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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1932
Page
2
A ragged jumble of notices lists people visiting, leaving town, and traveling. It mentions Mr and Mrs with various surnames, dances at Legion halls, relatives visiting in Iowa City and Texas, and trips to Orlando and Minne with dates around January.
A long fragmented OCR item lists births marriages and social notices, naming families such as Paul Amie and F Hensey Ber, Cedar Rapids figures, and various events. It mentions a jail sentence discussion, a new baby weighing nine pounds, and the closure of two Iowa City banks, noting a university deposit shifted to Des Moines banks. Overall, a collage of local life bits and institutional notes.
The notice lists former Bowen's Prairie citizens including Fred A Penniman and Ella Cowen among others. It recalls community ties and mentions families linked to Bowens Prairie, noting years of service and local connections with names such as Stott, George Bow f Crrawe, and Frank Weed, conveying a census-like remembrance.
The article lists names associated with Castle Grove Church including Elena Taare Carl Hexen Raeeten Cee Hensower and others. It notes an election of officers and mentions various members in ceremonial or organizational roles within the church community.
The P T A announces a regular meeting for January 26 with plans for a program and a guest attendance. Hosts Mrs Kawin Taylor and Mrs. Taylor's mother Mrs Henry Ube visit John McDonald hospital after a recent illness. Anamosa high defeats Mount Vernon 27 to 26 in a basketball game as junior high teams also win.
Local society pages detail a sequence of meetings at homes including Alpha Delphian chapter and Mondar ordite group. Reports cover dinners, bridge games, and notable attendees with scattered summaries of speakers and routines.
Mrs George Muller hosted guests at her country estate on a Sunday for her birth anniversary. Five hundred was played at tan tables with high scores by Mr and Mrs Norbert Manternard and a luncheon served by the hostess and daughter.
Reports describe a bridge gathering with Mrs Pred Raz posting a high score and Mrs Joe Barron hosting another central party. Mrs W O Stickford recorded the afternoon’s top score as games continued at the cr tables and a quartet arrangement formed around seven tables.
Mr and Mrs L A Oltman hosted a country gathering last Friday evening honoring their daughter Luella for her eighteenth birthday. Prizes of high scores went to Miex Sala Oftman and Ro¢y Olman with Elfreda Oltman and Joe Heerer low. Midnight refreshments were served with Mrs George Oar assisting. Guests brought many presents and well wishes for Luella.
The article details the wedding of Mroo and Mrs Bernsy Annikern with many attendees from Monticello, including Mr and Mrs Achweitzer and others. It also covers school notes noting an art exhibit fundraiser, a Parent Teachers meeting, and updates on the high school program and new students and declamatory contest plans.
A garbled report lists names and places linked to upcoming preliminary contests. It mentions officials and parties such as Mingorbese and Eidos achaas president with scattered references to candidates and dates. The text is fragmented and non-specific about exact locations or outcomes.
The Tt quartet visits Cornell on their tenth US tour with extensive performance history including 175 appearances in Lom edow. Members John Peccemgion and Thomas Petre provide solo prowess with C Warwick on cello and viola. Friday’s program features Dvorak and Debussy quartets and The Pixy Ring by H Waldo Warner.
Lonergan runs a lumber yard at Buckingham near Traer in Tama County and plans to name a successor. He fell ill with heart trouble and his daughter from Traer, employed in a local store, went to assist. She wears overalls and has been handling sales and yard duties during his illness.
A collection of entertaining home tips and wry sayings on heating insulation budgeting marriages and porchside humor. The piece mixes practical advice about furnaces attic insulation and debt balancing with humorous quips about hair growth and hustlers.
A des Moines Register ad fragment mocks a young man seeking dry goods employment and window trimming. It shifts to jokes about households, rubber in construction, divorces sparked by in laws, idle Europeans versus Americans, and a dig at the Depression as an excavation.
The teachers examinations for uniform county certificates will be held at Anamosa on January 27 28 and 29. Nellie V Morey County Superintendent.
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