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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1930
Page
7
The first male mule club for 4 H boys in the United States formed in Kossuth county in June 1929 now has five members. The group, led by E R Morrison and club agent John L Thorngren, aims to teach boys to work with their fathers in mule care.
Western Iowa residents learn from Washington that with President Hoover’s signature the river and harbor bill will start work early next spring. Lachlan Macleay, Missouri Valley association secretary, says the project will clear the channel from Council Bluffs and Omaha to St Louis. About 14,000 men will be employed in the work.
Iowa banks face insurance rate hikes of about 200 percent since June 29, moving from 1.00 per 1000 to roughly 2.50 to 3.00. Frequent daylight robberies across Iowa and neighboring states spur the increase and heighten calls for a state constabulary as peace officers tighten precautions. The Canadian mounted police example is cited as a preventive model.
The Northland Transportation company expands travel with an intercity bus system from Minneapolis to Omaha via Estherville Spirit Lake Milford Spencer Storm Lake and Missouri Valley. Evening southbound service departs Minneapolis at 7 15 and reaches Omaha 9 30 next morning while northbound leaves Omaha 9 30 at night and arrives in Minneapolis 10 55 next day.
Miss Mary Peraze a Catholic from Italy married Albert Hessen a Mohammedan from Syria in a ceremony led by Rev. Wallace M. Short. Best man and bridesmaid were Mr. and Mrs. Nate Dax, Jews from Russia, with the service held at the Dax home and a wedding dinner following.
A Des Moines shipment valued at 250000 dollars carried 2000 Maytag washing machines to Maytag Southwestern in Dallas Texas. The load required twenty five cars on the Rock Island line after passing through Des Moines. Earlier Woods Brothers threshing machines shipped via Milwaukee for legal routes to North and South Da.
An important relic in the state historical building Des Moines is the pulpit from which Dominic Scholte preached. The artifact draws attention for its historical value and association with Scholte’s sermons.
The article recalls a 1946 sermon in Holland that spurred emigration to America, leading to the 1848 establishment of the Pella colony from ships sailing from Rotterdam and Amsterdam. It notes Rev Scholte as ancestor to Gerald Nollen and Henry Nollen, and mentions a bird tragedy in Montezuma observed by David Sutherland.
J G Lucas of Madrid in Boone County observed a train of 130 cars pass through town on the Milwaukee line. He calculated the train would exceed a mile in length given average car length, as railway brotherhoods push to limit train lengths by law to protect jobs requiring three crews per mile.
L. O. Peacock of Tripoli Bremer County writes that elderly couples in Tripoli attend church weekly and twice on Sundays. He says their simple faith and honesty enrich the community as the salt of the area and that similar devotion is found statewide.
Citizens of Sigourney Iowa cheer plans for a 24 inch natural gas line crossing the Missouri and Mississippi rivers near their region. The project would run 30 inches underground crossing Mills county and Muscatine beyond Glenwood and open the state to broader gas use with other lines in development.
Pershing coal mine in Marion County shows strong output with about 300 miners hired in summer, four days weekly, and six days in winter. Workers earn 3 to 11 dollars per day, mine features a six foot vein, slate roof, no water hazards, and has operated 11 years with no supply exhaustion. Recent hiring includes Negro miners, with harmonious relations observed between white and Black workers.
Des Moines area hosts fifteen barbecue and sandwich shops where chicken leads the menu. A survey shows 82,000 chickens served from April to October. with higher tourist numbers an estimate of 100,000 chickens will be consumed by mid autumn. About 300 chickens a day strain the adjacent poultry supply.
W F Lindsey of Leon reports a screech owl struck the windshield of a Des Moines couple’s car returning from a visit. The impact broke the glass into about 100 pieces and cut the right arm of Mrs. Adams, while Mr. Adams and the baby were uninjured. The owl flew away unharmed.
The narrative recounts fifteen years of Theodore Hayes Lewis roaming the Mississippi Valley in search of ancient Indian mounds. He logged over ten thousand miles on foot and more by rail and boat, often staying in rough lodgings and facing threats from river rats and tramps while documenting life along the river in letters and in Charles R. Keyes's The Palimpsest.
An attempt to survey mounds from a boat was abandoned as too dangerous and costly requiring a guard on board. The survey paid three dollars per day and recorded 13,087 mounds many of which have disappeared. Records are housed in the Minnesota Historical Society Library in St Paul.
The National board of engineers designates primary highway No 16 as a Federal highway. Iowa plans to rename signs to U S highway 169 across the state within months. The route runs from Kansas City to International Falls Minnesota and will pass through Ringgold county Mount Ayr Afton Winterset Adel Ogden Fort Dodge Dakota City Humboldt Algona Bancroft and Ledyard before entering Minnesota.
