Week's Baseball Results Spark Frisky Bedtime Meet
The Grocers defeated the Fizzling Firemen 12 to 1 in five innings amid nine errors by the fire crew. Shomont's hitters powered a 13 to 3 win over the Franklins as defense faltered, while the South beat the East 17 to 9 in a rescheduled Farmers League clash. Shomont and Midgets split a 4 to 2 decision, and pitching starred in Sterling contest totals.
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Franklins
South
Farmers’ League
Jimmy Redmond
Shomonts
Shomont Gunners
Franklinites
Rynerson
Franklin
Reynolds
Shomont
Stuhlers
Midgets
Niles Theater
Anamosa
DeMolays
Firemen
North
Farmers League
DeMolay
Dyersville
DeMalay
Pet
Stahlers
East
West
Local Girls Enroll At Hitaga Campfire Camp
Camp Hitaga near Walker hosts Cedar Rapids Camp Fire girls with Mary Lott Luett of Monticello and Jo McNeill registering for the third period. Guest day was June 9 with multiple activity periods scheduled from June 17 through July 29. Ariana A. Burr directs the camp open to Cedar Rapids girls and non members for a small fee.
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Camp Hitaga
Mary Lott Luett
Monticello
Jo McNeill
Cedar Rapids
Wapsipinjeon River
Walker
Ariana A. Burr
Boy Scout Campaign Proved Very Successful
A Monticello drive to fund Boy Scout work collected over $100 with more donations anticipated. The report will be finalized later, and early remittances opened the Cedar Rapids area office. Scoutmaster Merle Hutton seeks help from another capable young man. delegates Dr. and Mrs. G. Thomas and L. A. Iverson headed to a Rotary convention in Mexico City.
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Monticello
Boy Scout
Cedar Rapids
Merle Hutton
G. Thomas
L. A. Iverson
Rotary
Mexico City
Mexico
Midgets Rout Franklin In Soft Ball Doubleheader Recap
The Midgets defeated Franklin 12 to 2 behind Helgens on the mound as errors hurt the Basket men. DeMolays outslugged Firemen 8 to 3 after Firemen scored in the first inning. DeMolays and Milkmen lead the league with undefeated marks. Midgets in second. Stuhlers in third after a Firemen win.
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Franklin
Helgens
Scherrer
Milkmen
Stuhlers
Monticello Bay Leaves For Engineering Camp
A sophmore student from Monticello joins an engineering camp program with internship duties and field study. The group travels to observe mills and infrastructures, including paper mills and iron works, while learning surveying and mapmaking. The trip also includes indoor work such as calculations and report writing.
Changes in Old Age Pension Law Take Effect July
The recent legislative amendments to the Old Age Pension law tighten residence rules to nine years domicile with five years actual in Town of which the last year must be continuous. Eligibility limits raise asset thresholds, add municipalities or organizations as supporters, allow life insurance assignment to pay funeral costs, extend certificates to two years, and require support for indigent elderly relatives with possible tax relief for pensioners.
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General Assembly
P. O
Monticello High School Holds Alumni Banquet
The Monticello high school 1935 commencement concluded with an Alumni banquet at the Methodist Episcopal church. About 110 attendees including 60 graduates heard toastmaster Dr. Millington Carpenter and remarks by Rev. W J Macaulay and Helen Holst with musical selections and congratulatory words from Miss Izora Bancroft and Louis Gardner.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Monticello High School
Millington Carpenter
Gladys Shelley
W. J. Macaulay
Assemblage
Gerald Schoon
Loretta Specht
Helen Holst
Louis Gardner
Monti
Earl Locher
Boyd Shannon
Izora Bancroft
Poppy Sale Net Total Reaches 44.93 in Monticello Event
Monticello Auxiliary No. 1683 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars thanks the public for the Buddy Poppy sale success. Receipts total 44.93 with 20.93 earmarked for relief of ex service men and families. Flowers were made by disabled U.S. Veterans hos No. 108 Northport Long Is. Podhaski awarded for collecting the most.
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Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars
U. S
Dormitory Gift to Cornell College Reported
A fragment notes a donation of a new boys' dormitory to Cornell College in Mount Vernon. The text mentions a trusteeship and cedar hall but lacks clear names, dates, or full details.
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Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Big Scout Meeting Friday Urges Return to Active Scouting
Scout officials announce a Friday meeting in Waubeck to plan a summer program. Parents and interested parties are invited to attend and help coordinate recruitment, transport, and activities for a full, engaging season.
