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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
8
A weekly bargain page lists multiple complex property deeds and small sale items. Entries include milton leonard’s cemetery purchase, transfers among the zielsingers, boclsen family estates, and various Monticello and Maquoketa river area parcels with nominal sums and liens noted.
An administrator with will annexed for the estate of Tote Curtin, deceased, was appointed and commissioned by the Warret court of Jones county Iowa. Creditors are to file claims with the court clerk within the legally allotted time, and residents are urged to make immediate payment to the undersigned to avoid further action. Monticello State Bank acts as administrator with will annexed, June 3, 1942.
Alva Gerdes of Amber sustained a serious eye injury when a fencing wire broke and a barb hit above the eye. He was taken to St. Luke’s hospital in Cedar Rapids for observation and treatment but returned home Saturday. Other local social notes list visits and family events through the area.
A wartime era urges parents to support teen development as rapid economic and social changes push youths toward early adulthood. The piece stresses parental respect for feelings, counseling, budgeting, and balanced guidance amid mood swings and possible early marriages.
Castle Grove news notes Clarence Hosford, a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Reserve, is visiting Iowa City while attending the state university. The piece also covers a pre nuptial shower for Phoebe Hiller, wedding days, and various local social visits and parties in Castle Grove and Monticello communities.
Wartime shortages push parents toward homemade playthings. For six months to five years old, suggestions include square blocks, wooden toys and bells, collapsible tape measures, and simple cardboard puzzles. Emphasis on durable toys that can be taken apart and rebuilt.
The Spirit of 76 was painted by Archibald M. Willard and completed months before Philadelphia 1876 Centennial Exposition. In the center figure with a drum is Willard's father Rev Samuel Willard a Baptist minister. To the right is Hugh Mosher born Perry Ohio January 29 1019 with a fife. The boy on the left with a drum is Henry Reilly Devereux of Cleveland.
Transfers include Fordham Patterson to James Connolly for part of Soper and Boardman subdivision totaling 31.00 acres and other parcels.Louisa Barney and John to Ed Kirchoff 250 acres with multiple sections and exctions in sec 1. Montieelo State Bank to joint tenants in common with survivor rights and cemetery tract description. Henry Eichhorn sheriff conveys to Oliver Kiburz and Amelia Kiburz joint tenancy and survivor rights in sec 14-65-94 with cemetery exception.
A patriotic appeal urges citizens to buy Defense Bonds to fund planes ships and guns for the armed forces. Citizens are asked to visit banks post offices or savings and loan associations to start regular purchases immediately.
Minnie McGuire Belle Hotz and William husband Roy Weighels and Mildred wife Ernest Weighels Lulu Weighels Lo Howard Coleman and L Mercer Coleman hold the property as joint tenants with full right of survivorship not as tenants in common. The parcel is described as lot 82 in Scott and Skinner's addition to Anamosn with a value noted at S200.
Mr and Mrs George I Buol and Mr and Mrs Bad Staneking and son Buol hosted at the Buol home last Sunday. Miss Lucille Yorui of Cedar Rapids attended as a guest. The Buols along with Cap Buol of Burlington and others were among attendees including Mrs Stuth Schneider who has worked as Cedar Rapids staff and recently returned home.
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