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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1937
Page
1
A column urges steadfastness in beliefs and warns against bias. It stresses soil conservation for farmers, warns of misuse of credit in business, and notes Spain's civil strife and international reactions to leaders like Governor La Guardia.
The Detroit Free Press argues early leniency toward sit-downs in GM plants sparked later lawbreaking. It condemns Chrysler Highland Park actions, calls for strong public authority, and says Michigan must deploy state power to sustain order, government, and economic progress. It supports unions but denounces disruptive strikes and interference with citizens and property. Governor Murphy is urged to act to restore sovereign authority.
Police Chief Elmer Lane of Council Bluffs Pottawattamie County confronts crime that hits his family after his son Edward Lane a filling station operator is robbed at closing time a stranger held him at gunpoint taking his wallet containing 1 400 dollars.
Mrs. Henry Wilcox of Terrill, Dickinson county, found a goose egg like shell with a second hard egg inside and a double yolk, creating a three in one find in her hen house. The oddity is noted amid a broader discussion of war and global power dynamics.
The Yarmouth Port settlement in Nova Scotia was founded in 1761 by eighty Cape Cod pioneers from Sandwich and Yarmouth Massachusetts. Initial hardships included a failed supply ship and a harsh first winter, but the community prospered as fishing and shipbuilding grew, making Yarmouth ships famed worldwide.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer recalls Ohio’s first steam line the Erie and Kalamazoo projected by Dr Samuel O Comstock of Toledo and chartered by Michigan as a fanciful object. The line opened 1836 Toledo to Adrian with iron straps on wooden rails and Adrian No 1 began in June 1837.
The Pony Express route ran from St Joseph Missouri to Placerville California a near 2000 mile stretch through largely unsettled land. It faced hostile Indians vast prairies mountains deserts and the Sierra Nevada as it linked settlers Mormons and gold seekers in California.
Edmond Hoyle, born 1672 in England, wrote on games and taught card play. He published a whist rules book and became an authority whose name meant playing fairly by the recognized rules. Hoyle died in London in 1769.
The text explains ordinary water H2O composition and universal density. It discusses pearl essence derived from certain fish producing a grayish pearl-like substance. Earlier methods used fish from various waters. modern processes coat hollow beads with essence and weight with wax, or apply on the outside for solid beads.
The Iowa legislature nears adjournment as 851 bills were filed 473 in the house and 387 in the senate About 25 have passed most local or minor with major action on unemployment commission Homestead Exemption passes both houses and heads to conference committee The large 200 page Motor Vehicle bill awaits house action and possible debate Appointment battles color Kraschel faction disputes with changes in highway and labor posts and board of control selections
An excerpt discusses how young children respond to failure and why healthy coping matters. It contrasts two four year olds Bob and Billy as they try to shoot baskets and choose different explanations for their misses, highlighting the impact of early reactions on personality.
Higher costs for raw materials cut into Ireland linen producers' profits as mills grapple with price pressures and expense squeezes amid market shifts.
Grace Coan, long-time operator at the Denison telephone office in Crawford county, recalls rapid shifts in phone service from slow long distance connections to Des Moines to modern quick call completions in about 30 seconds.
Henry Savage, 67, of Audubon county has worn a flower each day for nearly fifty years. The lone exception is St Patrick’s Day when he wears a shamrock, signaling something out of the ordinary to locals who note his long standing custom.
Near Somers Calhoun county farmer Topheavy straw stack iced over cracks and slides. A 300 pound hog near the stack foot was struck by the ice and killed, requiring the farmer to euthanize the animal.
Monticello Iowa council in regular session March 1 1937 approves a long list of city claims and authorizes a free water bill for the period ending April 1 1937. The meeting also hires the band for ten concerts at seventy dollars each and accepts resignation of Councilman Leigh Metzenberg.
Clark was declared elected councilman at large to fill a vacancy. Upon motion the council adjourned to Wednesday March 24 at one. Mayor F. D. McLaughlin presided. Attest Ray Echternacht city clerk.
Public notice announces GEO H PAULSEN named executor of the Theodore Behrends estate by the district court. Creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk within the legal period and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Attorneys Doxsee Doxsee and Helserman represent the estate in Anamosa Iowa.
A motion display by Eugene M. Byers of Mon ticello Iowa uses a cut out figure simulating a piano accordion monk to imitate bellows movement. It operates by motor magnets or other means to mimic a performer playing the instrument as an advertising medium.
Notice to creditors and claimants of the estate of John Folkers deceased to file claims with the clerk within time limit. Executor Harmedward Folkers, and Locher & Locher are attorneys for the estate. Also a probate notice for Julia J Drinkwater filed February 27 1937 with March 29 1937 final probate hearing at 10 am in the Jones county district court.
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