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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1948

Page

4

John Pfeiler 72 Dies After Long Illness Near Hopkinton

John Pfeiler 72 a resident of South Fork township for many years died January 5 at Mercy hospital Dubuque after a long illness. He was born in Dubuque county and lived near Holy Cross before moving to a farm northeast of Hopkinton. Surviving are a sister Anna Pfeifer. Funeral was at Sacred Heart Monticello with Rev E Lorenz officiating and burial in Sacred Heart cemetery. Also noted are local notices of a Hopkinton fire, O E S installation, Masonic lodge activities, and several community moves and telephony upgrades.

John Pfeiler Hopkinton South Fork Township Mercy Hospital Dubuque Joe Pfeifer Dubuque County Holy Cross Anna Pfeifer Sacred Heart Church Monticello E. Lorenz Sacred Heart John Sill Hazel Green Township John Che J. B. Freeze Leslie B. Freeze Robert Brubaker Robert Winthrop A. R. Stanger Brubaker Buchanan County Des Moines S. C. Keith Lou Moore Sharon Elaine Fayette Ville Ark Hugh Pierce Clinton Joe Moulton Grace Hucker Glen Robinson Inver Moats Guttenberg Blanche Kirkwood Nancy Tibbitts Brandon Thomas Tibbitts John Downs Raymond Downs Waterloo Lester Hartwig Gerri Anamosa

Flower Pot Drainage Tip

A simple drainage method uses a crimped bottle cap placed over the drainage hole before filling the pot with soil. This keeps soil from falling out while allowing water to escape to prevent root rot.

Oak Drive Club and Community News From Scotch Grove Area

Oak Drive Club met Thursday with Mrs. John Wright hosting. Guests included Mrs. Stewart Leggett and others. lessons on Habit Building for Small Children and a card recreation followed by lunch. Several church and community notices, officer elections, and local real estate transfers are listed, along with hospital and visit updates from nearby towns.

Scotch Grove John Wright Oak Drive Arthur Husmann Ida Wacker Raymond Eby R. H. Oltmanns Lester Rickels Stewart Leggett Harold Conley David Howard Mee-Kee Montezuma Presbyterian Aid Society Richard Hank W. B. Clark Ida Cass Frank Sutherland Howard Zirkelbach Raymond Miehe Paul Ernest Paulsen L. R. Himebaugh Kathleen Norris May Himebaugh Pauline Lacock June Zirkelbach Eloise Sutherland Doris Zirkellbach Vanita Hughes Robert Zirkelbach Ruth Paulsen Mary Wilcox William J. Grossheim Monticello

Real Estate Transfers Involving Staner and Dirks Couples

Real estate transfers include Leo Staner and Emelyn transferring via joint tenancy to Raymond and Ardella Staner with deed. Railroad addition in Mon ticello shows Louis Rickels and Caroline transferring to Will and Margaret Dirks as joint tenants. Also Emma Schwab and Ernest husband convey Ichlock 5 in Amber to Charles H. and Louise Brown as joint tenants.

Leo Staner Emelyn Raymond Ardella Staner Monticello Louis Rickels Caroline Will Margaret Dirks Ichlock Town of Amber Emma Schwab Ernest Husband Charles H Louise Brown

Fourth Straight Year For Cattle Price Rise

Prices for stocker and feeder cattle at Kansas City have risen steadily over four years. Iowa State economist R C Bentley notes the Dec 12 1947 price of 23.19 a hundredweight, an all time KC high, vs 1943 averages. prices in 1944 and 1945 hovered around 11.35 and 31.83 respectively.

Kansas City R. C. Bentley Iowa State College Farm WOI

Market stocker and feeder prices in 1944 and 1945

The report tracks weekly price movements for stockers and feeders from January to December. Prices ranged from a low of 10.40 in mid-July 1944 to a peak around 23.40 in early August, then fluctuated before rising toward the December peak.

Kansas City

Benjamin Franklin Rejects Patents for Inventions

The inventor states he made no money from his devices and believed works should be free for public use, refusing to patent his inventions.

Benjamin Franklin

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Eastern Star Sunbeam Chapter O.E.S Maonic Hall Nellie Stanger Sarah Ferington Louise Dean Mirs Olie Cramer Wor Kathryn Thompon Dewain Thompon Reva Fngel Harold Wilson F. A. Loop E. W. Mussmann Tyler Frank Irish, Sr Monticello Greenhouse Chicago Cedar Rapids Matthiessen Toledo, Ohio Interstate Transit Lines Apadeally Ome House Webster Ford Big Jobs Schuetz Motors, Inc Monticello, Iowa Oak Drive Club Scotch Grove Church St. Luke's Hospital Marvin Lacock Paul Paulsen Presbyterian Church Onslow Henry Rickels McDonald Hospital F. H. Kehren Arend Balster William Henrichs August Schrader Harm Dirks Dirks G. J. Dirks C. B. Bohlken Saskatchewan Canada Fred Otten Farm Bureau Oxford Junction Lloyd P. Hansen Dorothy Marie Glenn A Mary Rosine Regenitter G. W. Lathrop Oxford Junction Lovell Corporation Eugene Mae Wallroff Nwts Maquoketa River Geo. W. Beaman C. E Tressa Burdine John A. Kramer Olin Elmer C. Moran Evelyn A Elaine Lees Merrill's West Cascade Lyle M. Jenkins Clara M Melvin V Donna L. Wiley Wyoming Emil Stutt George F.stutt Alva Stutt Clarence Stutt Elsie Samuel Robert Moncrief Highway 151 Iowa Loretta Luckstead Hans Rohwedder Richard Luckstead West Corner Independent Greenfield Township Charles Hansen Colonial Kuriger Brothers Iowan Sycamore St Ade Furnace Service Ihe Penick Wheaties Betty Crocker Apple CAF Werner Pails Dees Buy C&h Crisco Cheerios B. Box CHESTER A. CONDT _ General Insurance Agency Stahler’s Anamosa Michaels Stern Value
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