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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1936

Page

2

Jones County Farm Bureau Hosts Training and Programs

Jones County Farm Bureau reports 37 women from seven townships attended the third training school in Anamosa March 20 focusing on Food Preparation and Table Service. The day included a dinner demonstration by six volunteers and a pruning demonstration at the reformatory farm. A county planning committee reviewed soil conservation and livestock programs ahead of a state meeting in Anes to discuss new soil conservation rules with township sessions to follow. The baby beef club forms for 1930 with several farms listed. A separate note covers a statewide 4-H music festival and chorus rehearsals tied to the Iowa State college program and Farm Bureau coordination.

Jackson Fairview Greenfield Rome Madison Oxford Wyroming Max Wortman Anamosa Jota Mayberry Merrill Rawson Harlan Russell M. Brown Louise Cook May Anderson Town Strate College Ruth Cessna Jones County Fue Extension Service Iowa State Colege William Stanton Washington Township L. T. Lorenzen J. C. McConaughy Harry Levsen Frank Kulhavy George Fishwild Wyoming Ray Stivers Herman Heleens Wayne N. E. Clark Lovell Fred Cramer Castle Grove Anes Jones Wilde Pit Ana Susie Accordig Ent Pais Prac Iowa State College Iumkers Alusic Sears Music Project Kjerulfj John Peel Allehna Cucullian Calloway Woodbury Charles Wakefield Chadman Tolbert MacRae Fannie R. Buchanan Ames State Farm Bureau Federation Des Moines Farm Bureau

4-H Club Enrollment Tops Jones County Youth Projects

Baby beef club enrollment leads with 27 boys feeding calves followed by dairy calf and market pig clubs. Other projects include purebred beef heifer sow and litter sheep colt garden corn breeding and farm record work. Local club meetings resume as weather improves with Scotch Grove Future Farmers Jackson Better Farmers and Triple Star clubs reporting March activities and officer selections urged.

Baby Beef Club Jones County Market Pig Club Scotch Grove Future Farmers Jackson Better Farmers Club Triple Star Club of Rome Jackson Club

Jones county land transfers and descriptions detailed

A lengthy record covers several real estate actions from Jones County dated March 6 to 12. Transfers include A B E Laude and Lizzie to F D McLaughlin for land in sections 18 and 14 plus a 153 acre parcel. May Matthews and L P to John and Catherine Lambert. unions of Edwin Gardner and others as trustees to Roy H Williams. and deeded tracts involving Maria Leesekamp Arend Balster and Jacob Leese kamp with numerous exceptions and measurements across sections 17 and 33-83-3.

Jones County A. BE. Laude Lizzie F. D. McLaughlin Matthews L. P John Henry Lambert Catherine M. Lambert 381 Railroad Monticello Edwin Gardner Wm. S. Pirie Otto Evers Union Trust & Savings Bank Stanwood Iowa Roy H. Williams Herman Ricklefs Maria Leeseckamp H. P. Bancroft Arend Balster Balster Tract Maria Leesekamp R. H. Balster Gesina Helgens Jacob Leesekamp Richard Applegate James L. Wilson Scotch Grove Co-operative Creamery Company Arend Balster Jr Balster L. R. Leesekamp Jos. A. Kuhns

Parcel description and sale notice for Balster lands in 85-2

Legal land description detailing conveyance from Leesekamp to J C Balster, including routes, boundaries, exceptions for Knights and Ladies of the Golden Precepts parcel, and a separate tract near section 17 85 2. Mentions a sale price of $9,000 and references to multiple deeds and maps.

Leesekamp J. C. Balster Balster James S. Applegate The Knights and Ladies of the Golden Precepts Lodge Seatech Grove M. H. Hutton

Gopher Breaks Cable Cutting Telegraph Lines at Montezuma

Telephone service in Montezuma Poweshick county was disrupted by a pocket gopher. Linemen traced trouble near the Troy Brown home by a haystack and dug to locate the lead sheath chewed by the gopher. Replacement required time to complete.

Montezuma Poweshick County Troy Brown

Humboldt librarian keeps pet blackbird for ten years

Miss Nellie Pinney the city librarian of Humboldt in Humboldt County cares for a pet blackbird that first fell from a nest in her gardens. The bird learned to fly but chose to remain with her, living an easy comfortable life for a decade.

Nellie Pinney Humboldt Humboldt County Pinney Gardens Miss Pinney

Weekly shopping notes spotlight local store specials

Local shops advertise discounts and new lines from Rickless grocery with Our Best Grade coffee on special. Mc Neill's showcases dinnerware while Stuhlers' and Iverson's feature clothing and lamps. Princess theater runs Dangerous with Bette Davis. Kay's offers best quality at low cost. Balster's farm equipment highlighted. Monte theatre presents Next Time We Love.

Rickless McNeill's Stuhlers Iverson Town Electric Company Beery's LeVine Mny Bette Davis Princess Theater Kay's Baty Balster’s Monte Theater Margaret Sullavan Long's Gamble Store

Clothes Call Fashion Preview and Carlsbad Cavern Elevator

The article surveys spring fashion with checked fabrics, silks and wools in browns blues and grays plus blouses shoes and gloves in various materials. It notes semi sheer dress fabrics and trims like taffeta and pique and mentions an elevator used at Carlsbad Caverns to reach 750 feet below ground.

Easnel Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico

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Jones County Farm Bureau Edwin Wilton Castle Crave Lavell Cass Richland Busene Bailey Amber Scotchrove Washington Clay Townships Reformatory Farm S. W. Edgecomb Iron Ames New Farm Program Baby Beef Sis Eaves James How Olin Howie Jr Alvin Weers Scotes Grey Henrichs Onslow Leo Waesener Delpert Grath Edwin Andrews Merlin Lyon Olin Ben Henri Scotch Grove Cecil Gongwer Grover Lorengen Virtus Lorengen Delbert Gratt Ana Ieesa Duane Lincoln Irvin Sievers John Eichhorn Reynold Fishwich Woonmone Ronald Meeks Miartene Claver Hosford Monticelo Reynold Fishwaild Donald Meeks Marielle Gopher Pet J. J. Hayes Old Reliable Town Mutual Tornado Insurance Association S. M. Hosford Monarch Quality Food Products Stahlers Monarch Monarch Canned Foods Japan Tea Red Monarch Vegetables Grocery Department Jan Shaw Dad John Mary Cooking School Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Onticello R. A. Cartad Gene Fagan C. E. Fothergill
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