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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1931

Page

8

Wyoming Alumni Banquet Celebrates Garden Themed Evening

The Wyoming high school alumni association held its annual banquet in Memorial hall with 86 attendees. The event featured a garden theme with flowers, candlelight, and yellow rose decor. Reginald Morse performed on piano, and speeches by Jessi Koch and others highlighted the program.

Alumni Association Wyoming High School Memorial Hall Reginald Morse Platner Jessie Guthrie Koch Robert Alden Leslie Fishwild Clinton Gardens Gerald Kruse Hale Rock Gardens My Lady's Bower Mary Pealer Platner Edith Morse Supt. A Webber Marvin Holst Onslow Frances Franks Wyoming Amelia Bates Shaffer Laura Eichhorn Fishwild Lyle Tompkins Edward Holub Auxiliary of the American Legion Anne McDonald Charlotte Hansen Jane Inglis George McDonald Center Junction William Chamberlain Cleveland Viola Luckstedt Will Luckstedt Miss Luckstedt Chillicothe Business College Chillicothe Vern Westphal Marvin Levsen Roy Schwab Fay Hanold Gladys Marshall Board of Education Henry Fishwild Benjamin F. Schwartz Muscatine E. L. Crippen Evangelical Church of Cole Jones County American Legion Davenport Royal Neighbors of America Maude Carlson Coal Valley

Farmers' Mutual creamery pays 27c butterfat top patrons

The Sand Spring creamery reports April butterfat payments with top patron P. J. Kurt at 219.23 dollars and Roy Slauson 189.14. Averages hit 93.3 for A and P quality scoring. several patrons urged to improve cream quality. Community notices follow with social visits, hospital news, and local moves.

Farmers' Mutual Creamery Sand Spring P. J. Kurt Roy Slauson Weber and Gestel Henry Becker Nick Wilgenbusch G. C. Mardorf Puetz Lang Smith and Egzer Mr. McKenzie J. H. Smith Lou King Joe Miller John McVay Fred Egger Dean Morton Minburn Town Edwin Egger St. Louis Clara Arduser Mercy Monticello Plane Nick Knapp Joe Knapp Cascade Herman Welter Henry Eilers Frank Wilson Buck Creek Lester Wilson Ryan Dave Wilson Rev. Duckett W. H. Behrends Leo Smith Dyersville Leslie Bright Joyce Stanley Bright Galen Hein Claude Slauson Free Welter Edward Cox Baby W. M. Moser Colesburg Glenn Eilers Louis Heiken Fred Leese Clinton Ray Chaplin

Prairieburg News Notes and Local Visits

Prairieburg William Broz, superintendent of the public school for the coming year, was calling here Thursday of the past week. Mrs. Tony Christie of Cedar Rapids was a visitor Thursday and Friday. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Flockhart of Minneapolis, visiting here, spent Sunday at the Park DeLancey home in Central City. Mr. and Mrs. A. Floyd and Mrs. N. L. Floyd called at the Whitiney home in Coggan, Sunday. Mrs. George Knott is taking chiropractic treatment at Anamosa. Bohoo closed here the past week. Bupt. and Mrs. Johnston returned.

Katherine Bronson Maeek W. E. Briggs Mary Minneapolis Calkins Homestead Miss Gaard Radcliffe J. W. Morse Grizelda Howard Gee Hubbard Monmouth Order of the Eastern Star Hopkinton Rev Meee Galena Mildred Vaughn East Main Street George Ireland Irelands Langworthy Ireland C. M. and Farm Bureau A Hopkinton Johnston Thayer Roy Truesdell Wyoming Whitney Coggan Ed Burlingham Effie Whitney J. Benson Burlington Dysart William Broz Tony Christie Cedar Rapids H. B. Flockhart Park DeLancey Central City A. Floyd N. L. Floyd Whitiney George Knott

Township Visitor and Local Medical Updates

Wayne Township resident Gerd Meinerts visited Rev. Willms at his home last Friday and Saturday, being the reverend’s nephew. George Zimmerman traveled to Cedar Rapids last Tuesday for nasal surgery, while Mary Huelts recovers from appendicitis at Anamosa Mercy Hospital and hopes to return home soon.

Gerd Meinerts Willms Mr. Meinerts George Zimmerman Cedar Rapids Mary Huelts Anamosa Mercy Hospital

Anamosa Eureka Highlights Bridge Paving Progress

The Davenport company will finish paving the south end of the new bridge today and begin north end work with good weather likely to wrap up next week. Plates for 1932 auto licenses are being made at the reformatory and samples sent to county treasurers. Senator Cole’s contact reports Herbert Gee of Anamosa has passed West Point entrance exams and will report July 1 after earlier Iowa City ROTC leadership.

