Amendments To Laws In Force Since July Fourth
Iowa statutes add townships electing trustees by whole township or outside city precinct residents. State purchases limited to Iowa-made goods when available. Closed season for pinnated grouse. Solicitation rules for charities tightened. Barber beauty parlor licensing outlined. Tuberculosis salvage value payouts clarified. Bread weights standardized and wrappers labeled. Egg grading and poultry licensing required. Kindergarten mandates in districts. Highway and gas tax provisions expanded. Arterial designation and road priority defined. Continued on Page 8.
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Iowa
Board of Education
The
Highway Commission
Quiz Questions From Page Eight
A list of trivia questions asks about the last presidential election Jones county results the largest South African city the ancient embalmers the timing of weddings a double header in baseball the author of Ben Hur the poem with no joy in Mudville the capital of New Jersey the creators of Abies Irish Rose and the unit for horse height If any question remains unanswered the page eight answers provide the solutions.
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Jones County
South Africa
Mudville
New Jersey
Abie
Clarence man named assistant chemist in Washington bureau
Warren Seaton of Clarence has been named as assistant to the United States government junior chemist in the Bureau of Standards, Washington. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1926 and is the son of the Clarence Sun publisher.
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Warren Seaton
Clarence
United States
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Seaton
University of Iowa
Clarence Sun
Lillian Callahan
Clinton
Rockford
Illinois
Black Hawk Trail
W. C. Hanson
Mildred
Evelyn Hanson
Lyons
State Executive Council
Examiner
H. N. Rockwood
A. B. Olson
Delaware County
Muscatine County
Matt Houdek
Muscatine
John Goss
Williamsburg
C. F. Goss
Iowa City
Burlington
Alfred
Oakdale
Carl Goss
Death Calls Three Men During the Week
Death of L A Morse of Springfield Oregon follows a June 25 stroke in Arapahoe Nebraska. Funeral in Edison Nebraska and interment at Highland cemetery. Obituary notes Morse's Iowa birth, Nebraska homesteading, Oregon residency, and survivors.
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L. A. Morse
Springfield
Oregon
Arapahoe
Nebraska
Anna Phelps
A. F. Motter
Christian Church of Edison
Highland Cemetery
Smith
Lane Union Morse
Monticello
Iowa
Anna Thomas
Edison
Silverdale
Washington
W. H. Emerick
Otis Bartlett
Minnie Morse
E. A. Morse
Eugene
Lewis Morse
Noti
John
Daniel
Simon
Lee
Castle Rock
Wyoming
Young farmer Arthur Biere held on grand larceny charge
Arthur Biere living near Olin is under arrest for grand larceny. He was bound over to await September grand jury after allegedly stealing 22 hogs from neighbor A. B. Miller, who claimed Biere drove them along the highway with Biere's wife nearby in an automobile. Miller swore out the information. Biere reportedly confessed to the theft to raise money. Bonds were posted, with him facing days before the September term.
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Arthur Biere
Olin
Biere
A. B. Miller
Miller
Know Your Own Great State Why Iowa Is Great
A promotional piece extols Iowa as supremely productive with top rankings in corn oats hogs horses and eggs. It cites strong values in farm wealth land value and rural infrastructure plus high per capita production and widespread car ownership linking agricultural success to manufacturing potential.
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Iowa
United States
Canada
Argentina
Towa
California
Colorado
Texas
France
Belgium
Fine Showing Of C T Assn Cow Testing Report For May
The Monticello Cow Testing Association reports May results with an average milk yield of 727 pounds and butterfat of 26.9 pounds. Top herds include William McLaughlin and Aitchison Brothers with high test averages. total annual figures show 510 cows tested, 94 purebreds, total milk 2,952,988.5 pounds and butterfat 100,621.9 pounds.
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Monticello
Maid M. P
Shover & Orcutt
Della
Len Buol
RI Notch
Hoag & Deischer
Ruby
Guernsey
Aitchison Bros
Bell
Pearl Aggie Dekol
Toto the Clown Invites You to Robbins Bros Circus Parade
The Robbins Bros four ring circus comes to Monticello next Saturday July 16 featuring the Parade of the Nations a mile long spectacle with European and world tableaux plus cowboys Indians wild animals camels and exotic acts Two showings afternoon and evening tickets at Palmer's Popular Pharmacy Baby section showcases infant elephants kangaroo and camel Santa Claus in Fairyland a 1 000 000 production with 1250 cast and 300 dancers.
