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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1920

Page

4

What Happened to Jones Play at Monticello High

Senior class play What Happened to Jones is staged in the Monticello opera house on Wednesday May 26. The plot centers on Jones disguising himself as a bishop to avoid detection after a prize fight incident. Proceeds fund high school needs and graduation events follow on May 27 with twenty three seniors listed across college preparatory and normal training tracks.

Jones Opera House Ebenzer Goodly Marjorie Richard Bishop Ballaret Australia America Ibenezer Cissy Ebenzer Monticello High School Bissie Avis Alcorn Vernon FE Brazelton Robert C. Cushman Edwin A. Fitzsimmons Myron K. Hubbard Alice Elizabeth Johnson Lloyd E. King Dora Alberta Kettlitz Edward T. Machart Winefred Blaine Reed Saraphine Mildred Schweitzer Hazel Blanche Shover Alva J. Siebels Florence Mae Skelley Esther Jean Swift Norman O. Wilson Gertarde Rebi Hdna GC Ahraken Matilda Loretta Crim Mary Heyen M. Adele Huls Selma Letta Stadtmuller Monti Eye Monticello Monticello Opera House

Jones County Supervisors Hear Resignations and Appointments

Jones county Iowa board on May 6 1920 accepted the resignation of J J Locher as Monticello Justice of the Peace and appointed H H Locher to fill the vacancy. It approved road patrol contracts for six men, ordered road machinery purchases, and reviewed bonds for township officials and patrolmen. The session approved soldiers exemption for 1919 taxes and funded final payment for Wyoming memorial property. It planned tax adjustments and fund transfers and closed with auditing claims and a note on Independence schools graduation May 27.

Anamosa Iowa Board of Supervisors Jones County Kruse Bodenhofer Streeper Watt Hughes J. J. Locher City of Monticello H. H. Locher J. A. L. Larson Jackson Fairview Cass Delbert McVey Castle Grove Wayne Lovell Richland Scotch Albert J. Burda Oxford Junction Wyoming Madison Hale Billis McConaughy Rome Greenfield C. & Calkins G. C. T. Foley Scotch Grove Austin Western Road Machinery Co Andrew Watt Cass Township Wm. Flaherty Bridge Ware A. L. Larson C. T. Foley A. J. Burda Ellis McConaughy Calkins Joseph H. Rogers Soldiers’ Memorial Hal Henry Kettlesen State of Hines Roguarty BaCe Tor

Think You Can Win If You Think You Can

Motivational verses emphasize mindset over strength. The piece argues success starts with belief, urging readers to think big, stay confident, and persevere to win, noting many failures come from self-doubt and underestimation. The author signs as The Sabean.

Sabean

Notice to Contractors for Monticello curb work 1920

The city of Monticello Iowa invites sealed bids by May 31 1920 7:30 p m for furnishing 12600 feet of curb and 120 feet of curb only including labor and materials on Huckeye Warvel Railroad Clark Washington Centre Grand Second and Orange streets. Bonds and certified checks required with bids. Work starts within 15 days of award and must finish in 60 days. Four year guarantee. City Clerk J Northrop and Treasurer K Hoag info provided.

Couity Council City of Monticello Huckeye Warvel Railtoad Clark Washington Centre Grand Second Orange Iowa Hoag J. Northrop Mont

Notice of Culvert Setting and Coal Bids in Jones County

Bids are invited until noon May 28 1920 for twenty two concrete box culverts in Jones County Iowa. Plans may be viewed at the county auditor or engineer with inquiries to the county engineer Anamosa. Also bids due May 28 for coal shipments to the courthouse jail and county home including three cars of soft coal for furnace and one car of hard coal for the court house.

Jones County Anamosa Iowa Board of Supervisors of Court House Wll Lee van Kirk

Many Prominent Men Endorse Tanlac Across the Nation

Prominent figures including mayors judges bankers and ministers publicly praise Tanlac and recount personal health improvements. Dr O T Edwards of Fayetteville Georgia and ex-sheriff Archie R Anderson of Harris County Texas cite dramatic relief from indigestion rheumatism and other ailments. Local dealers in Monticello Olin and Oxford Junction report sales and endorsements continue.

Supreme Court Ot. Edwards Fayetteville, Ga Georgia Archie R. Anderson Harris County Texas Mr. Anderson H. W. Hill South Pittsburg Tenn Tennessee Tanlac G. W. de Lua Perriere Winder Elmer Morris Dover W. A. Wood Central Graded Schools Winder, Ga Cc. C. Gooper Georgia Home Cotton Oil Co Lawrenceville 8. S. Shepard Atlanta George Samuel Riley Macon C. G. Lavender Williamson County W. H. Brown Charlotte Ave Nashville Tennessee Protestant Home For Girls John F. Carroll Chattahochee B. F. Whittington Rolston Court South Omaha Neb Geo. L. Bedford Gustin Bacon Manufacturing Co Kansas City James Taylor Illinois State Mine and Mineral Inspector Peoria E. G. Butler Central Baptist Church of Muskogee Okla R. W. Damon Tacoma Wash C. W Mangum Fulton County J. H. Dunn Church of Christ Spokane G. W. Kyser 9Th St Austin Monticello Wm. W. Stickford Olin McComber & McComber Oxford Junction I. A. Grimwood

Former Mayor Recommends Tanlac in Birmingham

Hon. Frank V. Iivans former Mayor of Birmingham and ex editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald endorses Tanlac. He describes years of gas tritis indigestion and constipation with chest pains headaches and sleep disturbances. After starting Tanlac he reports relief after the first doses and calls his recovery the talk of Birmingham.

Tanlac Frank V. Iivans Birmingham Evans Alabama South Theirmingham Age-Herald

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