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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1947
Page
10
R. C. Hollander and Dr. Ker mit Myers of Sheldon return home after a pleasure flight through the South. They visited San Antonio where a devastating tornado struck, then Texas City where harbor explosions left the town in ruins.
An Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association agent offers contact for tornado protection services and states phone availability, inviting inquiries from potential customers.
Iowa District Court in Jones County opens probate for Rudolph Winkler will on April 24 1947 with final proof set May 24 1947 at 10 am. Executor appointed Lizzie Meier estate notices filed claims against estate must be proven and payment requested to avoid costs.
Monticello Iowa council met April 7 1947 with all members present to review claims across city funds and approve payments for salaries, supplies, and services. The board also set tax assessment changes and scheduled a public protest meeting for April 23 1947 plus a sidewalk project on Maple Street.
At Crystal Lake Joseph Pierce and Clayton Mick set dynamite in a stump. The switch was on and they were blown to death, bodies landing about 200 feet away. Charles Gordon and Calvin Perkins survived, having stepped away. Cascade welcomes back Chaplin William Menster from Byrd Antarctic expedition. he says Antiarctica is consecrated to peace and he is the first minister from any denomination to visit the South Pole.
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