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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1947

Page

3

Silver wedding anniversary celebrated in Monticello

Mr and Mrs John Caspers hosted seventy five relatives at St Matthew's Luther Hall for a social afternoon celebrating their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Rev H L Adix led devotions, with movies and other diversions. Guests included daughters Mabel and Lois Caspers, and attendants from twenty five years ago. Out of town visitors joined from Strawberry Point Mount Vernon Ryan and Dubuque among others. The event featured a decorated cake blue tapers and mixed flowers.

John Caspers St. Matthew’s Luther Hall H. L. Adix St. Matthew's Church Mount Vernon Myron Zumbach Elmer Zumbach Ryan

Monticello Library Urges Greater Use and Support

A Monticello library appeal urges residents to use the facility more and support it financially including a $1 yearly rural rate. It highlights books magazines hours and a donation from Miss Jessie Fawcett and calls for rebinding funds and increased daily circulation. Also notes a potato nutrition note and a social item about Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Leggett visiting Cedar Rapids.

Jessie Fawcett the Express

Maple Syrup Yield This Year Report

An average maple sugar content yields about 15 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup. The text notes that 45 to 60 gallons of sap are needed for a single gallon of syrup, reflecting typical production ratios.

Rhino variety horns differ by region says Nature

Nature magazine notes the African rhinoceros carries two horns while the Indian species has one. Despite abundance in the wild it is hard to catch them alive as they roam freely. Some have been transported by the railway from Dar es Salaam to Lake Tanganyika and occasionally a rhinoceros has charged a locomotive.

Nature Magazine Darr Es Salaam Lake Tanganyika

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