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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1931

Page

4

Church Services Listings At Multiple Congregations

A page lists upcoming services across St John Ev Lutheran Ps aul Gutknecht Trinity Castle Grove Wesleyan Epworth League events at various times. Congregations include St Matthew St Pauls Evangel Lutheran and others with German language services confirmation exams Sunday school and special mission program details.

St. John's Ev Lutheran—Psaul T Gutknecht Trinur Methodist Episcopal Ray Vo Porter Millimister Sermion St. Matthew's Ev H. L Agix Luther League Luther Hall

Local Socials and Visit Notes Across Counties

Sand Spring residents spent part of last week in Colesburg at the W M Moser home. Cap Arduser and family visited the Hein family in Richland Center. A large turnout attended the operetta in the viewt. Clara Arduser returned from Langworthy where she had worked. George Turnis had his tonsils removed in Dubuque and returned Friday. A surprise party at Claude Slaus gathered many guests with dancing cards and refreshments.

Edward Co Colesburg W. M Moser Cap Arduser Galen Hein Richland Center Hopkinton Clara Arduser Langworthy Geroge Turnis Dubuque Claude Slaus

Passenger Trains No 32 And 33 Discontinued

The passenger trains running between Davenport and Monticello No 32 and 33 will be discontinued Saturday Feb 7 in accordance with orders from headquarters Ady.

Davenport Monticello Ady

Uses for Breadfruit in the South Seas

Breadfruit is prepared by baking whole in hot embers and scooping the soft interior, described as smooth and potato like with a sweet milk flavor. It can be made into pudding with sugar milk butter or molasses and dried into strips for flour used in bread pastries and pudding, or baked in slices without grinding.

South Sen Falands

Who Killed Charles Lefarge in a French Estate Mystery

A French aristocrat Lefarge and his wife Marie Lefarge faced a whirlwind of rumors as arsenic poisoning and a later jewel theft were linked to their circle. Marie was tried for murder, but a sequence of verdict reversals and new confessions kept the case unresolved, with Denis the foreman a central figure.

Charles Lefarge France Les Glandiers Paris Denis Mme. Lefarge Lefaurge Lefarge Trenis Moa Thero Lefirye Ann Il Letuiiae Marquise de Linutand Les Glanters Fess Marie Lefarge Mae der Marquise de Atticir Lee Forge

Piano Temperament According to Dr White

Acclaimed acoustics expert Doctor White explains that the piano is the most intelligent versatile and musical instrument. He says no pianist can repeat a piece exactly on the same instrument as its temperament constantly changes with tonal responses.

Whhun Pratt White Accoustick Doctor White

American Ties and Tensions In Shanghai Review

Edgar Shaw argues in the American Mercury that Americans in Shanghai feel at home amid Chinese commerce and daily life yet worry about Sino American understanding. He warns that both sides are driven by money making, hindering genuine fraternity.

Ching Americ Edgar Shaw American Mercury

Sign From Heaven Guided Monastery’s Site at Klosterneuburg

A legend ties the 1108 founding of Klosterneuburg Abbey to a sign from heaven. Archduke Leopold III sought a location and, after his wife’s veil vanished in a wind gust, his horse stopped near an alder grove and a hanging tree, seen as divine guidance. The monastery was built there and Leopold became Austria’s patron saint.

Klosterneuburg Nloster Leopold TV Leopold Leopoldsberg Roente Ft Austria

Seville the Ancient Port City of Andalusia

Seville, capital of Andalusia, was a prosperous Roman and Thenecian port city. It inspired explorers Columbus Cortez and Pizarro and gave rise to famous works such as Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. Today it is renowned for bullfights and the Giralda Tower, a Moorish masterpiece.

Seville Andalusia Columbus Cortez Plazaro Anil Tts Rossini Seytile Giralda Spato Vbbetis Tedis

Ambiguous OCR Item Skeins Local Event Fragments

Fragmentary lines describe an event with unclear participants and actions. Names, places, and dates are unreadable, leaving the main outcome obscured while hints of a departure and a person named Saeed appear in stray text.

Unclear Historical Note Weaves People and Places

Fragmentary text references Phineas Tas Boron and Lavinia Warren. Mentions twenty five years old, Tad resebedthe hedelet of condy, visits to Dinghinel Ene Tene To and PS5% with scattered names and symbols. Overall narrative remains incoherent and inaccessible.

