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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1930
Page
4
The oe Society and Club Dews reports Miss Carrie Page entertaining a new Sunday school class this Sunday with a welcome for participants and discussion.
Glen McLaughlin of Anamosa won Tanai City awareness before Springville high school. The Anamosa American Legion Independent football team crushed the Dubuque Maroons 32 to 0. J. H. Strief, former control board member and auditor candidate, inspected county jails for the federal government. Hans Aagard is succeeded by Marvin Westphal and Jack Rees as local grocers. they take possession Saturday. Clarence Hannan near Langworthy fined for possessing 39 muskrat and 3 skunk pelts. trapping not legal before Nov. 10. fine $10 per pelt.
The October report notes a Holstein herd sire at the reformatory killed after becoming dangerous. It lists top milkers by herd, including Ray Sanford Vincent Tischanser R Livingstone & Buremeister Chris Petersen Armstrong & F Robertson Jones County Home Henry Wehling Carl G Siebels White & Russell, with totals of cows, milk, and butterfat. Silage, alfalfa hay, and grain fed by several members are recorded.
Postmaster George Guran urges early mailing of Christmas packages for reliability. With many offices closing on Christmas Day and overtime limits, early labeling and careful packaging reduce loss and delays. Sealed parcels may bear printed content labels while inner writing stays minimal. Foreign and Canada deliveries require extra lead time.
Ray E Penniman a former Monticello resident born August 13 1879 died in Lancaster Wisconsin on November 19 of pneumonia after a four day illness He was son of Fred A Penniman and Ophelia Hicks Penniman grandson of F M Hicks Survived by widow and two children aged 17 and 14 His parents and uncles E E Hicks and E G Hicks of this city attended the death funeral will be held Friday afternoon The Penniman family once operated a grocery and meat business in Lancaster Wisconsin and he married Ajthea Bates May 31 1913 in Berwyn Illinois
In New York City area a food appeal targeted at relief for families in distress. Produce dealers donated 200 cases of eggs and hundreds of pounds of butter and cheese to aid the needy. A check found 15 000 families destitute and unemployed relief efforts spread across organizations for the coming winter.
Church listings show St John Evangelical Lutheran St Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Sacred Heart Catholic Methodist Episcopal and other congregations with service times Thanksgiving plans bazaar bake sales and union services. The notice includes bids for wood delivery to Scotch Grove township schools and a set of historical quotes.
Advertisement lists a rental for a modern eight room house by Leroy Clark at 12-11 W wanted quilting at home by Mrs Ursula Hein at 2143 phone 73-F-14 and a no trapping or hunting clause by Charles and Thomas Hogan dated 19-3. Also sale notices for a purebred black Poland China stock hog by John Freese Pd-21-2 and Shorthorn bulls roans and reds by G M Brainard Son Anamosa Iowa 12-1f plus 20 springing Holstein heifers by J P O Shea Cascade Iowa 20-1.
A cascade Iowa classified list includes sale notices for registered Hereford bulls milk cow and rye, big Poland China boars Duroc Jersey stock hogs and dressed poultry, a seven room rental house with garage, window glass repair, and a card of thanks from the Appleby family for the loss of their son and brother.
Burr oak and white oak available along with dimension lumber and timed wood for sale. Hard cord wood and stove wood sawed in chunks priced reasonably. Adolph Schoon, Amber Town. Phone Anamosa 67 F 120. 13 tf
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