18 Nov 1948
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1948
Page
1
Town businesses urge early Christmas shopping in Monticello. Merchants praise local stock, service, and November bargains to avoid December rush and ensure wide selection. Local merchants claim superior stock and customer care.
An Express editorial praises constructive reader and advertiser feedback while urging critics to identify themselves. It laments unsigned tips and notes the value of criticism in improving the newspaper and invites open, named correspondence from readers.
Readable items include 1898 notices on travel, land sales, saloon restrictions, factory work, social visits, and marriages. 1923 items report school progress, weddings, birthdays, hunting trips, and local society notes from Monticello Iowa. Notable names include Lovell Seeber Hogan Holst Grimwood Field Wilkens Proctor Rettig Streets Clark Rettig and various towns.
Henry Engel married his childhood playmate Annamarie Dohrn of Germany who arrived here with her nine year old daughter on September 16. Dohrn’s husband was lost during the war.
Jefferson airport to commence a $35,000 improvement program soon funded by airport grounds farming operations. The city airport commission has enough funds to match a $17,000 federal grant, enabling the project.
A Monti business man forwards a letter from his brother, president of a college graduates group, arguing against spending policies tied to taxes and school funding. The writer warns voters should avoid “getting something for nothing,” emphasizes property owners bear levies, and warns of social tensions if the system is not reined in.
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