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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1931

Page

3

Local Retail Notes Plus Visits and Households

Local Ads list McNeill's Hardware offerings including eggs oil meal coal wax and seed corn dryers. Mention visits by householders and professionals to Marshalltown Waterloo Cedar Rapids Baldwin Baldwin and Maquoketa with notes on heating Lenox and Dri Brite products and various household services.

New Home Thermometer Featured at McNeill's Hardware

Local ad notes a new thermometer for homes now available at McNeill's Hardware priced at $1.00. The page also lists numerous short social notes, visits, helpers, and events across Cedar Falls and nearby towns with multiple residents and families mentioned.

McNeill's Hardware

Monticello Social News Roundup Highlights Many Local Trips

Monticello residents visit relatives across Iowa Illinois and Minnesota with trips to Vandalia Chicago Davenport Cedar Rapids and Ames. Families group hospitality events include dinners theater outings and post anniversary celebrations as longtime residents move and reflect on past ties.

Harry Hoag Edward Podhaski Harry Maire Leslie Reade M. J. Hogan Florence Hoag Marion R. W. Beers Monticello

Hatless Youth Urged to Spur Good Times with Hat Purchase

Boston Transcript contemplates urging youth without hats to buy headwear as a symbolic move to spark festive momentum. The hatless crowd is framed as a potential catalyst for communal celebration.

Boston Transcript

Public Library And Its Service To Community

Monticello residents enjoy free library services within tax districts while countywide access awaits legislative approval. Rural readers pay $1 yearly for book borrowing. The library holds about 7,000 volumes and can obtain needed titles from other sources. A good reader reacts with sympathy and appreciation and discerns good from bad text.

Monticello Jones County

Reading as lifelong art begins in childhood

The article urges cultivating a love of books early to form a lasting reading habit. It stresses balanced reading for all ages and promotes National Book Week with plans for November 15-21 at the library and future announcements.

Drivers License Required After January First

Automobile drivers must hold a license to operate a car after January 1, 1932. County residents with a car in their name can visit the sheriff’s office for a free license, others pay 25 cents for two years. After 60 days a strict examination will be required for those lacking a license. W. H. Frazer, Sheriff of Jones County.

George Chambers Kingston N. Y Monticello Chambers Sheriff’s Office W. H. Frazer Jones County

Faithful in Church Relations in Worthington Choir

Two longtime Worthington church choir members Theodore Ament and John White have each served 66 years, totaling 132 years between them. Both remain active. Ament began singing at 13 and Mrs. Ament also sang before marriage. the couple has three daughters and seven...

Dubuque Worthington Theodore Ament John White Ament

Minne sota Man Arrested Over Bank Solvency Statements

A Minnesota man was arrested and charged with making false statements about a bank's solvency. The piece notes Iowa and Minnesota laws impose up to a $5000 fine or five years imprisonment for injurious false reports about banks, urging restraint in speech.

Cedar Rapids Minnesota Iowa

Family Choir Members Cherished Amid Losses and Moves

The passage recalls a family where sons sang in the choir until marriage or relocation, and notes the eldest daughter died at 30 after singing and playing the organ for years, marking a life of musical devotion and early loss.

Post Office Window Crash In Olin By 18 Year Old

Lester Houstman aged 18 crashed a plate glass window at the Olin post office last Saturday morning. He accelerated by mistake instead of braking, investigators report the accident as a simple error.

