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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1938
Page
7
Jack Harbert 17, senior at Seymour high school, tops a national dressmaking contest with 10 000 competitors and wears the prize dress for teacher Miss Myrtle Reynolds. He cites heart illness as motive to pursue sewing. he is the sole male in home economics.
One of Iowa Falls oldest landmarks in Hardin county toppled when the limestone brace of the old flour mill collapsed into the Iowa river. Built in 1857 the stone pillar stood for eight years and remained for a decade as a skyline feature. The pillar recalled the mill’s role serving Fort Dodge Hampton and New Hartford. The mill has been out of operation for years.
A dog loyal to its master perished alongside William Fleming, an elderly Black man trapped in a home fire. Their bodies were found amid the ruins, and local authorities say the faithful animal stayed with Fleming to the end. The pair were buried together due to their bond.
A fragment of the 1879 Emmet county meteor will join Estherville’s permanent historical display. A larger piece was given to the University of Iowa for its natural history museum, while other Iowa meteor fragments are shown at the University of Minnesota and museums in London and Paris.
Sookie an Airedale from West Liberty Muscatine county died of heart disease. The three year old dog famed for rescuing 72 year old Charles Meyers during the 1935 36 winter blizzard found him in a snowdrift and led him to safety. Meyers is alive.
George Bryant and Leland Baker, haulers for a Benton county creamery, were arrested after patrons complained of low test cream. Sheriff Fry says Bryant confessed to stealing cream from farmers by replacing it with water, totaling about 1000 pounds in under a month, sold at a cream station in Vinton.
Pella officers hunt a so called firebug blamed for several incendiary blazes in Marion County. Fires at a filling station and a nearby garage were quickly stopped with no damage. Police say the culprit remains at large as they monitor the scene and await a sighting.
Eck Holmes of near Alta Buena Vista county paid a $2 fine after being arrested by Patrolman Ben Brasser for driving his horse and wagon after dark without lights. The article notes the wagon and motor vehicle laws apply to wagons as well as cars.
Morris Muller 21 a farmer near Osage Mitchell County was critically injured in a runaway hayrack accident. He stood on the wagon tongue when a pair of colts bolted sending the wagon into a yard fence causing injuries.
A man was struck by a mass and torn through a fence. He was thrown into the air and became entangled in a cedar tree limb. Assistants freed him after his clothing was cut away. He suffered serious back injuries.
Mr and Mrs George Smith tenants near Emmetsburg Palo Alto County marked their 42nd year at the same farm never joining a movers parade. The once barren prairie site has housed the pair since 1804 with only one landlord change. A separate note follows as C W Martin and daughter Ned Carter of Sidney Fremont County drove to Omaha to visit another daughter Mrs Floyd Brackney. on arrival they learned the Brackneys had driven to Sidney to see them and the two parties met at Tabor Fremont County while both were returning home.
Mrs Julius Watson of Bode in Humboldt county slipped on a rug while entering her home and fell, sustaining a fractured hip and other injuries. She had taken care to avoid hazards but the rug gave way on a slippery day.
Jones County records list numerous real estate deeds including Gordon Spry and Florence Spry to William R Robinson for 80 acres. Ludwig Pankow to Cora Hutton the CM St P Ry land. Equitable Life Assurance to J R McNeilly and Gladys McNeilly 244 acres for 24162.16. R H Jones to Clarence L Jones one third of NW land and Oxford Junction lots. Michael Hogan to Joseph Hogan 15,000. and multiple other transfers across sections 84 85 86 series with varying acreages and nominal 1.00 consideration plus shares and life use rights.
Friday and Saturday Gama presents Partners of the Plains with William Boyd, a popular western hero. Second feature You're Young Only Once stars Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney and Cecelia Parker. Sunday and Monday Wallace Beery stars in Bad Man of Brimstone with Virginia Bruce Dennis O Keefe Joseph Calleia and Lewis Stone. Added items include March of Time Mickey Mouse and Honor Love and True. Tuesday Prescription For Romance with Wendy Barrie Kent Taylor Mischa Auer and Mysterious Pilot chapter three. Wednesday and Thursday Mama Runs Wild with Mary Boland Ernest Truex plus Outside of Paradise with Phil Regan Penny Singleton. Two big features for one regular admission.
The Fox bill shows Wayne Morris in The Kid Comes Back with Barton MacLane and June Travis. Also playing The Code of the Rangers and The Daredevil Driver with Tim McCoy and Dick Purcell. Eddie Cantor stars in Ali Baba Goes to Baghdad in a sunlit comedy program.
The program highlights Tony Martin, Rol and Young, June Lang, and Louise Hovick in a town feature. This look at performers and their roles captures the era’s stage scene and local entertainment.
Keith Hutchison a 13 year old from Coin Iowa testified after playing with dynamite caps in an old cave. He struck a cap causing an explosion that tore off two fingers of his right hand. Doctors thought amputation might be needed but two fingers may be saved.
Carl T. Rone found a remarkable two egg formation at his Worth county farm near Northwood. The outer egg measured 311 inches long and 2% inches wide with a soft shell and contained a normal sized egg inside protected by a hard shell, separated by a strange fluid, weighing 4% ounces.
Merle Sanders of Odebolt Sac county found a pile of keys on his street walk home noon and decided to search for the owner. He realized the bunch were his own keys he had misplaced on the way to work that morning and had not noticed until then.
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