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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1922
Page
7
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Correspondence from Center Junction reports the boys lost to Wyoming 214 to 10 while the girls won 10 to 6. Highlights include Bungley and Stingley as standout players, upcoming games versus Cascade, and local events from the Community Crusade at the M H church to a large anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. William Davis.
About thirty members of the Farmers Mutual Insurance association of Castle Grove gathered at school house No. 2 for the annual meeting. By law amendments allow a reserve fund via modest assessments. Insurance written rose to 8825400 in 1921 with gains and a total policy in force of 2558903. Losses stood at 6698 with 1037 recovered, others 1334 expenses. Old directors and adjusters reelected. board reorganized with Hintz, McLaughlin, Hosford, Howle in leadership roles. The funeral of George W. McLees from Anamosa was held at Argand cemetery. he was a long-time township resident.
Scotch Grove notes report the Women s Community club will meet January 25 at the Royden home. Rec iape on preparing meats for summer use and a discussion on Our County Officers and Their Duties will be led by Mrs. F D Sutherland, with Trees and Shrubs as an Asset to our Farm Homes to be discussed by Mrs. R P Clark. Also notes the death of Hiram Neal January 14 and funeral at St John s Lutheran Church Oakwood cemetery.
Prairieburg residents share visitors and family ties as John Drexler home hosts guests from Norcross Minnesota Mitchell South Dakota Calamus Iowa Central City and Coggon A double wedding occurs at St Josephs church with Raymond Holub and Gertrude Sadechy and Wes Holub and P Holub All residents are described as well known and respected Local social notes mention visits illnesses and community events across several households including Masonic banquet and local shifts at Wadick garage and hospital returns
A sequence of brief society and community updates from Sand Spring and nearby towns. Highlights include a family visit in Iowa City for an operation, visits to relatives in Monticello and Hopkinton, attendance at the Farmers Institute, bank directors meeting in Hopkinton, and various travel and social visits by residents such as Mr. and Mrs. M O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. F J Gestel, and others.
The Boston Transcript notes critics of France for rattling the saber were glad France had a saber in 1914 18. The Philadelphia Inquirer jokes that a Kentuckian once praised all whisky but now laments that all liquor is bad with some worse.
The state car of Warden Baumel, linked to two inmate escapes two and a half months ago, has been recovered in Fort Smith Arkansas. Texas resident Fred Gadke jailed for desertion after failing to post $300 bond and arousing local sheriff. Anamosa youths face theft charges after taking an overcoat, fined $25. A Gillen hotel change planned adding eighteen rooms, with Aton overseeing. Feud over bootlegging leads to arrests and searches including Henry Sacora and John Boner, bonds set or continued.
Urban Bartels 26 shot himself at his Worthington road home two miles south of Dyersville after noon last Monday. Hired man Leonard Belk found Bartels in the summer kitchen. coroner ruled death by own action. Bartels left two notes to his wife Pearl and mother, mentioning their baby and stating he would write no more. The couple had been married two years and shared a baby girl.
Monticello Iowa council met January 6 1922 noting a city fund balance of 9365 60 and receipts including taxes, water and sewer charges. A poll tax of 2 50 for able bodied men aged 21 to 42 was set for 1922. A water hydrant at the end of the main near the new tire factory on Seventh Street was approved for installation.
Anamosa Eureka reports Babe Emerson, real name Leon Barrington, a prisoner linked to Tom O Connor and Hank Hawkins, part of a Des Moines pact promising to never be taken alive. Hawkins died escaping. O Connor nearly hanged. Emerson/Barrington faces bank robbery charges and possible life term. other gang members Jimmy Andrews and Floyd Freah are cited with long sentences or pending trials.
Mitchell county farmers used hot formaldehyde on seed potatoes, reducing scab and disease by 27 percent across four plots. Treated tubers showed 83 percent clean potatoes versus 66 percent in untreated, while yields rose from 70 to 86 bushels per acre. Extension experts note the program improves local seed, with farmers selecting disease-free stock and reusing treated seed each season.
Iowa State College agricultural engineers unveil an L shaped block 8 by 16 by 1.5 inches that uses one third the material of traditional blocks and withstands 2100 psi testing. The design promises easier manufacture, unskilled labor use, reduced storage, and faster building with Ames projects already satisfactory. Tanlac prompted by W. W. Stickford, local agent, offered for tiredness relief.
January term of the Jones County district court convened in Anamosa with Judge F. C. Ellison presiding. The jurors are not summoned until Monday at ten, with numerous civil actions including garnishments, attachments, promissory notes, and quieting title set for consideration.
H C Ladage of Strawberry Point and H C Stendel of Northwood topped Iowa State College dairy results for 1921, scoring 94.69 and 94.44 percent respectively. Ladage beat F H Harms of Tripoli while Stendel defeated Carl Hoveland of Lake Mills. First prizes carry gold medals, seconds silver. The 1921 contest saw 181 buttermakers exhibit 583 tubs, up from 160 and 410 tubs in 1920. The open contest began in Postville with 70 tubs. Contestants must display at least eight tubs across twelve events.
John M. Evvard hog specialist at Iowa State College takes a leave of absence due to a chronic sinus infection. His work on self feeders forage values and feeding methods has reportedly saved farmers at least a dollar per hog and contributed millions annually to corn belt hog production. He led research on mineral mixtures housing and equipment and more in livestock feeding efficiency.
The bulletin notes that more than half a million practical bulletins on feeding livestock have been distributed to Corn Belt farmers in the past decade. Adobe is cited as a major contributor to agricultural needs, including swine feeders and cattle feeders.
Cascade Pinnear notes residents of Monticello have formed a chartered Rotary club. He describes the club as an uplifting utopian society where each member aims to outdo others in striving for betterment, not as a casual pastime.
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