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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1928
Page
2
A collage of local notes lists visitors and travels across Dubuque Davenport Cedar Rapids Anamosa Hopkinton Arlington Wyoming and Litchfield Minn with mentions of McNeill's Hardware Devlin Millinery and Wirth Cleaners. People such as Joe Wally Mrs W P Kelly and Miss Ruth Glass are noted for visits and weekly outings.
Local residents report visits across towns including Rock Island Sabula Hopkinton Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Dubuque. Advertisements promote Idaho Pullman potatoes 2 50 per 100 lb sack and Eclipse Lumber Co brooder houses plus hardware store displays. Miss Mildred Elder completes first year of Jones county farm bureau sewing project with a second year planned.
Community brief highlights personal visits and travel, including Edwin Lightfoot returning to Cedar Rapids Business College after a vacation with parents, Harm and John Paul’s Rochester trip, Miss Chloe Carson resuming teaching after surgery, and several family visits across Monticello, Lisbon, Breda, and Olin. Weather and farming updates note heavy snows and a stretch of warm sunshine, plus local bus travel disruptions.
In Olin the ticket of former service men faced a rival ticket with ex officers. H. E. Carter won re election as mayor against Guy Macomber 134 to 128. New councilmen are F A Weber, F E Truax, W J Pieper, Frank Miles and P W Scott. C E Swartzell, a service man, was elected treasurer. J L Rohwedder beat Leon Stivers for assessor.
Fred E. Barrier died in Anamosa yesterday after a several months illness. He had 12 years in the grocery business with Hon. J. K. Hale. Reports say paralytic strokes caused his death. Barrier was respected and active in the Congregational church.
Charles J. Hoge of Melrose Wisconsin has been nominated as a candidate for the Seventh Congressional district delegate to the Republican National convention in Kansas City. A longtime local figure he built a career in banking lumber and dairy ventures and has served on the Melrose high school and Jackson county boards. He chairs the county Republican committee and has held leadership in local business and agriculture.
Miss Dorothy Bader hosted her ninth birthday at her grandparents home with ten guests and a six oclock supper. Lena Marugg and Emma Hanken led Friday Bridge with Marie Widmer high score and a waffle dessert. Congregational Boys club met at Bruce Suthers home with twelve members and a business session. Presbyterian missionary society gathered at Mrs Lennard Duckett s home for a productive afternoon and refreshments. Carol Bixler celebrated her fourth birthday with five playmates at home. Congregational church social at Mrs Ike Suters featured Alma Buel performing The Lance of Kanana and a brief business meeting followed by refreshments.
Everett L Clark celebrated his fifth birthday with thirteen guests at his home last Monday. The children listed include Eugene Burrichter, Leslie Burrichter, Jane Bader, Leonard Baler, Dorothy Baler, Marshal Marshall, Robert Brown, Edna Bishop, Edna Mae Crane, Betty Jean Crane, Peggy Cartright, Maxine Wirth and Robert Clark.
Library announces new offerings across children and adult sections. Notable titles include Altsheler Last of the Chiefs and Robin Red Breast's Home, plus Gingerbread Man and Hansel and Gretel in Happy Hour Books. Also available are Trader Haro, Appleton Short Plays, Mostly Mississippi, New East New West, and Red Sky at Morning.
Dr Henry Albert notes Iowa shows the lowest tuberculosis death rate in state history in 1927 at 35.1 per 100 000 with only Wyoming Utah Idaho and Nebraska lower in 1926 The report by M Alice Assedson for New York Tuberculosis and Health Association emphasizes infant resistance and risk from continuous home exposure The piece argues against removing infants from homes and urges removing the infected parent while endorsing early diagnosis campaigns by the Iowa Tuberculosis Association to curb spread and protect children.
A historical note cites Joseph Cock describing a single profane expression as revealing a man’s low breeding. The remark underscores social judgments tied to language and decorum in the period.
Practical guidance on cooking for children advocating pan-broiling over frying for tender cuts and browning quick searing to retain juices. Also discusses family spending patterns, advertising influence, and the role of mail-order catalogs and installments in budgeting. Concludes with note on aging cream.
Ames resident TED ROOD reports raising a large number of February chicks with unusually low death rate. He credits three reasons for success and invites letters from those seeking his tips.
The text explains aging cream at 45 degrees F to prevent acidity and souring. Aging above 60 degrees F risks souring or rancidity, especially past 48 hours. The aging time depends on butterfat content, with the first 24 hours delivering the strongest whipping quality and the largest gains in the first 48 hours.
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