Monticello Takes Top Honors in Declamatory Contest
In a sub district declamatory contest at the Monticello high school auditorium last Thursday evening, Monticello earned one first and two seconds. Emil Prull won humorous while Vivian Smith and Helen Crane each claimed second in their divisions. Vivian Smith led with a 96 percent score, and Emil Prull advances to the pre district contest in Marion next week.
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Monticello
Emil Prull
Vivian Smith
Helen Crane
Francis Wintz
Central City
Dramatic
Eileen Ferreter
Marion
Emil Pruit
Betty Rapaport
Cedar Rapids
Emil
Monticello High School
Monticello Public School to Stage Musical Concert Tuesday
Monticello public schools announce a musical concert in the high school auditorium next Tuesday evening March 24 at 8 p.m. The program, directed by Miss Maurine Hamblin for vocals and Frank Royden for instruments, supports sending contestants to the sub district music contest at Manchester March 27 and 28. The evening features a full slate of solo and ensemble pieces including bells, strings, and choirs with selections from Baldwin Praetorius Burleigh Mendelssohn Gounod and Offenbach among others.
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Monticello Public
Monticello High School
Maurine Hamblin
Frank Royden
Manchester
Baldwin
Maddy
Praetorius
Saint Mary's
Adams
Pep Meeting at Monti High School Auditorium
A Thursday morning pep rally at Monti High School honored the basketball team ahead of a district tournament at Waverly. Speakers urged schoolwide support while players shared remarks and the loyalty song, penned by Superintendent Grimes, topped by a marching cadence.
Yells Lead After Song at Declamatory Contest
After the new song presentation Kenny Burris led the crowd in several cheers for the basketball team and additional yells were heard for participants in Thursday evening's declamatory contest.
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Kenny Burris
Church Notes: Multiple congregations list services and events
St Johns Ev Lutheran Paul Gutknecht German services 10 45 am German Wed 8 pm Congregational Samuel Gutensohn 11 am English service 6 45 pm Youth Lenten series Castle Grove Lutheran March 22 10 am 11 am 7 30 pm Sacred Heart 312 N Sycamore Masses 8 10 am Devotions 2 pm Confession 3 30 5 00 7 00 8 00 Holy Days 6 15 9 00 First Friday 7 am St Matthew Ev Lutheran German 10 45 am German annoucements next week Methodist Episcopal 11 am Epworth League 6 45 pm Presbyterian 10 am 11 am 7 30 pm Union Lenten service March 25 Wyoming parish pastor Rev Nicholas Wayne Zions Lutheran March 20 2 00 pm 22 services 10 15 am Palm Sunday 10 30 am English German Good Friday 10 30 am Syrian orphan home offering Easter Holy Communion April 5 10 30 am Good Friday 10 00 confession Easter announcements ongoing all welcome
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Castle Grove Lutheran
G. Wolf
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
N. Sycamore Street
A. L. Lorenz
St. Matthew's Ev
H. L. Adix
Methodist Episcopal
Roy V. Porter
Epworth League
Congregational Church
Presbyterian
Leonard Duckett
Wayne Zion's
Lutheran
J. P. Willms
Verybody
Wayne Zion's Lutheran Church
Taxation program near collapse and Iowa river dam debate
The article notes amendments to a fish and game bill reducing the commission size and giving the warden power over deputies, amid a party split and a defeated Moscow Dam project. It also mentions senate passage, house rejection, and district rearrangement moves. It closes with a Boston Transcript remark on Gandhi and Indian textile industry woes.
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Fish and Game Department
W. E. Alberts
House
Moscow Dam
Iowa River
Muscatine
Senate
Sun to supply all light for fifteen billion years says astronomer
Famous astronomer claims the sun can provide light and heat for fifteen billion more years despite last summer’s extravagance. A sympathetic listener is convinced that we are overworked and abused. Classified ads note big results from small items.
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Sull
Minneapolis Journal
Tom Cochran
Six Simple Principles for Effective Argument
A compact digest of six principles to guide dialogue. Do not dominate the talk, allow others to speak, avoid interruptions, question in a pleasant tone, restate opponents’ points clearly, and stay on topic. Emphasizes deliberate repeated use as a habit.
