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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
4
A dense scroll of neighborhood visits births meetings and club gatherings outlines life in Onslow Wyoming and nearby towns. Family visitors include Wahl Batchelder Behrends and Gerdes households with multiple Sunday calls and milestone birthdays. Farm Bureau meetings and schoolmaster surveys highlight local civic activity along with new births and anniversaries.
Richland Center Mr and Mrs Carl Schweiter and family hosted by Mr and Mrs Peter Bauman in Castle Grove at dinner last Sunday. John Schweitzer and wife Cedar Rapids visitors last Friday. Len Buol stayed in Sheboygan Wisconsin with niece Mrs Jo Lebermann and Mr Lebermann, with Herman Hoffman of Monticello. George Allen Jr confined to bed for a week with a broken artery in the leg. Martha Buol had major operation at Merry Hospital Dubuque. Nun Buol remained to be by her bedside. Claire Aitchison and Edna Buol visited at the hospital along with Nadine Buol of Dubuque who spent the past weekend with Janaan Schweitzer.
Jeasie Koch of Wyoming suffered a fractured skull and two broken ribs in a Monday car crash near the Methodist church and was moved to Mercy hospital Anamosa. His sister Gwen had a cut tongue. Donald Von Sprecken broke bones above the left wrist after slipping on ice last Thursday noon two miles north of Wyoming. Keystone lodge A F and A M installed officers in a public service with Lee Allen as Worshipful Master and J W Thomson as Senior Steward among others, with wives as guests and visitors from Onslow Monmouth and Anamosa attending. Mrs E B Pealer installed officers of the Woman's Relief Corps after a picnic for members and families.
Mrs. W. A. Hicks and R. C. Walters family moved from Ed Tjaden farm near Onslow to Anamosa. Walters to work for National Hybrid Seed. 4 H Busy Bee club met with Betty Mae Hamilton. ten members attended. Janelle Gill joined the club. Onslow beat Wyoming 26 to 14 in basketball Tuesday. Mrs. George French visited Plymouth. Supt. Pottle attended a Wyoming masters meeting. Mrs. Bill Brady visited C W Orr home. Al Hamiltons’ daughter recovering from pneumonia. The Himebaughs moved to Cas- in.
Wayne News reports Wayne Zion church solemnly installed newly elected officers including Rev. F. H. Kehren as president and J. H. Hinrichs as treasurer. Eloise Kuhns elected Sunday school superintendent and Celestia Kuhns treasurer after an appendectomy. Multiple parishioners face medical events and family visits follow.
At Anamosa meeting January 19 officers were elected for the coming year and Mrs C A McLaughlin reelected seal sale chairman. Castle Grove sent eighty letters with 200 seals each. seven unreturned. total receipts 29.60. Mr. and Mrs Lyle Hosford welcomed son Larry Raymond born January 17 at John McDonald hospital weighing six pounds three ounces. Mrs 0 R Howie spent last Friday.
Local families meet for birthdays dinners and weekend hospitality as Herman Tjaden Zimmerman and Schoon families host and visit relatives. Mrs Lena Englehart and Mrs W R Zimmerman ill, while M D Foster visits Hopkinton with F E Craig family.
Mr George W Mercer of Bemidji Minnesota and 225 St Louis Street promotes Williams Formula a herbal medicine claimed to relieve stomach pains and bloating by cleansing digestive waste and aiding peristalsis It is described as a tonic laxative that aids kidneys and blood by eliminating waste and supplying iron to hemoglobin
Mrs Gutknecht and family hosted a social evening with Mr and Mrs Tobin and guests. Ed Engiebart remains hospitalized in Iowa City after surgery last week. Hermon Bundy and Hermon Gerdes families visited Emma Hanken. Wayne Ladies Aid hosted a party at the schoolhouse with husbands and children.
A historical reflection describes the log cabin as a symbol of the American frontiersman and Iowa heritage. It highlights figures like William Henry Harrison and Samuel Jordan Kirkwood, notes the roles of independence and cooperation, and recalls the log raising as a communal frontier ritual.
Dr William J Peterson describes frontier life in Iowa in the October issue of the Iowa Journal of History and Politics, noting log cabin and sod house homes built by a few hands and the absence of spirits in a Dubuque Methodist church project.
Home economist Inez S. Willson notes lamb is available year round and fits both gala occasions and economy plans. Serve hot or cold, warm plates, mint flavor pairs well, pineapple complements lamb, shoulder roast is good and easier to carve when bone is removed.
Fragments describe lamb breast stuffing options and braising methods for rolled meat. It mentions pockets for stuffing and dressing, and compares braising of shoulder chops to rib or loin chops with butter. Some garbled text references Butter and a person named H. Nicholls and a state college.
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