Rotary Club Enjoyed Dude Ranch Party in Monticello
Monticello Rotarians and Rotarianns held their annual Christmas party at the Goudy tea room and Rendezvous venue with cowboy costumes, homey dinner on tin ware, and performances including Ken Fuller and Roy Moore. Guests traveled by truck, music by Maple Siders of Maquoketa, and a final toast of Auld Lang Syne before departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
X. Ray Childress
James
Mia
William Shaffer
Milton Langer
Goudy
Merle Cass
Bud Reynolds
Langworthy
Shaffer
Milton Law S
Ame
Ghirley Hoag
Ken Fuller
Roy Moore
Fuller
Moore
Eye placement signals hunter or prey in animals
The article explains that predators such as lions wolves foxes and cats have forward facing eyes to focus on prey while prey animals like mice deer and rabbits have side set eyes to broaden their field of view.
Ghost light on South African river baffles farmers
The upper Vet river area reports a brilliant reddish light that shifts miles in an instant. Farmers chase it on horsebacks but the glow fades and reappears elsewhere, leaving locals puzzled about the eerie phenomenon observed nightly. Meat of the Beaver The tail is fatty tissue and prized. beaver meat was noted as flavorful and preferred by early trappers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vet River
South Africa
Pygmy Money Order Shatters Tiny-Value Record In India
A money order for one-eighth of a farthing was sent in India, the smallest sum ever recorded. The state collected a commission of about a penny, more than twice the value of the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
China Moves to Limit Its People to Two Names
Chinese officials consider revising the civil code to restrict individuals to two names an ordinary name and a courtesy name. The issue arises at elections and in court summons as many educated Chinese hold four or five names plus pseudonyms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Ministry of Interior
Shanghai United Press
New York Times
Chiang Kai-chek
Chung-chen
Executive Yuan
Sun Yat-sen
Fenianism and its Irish American rise and raids
The Fenian movement sought Irish independence, led by James Stephens and John O Mahony in the United States after 1847 famine exodus. Fenian raids attempted to invade Canada in 1866 at Niagara River and Trout River Quebec but were repelled, leading to government crackdowns and the eventual obscurity of the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Great Britain
James Stephens
Munster
United States
John O'Mahoney
Atlantic
Indianapolis News
Canada
Niagara River
Trout River
Quebec
Children Visit Greedy Isle in a Poem Tale
In a playful travel poem the narrator visits a distant isle to meet a whimsical tribe of children. He notes how the island appears fair and orderly yet their mouths are replaced by eyes, and meals trigger frantic tumbling and greedy grunts as they respond to their mothers.
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Greedy Isle
Isle
Hungry Children Fill Plates With Greed
A verse by Margaret Wheeler Ross critiques a crowded dining scene where children rush for food, skip manners, and ignore washing hands. It depicts unbridled appetites, plate piles, and eyes fixed on abundance as they greedily eat without restraint.
Colorful Santa Letters From Timber School Pupils
The Timber school of Scotch Grove displays four color coded letters to Santa in Rickless Dry Goods window. Pupils draw doll buggies furniture and balls and hope Santa notices their requests for Christmas.
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Timber School
Scotch Grove
Rickless
Santa Claus
Santa
Timber Achoo
Lusterware Popular in England Century Ago
English lusterware enjoyed vogue early in the 19th century with Staffordshire and other potters producing varieties from 1820 to 1840. Wedgwood led with gold luster in 1776 and silver in 1780. the craft spread to Leeds Swansea Liverpool and Brislington, using a thin glaze of metallic oxide on earthenware or porcelain.
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England
Staffordshire
Josiah Wedgwood
Spade
Leeds
Swansea
Liverpool
Brislington
Los Angeles Times
John Hancock
Derby
Angola
Administrator's Notice in Jones County Iowa Estate Proceeding
The Monticello State Bank is appointed administrator of the Bernhardt Harms Sr estate by the district court. Creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk within the legal time and debtors should promptly pay to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa December 14 1938. Coxsee Coxsee Heiserman attorneys for the estate.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Bernhardt Harms, Sr
Anamosa
Monticello State Bank
Coxsee, Coxsee & Heiserman
Christmas church schedules and services across multiple congregations
A listing of Christmas sermons and service times from Sacred Heart Presbyterian St John’s Lutheran St Matthew’s Methodist Reformed Congregational Castle Grove and Castle Grove Lutheran churches with pastors and special programs including children's programs Christmas Eve services and weeknight rehearsals.