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Albert BK. Wiggum
Amertcan Magazine
Horns of Moses Traced to Medieval Painters
Medieval artists depicted Moses with horns in art such as Michelangelo’s St. Pietro in Vincoli statue in Rome. The horns symbolize strength, linked to Exodus translations where faces shone instead of horns. Scholars cite a Latin mistranslation between qarnn and qeren as the cause.
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Horns of Moses
Moses
Hibiscus Signal Blooms in Hawaii Roadsides and Government
The hibiscus, Hawaii's common wild flower, appears everywhere from Honolulu towers to street danger signals. A 900 bloom bouquet sits daily in the governor's office, tended by a long-term prisoner who also acts as gardener. Flowers warn workers and pedestrians when hung from trucks or used near highways.
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Hawaaii
Honolulu
Succession Rules In Monarchies Favor Bloodline Over Marriage
The practice limits royal succession to the reigning monarch's offspring regardless of marriage. A king's wife cannot inherit, and a queen's husband cannot succeed. An heir is the eldest child, not the spouse, as in the Netherlands and noted with Catherine the Great's case for contrast.
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Netherlands
Catherine the Great
Russia
Peter II
We marvel at splendors yet to come
The Washington Star quotes Hi Ho of Chinatown musing on the wonder of future splendors and the splendor of those who came before, framing a reflective line about progress and memory.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
Constitution Timber Sources from Cumberland Island
The Century Biographicat Ency Topedia notes the Constitution's timbers came from Old Fronsides carried by elite crews from Cumberland Island near the northern coast of Mhortela.
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Ency- Topedia
Cumberland Island
Mhortela
Estate of Coxsee and Coxsee filed in Jones County District Court
Warren Rees clerk of court in Jones County Iowa notices attorneys Coxsee and Coxsee for the estate with case number 38 2 and related filings.
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Warren Rees
Jones Co
Iowa
Coxsee & Coxsee
For Sale Notices from 1930s Classifieds
Classified market notices listing Timothy seed from the 1930 crop by Carl H. Harms, a rental ad for a modern eight room house managed by Leroy Clark, sale of registered Hereford bulls by J. L. Weber & Sons of Cascade Iowa, and sale of 35 tons of first growth clover and alsike hay baled and stored under cover by Harry J. Lang Jr.
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Timothy Seed
Carl H. Harms
J. L. Weber & Sons
Cascade
Iowa
Harry J. Lang. Jr
Fragmentary Tribune snippet hints at sports and fans
The readable text shows a chaotic sports page vibe with fan reaction and a mention of Paras and Winniper. Specific names and clear events are incomplete, leaving only a vague scene of crowd response to unfolding results.
Truly an Abnormality at a Hons' Den
A fragmentary note describes a peculiar scene labeled WH Chat and references an odd entry about a den. The text is garbled and unclear, offering few concrete facts or names beyond scattered terms.
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Furndee
Prangsertyt
Labor Patterns Highlight Shifts in Foreign Worker Entry
A fragmented sentence notes that almost half of foreign workers come to this country to enter the Nant en and manufacture pur e HTK, while less than the per cent oon faring.
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Te Nanten
Card of Thanks for Henry Folkers Funeral
The family expresses gratitude for floral offerings and assistance at the funeral of Henry Folkers. Signed by Mrs. Mary C. Kopp Mrs. John Lubben and Messrs. Gerd Thomas and John Folkers.
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Norman Smith
Smith
Henry Folkers
Mary C. Kopp
John Lubben
Gerd, Thomas and
John Folkers
Executor Named for D Ben Herren Estate in Jones County
The district court of Jones county Iowa appoints BEN D HERREN as executor of the estate of D Ben Herren deceased. Creditors must file claims with the clerk sworn and timed for probate. Debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa March 18 1931. Doxsee Doxsee Attorneys.
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Jones County
Henry E. Folkers
Said County
District Court
D. Ben Herren
Anamosa
Iowa
A. D
Ben D. Herren
Doxsee & Doxsee
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