Graduates defeat seconds in slow high school clash 34 to 17
Former high school players beat the second team 34 to 17 as Bill Ferring led the graduates with 12 points and Spooner added 10. Gump Ferring showed solid ball handling while the seconds fought hard despite the loss and the graduates head to a Dubuque tournament next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Ferring
Spooner
Balsiger
Gump Ferring
Rath
Dubuque
Schoon
Monti
Hobert
Eden
Larson
Martello
Olin
Monticello
Martello Fe
Thede Hobert
Den
Miller
Reynolds
Weseman
Bad Bone
C. Jensen
Lambert
Jensen
Fischer Lia
Reid Hunt
Tipton
Doris Andersen Leap Year Birthday Party In Amber
Amber residents toasted Doris Andersen at a Saturday leap year celebration with games and gifts. Doris’s party followed a busy week of local moving, school absences due to mumps, and several family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Andersen
Doris
Shirley Siepels
Dorothy Danneman
Ella
Bernice Freese
Evelyn Martin
Helen and
Marie Husman
Rosemary Gray
Donna Andersen
Ethel Jean Bailey
Howard Andrews
Herbert Martin
George Folkers
Willis Ricklefs
Robert Husman
Leonard Otten
Donald
Dwaine Andersen
Diedrich Dirks
Olin
John Dirks
Otto Danneman
Dirks
B. A. Dress
B. E. Willis
Amber
C. W. Eden
Carl Harms
Pete Hagen
Alva Freese
John Freese
Monticello
Herman Helgens
John Rickels
Lester Juilfs
Herman Zimmerman
John Otten
W. J. Zimmerman
F. H. Otten
Warner Heiken
Carl Tjaden
Gerd Tjaden
Ernest Anderson
Wyoming
Chris Andersen
B. W. Streeper
William Martin
Stanwood
Carl Schoon
Wilmer
Rex Reuter
George Schoon
Amber School
Luella
Velda
Lewis
John Osterkamp
Morley
Social Roundup From Sand Spring Area Visits
Local families from Amber, Cascade, Manchester and Monticello share weekend and Sunday visits. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bohlken, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hosch, and Eiben in the Batchelder and Welter homes. Etta Behrends ill in Monticello. and multiple calls to Blaker, Cox, and Moser households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Bohlken
Amber
J. L. Batchelder
Joe Hosch
Kenneth
Cascade
Fred Welter
Henry Eiben
Stanley Bright
W. H. Behrends
Etta Behrends
Monticello
Mildred Arduser
Blanche Moser
Colesburg
Edward Cox
Lawrence Gienapp
Orval Fensterman
Manchester
John Blaker
John Albany
Matthiessen
E. W. Brandel
Cedar Rapids
E. H. Cox
Phyyilis
Donna
Jeanne
Bertha Baxter
Herbert Cox
B. W. Cox
Center Junction
William Conley
Dyersville
E. Conley
Clement
Fred Baiiman
Velma
Gilbert Vernimont
Lester Lang
Dave Wison
W. H. Behrernds
Watson Gull
Isa
Robert Weesel
Calesbure
Joan Blaker
Behrends
Montirelia
Waterton Thor Cay
Northrup Kine Seed Company
Mro
John Batchelder
Cow
Dandelion Blooms in Tama County Amid Snow
A resident, Frank Revhons, shoveling snow in Tama County, finds a dandelion in full bloom under a thick snow cover as temperatures stay well below freezing. The feature notes the unlikely warmth beneath the snow and records winter bloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Tama County
Frank Revhons
Rattlesnakes and Their Deadly Fangs
A St Louis Globe Democrat writer notes rattlesnakes possess hollow venom fangs like hypodermic needles. Venom injures swiftly. young are born alive with autumn births in the north. Even after removing fangs, a rattler regrows new ones, keeping deadly defenses ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Labor and wealth based on steady value standards
The text asserts labor as the source of all wealth, with timber and soil gaining value only through labor. Money is a convenient exchange medium, and a constant standard is needed to measure service and product value, avoiding fluctuating valuations like an ever-changing yardstick.
Fragmentary notice on a ceremony and building event
OCR reads as a damaged report mentioning a ceremony linked to a church or chapel after a state event. It references a building being painted or readied and a later dedication. Names, dates, places are unclear due to garbled text.
