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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1924

Page

4

Monticello Defeats Mount Vernon In Slow Basketball Game

Monticello high wins its seventh straight, beating Mount Vernon 20 to 6. The contest featured cautious play and close fouls, with Monticello pulling away late as Schneider and Lang sparked the rally and Zubler added scores.

Montiesto High Mount Vernon Teaas Grant Monticello Monnet Vernon Uutil Schneider Lang Dill L. Zobler Floc Sounder Capt. Thayden Cottrell Walt Maan Vernon Sumac Varnen Punter L. Zubler Hayden Sehneider Re W. Zubler Geoden Gar East Lang Budler Catt Marshely Sehi Cder Masden Larce Gottren Cornell Lias

Congregational Church Events Across Sunday Services

The Congregational Church outlines morning worship and evening services with speakers from the Congregational Conference of Town. St Matthew's and other local churches host sermons and activities, including community prayers and fellowship hours.

Mita Yaocoatl Chureki Pattae Nes Lelvuerk Pla Johucer, Ous Crinbendert Congregational Conference of Town St. Matthew*s Bes Lithbern Oak Bb Peetor

Sunday Solsiers Church Activities and Immigration Talk

The notice outlines church events including Sunday School Morning Worship Young People’s League and a Sunday evening lecture titled Where Cross the Crowded Was of bite. The immigration question is framed as a local issue connected to church efforts and attendees are urged to arrive on time for Song Service and Sunday school at 10 am. Look for the Mellow Meadows County Fair announcement in this issue.

Lilougsm Ashi Wot Upworth League Additon Mellow Meadows County Fair

Senator Underwood Counters Bonus and Tax Cut Plan

Washington Star reports Senator Underwood dismisses claims that a soldier bonus and tax reduction can be enacted together. He criticizes what he calls mental acrobats who argue such a combination is possible or logical.

Washington Star Underwood

Right to Be Well Born: Child Health Crisis Exposed

Mrs. Litt Lancaster of Town State College outlines dire US child health stats including malnutrition five million with defective eyes five million with defective hearing and four million with weak spines. She cites high infant mortality and urges a Bill of Rights for the child with two sane parents and proper environment and nutrition.

United States Litt Lancaster Town State College Finland Scotland Denmark Ireland Australia Sweden Norway New Zealand Dia New Zealand Lancaster Guy Yous Uae

Pruning Guidelines for Lowa Loci Te Geatie Fruit Trees

The text outlines two main pruning methods: corrective and general annual pruning to boost yield. It advises removing crossing or parallel branches, thinning central branches when three exist, and trimming dead or broken limbs. Cuts over 1.5 inches may be painted, and avoid pigments in priming scars.

Horticultural Extension Department Speciahists

Planting a Farm Woodlot for Wind Protection in Iowa

Farm advisory from Iowa State College forestry extension urges farmers to plant windbreaks to shield buildings from severe western and northwest winds. Recommendations include white pine, white spruce, Norway spruce, and Scotch pine, with site and soil considerations. Nurseries fill orders by date, so plan now to ensure seedlings reach ground early in spring.

Bode Forestry Extension Service Lone State College Phans Iowa Perth North West

Modern Decay of Citizenship Cited in Political Rhetoric

A public lament cites a lapse of civic duty with 51 percent of qualified voters not voting in the last presidential election. The author questions whether republican women’s organizations can revive dormant citizens and warns against factions that prioritize self over national service.

Liviu Walter Scott America Republican Women’s Organizations

Scotch Grove Township Trustees Meet Notice

Scotch Grove Township trustees will meet at the clerk’s home on February 11 at 1 p.m. Bids for road work will be received. Rights reserved to reject any or all bids. W Be Claik, clerk.

Scotch Grove Township W. Be Claiuk

Lower taxes and less legislation rally Ohio farmers

The essay argues that reducing taxes and cutting legislation go hand in hand to lessen government bureaucracy. It portrays boards and agencies as bloated, costly, and largely useless, creating burdens on taxpayers. Farmers are labeled as the ultimate victims of this overgrown system.