Hubert Schweitzer St. Paul Minneapolis Lester Houstman Olin

Also Mentioned on This Page

McNeill’s Hardware J. W. Hoult N. Chestnut Street E. J. Fariey Schoon Implement Store Lininger Asa Lambert Marshalltown Singer Locher's Messrs Henry Che Ray Echternacht Waterloo Phoenix Stud E. E. Hicks Manchester Schoon's Bernice Burrichter Viola Schoon'’s Julia Toenies J. P. Willis Lenox Charles Suett Emma Grote Baldwin Antonia Hanssen California Amber H. F. Lockwood Mrs. C. A. Palmer Max and Alice Maquoketa Gladys Keifer Fred J. Kay Ardys Rabe West Liberty McNeill’s Flora Hamblin John Wenger O. H. Brainard Iowa City C. G. Thomas J. W. Purdie Jack Butte Montana C. C. Jolly Guy Swartzell F. J. Kay Vivian Bancroft Cedar Falls Mrs H. P. Bancroft Clara Tuetken Jerry Soukup Lilian Fitzsimons Leona and Helen Mount Mercy Academy Walter T. Hall Los Angeles Cal Caroline Schoenhut Leonard Kurt P. A. Kurt Fred Collman Tripp, 8. D John H. Rickels Jack Kay Iowa University Ann Hauss Robertson Kate Adams Walter Stella Swift Anamosa Keokuk Harry Berg Miss Bernice Stout Minard Stout John A. Deischer Vinton H. A. Harper Joel Starks Jennie Shipman Clint Bussington Mechanicsville Ruth Webster Opal Porter Faye Cass Coe College Merle Cass Stuhlers R. G. Jacobs St. Louis, Mo Alma Buel J. G. Suter Carl Schneider and Son Willam Skelley O. E. York Bravelton & McLaughlin E. J. Farley John Perrine LaVetta Wyoming Zimmerman Kurt Wayne School Gladys Ireland Fred Goldin Bertha Mae Mrs. Goldin Clarence Brown Charles Kay Kathryn Kay Norman Newton Donald C. L. Kay James McLaughlin W. D. McLaughlin Chauncey Robison Glenn Smith Mildred Haux Grand Mound D. A. Marker Spirit Lake Raymond Smith H. W. Bell Leone Very Merlin John Princeton Margaret Stadtmueller Eskimo Club Paul Smith Center Junction Peter Goos White Lake S. D William Cassady J. H. Lambert Rudolph Flack George Goos Ryan William Jarrett Ray Jacque Harold Dunn Herman Bafasch Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Clarence Matthiessen Marilee Clarence James Mrs. Matthiessen J. O. Farnham Morley 8. E. Day Sabula W. K. Hodgson John H. F. Kettlitz B. D. Haeussler Gould Conrad American Legion Auxiliary Legion and Auxiliary Gladys Shelley Methodist Episcopal Church Roy Paton Madison, Wis Charles Podhaski Paton Grace Podhaski George Thompson Hazel Margaret Houston Vandalia Lester Houston Milton Thoent Libbie Thoent Elmer Hicks R. A. Cartano Chicago Mr. Hicks Ernest Hicks Mr. Cartano Wilbur Cartano Wadsworth, Ill Margaret Eberhart D. P. Young Ida Hubbard Edith Sturtevant Titus Phelps Spencer Hubert Metcalf N. Nelson Marie Des Moines Mary Boot Dexter Carl Hodson E. E. Reed Alfreda Reed University High School Lena Schoenhut Ralph Mills L. F. Mills Rock Island, Ill Clarence Palmer and Son Davenport Northwestern Bell Telephone Company Franklin Equipment Caroline Emma Heiken Elsie Heiken Elkader Charles Cords George Greene Edna Newton Parrott Monarch George Stuhler’s Sons’ Company Adv M. F. Hogan Iowa State Dental Society Hotel Roosevelt E. E. Bailey Denver Colo Lem Berlin Sanborn Gerd Null A. B. Jacobs L. A. Oltman Walker Berlin Lem Gertrude Cropp Henry W. Jacobs Margaret Brokens Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star of Iowa Mesdames L. A. Iverson J. W. Schweitzer W. W. Stickford George Guyan Bert Hubbard Harry Rodman Frank Podhaski Byron Abel George van Buren Layland Phelps Mr. Hubbard Laura Titus Hubbard Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star Arthur M. Maurice Phillip Ames James Valley Junction Margaret Maurice Maurice Emma Schneider Isaak Schneider, Jr Public Library Jack Sprat Ted, Solid Renee Jack Sprat Catsup Gare Hele Sinclair Bally National Book Week Automobile Drivers Attention Faithful In Church Relations Princess Jack Holt Sun Mon Eddie Dowlis Ricardo Cortez Laura LA Pla Arizona Thief Mr. Fire Lovell State Bank Alice Sharpe Exprem Cooking School Robertson Bros The Express Opera House the Iverson Callahans Lange Scotch Grove Miss Alice Sharpe Cooking the Express Cooking Welch . Cook Bears of
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