Monti Triumphs 13 0 Amid Heavy Injuries At Mount Vernon
Monticello edged Mount Vernon 13 to 0 despite a spate of injuries including Vic Richardson tearing ligaments, Kenny Cox and Chris Balsiger sustaining ailments, and Field replaced by Balsiger. Hobert scored the lone touchdown with Rich arson adding the extra point as Monti battled through setbacks.
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Monticello
Mount Vernon
Vic Richardson
Kenny Cox
Chris Balsiger
Lew Cox
Hobert
Kuhns
Warriors
Jamison
Lew
Monti
Local clubs form as Field Bas siger start B C B charter group
Chuck Field and Chris Bas siger announce a new club B C B Broken Collar Bone as charter officers with no further enrollments. Red Brindley berates the referee after a stoppage delay. Tom Eden recovers a missing football shoe. Kenny Cox jokes about brains and long hair while Monticello players shine against Mount Vernon. Anamosa Monticello fans clash Friday night as Lew Cox punts well. Tickets for Anamosa Monticello game may sell out with 10 000 available.
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Chuck” Field
Chris” Bassiger
Scouts Plan Saturday Hike and Patrol Changes
Troop 49 Monti cello scouts plan a Saturday afternoon hike at one o clock after a Monday meeting. Patrols Dragons Hill Climbers Daniel Boone chosen. Charles Ross Paul Bender Clarence Hosford named. Junior field scoutmaster Charles Field senior patrol leader Dean Morey scribe Harold Yeoman elected. Thanksgiving court of honor with Chief West expected.
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Monticello
Charles Ross
Paul Bender
Clarence Hosford
Dragons
Daniel Boone
Charles Field
Dean Morey
Harold Yeoman
Chief West
Merle Hutton
Twenty Years Ago In Monticello November Items
The Express noted events from November 1916 in Monticello and nearby. Mary Elizabeth Hayden married John C. Scoville. Dr. Andrew L. Marugg died of pneumonia. C A Erickson sold his Monticello grocery to A J Carlson. Peter Vesey fatally injured on the job. A religious census tallied 598 families across several congregations. marriages of Agnes Andere and Rex H. Ricklefs occurred. Monticello Country club formed. D S Kinsella died in San Diego after moving from Portland. James Farley celebrated 42nd birthday with a gold headed cane gift. Anna L. Eby died at 37.
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Mary Elizabeth Hayden
Marcus Hayden
John C. Scoville
Marshalltown
Merchants National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Tama
Andrew L. Marugg
John G. Thomas
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
John Marugg
Richland Township
Wisconsin University
C. A. Erickson
Monticello
A. J. Carlson
Welton
Erickson
Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
Peter Vesey
Charles Vesey
C .E. Cushman
Congregational Church
J. H. Barr
Methodist Episcopal Church
Richardson
Los Angeles
Agnes Andere
James Hayes
John A. Liddy
Dennis Liddy
George A. Hauck
Rex. H. Ricklefs
R. A. Riecklefs
Winnie Anderson
Quinty
Ill
D. S. Kinsella
San Diego
California
Portland
Oregon
Kinsella
James Farley
Anna L. Eby
Joseph F. Eby
Scotch Grove Township
Monticello Boy Plays On Shattuck At Half
John B. Thomas son of Dr and Mrs C G Thomas of Monticello is a regular halfback for Shattuck School Faribault Minnesota. He has played a consistently good game at halfback this season.
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Monticello
John B. Thomas
C. G. Thomas
Shattuck School
Faribault
Minn
Tragedy in Robinson Ends in Self Inflicted Death
Raymond Hoffman a young farm laborer from the Ryan area employed by the George Johnson family died by his own hand in a shack opposite the Kolenbar store in Robinson. He purchased food Saturday afternoon and told others he planned to hunt. At 11 15 that night a passerby found him dead with a 22 rifle nearby and a trigger stick. The coroner ruled premeditated death by self destruction.
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Raymond Hoffman
Ryan
George Johnson
Kolenbar
Robinson
Hoffman
Frank Gaffney
Manchester
Sheriff Utley
J. A. May
Fatal Farley crash claims Mrs. Slavin
Mrs. Barney Slavin, 58, of Farley died at Mercy hospital Dubuque shortly after 3 a.m. from injuries after a car struck her while crossing the highway in Farley less than three hours earlier. Driver Arthur J. Giles 38 of Clear Lake a Cedar Rapids salesman is held pending investigation. Death due to compound fractures of both legs and shock. Comrade Erastus Smith Delhi pioneer 95th birthday health intact with hearing difficulty resides with his daughter Mrs. John Heaton and son Otis on land near Central City. He was born in Illinois June 1 1842 and joined Hopkinton company on Aug 18 1862 for Civil War service.
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Barney Slavin
Farley
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Arthur J. Giles
Clear Lake
Cedar Rapids
Central City
Erastus Smith
Delhi
Iowa
Smith
John Heaton
Otis
Hopkinton
Washington County
Ilinois
Delaware County
The Statue of Liberty Head and Arm Exhibition History
The statue head was completed for the 1876 exposition in Paris and the forearm sent to Philadelphia for the Centennial Exposition. It was later moved to Madison Square Garden in New York until formal dedication in 188? The statue stands 605 feet high from pedestal to torch. The hand measures 16 feet, the forehead 8 feet, the head 6 10 feet across, the nose 4 feet 6 inches, and the mouth 3 feet across.
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Ists
Philadelphia
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Iss
Park of Its Kind Skansen in Stockholm
Skansen, Nordiska museet’s outdoor section in Stockholm, is the world’s only park of this type. Its seven acres reproduce Sweden’s physical features in miniature and showcase flora fauna and dwellings with peasants in regional costumes. Glenn D. McCoy reports from Washington in Collier’s Weekly.