Kristan Post Ohio United States

Wise men should seek wives in proper settings, not streets

J. W. Hoch of the Marton Record warns against courting in public streets or shows. He says young men find suitable partners in modest homes, helping mothers, or in Sunday school, and condemns those who chase vainly after girls as not worth the effort.

J. W. Hoch Marton Kansas

Monticello City Council Proceedings February 4 1924

Monticello Iowa city council held a February 4 1924 meeting. Officers present Bates diutrenany Schneider Roewad Van Meter Minyvor and City Clerk. Minutes from January 7 and adjourned sessions January 21 read and approved with corrections. Reports covered band tax water and general funds with numerous city expenditures and payables. A resolution authorized payment of claims against city funds if sufficient balance existed. Another resolution authorized borrowing 700 dollars from Monticello State Bank to cover fire fund bills with six percent interest. The council also approved tax and water bill adjustments and fund status notes.

Bates Diutrenany Sehneider Roewad van Meter Minyvor Bandgary Peta General Mand Loan Montivello State Bank Monticello General Fund ASB Light and Co Baa de Htwa Jane Iowa General Mund Coxsee & Coxsee Matt Farrote & Sons Sy J. Isa Ead Ato Faw Naka Hay Will Lattle John Boner Bell Pel W. Bell Tel. Co S. Lee N. Davidson Red Kellum Bi. Reed A. Meyer T. J. George Leroy Churk Monticello St Harvey Harford Bertone R Central Lbr Coal Marsh Altice T Carson Dautremont Jone Finance Committee City Monticello State Bank Tre Schmedder UN Meter Nahe John Schmildt Coun C Gond Droetaur & Con Hick Coun

Monticello to issue Liberty Memorial Bonds for 1924

City of Monticello Iowa plans to issue a series of thirty six five hundred dollar Liberty Memorial Bonds dated February 1 1924. Bonds bear five percent interest payable May and November and mature from 1929 to 1937 in numerical order with principal funded by a permanent Memorial Building tax levy. Bonds signed by mayor and city clerk with coupons payable in Monticello.

United States of America Monticello Iowa State of Iowa Lown Monticeliar City of Matiner Ag State of Maurice

Notice of Appraisal Time and Place for Inheritance Tax

District court in Jones county Iowa lists appraisers for two estates Samuel C Pfeil and Helen Smith. Appraisals scheduled for March 8 1924 at 1 00 pm at the clerk's office Anamosa Iowa with interested parties invited to be heard.

District Court State of Iowa Jones County Samuel C. Pfeil W. J. Burbank Margaret Pfeil Samuel C.pfeil Larry Gillilan Floyd Gillilan Ernest Gerpenter Christian Home Margaret Ell Anamosa State of Towain Helen Smith Henry M. Carpenter Peter C. Smith First Presbyterian Church Monticello William McDonald Elizabeth McDonald Jones Richardson A. O. Sones J. W. Conmey Town David Smith Hopkinton Mary C. Smith Ohio Helen Hunter Indianola James Burston Delhi Jane White Center Junction John Bailey Towa Jessie Smith Ellen Crans Davenport James R.smith Oklahoma Des Moines J. N. Smith Ben Smith Miles City Montana William Smith A. G. Smith Cedar Rapids Margaret McGuire Nebraska Owen Smith Denver Colorado Bert Smith Sacramento California Fred Smith Farmington James Robertson David Robbertson Marion John Robertson Florida Clarence Robertson Wisconsin Andrew Robertson Rock Rapids Will McDonald Scotland Elizabeth Warry Margaret Davis Mary Ellen McDonald Wyoming James McDonald Wastka Los Angeles George McDonald Lewis McDonald John McDonald Eliza A Ser Richardson, A, O Sonms J. W

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