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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1932

Page

3

Double wedding at St Peter's joins three families

At St Peter's Church Temple Hill a 8 am double ceremony united Misses Cecelia Theresa Manternach and Hilda Marie Manternach with Raymond A Becker and Leo N Kurt. The event marked the brides parents thirty third wedding anniversary as Rev J J Hehir officiated and the mass followed.

St. Peter's Church Temple Hill Cecelia Theresa Hilda Marie Manternach Victor Manternach Raymond A. Becker Sand Spring Leo N. Kurt Cascade J. J. Hehir Henrietta Bte Hehir Julia Manternach Celetta Suppie Miss Manternach Hilda Math Ans Vxwr Menieenach Ant A. Me Poput Bode Cuier Enonix Roeit Ginr Krutch Mr. Becker Kurts al Murray New York City M. J. Power New York Viola Murray East Cascade High School Murray Madison Wis Joseph Menster David Donovan Cascade Woman's Club L. W. Will Monticello Hopkinton Worthington John Manternach Lulu Mae Faber A. J. Faber KWCR Cedar Rapids Mary Margaret Anna Belle Dubuque American Legion Minstrels Elizabeth Turnis Huntington Ind Society of Missionary Catechists of Victory-Noll Associate Catechists of Mary Society of Missionary Catechists

Heath Hen Described by Early Atlantic Settlers

Early settlers along the Atlantic coast noted large heath hen flocks from Maine to Virginia. They valued the bird for meat and roasting, but the heath hen became a favored quarry of hunters. The species reportedly flew in straight lines and gathered in open docks, with hunting continuing into the Civil War era.

Atlantic Massachusetts Connecticut Long Island New York Maine Virginia Roger Willits Rhode Thetas Merton

Grateful Tribute at Grave to Beloved Wife in New Haven

A Springfield Republican note reflects on long lives of happiness and community service. At a grave in New Haven, a husband honors his wife with a tribute tied to Yale’s influence and Francis Bacon’s name, praising courtesy and graciousness across forty years of felicity.

New England Grave Street New Haven Yale Medien Francis Bacon Springfield Mass

Early Football in America Shapes Modern Game

Historical note traces football's origins from early college contests to the birth of modern play. It cites Princeton and Rutgers clash of 1860 as the first intercollegiate game and highlights the 1800s forward pass and rule focus that defined the sport’s evolution.

Preston Sive Oun Eltyone “Gneidas TSA Tea Princeton Rutgers

Night Reading Stirs Town Nurse and Child

A new nurse in town joins a household routine at night tending to sleeping children. A reader recounts a chaotic scene as a child sleeps through a piano recital and a reading of Peter Piper and Old Mother Goose. The tale ends with confusion over a line in a poem and a joke about vinegar and brown paper.

Peter Piper Pha Aid Ol' Treth Jack

Horseshoe Superstitions and Origin Theories

Various beliefs explain horseshoe luck including seven nails and witch fear. Some say placing a horseshoe outside wards off witches while another view notes the luck depends on how the horse was shod and how the opening faces upward for good luck.

Salt Palace coated in salt on Utah site history

Salt Lake Real Estate board explains the Salt Palace was a frame structure with a salt coating rather than solid salt. The coating formed as brine from Great Salt Lake evaporated and crystals deposited on surfaces, coating lumber for the Salt Palace and later joints were welded with salt water.

The Salt Lake

Readers and Playgoers Bored by Sensationalism

Louise Munn Field argues in the North American Tests that sensationalism fails to shock audiences. He notes plays and psychopathic studies often aim for boldness but merely bore or misfire, as familiarity breeds indifference and respectability tightens.

Sthiy Mingted Louise Munn Field North Armerican

Instrument Timbre Inference From Microphone Frequency Variations

The text explains that microphone input carries not only the main tonal frequencies of a sound but also incidental overtones that reveal the instrument's distinctive timbre. It notes how violins and saxophones share fundamental notes yet differ in their internal overtone patterns.

Salton Sea Expands Into Wetland Basin In California Desert

The Salton Sea forms a salt marsh in the Colonie desert of southeastern California as fresh-water inflows from irrigation ditches keep its level steady. The basin shows terraces above sea level marking a former lake named Lake Colcutta, about twelve miles long and thirty miles wide.

Salton Colonie Desert California Stidton Geres Twe Perk Fulng

Hope for 100 Miles to Gallon in Motor Invention

A New Mexico college project by Tow Tune of Mesltlyirk seeks a two cycle cooled rotor engine to maximize gasoline use. The inventor aims to extract all explosive power from fuel in a compact design for high fuel efficiency.

Btute College N. M New Mexico Ages Cultural and Mechanical College Is Iventor Tow Tune Garays Mesltlyirk N.M

Scientists Fight Malignant Tsetse Fly Menace

National Geographic warns that defeating a growing tsetse fly threat may require scientist-driven campaigns. In eastern Africa British control faces retreat as infected wildlife repopulates bush areas, forcing abandoned farms back to wilderness and jeopardizing regional empires.

National Geographic Society Africa Britain

Hungry London Consumes Foodstuffs in Daily Totals

A scrambled report notes Londoners eat nearly 474 miles worth of bread daily. It cites weekly rationed loaves totaling 24 million half quarters, and large yearly dock losses of wheat flour meat and butter, with unclear numeric garbles but confirms vast food consumption and port waste in England and Wales.

