Cornell College Orchestra Opens Monticello Country Club May Evening
The Cornell college orchestra under Prof. Horace A. Miller will perform at the Monticello Country club opening next Monday night. The program features Elgar, Bizet, Liszt, Wagner and Grainger with 36 players plus concertmeister Mrs. Cumming and conductor Miller. Two local girls Miss Auffreda Reed and Miss Alice Reed are members.
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Country Club
Cornell College Orchestra
Cornell College
Monticello Country Club
Auffreda Reed
Alice Reed
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Liszt
Wagner Minnie Belle Kennedy
Felix Burowski
Cumming
Horace A. Miller
Helen Cumming
Ralph Tallman
Minnie Belle Kennedy
Helen Miller Cumming
Lucy Boyd
Beatrice Stillings
Grace Kidder
Elfreda Reed
Pauline Kenney
Opal Stearns
Jean Ferguson
Lloyd Oakland
Letha Lester
Donald Knight
Vigly
Frank Endicott
Robert Hendricks
Winifred Glass
Cummings
Mason City Globe Gazette
Waterloo Courier
Cornell College Conservatory Orchestra
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Shubert
Wagner
Borowski
Horace Alden Miller
Yale fellowship for Hunt named from Monticello connections
George A Hunt 25, son of C C Hunt of 2004 Park avenue, wins Yale graduate fellowship in bacteriology pathology and public health for next year. He earned a Coe college BS in 1922 and a Northwestern master's, now doing postgrad work at Yale. James Thomas Nielsen of Mount Vernon also earned philosophy psychology degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Yale University
Hunt
Coe College
Northwestern University
Yale
James Thome Nielsen
Mount Vernon
Cleaning and baking tips from a home care note
The text advises dipping a broom in soapy water periodically for better service, cleaning and drying thoroughly. It suggests sprinkling sugar on small sponge cakes to form a brown crust and describes chiffon care by washing in lukewarm soapy water, rinsing in warm water with sugar, and drying before ironing.
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Firestone
Spring Anomaly Notices in Georgia Peach Crop
A Minneapolis Journal blurb notes an unusual season with minimal complaints about the Georgia peach crop, signaling calm conditions despite typical concerns about spring. The brief item contrasts expected chatter with an unexpectedly quiet agricultural outlook.
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Minneapolis
Georgia
The Vassar Walks and the Chelsea Lure
Lawrence Lee recalls the Vassar walks and the allure of Vassar College amid memories of a St. Anne girl. He muses on spring violets blooming along the lake as Ilacs go out, contrasting distant Virginia with nearby New York paths and the charm of college life.
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St. Anne
St. Anne's
Vassar
Vassar Lawns
Chelsea
Times Square
Ilacs
Lawrence Lee
Monticello Public Schools Elect 26 Teachers for 1927 28
The Monticello board of education elected 26 teachers for the 1927 28 school year starting September. Names include Clyde I. Bixler as superintendent and Hattie L. Specht as high school principal and normal training critic with numerous assignments across subjects and grades. Some high school schedules may be rearranged by Superintendent Clyde I Bixler.
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Board of Education
Monticallo
Clyde I. Bixler
Monticello
Hattie L. Specht
Specht’s Ferry
Eva Sherwood
West Branch
Roseidle
Ledyard
Ethel Bamtiner
Fmaston
Illinois
Ruth Gould
Des Moines
Chloe Carson
Toledo
Joan Finlay
Marion
Marjorie Williams
Belmond
Raymond Moore
Elencor
Opal Scott
Adel
Erma Hall
Letts
Annette M. McMillan
Waterloo
Dorothy Montgomery
Cedar Rapids
Margaret
Tones
Iowa City
Mabel V. Nimtz
Sigourney
Emma Grote
van Horn
Mary Sheets
Hampton
Margery Thayer
Grettinger
June Meyer
Breda
Allee Cook
Marshalltown
Wdyth M. Bunker
Gray
Mildred Warden
Melbourne
Marion Mangold
Ryan
Helen Rehorst
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Ida Wilcox
Clyde I Bixler
Lightning and fire losses dampen Castle Grove area activity
In Castle Grove Iowa reports show two roof fires at farms near Monticello and Ryan, lightning damaged cattle across several farms in South Fork township, and losses from storms. Local bankers and tradesmen visited, with farm projects advancing as rain delayed work.
