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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1935
Page
2
A sequence of brief notices details visits by Bud Denkhoff in Chicago and many others in towns across Iowa. Residents including Mildred Rathbun, Helen Holst, Janet Hazard, Paul Torrence, Beulah Came, and numerous families are listed as hosting or visiting friends and relatives in Cedar Rapids, Marion, Monticello, Dubuque, Anamosa, West Union, and beyond during the past week.
Local families from Lancaster Wisconsin Mount Vernon Clarksville and Monticello host relatives and friends through a busy week. Vacations include Des Moines Ames Omaha and Yellowstone with multiple visits and gatherings centered on Monticello residents and nearby towns.
July 5 transfers show sheriff deeds and deeds of undivided interests. Henry Fielhorn sheriff transfers to AG Remiley, two parcels in 24-P4-4 for 3625 dollars. Alexander Beatty and Sadie to Frank L. Rinehart for 1 dollar. N Hayden and Mary to Cornelius Peterson undivided one third of lot 2 block 20 in Flannigan’s add Oxford Junction for 200 dollars. D W Bates receiver to Cornelius Peterson undivided two thirds of same lot for 400 dollars.
Mrs J G Thomas hosted a 12 30 luncheon at her Lincheon home honoring sister in law Mrs H E Jacobs of Buffalo NY and Mrs Jacobs daughter Mrs Thomas Prime of Kewan e Illinois. Out of town guests included Mrs Laura Koop of Manhattan NY and Mrs Josephine Noyes of Washington DC. Jackie Stuhler hosted a 12 30 luncheon in honor of Douglas Thomas. Mrs Ray Adams hosted a Pinochle club afternoon with four players and prizes.
Mrs Herman Hoft hosted a Friday afternoon luncheon at one o'clock for the Friday bridge club. Twelve guests sat at one table with a central progressive spread. Mrs Oscar York and Sten Fraser shared high score honors.
Yola Rodman hosted a midweek picnic at the city park honoring cousin Carol Rodman. Guests included Carol Cartano Virginia Marsh and others. Additional out of town visitors attended gatherings at a simmer cottage and a grandson’s birthday party. A Ladies Aid meeting at Evangelical Reformed church concluded with a grove luncheon.
The Thoent family living in Monticello hosted a Sunday picnic at the city park for out of town visitors. Fifteen guests sat at a long table at six o'clock. The group included Mr. and Mrs. John Roten of Long Beach California and their son, plus William Roten and his wife and son of Town City.
Members of the Order of the Eastern Star hosted a pot luck supper and card party at the Mason temple last Friday to honor Mrs. Eda Van Buren treasurer before her move to Bethany Oklahoma to care for an ailing relative. A six o clock supper preceded a gifts presentation by Mrs. Mable Tuetken, with Mrs. Van Buren thanking the group. Miss LaVetta Perrine played accordion solos and auc tion and contract bridge were played after dessert.
Mrs Emil Rickless hosted a six o'clock dinner Sunday honoring Mrs Laura Koop of New York City and her daughter Mrs Adolph Johnson of alumina former residents of Monticello. Guests included Mrs George Fawcett of Philadelphia Mrs Catharine Lovell Adams of Los Angeles and Miss Kate Perley of Hammond Louisiana. Presbyterian church held its regular meeting last Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Elmer Coon as chairwoman.
Life notes a proposal by shelter belt directors to plant 360 million trees over the next decade using modern methods. It also claims only two people can produce all the tennis balls sold nationally. The piece recalls when The Public Works was once a declarative sentence.
The Banka fishery stretches across the Atlantic from the Grand Banks near Newfoundland to Georges Bank off Nova Scotia. Vessels are sturdy and powered by sails with some steam, displacing 20 to 500 feet. Boats use longline trawls with many dories aboard, fishing for haddock hake and pollock, often staying at sea for up to two months to fill a cargo before returning home.
A writer in the Indianapolis News describes charivari a medieval French custom where neighbors disrupt newlyweds with noise until peace is bought. In rural US it remains similar, renamed katzenmusik in Germany meaning cat's concert, and targets any newly married couple.
Precious greenish yellow stones weighing up to five pounds were found in the Libyan desert. Believed formed from desert sand by intense heat of a long ago meteor impact, they resemble stones found near Wabar in Arabia and craters in central Australia. Fragments of meteorites of pure nickel and iron were scattered nearby.
A circa ten year old remark attributed to Roger Bacon describes machines that move ships with a single person, cars that run without draft animals, and flying machines with artificial wings. The quote imagines faster river and ocean travel, motorized land transport, and aerial flight through mechanical devices.
A historic custom from Fingland requires golfers to wear red coats due to the danger posed by the white projectiles. The practice originated when common lands served as open greens and still survives at one club about 12 miles from London.
The white squall is a sudden fierce wind rush without loss of flight, usually signaled by dark clouds and heavy rain. It is more dangerous than the ordinary squall due to lack of warning and is described with white foam on the sea surface.
Sioux City Journal summarizes Gov Harold Hoffman former New Jersey motor vehicles commissioner criticisms published in American magazine. He cites 60 driver faults and urges speed limits 35 mph for many drivers and warns 60 mph is unsafe with night top speeds near 33 mph. He links fatigue eye strain drowsiness and poor judgment to most fatal crashes and notes tire and brake faults. He also adds a domestic tip about removing rust with lemon and salt and steam.
The Toledo Chronicle admonishes that wealth alone defines success and warns that pursuit of money fosters greed and discontent. It notes people seek other goods like stamps or string, while highlighting broader concerns such as pollution with 70,000 tons of soot darkening American cities and cutting sunlight by over 30 percent.
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