Onslow Mourns and Markets See Cattle Prices
Cattle on the Chicago market sold for nine dollars per hundred early in the week, with Ben Paulsen visiting to check the sale. The village school reopened after a two day weather closure. PTA plans a January 29 meeting with a leap year party amid club and Bible study activities. Community members attended multiple funerals, nursing updates, and social events as residents travel between Clinton Cedar Rapids and Lost Nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
M. P. Paulsen
Chicago
Ben Paulsen
PTA
Fred Scott
George Sears
Frank Schroeder
Stella Flynn
Jane Hanna
Maquoketa
Russell Orr
Alfred Clapp
Lost Nation
Clapp
William Ritenour
Emma Vanderheyden
Mount Carroll
Iil
Onunday
A. E. Hall
Hall
W. K. Kennnedy
Eleanor
Marilee
Cedar Rapids
John Pichner
Ruth Sears
Dorothy Overholt
Storm
Clinton
Harold Overholt
George Overholt
Irene Lightfoot
C. O. Lightfoot
William Reade
Clay 4
Time For Everything Mrs Porter Helps Run Busy House
A neighbor counsels a time management plan to ease Mrs Porter’s frayed disposition. She suggests listing every task, classifying as daily weekly or occasional, and scheduling to prevent overcrowding while freeing time for babies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Stone
Lucy
Ethel
Noted Policy Speech Riler Keeps Focus On Core Ideas
A brief quote highlights a cautious approach as officials emphasize decisive action when crucial. The speaker expresses hope that a central plan will succeed, signaling measured confidence in policy implementation.
Semester exams conclude as students reflect on study habits
The school year ends eighteen weeks of exams with students recalling late nights and relief after tests. Seniors face more time before graduation while others plan which material mattered most.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Grossheim
Chatterbox Puzzle Faces School Social Scene
A lively school feature asks readers to guess who the senior boy and senior girl are from playful clues about seating mishaps letters and flirtations. It names a “Three Rusty Steers” clue and lists student traits such as height and hair color as part of a lighthearted talent survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusty Steers
M Club Awards Honor Members During Assembly
An assembly at 3 45 PM awarded minor and major letters to 23 students for M club membership and athletic achievements. Pep talks and yells followed as cheerleaders Jeanette Lubben and Betty Otten led spirit efforts ahead of Friday’s Monti Hi versus University Hi game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M” Club
Delores Poppe
Verna Stutt
Gertrude Ortgies
Betty Adams
Janann Schweitzer
Katherine Woodall
Dean Zirkelbach
Mary Lou Luett
Beatrice Long
Herbert Herren
LaVern Wahl
Ruth Roberta
Lois Naylor
Milo Tobiason
Bud Bader
Ralph Bender
Harold Hogan
Richard Mardorf
Richard Holub
Raymond Behrends
Marvin Schoon
William Fitzsimmons
Jeanette Lubben
Betty Otten
Future Teachers Take State Tests
Normal training juniors and seniors took state tests on psychology grammar and geography and physiology over three days. Eleven seniors and nine juniors participated. Tests will be sent to Des Moines for checking and results will be returned later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Girls Begin Inter Class Basketball Tourney
On Monday January 15 the girls basketball tournament began with seventh graders led by Marilee Matthiessen facing eighth graders captained by Dorothy Bartlett. Play continued with 9A tying sophomores led by Mary Miner. play-off postponed. Junior senior game not yet played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilee Matthiessen
Dorothy Bartlett
Ruth Hoffman
Mary Miner
Jane Ann Patterson
Roxian Yeoman
Alice Clark
Phyllis Appleby
Ruth Smith
Shirley Skelley
Anne Marie Skelley
Janis Grimes
Eloise Wright
Dorothy Rose Bartlett
Jerry Schoon
Phyllis Schneider
Gail Huibregtse
Jean Bender
Jacquelyn McCurdy
Anna Rose’ Strasburg
Lois Barrack
Betty Bro
Ann Marie Schoon
Mary Lou
Luett
Arlene Balster
Betty Rieniers
Ruth Schneider
Olive Nagel
Lois Naylor
Betty Otten
Dorothy Prull
Pearl Harford
Delores Bohlken
Yvonne Lange
Maxine Rynerson
Ruth Reuter
Ruth Roberta
Ruth Richardson
Eleanor Cooper
Roberta Helgens
Kathleen Rieniers
Doris Schoon
Ruth Clark
Montini Boys Seek Victory Over Jinx and Luck
A sports columnist laments a string of losses for Montini basketball. She blames nothing concrete while praising the team's spirit and hopes for a turnaround, noting the elusive jinx and external factors but urging renewed success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montini
West Liberty Faces Monte In January Basketball Clash
January 26 game pits West Liberty against Monte in a basketball showdown at There arena. January 30 Monte hosts Manchester in another high school venue while February 2 features a G A A carnival at the Monte High Gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Monte
Manchester
G.A.A. Carnival High School
Students Welcome Winter Snowfall in Montini School Area
Readers recall heavy snows that kept Montini pupils from classes yet about 120 students braved drifts. A few determined girls trudged miles to reach school, aided briefly by a chivalrous neighbor. Snowbound days had perks like visits from boyfriends, but chores and cold outfits were also noted. Grandchildren may hear of the snowbound era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma
