Monticello High Opens 1937-38 Basketball Season
Monticello high school begins practice ahead of a 1937 38 season with coach Roy Moore returning two lettermen Bone and Field from last year’s squad. The team features Schweitzer Beh rend s Richardson Wright and Graves among others. A tough schedule includes games with Franklin Cedar Rapids Maquoketa and Dubuque and introduces a rule change removing center jumps after each score.
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Monticello High School
Roy Moore
Bone
Field
Schweitzer
Behrends
Richardson
Wright
Graves
Yeoman
Stutt
Jamieson
Rodman
Balster
Faust
Gerdes
R. Maire
Smith
Eiben
Rynerson
Liddy
Bender
E. Schoon
Siebels
J. Bone
Bader
Franklin High
Cedar Rapids
Delhi
Maquoketa
Dubuque
Marion
Martelle
Iowa City
Manchester
Tipton
McKinley
Roosevelt
University High
Hopkinton
West Liberty
West Branch
Anamosa
Mount Vernon
Pneumonia death rate in Iowa could drop with early diagnosis
A Iowa health article argues pneumonia deaths could be reduced through early diagnosis using the Neufeld reaction to identify pneumonia types and prompt administration of type specific curative serum. It notes rising statewide deaths, and highlights serum therapies and state hospital efforts. It also features a local example of Mrs. Walter Harman husking 58 bushels in a half day, illustrating strong rural work women.
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Iowa State Department of Health
Iowa
Walter Harman
Whiting
Monona County
Food price outlook for Iowa farm families in 1988
Miss Ruby Simpson notes a favorable price outlook for foods Iowa farm households must buy, with overall downward trends into spring. Meat and textile costs may fall while furniture shoes fuel and equipment rise. households will cut nonessential purchases as cash income declines. Seasonal patterns show fruits and vegetables at low points in winter and high in late summer, with dairy and eggs peaking in late year.
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Iowa
Ruby Simpson
Miss Simpson
Goshen-Wansie 4 H Club Wins State Honors In National Program
The Goshen Wansie 4 H club near West Liberty tops state honors for social progress in the national 4 H program. The report, by leader Mrs Harry Nauman and County Home Agent Carrie Holland, covers nine years and 13 members with 15 meetings and 12 public demonstrations. The club earned a $100 prize choice and records of future competition for a $450 RCA Victor prize and Chicago trip for five members and leader. It also submitted a playlet Air Lane Politics and may visit NBC studios at Radio City if selected. Local items note J J Brent harvesting 25 acres of Irish Cobbler potatoes, producing 5 000 bushels with irrigation, and Mrs C S Thompson foiled a bad check incident while at Sidney. The Omaha World Herald notes Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt denying third term talk at home.
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Goshen-Wansie
West Liberty
Harry Nauman
Carrie Holland
Farm Bureau
RCA Victor
National Club Congress
Chicago
New York City
Plan Next Year’s Pigs To Make Early Market
Iowa State College expert EB L Quaife predicts a larger 1938 pig crop as farmers breed sows for early farrowing. Pigs born in Feb or March will reach market by late summer, while most 1938 spring pigs flood the market in November and December, depressing prices. Early farrowing under good management can profit farmers who act now.
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EB. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
Quaife
Amazing Missionary seen as bridge across civilizations
Editorial caption at Davenport District Conference honors Bishop George A. Miller for twenty years aiding Mexico and South America. The Amazing Missionary is praised as a saving interpreter between clashing cultures, aiding diplomacy, education, and peace. A Los Gatos reader notes a Petrified Forest joke about a man’s second wife.
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Davenport
Clarence
Iowa
George A. Miller
Mexico
Central
South America
Miler
Washington
Peru
Chile
Bolivia
Sun
China
Miller
North America
Los Gatos
Agate Bridge
Petrified Forest
All Japan seeks large China slice with Chiang in plan
All Japan presses for substantial territorial concession from China tied to Chiang Kai-shek as part of broader regional arrangements. The stance signals a hard line on territorial changes amid postwar diplomacy.
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Davenport
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Monticello School Board Approves Bills and Contracts 1937
Monticello Iowa board of education met October 4 1937 with L Clark N Clark York Stimson present. Minutes approved. Many bills read including supplies, disinfection, books and music. Adjourned after approving Ruth Walter teacher contract at 900 and raising Mrs Pulver salary to 45 a month.