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America
Robbins Bros
Monticello
Europe
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Germany
United States
Ponca Bill
Palmer
Santa Claus
Fairyland
Dairy Farm Returns Show Wide Gaps Between Groups
The report lists averages for ten high and ten low groups across milk output butterfat and product value. Key differences include milk 4 641 1, butterfat 292 3, and product value 148 98, with feed costs and income above feed cost also showing sizable gaps.
Butterfat Averages and Top Cows From Local Herd Test
The report records a total of 312 cows and 27 dry cows with an association butterfat average of 26.5 pounds. Top herds include Hanken 8 Holsteins at 36.8 pounds, Lahey 16 Guernseys at 35.7, Aitchison 21 Guernseys at 33.4, McLaughlin 11 Guernseys at 23.9, steins 16 at 33, Howie 8 Holsteins at 31.7, and McAleer 19 Guernseys at 30.4. Cows producing over 50 pounds feature Lady Hanken 65.2, Calantha Wilcox 62.4, Blossom Kiburz 56.7, Emma Hanken 51.8, Rose Aitchison 58.2, Rose 54.8, and Howie’s cow at 53 pounds.
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Association
William Mclaughlin
Guernseys
Aitchison Brothers
Eugene McLaughlin
H. W. Hanken
Ralph Lahey
W. M. McLaughlin
Lady H
Shover & Orcutt
Calantha
Wilcox & Sons
Blossom
Bert Kiburz
Emma
Rose
Lady
Aitchison Bros
Olin Howie
Twenty Five Years Ago in Monticello and Vicinity
A retrospective column recalls local deaths and marriages on dates in July. Notable losses include Gerhard Weers aged 74 in Langworthy, Mary Mundell at Walker aged 31, Ursula Guynan and her seven month old babe buried together near Monticello, and W. P. Raffety in Grinnell. John Carmichael wed Minnie Cassidy. other items note births, school staff returns, a bob sled Fourth of July anecdote, and several local notices including a fatal hay fork accident near Sand Spring and a doctor’s death in Monticello.
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Gerhard Weers
William Tieten
Langworthy
Mary Isabel Mundell
David Mundell
Harris
Walker
Iowa
Ursula Guynan
Martin Guyan
Monticello
Babe
Guyan
Ursula Jecklin
Switzerland
John Carmichael
Minnie Cassidy
C C. Warner
Andrew Cassidy
B. L. Cobb
Louis
Mr. Cobb
Waterloo
Chicago
W. P. Raffety
Washington Township
Grinnell
Margaret Young
Clara Rickless
Cedar Falls
State Normal
the Express
T. J. Peak
Mr. Peak
Tit
H. C. Wills
Rickles Gerdes
Davenport
Charles L. Fawcett
J. W. Coxsee
Harry C. Dice
Amy Corbett
Ben B. Behrends
Margaret Lubben
J. C. Dawson
Myrtle Turner
George Guyan
H. C. Wills Dry Goods
Tan
Gus Thomas
Sand Spring
Frank Thomas
Notice to anglers on fish length limits and gear
The notice enforces size limits for bass catfish or pike craps sunfish and trout lines permitted per person. It bans snaring or snagging and encourages sportsmen to accept defeat gracefully and pursue constructive work.
Marriage Licenses Issued Since July By District Clerk
The district clerk reports marriage licenses issued since July first including Floyd Switzer and Martha Schlemmer both 25 from Stanwood and Anamosa respectively, Marius Larson 21 Cedar Rapids, Anna Christensen 21 Cedar Rapids, Artys Alvey 30 Cedar Rapids, Grace Hunt 25 Cedar Rapids, J. Mead 22 Anamosa, Catharine Michels 18 Anamosa, Ernest E. Dirks 24 Monticello, Edna Toenjes 18 Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Rees
District Court
Floyd Switzer
Stanwood
Martha Schlemmer
Anamosa
Marius Larson
Cedar Rapids
Anna Christensen
Cedar Rap
Artys Alvey
Grace Hunt
J. &. Mead
Catharine Michels
Ernest E. Dirks
Monticello
Edna M. Toenjes
Band Concert Next Week At City Park
A sixty piece band will play the regular weekly concert at the city park next week. The Monticello Municipal band of thirty five pieces will be augmented by the American Legion band of Manchester with thirty pieces. Plans call for the Monticello youths to travel to Manchester for a return concert. Bandmaster Frank Royden leads both groups. Program includes New Colonial Overture Orpheus Song selected Danube Waves Stars and Stripes Forever intermission Fall of Jerico Simplicity Slim Trombone and other selections.
