Back Yard Kronies and Local Social Notes in Monticello
Community notices recount private birthday parties, bridge games, club meetings, and a church society gathering. David Hamilton celebrated his sixth birthday with waffles and gifts. U-Namit bridge club and a white elephant exchange were held. a Women’s Missionary society meeting featured a program by Mrs. John Fraser and tea service. Several hosted parties and dinners honored local residents, with attendees including families from Dubuque Mount Mercy College Cedar Rapids Scotch Grove Monticello and Amber. Public notices include a canning chairs ad, farm equipment for sale and a public auction listing for the R P Clark estate and Robert Eggers near Eby’s mill.
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Eby's Mill
Social clubs host luncheon bridge and theatre party
Mrs. Stewart Stuhler hosted a one o clock luncheon for the Friday bridge club, followed by progressive contract bridge with Mrs. George Wilkens high scorer. Miss Lillian Locher entertained Bonnie Young with a buffet supper and theater party at the Monte Theater. The Clover Leaf and Pinochie clubs met for sewing, dining, and games. Chapter FP PEO held its first 1936 meeting with poetry program. The 94 club gathered at Mrs. Wilkens’ home for year start program. New Year’s Eve watch party featured five hundred and prize winners. The Ladies’ Aid met at Mrs Tendick’s for devotionals and social hour. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Muller hosted a family dinner with twelve at a New Year’s Day luncheon.
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Lena Marugg
Stewart Stuhler
George Wilkens
Bonnie Young
Lillian Locher
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Monte Theater
Clover Leaf Club
August Jacobs
Lou Oltman
Florence Hoag
Lou Spooner
Florence Meiwenberg
Frank Stimson
D. McLaughlin
Samuel Gutensohn
Louis Hoag
Fred Kay
Asa Lambert
Mary Coxsee
94 Club
George Guyan
Japan
Albert Stuhler
Wilkens
Harrison Lubben
500 Club
Clem Liddy
Henry Ohne
Loomis
Henry Che Jr
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Reformed Church
Armin Tendick
Tendick
Will Burrichter
George Ambuehl
Abe Allamand
Andrew Ambuehl Sr
George Burrichter
Matt Muller
George Muller
Mary Locher
Bertha Locher
Albert Meyer
Lillian Fitzsimmons
County Recorder Sherman Reports 1935 Activity and Fees
County Recorder Bess E. Sherman reports a busy year 1935 with 4712 instruments filed and fees totaling 2284.75 distributed across deeds real estate mortgages releases and assignments certified copies and miscellaneous. Licensing revenue for hunting fishing and trapping totaled 2084.50 from 1752 licenses. fishing hunting and trapping categories taxed separately. The record also notes a range of unrelated items including car maintenance tips Easter egg dyeing old statutes on profanity and dealer sales data from 1934.
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Bess FE. Sherman
Recorder's
Monti Warriors win twin bill as Eden leads the locals
Monticello defeats Manchester in a fast rough game, Capt. Eden scoring 14 to lead both teams while Mullan nets 12 for the losers. The win gives Monti a 12 point edge in the final quarter before Manchester rallys. next they face Tipton in Eastern Iowa conf and then Anamosa for a Prison City game.
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Holst Heads County Board For Year 1936
1936 board appointments listed with committee assignments led by N C Holst. Finance Harms Shimerda. County home Mayberry Holst. Public buildings Shimerda Rus and. School fund Russell Mayberry. Roads and buildings equalization scales under full board. districts allocated Harms Russell Shimerda Mayberry Holst across named counties and townships.
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Pearls in Vinegar Myths and Ancient Wagers Cited
The Indianapolis News notes tales claiming Cleopatra dissolved a large pearl in vinegar as a wager with Mark Antony. It cites Pliny and Suetonius, while chemists explain pearls are calcium carbonate and dissolve slowly in acetic acid, not quickly.
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United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Acid inks speed paper decay warns standards bureau
The national bureau of standards reports that acid writing inks greatly hasten paper deterioration while alkaline ink is only moderately harmful. The note cites global trivia from St Ives and Bible orchard references and touches on copyright basics and a chemist’s note on papyrus manuscripts. The piece closes with weather myths about the moon and a survey of costly embassies.
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Where Gyppsies Came From in Colonial America
Gypsies arrived in America during colonial times from Great Britain Holland Germany and France. A vang is one of two rowers run from the end of a gat to the deck to steady the peak.
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Earthquake Waves Reveal Earth's Hidden Structure
A New York Times writer notes the earth will never be finished as forces from its liquid origin continue shaping it for millions of years. Seismologists view earthquakes as X ray like tools revealing internal structure through complex waves that move in multiple directions.
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Three Old Cities Recall Crimea's Ancient History
A Philadelphia Inquirer writer notes three Crimea sites Khersones Chufut Kaleh and Balhhissarul near the Black Sea. Khersones near Sebastopol displays Greek origins and near coastal ruins. Balhhissarul meaning Palace of the gardens sits in a deep valley.
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Glass technology: laminated and reinforced sheets described
A discussion of bullet resistant glass notes laminated plates with transparent plastic between two glass sheets, cemented and pressed for strength though still not rifle proof. Reinforced glass methods include wire screening between molten layers or multiple plate layers cemented under pressure, capable of withstanding heavy firearm fire in tests.
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