Monticello High School Notes Highlight Christmas Program
Vera Alcorn reports a busy week at Monticello High. A spelling exam is set for Thursday at 1 15 pm. Rev. Charles Parsons spoke on respect and aim, and minor drama surrounds a senior diamond incident. The girls basketball team lost 13 to 19 to Wyoming. the boys beat Wyoming 31 to 19. The home Christmas program features orchestra, glee clubs, and scenes from A Christmas Carol.
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Vera Alcorn
Charles Parsons
Des Moines
Society For the Friendless
Parsons
Monticello High School
Linfred Hauss
Bud
Zellhoefer
Thoeni
Lovell School No. 2
The
Athletic Association
Clarence Schneider
Miss Jarman
Clarence
Rey Parsons
Wilbur Cartano
Wyoming High School
Monticello
Altho
Wyoming
Emma Laude
Nora Storm
Alice Hubbard
Beth French
Ardis Swordes
J. c. Wilma Wells
Gayle Magee
R. c. Maude Beck
Verena Dautremont
Joyce
Miss Schausser
Miss McClintock
Piers Waltz
Reading
Serg
Germans Shot After Spying Trial Sparks International Tension
Three Germans accused of espionage were executed by firing squad. The incident, described with a blunt remark about differing customs, underscores rising tensions between nations amid wartime reporting.
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Macon
Public Warning on Affidavits for Exemption under Selective Service
Early 1917 notice urges scrutiny of affidavits supporting exemption or deferred classification under Selective Service rules. U S Attorney F A O Connor warns false statements will lead to prosecution. Separate Red Cross drive reports progress, with home visits and dues collection showing mixed local response.
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Selective Service
First National Conscript Army
Red Cross
Independence man shoots self in failed attempt
Harry Shaw of Independence tried to kill himself with a shotgun last Monday. The bullet lodged behind a shoulder bone, he was hospitalized and the bullet removed. He is recovering. Baldwin hosted a Red Cross auction this week raising 4400, beating Maquoketa's prior record by 141400. William Kenrady of Lamotte died at age 96 on the 12th after a day of normal health.
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Harry Shaw
Independence
Baldwin
Red Cross
Maquoketa
William Kenrady
Lamotte
Historic walking canes from the New York Historical Society
A collection of historic walking canes in New York City’s historical society includes a Franklin cane once owned by Benjamin Franklin later belonging to Dr. John W. Francis. Also present are canes tied to Henry Clay and Abraham Lincoln, and two from timber of Commodore Perry’s Lake Erie flagship. A tusk cane from Howland Pell and a Mandan carved hardwood cane add curiosity to the display.
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New York Historical Society
New York City
Benjamin Franklin
John W. Francis
Ienry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Oliver Hazard Perry
Battle of
Lake Erie
Howland Pell
New York Times
Color changing barometer paper outlined in chemistry note
Brief note describes several formulas for barometer paper using cobalt or cupric chloride with gelatin and water to yield pink violet blue or green depending on humidity. A separate anecdote recalls a London taxi driver refusing a sixpence pamphlet claiming it helps readers live beyond their income.
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Brooklyn Wagle
London
Two Speedy Classes and a Witty Exchange
Quotations from Detroit Free Press and Town Topics depict humor about money and spending. The dialogue contrasts two fast-money groups and a joke about a tennis racket in the nursery.
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Detroit Free Press
Monticello Express
Fat Pickings Burglar Laundered by Lawyer Joke
A fragmentary captioned joke shows a burglar claiming the lawyer got him acquitted while taking all his money, and the burglar jokes about returning to crime by robbing the law.
Quoted Aphorisms on Family and Promises
A newspaper feature reflects on a man raising many daughters and the awkward question of costs when speaking to him. It contrasts with the futility of predicting tomorrow with today’s talk, noting the gap between intentions and actions.
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Houston Post
Stricken Europe Needs Our Help Red Cross Appeal
War relief message urges every American to join the Red Cross campaign for 15 million members by Christmas Eve. Encourages home support through memberships, knitting, sewing, and donations to aid civilians and troops in Europe and to fund hospitals and medical supplies for soldiers.
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Europe
America
Red Cross
Toutons
Darge Senate
American Red Cross
You
Red Cross Magazine
The
Dear Mothers to Help the Red Cross Enlist Fifteen Million Members
An appeal urges American women to join the Red Cross and enroll their families to reach a fifteen million member goal by Christmas Eve. It highlights the wartime aid overseas and at home, stressing duty to suffering mothers and children and urging husbands to enroll as well.
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Red Cross
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Inez Young
Mendelssohn Girls’ Glee Club
Lena Bohren
Mandaley
Oley
Glee Club
Dicken
Christmas Greetings
F. A. O'Connor
United States
New Hampton
Iowa
Henry Cash
Mrs. Cash
Hell
Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Poland
Romania
John G. Schoon
Insurance and Real Estate
J. E. Pond
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Geo. Stuhler’s Sons Co
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Hyes
L. G. Stuhler
G. Hanken
Black
New
J. A. Voorhees
Sater
Sam’s Hoffman
Godfrey Bader
Gaseline
Will
John Bader
Zangworthy Co-operative Creamery
J. H. Batchelder
John W. Jatchelder
Eust
Prairieburg
Gene Wavan
John Dolan
Louis Holub
Chicago
Julius Caesar
Sturr
Duroc Jersey
Rhode Island
Red Roosters
A. P. Donahue
Model View Farm
East
Hopkinton
Delaware Co
Yuletide
Santa
Center of Toyland
M. F. Hogan
F. A. Hefner
Stickford
Monticello Town
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Doxsee
Doxsee Attorneys AT Law
Lovell Block
A.P. Lambert
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
Fred
F.B. Collins, Piano Tuner
eUle
Viola
McGarvey
R. D. Cooley, Auctioneer
M. W. Herrick
Reed
Herrick & Reed Attorneys At Law
Monticello State Bank
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