Montini
Monti
Joe
Cracker-Barr
Grade School Activities and Intercultural Exchange With Japan
The grades from kindergarten to sixth correspond with a school in Japan through the Red Cross. Students send portfolios and letters while receiving art and geography projects in return. Notable items include coal samples from fifth grade, local birthdays, library book readings, and a first grade scrapbook for Japanese children. Don Appleby, Jimoy Hamilton, and Joanne Morning had perfect attendance for the semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Red Cross Organization
Ione Bender
Marileigh Clark
Paul Schneider
Dwayne Darrow
Lorraine Kammerman
Bobby Rhatigan
Dennis Tschudi
DeWitt
Joanne Morning
the Three Bears
Donald Appleby
Jimoy Hamilton
Florence Aldrich
Junior Reid
Ice skating mishaps at the mill pond and park
Becky Grimes notes how beginners fear the ice as they chase graceful tricks like whirl jumps and nose breakers. Many start with ambition but return exhausted and defeated, learning skating is harder than it looks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonja Henie
Mill Pond
Becky Grimes
John Penney of Cascade Dead
Cascade farmer John Penney of South Garry Owen Jackson county died at his home Monday evening after a week of illness. Born June 16 1859 he was married to Hanna Sullivan in 1892 and leaves one daughter Mrs David Slattery Otter Creek and one brother Timothy Penney South Garry Owen. Funeral at St Aloysius church with mass by Rev A J Smith buried in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
John Penney
South Garry Owen
Jackson County
Hanna Sullivan
Penney
David Slattery
Otter Creek
Timothy Penney
St. Aloysius’ Church
A. J. Smith
Jerry Ahern
James Allan
Clarence Wolbers
Don Shannahan
John Shannahan
Albert Beauchamp
T. J. Lane
A. L. Morrison
Ben Williams
Dubuane
Williams
Chicago
Loras T. Lane
St. Raphael’s Cathedral
Remarkable Growth of Bloomington Muscatine 1889 to 1939
A Bloomington Muscatine history notes from 1889 to 1939 describe Bloomington's early limits of 38 buildings and 71 people and its later expansion with 24 doctors 10 druggists and 16 dentists in Muscatine. It cites churches schools and a public school property value exceeding one million dollars and highlights transport advances including barges trains buses airplanes telegraph telephone and radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Muscatine
Father of Waters
William J. Petersen
the Palimpsest
Hollister Threshing Family Sets 94 Year Record
Hollister, a former Monona supervisor, notes that combines have edged out his grain threshing business. A check shows he and his father achieved 94 years of threshing in the locality with a horse powered outfit for 52 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Monona
Self-Expression and Parental Permission Dilemma
Betty Jane a ten year old seeks finger nail polish. Her mother Beth Prichard weighs autonomy against maturity and decides to permit it, hoping the moment teaches respect for her decision while avoiding future resentment. Alice Hart notes the moment highlights parent child disagreement and the value of choosing battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jane
Beth Prichard
Alice Hart
Population Growth and Pearl Button Industry in Muscatine
The article notes population growth from 1600 in 1848 to 16 778 in 1930. It highlights Muscatine’s gash and door mills and four thousand pearl button workers in a once thriving industry that began in the Pearl City in 1891, reflecting a rich local heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Pearl City
Sunset Land
Yesteryears
Riviera blooms from France to Italian frontier
January sees the French Riviera transformed into a vast garden with roses jasmine violets carnations tuberoses heliotrope and numerous other flowers stretching toward the Italian frontier and beyond.
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French Riviera
Advertising Costs Amid U S Tensions Questioned
The prompt contemplates why advertising costs rise in the United States during periods of political or economic strain. It notes how marketers weigh reach and impact against budget constraints and audience attention as campaigns adjust to shifting priorities.
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One Cnilo Welfare Research Station
Farmer
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Chatterbox
Gebseh
Bob Siebels
Paul Bender
Stan Schrader
Chuck Ross
Russ Jamieson
Bob Liddy
Jim Bone
Janet Howie
Virginia Clark
Shirley Hobert
Margaret Bader
Ben Long
Bert Adams
Kay Woodall
Eileen Appleby
Gertrude Wenger
Vernona Vernon
Doris Otten
June Henrichs
Lorraine Jacobs
Robert Eggers
Elizabeth Lee Byerly
Rebecca Grimes
Loretta Gerdes
Don Howie
Joyce Wismeier
Deloris Bohlken
Kathleen Adams
Marion Deischer
Betty Clark
Ruth Roberts
Robert Heyen
Mary Rodman
Barbara Mueller
Gillen Hotel
Anamosa
Europe
Cascade Dead
Ata
Zimmerman’s Hardware
Zimmerman
Reaeig Games
Plymouth
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Co
Usis
Riviera
NEW Legion Hall
Monticello, Iowa
Joe Fisher and His
Concertina Orchestra
Express
Barbara Stanwyck
Paramount
Thay Law
Standard Oil
Solito
Nwrite
Pras
Antsiew
Yoursel
Yesteryear
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