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Skansen
Nordiska Omuseum
Stockholm
Sweden
Glenn D. McCoy
Washington, D. C
Collier's Weekly
Jones County Churches Meet at Olin November 11
The seventy first convention of the Jones County Council of Christian Education will convene at the Methodist church in Olin on Wednesday November 11. The event promotes Christian education with the theme Workers Together with God and features sessions on children youth and adults, leadership discussions, and a midday recess for lunch.
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Seventy-First
Jones County Council of Christian Education
Methodist Church
Olin
Louise Cook
Arlene McCormick
Lloyd Dutro
A. O. Sones
Pard Miller
Harriet Cunningham
Olin United Brethren Sunday School
Mexico First to Erect Columbus Statue in the Western Hemisphere
A Philadelphia Record writer notes Mexico, in Mexico City on Paseo de la Reforma, houses the first statue of Christopher Columbus in the Western Hemisphere. The monument shows Columbus drawing aside veils to reveal the New World, with bas reliefs including Bartolome de las Casas, famed for defending Mexican Indians.
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Christopher Columbus
America
Mexico
Philadelphia Record
Paseo de la Reforma
Mexico City
Chapultepec
Columbus
New World
Bartolome de Las Casas
Semi Tropical Climate Description and Regions
Defines semi tropical climate as a belt along western continents between 28 and 40 degrees latitude with seasonal shifts between tropical and temperate zones. Notes abundant sun dry summers moderate winters and lack of extreme temperatures with examples in the Mediterranean and southern California, and use for mild low latitude climates such as Southern Florida.
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Mediterranean
California
Florida
Color Blindness The Varied Causes And History
Color blindness or daltonism is the inability to distinguish certain colors or shades. It can be congenital or acquired and is more common in males. acquired cases may stem from brain disease or optic nerve injury. John Dalton’s 1704 self-described case popularized the condition, with tests developed in the 19th century for maritime and railway service applicants.
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Indianapolis News
John Dalton
Mercantile Marine
Homeric Troy Seventh Ruined on Same Ancient Site
University of Cincinnati archaeologists say Troy seventh on the site is the ninth city to flourish there over 3,200 years. Nine Troys spanned from early crossroads settlement to the fall of the Roman empire. the seventh city was burned. The sixth Troy, once linked to The Hind, likely fell to an earthquake.
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Homer
Troy
B. C
University of Cincinnati
Early U S Bank in Philadelphia 1782 Foundations
The Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia in 1782 with capital of 400 000 led by Robert Morris and Haym Salomon. It absorbed the Bank of Pennsylvania and helped stabilize finances after the Revolution, issuing notes and providing loans to the Continental cause. Morris later died in debtors' prison and Salomon died bankrupt.
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U. S
Bank of North America
Philadelphia
Robert Morris
Haym Salomon
Bank of Pennsylvania
Morris
America
Never I Am Still Lafayette Heroic Reply in Austrian Prison
During the French Revolution the Jacobins ousted Lafayette from the army and exiled him. Targeted for capture, he was seized at Liege and imprisoned in Germany. He refused to betray France, replying Never I am still Lafayette and facing long confinement in an Austrian prison.
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Lafayette
America
Liege
Germany
France
Ingenious ancient clepsydra described by Tacticus
The 850 B C description details a signaling device using two water clocks with equal flow and floats. Each float carries a gauge rod with identical messages. Signals at sending and receiving stations synchronize water flow to reveal messages as rods align with vessel levels.
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Aeneas
Tacticus
Making One's Opportunity In The World
A terse moral on creating chances through action. It cautions against waiting for luck or others to grant wealth or influence, urging the reader to seize opportunities as they arise and not stay idle by the road. The metaphor of a seventh wave as a lone hoe underscores self-reliance.
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Schlemme
Tom Eden
Kenny
Anamosa
Tooting
the Express
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Statue of Liberty
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J. W. Streeter
R. V. Porter
Alice Reed
Jesus Loves
Jane Westphal
Abel
Ray Embree
Florence Thornhill
S. G. Gutensohn
Felters
Jesus
Samuel Gutensohn
Olin Methodist Sunday School
Harry E. Buss
Morley
Olin Sunday School
C. Columbus
R. J. McNeill T
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Poland
China
Henry Stadtmueller
Hampshire Boars
Miles McDonald
Ryan Exchange
White Rock
Earl E. Sherman
J. H. Dirks
Langworthy
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Costa
Anama
Gsa
John Gesse
Schoenthaler & Lee
L. W. Lovell
John Hustitch
Ray George Farm
Coggan
Alfred Boss
Hampshire
Henry Bader
Towa
Dr. L. J. Get
Farmers’ Grain Company
Scotch Grove
W. E. Tuetken
John Conrad
Sinclair
Bohren
Milton Stott
Chester
Garriet Harris
G. W. Bohlken
EF. V. Duer
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Nebraska
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A. Ray Fairbanks
Gottleaber Bros
Wm. G. Schoon
Helmer
Mid States Photo Co
Lisbon
Bradstreet
Lawrence
Thomas Connolly
New England
North Dakota
Sanitary Rendering CO
Star Farmer
Falmer’s Pharmacy
Third Street
Garsden
Minnie Tuer
Iowa County
H. E. Harms
Third Avenue
Marion
Shorty
Cascade
West 1St Street
Milwaukee Depot
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John McDonald Hospital
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
City of
Fred Lehman
Madsen Motor Co
Jones County Abstract Company
Warren P. Lawrence
Mgr
Scotch Grove Nursery
Town
C. E. Podhask
FORD
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Dick Powell
Patricia Ellis
Dennis Moore
RKO News
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