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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
6
A home economist highlights that cold cuts offer endless variety for hot weather entertaining. The guide lists salamis veal loaf salted tongues and more and suggests creative cuts and color contrasts for an appealing platter with bread relishes and cheeses.
A vivid scene of Saturday movie habit. Bobby and friends pressure family for weekly cinema despite protests. Mothers host tea as neighbors discuss the practice and its effects on impressionable minds.
After a quarrel the Boys decide to go to the movies. They plan a basket on Smith's barn, clearing Brown's basement for model airplanes, and checking a vacant corner lot for kittenball. A playground investigation is tentatively planned with a next meeting set.
A recipe instructs making a spinach and cheese egg bake. Separate eggs beat yolks into a thick lemon colored sauce with onions, then fold in beaten whites and spinach. Bake in a greased casserole set in hot water for about 50 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve with tomato sauce.
Transfers show multiple parcels changing hands in Jones County from Lanie A Pickett and Lloyd to Anton G Kammerman and Dessie L Kammerman. Robert Morrison and Margaret to Gerd Bunting. George S Bye and Ida M to W H Chipman and Lucille Chipman. John A Kostachek to James G Kostachek. Samuel G Hutton and Jennie to Gerd Zimmerman. Harry Holcomb and Dora M to Harold J Corne and Alma Corney. Catherine M Jacobs to Matilda Oltmans. Nine B Miller and K E to Nellie G Pieper. Wm D Line and Belle to Charles Lazio and Salvador Lazio. Marion Skahill Hayes and others to Mary A Keegan and Agnes Skahill. Eugene A Atkinson and Lizbeth to Charles Meyers and Helen Meyers. George W Beaman and Harriet to Laura M Brewer. and further transfers in the period May 31 to June 6.
An essay on evaluating towns for child rearing using two lists. It urges citizens to compare negative factors like graft immorality and poor housing with positive offerings such as progressive schools recreation centers and juvenile courts. It ends by asking readers how their town rates.
News of Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865 sparked wild celebrations across Iowa. Crowds flooded Cedar Falls streets, schools emptied, women and children rejoiced, and towns from Dubuque to Waterloo rang with bells, cannons, flags, and fireworks as the Civil War ended.
Luella M. Wright recounts April Palimpsest memories of jubilant crowds in Cedar Falls and other Iowa towns as residents celebrated the end of the war with music dancing and religious fervor. A deacon shouted a festive warning to a dancing friend as the peace joy spread.
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