Steatton Ngahe Ene Tene Lavinia Warren

Rates Vary Jefferson Neighborhood Washer Cost

In a humorous exchange Mrs. Tutt asks about washing options as Jefferson explains price differences between using a washer for one dollar and a handyman for fifty cents per hour. The dialogue captures local slang and a playful debate over chores.

Jefferson Mrs. Tutt Jeferson Argu

Walter Chrysler Rise From Kansas to Industry Legend

Walter Chrysler grew up in Ellis and Wichita counties Kansas learning from Union Pacific shops and a machinist father. He built his own tools and a miniature steam locomotive before becoming a skilled mechanic and leading figures in Buick General Motors and others, ending with a New York headquarters bearing his name.

Union Pacific Walter Chrysler Tie Kansas Wamero Union Pacific Railroad Elis Walter Ind Union Freffic Ellis Prairie Chrysler Rand Chryster Merk Pis Nuone Kuansis Eli Saltekelow American Locomotive Company Pittsburgh Buick Company Tim Thulek General Motors Willoe- Overland Maxwell - Chalmera New York Tuenta van Delsen New Amsterdam Prairies of North Americas Newspaper Alliance

Relic Discharge Certificate Unearthed by British Museum

The British Museum acquires a Roman auxiliary soldier’s discharge diploma from AD 122 for Gemellus the Pannonian. Only about 100 such diplomas exist. seven relate to Britain garrisons. Found at Oszony in Hungary, the diploma is in exceptional preservation and will join the Greek and Roman life room exhibits.

British Museum England Gemellus Hedrian Britain T Bloomsbury Oszony Hungary

Red Cross Origins and Symbol Explained

The Red Cross grew from an 1864 Geneva conference that created hospital and ambulance rules for warfare. It adopted a white flag with a red cross, reversed colors from the Swiss flag, as a non religious emblem. The American Red Cross formed in 1881.

Red Cross Societies Geneva Switzerland Orgin Red Cross American Red Cross

First Known Reference to the Wandering Jew Legend

An English chronicler in 1228 records the Wandering Jew tale told by Roger of Wendover. The monk cites an Armenian bishop who met Cartaphilus, a doorkeeper at Pilate's palace, who taunted Jesus and was doomed to wander the world until Christ returns. The story traces conversions and a perpetual youth age cycle.

Roger of Cartaphilus Jesus Christ

Romania tops holidays with 24 in a year

The report shows Romania observes 24 public holidays annually, the most among listed countries. Argentina follows with 22 holidays, highlighting notable differences in national time off practices.

Rumania Argentina

Brief Epistle to Philemon Shortest Letter by Paul

A note on Philemon, the shortest of Paul’s writings while imprisoned. It hints at temperance and moderation as a path to happiness within early Christian thought.

Philemon St. Paul

Tax-Exempt Church Properties In New York

John T Flynn notes church property tax exemption in New York totals about 22.66 million dollars versus large investment holdings. Trinity Church alone holds 15 million in tax sheltered real estate and nearly 2 million annual income from investments. St Paul’s Church valued at 4 million with 834 dues paying members, Christchurch at Broadway and Seventy First Street valued at 1.2 million with 400 members.

New York Trinity Church

A Legal Fiction Of March Inauguration Dates

The article explains the long standing practice that Presidential and congressional terms end at noon on March 4 while the new terms begin after midnight March 8. It notes the outgoing president serves until oath and that bills signed on March 4 bear March 8 dates with no salary after midnight March 8.

Naimely Pathfinder Magazine Congress

House for Rent and Sale Ads in Local Notice

Classifieds list several ads including a rental inquiry at W. Burkert 32-tf a modern eight room house in Leroy Clark’s listing and rooms for light housekeeping. Also offers for sale hay corn and straw via Richard Hanken and various contact numbers 41-F-13 14-F-13 370 and 40-F-4.

Leroy Clark Richard Hanken

Cord Wood For Sale In Amber Iowa

Advertisement lists cord wood in hard and stove sizes and offers dimension lumber at reasonable prices. Contact Adolph Schoon in Amber Iowa via Anamosa 67 F 120 for orders.

Adolph Schoon Amber Anamosa

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