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Monticello
Board of Education
Clark
York
Stimson
Thomas
Sinclair Refining Co
Wetmore Declamation Bureau
Geo. Stuhler’s Sons Co
Wes
Gene Byers
Horn
W. H. Jarrett
Iowa
Reading Circle
Hocks
J. H. McNeill
Fitzpatrick Co
Iowa State College
North Central
Asi
Oitengeaece Tee
Gehszal Publishing Co
National Laboratories
Higley Chemical Co
Seerence
Rand, McNally & Co
Atlas
Biodos
Theo. Robertson Products Co
G. Thomas
BR. J. Kay
Dorrance & Co
Johnson Publishing Co
Stenley-Sarreent Co
Uoag Duster City
C . Houghton > N Co
American Corn
Encyclo- Eclipse Lumber Co
Pain
Metropolitan Supply Co
American Metal Products Co
J. C. Wadcell
Pulver
Ruth Walter
Bord
F. E. Stimson
C. E. Podhaski
Manual training classes plan master projects at B A schools
The article lists student projects from stools to floor lamps and plant stands, notes vocational agriculture classes for nonattending farm boys, and praises Thanksgiving activities. It mentions band and orchestra officers with Margaret Deischer and Kathleen Carlson as presidents, and assigns student leadership roles in instrumental groups. Also covers perfect attendance and spelling honors across grades six to three.
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Ruth Zubler
Dorothy Bartlett
Lois Barrack
Anna Rose Strausberg
Frank Fitzsimons
Betty Adamson
Phyllis Appleby
Lois May Clark
Ellen Mae
Mary Jean Hearn
Sally Ann Otten
Ruth Pinkerton
Margaret Schatz
Darlene Shaw
Ann Marie Shelley
Ruth Smith
Keith Lundquist
Wilma Wright
Merle Leytem
Jo Ann Schneider
Harry Hanken
James Seehusen
Executrix Named in Jones County Estate Notice
Public notice states Lena Lieber Steiner has been appointed executrix of Luise Sieber deceased by the district court of Jones County Iowa. Creditors must file claims with the court clerk sworn and timely, while heirs must settle debts to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa November 22 1937.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Luise Sieber
Anamosa
A. D
Lena Lieber Steiner
Locher & Locher
Administrator With Will Annexed Notice in Jones County
District court Iowa announces estate administration for Donald O. Sinclair deceased. Creditors are asked to promptly pay the estate to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa November 23, 1937. The Monticello State Bank named administrator with will annexed. Lecher & Lecher represent.
Notice to creditors in the Royal v. Chatterton estate
State of Iowa executor of the estate Royal v Chatterton notices all persons with claims to file them with the clerk of the court sworn and timely to be allowed or barred and asks debtors to pay promptly to avoid costs dated Anamosa Iowa November 23 1937 executor F L Chatterton Coxsee Coxsee Helserman attorneys for the estate.
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District Court of
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Royal v. Chatterton
Anamosa
Towa
F. L. Chatterton
Coxsee, Coxsee & Helserman
Aretorneys
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J.J. Brent
Anthon
Woodbury County
Brent
C. S. Thompson
Sidney
Fremont County
Thompson
Omaha World-Herald
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nick Carter
Rosella Siebels
R. J. Howland
Anna Maria Seba Husm
Paul T. Schuetz
Voss Electric
F. J. Welter
Jane Reid
Poland
Allan Fairbanks
G. L. van Meter
Rence
J. H. Perrine
C. K. Greer
Galen Hein
Harold Waggoner
Olin
Alfred Ross
Coggan
Charles and
Thomas Hogan
Castle Grove Church
J. A. Larimer
South Maple Street
Ida Kissling
China Spring
G. H. Gerdes Farm
Denkhoff & Son
O. C. Curtis
Woodland Avenue
Des Moines
Farmers’ Grain Company
Scotch Grove
Buckner’s
Wayne Township
Langworthy
J. F. Kellum
Hampshire
R. Hasler
Coggon
West Sixth Street
Jones County Abstract Company
Gill Street
Bernard Harms
Castle Grove
Mary London
L. W. Loveell
Sanitary Rendering Co
Hollister’s
Rocky Mountain
Palmer’s Drug Store
Grandfather
Helmer
Central City
Wyo
Scotch Grove Township
G. J. Hughes
August Schrader
Shorty
Cascade
Mary Schultz
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Donald O. Sinclair
Monticello State Bank
Lecher & Lecher
Tageig
Eadache
Willard
Ser -Palmer
Bobby Breen
Edward Arnold and
Jack Oakie
New York
Hopalong Cassidy
Rio Grande
Caesar Romero
RKO News
Oswold
THE
Cash and Carry
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnett
Dolores del Rio
Gladys George
Madame X
Atada
Ood Arden
Ecroms
Ia. C
McKean
Ladora
McNamara Bros
Prairieburg
Jackson Station
Ed McNamara
Hereford
Chester
Fordson
Emerson Gang
McCormick-Deering
Hayes
Louis McNamara
Lee Bebee
Citizens Savings Bank
Diamond Bros
Lipton’s Tea
van Camp
Diamond's Invincibles
Walker’s
Citcon
Lergeean
Staal
Eshiters
Baker
Calif
Gardenia Perfume Free
Cranberries c
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