25 May 1933
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1933
Page
1
The Monticello Express is designated as second class matter at the Monticello Iowa post office as of November 4 1887 under the act of March 8 1879. The weekly paper is published every Thursday by editors and proprietors J W Doxsee and Chas A Doxsee.
The Beatty Bennett tax reduction bill faces criticism for enforcing a uniform state levy while local districts already trim school and local taxes. Fort Dodee’s reduced school spending is singled out as vulnerable to the new rule, risking long term disruption. The piece links Depression era strains to broad tax policy and predicts future hardship unless policy accounts for prior economies.
Des Moines Bureau of Municipal Research published a table comparing 1933 tax levies with 1931 totals. Jones county shows a 19 percent reduction, while neighboring counties report declines: Linn 19, Dubuque 11, Clinton 12, Buchanan 18, Jackson 20, Delaware 19, and Cedar 18 percent.
Dr. D I Burger of Dubuque University to deliver the 1933 commencement address at Nes Theater on March 8. Robert M. Carl aged 83, father of Mrs Daisy Stevens, dies in Tipton after living in Iowa all his life. Funeral held at Red Oak church. survived by son Lyle Carl of Minneapolis and daughter Mrs Stevens of Cedar Rapids. Fire at Town Electric plant damages a structure east of the main plant, threatening transformer racks and service to Morley and Anamosa area. fire contained with racks saved and limited damage to the substation distribution system.
Bert Ulrich a Ma pleton resident and Monona county farmer paid 14000 in cash for a 280 acre tract on the Sioux river bottoms. He says the purchase is an investment and he expects to double his money. The notice includes reading of local farm hive matters and bee related topics referenced within.
The Mahrt family in Cherokee County endures a series of misfortunes. The father underwent appendectomy, a week earlier the daughter had the same operation, and on the day she was operated on the son was badly injured in a runaway incident requiring hospital care.
Herman Schultz 65 of Crawford county near Schleswig traveled 57 years from age eight to reach Ida Grove Ida county his first visit after living within twenty miles for over half a century Interesting statistics from Washington soup kitchen manager Charles Welch show 16257 meals served at a total cost of 438.26 this winter menu includes soup coffee and bread
Lieutenant Lacy Gee and wife reach Lambert Field New York after two years in Hawaii to join a final air show before his discharge. Riverside cemetery entrance improvements by local workers as part of unemployment relief. Elm street gate torn down for rebuild on the Wapsie bridge approach. Jones county emergency relief committee notes May funds of 1850 for scrip redeemable at 190 stores. relief funds may resume via alternative means to complete ongoing projects.
The piece notes a backward spring on May 25 with corn planting not finished and plowing incomplete. It says the Secretary of Agriculture is spared the task of reducing corn acreage, and hints farmers could rent land to the government, but the overarching policy forces underproduction.
The Egyptian ministry of communications plans to spend about $100,000 in the fiscal year starting May 1, 1933, for the purchase of motor vehicles.
A fragmented list of real estate transfers and mortgage details including transfers to First Farm Land Co and Monticello properties. Notes mention specific parcels in sections 17 29 26 86 4 and related lots, mortgages of 10k to 25k, and easements with references to Monticello streets and Maquoketa River boundary lines.
Pearl Frank of Orleans in DICKINSON County keeps an albino frog as a pet. She found the odd creature near Spirit Lake. The frog is perfectly albino with yellow skin and pink eyes, a rarity even among reptiles.
Miss Pearl Lohman of Allison declines to attend the Des Moines state spelling bee after winning Lyon County honors citing crowd nerves and preference for rest. Betty Burns of Anita wins the Cass County title and will travel to Washington for the national bee. A dust storm earlier stirred Iowa towns and inspired a Audubon photographer Oscar Froklund to send a clay Texas star sculpture as a soil keepsake.
In Wallingford, Emmet County, a cash register fault led proprietors to summon Roy Burt. Behind the drawer they found checks totaling 64.10 dollars dating back to 1929. Businessmen called it the busiest day in Wallingford in some time.
Louis Burrall of Davenport, Scott County, is to serve a ten year sentence at the state penitentiary in Fort Madison after a life marked by lengthy time in corrective institutions. He has spent 14 of his 22 years in such facilities since childhood.
A sequence of youthful offenders moves from the Illinois St Charles juvenile home to Eldora reformatory, then jail in Scott county before new arrests. Louis pleads guilty and faces a decade behind bars while a West Union youth finds a thousand dollars in leaves triggering a police tale. A campus misstep at Ames State College features Powell and Miss Clay amid a lunch basket swap gone awry.
A Britt Iowa man preserves an almanac showing 19th century postal rates. A single sheet letter under 30 miles cost 6 cents, 30 to 80 miles 10, 80 to 150 miles 12 cents, over 400 miles 20 cents. ounce letters were four times. By today’s three cent rate, a one ounce letter to Denver would cost a dollar. Correspondence a century ago was a rich man's game.
Miss Elenia Ockerman of Allerton in Wayne county found six half grown garter snakes and five young snakes under a rosebush. Neighbors helped kill and dispose of the pests after the mother cat gathered them for her litter. The kittens remain on a milk diet.
In Moravia Iowa no beer permit applications have been filed and residents favor the municipal well as a source of cool water. The piece notes Moravians prefer the old town pump and claim water abundance reduces alcohol presence. A humorous local tale about a Knoxville man’s apple tree blooming after nails is included.
President Roosevelt told House leaders that revenue must be raised through tax revision to finance a 3 billion dollar public works plan. He warned that constitutional prerogatives of the House would be protected and that revenue measures must originate in the House. The administration and Senate wait for action as debates begin on tax forms and pay fund needs.
The author argues the president’s directive should have closed post office deposit windows to prevent hoarding. The post office economy collapsed as savings levels dropped, with hundreds of thousands reportedly leaving the community. The piece calls for bars to curb hoarding in this emergency.
Northwood Anchor questions why a dirt farmer is not chosen to head national farm bureaus and suggests a farm machinery manufacturer lacks practical knowledge. The piece argues educated farmers could fill such positions with honor and credit.
The piece argues Hitler's anti Jewish campaign is countered by Jewish allies across nations. It notes his need for funds and foreign loaners, and that many countries resist aiding him. It portrays a global resistance to his efforts.
Junior class hosted a garden themed banquet for seniors and faculty in the public school gym transformed with silver and orchid decor. Loretta Specht led the program with welcomes and toasts while guests enjoyed solos, a saxophone piece, and dancing to Jimmy Rick and his orchestra.
The Iowa theater hosts a three day WLS Barn Dance engagement starting Saturday May 27 featuring The Arkansas Wood Choppers Rube Tron's Orchestra Three Little Maids Square Dancers Hoo sier Sod Busters and the WLS Rangers. Decoration Day May 30 brings Howard Thurston the famous magician to perform. A 24 page World's Fair preview appears in next Sunday's Chicago Herald and Examiner. Mrs O M Miller and son Lawrence and John Breed of Anamosa visit Miss Kate Maurice Monday.
A short column notes a lengthy editorial on inflation, then quotes a department wife asking what inflation is. The piece includes fragmented lines about black and blue eyes and a vague reference to conquest, implying confusion and unclear messaging.
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