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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1934

Page

8

Greatest Tiger Lion Act To Be At World's Fair

Allen King the daring animal trainer will perform with 33 lions and tigers in a steel cage at the Century of Progress exposition. The act, staged in a grand open arena, will run four to five times daily with Estrella Nelson guiding elephants between shows. The project is Standard Oil of Indiana’s paid advertising centerpiece, featuring a lakefront amphitheater dubbed the Red Crown Cage of Fury. The animals are in training in Peru Indiana and will move to Chicago a week before opening day May 26.

Coliseum Allen King King Estrella Nelson Standard Oil Company of Indiana Leif Erickson Drive Peru Chicago

Center Junction May events cap busy graduation week

Center Junction plans include baccalaureate at the Methodist church on Sunday May 13 at 8 p.m. Rev Goodrick to speak. Senior class play Yimmie Yonson's Job scheduled for May 15 at 8 p.m. at the high school auditorium. May 17 commencement exercises with Mr Scovill of Clinton as speaker. Also Mother’s Day services and a series of clubs and community events described, plus numerous local notices and hospitalities.

Center Junction High School Methodist Church Goodrick Mendelssohn Bach Marie Serbousek Pauline Prahm Wilma Jackson Yimmie Yonson Yimmie Ernie Blohm Mrs. Kent Holyce Stingley Mr. Kent Junior Alyea Belle Kent Mildred Mead Sylvia Kent Wynona Kleineck Peg Elizabeth James Kitty Ruth Hansen Frank Maurice McNeilly Micky Lloyd Moats Pal Merlin Dreibelbis G. Vander Stoep Mr. Scovill of Clinton Holace Stingley New School House Presbyterian Church Dvorak Meredith Paul Smith Offertoire M. Hauser

Tragic Gas Poisoning Swing Ends Life Of Wyoming Woman

Mrs Elia Mallicoat 71 of Wyoming dies Saturday noon from coal gas in home of Mrs Rhoda Carter 95 near Anamosa. Carter, who was unconscious, is in serious condition. Mallicoat cared for Carter. both lived alone. Son finds no activity and both women found unconscious. Gas from smouldering coal stove. Mallicoat, Ohio native and widow of James Alfred Mallicoat, survived by two sons Hugh Monmouth and Russell Wyoming. Funeral Monday afternoon at Russell’s home. Burial in Wyoming cemetery.

Elia Mallicoat Wyoming Rhoda Carter Antioch Anamosa Florence Westphal Marilyn Herzberger Fred Luckstead Luella Pankow June Thomson H. Groening Everready Club Florence Stout Dillon Story Claude Sears John von Sprecken Leon Coleman Midland Homemakers Club Don Wherry Ada

Golden Wedding Anniversary Noted in Hopkinton

Hopkinton residents Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Smith celebrate their golden wedding on May 1 at home. Their son Andy, and Peter Koob of Cascade also marked fifteenth anniversaries. A large list of relatives and friends attended with several social events noted.

J. D. Smith Hopkinton Andy Smith Peter Koob Cascade Mrs. Smith Harry Andy Ray Farlay Wiliam Balsiger Herbert Etta Behrends Monticello W. H. Behrends Sand Spring Glenn Speck Ethelyn Ray Murray Glenn Dethborn Grace Clarence Smith Worthington J. P. Smith Will Smith Dubuque Ray Smith Peter A. Koob R. W. Burrow Earlville Joe Fleckenstein Anamosa Henry Fleckenstein Dyer Presbyterian Church Cascade Community Kensington Club J. R. Kirkwood William Hermann Manchester Lily .Neil Marshall Neil Agnes Marshall de Gearhart Ross D. Firentine Lows

State music contest and community notes from Wyoming Iowa

The item lists a state music contest in Iowa City on Saturday and a Wyoming barn to be built by E S Pealer and crew on the Elias Anderson farm, replacing a burned structure. It covers local residents including new editor H C McConaughy, Royal Neighbors meeting plans, parishioner visits, club activities, and social notes from May, with various names and places across Wyoming and nearby areas.

