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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1926
Page
2
Subscription price per year set at £2.00 for Monticello Express readers with W. Doxsee and Chas A. Doxsee as editors and proprietors.
A large turnout of 126 mothers and daughters gathered at the Presbyterian church basement for a social banquet. The event featured a color scheme of red and white, a program with readings and songs, and thanks to the men who served.
Mrs. O J Winters hosted a six o’clock dinner for Sunday school members and Rev Murphy at East Cascade home. Numerous local families and clergy are noted for anniversaries, funerals, illness, arrivals, and community activities across Cascade and nearby towns.
Mrs. Fraser and Miss Katherine Maurice attended the Mother and Daughter banquet as out of town guests. Mrs. J. R. McNeilly and baby visited Monticello with Mrs. Emily Richardson. Wabanaki Camp Fire girls hold a ceremonial meeting at Mrs. George O. Long’s home. Rey spoke to high school pupils on Training to Think.
Onslow on February 2 1926 a fire narrowly escaped destroying the frame schoolhouse built in 1898 when an overheated stove ignited a partition in a classroom. Supt Bowser Principal Risinger and larger boys battled the flames with buckets, extinguishing it without the fire department.
Wayne township calendar lists a Friday February 12 meeting at Amber church with music discussions on Dickinson relief DHL led by Leslie Dunn and export corporation plan features by George Hagen. Rev Coad will discuss England farming and a women’s debate on To Bob or Not to Bob. New county agent Mr Strike to make initial Amber appearance.
Castle Grove meeting drew good attendance. County Agent Strike showed three reels of instructive and entertaining films. S. M. Hosford spoke on Hearst speech highlights and Miss Margaret Caspers reported on the Ames short course. A piano duet by Mrs. Lou Black and Miss Edna Vernon drew an encore. George Specht reviewed the state farm bureau convention in Des Moines. W. T. McLaughlin elected secretary. A program committee was named. The Caspers family and local residents were mentioned in social notes. Louis Heiken won a three month Ames short course placement.
J Dillon Behnke eldest son of Mr and Mrs H W Behnke completes the electrical engineering course at the School of Mines Rolla Missouri as part of the last World War veterans vocational class He has accepted a position in Sebring Florida and the family will move there later
Ib Clark dies at 76 after long illness at his home. Funeral at the home with burial in Hickory Grove Cemetery near Canton. Schools closed as two pupils contract scarlet fever. Health officer bans dances movies and Sunday school. Various local visits and moves noted from Wyoming West Liberty Dolliver Clarence Olin Olin residents and Anamosa jury duty.
Mr and Mrs J L Batchelder marked their eleventh wedding anniversary with a Friday gathering and filled baskets. Guests included Mr and Mrs Lang and family, Mr and Mrs Stony Bright, Doris and others. A supper of sandwiches cake pickles salad and coffee followed.
Sheriff Bodenhofer reports Mrs Bodenhofer recovering well after gallstone surgery at Mercy hospital. Former Anamosa resident Truman G Peet is jailed in Anamosa on false uttering of checks connected to incidents in Monticello Olin and Morley. Maps confirm wider checks trail in Mount Vernon and beyond. Martelle opens a new consolidated school after a February 18 fire leveled the prior structure, now rebuilt brick and concrete fireproof with 84 by 64 outside dimensions and insured for 32000.
Dr. O R Sweeney of Iowa State College proposes cleaning hair and scalp with dry corn meal as a winter hygiene method to reduce colds. He notes the process involves rubbing in meal and brushing out and claims it can lessen cold susceptibility compared with washing.
Ames Abe quips about men who shun the public eye until offered an office, then swells with importance like a cow after overeating alfalfa. The remark mocks vanity and the lure of public positions.
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