The Isaac Davis post No. 65 of the American Legion Osceola defeated Eagle Star and British Dominions Insurance Co in a suit over 1000 rain insurance for the July 4 celebration. The post says it bought the policy May 29 1929 and paid June 15. Chicago agents were notified July 2 and the information arrived in Chicago twenty one minutes late due to daylight saving time.
Iowa health officials warn typhoid fever rises in warm weather and could spread via carriers. Reports show 10 cases in June and 27 for half of 1930, with 58 deaths in 1929 as the worst year on record. carriers shed germs after recovery and require lab tests to prevent further transmission.
Wheat farmers with a one crop system are likened to speculators. In good years returns exceed what a cautious farmer with more effort can achieve. The farm board urges diversification, but farmers resist, fearing loss.
A poem from the Omaha World Herald describes a moonlit garden scene with napping dancers and jasmine breezes. The speaker questions whether the figures were ghosts of young lovers from the past or a dream.
Iowa Book News profiles Everett Dean Martin and several other Iowans publishing works. Jessie Payne announces Black Sheep, James Norman Hall discusses Flying with Chaucer, Makinlay Kantor teases E Goes South, and Charles Dutton, Lewis Worthington Smith, Alice Carey Weitz, and Benjamin Rosenbaum publish or announce new works with Des Moines connections.
The article argues vacation success hinges on the reader's psychology and the books chosen. It cites Strachey on escaping boredom and restlessness during sightseeing and stresses selecting the right books before travel. It advises using the local public library which offers summer loan privileges.
The Extension Division and Summer School for Library Training of the University of Iowa held its eleventh annual conference for library workers at Town City. Speakers included Emma Felsenthal Margaret Doud Grace Wormer and others with sessions led by Walter A. Jessup Carrie E. Scott and more. Suggested new books highlighted include works by Ackerman Beard Hoste Milin Rhinehart Walpole Waugh McFee and Mazur.
Amber is harvested from the Baltic basin where fossils and pines are involved in its formation. Finders collect pieces from the sea floor at ebb tide and deliver them to state depots to avoid embezzlement charges. Artisans fashion amber into necklaces bracelets and brooches, finishing with oil or water.
An article explains chess as a battle on 64 squares where equal forces clash. It warns players against premature attacks before pawns are developed and pieces properly coordinated, noting that victory often comes from effective checkmate rather than capturing the king.
Doctor Slosson explains that heat feels different on the hand when blowing through nearly closed versus open lips. Rapid exhalation cools the skin by evaporation, while gentle breath warms the hand. A thermometer would show the actual temperature, not the perceived change.
The Olympic Games, once the major festival of the Greeks, were held every four years at Olympia in the sanctuary of Zeus. The date varied from early August to mid September due to calendar adjustments. Olympia lay in Pisatis Elis at the Cladeus and Alpheus rivers junction.
The will described as the perfect sample contains 51 words. It names wife Lelia M. White as executrix without bond and grants all rights and property to her. The text notes a will requires proper signing and witnessing.
An aged actor believed dead by relatives during a dress rehearsal staged funeral arrangements. On the funeral day a colleague arrived to mourn, only to learn the supposed deceased revived from a coma and quipped that he was always a terror for rehearsals.
The piece argues that many people who succeed focus on their own work rather than manage others affairs. It notes that practical failures often gain freedom to advise while busy successful people must tend to their own enterprises.
The article defines geographic poles as points at the ends of Earth's rotation axis and explains magnetic poles as points where geomagnetic forces are vertical. It lists coordinates for the north magnetic pole at 70° N, 97° W and the south magnetic pole at 72° S, 163° E.
The article explains lions mainly prey on young antelopes and similar animals but will eat flesh of any recently killed creature. It notes lions in captivity are indiscriminate and records instances of lions man-eating in Africa, citing Dr. W Reid Bintz and the Uganda railway history.
Henry Wiske recalls a Y M C A talk in Brooklyn on saving money to build goodwill. He tells a Scotch barber joke to illustrate how small economies add up to large benefits for a business.
The New York health department notes the first move toward public water purification occurred in 1800 when St. Louis sent James Prekwood to Europe to study methods. Upon return, Kirkwood produced a classic report guiding engineers. In 1972 a plant was built at Poughkeepsie marking a later municipal purification milestone.
Fragmentary verse about cats on a wall and courting, with archaic tone and whimsical imagery. The piece explores feline courtship through playful, nonsensical dialogue and anthropomorphic actions.
The United States Bureau of Mines developed a water changing titie tube that signals deadly gas presence. It detects danger early, like canary birds, before it becomes noticeable to workers.
The Algona Advance argues that overproduction depresses prices and cites farmers benefiting from shorter crops. It questions why farmers resist advice to reduce acreage and notes that sensible farmers have long practiced crop restriction to realize higher returns.
A distant prospect sees the government disbursing roughly one billion dollars annually for pension payments.
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