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Qto
Waubeck
Auding
Reaperudne
Education Development By Pioneers Of Iowa Education Development By Pioneers Of Iowa
The Town high school evolved over three centuries beginning with 1865 appeals in Boston and Iowa’s 1849 school laws for higher education. Tipton opened a public high school in 1856, while the first Iowa schoolteacher was Berryman Jennings in 1829 at Commerce. The academy aided early culture before public high schools dominated, as detailed by Dr. Swisher in The Palimpsest.
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Mississippi River
Iowa
Tipton
Tipton Union School
Berryman Jennings
Jennings
Prairies
Illinois
Frontier
Commerce
Nauvoo
Mississippi
Isaac Galland
Lee County
Galland
Young Jennings
Iowaland
The
Academy
Atlantic Seaboard
Jacob A. Swisher
Monticello High Wins State Contest Honors at Iowa Event
The Iowa Every Pupil contest drew about 300 high schools state wide. Monticello high school won in class B for attendance 126 to 400 and finished seventh overall in the state competition. The Eureka notes congratulate the neighboring district.
Items Of Occurrences Twenty Five Years Ago
A burglar entered the home of Mr and Mrs A W Cramer in Castle Grove township and stole $39.50 from Mrs Cramer's pocketbook. Miss Edith Rettig graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison witnessed by her sister Minnie. The thermometer hit 96 degrees on the 22nd. First street paving contract in Monticello let to M Ford of Cedar Rapids. Rev E Mardorf of St Paul married Miss Olga Fritz of Dubuque. Diamond Creamery produced 7,000 pounds butter daily. Mrs Clara Schneider died on the 22nd in Iowa City hospital. Jessie Warnecke married Dr Louis G Stuhler June 21 in Rock Island Ill. she had taught at Monticello high school. W D Magee became postmaster succeeding Daniel E Pond after 12 years in office. Pond appointed by McKinley on Cousins' recommendation after local election favoring him.
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A. W. Cramer
Castle Grove Township
First Street
Monticello
M. Ford
Cedar Rapids
E. Mardorf
St. Paul
C. Mardorf
Wayne Township
Olga Fritz
Dubuque
Diamond Creamery Company
Clara Schneider
Isaac Schneider Jr
Iowa City
Locher
Jessie Warnecke
Louis G. Stuhler
Rock Island
Ill
Monticello High School
W. D. Magee
Daniel E. Pond
Pond
McKinley
Congressman Cousins
Strawberries and Traffic Warnings From Ames Column
Miss Belle Lowe of Iowa State College offers strawberry canning tips to improve results. She advises salting not, adding sugar overnight, slow heating, and rapid boil with small batches. A separate note cites a Greensboro study linking restricted visibility to more auto accidents, with 1,113 crashes over four years and higher rates during low-visibility periods.
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Belle Lowe
Foods and Nutrition Department
Iowa State College
Miss Lowe
Weather Bureau
Greensboro
N. C
Noble dog rescues toddler in Albia highway incident
A large black cur in Albia Monroe County reportedly displayed notable intelligence as it found a two year old child wandering in the middle of a road. The dog snapped at the child's clothing and guided the youngster to safety before wandering off.
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Albia
Monroe County
South Albia
Remarkable Record: 17-Year-Old Harms Finishes 13 Clean Years
Wilfred J. Harms, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harms of George Ly ons county, graduates high school at 17 with a flawless attendance record. He began in 1922 at the new George school, spending 13 consecutive years in kindergarten through high school with no absences or tardies, despite helping his father in the dairy and walking a mile to school.
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Wilfred J. Harms
Charles Harms
George
Lyons County
Harris
Dictation from WashingtonQuoted dicta on state rights
A Washington dictation comment notes that Illinois unemployment may force action by state government to accept federal influence. It warns that with little time left for new dealers to adjust, state rights would effectively cease to exist in this country. Johnson is cited praising everyone and nobody.
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Council Bluffs
Illinois
Washington
For Sale and Rent Notices and Monticello Bank Notice
Classified items include for sale posts lumber cattle and plants, rooms for rent, a fencing request, and a bank commissioner notice approving Monticello State Bank with its first board of directors appointed. Also list of personal stationery offers at Monticello Express office.
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Amber Savings Bank
Adolph Schoon
Amber
Monticello
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Viola
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A. J. Ambueh
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Jones County
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American Wrecking Co
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EIBEN
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