Monticello Education Bond Proposal Faces Public Scrutiny
The Monticello school bond issue of 250000 for a new elementary building is argued as essential for future schooling. The editorial notes growing enrollment, past space reshuffles, and estimates that annual payments around 15000 with a 4.9 mill levy would fund 20 year bonds, urging residents to vote yes and oversee tax impacts.
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Monticello
Masonic Temple
Industrial Arts
Vocational Agriculture Department
Parent-Teachers Association
Anamosa
State Tax Commission
Monticello Independent School District
Wales Addition
Decorah
Chamber of Commerce
C of C
By The Way Concerning Monticello And Other Places
A local column notes readers solved a puzzle quickly and announces stationery prizes. It recalls a rain benefiting Monticello and Decorah area farms, comments on school bond debates in Decorah, and mentions a Fishing Derby at Swan Lake plus town news on street cleanups and scratch pad paper drives.
Subject Of The Great Kidnap Mystery Identified
Kate Maurice presents a reminiscence about a century old Monticello resident claimed to be kidnapped by adventurous youths led by Andy Peak. The piece frames a mystery tied to an elderly survivor known as The Chief, recounting community ties and a long, sympathetic history.
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Monticello
Andy
Andy Peak
Rufus Smith
Rice Twins
Rufus
Dan
Mattie Leichardt
Mary Varvel
Lillie Babbe
Nettie
Anna Smith
Uncle Dan
Maggie
Mattie
Clara Wales
Mandy Babbe
Mary
Code Barlock
American Legion
Jones County
Delphian Club
Kate Maurice
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Charles Hinchcliffe
Helen
Margaret Peters
Baldwin
Lou Ehrisman
Mrs
Cap Arduser
Galen Hein
Jeanne Cox
Barbara Nagel
Earlville
Ed Cox
Lee Ireland
Thomas Park
Marion
William Tuetken
William Ketelsen
Springville
Ketelsen
Earl Keegan
Ben Walderbach
Ryan
Paul L. Kurt
Barbara Guyan
C. H. Kemler
Marshalltown Way
Swan Lake
Express
Tom George
Washington
Leo Kiburz
Rantoul, Ill
Raymond Coyle
Harold Yeoman
Willard Yeoman
Minneapolis, Minn
Monticello Express
Monticelle
Eapness
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