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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1928

Page

4

St Johns Ey Lutheran Church Notes and Service Schedule

St Johns Ey Lutheran Church notes list English services at 10 45 and Trinity at 9 am Sunday school cancelled this Sunday. Pastor Gutknecht and Elder Winkler attend Ursinus Classis conference in Ledyard. Ladies Aid meets June 7 at Mrs Andy Steiners home. Presbyterian Church notices list Sunday services June 3 with 10 am Sunday school 11 am worship and a sermon on The Unchanging Christ. Union evening service at 8 pm features Rev Albert E Coe. first summer union service urged for all members.

St. John's Ey Paul T. Gutknecht Trinity R. Winkler Ledyard Ursinus Classis Ladies’ Aid Society Andy Steiner Presbyterian Church Leonard Duckett Christian Endeavor Albert E. Coe

Reasons for Eradicating Pollution of Streams

Various reasons are given by diverse individuals for correcting stream pollution. Health concerns dominate, but farm animals, nuisance, recreation, taste of fish, and oxygen depletion also factor in. The relative importance of each varies by stream type and intended water uses.

Iowa

Sunday Services Schedule with Rev. A. E. Coe

The notice lists Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. worship and sermons at 11:00 a.m. Young People's Hour at 6:00 p.m. A union service will be held at 8:00 p.m. in the Presbyterian church with Rev. A. E. Coe delivering the sermon.

Presbyterian Church A. E. Coe

Church schedule and summer school notices

Sunday school at 9 45 a m English services at 10 30 a m Choir practice Friday evening at 7 30 Luther League meets Sunday evening at 7 45 Summer school begins Monday June 4 with daily sessions from 8 30 to 11 30 a m Encourage parents to enroll children for religious instruction.

Luther League

Summer union services begin with time changes

Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. Epworth League at 7:00 p.m. Union service at the Presbyterian church at 8:00 p.m. This week starts the summer series of union services. A note announces the evening time changes and invites all to attend.

Epworth League The Presbyterian Church

Annual Mission Festival Services In German and English

Sunday school starts at 9 45 am with Rev Mathias of Anamosa as forenoon speaker. Service at 11 am in German. Free dinner in the church basement. Afternoon speakers Rev Arbelger of Wyoming and Rev Greaning of Manchester. Services in both languages. All invited.

Mathias of Anamosa Arbelger Wyoming Greaning Manchester

Delegates Named for Jones County Primary Elections

George J. Van Buren announces precinct delegate counts for Jones county ahead of the primary. Voters will write in names on ballots to elect the listed delegates representing each precinct, including wards, townships, towns, and townships such as Anamosa wards and Monticello divisions.

George J. van Buren Republican County Central Committee Jones County Anamosa Cass Township Castle Grove Township Center Junction Clay Township Fairview Township Greenfield Township Hale Township Jackson Township Lovell Township South Madison Monticello 1St Ward Monticello Morley Onslow Oxford Township East Richland West Richland Rome Township Scotch Grove Stone City Washington Township Wayne Township Wyoming Township

Natural Reason Why Most Gamblers Lose

Dr. Georgy A. Lupser argues self-control distinguishes winners from losers in gambling. A disciplined gambler quits when tired or after losses, while lacking self-control leads to bluster, whining, or fight, revealing that all are natural gamblers yet not all are wise at risk.

Georgy A. Lupser Fluiman Aoman Wei

Reason and Instinct In Human Life by John Burroughs

Burroughs contrasts conscious reason with instinct in ordinary life calling reason an artificial light not aligned with nature. He notes humans vary in reasoning ability while lower animals and plants show inborn tendencies guiding behavior.

John Burroughs

Thorough Training Shapes a Great Writer

A father fosters his son by sending him worldwide to learn through experience. The son's first book titled Her Passionate Tour profits from this education, illustrating how practical exposure builds storytelling skill and ambition.

Tie Ireland South Sea Islands Elline Dlaoston Globe

Apologetic Man’s Folly Becomes Public Mockery

A satirical sketch from the Muncie Evening Press portrays a suave but penniless con artist who bronzes his image while failing to exchange a $10 gold piece. A sharp grocer exposes the scam as the apologist’s clothes reveal poverty, and the punchline notes the preacher’s line that he had no enemies in the world after a life of deceit.

Finnncier Cyn Eoin Muncie Hvening Oman Dili Ptuts Pte

Old Man Wilbaugh statue in Golden Valley

A Montana native recalls winter cold and a statue of pioneer cattle king Old Man Wilbaugh in Golden Valley. The tale notes his hands in his pockets as he stands across the plains he loved, with a humorous twist on the cold season.

Montana Wilbaugh Galden Valley Harry Daniel Thrift Magazine

French Sailors Training Near Paris Offer Sea Skills

Training for French sailors takes place three hours from Paris by train with courses on deck engine room duties. A marine school in Paris promotes the French equivalent of Join the Navy and See the World, as professors grade papers overlooking the Seine and river traffic.

