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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1927
Page
2
February 1 1927 Monticello area notes cover a sixth grade birthday party and local misadventures, Farmers Creamery officers elected, butter prices and regional social visits. Debates at Monticello High School and church events plus neighborhood travel and family updates fill the column.
Three reels offered varied scenes from March 1925 cyclone relief in southern Illinois to pig club instruction and a comic act enjoyed by all. Des Moines federation meeting notes, singing, recitations, and travels to Ames highlighted social evening. A Cass township fire destroyed I. M Benedict’s modern home with $6,000 loss. family illness and funeral followed.
February 8 meet at 7 30 with B C Roberts of Monticello slated to speak and M J McNeilly to discuss Lincoln in the Lincoln birthday month. Center school pupils perform two numbers while a men’s quartet sings. Refreshments promised after the social half hour.
Miss Freda Cohoon of Sioux City and Tasker Henderson of Des Moines wed at the bride’s sister Mrs. Ludah Levsen’s Wyoming home. The bride, youngest Cohoon daughter, taught domestic science in Sioux City after Iowa State Teachers College. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Henderson, is a traveling salesman and will reside in Des Moines.
In Sand Spring during the past week shipments included a car of hogs and ten cases of eyes on Wednesday and four cars of stock on Friday plus a car of stacks on Monday. Incoming goods Monday show coal, Tuesday evening two cars of corn and tankage, Wednesday a car of feed. Spring-like weather arrives as snow and ice melt amid a March-like wind. Local notes mention KO Martin and two children visiting relatives on Hopkinton, Harold Bryan’s visit to his grandfather, a board party at Peter Gadlient home, the Bright family moving to Lizzie Bohiken’s house, and several residents making short trips or chores in Monticello or Langworthy.
Mr and Mrs August Toenjes celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at home with ninety nine relatives and friends. The couple, early Wayne township settlers, raised thirteen children with five generations represented including Mrs Toenjes mother aged 90.
Anamosa reports a severe head on collision on primary road 161 near Mariott injuring William Grafft of Anamosa as a Hudson driven by Marion residents collided with his Dodge coupe. Grafft sustained facial cuts and bruises while two men were injured. the extent is unknown. Also reported are auto thefts in Anamosa with Presley Hanna and Joe Byerly's vehicles stolen locally.
Memorandum from S B Lowe shows 116 cars shipped in 1926 by the Hopkin ton Shipping association. Hog numbers 6913, cattle 276, calves 864, sheep 96 with home weight 1704250 and shrinkage 15275 pounds. Average hog weight 246.6 pounds. Thirteen hogs died en route. Gross stock value $230,316.70. Chicago expenses $11,125.32. owner checks $216,949.99. Losses for dead hogs $975.07. total owner payments $217,995.05. Insurance and railroad claims $1,074.55. manager commission $1,173.41. sinking fund balance $99.46.
State entomologist Carl J. Drake announces a new quarantine to halt shipments from newly infested U S counties and Canadian areas. The action complements a USDA list not covering all affected counties, providing added protection for Iowa.
In the Sibley Tribune a proposal argues that state oversight should ensure only sound bankers run banks in town. If charters remain restricted to competent bankers a deposit guarantee law would be unnecessary.
C D Reed of Iowa's weather and crop bureau says land values have bottomed and rise is ahead. He notes foreclosures have fallen to bargain prices, urges Iowans to invest in Iowa land rather than uncertain stocks, and argues eastern capital should stay in state.
Iowa reports 1926 hog cholera losses total about 859000 head, the heaviest since 1913, with other hog diseases adding roughly 1012000 head. Serum shortages and widespread outbreaks explain the severe decline last fall.
The Monticello city council in January 1927 passes a resolution fixing a poll tax of 3.50 for male residents aged 21 to 45. The tax is to be collected by the city clerk with legal action authorized for nonpayment and a $2 penalty. The vote is recorded with all five members present. Attestations by city officials are noted.
Monticello Iowa February 3 1927 a local store promotes a compact soil testing outfit for farmers to quickly assess acidity in individual fields in under three minutes. The ad claims the device is highly portable and provides valuable guidance for crop planning without guesswork.
The Trend Toward Consolidations notes the merge of Des Moines' two largest department stores as part of a broader pattern with fewer stores banks and newspapers. It mentions profits on a heated waterer for pigs tested in Ames.
Extension workers at Iowa State College advise testing incubator 4G units well before use. If the liquid in the thermostat is inaudible when shaken, replace with a new, functional device to reduce incubation failure risk.
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