Do We Want Pari-Mutuel Betting In Iowa
Our View argues for legalizing pari mutuel betting in Iowa with focus on Monticello area. It notes involvement of Fair Managers of Iowa and Standardbred Horsemen Association leaders as they draft a bill to legalize wagering on harness and running races and consider using revenue for education while weighing likely impacts on horse racing and other gambling trends.
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Iowa
Monticelfo
Aap
Claude Applets
Jones County
Aseociation
Tom Eden
Monticelia
Enmrak
Aaabel
Dex Moines
Towa Fest
Lowe State Fair Board
Best Practice Is Not to Bite
Ten months after a public appeal by Mayor Behn and Ed Cox, reports show itinerant solicitors still cheat some residents. Licenses and health certificates exist, but fraud persists. Trust local merchants first and verify before buying. avoidance is safer than haggling with strangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Behn
Greater Monticello
Ed Cox
Toval
Peddiere
T. M. Redmond
Killed by a Can of Beans and a Driver’s Fall from Grace
Local story recounts John once famed as a safe driver who earned Driver of the Week honors. He died in a dramatic crash after a can of beans wedged under the brake, causing him to miss a stop sign and strike a filling station wall. The piece laments free press and civic voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Prairieburg Homemakers Club Meeting Report
Prairieburg Hills Mill Homemakers Club met at Mrs. Roy Walmutt Toesdas home on November 2 for a one dish meal lesson by Mrs. John Henderson and Mrs. Edward Si-Tete. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lawrence and family celebrating Mr. Hanken's birthday. Several local residents visited or were mentioned as guests and family members in ensuing notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Hills Mill
Homemakers Club
Roy Walmutt Toesdas
Fourisen
John Henderson
Edward Si- Tete
Rufus Hanken
Weimatt
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
U.S
White Sande Proving Grounds
Las Cruces
N.S
Stanley Holub
Ollie Kula
John Holub
Coggon
Tony Holub
Mike Holub
Emil Holub
Bill Pillard
Jack Cashman
Leo Wolfe
Judy
Lewis Devlin
Anamosa
Joe Cashman
Monticello Express Official Monticello Newspaper
The Monticello Express is published weekly on Monday and Thursday and entered at the Monticello post office as second class mail matter. It is a member of Jews Press Association and National Editorial Association. Advertising representatives include Newspaper Advertising Service Inc and Town Press Advertising Service. Subscription rates are $4.50 for local counties and $6.60 elsewhere in the United States. Established July 10, 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Monticello Express
Jews Press Association
National Editorial Association
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Chicago, Ill
Town Press
Advertising Service
Des Moines
Jones
Clinton
Cedar
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson
Linn
Sunbeam Demonstration at Rem Electric December 19
A free Sunbeam appliance demonstration will be held Thursday December 19 at Rem Electric. Local dealer Rudy Monk invites the public and offers free coffee and cookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbeam
Rem Electric
Sunbeam Electric
Rudy Monk
Local Camera Club Keeps Same Officers
The Local Camera Club kept its officers, with Dr. L C Perkins as president and Chester Co ram chairmen Mrs A sew as secretary, while Edwin Freese heads a project. The December meeting focused on colored slides the group had taken over the past year and invited new members interested in photography.
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L. C. Perkins
Retary
Chester Co
Ram
A Sew
Ehettor
Edwin Freese
Tae Camera Club
Royal Neighbors Plan Officers Installation And Christmas Party
The Royal Neighbors schedule officer installation on January 14 at 7 p.m. and a Christmas party on December 17 at 7 34 p.m. at the K P hall. Members should bring a 54 cent gift for adults and a cent gift for each child with the child’s name on the gift. Secret Neighbors will join. Mrs. Rose Hines of Iowa City visited over the weekend with her sons John and George Hines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Neighbors
K-P. Hall
Rose Hines
Iowa City
John and
George Hines
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County Faire
Gee
Neasly
Animel Ther
Winder
Etrle
Lowa
Bob Hollihan
John
Bor
Ing Biz
Boot Black
Corner Grocer
T. Milan Bragg
Lake Park News
Jane Christensen
Manilla
Dorothy Reid
West Des’ Moines Express
Gwen Waddle
Monroe Mirror
Ray Charity
Moravia Union
BY Wes. L. Ed
Wolfe
Central City
Keith Boyse
Kathy
Kenneth Wear
Wear
Don Boyse
Kenneth Boyse
C. C. Rowley
Billy Henderson
By Wison
Silver Creek
Douglas Lawrence
Leonard Lawrence
Joe Wright
Center Junction
Lawrence
Lyle Slater
Richard Rosendahl
Dick Pike
Artie Holub
Wyoming
John Holmes
Ellen Taylor
Warren Farrington
Harry Flaherty
Henry Holub
Albert L. Holub
Margaret and
Leonard Joe Holub
Mrs
Albert R. Kulag
Sara Devlin
Pat Evans
Strawberry Point
Joe Dolans
Monti
Tommy
Ann Marie Tarpy
Cedar Rapids
Bob Woodward
Jim Briglawn
Cindy
Time Shop
Peature
Remington
Norelco
Waterman
Parker
Green Elgin Croton
Ronson
Kreisler
Zippo
Bibles
Borda Milk
EGG Producers
Wilcox’s
Ramp
Chicago
Honegger
Edwards
Edwards’ Department Store
Monticello, Iowa
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