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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1928
Page
8
A long list of social visits and events from Richland area families centers on Monticello connections. Dinners, parties, and visits at the homes of Hein Buol Wismeter Ely and others mark a busy week with birthdays weddings and parish activities noted alongside school and church events.
Cascade Miss Ella Noonan and Chris Anglin were married at St. Patrick's church Garry Owen on Tuesday April 27 at 8 20. Rev D P Mulcahy performed the ceremony with Miss Helen Boyle of Mason City and Leonard Anglin of Chicago as attendants. The bride wore a tea rose romaine gown with Ophelia roses and sweet peas and a pearl necklace a gift from the bride. The bridesmaid wore rose beige and carried a corsage.
Scotch Grove parishioners enjoyed an auto themed social at the Presbyterian church last Friday with refreshments labeled as spare tires and puncture proof candy. Five dessert stations and automobile related games entertained as Mrs Long led activities. Memorial Day plans were discussed at a May 14 meeting, with local families visiting from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
Mrs. F. D. Sinclair will present Edgar Guest, Mrs. George Long discusses Carrie Jacobs Bond, and Miss Esther Sinclair gives a brief Madame Schumann-Heink history. The evening includes opening and closing music, a business meeting, refreshments, and social hour. Car of white salt on track near Center Junction at 60c per hundred both off car and delivered. Farmers Grain Co. Center Junction. Dr. A. M. Maurice of Monticello was a professional caller in Scotch Grove Wednesday. W. B. Clark is improving and is now able to be around the house.
Onslow Dr Smith and Mrs Smith traveled to Iowa City on business. Several residents are ill with pneumonia or related issues while others attended calls and church services. A dance, club meetings, and school events plus a Passion Play trip are noted alongside upcoming commencement activities for 1928.
Local youths from St Joseph Church are set to perform on stage Sunday evening May 20. The week’s social and family visits include Louis Holub and wife traveling to Oakdale for work, and Mrs N L Floyd visiting Central City for a Sunday service. May Day activities were rescheduled to Tuesday in the school yard. Mrs Lon Shaw heads to Iowa City for treatment Tuesday. Dr and Mrs H Dolan and children visited Sunday along with Adam Flockhart family and Eva Shaffer of Anamosa visiting DeLancey home.
The Anamosa high school graduation will be held at the Grand on Thursday May 24. County officials including Auditor Rockstad J W Conmey and County Attorney C B Paul met in Dubuque with the county board to discuss the Cascade drainage project and will reconvene Friday. Mr and Mrs W H Symons celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary. he is a Civil War veteran and G A R member. New hires include John Reusser as high school principal and Miss Mary Leech as music teacher replacing resignations.
Iowa State college reports indicate bud damage from April cold spells risks a small yield though prices may rise. Pomologist T. J. Maney notes regional variation with southwestern and central Iowa hardest hit while southeastern and northern areas fairer. Proper pollination likely limited. careful care could still secure a decent market for those with crops.
Dorothy Frooks humorously argues men display weakness through the neckties their wives choose, a recurring comic point in her column reflecting gendered fashion norms of the era.
Dr Henry Albert urges daily milk intake while warning milk can carry diseases if not properly heated. He promotes pasteurization, noting it kills germs though it preserves most nutrients, and stresses cleanliness and safe handling from farm to table.
A Iowa State College analysis of 1927 accounts from 82 north central farmers across Story Webster Hamilton Hancock O Brien and Palo Alto counties finds the 20 best paying farms averaged a net management return of 1841 dollars while the 20 poorest lost 1044 dollars. The top group outperformed in corn oats hogs dairy and eggs with higher yields and efficiency per man. The 20 best managed 92.5 acres per man and produced more livestock value and egg output, confirming better management drives profit over luck.
The Bible remains the top seller while the Boy Scout Handbook is said to rank next in volume of sales. A latest revision copy was given to President Coolidge for the White House library. The handbook features woodcraft, outdoor lore, signs and symbols, and guides youth toward action and reflection through the outdoors.
A compact home guide offers advice on preserving foods with water-bath and pressure canning, pre-baking rhubarb pies, serving onions on toast, making strawberry cream sauce, jelly ratios, lemon stain removal, proper baby shoe choices, string bean prep, shoe care to prevent mildew, and a hopeful note on a man's bright near future.
The Muscatine Journal urges against exchanging Governor Hammill for uncertainties and selfish personal interests. It commends his clean, decent administration and forward looking state leadership.
Dr L J Swift general practice with office in the Burrichter building. Phone 236.
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