High School Notes Report on Local Activities
Carl Schneider reports on the second semester start and student life. The Lenox basketball tournament saw Monticello finish third with Springville taking first, Anamosa second, and medals awarded. Debating team wins over Waverly. Monticello prepares for northeast district final. Faculty talks, student performances, and a Y M C A talk framed the week, with Washington’s Birthday observances and an afternoon school closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schneider
Hopkinton
Central City
Monti
Buriville
Anamosa
Springville
Cip
Monticello
Lewis Aubler
Marion
Waverly
Molling
Stieger
Fleming
Aronticella
Giste
Vrduser
Raymond Denkhoff
Ted Koop
Roy Abbott
Cedar Walls
Hlm. Reed
Waterloo
Lynch
Cedar Wallis
Independence
Jets
Edwin Lightfoot
Harold van Voltenburg
Belling the Cat
Y. M
Fayette
Washington
Miss Jarman
Local Church Services and Lent Plans Across Five Congregations
In Sunday notices from St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church Pastor S M Ide invites German and English services beginning March 7 with alternating languages. Public worship times are listed for March 2 with Sunday School at 10, morning worship, and evening service. Other churches including Presbyterian with Leonard Duckett and Reformed Church note Sunday schedules, special sermons, and a planned King’s Herald lecture to aid missionary work.
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Asim
Weather League
Tilda Pom
George W. McNary
Toge Oelock
Telepon
Tadain
Disgaea Ma
Hpworth League
Sud
Lo C Legnon
Steren Pty
King’s Herald
Wohlway
St. John’s Ey
Paul T. Gutknecht
Man Trades Coin for Marriage Heonge Revealed
A fragment suggests a man believes real trouble begins when he exchanges money for a marriage proposal, hinting at social or moral stakes surrounding union and payment.
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Many & Man
Social Notes From Sand Spring and Nearby Towns
Social items from Sand Spring and surrounding areas note visits and events. Mesdames H Pierce J M Wheeless and C I Wilson spent time with sister Mrs J Gestel. Amiel Prull of Monticello visited sister Mrs C C Slauson. Basket ball tournament attendance at Hopkinton noted.
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Hopkinton
Asa Green
M.C. Green
Ray Slauson
Fkst. Gestel
Alr
George Gestel
Delhi
Will Murray
Fred Neger
Wisconsin
Lawrence Mefcher
Baby
Worthington
R. J. Guthrie
J. 2
Guthrie
Uubuque
Art Galles
Remsen
Ray Smith
Henry Rieker
Chicago
K. Greer
Manchester
Pierce
Monticelo
Francis Sehuh
Monticello
Castle Grove Community News Highlights and Meetings
A February gathering at Mr and Mrs SoM Hosford hosted a thirty person event with J Van Bueren as winner and a midnight refreshment break. Upcoming Farm Bureau meeting on February 29 at School House No 2 plus news from Castle Grove residents and local business.
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Som. Hosford
Blogk
J. van Bueren
Castle Grove Farm Bureau
Henry Roake
Arthur MairbonWs
Henry Oqhe
Anamosi
Albert Hutton
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
W. DD. McLaughlin
Cedar Rapids
Oakdale
John Hasler
Chicago
Myron Y Hubbard
Clinton
Miss Haze
Hubbard
F. J. Lehman
Monticetto
Local News Briefs From Wyoming and Surrounding Areas
Dr W W Brown of Anamosa visited here Sunday and Dr Bronson is expected to return March 1. Several visitors from Rhodes Marshalltown Center Junction and Davenport extended weekend stays. Local groups including WCTU Dorcas class and M E church Foreign Missionary Society planned meetings.
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Wyoming
W. W. Brown
Anamosa
Bronson
Lester Brunig
Duane
Rhodes
Wayne Hildreth
Marshalltown
W. C
Lyda Wherry
Nial M. Hogeboom
Fulton
Ilinois
G. M. Hogeboom
Dorcas
C. B. Shaffer
Kent Moats
Center Junction
Mrs. LaMotte
Audiences Throw Off Heat in Theater Atmosphere
A Boston professor reports tests on theater audiences showing heat is generated by audience activity and that theater owners could use this as a fuel substitute. He notes fat patrons emit more heat and moisture, mitigating dry air in venues. An aside quotes Baird Leonard on a wedding and a witty reply about Texas and Missouri origins.
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Boston
Miller
Scientific American
Bright Youngster Stirs Hospital Visit with Witty Remarks
A young girl in the waiting room amuses her mother and onlookers by chatting merrily about every subject, noting the dingy sky outside and exclaiming a playful line about smoke and whiteness as a doctor arrives.
The Organ of Sound Hearing in Animals
The real hearing apparatus is inside the skull. The ear is an enlarged skin fold. Birds and frogs lack external ears. In birds lizards and frogs the hearing opening is a small tile behind the eye near the mouth. Frogs have a middle ear and a dedicated nerve for hearing.
Oath No Light Matter in Siam
A satirical report from The Office Dog mocks Siamese oaths with a garbled pledge about torture and vengeance, noting perjury is treated as severe and binding in a World Quillook style item. The piece ridicules the solemn oath by mixing exaggerated threats and nonsensical phrases.
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Siam
Hell
Quilook
Dream of a Parrot Dream Warns of Hidden Treachery
Dream symbolism warns of a trusted friend who is not true. A parrot in a cage suggests secrets will stay hidden from a confidant. If the parrot perches on your shoulder, heed the implied advice often offered in dreams from the Chicago Herald.
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Chicago Herald
Nnifner
Easter eye distribution ritual at Californias Episcopal church
A Boston Transcript item notes a California Episcopal church tradition during Easter services. At a Sunday school celebration the clergyman announced Hymn No. 419 Begin My Soul, the Exalted Lay and then the eyes would be distributed among scholars.
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Caviclden Osway
Californa
Boston Transcript
Color and Disease Color drives healing via ultraviolet rays
The article explains color and ultraviolet light as disease fighting tools. It claims ultraviolet rays have a curative effect on skin diseases by concentrating a ray on the affected area. A new process is said to be set up, leading to eventual destruction of the disease.
Premier MacDonald Faces Long Hours Risk of Overtime
Premier MacDonald reportedly works about fourteen hours daily in his new post. If fatigue continues he could be summoned before the union for overtime duties. Also, John Allison of Maquoketa died at 85 from apoplexy last Saturday afternoon at his home.
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Pittsburgh Gazette Times
MacDonald
John Allison
Maquoketa
Administrator's Notice in Jones County Iowa
Public notice from Jones County Iowa announces Paul T. Schurtz as administrator of Behrend Hanken deceased. Creditors must file claims with the clerk sworn and timely. debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa February 11, 1924.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Behrend Hanken
Anamosa
A. D
Paul T. Schurtz
Tde
J. J. Locher
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Ev. Lutheran Church
S. M. Ide
Congregational Church
Methodist
Episcopal Church
Albert I. Coe
Castle Grove
Palmer Garments
Coats
Beery’s Dry Goods Store
Baird Leonard
New York Morning Telegraph
Texas
Missouri
Gildner-Pelton Co
I. V. Dautremont
J.w.doxsee
Chas, A. Doxsee
Doxsee
Lowell Block
E. S. Erland
Newhall, Iowa
H. L. Farber
Palmer
Monticello, Ia
J. H. Fraser
M. D
Henry George
Wee Nee
Lippe
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