Four-H Shows Value of Its Program at County Fair
Four-H clubs in Jones county impressed at the Monticello fair last week with strong cattle and hog entries and a standout 4-H sale. Kenneth Brunscheen’s 800 pound steer sold for 17.50 per cwt to Honeymead. Merle Jansen’s 240 pound pig sold for 25.00 per cwt to Helgens Brothers. Girls excelled in Achievement Day demonstrations and textiles. Farm Bureau leaders and fair board commend 4-H space and effort.
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Jones County
Monticello
Kenneth Brunscheen
Wyoming
Honeymead Company
Merle Jansen
Anamosa
Helgens Brothers
Progressive Farmers of
Farm Bureau
The
Fair Association
Meatless days urged to aid war effort or supply lines
In a wartime appeal President Roosevelt discusses meatless days to free 30 to 40 ships for transporting tanks planes and munitions. Jones County backs voluntary meat abstention weekly to ease transportation while noting meat from New Zealand Argentina and Australia would be redirected for military use.
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Roosevelt
Jones County
New Zealand
Argentine
Peter Fraser
Atlantic
Australia
Gertrude Diamant A New York Author Ofelia Book
Gertrude Diamant, native New Yorker and author of The Days of Ofelia, discusses her career from teaching in Harlem to researching Mexican tribes. Her book blends fact and fiction with sympathetic depictions of Mexican life and language.
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New York
Nebraska
Oregon
Colorado
Gertrude Diamant
Ofelia
Miss Diamant
Cornell University
Harlem
Ofelia Escoto
Mexico City
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Daniel
Mexico
A Scattered World War II Era Page Laments and Observations
A collage of editorials and quips from small town papers discusses grocery duties, seed grants, wartime expenditures, tire bans, enemy submarines, declining female sopranos due to smoking, and critique of state liquor controls as seen in Mason City Globe Gazette’s selection.
Kraschel Tax Claims and War Budget Reassessment
The column rebuts Kraschel’s claim that the federal government cannot tax property, noting two historic direct property taxes in 1789 and 1861. It chronicles state budget shifts under a prior Republican administration, contrasts predicted versus actual balances, and explains gas tax revenue declines due to wartime travel reductions while road wear and truck use rise.
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N. G. Kraschel
State House
Kraschel
The
Union
Accera
Bandit
Jo Siegel
Sioux City
Des Moines
TimeCapsule: Monticello Express Highlights 1917 to 1932
News notes from September 1 1932 and September 7 1922 recount weather extremes, a creamery picnic, thefts, fair attendance and speeches, air show plans, local births and moves, medical and teaching hires, a hospital opening, marriages, and drafts. Names include McLaughlin Buick, Henry Field, Louis Murray, McDonald hospital, Gladys Smits, and John McDonald.
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Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
McLaughlin Buick Company
Jones County
Henry Field
United States
Louis Murray
R. L. McCafferee
Monticello
Eilert Prult
Langworthy
W. L. Wismeier
John McDonald Hospital
Helen Hefner
Mason City
J. W. Anderson
Phyllis Mae
Josephine Meyer
Holstein
Mildred Meyer
Guthrie Center
Hazel Brazelton
Lake Park
E. E. Brazelton
Carl Brazelton
Hazel Adams
Denver
Colo
John McQuillen
Richland Township
Charles W. Bosley
J. W. Rimmer
Bosley
Little Rock
Ark
Cleo Hutton
McDonald
McDonald Hospital, Was Married August 22 To William Stiles
Los Angeles
J. W. Innes
James D. Lazell
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
T. S. Lazell
Academy
Gladys Smits
Litchfield Hospital
Litchfield
Minn
John McDonald
Center Junction
Henry Petera
Margaret Thompson
They Prize Their Boys First In Midwest
A Jones county Iowa correspondent writes to F D Roosevelt praising wartime unity and loyalty. He reports a Monticello fair supporting war relief and urges the president to avoid partisan politics while promising local backing for war measures and front expansion. Corn comments note pending dry weather.
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Midwest
Anamosa
Iowa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C
United States
Jones County
Middlewest
Monticello
Mr. Resident
Army
Navy
Towa
New York
Jim Farley
Jim
United Nations
George Stimpson
P.S
Bomb The Japs With Junk Shortage Of Seeing Dogs
Miss Hazel Hurst, president of the Hazel Hurst Foundation for the Blind in Monrovia California, warned that at current training rates it would take 250 years to train enough guide dogs. She noted four months to train a dog, one month with its user, but four years to train the trainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Hurst
The Empty Room War Bonds Appeal
An advertisement portrays a man viewing his son's empty room to evoke sacrifice for war savings. He recalls a boyhood era and shared dreams while urging support for War Savings Stamps and Bonds. The piece praises homefront duties over direct combat and thanks sponsors United States Rubber Co and the ad creators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Rubber Co
America
New York World-Telegram
Home Canning Guidelines for Wartime Homemakers
Wartime guidance explains home canning as processing plants in kitchens to protect vitamins and extend shelf life. It covers selecting quality produce, washing, precooking, packing, sterilizing jars, and heat processing for acid and nonacid foods, with safety caution about avoiding canning powders and boosting acidity with vinegar or lemon juice.
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Charles A. Doxler
Nath
Monticello, Iowa
Pssocition At
St Ca
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubuque
Webster City
Davenport Democrat
France
Leaven
R. McRown
Mason City Globe Gazette
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ackley World-Journal
Waterloo
Senate
Lesmond
North America
St. Lawrence
Mississippi
Middle West
Lake Mills
New Jersey
Annie
Indianola
Marion
Liquor Commission
Cedar Rapids
Mont
J. H. Milroy
Vinton
Cleve Welch
Syracuse
N. Y
Dental Service
United States Army
Lowell Hicks
New York City
William Burns
Patrick Leonard
Lee Martin
Eclipse Lumber Company
Washington
Elmer Davis
Frances Hettler
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