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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1933
Page
1
A prominent Unitarian minister and former Christian Register editor weighs religious decline. He notes fewer church funds and weaker missions yet argues no total breakdown, citing 216,000 churches and resilience of faith, while stressing religion beyond creed and the need to impact life and society.
The Des Moines federal court held the Towa secretary of agriculture in contempt over forcing bread dealers to follow labeling laws. The piece notes clashes between local and national authority and forecasts impact on corn and grain production, price shifts, and nostalgia for old bread. Meantime droughts and chinch bugs are cited as factors shaping prices and policy.
Secretary Wallace cites nature aiding farm act as crops shrink under extreme heat and dryness. Wheat near 1.50 dollars and corn around 50 cents may ease relief needs, but many farmers face ruin as yields fall and exports drop. Domestic demand may absorb most grain, while relief to barren regions becomes urgent.
Manchester Press highlights mounting government spending after the new deal. It notes interest costs totaling nearly a million daily, $3.3 billion in appropriations, and a potential $5 billion in new obligations. The piece warns of exhausting appropriations in a year and calls 1934 a critical year for fiscal restraint and return to sound finance.
The piece argues unemployment must be resolved by providing productive work for those without jobs. Charity cannot replace honest work that yields value and pride, and political relief schemes fail unless they create normal employment and stable income.
The United States Department of Agriculture in Washington DC released a new bulletin detailing improvements and standards for corn cribs across the corn belt, outlining construction guidelines, ventilation needs, and storage practices.
J W Jarnagin describes Gandy a Treton area farmer in Sioux county who endures 100 degree heat by using his own five foot snow drift. He winters by harvesting snow into an ice house and stores it under packed straw, preserving it for summer use.
In Justice J. L. Vaux's Swea City court Elmer Hoeck charged Virgil Moore with shooting Hoeck's collie Moore proved he did not shoot maliciously Result favored Moore The judge suggested splitting costs and shaking hands Then all in court joined in refreshments at a beer parlor ending with friends in a conciliatory finish
Marian Wickler and Donald Overberk of Monona Clayton county recently wed and showcased months of planning by paying for wedding expenses in pennies. They printed announcements at the Monona printing office and then went to the marriage license bureau, paying with copper coins and leaving the clerk counting a double handful of pennies. The minister's payment method remains unconfirmed.
An abstract company in Union County located the original federal patent for 80 acres issued to N. Y. Floyd dated September 1, 1859 and signed by President James Buchanan. The patent predates the homestead act which later granted 160 acres to citizens.
Miss Anna Stilwell of Lansing finds a Civil War Captain Granger pail in the attic sealed since 1888. Two cakes baked at a 1888 reunion of the 27th Infantry were preserved in the pail, then opened after 45 years to reveal an excellent state.
Mrs. Tofield Heck of near Fayette reports a white Leghorn hen repeatedly attempting to lay eggs in a robin's nest in a tree ten to twelve feet high. Each day she rushes out to chase the hen away as the robins protest.
In Iowa City Johnson County George Frohwein found a wren built a nest in his golf knickers hanging on a clothes line. He refrained from disturbing the nest and spared the birds, reflecting small acts of kindness toward creatures.
A robin nesting in a curtain stretchers delays a woman's housecleaning while another bird causes a man to delay gar ment use as he waits for eggs to hatch and birds to fledge.
Marie Bocetcher, 14, of Albert City in Buena Vista County, completed eighth grade this year after starting school at age five. She has never missed a day or been tardy and consistently received an E report card for four years.
H W Zwak of Sioux City in Woodbury County drove through Sioux Center in a jammed gas feed. The car struck a stop sign, blew a tire, and rammed two double parked vehicles before hitting a third. Zwak stopped after the crash and checked the damage.
At James Black's Moravia home in Appanoose county a family reunion turned into a makeshift clinic. Dr Black, a Tulsa based physician and son of the host, removed seven pairs of tonsils from attending relatives. All patients recovered well.
Harry Sisco of Oskaloosa Iowa has become nationally known as a skilled one legged house painter. Losing a leg at ten due to infection did not stop him from apprenticing and pursuing painting for 25 years. He climbs ladders with the stump used for steadiness and has never fallen in his career.