Iowa City E. S. Pealer Elias Anderson Wyoming H. C. McConaughy Minnie Lewis McConaughy Wyoming Journal Royal Neighbors Woodmen Hall E. Carnell Wilson Fanny Cromwell Wilsons Wyoming Presbyterian Church W. B. Scarcliff Oe Scarclif Davis Findley Brown John Chicago W. J. Beckwith Henry Westphal Sr Peter Fredericksen Fred Westphal Anna Carstensen E. F. Hodoval Ila Harrington Dorothy Marshall Mary Platner

Sam Thompson Seeks State Representative Seat

Sam J. Thompson of Center Junction runs as a Democratic candidate for state representative. He has lived in Jones County for 40 years and is an active farmer in Madison Township.

Sam J. Thompson Center Junction Jones County Madison Township

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Standard Oil Margaret Greer Delaware County B. W. Humphrey Edna Murley Letha Rizer Ruth Johnston Gladys Pulver Odys Moore Dorthea Moore DeEtta Humphrey D. H. Johnston Colesburg R. E. Carlson Deccorah Charles Reggentine Jr Ibid Bridge Club Clio Club F. E. Allen F. B. Tibbitts Thomas William Edgar Isabelle Wendell W. J. Kirkwood Kathryn Joyce Preston Catherine Thompson Allen LeCle Self Dunkerton Epworth Springville Parkersburg Fredericksburg Monona Nashua Olin Central City Marion Connecticut Iowa Bonebreak Seminary Dayton Ohio New York University Agnes McNeill Catherine Martin Lexington Inl Harold Self Marjorie Gray Minneapolis Elizabeth Virginia Dunkerton Methodist Church Arthur Young F. A. Baker Cedar Falls Mount Vernon J. N. Smith Mabel Toiriuueen Harley Bulgren Maude Duncan Russell Anderson Jane Westphal Albert Manuel Julius Westphal Bridge Club Peter Prahm Presbyterian Ladies Robbie Elmer Andrews R. S. Robbie Carrie Preas Verne Serbousek Norris Waggoner George McDonald J. F. Livingstone Prahm Merlin Moses Ray Sanford F. Dawes C. H. Nelson Sanford Nelson Chase Carson A. D. Serbousek James McNeilly Manuel Martens Ora Andrews Herbert Cox Eby’s Rudolph Seehusen Patricia Louise McDonald Hospital Floyd Epply Chicago Symphony Orchestra Frank Livingstone Cedar Rapids John Alexander Frank Serbousek Clarence Hinrichs B. D. Heiken J. B. Hanken August Schrader Carl] Reuter Bernice Hanken Henry Hagen Sandhill Church Wesley Hanken Omaha Hanken H. J. Dirks Gutknecht S. G. Thompson Catherine A. L Paul Paulsen Dorothy McDonald Charles Luett Ed Duncan Luett W. P. Lindauer Davenport Earl Miller Joe Ramsey A. W. Clark Ida McDonald Hoes Sylvester Plank Pennsylvania Eugene Lewis M. C. Crispin Pauline Serbousek Henry Seehusen Jr Lucile Livingstone Dwight Mathes Mathes Delia Branen Ames Joan Will Helgens P. B. Daly George O. O. Watson Amburger Oe Chase & Sanborn St. Luke’s Hospital Paul Koch Lawrence Iowa State College G. H. Goodrick Althea Luther League Ellen Overley Roy Overley Paris Academy of Beauty Des Moines Prescott John Arnold Ellen Iowa State Teachers College Epworth League M. EB Madge Stanley Brainard 8. H. Brainard Nora Opera House Orval Dawes Will Mallicoat Ella Mallicoat Mary Herzberger Keith Herzberger Roy Herzberger Eva Lou McPike Douglas Wilson Billy van Horns George Herzberger Gibraltar Europe Imperial Garden Chick” Bell Gents Ginal Vid Band Sam Thompson Bing Crosby Massey-Harris Horton Washing Machines South Bend Charter Oak Wm. G. Schoon Monticello, Iowa The
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