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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1930
Page
2
Dry corn cobs for sale at $1 per wagon load. Ray Hearn and Karl Keyes advertise radio tubes and jewelry sales. Local visits include Howard Hicks from Chicago, Mrs. Meta Bohlken, and many relatives in Monticello and Cedar Rapids. Postponed Lovell township farm bureau meeting and holiday greetings fill the rest of the notes.
Rudolph Langer and Carl Jolly travel to Chicago on Franklin Equipment business. Miss Katherine McDonough spends holidays with Milwaukee relatives. Numerous notices report Christmas visits, births, and a minor depot fire. Audrey Jean Elver is born. Mrs Stuhler gains strength after months of illness.
The article lists guests spending Christmas at Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Kurt's home including Elmer Kurt and two children from Dubuque, Leonard Kurt of Waterloo, Harvey Kurt of Maquoketa, Hilda Dondelinger of Newhall, Jake Matthiessen and their son Paul who left Saturday for Texas, with Frei Matthiessen and daughter Betty staying in the Mattessen home. Also, Or and Mrs. P. A. Johnson of Grinnell have arrived to spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Siegfried Guyan, whose wife is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Johnson. Additional guests are Dr. and Mrs. R. Cully and daughter Ruth of Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Reuben Dress, her daughter Dolores and Ruth, with Lillian Fitzsimons and George Dirks, spent Sunday and Monday in Cedar Rapids. They visited Kathryn Dress, a Mercy hospital student nurse, and Helen and Leona Fitzsimons, who study at Mt Mercy Academy.
Monticello district readers share Christmas wishes to Santa in a long letter batch dated December 15 1930 to 17 1930. Children request small gifts including toys, dolls, a tractor and plow, beads and a kodak while expressing good behavior and holiday wishes.
Day Marshal Harold Tedrow warns boys in Monti cello coast on streets with heavy auto traffic. He urges parents to keep children off streets except Grand street, designated for this sport. Ray Meiers near Earlville contracted with smallpox after a recent honeymoon to Grace Sheringer, prompting quarantine.
Mr. and Mrs. George E Freshwaters plan a week long visit at the home of Mrs Freshwaters father. Richard A Carfano directs boys athletics in Washington Iowa while Mrs Freshwaters, nee Elfriedo Carfano, serves as music supervisor in the Washington public schools.
Eight year old Joe Varras of Davenport died after his sled collided with a school bus driven by I. S. Walterman on a street shared by automobile traffic last Monday afternoon.
Local churches announce Sunday services with 10 am Sunday school and 11 am worship across Congregational Methodist Presbyterian and Lutheran congregations. Special Christmas programs and December 28 schedule update include German language services and Holy Communion on Sunday.
Research from Iowa State College notes pullets that have not begun laying by January 1 may be counted out after careful experiments, assessing feathering and growth to predict production.
The oral prete marian can administer the treatment to horses to kill the hots or nose flies. The regimen aims to reduce biting insects and improve animal comfort during warm seasons.
Northwestern Bell will spend about 4 million dollars in Iowa in 1931 for telephone improvements and extensions across the state. The plan includes Cedar Rapids Decorah Shenandoah Burlington Davenport and the Davenport Omaha cable project with major central office and equipment upgrades. Town leads the nation in farm telephones per population and residence lines, underscoring rapid regional growth.
A fragment from Watertown South Carolina recalls public opinion as a man wanders past shop windows and laments growing up, reflecting on a once magical, delectable fairyland.
Report notes a method called sound photography is eliminating nuisance noises aboard ships. The technique captures sound patterns to identify and mitigate sources, improving crew comfort and operations at sea.
About 75 Iowa State College students graduated at the end of the fall term on Saturday morning December 20. Dr. R M Hughes president delivered the commencement address and conferred the degrees with almost sixty earning bachelor of science degrees and the remainder receiving master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees.
An ancient English abbey house dating back more than eleven centuries was put on the market. The structure, nestled in a historic setting, attracted attention from buyers seeking a heritage property.
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