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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1931
Page
8
Mrs. F B E Merriam of California dies and is buried in Long Beach. Local residents visit hospitals, host picnics, reunions and club meetings. Families move, travelers arrive, and public notices include Red Cross leadership changes and hospital updates.
Onslow residents Mr. and Mrs. Lew Osborne and daughter and George Berell from Anamosa visited Harriet Lamey and Lydia Lyons. Mr. Stimson of Maquoketa called in town. he grew up here and left years ago. Mrs. Lydia Van of Dubuque visited relatives Bo Mackill and MacConnack. Miss Geraldine Fisher of Chicago spent time with cousin Roy Beck and family. Harold of Cedar Brown spent last week with his relative.
Mrs J R Kennedy and Ralph Brown return with George Overholt from medical treatment in Jows City. Cedar Rapids visitors, a ladies guild meeting at the church, and plans to repaint the Mange. George Sears and family prepared for a lengthy trip with stops in South Dakota Yellowstone Park and Washington. Various visits and family picnics noted among local residents and friends.
The Castle Grove group and families who rode to the State Farm Bureau meeting in Des Moines and previously from Jones and adjoining counties held a picnic at Anamosa's Wapsipinicon State Park on Sunday. Over a hundred attended. attendees from Castle Grove included Mr and Mrs L A Ehrisman and children and Mr and Mrs S M Hosford.
The Whitney grove hosted the annual Whitney picnic on Sunday. Prairieburg residents and visitors include Mae Rowley of Cedar Rapids, the Conklins of Davenport, Lara Crosby in Deland Illinois, Will Still of Collo Springs, Helen Rasmussen of Marion, the Hyck and Koranda families, Kate Holub, Wess Holub and Mary, and Mary Dolan from Mercy hospital. An I G Truesdell lawn ice cream social drew a good crowd despite weather, with proceeds of 17 dollars 40 cents.
Sioux Center News argues that postwar France has acted in self interest, suggesting the French people are constitutionally unable to show genuine unselfish emotion and only pursue what serves their own will.
A British doctor claims that two cellular emotional vibrations attract and merge into a rich chord upon contact. The remark invites skeptical reaction as a reader quips Tell that to your maiden aunt.
Kenneth Humpal made the first hole-in-one on the Wapsipinicon course, 176 yards at No 8, with L J Fleckenstein watching. Other news notes cover hunting and fishing licenses, a July marriage in Forest City, a Rainbow Inn collision, and the death of Mrs Charlotte Tracy with funeral details.
The guide suggests eggs baked in tomato sauce for meals, simple prep with a wooden spoon for preserves and a paring knife for fruit. It offers garlic use for flavor, washing day on Tuesday, and organizing after Sundays. It also covers teaching school kids household chores and rewards.
The myth tells how Daedalus and his son Icarus were imprisoned and escaped using wax wings. Icarus flew too close to the sun, melting the wax and causing his wings to fail, sending him into the sea.
Australian rabbits descended from British stock are hated for eating grass essential to stock food. Millions are killed annually, and their killing provides significant revenue to fund efforts to neutralize their damage.
A elementary pupil was absent one afternoon. The next morning the teacher asked for the reason and the boy answered he could not attend because he had a cariet fever. The tale reflects a humorous misunderstanding of illness and schooling.
A Missouri congressman selected John Joseph Pershing as the West Point cadet winner by a single point in the district competitive examination. Born in 1860 at Laclede Missouri, Pershing rose from a rural boy to later command the AEF in world war efforts. He taught, studied law, and served in the Spanish American War before becoming a renowned general.
The passage defines a snob as someone who pretends to be richer or more fashionable than they are. It describes a snob as despising inferiors while seeking elevation, and worshipping or flattering the rich not for virtue but for wealth or status. The tone critiques pretentious social climbing.
An eastern observer notes a Shinto purification rite on a seaside island near Tokyo. A sword dance occurs every seven years at a shrine atop an extinct volcano, with priests, drums, and peculiar Japanese wind instruments contributing to a haunting ceremony.
Travelers approaching Cairo view the Eastern Cemetery as a luxury city with domed mosques and wealthier tombs. The vast complex features a central mosque under a huge dome and richly furnished tomb homes, alongside poorer quarters, through which shimmering tapestries and silk hangings decorate rooms.
Records show weather prophets at Biddeford Pool in western Maine as early as WHE. Settlers wintered there as Winter Harbor, a name still on maps. Indian predictions of a long dreary winter matched signs like dense corn husks burrs and early geese flight, reinforcing belief in omens.
The Bureau of Biological Survey notes no fixed rules for teaching a bird to talk. Training relies on patience. Start with a single simple phrase daily, speak only that phrase, and gradually add more. Cover the cage as the parrot begins to squawk to curb the habit.
Smythe remained the town optimist despite a rough golf game and a lean period. He backed the program with cheer, even as finances forced a smaller home and his wife faced the damp roof dripping into the dining room.
A dense 19th century style reflection warns that unleashing a thinker like Jeta risks global upheaval. It argues no science is safe from future revision and that human hopes, beliefs, and national religions could be reshaped by a new generalisation.
Palmer's Popular Pharmacy advertises VitaLex tablets claiming to transform weakness into vigor for men and women. The copy promises surprising results with a money back guarantee.
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