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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1937
Page
4
The town donated an electric scoreboard and lighting, improving the field conditions and reducing errors. Upcoming games include Anamosa vs John Rawls and Farmers vs Cascade with continued standings and notable performances by Ferring Himes Kehoe and Dut Kehoe.
Monticello baseball club stayed undefeated in Maquoketa Valley play by beating New Vienna 10 to 8. Davenport, Kehoe, and Kreeb led a rally capped by Bailey and Kehoe home runs as Monticello pulled away in the eighth.
Enthusiastic attendance marks the first days of the summer playground program with seventy registrations on Tuesday. Girls’ participation rises with over twenty girls in the first two days, and younger children prompt calls for a story hour on Tuesday and Thursday mornings inviting volunteers. A hike to Kitty Creek starts tomorrow at one o’clock, and the weekly schedule includes Kittenball, golf, and stories for younger grades, plus hiking on Friday. Asa Johnson of near Turin brings in ten coyotes found in a straw stack, all captured alive. Five popes have borne the name Celestine.
Bert M Grane honors longtime local golfer George Te Tevet of Manes who remains active at Scotia’s Scetty course. The piece notes Te Tevet’s age around eighty and compares his performance to younger players, highlighting a 78 shot on a Los Angeles course and a long sports life dating to school days.
A collage of text lists traditional anniversary gifts, farm ads, a sale of leghorn chicks, a milker separator inquiry, seed corn, and used car ads. Also includes a science note about materials expanding with heat and a brief description of bears and gear. Ends with numeric codes and prices.
Official batting averages released by Secretary Charles Gebhart top Fritz Willenberg of Dyersville with .563. Dixie Ahlers, Herb Mescher of New Vienna, and Breitbach of Worthington tied for second at .500. Monticello players listed include Randone .429 and Kehoe .384. other entries show limited performances.
By order of the Jones County Iowa district court sheriff Henry Eichhorn will auction the real estate of Herman Wanken trustee et al on July 3, 1937 in Anamosa Iowa. The property covers parts of sections 30 and 31 township 85 north range 1 west and is about 150 acres. Proceeds go to plaintiff Mrs Henry L Wismeier plus costs.
A fragmented text hints at reliance on luck and active work to uncover something. It mentions a keen observer named Haber and a character Colleen, with references to a postman, a deaney, a foundation, and busy days. The passage reads like a stylized cipher of effort meeting fortune.
District court in Jones county sets July 6 1937 at 10 a m as final probate hearing for Blanche W Jackson Higgins will filed June 8 1937. Interested parties may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Clerk See Byerly announces the matter. Locher Locher attorneys for the estate.
For 30 years the ad claims treatment of piles fissures fistula Rheumatism Kidney Nerve Stomach Gall Bladder leg ulcers and other chronic diseases. Free consultation offered with visits to Manchester Glen Charles Hotel June 16 Cedar Rapids Allison Hotel June 29 return every 28 days by Dr J F Shallenberger M D 1544 E 53rd St Chicago Illinois.
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