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Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
A. W. Adams
Monticello
O. F. Britt
Ryan
G. Hicks
South Fork Township
Joe Bading
D. J. Hogan
Archie Farrell
Coggan
Inglis Bros
Wyoming
Monticello State Bank
Joe Brady
Glenn Brookins
Monticello Cow
Castle Grove
F. B. Byerly
Anamosa
Enderes Company
Albert Lea
Minnesota
A P. Himebaugh
Hopkinton
Scotch Grove
Lawrence
Alva Hahn
Anna Husman
Ida Hahn
Cedar
Weather and travel notes from May 1927 local report
The brief from May 9 1927 records multiple shipments of stock butter and eggs and a alfalfa delivery. It notes a heavy rain Sunday with large hail causing bad roads. Several locals including Mrs Batchelder Egger Behrends McVay and Arduser, plus Fred Egger, RoE Chaplin and Helen Egger, motored to Monticello Dubuque Worthington and Dubuque and visits to relatives.
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J. L. Batchelder
Fred Egger
W. H. Behrends
Monticello
Mary McVay
Worthington
Orpha Garlinghouse
C. Arduser
W. OH. Behrends
Hog cholera reports surge in Eastern Iowa herds
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary association heard a high level of hog cholera across many towns including La Motte Hubbard Gilbertsville Bertram Lisbon Mason City Muscatine Eldora Burnell Princeton Bennett Durant Walcott Brighton Vinton and more. Additional infectious diseases included abortion in cattle distemper in horses influenza in horses rabies in dogs squirrels and cats and hemorrhagic septicemia in cattle with multiple towns named.
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Eastern
Towa Veterinary Association
la Motte
Hubbard
Gilbertsville
Bertram
Lisbon
Mason I City
Muscatine
Eldora
Burnell
Princeton
Bennett
Durant
Walcott
Brighton
Vinton
Independence
Eldridge
Barnes City
Waterloo
Victor
Dysart
Lost Nation
Hudson
Tama
Montour
Dixon
Disclaiming Disloyalty Claims in Burlington Gazette
The Burlington Gazette laments the unjust imputations of disloyalty leveled at citizens who share church affiliation with others. It argues there is no basis for suspicions of disloyalty among those faithful Americans who differ in faith.
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Burlington Gazette
United States
Wallace's Farmer Reflects on Wise Old Age
A reflective note praises the old man whose mind stays clear and kind. He surveys human events with calm freedom from passion, understanding that many efforts fade yet still seeks to help others.
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Wallace
Monticello Memorial Items from May 1907
May 1907 notes from The Express record births deaths marriages resignations and employment changes in Monticello and surrounding Jones county areas. Key events include deaths of Joseph McNamara and Henry Nichol. multiple local obituaries. births of several children. a June wedding planned for Ray Schaeffer and Marion Chase. and staff changes as teachers Dora Leichardt and Clara Ricklefs move to Wyoming schools.
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Express
W. A. LeClerc
Hopkinton
First National Bank of
Anamosa
Elizabeth Kehrli
Kasper Kehrli
State Hospital
Independence
Monticello
Henry Nichol
Fayette
Peter Like
P. M. Like
Jones County
Angeline Fuller
Joseph Fuller
Trippe
South Dakota
C. Brunnen
Coggan
C. Bush
Parkersburg
Charles D. Chase
George W. Stuhler
James Beatty
Richard Dawson
Loveland
Clem McLaughlin
Garry Owen
Dora Leichardt
Clara Ricklefs
Green River
Wyoming
Warner Heiken
Zion's Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Ray Schaeffer
Marion Chase
Blue Island
Illinois
Church Services and Concert Notice
Leonard Duckett announces services next Sunday at St. John's Ey Lutheran Church with Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. English services at 10:45 a.m. Trinity English at 9 a.m. Wartburg Male Chorus concert May 21 at the high school auditorium in Dubuque.
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St. John’s Ey
Luther League
Wartburg Male Chorus
Dubuque
Smith statement draws admirers but few new votes
The governors statement earns admiration and friendship yet fails to broaden support or win additional votes beyond his existing base.
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Marshalltown Times - Republican
Smith
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