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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
6
Nelson G. Kraschel of Harlan serves as the 27th governor of Iowa, following Ansel Briggs who first held the office from 1846 to 1850. The text also notes a science analogy comparing diamonds to lamp soot and pencil lead by molecular arrangement.
The Monticello Express, chosen as the advertising medium after review, partners with Lord and Thomas Chicago for the Quaker Oats campaign. Local grocers and merchants run ads, with broad circulation and cooperation noted. The paper will distribute Trick Books to children presenting Quaker oats marks, promoting brand recognition and product quality.
A compact recipe notes chocolate cookies as a versatile dessert. It lists butter sugar eggs melted chocolate flour salt quick oats vanilla and yields about 24 cookies. Steps include creaming butter and sugar, beating in eggs and chocolate, folding in dry ingredients, dropping on a sheet and baking slowly for 30 minutes.
L M Smith was installed worshipful master of Fraternity lodge 619 A F and A M at the regular meeting held here Tuesday evening. Other officers installed included senior warden Marvin Holst and junior warden W K Kennedy. Loren Orr of Petersburg Mich visited Onslow. a card party and dance were held at the school auditorium Wednesday evening.
Friends and neighbors gathered Saturday at the Ladehoff home for a surprise party. Five hundred was played at six tables with prizes awarded to Jack Seehusen, Mrs. Henry James, Ronald Davis, and Mrs. Jack Seehusen. A picnic supper followed.
Cascade Catholic high school defeated Zwingle 29 to 12, leading 14 to 1 at halftime. Mary Margaret Gearhart led scoring. boys praised as well. Funeral services held for Joseph Penny in Anamosa after a leg injury from a fall in his Cascade shop. Reni Renier and Mrs Mary Leonard obituaries noted along with local social updates.
Charles Stevens and family spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Blanche Moser of Colesburg. Velma Arduser visited Langworthy with her brother Clifford Arduser and family. J L Batchelder and Ernest Wahl dined with Claude Miller and family in Cascade. Donna Sandhagen stayed with John Heeren at Onslow. Neva Wilson, Leon Wilson and Bernard Murray visited Gilbert Vernimont home. Herbert Cox and son Dick called in Center Junction. Minnie Heeren and Elmer returned from Illinois due to illness of Mrs Heeren's daughter Mrs John Hinrichs. Velma Arduser and Jerome Baum visited J L Batchelder home Wednesday evening.
An advertisement promotes Dick Daring's Bag of Tricks a book of 62 magic feats for Monticello readers. It notes copies available through grocers and The Monticello Express with Quaker Oats sponsorship and office pickup details. The rest lists property transactions and a chemistry note on wax extraction lowering freezing points.
Castle Grove Will Hiller visited Prairieburg and J P Brady moved to the Waddick farm tenant house near Onslow. Dean Morey hosted Clarence Hosford in Monticello, and McLaughlin and Deischer returned from Des Moines Farm Bureau meeting. Henry Marek visited Cedar Rapids with Mrs Marek. First Farmers Mutual Insurance loss reported near Prairieburg followed by a second at Scotch Grove. Dr A McLaughlin discharged from hospital and home. S M Hosford at Mutual Fire and Tornado Insurance annual meeting in Cedar Rapids. Herman Herren moved from...
Real estate transfers cover January 7 to 13 with Harry E Stingley and Ethel M to Stanley Moncrief transferring lots 1 2 3 4 and 5 in Center Junction block 45 with occupancy reserved until 31 38 for $1 and other considerations. Gerd Prull and Annchen Annchen wife Eberhard and Marie to Gerd Dirks convey a described tract in NW NW section 8 85 3 with a long metes and bounds description referencing prior deeds and highway lines ending in complex bearings.
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