W. Hoult George Arthur Ames Onslow Ray Adams Marion Merle Knight Herman Egger Mrs. I. D. Ondler Coggan Elmer Kaufman Detroit, Mich Ralph Crimm Castle Grove No. 1 William Barron Farley J. R. Barron South Polly Prahm Mrs Peter Prahm Center Junction Catherine Redmond Mary Redmond Monarch Ady Bernard Ohe Coe College Henry Ohe Pearl Levien Ruth Hayes Tom McDonough Pauline Healy Ladies’ Aid of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Zimmerman's Margaret Hayes Paris J. J. Hayes Ladies’ Aid Zimmerman Clyde Thompson Delaware County Mary Merrill Cedar Fails Bethel Merrill Monticello Junior High School Leona and Catherine Fothergill Claude Fothergill L. F. Baister Francis Shaw D.A.R Ben Rhinehart Rosella Hines Richard Lee Iowa City I. PF. Hayenga Coggon E. D. Vernon Hayenga Mr. Vernon Arthur Beulah Prairieburg Schultz Bros Betty Denkhoff Brown’s Business College T. F. Denkhoff Gerd Ehits Rudolph Flack John Eden Plymouth Dodge Wm, G. Schoon Walegreen Yardley Walgreen Palmer's Pharmacy John Hiller Hubert Utterback C. H. Nelson Margaret Eilers Frank Serbousek Margaret Ellers Serbousek Kate Sullivan Ryan Maurice Cook Jimmy Walter Zubler Iowa Electric Company Virginia Schneider Adv Lyle Snyder Snyder Helen Hayes Stanwood Alfred Meyer Harold Thompson Montgomery County Edward Turner Quasqueton Independence Turner Carl Teten Laurel Nebraska Ray Bruenning Lavern Ray Streets Twin Falls Idaho John Stahlberg John McDonald Hospital Teten Mrs. Bruenning Streets Stahlberg Scotch Grove Daisy Mary Ann Cress Walt Whitman Treasury Department United States Interior Department Moscow Leningrad Russia Chris Christany Gifts Jones County Howard Clark Monmouth Pashek B. D. Helken E. C. Gotsch F. J. Shatwell Claude Peet Merle Peet Martelle A. R. Embres Mechanicsville Delbert Smith Frank Andrews Peter Steveka Ray Stivers Izza Ballou George Slater Myrtle Furst Olin Maude O'Deen Mary Brown Stone City Carl M. Levsen Viola Dethman Anna Levsen Clarence Lloyd Robertson Harlan Russell Co. A. Babcock Louise Cook Marian Grafft Helen Reichart Mary Catherine McLees Cedar Rapids Business College Walter Boesse Joe Fisher and His Orchestra Moeller DuPont Johnson U. S Wisconsin Monarch Coffee Cw. Stahlers Department Iverson ST. Nick Northland Rembrant Governor Winthrop the Iverson Furniture Store
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