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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1944
Page
2
A snapshot of notices from the field and home, listing service members and their families. The fragment mentions Norfolk and Ferrara assignments, New Year greetings, visits from relatives, and social activities tied to military life and civilian homes.
Mrs Sacie Podhaski visited with her daughter and family in Chester Ord this week. Ensign Milton Langer welcomed a daughter Barbara on Jan 4 in Milwaukee. Mr R McLauchlin hosted relatives including Mrs Loughlin and Mrs Donna Thier and Miss Mabel Bauer of Des Moines. Mr and Mrs Dean Weede welcomed son Donald Roger, now three boys in the family. New Year guests included Mr and Mrs Westendorf of Per and Hall. Mrs Joe Bowers hosted relatives including Deane Bowers of Davenport. Nylon blood filter materials are used for transfusion kits at Philadelphia General Hospital, offering low cost, clog resistance, and easy cleaning.
Berley equals ground corn in feeding value for dairy cows and may substitute pound for pound in grain mixtures. Ground berley should be ground to medium fineness or crushed before feeding.
Luella Oltman R.N. of Chicago visits family as Mr and Mrs L A Oltman host relatives in Monticello. Nearby, the Maire family from Lost Nation and others spend New Year’s with relatives in Fredericksburg and Minneapolis. Dinner guests include Seotch Grove and Dubuque visitors. A funeral in Ana mos a and travel between Chicago and Anamosa are noted. Household tips urge daily washing of metal lunch buckets and vacuum bottles used for milk and beverages.
A garden note praises peat moss as a mulch for late planted hardy perennials. It sheds moisture efficiently and helps prevent damage from thawing and freezing.
Monticello notices the death of Edgar A. Hubbard at Inglewood California on Sunday January 2. He was a longtime Monticello figure in furniture retail and mortuary work, born August 1, 1850 in Spencer Massachusetts. His family plans a California burial by granddaughter Ted Ecklund and wife.
Elmer Hubbard died Thursday night at John McDonald hospital Monticello after a brief illness following an operation at Iowa City. Funeral services were held Sunday at Goettish funeral home conducted by Rev. William Groxsheim with interment at Oakwood cemetery. He spent most of his life in Jones county and was married in September 1890 to Gertrude Rodman who died in 1940. Surviving children include Clark Hubbard Mia A E Dudgeha East St. Louis Herman Hubbard Lamotte Philip Hubbard Owego NY Mrs. C O Northrup Rockford Mrs. Alice Cook Escanaba Mich and Mrs Max Wilson Waterloo.
Canal construction in early United States began after the Revolution with a route around the Connecticut river falls at South Hadley. The Middlesex canal, finished in 1804, carried passengers and freight between Boston and Lowell for nearly fifty years.
Farmers urged to provide bulls with hay of the same quality as the milking herd based on latest information. Critics note feeding practices vary and may affect cattle health and productivity.
Native men resenting outside interference with their women, many places ban public affection between spouses. Women are excluded from key religious activities yet perform much heavy labor. In remote areas, native women are so timid that they hide in the bush when a stranger visits the village.
Federal state and private employers must pay the United States the same wage for prisoners of war as paid for free labor. The money goes to the U S treasury and is not received by the prisoners.
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