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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1951
Page
2
Orion Weekly Review argues widespread cheating at West Point signals a larger failure in education and government. The piece condemns socialistic education shifts and graft in Congress and the White House, warning the future of the country looks grim if such curriculums and leadership persist.
A passage notes England's move to a socialized state has produced rising costs, falling production, and deficits across coal gas electric transport and airlines. The Express argues government lacks competent leaders, with jobs given by non merit and lines of succession long and strained.
A miscellany from Monticello and surrounding Iowa towns includes social browser items from By the Way host to a bridge score triumph, reminiscences of the Jones County Fair, and Labor Day reflections. Community letters discuss construction row effects on business and shared home life, along with brief local incidents.
Sunday through week long visits fill Sand Springs with family gatherings. The Gavin descendants reunion in Cedar Rapids drew 41 attendees at Daniels Park. Numerous kin from Albany Payne Albany Dunn Heeren Bohlken Batchelder and Stoddard visited or hosted relatives across homes in Sand Springs Onslow Cedar Rapids Marion Wisconsin Nebraska and Michigan locales. Noel Egger returned from a week away as dinner guests welcomed Fred Egger’s house with Nelson Freeze and Noel present.
Mrs Art Weber hosted a miscellaneous shower Sunday afternoon August 26 in honor of Miss Mary Naber. Guests present from Dyersville included many with family ties to the Naber and Weber families. several others sent gifts though unable to attend.
The Jones No 1 DHIA report for August lists 25 herds with 459 cows tested, average production 783 pounds per cow, and top ten herds led by Bud Bros Monticello at 46.4 pounds butterfat. A 200 pound deer was found dead on the Orlo Dean farm near Griswold after likely entanglement.
The New King Hoboes elected Cannonball Baker as their new king at the annual Britt convention. Former king Ben Benson did not run and has retired.
Postville machine shop operator Gordon Lawson designs and builds a new self propelled grain swather. The device offers autonomous windrowing capability promising efficiency for farmers.
John Mathies found a 60 year old wholesaler's receipt in a recently bought Deloit house. It lists 52 pounds of dried beef hams at 4.81 dollars total, about nine cents per pound, reflecting era pricing.
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