A household in Ottumwa Wico county saw a series of coincidences as a woman gave birth to an heir while a cat produced kittens a dog yielded puppies and a white rat nested then produced a string of ratlets. It was described as one of the busiest days ever at that home.
Old timers recall a 30 year old drought when a community used gunpowder to force rain. A Civil War cannon fired at dusk allegedly sparked clouds and a rare summer rain that saved Lyon county crops led by J. D. Wilson, former Lyon sheriff. Horses and mules in other Iowa counties also proof of endurance.
Charles Brown of Dexter Dallas county owned a large silver-case Springfield watch bought in 1880 that winds with a key. The case bears dents from two weeks lost in a hog pasture used as a pig teething ring, yet after recovery it kept ticking until replaced by a smaller modern model. The watch then lay unused for 16 years.
Mr Brown revived an old pocket watch found in a drawer after decades of dormancy. Wound it, the device sprang to life and now serves daily again following minor cleaning and repairs. Nearby in Libby Osceola County Willis Overholser notes two farm houses 15 miles apart with signs reading 65 miles to Sioux Falls and 50 miles to Sioux Falls. You never can tell.
Passersby in Sioux City Woodbury County notice a potato plant flourishing in a cement walk near the Social Agencies building and county overseer of the poor provision entrance. It likely dropped potato seed that rolled into a hole and rooted.
Ray Falk reeled in a thirty inch eel in a Humboldt creek near Livermore. His mother refused to cook snakes, so Falk and a friend split the catch into four inch portions and ate it as bullheads over a week, with the friend and his wife unknowingly finishing the rest.
William E. Ault recalls the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition as Chicago marks its Century of Progress opening. He bought an admission stub dated October 9 labeled Chicago day, noting the 508,000 attendance then the world’s largest crowd. The ticket back features Fort Dearborn, a replica now a featured exhibit.
The American Legion in LeMars Plymouth county begins a pledge signing drive to oppose lawlessness in northwest Iowa. Signers commit to resisting intimidation of judges and sheriffs as part of restoring order and improving conditions amid regional unrest. The campaign reports a strong early response.
H M Wolf of Elkader presided over a graduation ceremony presenting diplomas to three sons two of whom are twins. Louis Wolf earned junior college class honors while Donald and Richard Wolf completed Elkader high school. Harold and David Griffith, sons of H L Griffith, also graduated from the junior college.
Two intoxicated panhandlers from Red Oak Montgomery county tried to gain donations at the Everett Campbell home. One man drew a knife threatening Campbell. They were captured by National Guardsmen on duty and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Hans Broderson and Frank Mayr with J P Gould played from the fifth at Harlan Golf Club. A crow swooped, nipped the ball from a sand trap, then reset it on a fence post about 50 feet away before flying off. Broderson’s final shot remains unreported.
A Des Moines man W E Davy Fort Dodge resident Walter Smith and a Boone area man rode in a car that somersaulted end over end after a loosened telephone wire dropped across Highway 10 east of Laurens Pocahontas County. The trio escaped without serious injuries. Kenneth Crabb a ten year old Albia resident may be To wa's youngest linotype operator assisting at the Eddyville Tribune after school and on Saturdays.
East Cass Township residents honor Lyle Uhr on his seventeenth birthday with a Friday party. Forty relatives and friends attended as music by Herman and Lizzie Dirks accompanied dancing and games. Distants guests included Harold Knight family of Viola and others from Springville Anamosa and Morley. Fitting notes on visits and funerals follow with Cass and local families mentioned.
In Searsboro Poweshiek county ten graduates numbered Johnsons form half the class five are grandchildren of George Johnson sr. One Johnson is valedictorian and another salutatorian. Johnson family customarily gives five dollars to each descendant who graduates but may struggle to fund five at once.
In Clarinds Page county a group of high and junior high school boys seized city government for a day. They elected a boy as mayor and four others as councilmen and ran all business after handling the urgent matters.
The Chicago Tribune notes that young men in reforestation camps earn 30 dollars monthly with board and keep, while others pay five dollars daily for the privilege and may find no fish in the lake. A stray line references R Whitfield of Iowa.
Public notice announces Frank E. Stimson as executor of Irene Orcutt deceased in Jones County Iowa. Creditors must file claims with the Jones County district court clerk sworn and timely. Debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa June 13 1933. J Locher attorney for the estate.
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