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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1947
Page
8
The siren sounded as fire companies answered 842 calls to combat rural Iowa fires in 1946. Quick action by firefighters reduced damage and protected farms and outlying communities.
Norval Wardle of Iowa State College notes fires and fire deaths declined in Iowa since 1939. During National Fire Prevention Week, Oct 5 to 11, fire units and insurers will run programs. Schools may earn merit certificates for fire prevention inspections while county superintendents achieving 50 percent cooperation get a special award.
Edward J Heeren 64 of Monticello, Monti cello, suffers fractures to three vertebrae in both shoulders after falling while loading corn stalks on a wagon near Monticello. Heeren treated at John McDonald Hospital and then at St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. His daughter Mrs. Walter Zubler, a registered nurse, is with him.
Mr and Mrs Ray Hoag returned from a month in Gulfport Mississippi reporting a tropical hurricane on September 19 with winds up to 100 miles an hour lasting six hours. He filmed the disaster while their cabin was sheltered and they watched boats and debris surge over a 20 foot sea wall.
For best results with your live stock and poultry, feed Doctor Thompson's Mineral Feeds and Yeast Culture. All pure, no salt or filler. Satisfaction Guaranteed. For sale by Carl Winkler, district manager, or John Kehoe, salesman, Monticello. Salesmen Wanted.
The County Auditor Geos F Specht announces a road vacation petition beginning at the SE corner of NE quarter of SW quarter Section 9, T86N R2W, with lands owned by Buol and Kleitsch. Objections or claims for damages must be filed by noon December 2, 1947, or the road will be vacated.
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