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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
8
The Jones County girls basketball tournament runs January 26 27 and 29 at Center Junction with Oxford Junction and Center Junction teams drawing byes. Adolph Ahreans of Cedar Rapids to officiate while high school honors roll lists top students.
The article highlights America's first modernistic coal preparation plant near Sentry Kentucky with 1,120 feet of windows and advanced equipment for sizing cleaning and dust treating coal. It notes US coal production rising to 434 076 000 tons last year and emphasizes coal’s broad uses and employment impact.
Announcements cover church services halted for six weeks due to weather and road conditions. Various local meetings planned including a Presbyterian aid society all day event on Wednesday with a sewing program and a noon picnic. Women’s Community Club reports January activities, crafts, and a card party. Families relocate to farms near Center Junction, Iowa City, and Amber. residents note illness, a whooping cough rise, and a broken ankle recovery.
Mrs Ethel Courtney and Evelyn Courtney visit Hopkinton where Evelyn attends Lenox. Monticello hosts visits from C H Nelson and J B Hanken, with various locals on the sick list and attending Presbyterian services. Many townspeople travel to Cedar Rapids and Onslow for visits and hospital calls, including Mrs Augusta Norris and Mrs Etta Marshall.
For thirty years Dr J F Shallenberger offers treatment for piles fissures fistulae rheumatism kidney nerve stomach gall bladder leg ulcers and other chronic diseases. Free consultation. Will be at Manchester Hotel Glen Charles February 2 and Cedar Rapids Hotel Allison February 15 returning every 28 days.
Miss Selena Otten of Waterloo spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs John Otten at their home.
Hopkinton reports familie s returning from Orlando visits and local moves to Monticello. Cecelia Ellington, a Viola teacher, visited Hopkinton friends. In sports, Greeley beat Hopkinton 41 15 in a doubleheader while Hopkinton junior high edged Greeley juniors 19 18. Burdick's Aces beat Morley Independents 28 35. Community notes cover sales, elections, and notable passings including Mrs. F C Jackson of Redlands and the Ill pastor Rev A B Soule ill in Wisconsin.
The Presby terian congregation resumes Friday January 28 church night with a 6 30 pot-luck supper social hour and program. N Talmadge has returned home after an operation in Monte cello hospital and Clyde Thompson travels to Prairie du Chien Wisconsin for corn picker injuries. The Fortnightly bridge club visits Mrs W J Kirkwood Monday. Lenox college participants in Dubuque debate include Paul Ferguson Robert Smith Ruth Winch Dorothy Burns Evelyn Courtney Dorothy Knapp and Lorraine Willison with Lenox placing fourth. Fred Gosting Ward 77 died near Hopkinton funeral at Matthias funeral home Wednesday. He was brother of Mrs F C Jackson who died January 7 in Redlands California. I Bid bridge club meets at Mrs A B Matthias Tuesday evening.
O A Anderson and Harry Forbes from Eagle Grove went coon hunting when a large Holstein bull from Francis New burn farm joined the scene. The bull chased the men as they fled with flashlights, leaving the dogs unharmed and the hunt abandoned.
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