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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1929
Page
3
Local notes show frequent visits to Cedar Rapids and Davenport for business and family. Items mention eggs at Farley’s Produce House, bakery specials at Schoenhut and Beery and Hatton showings, permanent waves at McAleer Beauty Shop, and several trips by residents to nearby cities.
Mrs James C Schneider and Mrs Ben B Little from Oelwein visit in the home of Mrs John Matthiessen. A Firemen Benefit dance in Legion hall April 1 with music by Colored Dixie Night Hawks. Various updates on residents, teachers, and tax lists at Monticello State Bank. Eggs, oats, and a broken globe after a wagon accident near Schoon station.
Dwight Hartinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hartinger, writes from Camp Ingram in San Diego detailing inoculations, a detention stay, and daily routine. He notes ships nearby including Saratoga and U S S Relief, Thanksgiving turkey meals, varied recruits from across the country, and vivid sunburn from California weather.
Easter week services announced across St John's Lutheran Congregational and Presbyterian parishes. German and English services scheduled with Holy Communion and Easter cantata. Special joint morning service at 7 a.m. and Easter Sunday programs with Sunday school.
Wayne Township announces the birth of Harold and Harold Zimmerman’s baby with ties to Cedar Rapids and Sioux Falls. The infant is the first great grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lux, marking a notable family milestone in the Lux lineage. Stuhler's Grocery promotes Quisenberry chick feeds as a proven, insured venture for poultry farmers.
Frying fats vary. choose fats by preference for flavor. Use a deep kettle with a basket to drain foods on absorbent paper. If doughnuts flatten, fat depth or excessive heat may be to blame. Children enjoy doughnuts rolled in powdered sugar. fried cakes can outshine toys. Also notes a Monticello Mutual creamery check and local moves about canning and stock departments, plus a visit from J LeRoy Farmer and travel for Denkhoffs amid February floods and rheumatism.
A miser is beloved by neighbors as mice love a cat and a speech lets a woman hide her true thoughts. If time is money, a lazy man cannot be called stingy. A busy man given a circus pass will find time to use it. A woman and her maid, acting in concert, can outwit a dozen men.
Judge Anderson presided the first three days of last week and handled routine matters Friday. He has several contests scheduled for April 2 when court will reconvene.
A dated domestic guide stresses balanced meals for children eight to eighteen, urging milk eggs vegetables fruits plus bread cereals and energy foods. It covers omelet tips from temperature to folding and serving, and ends with quotes about conversation and drunkenness.
Miss Mary Gabrielson of the Iowa State College home economics division notes cotton materials gain prominence this year. Gingham leads the trend as a sport wear staple with checks and plaids, priced 50 cents to $1.50 per yard, while piques gaberdines and other fibers like broadcloth and voile appear in pastels prints and prints.
A fragmented snippet presents quotations attributed to Andrew W. Mellon Rev. Dr. MacLeod and Rabbi Nathan Krasay. It references telescopes microscopes and a sense of personal risk in a rapid society, with mentions of H. G. Wells and a challenge to be a man in modern times.
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