Paris Seine

Longest recorded snake reaches 30 feet in Germany shipment

A colossal python captured in Malaysia and shipped to Hamburg died on arrival. Dr. Arthur Irwin of the Philadelphia Zoological Society measured the carcass at just over 30 feet long and about 800 pounds. The species Python re dentatus is noted as the largest serpent.

Malaysia Metpark Hamburg Germany Arthur Irwin Philadelphia Zootegion) Society Naine

Sardine Industry in Vigo Scala Dominates Exports

The Vivo district provides about a quarter of global sardine output. In 1918 exports reached 1,017,000 cases of 100 Gis each, with an estimated value near $1,000,000.

Vigo Scala Vivo

Rulers Kept Early Hours Says History of Leaders

The piece recounts how Francis Joseph I rose at four and slept at eight, while Frederick the Great began at five and William I started at seven. Bismarck preferred eight o'clock meetings, then worked late until four and slept till ten, illustrating rulers’ strict early schedules.

Francis Joseph Frederick de Great Willam I Hus Bismarck Sovereien

Flint Axes Unearthed In Sweden Treasure Pit

Workmen uncovered a 4500 year old hoard of gray flint axes hidden in a gravel pit in Soedermanland Sweden. The peddler trader appears to have traveled from southern Sweden and died before reclaiming his stock of axes. This find is hailed as the best of its kind in the region with ongoing discoveries across Sweden.

Seedermanland Sweden Soedermanland Kansas City Star

Lengthy Babbacombe murderers failed hanging in 1884

The case of John Lee the Babbacombe murderer is described with its failed hangings on November 12, 1884, and February 23, 1885, at Exeter jail. The scaffold dropped failed thrice due to wooden planks swelling from rain, leading to halted execution and later imprisonment. Public superstition and rumors surrounding supernatural intervention surrounded the events.

John Lee Babbacombe Miss Keyse Exeter Lee Home Secretary

Tuning Bells From Hammer to Modern Cutter

An English clergyman first noted bells rarely stay in tune and that tuning can be done if bell remains in tune with itself. Early tuning used hammer and chisel and a file, shrinking a Norfolk tenor bell by three quarters of an inch in diameter. Modern foundries use a revolving cutter near the crown, guided by a tuning fork to reach correct pitch.

Norfolk England Hell

Youths and their study habits at the thesis desk

An excerpt from Bookman describes a male student at work on a thesis as a relaxed routine: strolling to the library, chatting with a reserve desk clerk, requesting a philosophy book, settling into a comfortable chair, counting pages, reading sparingly, then a subdued chat with the nearby student.

Idle reporters rush to the hottest spot

A fragmented quotation notes that lazy reporting aims for the most sensational place, criticizing journalistic speed over accuracy and suggesting Abbe Lacordaire would favor direct, plain truth.

Spar from Perry era battleship unearthed on Lake Erie shore

A ten foot wooden spar inscribed Perry 1812, believed from Commodore Perry's fleet, was dug from a Lake Erie shore bed near a summer home. Cleveland and Pittsburgh businessmen recovered it with help from L A Wells and J S Van Epps, noting Lake Erie debris drifts from all parts of the lake.

Lake Erte

Americans Blamed for Display of Money

Critics in the city denounce Americans for cramming crumpled banknotes into pockets and flashing wealth. One objector says the display signals contempt for money and influences others to imitate the flamboyant gesture of pulling out handfuls of bills with mixed denominations.

Whalebone Bristles Gain Use in Brushes

Whalebone once common in corsets now serves mainly as bristles in hair and other brushes.

Pity the Woman Artist Says Edith Sitwell on Treatment of Creators

The quotation laments how good women artists face harsher judgment than men. It argues that being a skilled artist, especially a woman, is hardly respectable today and evokes a cruel contrast with the romanticized view of sufferers in colonies. The voice criticizes societal double standards.

Leper Ccolony Sumatra Edith Sitwetl

Monticello Train Schedule for C M St P P trains

Public timetable lists Monticello station arrivals and departures for passenger and freight trains of the C M St P P. Key notes include connections at Delaware for Dubuque and at Oxford Junction for Chicago and east, with additional linkages to Omaha and westbound routes.

Monticello Station Delaware Dubuque Oxford Junction Chicago Marion Omaha

Eggs and found items offered for sale and return

8S. C. White Leghorn eggs for sale from Tom Barron strain at $3 per 100. John F. Null contact in Monticello, Iowa. A gold wrist watch lost, Montauk model, and four yards of print piece goods. Item return policy promises no questions if found items are returned to Mrs. Chris Decker Jr. with phone 43-F-3.

Tom Barron John F. Null Monticello Towa Chris Decker, Jr RICE S. ©. W. Leghorn Barron England Jamesway Pleasant Knoll Hatchery Hospital Iowa

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