Whitford Resigns Monticello Post for Cedar Falls College
Lawrence W. Whitford, Monticello high school athletic director, resigns to become head baseball coach and assistant football coach at Town State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Board accepts his resignation. Mrs. Whitford stays through year end. Whitford’s various coaching and playing honors noted. he, a Rotary member, departs to lead Cedar Falls baseball this spring.
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Whitford
Lawrence W. Whitford
Monticallo
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Board of Education
W. G. Parsons
Monticello
Wyoming Club Meetings and Local Notices in 1926
The Bay View and Progressive clubs held meetings with twelve and thirteen members present respectively, featuring recitals, stories, and readings on topics from Huguenot history to conservation. Obituary announced for Mary Calkins Chassel, death in Minneapolis, services planned in Wyoming with full obituary to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay View Club
J. T. Wherry
Roll Call
Iowa
Beckwith
Mrs. First
Stephenson
Huguenot House
Thomas Paine
Ida Inglis
Hawthorne Club
Rose Day
Mesdames Hanold
Sanders
Roch
Case
Wyoming
Mary Calkins Chassel
W. E B. Briggs
Minneapolis
Mary McLarnon
Boone
Miss McLarnon
Freda Rohwedder
Ames
E. F. Rohwedder
Freda
Order of the Eastern Star
T. G. Tasker
Anamosa
A. W. Peck
Margaret Tasker
Spencerville
Walter Buchholtz
Louis Buchholtz
Kozy Club
Grace Bender Vrooman
August Hansen
Robert
Albia
M. F. Wherry
L. L. Ireland
G. W. Bottomstone
Lyons
Onslow
Sara Kegley
Prairieburg News Briefs from March 1996
Obituaries note the passing of Mrs Catherine Gehringer with services at M E church. William Hill dies after a winter of ill health. Central City travel limited by bad roads. Events include a feather stripping party hosted by Mrs Lester Smith and a St Josephs benefit dance on April 6. Alva Franklin visits from Nebraska after sister Laura Day's death. Father Opava ill in Marcy hospital. Cedar Rapids visit. Birthday gathering for Merle Eller on March 17. Mrs H J Henderson in Cedar Rapids to tend a ill father. Mrs Plummer dies in Central City. Elmo Whitney sister Mrs Plummer. Seward Smith attends Gebringer funeral in Blairsburg.
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M. E
Catherine Gehringer
William Hill
Paul
Ramsey
Central City
Lester Smith
Alva Franklin
Nebraska
Laura Day
Opava
Fr. Gorecki
Cedar Rapids
Father Opava
Marcy Hospital
Merle Eller
St. Joseph's
H. J. Henderson
Plummer
Elmo Whitney
Seward Smith
Blairsburg
Gebringer
Northland
Robin Redbreast
Ryan
Castle Grove
Pauline Cramer
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Hans Mohr
S. Kehoe
Union Township
Gertrude Kennedy
Mohr
Holub
Express
Church of Immaculate Conception
L. E. Black
Anna Gerrets
McDonald
Will Lubben
Joseph Bading
Coggan
Funeral for Schrader’s son marks community grief
A large local crowd attended the Wayne Lutheran church service for the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schrader, drowned the previous Thursday in a nearby creek. The mournful event drew relatives and friends from area towns to offer sympathy to the bereaved family.
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Albert Schrader
Wayne Lutheran
George Siebels
Charles Rowe
Onslow
Vern Rynerson
Lucy Bailey i
Orla Bailey
Anamosa
Clara Anderson
Will Preston
Center Junction
Grover Preston
Ed Duncan
Castle Grove
Land Spring Social News Notes
Land Spring short items compile visits and movements: Mr and Mrs John Bohlken stayed with Nanne Hanken in Monticello, the Batchelders attended a Marion funeral, Miss Marie Bradke visited Hopkinton, the creamery shipped a hog car Monday, the farm bureau met at Mrs Herman Welter’s, and the Bohlkens left for a new home in Pomeroy.
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John Bohlken
Nanne Hanken
Monticello
John Batchelder
Marion
Marie Bradke
Hopkinton
Helen Egger
Creamery Company
Farm Bureau
Herman Welter
Pomeroy
Borah’s Mindset Prompts Questions From Davenport Editorial
In Davenport the bearer weighs Senator Borah and his recent ideas. The piece questions whether he has any new plan beyond familiar rhetoric. The tone hints at skepticism toward Borah’s proposals surfacing in political discourse.
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Davenport
Borah
Congress salaries rise but work quality unclear
A Washington dispatch notes members of Congress show improvement in pay but no clear gain in performance. A home economics tip from Iowa State College advises fruit jars sealed loosely to prevent drying. Drake University adds Miss Gracia Crcutt to its girly glee club as a first year student while Miss Orcutt graduates from Monticello high school. Eastern Star plans a public dinner at the Masonic Temple on April 6 from 5:30 pm with prices 50 and 35 cents.
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Sioux City Journal
Congress
Washington Dispatch
Iowa State College
Gracia Crcutt
Drake University
Des Moines
Miss Orcutt
E. J. Orcutt
Monticello
Spiral teeth finds spark new look at ancient dentistry
Archaeologists uncover eight foot long spiral teeth dating back 60 000 years that illuminate early dental care. A playful quip attributes the prehistoric dentist saying it wouldn’t hurt much, echoing the era’s resilience.
Silent Merit and Guilty Talk In Classical Thought
A compact aphoristic note contrasts the virtue of silence with the guilt of speaking where one should remain quiet, citing the ancient line about merit in silence and Berions as the fault of needless talk.
