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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1932
Page
1
Entry dated November 4 1887 records a page at the Monticello Iowa port office under act revived. The record references a date March 8 1879 and lists a class entry with abbreviated notes.
The piece discusses why foreclosures occur when debtors fail to pay after long lender leniency, noting second mortgages and rent redemptions can complicate process. It highlights sympathy for homeowners yet explains creditors depend on farm income and many foreclosures stem from legitimate financial pressures.
The text critiques a 1922 advertisement by United European Investors Ltd linked to Franklin D Roosevelt. It accuses the campaign of promising rich earnings from German marks and foreign securities while warning that the securities would rapidly lose value. It questions Roosevelt's awareness and warns buyers of inflated profits and eventual losses.
President Hoover delivered a forceful address in Cleveland condemning a printed Democratic lie that he used coolie labor in African mines where he was an engineer. He cited an affidavit from the lie’s originator asking pardon and declared no slave or coolie labor ever worked in mines linked to him.
Twenty five years ago George D Herron professor of Applied Christianity at Grinnell College created a good deal of stir by his social reform efforts. He urged practical charity and organized community action to address inequality and poverty. Herron advocated experiential programs and public lectures that influenced local debates on social justice.
The former college president faced backlash over his views and divorced his wife to wed Carrie Rand. The couple founded a New York City socialist school. Their son Elbridge Rand Herron, a wealthy traveler, died after a fall while climbing Egypt’s largest pyramid.
The piece reflects on how political discussion rises around elections, recalling the Hayes Tilden dispute, and contrasts American placidity with European unrest in Germany Italy and France. It cites Roosevelt Longworth’s Ladies Home Journal pledge to vote for Hoover, while noting a distant relation to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Sioux City readers compare Hoover and Roosevelt with voters leaning toward Hoover for definite plans and record. Roosevelt is criticized for vague promises while Hoover touts his administration and actions to date. The piece notes Roosevelt appeals to unrest but lacks a concrete policy outline as voters weigh the two candidates.
Review of Reviews lauds Chicago plan for an international Century of Progress exhibition. Public and private funding ensures steady work toward a major event to boost business and rail travel, with Chicago’s growth and intelligence highlighted amid concerns over crime and tax disputes.
In Cleveland, President Hoover notes distress to millions and securities speculation, stressing that state governments have primary responsibility to reject citizens in these matters. He argues that most such transitions originated or occurred in New York.
A compilation of jokes and witticisms from The Hudson Star and other papers. Laugh lines cover creditors and debts, matrimonial mischief, legal banter, and a schoolboy’s view of bankruptcy, reflecting period humor through quick one liners.
A village church roundup lists St. Josephs Prairieburg with Mass times 7:30 and 9:30, St Matthews German and English services, Ladies Aid meeting Oct 27, and St Johns German and English services. Sacred Heart 8 and 10 Masses with confessions. Congregational and Castle Grove Lutheran notices. Prairieburg Protestant and Reformed sermons. Presbyterian and Christian Endeavor activities. Queen Esther study and sermon themes for evening services.
Harry Staples of Shenandoah Page county, a seven year fugitive, is back in county jail after pleading guilty to assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. He was sentenced in January 1924 to one year, escaped in May from Wherry, and was recaptured by state agent Art Baker, the former Montgomery county sheriff who had once aided the escape. Staples faces completion of the original sentence, about eight months remaining. Denominations Exchange Churches near Audubon see mutual transfer of church status as Viola Center Methodist and Botna Evangelical swap congregations, each adopting the other denomination’s church.
The egret is a rare sight in Iowa and more common in the southern states. It is snow white with black legs and feet and a yellow bill four or five inches long, nearly as large as the great blue heron.
In Superior Dickinson county the remaining assets of a five year closed bank were auctioned. Assets included notes overdrafts accounts building equipment 160 acres Minnesota land 160 acres Colorado land and 3840 acres Montana land. Total sale brought only 808 dollars.
Reverend Eugene Sanderson preached at the Church of Christ in Marcus Cherokee county nearly fifty years after founding it in 1884. He organized the church and led its first pastorate with nine charter members, one survivor Mrs. Alice Thompson of Marcus. Sanderson now resides in California and is noted as an educator and organizer.
