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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1932
Page
2
Local residents report a broad moving season with many leases on stock share bases. Details note Roscoe Lincoln’s move to the Charles Stout farm near Anamosa and Rhiny Wessels relocating from Olin, with numerous others shifting to nearby farms and vacated properties.
Large attendance at the Scotch Grove Women’s Community Club program last Wednesday included F A Royden speaking on landscaping for home grounds and perennials. Mrs R H Helgens spoke on house plants as members prepared Washington’s Birthday refreshments.
Castle Grove hosts a successful Farm Bureau gathering with an entertaining program. No 2 club members perform songs and a Washington theme dialogue while Max Wortman urges prudent machinery use and profit focus. Local reports note traffic declines from soft spots in roads and several residents visiting nearby towns.
Langworthy and Langworthy area residents visit relatives in Wyoming Monticello and Scotch Grove. Anna Lieneman wedding at John Liene man home drew Esther Prult Arthur Riedel and many guests. Attendees include Mr and Mrs C E Roff Mr and Mrs Henry Schafer and daughter Berdina and the Ireland Oltman families.
A local ad blitz in the classified section yields notable outcomes for area merchants. Small advertisements increase inquiries and sales for several businesses across the city, with several submitting new orders and customers citing value and reach.
Outdoor Life writer urges statewide support to conserve pheasant quail Hungarian partridge and grouse. Reports deputies arresting two men for off season shooting with $100 fines and 30 days jail to deter others. Notes growing interest in habitat restoration and a state survey to increase upland birds over the next decade.
Iowa sportsmen hear frequent calls to control red foxes and crows seen as harming upland birds. Legion members in Hinton reportedly killed 200 to 300 crows for food drives, while the Independence Journal notes veterans’ welfare and civic effort. Prof Bohumil Shimek of Iowa City speaks on drainage and conservation before the Wapello County Sportsmen's League.
Mrs. T E Watters is recovering from a serious illness that began with flu and developed into erysipelas. Lloyd E Hudson the new county agent arrived in Anamosa and will relocate his family here. He brings farm bureau experience and aims to sustain the county’s high level of leadership under Max Wortman. B W Streeper of Onslow announces candidacy for Republican supervisor at the June primary, backed by local support and his record as a longtime farmer and former county board member.
Richland Center Otto Vincent and Martha Balear of Cedar Rapids visited H. L. Wismeier. Mr and Mrs Henry Che of Castle Crave were guests of Mr and Mrs George Hein. Will Balsiger spent last Saturday at Anamosa. Will Burrichter visited Lost Nation with his brother Henry. Miss Margaret Wismeier stayed at Cedar Rapids with the B T Balecar family.
A summit advocates moving public servants from tax consumer to tax producer, promising a double advantage by reducing waste and boosting revenue. The proposal frames reform as a path to stronger fiscal health and efficient government.
August Greiner deputy game warden in Boone says enforcement officers will patrol the county to deter violations of game laws during the Legion hunt. Hunters are urged to withhold fire on pheasants quail ducks or any protected birds and animals. G K Jr notes muskellunge by Carl Mitchell and a large rubber-nosed sturgeon in Muscatine as notable catches. Prairie chickens reported in Hawarden Sioux county with flocks of about 200 birds, migratory birds from the Dakotas.
Herman H. Ehrisman reports from Wagner South Dakota that crop failures have left people in need of charity as food for people and livestock must be shipped in. The Wagner Citizen notes relief arrivals from Iowa Minnesota and Red Cross purchases and praises the local American Legion post for aiding drought victims. Many communities likely share similar hardships and call for generous help.
A Sisseton Courier item recounts a debtor’s humorous note to a creditor. He claims he pays in a weekly hat shake, promising payment to the one drawn next, and adds he may omit the bill if bothered. The piece closes with a remark on Eskimo winter fare boiled seal and walrus.
Edith completes a two week trip with the Willards and returns home to find her father unusually alert to business setbacks and a brewing rift with Mr. Willard. She recalls her covert plan to pull her father into a grander venture and notes her brother Roger’s amused, protective stance.
In a quiet family moment Edith and her mother discuss a stalled patent dispute. Patent lawyers hinted at buying the Mariner patents for a small sum,Dad refused, leaving him blue. A buyer’s lack of funds and a wave of bluffing heighten family strain as the daughter bursts into tears over golf memories.
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