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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1923
Page
2
Center Junction events include a six o clock dinner by the Double H Club for mothers, a Women’s Home Missionary Society meeting, Trinity Lutheran reception for Rev Paul Gutknecht, and numerous social visits. Thanksgiving services planned, weddings announced, and a bazaar slated for November 24 along with funeral notices and community updates.
Cascade November 20 mourns the death of Joseph Strong a respected farmer died at his home three miles west of Cascade at 7 40 Friday evening after a long illness. He began treatment at Morey hospital Anamosa then Sacred Heart sanitarium Milwaukee and Mayo Bros Rochester MN before returning six weeks ago believing recovery unlikely. Strong born on the Goos farm now occupied by Harry Miller and spent his life on the family property.
The item notes William Altman’s Pennsylvania based winter forecasts and how they may affect Scotch Grove with cold rains and light snows, then shifts to local social updates about visits by the Reinhard family, upcoming Women’s Community Club meat cutting and nutrition demonstrations, and bazaars and suppers including the Presbyterian Ladies Aid and Trinity Ladies Aid Society events slated for November.
The Hawthorne Club and Bay View Club in Wyoming report meetings on November 13 with musical solos and talks on World War heroes and famous Americans. The Pheasant Hides Community Club hosted a luncheon and demonstrations on nutrition and lamp shades. A guest from Sioux City, deaths in the Griswold family, and a wedding anniversary at Anamosa are noted alongside bazaar plans for November 24 and a local business stock purchase in Onslow.
The era opens a new restaurant nearby while residents share travels and health updates. W N Morse returns from Rochester hospital improved. James A Day heads to St Mond Florida for winter. Dr B H Chamberlain and wife vacation in Canada. E N Wilcox and A W Andersen of Rocktiziana visit W Bed with home. Miss Whitney of Prairieburgh visits sister Mrs Roy Truesdell. Mrs Lavina Pealer visits Central City. G W James to host Priscilla Club Wednesday. Maynard Peck family hosts Stanwood relatives. J S Parr and wife visit Marion.
Amber November reports a missionary from Africa giving a talk on needs at the Presbyterian church with singing by Miss Kratz and Mr. Kratz. The Presbyterian class party met at Mrs. Charles Gray with an outdoor picnic, music, and games. The column lists numerous local visitors, shopping trips, and family visits, plus a farm accident involving Clarence Dirks losing one finger.
Pupils split into Spark Plug and Barney Googie teams in a weeklong event. Barney Googie won and the Spark Plugs hosted a large banquet for the victors. About 30 attendees enjoyed seasonal refreshments. News arrived of Floyd Truesdell’s wife and son dying after a Sterling Illinois fire. They were buried together. Rev Opava and sister attended a Chicago funeral. A Sunday telephone message reported an accidental shooting.
The report lists visits and travels of area residents. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and their daughter from Anamosa stayed at the Benson home Sunday. O A DeLancey and Miss Cherrill Parker of Central City planned a Minneapolis trip to visit Mr. and Mrs. H B Flockhart. Reverend Lannholm preached a strong sermon last Sunday. Misses Woodland Isham and DeLancey attended a Cedar Rapids study center. William Schoonover visited his son’s family in Mechanicsville. Miss Fish, Eva De Lancey’s cousin, visited the De Lancey home Sunday. Paul F Lauser of Marton visited the H G Carne family Sunday. Mrs Jhilia Rundie called on friends Thursday.
Mrs L E Black elected vice president heads farm bureau activities appoints Minnie Hasler George Specht and S M Hosford to arrange meeting places and programs The next meeting Friday November 30 features songs a talk by Fred Heiken a reading and a poultry breeds discussion S M Hosford attends state conventions G J Van Buren reports on farm bureau events and soap making demonstration The flu outbreak affects hogs in the area.
Mr and Mrs Herman Studer of Hopkinton were Sunday visitors at the P M Caspers home. Miss Hazel Hubbard spent last Thursday in Anamosa.
The Kansas City Journal notes the high corn prices and low hog prices driving many light hogs to market. Six-cent hogs cannot cover an eighty-cent corn cost, prompting producers to sell leaner hogs as feed needs rise per pound of gain.
The text notes that lighter weight hogs bring higher profits or lower logses, and rushing light hogs to market may depress prices temporarily. The change is viewed as a gradual exit from hog farming, aiming to bring supplies back to normal levels.
A vivid Atlantic City souvenir sketches beachgoers in tan coats with few clothes while many rely on druggists for trouble. The piece notes a bustling boardwalk scene and social atmosphere with slang and local color.
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