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Berions
Ovid
Penalty of Selfishness
A compact reflection on selfishness noting that the selfish man suffers more from his conduct than others who miss a benefit. The quote echoes Emerson’s moral teaches about self-interest and personal cost.
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Emerson
Oranges Should Be Heavy Grapefruit And Oranges
A shopper note advises judging citrus by weight and warns against buying a Neht fruit. It states heavy fruit with thin skin is best.
Significance in Name Radio Valves Spark Vocabulary Note
English engineers call vacuum tubes valves because they pass current in one direction only. The term reflects the diode like behavior and historical naming in Britain.
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England
Hint to Theologians Note on Faith and Zeal
A fragmentary quotation attributes to Benjamin Franklin a defense of faith against zealots. The line suggests that truth in belief rests with those who act rightly, implying a moral test for religious conviction. The note appears as a historical aside or satirical remark.
Caedmon the First English Poet of Northumbria
The seventh century figure Caedmon became the earliest known English poet. A farmer’s son, he fled parties until a vision inspired him to write a Creation verse. His Anglo Saxon sacred history was preserved at Oxford, and he later joined Hilda’s convent as a monk until his death and canonization.
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St. Caedmon
Northumbria
Caedmon
Oxford
Hilda
Chicago Journal
All in the Same Boat Indian tale translated by Shyama Shankar
Four Mohammadan worshippers in a mosque pray in English translation by Pandit Shyama Shankar. One breaks sequence with a remark, prompting others to challenge each other for speaking during prayer. The fourth man mutters relief that none of them spoke.
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Shyama Shankar
Wu Mosque
Ghosts Haunt Indian Mail Runners Fear of Spirits Key
Geoffrey Rothe Clarke, head of India’s Posts and Telegraphs, told the Indian section of the Royal Society of Arts that Indian mail runners risk floods tigers and robbers but fear ghosts. He described the mail as a fetish they would protect at all costs, and said runners avoid spirits judging in trees.
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Himalayas
Geoffrey Rothe Clarke
Posts and Telegraphs
India
British Royal Society of Arts
Clarke
Lucullus Introduced Cherries to Italy Early Era
Lucullus, famed Roman general and epicure, is said to have first introduced cherries to Italy at the start of the era and spent fabulous sums on his table.
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Lucullus
Epicure
Italy
Auction Sale at Schoon's Implement Store March 27 1926
Household goods to be sold Saturday March 27 1926 at 2 pm at Wm G Schoon s Implement store. Terms disclosed day of sale. Also classified items note sales positions and rental ad, poultry and farm notices, and a card of thanks from Schrader family.
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Wm. G. Schoon
Wm. H. Brokens
QUALITY BABY CHIX FOR SALE RATED HIGH EGG INPUT
FOR SALE Quality baby chicks from a flock that won the 1992 National Egg Laying contest and had high production this year. Sired from American bloodlines with emphasis on size and egg yield. Ray George Monticello Iowa offers chicks at 14 and 18 1 2 cents.
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S. C. White
Household goods for sale by SASE
Two heating stoves and stove pipe cook stove electric washer baby buggy ice box offered by Joe Dunn at the bakery inquiries expected.
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Joe Dunn
Hen and chick auction notes for Dec and Illinois
Advertisement listing for Tancred Leghorn chicks and HGGS family birds in Ill our pen second in division with top layer and egg-laying contest. Prices 140 per 1000 eggs, capacity 25 000. Buckeye equipment and custom hatching. Catalog available. Also several small incubators for sale by Russell Lux Hopkinton Iowa. 40-8
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Tom Barron
Jamesway
Chas
Tancred Leghorn
Russell Lux
Hopkinton
Lowa
For Sale Ford Coupe and Tires Plus White Leghorn Chicks
For sale one slightly used 1925 Ford coupe and some used 4x4 cord tires along with 32x4 cords. Monti Cello Motor Co. offers these items. Also White Leghorn chicks and hatching eggs advertised from Hopkinton Iowa by Mr and Mrs F J Gesteil with health tested stock and guarantee of satisfaction.
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Monticello Motor Co
F. J. Gesteil
Hopkinton
Iowa
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Prairieburg
Amber
Members of Congress
Merit In
Benjamin Frank- Ha
Eggers Vulcanizing Shop
North Side
J. L. Weber & Sons
Cascade, Iowa
Salter's
McNeill Bras
Arnold Bader
Harry W. Stuhler
R. C. Livingstone
Poland
China
Ed Behrends
C. H. Schipman
White Rock CO
Paul N. Smith
Rhode Island
John Kinrichs
Shepard
Arend Poppe
Ancona
L. A. Oltmans
S.C
John Jacobs
the Round House
John Fluckiger
Hone
Garret Bartels
Chestnut and
Third Streets
Monticello State Bank
W. J. Cochrane
Red River Valley
Ohio
Steiner Grocery
Toulouse
H. T. Barlow
Holstein
Guernsey
J. R. McNeilly
Center
Junetinn
Town
Sand Spring
James Littlefield
Harold Tompkins
Ed Wenger
Harms Sisters
J. W. Coxsee
Stetson Old Co
Station E
Cleveland
Sycamore Street
Firet Street
Leroy Clark
Devil's Glen Poultry Farm
S. C
Engel’s
Delhi
J. L. Joslin
Bave
Lanigan Millinery Co
the House of Kuppenheimer
The
Charleston
Jordan
Laramie
Kuppenheimer
Husman & McCrea Clothing Co
Monticello, Iowa
R. J. McNeill
V. Ca. Stockwell
Rose Comb
Harms -Sistera
Acme
Ricklefs’ Grocery
Stuhler
Stuhlers
McCormick-Deering Builders
McCormick-Deering
R. H. Balster
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