23 Dec 1948
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1948
Page
1
An excerpt from the famous Virginia O'Hanlon piece argues there is a Santa Claus, emphasizing faith, imagination, and unseen wonders beyond sight. The editorial voice affirms Santa’s reality and lifelong impact on childhood belief and joy.
The Iowa State Health Department advises men over 40 to tailor workouts to age and life demands. They urge two or more forms of exercise, alternating activities like swimming golf or bowling, and recommend doubles for competitive routines to reduce stress.
A warm collage of holiday wishes and local happenings. Readers share Christmas thoughts and humor about Santa and aging, plus reflections on auctions, a 65 000 pound generator move, and a Cedar Rapids Gazette tease about Monticello’s Black Panthers. The issue lists contributors and staff who produced the Christmas edition and recalls a fried oyster sandwich and a men’s night shopping idea.
December 22 1938 notes Charles and Chauncey Bates head to New York state for weeks with relatives. G H George buys a fine Nutwood stock stallion for breeding returns from Dubuque. Albert Null of Dixon Illinois seeks a saloon site after Prohibition era. Fred Cramer of Lenox College on holiday at home. J A Howie and family visit Union township Delaware county. An accident sickens four stitches to toes from an axe strike. Judge Remley presides over two divorce cases not granted. Cora Sandhouse travels Christmas to Baldwin Iowa. December 27 1923 Burton McLaughlin at University of Nebraska spends holiday with parents. Mrs D P Young visits Cedar Rapids.
An 1898 Express item notes mild December weather and wish for snow for sleighing to boost holiday trade. It mentions Mrs A W Cramer and daughter visiting Siloam Springs then Florida for winter. Ricardo Cilley, student at Iowa State, visits relatives for Christmas holidays.
A woman returned in the evening with her daughter Miss Ruth Young. Mr and Mrs BE Hicks spent Christmas day with their son Frank in Iowa City where he heads the publicity department at Iowa State University. Merle Deischer, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Deischer, was recently named a staff reporter for the Cornellian at Cornell College. Christmas Day offered ideal weather and golf players enjoyed the day.
Donald Mouw of the Monticello Express will leave Saturday for a week's visit with Mrs. Neal Mouy in Sioux Center. Florence Noble from Zanesville Ohio arrives for a two week vacation with her mother Mrs. E J Noble in Marian. Kathleen Hayes, Lyle Snyder, and others stop by Washington homes. The group attended a Cedar Rapids Christmas pageant at the Memorial Coliseum. Dr Hanna Ortgies returned from ten weeks in Germany. Frank Shimanek and family plan a Christmas weekend in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin with relatives in St Paul Minnesota.
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