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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1928
Page
7
Sumner and Sumner seedmen from Red Oak operate fifteen seed-stripping machines in Tama county to process grass seed. About 150000 pounds are collected for shipment to Red Oak for hull removal. They sell blue grass seed to European markets and plan further processing.
The Kiwanis Club and local groups announce the American School of Wild Life Protection in McGregor Iowa from August 7 to 18. The program promises citizenship through conservation with top authorities, and certificates of attendance may be issued. Town Girls Get Experience in City. Serena Howard participates in a Chicago social service work project with YWCA for six weeks, living and working among working-class people. The project pools earnings to cover expenses, under YWCA supervision.
Local creamery upgrades cut labor needs with two large automatic bean snippers saving an estimated five to six thousand dollars over a four week harvest. Lucas county to host a big dinner for 135 paving workers upon project completion. Tama and Chariton clubs push corn stalk contracts to boost regional shipments. Yellow Cab Airways reports six hundred nights in first three weeks. Co operative bank opens at What Cheer with assets totaling one eighty two thousand nine hundred forty five dollars. July storms cause crop damage with insurance coverage common.
A historical note describes a framework built with an inner rod nine inches from each outer edge and a central rod nine inches from the center. Transverse bars five feet long are laid crosswise along the center at four foot intervals, forming a grid.
CHURCH notices list St Matthew's Ey Lutheran Church led by Pastor Adlx with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and German services at 10 30 a m. Presbyterian Church under Pastor Duckett shares services next Sunday July 29 with Sunday School 10 a m Morning worship 11 a m and sermon The Victory of Faith Christian Endeavor at 7 p m and an 8 p m union service at the Congregational church led by Rev George W Bryant D D of Cedar Rapids. The Rev Bryant will preach as supply while the pastor attends the Clear Lake Epworth League conference. Sunday school runs as usual and a Sunday School picnic is planned for Wednesday August 1 families should bring sandwiches and a covered dish cream will be provided.
J Willms pastor announces German services next Sunday July 29 with Sunday school at 9 30. August 5 holds the annual Mission Rally at 2 15 PM German English services. A free dinner at noon features the newly organized orchestra. Congregation invited to Wyoming for Mission Festival. Summer school continues next Monday at Wayne.
Services for Sunday July 29 include Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. morning worship and sermon at 11:00 a.m. and a union service at 8:00 p.m. Rev Bryant, a member of Coe College faculty, will preach the sermon.
R P Kuentzel pastor invites worshipers to Sunday School at 10 00 a m German and English preparatory services at 745 p m There will be no meeting of the ladies aid society during August.
Dr. H. L. Sayier of Des Moines urges parents to guard babies from summer diarrhea the leading infant deaths. Emphasizes fresh boiled milk, clean utensils, ample fluids, sun and air exposure, light clothing, cool naps, good ventilation, and vitamin rich foods while consulting a physician for six months plus care to reduce illness and death rates in infants under one year.
Henry Grimme, 67, a farmer living about a mile west of Sherrills, died by self inflicted gunshot at noon last Tuesday. Officials say health worries may have triggered the tragedy. In a separate incident, a grandstand collapse at a Ryan Elkader baseball game injured several spectators, with Corrine Gerhalp and M F Gaffney among the more seriously hurt.
The article recounts Cecilia Gray delivering a brilliant soprano performance at a local high school event. Her future prospects spark excitement in the audience and town, with high hopes she will pursue operatic glory in major cities.
The lexicographer of the Literary Digest notes Cardinal Giuseppe Megzofantic born 174, died 1510, as possessing knowledge of 114 languages or dialects with 50 spoken fluently.
The text describes Ornithopolia near Sidon and Tyre as an ancient city whose name means the cry of birds. It notes birds decorating the grass, including storks and swans, suggesting Sidon's center for craft in the era of Augustus and Tiberius, cited from London Times Therary Supplement.
A Philadelphia project, described as the largest single building for museum purposes, aims to house the Att nu set. It is noted as the world's largest example of pure Greek architecture.
An archaic digest covers global eating curiosities from crocodile meat to pololo in Polynesia and snakes in travel lore, followed by a detailed timetable for C. M. St. P. & P. trains at Monticello station showing passenger and freight departures and connections to Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Chicago with transfer points at Delaware and Oxford Junction.
Entomologist B B Fulton of Town State College Ames explains a new circular "Cockroach Destruction in Buildings" endorsing sodium fluoride dust to treat roaches. Locate breeding sites, apply fine dust to cracks and food paths, keep dry, and wait weeks for results while noting human safety with limited exposure.
Marshalltown Times Republican notes opposition to spending all road funds on the primary system. It cites a prior $14.5 million outlay on secondary roads and claims nearly $4 million came from tax on gasoline. It states over half the contribution came from automobile owners in cities and towns statewide.
Detroit Free Press notes a future convent themed film featuring Senator Heflin in a summer release. The piece also mentions farm manure valued at 1.97 dollars per ton and references crop yield studies from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station.
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