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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1931

Page

8

Cascade Woman Dies After Childbirth in 1920s

Edna Dahlem Ehlinger of Cascade died last Thursday at 5 pm due to pneumonia after the birth of a week old son. Survived by husband Lawrence and two children Sharon Catherine and Paul Peter, plus her parents, siblings, and in laws. Funeral held at St Martin's church with a large turnout and notes of musical tributes for Christmas mass.

Lawrence Ehlinger P. M. Dahlem Edna Dahlem Cascade St. Martin's High School St. Martin's Church L. F. Roche Sharon Catherine Paul Peter Ehlinger St. Martin’s Rosary Society Ivan Paul Dahlem Harold Curoe Carlotta Dahlem St. Martin’s Church Thomas Rooney St. Martin's Cemetery Father Rooney T. P. Clark Leo Lees Sherman Conlin C. J. Moore E. J. Kean J. H. Devaney L. W. Will George Patterson J. Gruber A. J. Faber Reta Dolphin Michael Dolphin

Theater progress and local obituaries in Anamosa Eureka

The Niles Theater near completion will open Christmas night with Western Electric machines ready for trials. Marriages and deaths are noted including William Pazour and Theola Ellison at the Methodist parsonage, plus Clinton L. Bruce’s passing after an appendectomy. A. E. Hall’s death in Iowa Falls is reported with links to past Anamosa residents.

Niles Theater Western Electric Methodist Parsonage William Pazour Peter Pazour Marfon Theola Ellison Chester Ellison Anamosa Plainfield Eclipse Clinton L. Bruce Fremont Mercy Hospital Linn County A. E. Hall Iowa Falls Hall Mr. Hall Eclipse Lumber Company

Why is Monday Washing Day A Pilgrim Tradition

Miss Helen Bishop of Iowa State College explains Monday became the traditional wash day because the Pilgrims landed on Sunday and washed the next day. She notes European housewives lack this custom and says Monday breeds disorder, interfering with activities and meals. A different wash day allows better planning and a ready dinner.

Helen Bishop Iowa State College Miss Bishop

Fish distributed to needy families near Vinton

About four thousand pounds of rough fish and catfish were gathered from lakes near Vinton in Benton county and distributed to needy families. The state fish and game department coordinated the effort with thirty local fish and game club members. Fish were returned to the water after weighing.

Vinton Benton County State Fish and Game mapAtment Flah and Game Club Panda Lakes

Fragmentary text from an old page reads incomplete

The readable portions show garbled phrases and partial words with no clear names dates places or events to identify a concrete news item or notice for summary.

Editor Calls for Game Warden Presence in Townships

Lake Mills Graphic editor Aasgaard comments on hunting law enforcement. He notes cars leaving with fifty to sixty birds and only a few hunters, urging wardens in every township to inspect parties and enforce the law to curb violators and protect real sportsmen.

Lake Mills Iowa Aasgaard

4-H birds and farming fed wildlife hope from Delaware to Iowa

The bulletin urges sportsmen to buy grain from farmers and pay farmers’ children to scatter it for birds in winter. New York 4-H clubs raised 13,000 pheasants from 1,300 youths earning a dollar each per bird seven weeks old. Iowa 4-H leadership praised, suggesting wild life clubs to conserve upland game birds.

Delaware Delaware Bulletin New York State Towa P. C. Taff Ames Iowa

Open pheasant hunting days pass without incident

Riceville deputy game warden R. T. St. John reports open pheasant days as peaceful. He notes hunters from Allamakee county allowed pheasants to cross highways safely between posted fields, and says over four hundred hunters were licensed.

R. T. St. John of Riceville Fish and Game Department Allamakee County

Pheasant Season Reports Sparse Livestock Incidents

The piece notes few livestock damage cases reported to the fish and game department after the pheasant season and urges sportsmen to pursue better farmer relations through tactful constructive methods.

Fish and Game Department

Good Diet Down Ills Winter Health Advice

Iowa State College extension service food specialist Miss Ruth Cessna urges a balanced diet with milk green leaves tomatoes eggs meat and iron rich foods to combat bronchitis anemia rickets and other winter disorders. Cod liver oil vitamin A D and energy foods are recommended for children and adults to maintain health through winter.

Ruth Cessna Iowa State College

Echoes of a Bygone Winter in Small Town Life

A reflective piece recalls a winter era when ice thickened rivers to 15 inches, women hosted open houses on New Year’s, men earned a dollar fifty a day, district schools hired male winter teachers, and social rituals like sleigh rides and torchlight political parades framed community life.

Amos and Andy

Stain Removal Tips For Candiewax On Clothing

During holidays candiewax can drop onto fabrics leaving paraffin pigment stains. Scrape away wax with a dull knife or use blotting paper and a warm iron. If grease remains apply solvents such as carbon tetrachloride ether gasoline chloroform naphtha or benzol. Wood alcohol can help if dye remains.

New York Herald Tribune Item Sparks Uneasy Forecast

A fragment from the New York Herald Tribune hints at concerns over future youth trends, noting older generations fear coming changes as the younger generation grows up and invents new problems.

City Council Adopts Multiple Traffic and sidewalk Ordinances

The council approved ordinances regulating moving of buildings sidewalk construction and repair traffic at street intersections and the use of streets subject to penalties for violations. Roll call shows unanimous yeas with Bates absent on all measures.

City Council Adopts Multiple Parking and Traffic Ordinances

The council dispenses with three-reading rule on various ordinances including regulating parking traffic and penalties approving first readings and final adoption by yeas Rodman Hayes Bancroft Cass with Bates absent. The mayor declared ordinances adopted and ordered printing of revised ordinances.

Bancroft Rodman Hayes Cass Bates Yeas Yayes Yenus Monticello Service Redman

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