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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1935

Page

6

Cascade Wins 13000 Bond for Municipal Memorial Building

A special election in Cascade approved a 13000 bond by 437 to 142 with 688 votes cast and 9 spoiled. The project, pending WPA site approval, will cost about 24843 and create around 40 jobs, using local stone for an 80 by 100 foot building. The WPA will decide the site with relief labor as the main work, and a few salaried positions will be filled.

Cascade Washington Des Moines Works Progress Administration WPA E. J. Kean Mercy Hospital East Cascade Galena M. E. Beitenman T. P. Clark Kean Monica Dandi R. N Mary Emogene Tallman Bunco Mary McDermott Placid St. John’s Church William Holub Matthew Meyerhoffer Epworth William Banfield Bankston Peter Clancy Valley City N. C John McGovern Martin Kennedy Laverne C. Kurt Nicholas Kurt Bernard Lester P. Hentges St. Patrick’s Church Garry Owen P. F. Malore Lohengrin Clem Melloy Loretta Kurt Arthur Hentges

Local Notes From Castle Grove and Nearby Towns

Mrs A F M Caspers has returned from Benadom sanitarium Monticello and is improving but not fully. visitors include Francis Morrisey of Coggon to the Morrissey home. G H Gerdes attended Jones County Farm Bureau officers meeting in Anamosa. Caspers and Mason attended Coggon Legion post meeting. Lyle E Clark visited Mechanicsville on business. R P Wilson called in Union township. I A Heiken and son Harvey visited Langworthy. George Nordman and son and others attended the Lang farm sale northwest of Sand Spring. Castle Grove folk attended Andrew Davidson’s funeral in Monticello. Davidson co‑founded A & G Davidson breeders and helped start Farmers Mutual Insurance in Castle Grove. Mrs Crowley and daughter and Mrs Bridge McCusker visited the Morrissey home. A McLaughlin John Hasler and William Delay went to Chicago with cattle. Physicians of ancient times used ape tes aya cure for insomnia and pleasant dreams.

A. F. M. Caspers Benadom Sanitarium Monticello Francis B. Morrissey Coggon James Morrissey G. H. Gerdes Anamosa Jones County Farm Bureau Henry Caspers Claude Mason Coggon Legion Post Lyle E. Clark Mechanicsville R. P. Wilson Union Township I. A. Heiken Harvey Langworthy George Nordman George Jr G. Ehits John Tschantz Paul S. M., Hosford Harry Lang Sand Spring Castle Grove Andrew Davidson Davidson A. & G. Davidson Iowa Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association Crowley Bridge McCusker Boulder Township C. A. McLaughlin John Hasler William Delay Chicago McLaughlin

Amber Eden Family Visits South Amana Amid Local News

Amber and Carl Eden with daughter Mrs. Vernon Ray travel to South Amana to spend the weekend with Will Hildegard's family. Phil Daly undergoes an operation in Iowa City and is reported doing as well as possible. Various local residents host, dine, or visit relatives across Amber, Monticello, Viola, Fancy Prairie, and Center Junction as shuttles of farm moves and property purchases occur.

Carl Eden Vernon Ray South Amana Will Hildegard Phil Daly Iowa City D. John Dirks John Henry Henry Dirks Maynard Jack Husman W. Eden Amber Herman Helgens Hernan Zimmerman Herman Osterkamp Viola Will Michel Tobias Folkers W. J. Zimmerman Louie Heeren Ben Tholen Otto Danneman John Freese Herman Freese Carl Freese Alva Freese Will Folkers Fancy Prairie Ill Harm Folkers Henry Folkers Sr B. A. Dress Monticello Charles Luett Daly Mary Eggers Anamosa Olersea Henry Wennekamp Dave Chicago

Suggestions For Christmas Mailing Rates And Practices

The notice explains third class postage for unsealed greeting cards up to 2 ounces and first class rates for sealed cards or those with messages beyond simple inscriptions. It also notes local first class rates and the benefits of sealed envelopes for valuable cards, and briefly mentions twilight caused by sunlight in the atmosphere.

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