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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1927
Page
8
Readable entries show exhibitor names from Mabel Carlsen to Bammy Schuetz with multiple first and second prizes in foods, crafts, and produce. The list details items like cakes, jams, canned goods, pottery, quilts, and vegetables, with prize amounts and placements across dozens of participants.
A converted halfback Lloyd D. Grimm will make his first defensive appearance for the University of Iowa as they host Ohio State on Iowa field Saturday. Grimm, a 190 pound Hawkeye, lines up to counter the Buckeyes’ sweeping backfield attacks.
A long list of prize results from a Monticello fair shows Mrs. Stickford Loaf and others winning top ribbons in baked goods canned goods fruit preserves and pastries. The record also lists entries for other contestants including Mrs H Schoon Mrs E Shelley and several Smiths with assorted pies jars jams and vegetables.
In Monticello Iowa on Sept 21 1927 the board elected Eleanor Selby as instructor at 125 dollars monthly and instructed Moore to purchase tools for the manual training room. Oct 3 1927 regular meeting notes attendance and approval of minutes and bills.
Monticello Iowa council met October 3 1927 at 8 p m with five members present. Minutes and September treasurer reports were approved and filed. Bills for payment across several funds were presented and approved by the board.
The article recalls Benedict Arnold’s volatile career at Saratoga. He clashed with Gen. Tornto Antes and was briefly jailed by Gates for insubordination. During battle he broke free, led the assault into Dur coyne’s trenches, and the gray granite monument marks his peak without naming him.
G Ayers of the coast and geodetic survey reports the mean sea level is two centimeters lower at Biloxi Mississippi than at Galveston Texas. He adds that St Augustine Florida sits 24 centimeters below Galveston and 81 centimeters below Portland Maine.
A student asks why a cord is tied to a bigger item and the professor replies with a reminder to study English for tomorrow. The student admits no study occurred as the class regroups following the missed assignment.
A constable states the prisoner appeared intoxicated and unable to walk. The prisoner counters that he walked on all fours with ease, challenging the officer’s account during the adjourned proceeding reported in Tit-Bits.
Jones county winners receive the grand champion baby beef gold medal to Lee Embree of Greenfield and the champion market pig silver medal to Raymond Moss of Jackson. Also noted is a serious burn injury to Charles Connelly at Oxford Mills while working on the Iowa Electric plant project. The accident occurred near a river bank with high voltage transformers nearby.
The Monticello city council authorized borrowing 2000 dollars from Monticello State Bank to fund the water department. A promissory note at 6 percent interest maturing within six months will be issued. The council also passed a second reading of an ordinance regulating traffic on First Street.
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