Tloenioners Londen Docks Londen Loreen Enone Mike Werean Efit England Wales

Tercentenary of Quinine Bark Celebrated in Shaw's Garden

The event in Shaw's garden on November 1 marked a centennial of quinine bark known as Jesuit bark. Accounts attribute its discovery to Jesuit missionaries and detail its historic medicinal use and popularization across Europe.

Lexa Europe Jesuit Brotherhood

Harelet Ward Schelde Scholarships Established at Princeton

An anonymous donor founded the Harelet Ward Schelde scholarships at Princeton in 1028 with 850000 dollars to fund annual undergraduate fees plus 100 dollars. Preference goes to sons of Presbyterian missionaries or educators, or ministers and educators within the Presbyterian fold who otherwise could not afford Princeton. Awards follow Rhodes scholarship principles.

Harelet Ward Princeton University

Lamp's Long Sea Trip on North Wales Coast

A curious object bobbing on wires at a north Wales coast resort turned out to be a solid brown mass with saltlike residue. It revealed an Osram lamp marked with a place a mile and a half across the water and was placed in circuit after a long sea toss.

North Wales Europe New England New York

Vatican Art Treasures Draw World Interest

A tour of the Vatican highlights its frescoes by Fra Angelico Michelangelo and others in San Lorenzo Bistine and Vautine chapels. Raphael rooms house Transfiguration Madonna di Foligno and Coronation of the Virgin alongside works by Murillo Pian Perugina Correggia Veronese and others. The museum displays Greek sculptures including the Laocoon and Apollo Belvedere plus vast antiquities and a vast library founded in 1450s. The Rospignosi Library and archives were donated by Louis Mendelssohn of Detroit with Pope Clement IX materials from 1667 to 1669 and a portrait by Sarlo Maratta.

Vatican San Lorenzo Bistine Vautine Fra Angelico Michelangelo Perugino Raphael Raphaels Murillo Pian Perugina Correggia Paul Veronese Museu Laocoon Apollo Belvidere Italy Greece Egypt Ets Rospignosi Louis Mendelssohn Detroit Mich Pope Cement IX Rospignoest Clement Sarlo Maratta

Bayberry Candle Boon to New England Women

The New England custom of bayberry candles helped households, guiding light when settlers faced dark winters. The practice spread from coastal bayberry to an industry affecting candles, regulations, and daily life in colonial times.

New England

First Sunday Schools Rise Sparked By Hannah Ball

A colonial-era account notes Hannah Ball founded the first Sunday school in Wycombe in 1617, predating Raikes by 11 years. It credits Ball with inspiring John Wesley to mention the work to Robert Raikes, who then organized and expanded Sunday schools.

Robert Ralkes Hannah Ball John Wesley Wigh Wycombe Raikes Gloucester Robert Raikes Montreal Thornald

Standard Time Adoption Across Nations in 1880s

The article notes 1885 US Naval Observatory standards, England's use of Greenwich mean time, and Sweden adopting standard time in 1892 with one hour ahead of Greenwich. It mentions Stockholm's local time prior to 1892 and Greenland’s population delaying its adoption of standard time.

United States Naval Observatory Washington England Greenwich Sweden Haga Stockholm Greenland

Corporate name changes from railroad to railway

The text explains that railroad and railway are corporate names and bankrupt lines reorganize under new titles. It cites the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul line becoming Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Pacific railway after receivership and notes that changing from railroad to railway alters the corporation’s name.

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Pacific Railway

History of Oakum and Hemp Fiber in Rope Making

This fragment explains oakum or oxkum used with hemp fiber to fill rope seams and prevent twisting and breaking. It notes oakum’s role in caulking rope ahead of twisting, highlighting its importance in rope construction.

Politics Barred Drive in National Health of Nation

A collage of quotes warns politics should not influence business health and planning. It cites radio, auto, and appliance purchases on installment plans and a Soviet Five Year Plan showing tension between investment and market access. It notes $37.12 yearly cost to teach a pupil in elementary trades.

Colliers’ Weekly

It Takes a Man 25 Years to Learn How to Be Married

Aphorism noting a man spends decades learning marriage while questioning why women show patience. A magazine quote reflecting on marriage and gender expectations.

American Magazine

Farmers Community Fire Truck Assn Holds Stockholder Meeting

The annual meeting of Farmers' Community Fire Truck Assn members will take place at Burrichter's garage on Saturday February 20 at 1 30 p m. Five directors will be elected and stock certificates issued to all paid up members in attendance. Also notices for meeting contents.

John Finn Washington Township Oreutronia Jast St. Peter's School Temmie Hill Marguerite Sabina Mabel Verna Eleanor Patrick Jane Duffy Cascade Red Heads Fillmore Cascade Quintet Fillmore Giants Dolphin Dahlem Graham Red Heads Walsh Waener Amnonents Driscoll Swanny Little Sorre Bernard Independents Bernard Burd McVeich James T. Beven M. Bietenman Mercy Hospial Anamosa Cascade Bellevue Bears Bellevue Hutton Finn Porter Vinton Farmers’ Community Fire Truck Assn Burrichter M. Hosford Sra Eee

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