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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1928
Page
2
A long list of Monticello and nearby community items notes visitors and residents in Cedar Rapids Dubuque Hopkinton Anamosa Waterloo and Chicago. Mentions include McNeill's Hardware Curtis screens and sale events at Zimmerman store and St Matthew's Church bake sale.
Henry Schoon of the Izaak Walton League of Monti cello says he has ordered 500 black walnut seedlings. The trees will be given to local residents who will plant them on their premises as a beneficial effort to add to the area’s tree supply.
Notes detail the 1894 club meeting at Mrs. Coxsee on The New Poetry and a three-poet comparison by Mrs. McNeill. Social events include Edna Lacore Ballheim’s engagement party, Mrs. Schoon’s surprise birthday, and a Mother's Day observance with bouquets. Mark Ballheim wed Edna Mae Lacore. the couple reside in Monticello after a short wedding trip with Ballheim directing the Now Process Laundry unit.
A Monticello library list presents recommended children books for pre schoolers by the American Library Association. selections include Mother Goose Little Black Sambo Tale of Peter Rabbit and more while new adult titles feature The Greene Murder Case and The Crime in the Crypt.
A roof fire struck the Andrew Guhler residence yesterday afternoon. Two fire companies responded and extinguished the blaze with chemical extinguishing agents. Damages are estimated at about $50.
Student report cards were handed out after six weeks of exams. Final exams will occur in early June. The junior class set May 10 for their annual banquet and are planning a junior senior prom in the Sacred Heart auditorium after the banquet.
The tenth local note promotes Bayer Dust as a low cost additive for corn. Farmers are urged to try it for a few cents per acre, touting it as beneficial for crop insurance. Available at Stuhlers Seed Department.
Miss Helen Reindahl 15, a Monticello High School sophomore, was struck by an approaching car after stepping into its path on a main highway in Oregon Wisconsin. She fractured her skull and remained unconscious at a Madison hospital after the incident last Monday.
The date for the joint court of honor with Anamosa is Tuesday May 15 at the scout cabin in Wapsipinicon state park. All scouts officials committee men and dads are invited. A scout supper and outdoor cooking may precede the ceremony which begins at 7 30 p m. Moving pictures will be shown with a small portable projector. Our local court will meet next week to examine candidates for honors at the Anamosa meeting. The Pine Hollow hike last Saturday was interesting and another hike may be planned if weather and roads permit possibly Friday evening with an overnight stay. Call 166 East Side Yard to arrange Curtis screens and screen doors.
Mail carrier Fred Matheson captured first in Hopkinton last night in an old-time fiddlers contest. Officials note his surprising depth of music and plan to enter the Monticello event coming soon.
With last winter snows fading the notice urges sowing lawn grass seed. It advertises a complete line of straight and mixed seeds and a shade variety along with the scientific lawn food Vigoro to ensure growth.
Frank L Story, auctioneer, advertises farm sales as a specialty and offers real estate, merchandise, and pedigreed stock sales. Encourages writing or calling for dates and provides a phone contact in Olim, Towa.
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