Mrs. John Sincoe of near Leon in Decatur county used a .22 rifle to shoot a large chicken hawk perched on an aerial wire. The bird, measured five feet half an inch across the wings and weighed four and a half pounds after collapsing a quarter mile away.
Keith Stanford of near Cherokee cherishes a pet lamb that accompanies him to school daily. Unlike Mary whose lamb is recalled in rhyme, this lamb swims four feet deep to reach the schoolhouse, illustrating a remarkable incentive to attend class.
Estherville News notes that few papers from either party admit much about Roosevelt's farm talk. Most editors cannot decipher the point of his message.
Eldora, Hardin County mayor James Cameron set up a woodpile and ordered transients to work for meals and lodging. He rounded up seven men in the business district and offered a two bit breakfast after they chopped wood. Only one moochers stayed, others left.
George Hunter of near Nodaway Adams county tried to learn how hard a revolver shell would blow by striking a .32 caliber shell with a hammer. The shell exploded injuring his right hand and cutting his face severely. He is a new member of the national guard.
Walter Houck of Bedford Taylor County had his larynx removed at Mayo Clinic due to throat growth. An artificial air reed from a telegraph company is implanted in a small cylinder in his throat, producing speech by directing air through the oral cavity, closely mimicking natural voice.
Loren Willey of Marcus Cherokee County caught a Chicago home run ball during a World Series game. He and other Marcus youths watched at the park, and Willey brought the souvenir home as a keepsake after Kiki Cuyler hit the memorable shot.
Four egret specimens believed headed for extinction have been observed in Palo Alto County Iowa. The birds were spotted grazing along marshland near prethi miven. Local naturalists report these sightings as rare for the region.
A cemetery on a former Billy Sunday family farm in Story county Iowa had ten relatives buried there including his grandparents and mother. Vandals uprooted flowers tore down a fence and destroyed tombstones after photos of the site were published to discredit Sunday’s anti liquor stance.
Frank Ross, once a railroader in Franklin county during the 1880s, returns to his boyhood scene to renew ties with railroad men. He rose from station agent to traveling freight agent and, 35 years ago with a brother-in-law, started a house-to-house grocery peddling firm with $4,000 capital that grew into a substantial enterprise.
Hoover’s namesake, 15 year old Herbert Hoover Tymeson of Storm Lake, Iowa, pressed the republicans for a handshake during President Hoover’s Des Moines visit. The youth, who was named for the leader during the commerce secretary era, had previously contributed to the president’s campaigns. He waited at the Shrine Temple after the address and met the president.
In Humboldt county D T Oxborrow displays a radish weighing 3 pounds 11 ounces, 18 inches long with a thick stem. In Washita Cherokee county Joe Mahaffey showcases a sunflower with a 14 inch seed head and over 40 inch circumference, weighing about 4 1/2 pounds.
The United States imported more than 1,741,536,000 pounds of coffee in the prior year, a substantial volume indicating strong domestic demand and market scale. Strong entities include the United States and coffee import sources.
In the matter of the estate of Mary R. Barker deceased a petition by administrator J W Coxsee seeks authority to sell real estate to raise funds for claims. The district court of Jones county Iowa ordered on June 18 that funds are insufficient to pay all debts without sale of the described property. The notice names heirs including John Rogers Mrs John Rogers George Rogers and others.
During the November 1932 term of the district court at Anamosa Iowa the administrator of Mary R Barker deceased requests heirs appear by 10 am November 22 1932 to defend. If not urged a default and decree may be entered with order of sale as prayed.
Heirs of Jon Delay are notified that the 1928 tax sale covered the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 2 in township 86 north range 4 west. Certificate of sale assigned to Henry M. Carpenter owner of certificate of purchase. Redeption expires 90 days after service of this notice if no payment is made.
The district court of Jones County Iowa appoints Joseph G. Oswald as executor of John B. Oswald deceased. Creditors must file claims sworn with the court clerk within legal time and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa September 28 1932. Doxsee and Doxsee attorneys for the estate.
The sheriff announces a public auction of Lot 2 and the north forty feet of Lot 3 in Lightfoot's addition to Monticello Iowa. Property owned by George McKeever Wayne Yousse John P Harms and John Ambuehl is sold to satisfy a judgment from September 27 1932 in favor of Monticello State Bank. The sale is November 5 1932 at 9:00 a.m. in front of the Anamosa Court House. Sheriff W H Frazer will conduct the sale with all redemption rights reserved.
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