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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1933
Page
2
The Iowa presentation at Chicago’s Century of Progress is described as bare and unprepared. The piece criticizes legislature inaction and a delayed commission to present Iowa’s resources, noting lost advertising and poor visitor perception. It honors Hon. Robert G. Cousins, famed orator, for his national impact and Iowa appearances.
The speaker warns that government borrowing has shifted from millions to billions and that repayments will require taxes on property or income. If credit worsens, borrowing becomes harder and Britain’s example may arrive at home.
A proverb notes that extensive reading curbs gullible questions, suggesting learned minds pose fewer misguided inquiries and seek deeper understanding through study.
The London economic parley stalls until Prof Moley joins the discussions. Several unofficial professors steer government policy, and critics say they must exercise better judgment than officials with warrants.
A witty remark questions optimism of publishers who claim price rises across the board, suggesting they would be wary if they owned a large shipment of hogs. The line implies irony about inflation and economic expectations.
The Anamosa Eureka reports a series of local notices including Donald Sigmund 19 receiving a five year sentence for hog theft at the state reformatory. a pending larceny case to be dropped. birth of Charles David Metcalf. two weddings. a Morley baseball win. Frank Marek and Fred Plamadore sentences for intoxication and related charges. Clifford Green charged with rape assault awaiting district court.
Real estate transfers listed for Jones county from June 9 through June 15. Transactions include Bessie Chipman to Ramsey Henriksen and others, Etta M. Lawrence and husbands to Ray L. Lawrence and Roy C. Lawrence, Duncan and others to Lillie Meeks, Hannah Peterson to Eleanora Peterson Irene Dolan and Genevieve Baker, Harry Beaman and Geo W Beaman to Scott Skinner’s add Anamosa, and multiple other conveyances. Amounts shown range from $1.00 to $3,549.99 with various lots, outlots, and parcels identified in Anamosa Oxford Junction and surrounding areas.
A Jones County report for June 2 to 8, 1933 lists multiple quitclaim and warranty deeds. Individuals named include Gene D. Kelley Agnes Benhart Charley Benhart Grace Babcock Lloyd Soper Charlotte Coker Fred L. Coker Lizzie Russell W E Foley Frank Gisler Wm Driscoll Vincent Driscoll John W McNamara Geo Brown and others transferring parcels around Oxford Junction Anamosa Cascade and Tipton road with focuses on small lots acres and appraised values from 1.00 to 112 cents and totals ranging up to 112338.92 for large farm deeds.
Night horse racing will debut at the 1933 Iowa State Fair with an illuminated half mile course. Floodlighting like night baseball and football will be installed, with electrical engineers to start immediately and a seven foot white canvas wall around the back stretch. At least two races per night from Aug 25 to Aug 31 plus relays and other events will accompany traditional afternoon racing without changes to existing programs.
A string of local visits and events fills a weekend in small town life. Sand Springs George Seeley and Cedar Rapids residents note family reunions and picnics at Backbone State Park. Diverse visits include weddings at Monticello Sacred Heart church and gatherings in Oelwein, Hopkinton, Delhi, and Monticello.
The article recalls Robert G. Cousins self sacrifice in 1909 and details a written tribute read at his funeral June 22 near Tipton. Charles E Wheeler and Henry L Adams are named, with the memorial expressing belief in immortality and honoring Cousins's eloquence, music love, and intellect.
Henry Husman underwent an operation for a ruptured appendix at Mercy hospital in Anamosa last week and is improving. Several social visits occur including Willie Behrends and family to the August Bchatz home, Rev. James Delay visiting Mrs. Delay, and Miss Gladys Hosford with Virginia Matthiessen. A new barn foundation is being laid by J M Simmons. Mrs. John Van Buren called at the Hosford home while John joined Claude Mason on a Delhi fishing trip. Kenneth and Mrs. Hosford of Monticello spent the evening there. Ernest Carpenter attended a funeral at Forest Chapel. A shower was held for Miss Faye Cass at the Cass home in Monticello. A farm bureau meeting is planned Friday with State Representative Thomas Stimpson as speaker. Anna Husman and Lawrence Hahn visited Henry Husman at Mercy hospital. Madeline Bader of Cedar Rapids, 26, traveled to Fort Worth Texas where heat exhausted her and she received emergency care.
Notice to bond buyers from Center Junction Iowa Independent School District Jones County offers for sale at 8:00 p.m. on June 30, 1933, two thousand five hundred dollars in school building bonds. Bonds and attorney s opinion supplied by purchaser. Dated June 20 1933 H E Bringley 522 secretary board of directors.
Public notice that Frank E Stimbon has been appointed executor of Irene Orcutt deceased by the district court of Jones County Iowa. Creditors must file claims with the clerk sworn and in time and debtors must pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa June 13 1933. J J Locher attorney for the estate.
A district court in Jones County Iowa appoints an administrator for the estate of Catherine King. All persons having claims against the estate must file them with the court, sworn, within legal time, for settlement.
A consolidated church column lists service times for Wayne Zion Lutheran St. Joseph's Prairieburg Sacred Heart John’s Evangelical Lutheran Methodist Episcopal Congregational Presbyterian St. Matthew’s Lutheran and Reformed Armin and others. It notes Sunday times, weekday masses, confessions, Sunday school, unity services, and upcoming meetings and social events.
A tangled set of humorous exchanges and anecdotes from a 1920s or 1930s issue features motives and manners of milkmen, policemen, and local figures. It contrasts clever wordplay with small town quirks and ends by noting insect pests costing Los Angeles county groves about 1.188 million dollars annually.
Final reports of guardians and guardianships have been filed in the Jones County district court. The time and place for a final hearing and approval are fixed, and any interested persons may appear and file exceptions or show cause why the reports should not be approved.
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