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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
11
Nora Workman of Iowa State College urges families to refresh living spaces without heavy spending. Reupholster old seats, repurpose attic furniture, and test furniture layouts to boost light, balance, and conversation in the living room.
Lightning struck the north end of the Carbon house while Mr. and Mrs. Homer McMohan and an infant slept peacefully in the south room. The family escaped injury as the residence was damaged but undamaged occupants remained safe. Local merchants advertised home town shopping.
The Jones County Dairy Herd Improvement Association reports 26 herds tested with 484 cows in milk and dry across 348 milking cows. Average production per cow reached pounds milk and 20.4 pounds butterfat, with 49 lactations of 305 days completed. Top herds and cows are listed with names such as George Slater & Son Olin and Kelly & Hasselbusch Clarence, noting Holstein Brown Swiss and Jersey breeds and specific yields. The item also includes a legal land description and a note that paper was first made from wood pulp in 1867.
Transfer records show F W Page unmarried conveying to Alice E Sawyer a lot in Railroad addition Monticello Town for $1 with deed. Lewis G Joslin unmarried transfers to Leonard A Joslin Lots 2 and 5 block 19 town of Fair N% sw part of the e% sw lying north and east of the public highway through the tract. Describes starting 60 rods north of the southwest corner of said se sw then north 20 rods east 32 rods south 45 rods back to the line.
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