Luther League postpones caroling and elects officers
English services are set for New Year's Eve and German communion on New Year's Day. The Luther League has moved its caroling from next Sunday evening to the Friday before Christmas. Officers for the coming year will be elected at the League meeting next Sunday evening.
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Luther League
League
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church Advent Service and Luther League Party
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church led by Pastor H Kehren schedules the Fourth Sunday in Advent with 9:00 am Sunday school 10:39 am English language worship and 7:30 pm Luther League Christmas party featuring a program tree carols gifts and refreshments. A 1:15 pm rehearsal for the Christmas Eve program includes Sunday school pupils and teachers.
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Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Grossheim
C. EB
Dorothy Aldrich
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Meeting
Church Council
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
H. Kehren
Luther League
Christmas Choir Schedule and Parish Notes
December church events listed include a December 17 meeting from 9 to 2:30 p.m. with confirmation instruction, December 16 choir rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. at the parsonage, and December 22 caroling for the aged and sick from 5 to 9:30 p.m. The notes invite all to worship, Sunday school, and Bible class. Separately, Bushman paintings in Loof, South Africa, were taken over by the government as a national monument.
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Oskloof
South Africa
Dissolution of Childress Hoag Motor Company
Notice of dissolution approved at a December 1 1938 special meeting of the Childress Hoag Motor Company stockholders. The business is wound up and the company terminates at midnight on December 31 1938. Attorneys Coxsee Coxseed Heiserman publish notice on behalf of founders X Ray Childress president and L E Hoag treasurer.
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League of Women Voters
X. Ray Childress
Lyle McMullen
R. J. Bone
O. E. York
D. M. Strawman
C. R. Smith
Onslow
Roy Cooley
Bianche Strawman
Anamosa
Childress-Hoagh Motor Company
Monticello
Town
Iowa
A. D
L. E. Hoag
Coxsee, Coxseed& Heiserman
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Rotary Club
Bam Magee
Helms
Mrs
Wilbur Adamson
Elmeree Nichols
Jud Nichols
Elmeree
Clarence Doll
Will Doll
Methodist Church
Mrs. Lou Spooner
Pinochle Club
Lou Spooner
Harry Hoag
Fritz Hein
A. B. Grimes
Siegfried Guyan
Florence Sexter
Hattie Prult
Ethel Nichols
Clara Rhatigan
George Woodall
M. E
the ‘Methodist Church
Rudolph Langer
Byron Abel
Ceva Coxsee
Mrs. Henry Adams
Henry Adams
Ed Podhaski
Matt Muller
William First
the Children’s Corner
Dcs
Greedy
Margaret Wheeler Ross
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
E. H. Huibregtse
Lucille
Gail
A. Doxsee
Mary Doxsee
Huldah Peet
Rena Koster
Marjorie James
Bethel Merrill
Juanita Magana
Helen Stuhier
Mary Schoon
Isabel
Mildred Meyer
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
A. L. Lorenz
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Trinity Church
Iowa City
Epworth League
Shirley Hobert
Coach Moore
Reformed Church
Armin H., Tendick
Congregational Church
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Pilgrim Fellowship
Josephine Rickless
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Arnold Thalacker
Pal Man
Zonolite
Zon
St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Company
AIC En
W. E. Tuetken
Monticello, Iowa
Hove
Dad
Husband
M. E. Buckner
Rickless’ Dry Goods Store
Iverson
Princess Monticello, Iowa
Cowboy
Brooklyn
Dick Powell
Pat O'Brien
Priscilla Lane
Ronald Regan
Torchy
Glenda Farrell
Barton MacLane
Ae Cooper
Anne Nagel
Robert Kent
Bere
Iverson's Furniture CO
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