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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1935
Page
6
Local listings note Grace Moore starring in One Night of Love Thursday. Numerous residents visit relatives around New Year with many guests listed in homes from Dubuque to Cascade and Monticello.
Monticello residents hosted friends and relatives over the holidays with dinners, hospital visits, and car trips. Guests included Mrs. Elizabeth Buchanan of Cedar Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Elliott of Independence, Miss Miriam Lovell visiting in Dubuque, and many others from Davenport, Chicago, and Grand Rapids.
A new talking motion picture titled Partners will be shown at John Deere Tractor Day hosted by Farmers' Implement Company with John Deere reps. It tours the Waterloo Iowa plant and tractor field work, showing a father and son becoming partners on the farm. The event begins at 10 o clock January 12 at the Burrichter garage building.
A local church directory lists services at St. Matthew's Lutheran St. Joseph's Catholic Sacred Heart Catholic Congregational Castle Grove Lutheran St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Methodist Presbyterian and Reformed churches with details on Sunday school times German and English masses confession schedules and special meetings for January 6 and related dates. It notes sermons themes sacraments church meetings and officer elections with multiple pastors and lay leaders named.
The group will hold its monthly meeting and social next week Wednesday evening in the church basement. Catechetical instruction will resume Saturday afternoon at the usual time.
The Palimpsest recounts Iowa singing schools as a winter community tradition. A traveling teacher visited each town with a fifty cent to one dollar tuition to lead weekly sessions, teach old songs, and sometimes bring a personal catalog of music, while locals memorized tunes by ear.
A Iowa report calls for replacing fragmented township and city health authorities with county boards of health. It notes only 18 percent of units meet local health officer requirements and salaries are often minimal. Proposals include creating full time county health units and state led educational programs.
Monticello resident Henry Rodick recounts eight battles in France during the Franco Prussian War, earning bravery medals and a Kaiser Wilhelm portrait medal. He describes harsh wartime life, foraging, and cold nights as soldiers slept outdoors. Rodick married Frances Rodiker and later settled in Monticello after farming in Jones county.
Egypt has withdrawn a cotton restriction, removing limits that had affected textile trade and imports. Officials did not specify new policies, but indicated consultative steps with industry groups would follow.
In March the Rodicks mark 62 years in the United States all spent in Jones County. On July 9 friends plan a celebration for Mr. Rodick as he reaches his 80th birth anniversary.
Richland Center guests attended a watch party at the Bauiman home with Carl Schneiter and family. Emil Balsiger visited the Will Balsiger home. Hein and Balsiger couples joined Henry Ohe in Monticello for a pinochle party honoring Herman Ohe of Dundee while Sidney and Janaan Schweitzer hosted a small sleighing gathering Monday afternoon.
The Olin Community club considers leasing the old school building to General Dairy Company of Freeport TI for a ten year cheese factory. Operations expected to start around March 1st pending finalization. Family visit notes include Edgar Vernon hosting relatives Rey Hayenga and I F Hayenga from Coggan and others from Anita Ardmore and Lewis. A turkey dinner was served by Mr. and Mrs. Vernon.
The piece argues that sales tax is fair for thrift and criticizes property tax for basing on gross income, not net, suggesting a tax on income of property. It also notes Crete as the first home of European civilization in the Mediterranean.
A veteran recollects a seaside pioneer era when the main attraction at a bathing beach was a pair of hot dog stands. The anecdote highlights nostalgic shifts in leisure and local commerce, noting how simple offerings defined early seaside culture.
A reflection on enduring family power as relatives still shape decisions and communities through strong voice and action, noting that even smaller kin networks wield influence comparable to larger clans in civic life.
A local shop advertises replacement blades for meat saws at a price cheaper than the labor to sharpen them. Bring in your saws and receive new blades for quick service and savings.
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