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Monticello Municipal
American Legion Band of
Manchester
Monticello Oys
Frank Royden
E. H. DeWitt
Farmers Busy With Shipping
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway reports high freight activity with 19 Monticello shipments in ten days. Cattle, hogs, canned corn, wool, butter and eggs, and poultry moved to destinations including Springfield Missouri and New York City, with names such as Ray Adams, J LeRoy Farmer, Farmers Mutual Creamery, E J Farley, and others appearing among shipper listings.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Monticello
Ray Adams
Mutual Creamery
J. J. James
Aitchison Brothers
R. A. Cartano
Ed Biler
Alfred Ross
Eilers
Warhers
Mutuale Creamery
Allen Fairbanks
J. LeRoy Farmer
Springfield
Missouri
Samuel Marmis
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Local Farmers Suffer Loss in Cattle and Hogs
Livestock losses reported at Richland and Lovell townships due to hog cholera and hemorrhagic septicemia. Len Buol and Henry Freese farms effected but controlled through vaccination. USDA advises immunization as key prevention with emphasis on young hogs and sanitation.
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Len Buol
Richland Township
Henry Freese
Lovell Township
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Parade Parking Ban For Circus In Monticello
The mayor warns residents no cars on First Street from 9 30 a m to noon during the circus parade on Saturday July 15. Parade rights are granted by the city. Citizens are urged to comply to prevent injury to people and property. Keep cool while enjoying fountain drinks.
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First Street
Monticello
July Below Average in Heat and Rain Says State Meteorologist
Charles D. Reed reports July has been dry early but cooler than normal with a mean temperature 2 degrees below typical and 344 degrees below last year. He lists historical Julys with notable highs and lows, and documents rainfall records including driest and wettest years and July totals.
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Charles D. Reed
Monticello
J LeRoy Farmer Leads Canning School Talk at Vinton
J LeRoy Farmer and John Woellert attended a Continental Canning Co school at Vinton last week. Woellert oversees sealing machines for the local corn cannery, which are leased to canneries and seal 120 cans a minute by triple ply edges. The meeting ended with banquet and talks by industry authorities. Farmer, president of Monticello and Tipton canneries, spoke on the value of a school from a cannery perspective.
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J. LeRoy Farmer
John Wooellert
Continental Canning Company of Chicago
Vinton
Woellert
Can Company
Monticello
Tipton
Camp White Water workers prep for the season
Last week a muscular group led by Troop Committee member BE C Roberts and Scoutmaster Coe arrived at Camp White Water to begin projects for the camp. Ben Roberts supervised water works while Echternacht built a 26 foot mess table frame with Coe as axeman and rodman assisting Hoag and Rodman led the crew. The group reported the grounds improved though the trail is rougher than last year.
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Camp
White Water
BE. C. Roberts
Pay Echternacht
Coe
Hoag
Rodman
Ben Roberts
Echternacht
Monticello to Bid on 700 Foot Water Main Extension
The city of Monticello will receive bids for laying a 4 inch water main on South Cedar street from the existing line to the city limits about 700 feet south. Bids will be opened at the city clerk office. Ray Echternach, City Clerk. Also notes a hospital nurse visitor and former local graduate.
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Monticello
Cedar Street
Ray Echternacht
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General Assembly
Progressive Farmers Club
South Fork Township
Frank Brooke
Glenn Walmutt
Raymond Joseph
Mary Ellen Stafford
P. E. Q. Sisterhood
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan
G. L. Statford
Stafford
Eva May
Reuben
C. L. Stafford, Jr
Oak Park
C. R. Stafford
Peter P. Samels
Castle Grove
L. W. Morse
Junior Barker
Barker
St. Paul
Winona
Minnesota
Fred. Barker
Hopkinton
Oscar ‘Hemsted
Paul
Mobile
Mississippi River
Lake City
National Guard
Sparta
Hemsted
One Hundred Twenty-fifth Field Artillery
Mitchell
Minneapolis
Mr. Samels
Mary Murray
Samels
Hazel
Carl F.) Brink
Marie
Edward) Buckley
Ely
William
Nicholas
Chris) Aden
Montana
Mary
J. P.) Smith
Frank McDonough
J. P. Smith
Peter Samels
C. T
Assn
Glenn Brookns
Teve Shover
Orcutt
F. B. Gundlach
Howard Hicks
Wilcox& Sons
Toto the Clown
Long
Jerico
Slim
Parsum
Durey
Canning School
BOY Scout
Margaret Henminer
St. Luke's Hospital
Albert FE. Coe
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