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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1928
Page
2
Mrs C L Main visits Hopkinton relatives while Winchester paint and Ry watchwork advertise locally. Numerous Cedar Rapids and Dubuque visitors stop in Monticello and surrounding towns. Armistice day closings at Monticello State Bank noted.
Alfred Durst visits Cedar Rapids with parents as Ruth Crop and Beth Lightfoot visit Cedar Rapids Business College. Various births, illnesses, weddings, and social events populate a busy week end across Monticello area with church plays, fall fashion, and local visits.
Bertram Puckett a 17 year old Cedar Rapids youth uses a homemade 75 watt short wave set to receive calls from ships of the Byrd party and other stations across the Pacific. He has talked with operators near the equator and as far as Hawaii Japan Moscow and London, relaying messages to friends as ships approach the southern ice fields.
The Shomont dairy east of Monticello reports record milk and butterfat production from sixty cows over a year. Tests averaged 12,075 pounds of milk and 444.2 pounds of butterfat per herd, with total milk 291,181 pounds and total butterfat 6,996.7 pounds, yielding income above feed costs of 3,516.58.
School Notes report Monti's black and red Warriors beating Mount Vernon 12 to 0 with Brokaw scoring twice while Anamosa edged Mount Vernon 7 to 6 with Shover and Brokaw key runs. Mount Vernon coaches praised sportsmanship. The junior class play Cappy Racks is planned for Monday with student-written skits selected by committees.
A Monday Bridge Club gathering at Mrs. H. M. Carpenter Jr home featured election like tallies and precinct table assignments. Refreshments displayed political symbols while a club poll showed Hoover favored by a large majority. Nearby Lovell township farm bureau ladies set notes for a meeting at Mrs. Agnes Wilcox home next Saturday afternoon.
Dr. and Mrs. T. M. Redmond hosted a six o'clock bridge dinner for sixteen guests celebrating their twenty second wedding anniversary. A boat centerpiece bore the 22 and gifts arrived as mock wedding cakes containing personal presents with verses. Rex Ricklefs and Dr. Q. G. Thomas won top and consolation honors respectively.
A survey by Supt. A B Grimes asks Monticello patrons if a curfew is needed and which rules would work. Responses show strong demand for evening limits, parental responsibility, and more youth programs, with many calling for 9 to 10:30 p m curfews and stricter city oversight.
October 1928 report shows 43 schools visited and 740 children inspected in Jones County. Of these, 173 were underweight, 22 had defective vision, 24 had nose and throat issues, and 126 needed dental care. Six families were under smallpox quarantine after cases in Oxford Mills, with vaccination campaigns enforced in Oxford Mills and Oxford Junction to prevent an epidemic.
A reader urges habit of visiting the new bakery each week to discover fresh items for sale. The note praises the pastries as delightful and pleasing, and ends with a trust that once a customer, always a customer.
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