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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1924
Page
8
The annual Christmas seals sale starts in Monticello led by the P E B C Sisterhood. Members will call on every home urging purchases with proceeds directed to health efforts, mainly tuberculosis fight and patient care in Iowa.
Funds raised in Monticello support tuberculosis hospital maintenance and patient care. The P I B O sisterhood will use part of the money to promote community health, following last year’s equipment grant to the Monticello public school nurse’s room.
A compilation of short adages on wisdom folly wealth marriage and social behavior. Many lines offer maxims about wit manners temperance and caution with blunt blunt statements about money pride and friendship. The tone reflects a cautioned folk wisdom style.
A collage of jokes and quips from the Louisville Courier Journal includes a ribbing on restrictions and ink, breakfast loyalties, a wife temper joke, and a Scotsman misnaming a moose, highlighting light humor and social banter.
Announcements cover marriages in Center Junction Cedar Rapids and Ocala Florida with Bracken and Schoonover unions plus a November 26 ceremony in Anamosa. A Cornell luncheon in Mount Vernon honors G J Van Buren. The McMickle drug store burglary involved narcotics and cash loss. Dr Bramwell heads Jones county tuberculosis eradication under the area plan. John Romick dies after X-ray treatment injuries. a $70 000 damage suit continues.
The December Philomonte lists senior and junior normal training projects, new posters, and a history class addendum on streetcars and Renaissance terms. A Christmas party is set for December 13 with class stunts and refreshments. The Intimate Strangers, a three act play by Booth Tarkington, will debut December 12 with a student cast and judges.
Town State College fat steers win a record 21 ribbons including reserve grand championship. Spark Plug the Aberdeen Angus steer earns finals but a Hereford is chosen as overall champion. College teams excel in cattle judging ranking sixth among 24 colleges and capturing a Percheron silver loving cup. Grain judging places second behind Kansas with four Iowa members named.
The area plan tests cattle for tuberculosis led by Dr W G Bromwell in Jackson township where high signer percentages mark first tests. Amber area herds show TB positives and some clear results. Baby Beef Club entries weigh by December 15 or before January 1. Farm Bureau and county agents expand nutrition courses led by Mrs Cecile Meyer with 15 township participation across multiple centers.
San Francisco Chronicle notes a local man missing out on work after a faucet dripped all night, causing delays. The report highlights frustration over a small household issue impacting employment.
Oxford Mirror News reports L Zeller is under care at his son's home with a trained nurse. It also notes the death of six year old Margaret Krayenhagen from a kerosene fire in the kitchen on the Leffingwell farm, with clothing ignition and delayed alarm.
A Des Moines Register writer says Senator La Follette returned to the Senate like a conquering hero, but the piece views his bid for president as a delusion rather than a triumph.
The Jones County Board of Supervisors held daily meetings from November 10 to December 2 1924 to canvass the November 4 general election results. They audited claims heard interviews approved payments and arranged for culvert bids and road improvements including contract reconsideration with Hanssen and Brown and refund warrants for erroneous taxation.
A verse about the salesman’s duties to advise, persuade, and know products. It portrays the trade as requiring courage, adaptability, broad knowledge, and tact to handle diverse customers and clinch the sale. The piece highlights resilience under pressure and the goal of driving sales through Expertise and charm.
Koretz returns to Chicago and recounts a parable from his father about confessing a candy theft. A boy admits stealing from a grocery and his father pays the store owner a nickel to settle the matter, a memory that underscores a lifelong lesson about conscience and integrity.
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