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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1933
Page
7
Victor W. Page urges motorists to inspect and service cars regularly, understand braking and steering limits, and adopt courtesy and lawful driving. He emphasizes lights, brakes, and wheel alignment, plus a detailed checklist from windshield to fuses, urging garageman collaboration for mechanical perfection.
The Iowa state health department urges swimming in supervised facilities with lifeguards. Proper pool construction, water filtration, chlorination, and regular maintenance reduce infection risks. Health officials stress avoiding unsupervised streams and advise personal health precautions and plans subject to state approval.
At a Jones county board meeting a new price schedule for bridge work was adopted in collaboration with county engineer George Henningsen. Readable items show savings per linear foot or square foot across piles, decks, caps, stirrups, reflooring, and handrails, replacing the January 1 scale. Elmer Coon and John Fritz oversee repair work in Monticello and Oxford Junction.
The War Department proposes a nine foot channel on the Upper Mississippi to be financed by the public works program. Completion is projected in four years with a one hundred million dollar cost. Electric users will receive a three percent discount on monthly bills as a shift of tax from consumer to producer.
Mrs Frederick Stuhler hosted the Friday club last Friday with essays on Culture and Painting and a paper on American Men of Art and a Pageant of American Art. The Ladies Aid at St Matthew’s Ev Lutheran met in Luther hall with Mrs Will Brokens hosting.
The Royal Neigh bor lodge met in their hall Tuesday evening with Mrs. Anna Shelley presiding. After the business meeting the charter was draped in memory of Miss Mary Altman who recently died. Mrs. Martha Laude sang Beautiful Isle of Somewhere with Mrs. Ethel Studer at the piano.
The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church hosted a large outdoor social at Mrs. Henry Adams with over eighty members. At various homes, the League of Women Voters and multiple bridge clubs held meetings and games, hosting out of town guests and awarding high scores and traveling prizes. Refreshments followed each event on sunlit lawns across the community.
The Carl Jolly home hosted a luncheon for Mrs. W Kenyon and Miss Nellie Kenyon who were visiting last week. Fourteen guests dined at a single table decorated with summer garden flowers and bridge followed at three tables in the afternoon. Out of town guest Mrs. Ernest Newson of Jacksonville Florida attended. Kenyons and Miss Kenyon left for home in Owatonna Minnesota on Monday.
Forty guests attended the third bridge party at the country club Tuesday afternoon. Eight bridge tables and one domino table were set among floral displays. Carrie Page won high bridge while L J Swift took top dominoes. Attendees included Mrs Albert Stubler and others, with guests from Glen dale California Minneapolis Minnesota Wadsworth Illinois and Anamosa.
Iowa 4-H members from 99 counties will compete August 25 through September 1 at Des Moines in events including baby beef, dairy heifer, pig, lamb, colt, and poultry shows. Prizes total 7,693 dollars with additional contests in demonstrations and judging and a health contest to select Iowa’s healthiest 4-H boy and girl.
Shomont and DeMolay remain undefeated at midseason with wins across the week. standings show Shomont 3 0 1.000 and DeMolay 1 0 1.000 as Eskimos and Midgets trail with mixed results. Tonight features a doubleheader on the local diamond Stuhlers vs Peter Pan and Shomont vs DeMolays.
The Monticello Locals traveled to Peosia for a Sunday doubleheader. In the first game Hank Oltman pitched but fell short as Monticello lost 8 to 7. In the second game B Bartlett led the locals to a 13 to 0 victory, with solid batting and defense throughout.
Monticello loses 10-9 at Dyersville after a high scoring battle that saw five Monticello errors and three by the Dutchmen. Cronkhite sparkled with three singles while Thenhaus and Meredith contributed key hits as the late rally fell one run short. Cascade defeated Independence and Guttenberg edged Manchester. Manchester and Monticello prepare to duel for cellar next Sunday with Johnson umpiring.
Local notices list services for Castle Grove Lutheran Church St John Ev Lutheran Congregational St Matthew's Lutheran Presbyterian Wayne Zion Lutheran St Joseph's Sacred Heart Reformed and Methodist Episcopal. Times cover Sunday school at 9:15 to 10:30 and worship services in English and German with topics including The Beginning of a New Life and The Valley of Dry Bones. Churches invite parishioners to worship and participate in Sunday activities.
The article recalls Sarah Lewis Hosford of Monticello and her late husband Cecil W. Hosford born to Arnold Lewis and Sally Butler Lewis. It notes her New England roots, schooling in Strawberry Hill and Anamosa, marriage in 1888, and personal treasures including a family mirror from 1846. It ends with a Farming Department push for botton research applications.
Mrs Mary Gray died yesterday morning after eight years of suffering. She lived with her stepson Joe Swanson at Buck Creek and with Helen Keith in Monticello. Surviving relatives include E J Hopkins and Fannie Miller and two step daughters Lulu Miller Cedar Rapids and George Hartford of Monticello. Two children Ada Goss and John Swanson preceded her in death. She had been very ill for six weeks and devoted to family.
Local spoof column from Monticello features J R Barron editor and a running gag about Mule Hide roof coating and a prize for naming the first state to vote to sustain the 18th amendment. Miscellaneous witticisms about weather roofs and coal and paint, with a closing quip on gambling.
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