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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1931
Page
7
At the Iowa public health association annual gathering in Des Moines April 2 and 3 the second day afternoon is devoted to reports and discussions on the White House conference on child health and protection. The conference findings will be presented by sections and explain recommended policies.
John 8. Ross of the Missouri Game and Fish Department urges section foremen along railways to clean rights of way this spring without disturbing nests of quail and other birds and to preserve sumac bushes for seed food. The Rock Island Railway expands the order beyond Missouri to all lines and states including Iowa.
About 15 months ago Iowa school superintendents contracted through the state teachers association to negotiate terms for teachers and staff. The move aimed to streamline collective bargaining and set unified objectives across districts amid funding and policy debates.
The Chicago Great Western sources ice from Waterville Minnesota after mild weather prevented Cedar river supply from Waverly. Seventy hundred cars are loaded annually for Oelwein storage. To fill the work, 200 married men employed for one unemployed.
L. W. Plager field manager for Maizewood of Dubuque says Grundy county has shipped 114 carloads of cornstalks since last fall, totaling about 1 824 tons.
Dr. C. L. Seger of Emmet county buys three Kara Kul sheep the first of their breed in the area. Pelts yield Karakul Persian Lamb Broadtail and Astrakan trims and wool for Persian rugs. Importation from Asia, once started by Theodore Roosevelt, is now prohibited.
The disposal of the chattels of the T. O. Savin estate near Roland Story county at public auction drew 4 500 people and totaled 20 172 12 cash. Livestock and crops sold briskly including corn 71 cents oats 39 1 2 cents per bushel Hereford calves 33 50 a head steers 65 40 Holstein heifers 70 pigs 11 1 2 each auctioneered by C O Highland of Roland. Daylight robbers captured showing organized action benefits. Des Moines events listed April 9 11 high school music district contest and April 13 17 music supervisors conference. Prof C A Fullerton and Mrs Fullerton to take leave to visit countries.
Frank Warner secretary of the Iowa Bankers association released a large poster detailing daylight bank robberies in Iowa during the past 18 months. It lists arrested men and their punishments. The Chicago Banker praises the poster as a striking example of Iowa’s vigilance system.
Congress appropriates 7500 dollars for the Army Band at the Grand Army National Encampment in Des Moines next September. President Hoover has signed the appropriation. The Army Band is a leading national musical group with drum and bugle corps and other bands joining in a grand musical procession.
W S Smith wintering at Kissimmee writes Feb 9 to J F Grawe in Waverly reporting oranges at five cents per dozen and carloads of oranges and grapefruit going to waste. George E Nichols from Estherville notes from Winter Haven about an Orange Festival address by Gov Carlton urging only high quality fruit for shipment to protect Florida citrus.
The world’s fair board will fund Prof. and Mrs. Fullerton’s European trip to arouse interest in European schoolchildren for an international chorus to be a major event at the 1933 Chicago world fair. Iowa takes pride in this honor as Prof. and Mrs. Fullerton are recognized for their past success with the state fair chorus.
In Boston a revival meeting led by Billy Sunday elicited a strong pledge. He warned that if Republicans and Democrats run wet for president in 1932 he would seek the nomination on a dry platform and that he would strive for a day when Americans must be primed to spit. Sunday, born near Nevada in Story County, Iowa, is presented as a native son like Hoover.
Government census data show Towa population totals 2 471 ? 0 with males 1 255 101 and females 1 215 830 indicating 40 000 more males. White native share rises to 92.4 percent while foreign born falls to 6.7 percent and Negro share near 1 percent. Mexico 4 295, India 660, China 153, Japan 19, Philippines 40, Hindus 6, Koreans 4 make up 2 10 of 1 percent of the state’s 1930 population. Births reach 41 346 with 21 050 boys. deaths total 26 255, males 14 443. Heart disease leads with 5 373 deaths, cancer 2 755, stroke 2 534, pneumonia 1 942, nephritis 1 069, tuberculosis 809, appendicitis 508, influenza 675, and 2 319 deaths are of children under 1 year.
Miss Christine Marugg of Chicago became the bride of Martin Buol last Sunday at one o'clock in the Little Brown Church Nashua. Attendants were Miss Ruth Gasman of Chicago and Edward Buol of Richland. Mrs Buol is the daughter of Henry Marugg of Canada.
The toasts and gatherings cover a nurse marriage near Viola, farm life ahead, local attendees including the Buol and Korn families, and follow up meetings led by Mrs. John Yossi. Community visitors, 4-H leaders, school staff changes, and social dinners at Monticello and Center Junction are noted among residents and neighboring towns.
Allen Conklin died at his brother H D Conklin's home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church with Rev Self of Central City in charge. Burial was in the cemetery west of Prairieburg. Relatives C J Conklin of Davenport attended the funeral from Wednesday. Others visiting included Willie Fehr of Anamosa with his sisters Mesdames Rowley and Dolan, Mrs Julia Randall with Violet Miell near Central City, and Mr and Mrs George Knott visiting Monticello. Bishop Louis Kucera visited his brother Rev S J Kucera.
Children from Wyoming stopped in the Burg for a brief forenoon visit on their way to the W Mangold home. Mrs Warren Whitney and Miss Amy of Coggon visited Mrs N L Floyd last Thursday. Mrs N L Floyd spent Sunday and Monday with Cedar Rapids friends. Mr and Mrs Louie Holub visited J F Holub home after coming from Walker on Sunday.
The marriage of Miss Helen Lou Ireland and William Henry Dorgeloh took place Friday at the bride’s Cedar Rapids home. A two year old boy injured his hand in a washing machine mishap requiring finger amputation. Wilfred Lang, 20, and Arthur Kreisher, 21, escaped from a state reformatory and were located near Waudtka Wis. Kreisher not found. A fire destroyed a two story barn and garage on Ford street damaging a Chevrolet coach.
Fractions of kitchen tips cover using leftovers from fruits to sweeten punches and fruit drinks. A mock duck is described as a baked frank steak stuffed with bread dressing and rolled for carving. Emphasizes cereals and fruit for children without sugar to prevent appetite loss and warns against excess sweet foods.
The passage offers how to revive a dusty cloth by kerosene or oil, and how to use oil in rinsing water. It then presents a French toast recipe with eggs milk salt and bread slices fried in butter. It concludes with two aphorisms about marriage and punctuality.
Notice states that at the January 16 1931 annual meeting of Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association of Castle Grove Iowa the members unanimously adopted a resolution amending Article II to add rural churches and rural school houses to insurable farm property with dwellings in towns or cities meeting fire protection conditions. The amendment was recorded in Jones County Iowa and approved by the Iowa Department of Insurance.
Public notice from the Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Castle Grove Inc dated March 4 1931 signed by W F Hintz president and H M Hosford secretary announcing a formal notice to the public of a meeting or action related to the association.
Notice to interested parties that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in listed estates have been filed in the Jones County District Court. A March 13 1991 final hearing and approval before the court at Anamosa Iowa is set to allow objections and show cause why the reports should not be approved. The final report of J W Coxsee executor of the George Cowan estate is noted. Dated Anamosa Iowa March 3 1931. WARREN REES Clerk District Court Jones County Iowa.
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