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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
6
A mix of quirky and serious notes from Iowa. Cedar Rapids pastor warns about opium reporting and execution risks in China. E M Love of Corning breeds unusually small Shetland foals. Gerrit Grosma and his wife corner a chicken thief near LeMars, with police arresting an frightened ex convict.
M. D. Bartlett of Ha warden in Sioux county trusted his longtime hired man who vanished with the couple s car a suitcase of clothes jewelry silverware and two revolvers. Bartlett later learned the man had a long police record.
Bob Kelly, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Orin Kelly of Remsen Plymouth county, went to New York to appear on the Major Bowes radio amateur hour after performing in night clubs with his bazooka act. He was accepted and assigned a time but fell ill with the flu and returned home broke yet hopeful.
In Cherokee County Missouri a trucker with a severely lacerated finger could not pay cash. Doctors accepted 50 fenceposts in lieu of payment after dressing the wound. The incident occurred while the man was making repairs to his truck in town.
Bremer county bears the name of Swedish writer Fredrika Bremer who once caused a national sensation in the United States. The county was named in the 1850s during her Midwest visit when the area was still wild. Frederika, with an extra e, carries the other half of her name.
In Calhoun county the Zeno Hammen family endured a rough spell. Dale 6 fell from a pony cart breaking a leg and was sent to Rockwell City then Fort Dodge for care. Emmett 10 suffered severe ivy poisoning to his face. Berandine 9 faced a painful appendicitis attack and was ill for a time.
In Worth county near Northwood the Buth farm, one of Town’s pioneer holdings, is now worked by the fourth generation. Russell Mielke and his wife, newly married, reside on the property owned by William Mielke. The farm’s ownership began with Carl Buth, passed to Otto Buth, then to his daughter and her husband, the Mielkes, who now run the homestead.
Eldon Gabriel of near Rockwell City in Calhoun County often finds multiple four leaf clovers. He recently brought a whole jarful of the rare plants to a local display, showcasing his unusual hobby.
A farmer in Rockwell City gathered 204 items found in a small area on his land to prove he is not superstitious. Most were five read and the rest four read, all discovered in a compact farm area.
A ram on the Walter Vorhies farm in Shannon City Union County killed a wolf cub that wandered into the sheep pen. The wolf fell through a floor hole and was pinned against a wall by the ram, ending the threat.
In the Mc Gregor area of Clayton County known as the little Ozarks, 66 year old Edna Bolsinger acts as postmistress telephone operator storekeeper and midwife. She serves as the main outside contact for 186 mountain families living in cabins without roads and has long helped on the farm with her husband.
At a U S veterans hospital in Knoxville Marion county a rabbit searching a garden sparked a comic yet painful incident. Fred Smith fired at the rabbit but a ricochet hit Mrs. Smith in the arm. She later sedated her husband to comfort him.
Otto A. Schrank of Danbury Woodbury County reported his Scotch Short horn cow found dead with no clear cause. A veterinarian discovered a long nail embedded in the heart, apparently swallowed with feed, causing poisoning and death.
A crew painting a railroad depot in Newell Buena Vista County found a robin nest with eggs on a crossbeam under the roof. They painted around the nest to avoid disturbance and the mother bird returned once the odor faded.
Everett Lamb of near Marble Rock Floyd county has planted corn every year for 55 years starting at age 11. Now 66 he planted 200 acres to complete the continuous-record streak.
Frank C. Nissen, a farmer near Stone City in Jones County, is said to own Iowa’s largest stone barn. Erected in 1889 with flying buttresses and a smooth limestone floor, the 124 by 50 by 40 foot structure still stands well. It can store about 250 loads of hay.
Leonard Faucett used his unusual upbringing in India to fund college at Simpson College through selling enlargements from his snap shots and by broadcasting a radio series about his experiences with missionary parents.
Sioux City man Burkhart left a ladder against his house overnight. A hungry intruder climbed to a second story window and stole a load of groceries.
Rural households in the French Canadian countryside show large families can drive economic stability. They rear many children and run a factory of spinning and weaving, creating over 2,000,000 pounds of wool worth about 1,000,000 dollars annually. Farm families dress themselves and earn incomes to cover life’s necessities.
The piece notes early colleges in American colonies. Harvard and Yale were founded by Puritans in New England, King’s College by the Church of England in New York, the College of New Jersey that became Princeton, and William and Mary in Virginia representing the Church of England.
A Washington Post writer credits Queen Anne of England with launching the vogue for fine shoes. It notes the cordwainer origins of shoemaking, the extreme toe and heel styles, utilitarian clogs, and lavish materials like sky blue satin red velvet white satin with gold lace and embroidered details.
Tests show white reflects most light with values between 2 and 89 percent. Cream and ivory follow, with ivory near 62 to 60 percent, while dark colors and black reflect poorly, with black close to zero.
The article explains glove makers shave tanned hides to uniform thickness. A rapidly revolving abrasive wheel grinds the surface to the desired degree. Exact finishing is required, as even a slight wobble in the roll can ruin a hide, a challenge given the size of a hide.
The text cites Co F Cook of the United States Department of Agriculture noting that American agriculture predates Europe. It argues that American crops such as corn tobacco beans peanuts potatoes and sweet potatoes show wide divergence from wild relatives, making wild counterparts hard to identify.
George Alfred Townsend built a memorial arch on his mountain estate Gapland Maryland in 1896. The inscription honors Army Correspondents and Artists from 1861 to 1863 for boosting camp morale and inspiring narration of distant wars, funded by subscription.
A June 11 to 17 list shows multiple transfers in Jones county including Ethel Soper and Lloyd to T. E. Hartman and Carrie M. Hartman a 45 ft lot in East Anamosa with $1.00, John F. Null and Augusta Null Pede and Berthold to Herman A. Lange a 2 acre tract, J O Farnham to Alice E. Jurgensen 80 acres for ${2600}, Isaac W. Suter and Miriam W to Herman A. Schneider two lots for $1,500, L H Lowry and Maude B to Frieda Hanson a 1174 acre river route parcel for $1,000, U S A to George W. Trumbull 40 acres, Blanche Smith Craigin and family to A G Arnold two Monticello blocks for $190, A R Shyrer to James Wilson and Nell Wilson joint tenants with survivorship and railroad land in Monticello for $1,000, Arthur G. Bender to Letuie Bender 120 acres, and numerous other listings and conveyances as recorded.
Fragmentary land records describe easements for public highways and irregular tracts in several townships of Jones County Iowa. Names include L Brokens Jo Powelka Manuel Powelka Anna Shimerda Frank Powelka Rose Wosoba and Tillie OHerron with descriptions referencing centerlines of roads and specific section figures.
A compilation of land conveyances and deeds in Jones County includes multiple tracts described by metes and bounds, totaling around 2.03 acres near established highways. Transactions involve H D Miller and Myrtle, George H Walworth’s addition to Anamosa, Carrie M Hartman, John A Edwards, Anna Lowe, and others with nominal payments and reserved life estates.
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