Progress of Philip Sheridan in the Civil War
Fragmentary OCR notes recount Philip Sheridan rising from captain to general and head of cavalry. The text mentions key figures and battles in a rough, jumbled form, with references to Napoleon era contrasts and general hierarchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Sheridan
Teswiv
Somesor
Tader
Heutenant Coloniel
Lebeadier
Irun
Murat Wis
Ted Apoleon
Rural schools race to win library books
Rural schools join a contest offering five dollars in library books from The Express publishers. The eighth bird picture appears this week with two more to come. Judges will be chosen and the winner announced. Schools include Scotch Grove 3 with Kathryn Gerdes Wayne 8 with Ida Pillard Richland 7 with Erma C Hamil and Castle Grove 3 with Minnie Husmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Express
Scotch Grove
Kathryn Gerdes
Wayne
Ida Pillard
Richland
Erma C. Hamil
Castle Grove
Minnie Husmann
Rural Lovell No 9 On Dental Honor Roll
Marie Paulsen teacher at Lovell No 9 reports her rural school 100 percent on the dental honor roll. It is the seventh rural school in the county to make the list. Pupils enrolled include Ruth Reuter Kathryn Wilson Richard Mardorf Harry Prull Lillian Freese Jean Ann Freese Helen Mardorf Joyce Freese Roy Reuter Loren Freese and Marie Paulsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Paulsen
Lovell No. 9
Ruth Reuter
Kathryn Wilson
Richard Mardorf
Harry Prull
Lillian Freese
Jean Ann Freese
Helen Mardorf
Joyce Freese
Roy Reuter
Loren Freese
Osage Furniture Store Window Incident
Mitchell county proprietors report a transient entered the Osage furniture shop lobby to warm up. A man slipped and fell through an 8 by 12 plate glass window but sustained no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osage
Mitchell County
Copyright Notice for Profit Sharing Motion Picture Plan
Copyright applied for December 5 1935 by C V Burris Monticello Iowa for Profit Sharing plan. Coupons issued to adults at shows with numbers signed by recipients and deposited. 5 percent of gross receipts awarded to named holder if present, otherwise $10 and balance carried to next drawing. audits denied. copy hung in lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Burris
United States
Monticello
Iowa
Rural Eighth Graders To Get Second Chance
County superintendent Miss Nellie V Morey announces a special examination for rural eighth grade pupils who missed the February 7 test. One hundred seventeen wrote on the regular date. thirteen could not report due to blocked roads and two were ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie V. Morey
Hogs and Packers Listed by Weight Classes
A historical clipping lists hog weights from 170 to 350 pounds in multiple grade ranges and notes several packer categories from 275 to 550 pounds. The fragmented text suggests a market or auction classification detailing assorted carcass weights and packing ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secessee
Good Packers
First Envelopes and Folding Machines History
The passage notes early envelopes made by a Mr Pierson in New York City and Fulton Street. It cites the first envelope machine patent granted January 25, 1849 to KK Park and 8 Watson of New York. It mentions a successful folding machine patented January 21, 1840? by Russell Te Harria of Worcester. It also records window envelopes by Thomas Callahan on June 10, 18xx. Magnolia is Louisiana’s state flower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 5S
Isle
Pierson
New York City
Fulton Street
Park
Watson
New York
For
Russell Te Harria
Worcester
Mass
Thomas Callahan
For Sale and Notices From Local Listings
For sale One purebred spotted boar about 300 lbs. Will M Lubben. MEN WANTED For spring work at the nursery Scotch Grove Nursery Scotch Grove. CARD OF THANKS We extend thanks for kindness and bouquets sent at the death of Louis P Waddick Waddick family. HORSES AND MULES For sale or exchange W H McDaniel one mile north Monticello. LATEST DESIGNS OF WALL PAPER Sunproofed washable over 1000 patterns Palmer Pharmacy. I AM AGAIN local distributor for Spencer baby chicks Henry H Schoon structured order ahead due to winter effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will M. Lubben
Louis P. Waddick
Laura Waddick
Waddick
Rockford
W. H. McDaniel
Monticello
Palmer's Pharmacy
Spencer
Dr. Salsbury
Henry H. Schoon
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Basketball News of the Week
Bob Spooner
Co. E. Abogast
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
Arbogast
Les
Teta
Upper
Egypt
United States Department of Agriculture
St. Peter’s and
Vatican
St. Peters
Cope
Rural School
Lovell
Ceoeracm
R. J. McNeill
Rhatigan’s
C. L. van Meter
Helmer
Farmers’ Grain Company
Theodosia Pulver
Lux
Hopkinton
Clay Township
H. H. Carson
G. P. Tractor
Fordson
IHC
John Deere Gang
Farmers Implement Co
Rawleigh
Dept
Freeport
Baby Chix
R.O.P
Lux Chix
Russell E. Lux
Hopkinton, Iowa
Monticello Markets
Plymouths
Pontiac
McLaughlin
Buick CO
Monticello, Iowa
Magnolia
Louisiana
Scotch Grove Nursery
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Rose
Marie
Happy Chappies
Vincent & Howard
SUN
MON
John Wayne
Oregon Trail
Radio Service
General Electric
Electrolux
DELCO
Sparton
Ferringand Jacobsen Electrical Contractors
Johnson
Woodbury
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