Franklin Club Maintains Solo Lead In Monticello Ball League
Franklin Club again led the Monticello softball league after a 12 to 4 win over Grain Belt and a 4 to 3 victory over Chevrolet. Niles crushed Sand Spring 12 to 8 in nine innings to move into second, while Chevrolet moved up a rung with wins over Center Junction and a loss to Franklin.
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Girls Softball Clash Sees Mon ticello Team Meet Delhi
A Mon ticello girls softball squad will play Delhi at the local schoolhouse diamond next Thursday at 6 o clock. Director Miss Juanita Marana announced the summer program. The team has practiced all summer and is noted for strong hitting and solid fielding. Participants should meet at 6130 PM.
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Monticello
Delhi
Juanita Marana
Local Teams Split With Outside Clubs
Monticello softball teams split two games with out of town clubs Friday night. Sand Spring won 2-0 behind Marvin Johnson who pitched two hit ball against Reed. Center Junction fell 11-5 to Earlville as nine Monticello hits occurred. Beecher's Colts blanked Monticello 9-0 in a Dubuque league game, Jamieson started for Monticello and Kehoe pitched for Epworth-Monticello.
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Sand Spring Fave
Johnson
Kehoe
Werdeman
Lint
Anamosa
Yen Jo Wer
Monticello
Center Junction
Marvin Johnson
Marion Welding School
Reed
Earlville
Beecher
Colts
Dubuque
Maquoketa
Jamieson
Epworth
Gerald Kehoe
Glenn Lambert
Iny
Bud Bone
Dyersville
Monticello Clubs Enter Cedar Rapids Softball Meet
Three Monticello softball league teams Sand Spring Franklin and Chevrolet will play in a Cedar Rapids tournament starting August 6. The event is sponsored by the Czechoslovakian Society of America ball team.
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Cedar Rapids
Sand Spring
Franklin
Chevrolet
Czechoslovakian Society of America
Two Strong Outside Teams to Play Here
Two top outside softball clubs visit Monticello for two games in a Friday program. Cedar Rapids Chevrolet, Open league first half champions, faces Monticello Chevrolet, local league leaders. Franklin, the league leader, meets Oakland Dairy of Dubuque in the opener at about 7 45.
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Maquoketa Golfers Defeat Monticello On Their Course
Monticello led early but Maquoketa came back to win at home 214 to 84. Monticello’s Claude Appleby and Mark Rodman posted 82 totals. Cone Byers earlier form returned with 68 as top Monticello scorer while Royal Redman added 84 and other scores followed in a crowded, error prone day.
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Claude Appleby
Mark Rodman
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Mark
Claude
Rodto
Cone Byers
Royal Redman
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Shimanek
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Bone
RS Shaffer
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Ea Stee
Lathe
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Riekless
Leal Goellseh
S. Rhatigan
Grimes
Hudson
S. Rhatiyan
Brainerd
Monticello Golf Course Earns Praise From Visiting Players
Golfers in tour events have praised Monticello’s fairways and greens. They note defects at other courses highlight the quality here. Credit goes to fairway caretaker Fred Aldrich greens keeper Orrie Crane and to the club officers and members for building the course.
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Monticello
Fred Aldrich
Orrie Crane
Reasons for Senate Rejection of Neutrality Act Revision
Sioux City Journal outlines multiple factors behind the failure to revise the neutrality act. It cites President Roosevelt as a major obstacle to Senate foreign relations committee submission, citing distrust of executive restraint on entanglement risks. Domestic fears include third term talk from New Dealers fueling resistance.
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Isolation Policy Persists Amid Neutrality Debate
The piece argues Roosevelt’s possible third term defeat hinges on neutrality policy and European debts to the United States. It notes American disfavor of aiding belligerents and favoring absolute neutrality to maintain isolation, while acknowledging the debate over revising the neutrality act to deter aggressors. It questions the wisdom of current isolation.
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Europe
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Oboe History and Bhutan Facts Highlighted in Old Article
The piece details the oboe’s 1671 debut in Cambert’s Pomone and notes its evolution from pommers and bombards. It also contrasts the cor anglais with the oboe while mentioning composers who wrote for or used it. Additional sections discuss Bhutan’s geography, population, and culture.
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Chicaso Daily News
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Cambert
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New World
Wagner
King George V shares humor with U S Doughboys tale
Mrs. Wilson recalls a Buckingham Palace dinner after the 1918 visit where the king told many stories. He recalled quips from doughboys at a front line review and joked about being a king without a crown while reviewing American soldiers.
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George V
France
England
Grinnell Youth Giff Hiser Signs Disney Art Contract
Grinnell youth Giff Hiser lands a three year artist contract with Walt Disney studios. The agreement marks a major step for the young talent as he joins the animation art staff joining a renowned studio.
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Giff” Hiser
Grinnell Youth
The
Walt Disney Studios
Madness of Old Panama City Arch Defies Time
In Old Panama City ruins sacked by Henry Morgan, the flat arch of Santo Domingo Church stands as aremarkable survivor of 300 years. Legend says a monk dreamt the arch would hold the organ loft, and though the church lies ruined, the arch remains grave and defiant.
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Pacific
Canal
Panama City
Henry Morgan
Santo Domingo
Demand peaks for library books Monday survey shows
A survey finds more people borrow books from public libraries on Monday than any other day, with Friday the lightest day. The pattern suggests readers shift to leisure on weekends and back to cultural pursuits at the start of the week.
For Rent Modern Sleeping Room and Various Classifieds
Classified notices include a modern sleeping room for rent at 321 South Maple. Also offered are five old sows with three weeks of torow, spring sow offerings, and deliveries by J. R. Fegan. Templeton home with ten rooms and corner lot is for sale, with options for furnished or unfurnished and possible trade. contact Monticello State Bank or Mrs. D. M. Merrill in Chicago.
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Monticello State Bank
D. M. Merrill
North
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Illinois
Furnished four room flat with bath and ice box
Four room furnished upstairs flat offered for light housekeeping. Includes use of bath and ice box. Comfortable and airy. Close to Main street. Mrs Lillian Harms, West Washington Street. tf.
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Sealed bids for 3.38 miles of county road in Jones county
Bids must be received by 2 00 p m July 28 1939 at the Jones county auditor's office Anamosa Iowa for grading and incidental work on Project No 29 in Washington township Sealed bids on county furnished forms with a 800 cashiers check payable to the County Auditor are required The county may reject bids waive technicalities and apply Iowa 1937 specs and bond requirements with ten days to sign after award County Auditor GEO F Specht signs the notice
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Jones County
Anamosa
Iowa
Washington Township
Iowa Highway Commission
Board of Superheara
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