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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1930
Page
4
The page lists miscellaneous classified items: a carpenter seeking work, hatchery closing but chicks for sale, multiple sale items including stove and furniture, an Estray red heifer, sale of White Leghorn hens, an undertaker suggestion for car trouble, Rogers Garage services, and a seven room rental with features and immediate possession.
McNeill's Hardware features bargains on hedge shears, pins, copper wash boilers, tennis gear, and Wicks for Hibbard oil stoves. Devlin Millinery touts hats for every occasion. Numerous local residents including Mr. and Mrs. H A Hoag, Katherine Lang, Senator J K Hale, and Miss Margaret Phelps appear in Monticello social notes. Jones county motor stats and service updates appear alongside general shopping and car wash offerings.
A U S department notice shows Jones County with 128 marriages in 1929 versus 113 in 1928 and 13 divorces in 1929 versus 10 in 1928. Iowa statewide marriages rose to 21 935 in 1929 from 20 529 in 1928, while divorces increased from 4 076 to 4 402.
Hopkinton and nearby towns are represented in Town State College’s June 9 graduation as 530 students earn degrees. Notable Delaware county grads include Donald H. Wilson and Gladys E. Marolf from Hopkinton in sciences and home economics, plus Walter Baumgartner Manchester in electrical engineering and Vera Bacon Cedar Falls graduate in education.
Sunday schedule excerpts show multiple denominations including St Matthew s Ev Lutheran Presbyterian Congregational Methodist Episcopal Castle Grove Lutheran Reformed and their pastors and service times Sunday school at 9:45 10 11 10 30 11 00 and evening union services. Special events include the Harvest educational program and a Children s Day program with a picnic and offerings.
Iowa’s 1930 population reached 2,468,747, up 64,726 from 1920 per state totals from county reports by federal supervisors. Polk county led gains with 18,728, Black Hawk 12,251, Linn 8,200, Woodbury 9,344, while Monroe posted the largest drop of 8,457. Rural residents totaled 10,211 and urban 6,500.
The text presents a list of biblical questions and supposed meanings including Selah described as voices stopping for music to begin. It cites Absalom and references Samuel and Mark along with numbered chapters and verses, and cites Deuteronomy on a prohibition related to cross-dressing.
D. I. Short of Sibley has been named as a dairy and food inspector for the Iowa Department of Agriculture by Secretary M. G. Thornburg. He will work from Des Moines replacing H. E. Ritter who moved to Texas. Short brings Armour and Company produce plant experience and a year at Hartley creamery plus poultry and egg grading expertise.
April census counts list jobless residents seeking work across several areas including Wyoming township Wayne township Olin town Oxford Junction Monticello Onslow Center Junction Fairview Castle Grove and Greenfield with small figures per locale showing unemployment levels.
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