Davenport Greenwalt Cyrenus Cole Herbert Caran Gee H. H. Gee West Point Gee Anamosa University of Iowa Rep. Cole Iowa City Cass Township Zimmerman Corner Cass Center Sam Stover Castle Grove Township Monticello Knake M. J. Golden Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Clinton Government Parcel Post E. M. Condit Daytona Beach Florida Bride Funeral Home D. M. Beggs Condits Condit Shaw, Schoonover & Co Europe Three Continents

Inside Information for the Busy Housewife

Practical tips for furniture protection on linoleum noting use of rests under casters. Culinary notes describe summer celery varieties and preparation for salads. Cherry and fruit salad ideas include pits, stuffing with cream or cottage cheese, and lettuce serving. Garden posture guidance links kneeling work to upright technique and reduces fatigue during pruning and watering.

Fifty Seven Varieties Joke Highlights Economic Ailments

At the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce sessions, speakers compare global economic woes to a well known canner’s pickles, noting many ailments as the world faces diverse financial issues.

Waterloo International Chamber of Commerce

Mystery of the Chevalier St George Identity Explored

The article recounts the historical puzzle of the Chevalier St George, modernly James Francis Edward Stuart, detailing the birth rumors, the substitution tale brought by Frances Shaftoe, and the Oglethorpe sisters intertwined in a disputed claim to the British throne. The case, though widely debated, remains unresolved.

William and Mary Chevallier St. George Dauphin France James Ord Chevalier St. George Duke of York Charles II James II Wome England James Mary William of Orange James Francis Edward Stuart Bonnie Prince Charlie Theophilus Ogiethorpe Theophilus Anne Eleanor William Eleanor Olethorpe Lady Oglethorpe Frances Sharne Frances Shaftoe Prince James Lady Oxlethorpe London Anne Oglethorpe Miss Oglethorpe Shaftee Wheeler Syndicate

Fire Engine on Tracks Aboard Duluth Street Railway

A historic fire department unit has run on street railway tracks at Park Point across the United States ship canal from Duluth. For 25 years a trolley car fire engine has answered alarms as a unique service born after a boathouse fire caused $62,000 in losses. The city pays the streetcar company $380 monthly for track use, and the tram crew comprises two firefighters and a motorman.

Park Point United States Ship Canal Duluth

Quotable Observations on Critics and Youthful Growth

A reflective comment by Atchison Alobe critiques harsh scolding of young people. The verse notes that most nicknamed offenders mature into wholesome women and questions why criticism persists as obnoxious conditions fade with time.

Atchison Alobe

Tea party chimpanzees disrupt cage in uproar

Many observers saw chimpanzees gather around a table behaving like humans with cups and saucers. A coconut tossed into the scene triggered a sudden melee as monkeys pelted each other with crockery, prompting keepers to intervene and end the tea party.

Grim Curiosities in London Medical Museum

London’s medical museum at the Royal College of Surgeons houses skulls from ages and criminals such as Eugene Aram Turrell and the Irish giant Charles O’Bryan. It features a war room of wounds, historic specimens, and eerie displays including Napoleon’s intestine fragments and the exaggerated tale of Martin Van Buren's minimized body.

London Nowerlor Dot Tanter England Medical Museum The Royal College of Surgeons Lincoln Pleldss Secion Eugene Aram Turrell Charles O'Bryan Ghint Robert Braces John Cavint Napoleon Martin van Baeheth Martin

Whisky Origins Told By British Chemist Francis Tate

Detroit News reports Francis Tate a British government chemist and author of Alcoholometry outlines whisky origins tracing distillation to Arabs. He notes English whisky named Usque hagh in the twelfth century, predating Scottish usage by about 190 years, with monks pioneering the industry as doctors.

Francis Tate Great Britain England Scotland Detroit News

Delphic Oracle's Pythia Priestess at Mount Parnassus

The Delphic Oracle centered on the Pythia priestess who sat on a tripod over a crevice on Mount Parnassus. Supposed divine vapors were believed to influence her utterances, recorded by priests as verses, in Delphi Greece once known as Pytho in Homeric stories.

Pythia Mount Parnassus Apollo Delphi Phocis Greece Pytho

Viking Empire Clues Linger in Baltic Island Ruins

Archaeologists in Sweden and Latvia discuss evidence of a Danubian era Viking influence in Gotland and Oland. Finds include Roman glassware, coins, and large halls underpinning theories of early trade links and migration patterns occurring before the ninth century.

Stockholm Riga WIA Riel Sweden Gotoland Balle Sea Ohuwnd Gothland John Niisen Wheer Stavar the Great Trajanus Phodrianus Marcus Auredus Cristina

Chicago seeks both party conventions next year

The report notes Chicago aims to host both presidential conventions next year, signaling confidence after years of gangsters and crime, with little concern from Democrats or Republicans. Boston Transcript remarks on a Reno divorce said to be quick, implying a hasty end to a troubled relationship.

Macaulay Sioux City Journal Chicago

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