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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1927

Page

4

Jones County Fair Celebrates Record Poultry Results

The Jones County Fair highlights wide poultry competition with numerous firsts across many breeds led by S. C. Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns. Local exhibitors including Mrs. Herman Welter and Geo. M. Schueller earned multiple top placings as spectators enjoyed acts and a Dubuque-style revue Friday.

Carl Bohlken Henry Schoon S. C Geo. M. Schueller H. C. Wilcox S. C. White J. W. Callahan S. C. Buff Henry Hagen Herman Folkerts George M. Schueller Herman Welter John Husman Emil J. Kremer Robert Henry Bohlken Tione E. Schueller William Lambert John Heyen Leona Husman J. F. Keilum Clemma Wenger Henry Heyen Ray Echternacht Ione E. Schueller Ronald Buel Marcus Maire Toulouse Arnold Egger Ruth Zubler Ed Wenger Robert Smith

Prognosticator predicts both parties dodge platforms next year

A Carroll Herald piece notes a wise predictor says neither party can dodge the prohibition issue in upcoming platforms. It questions whether leaders will bury the matter in verbiage and camouflage, suggesting both sides will dodge the topic.

Carroll Herald

Vera Cruz Oldest New World Settlement Predates St Augustine

Vera Cruz Mexico is identified as the oldest settlement in the New World, antedating St Augustine by 48 years according to Liberty Magazine. The note contrasts Veracruz with St Augustine, highlighting its early founding and significance.

New World Vera Cruz Mexico Liberty Magazine St. Augustine Ila

Greyhounds Among Oldest Known Dog Types

Stone carvings dating back nearly 6000 years depict graceful greyhounds, illustrating their prominence in early civilizations and enduring presence in canine history.

Inside Housekeeping Tips and Cooking Notes

A guide covers mint jelly from mint gelatin, mint sauce for lamb, and nutritious comparisons of rice and potatoes. It explains cooking methods for tough meats, spider corn bread, custard corn cake, and spoon bread, plus careful handling of wool and silk stains with mild alkalis and avoiding hot water and harsh bleaches.

Dish Drainer Saves Time in Household Dishwashing

Extension specialists in home economics at Ames promote dish drainers to cut daily dishwashing by about 30 minutes for a two person family. Proper stacking and boiling water usage improve drying, with rectangular drainers favored on sink drain boards and round ones usable in dish pans.

Ames

Iowa potato growers urged to sell by mid September

Potato extension man C L Fitch of Iowa State College warns Iowa farmers to market most or all of their potatoes by September 15 to avoid price competition with northern Browns. He says northern crops will impact prices, forecasts a large northern crop and lower prices, and urges sellers not to push high prices or market rough spuds.

Iowa C. L. Fitch Iowa State College Fitch Towa

Elephants Celebrate Baseball Fever At Zoo

A holiday mood among zoo elephants leads to a spring time baseball plan. The keeper provides equipment as the elephants, led by their leader, display eagerness to play. A birthday glove bat ball set sparks festive play and joy for the herd.

Ile Bedi Lea

Aerial Locomotives Planned for Near Future

Reports from Germany describe successful tests of motorless gliders and aerial locomotives. Pilot Notenigdash flew from Cassel to Darmstadt and Frankfurt, demonstrating towns gliders. Ferdinand Schultz set a new world record by staying aloft in a motorless glider at Rossiten, signaling future European and American air travel.

Berlin Aeriah Freiete Sane Travers Germany Notenigdash Germain Cassel Trail Ehider Darmstadt Nurlsrhue c Frankfort Ferdinand Schultz Rossiten Europe America Aera

Poverty as Fairy Godmother Teaching Dignity and Hope

The text argues poverty acts gently to shape character by teaching industry, perseverance, and courage. It suggests a man emerges wiser and more complete, realizing only gradually his full humanity and potential.

Quay Hiim Filmscle Esunis Imost

Gold in Hens Crops Sparks Mine Find at Matheson Farm

Montreal dispatch reports Jack Matheson a returning soldier found gold in his farm chickens. Poultry feed unearthed a gold deposit from an old well excavation. At 80 feet a rock layer yielded nuggets, prompting further digging on the site.

Montreal Charlottetown Jack Matheson Matheson

Great tend Kan-Complain motion to law against disturbing ghost

The county attorney will pursue legal action over a ghost said to persistently disturb a local neighborhood, prompting a formal complaint and potential court proceedings in the area.

Kan Mits

Inheritance Tax Appraisers to Value Collateral Tax

In Anamosa, Jones County Iowa the estate of Patrick J Moore is assessed for collateral inheritance tax. Appraisers J W Conmey A Sones R A Cartano will appraise the decedent’s property August 13 1927 at 1 pm in the district court clerk's office.

State of Iowa Jones County Patrick J. Moore Ray E. Johnson James Leslie Moore Joseph Carroll Moore Victoria Moore Vivian Moore Mary A. Evers Columbia College Catholic Indian Missions Society Propagation of Faith St. Martin's Church Cascade Iowa Cascade State Bank Cascade State Bank of Henry M. McCullough District Court Anamosa J. W. Conmey A. ©. Sones R. A. Cartano

I Do in the Abstract But Not in the Concrete

A contractor angered by a boy stepping on wet pavement quarreled with his wife over love for children. She asked if he loved them, and he quipped he loved them in the abstract but not in the concrete, reflecting a grim joke from Cincinnati Mag.

Clocinnati Magther

Divorce Notice in Jones County Iowa Court

In the September term 1927 district court of Iowa Jones county Marjorie Rhorer files for divorce from Robert Rhorer on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Petition on file by September 14 1927. appearance and defense required by September 26 1927 otherwise default and judgment. Attorney I V Dautremont.

District Court of Iowa Jones County Marjorie Rhorer Robert Rhorer Anamosa

Appraisement Notice for Julia A Moore Estate Iowa

In Jones county Iowa probate case 4125 notice to the state treasurer and Moore heirs that appraisers will meet at 1 PM on September 19 1927 at the district court clerk’s office to value the decedent Julia A Moore estate for inheritance tax purposes.

State of Iowa Jones County Julia A. Moore Ray B. Johnson State of Iowa Patrick J. Moore D. D. Moore J. Leslie Moore Victoria Moore Vivian Moore Josep Carroll Moore Cascade State Bank County of Jones

Inheritance Tax Notice and Court Proceeeding Details

Notice to appear at a time and place to be heard on the appraisement of inherited property. Proceeding to be conducted under the form and manner provided by law. Dated August 16 1927 A O Sones.

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