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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1934
Page
3
A sorely hungry traveler called at the Frank Searcy house. Mrs. Searcy offered spinach and recounted their limited provisions. The man expressed pity and departed after the brief encounter.
A ditch wall gave way trapping a worker under earth and rocks. Fellow laborers formed an airhole and dug by hand, suffering only bruises and shock while freeing him from the rubble.
The Davenport mayor announced that taverns and cafes serving beer and allowing dancing must secure licenses approved by the council. No dancing prohibition exists, but operation requires licensure. Farmers in Iowa filed 118 petitions under a federal relief law to adjust debts outside bankruptcy court, with Ottumwa and Creston seeing heavy filings. Hog cholera outbreaks continue in eastern Iowa with 18 counties reporting new cases, urging vaccination as soon as symptoms appear.
Henry Meier a canning plant employee in Waverly Bremer county supported a ton of sweet corn on his back and was pulled onto a conveyor by the force of the rolling corn He and other workers freed him after several minutes He reported only chest soreness next day A separate note from Red Oak Montgomery county records a large owl killed after attacking a hen in a poultry yard The owl measured about 4 feet 4 inches wingspan and had haunted the area for over a year
Visitors at Al bia county fair in Monroe county viewed a 19 foot cottonwood root pulled from a well at Walter Cozard home. The root mass filled a ten inch tile and grew from the surface down to water, though it did not contaminate the pump water.
Two year old Myron Sales of Red Oak Montgomery county clung to a car bumper after being struck by driver J D Griffith who did not realize he had hit a child until about 100 feet away. The boy escaped with scratches and no serious injury.
Plumbers in Spencer Clay county urge a wage reduction from 1.60 to 1 per hour arguing the high rate blocks rural work and new building. Their resolution sent to NRA officials cites crowded demand and calling for fair pricing to boost employment.
The Schrier brothers shelling corn near Manson Calhoun county report a stranger with a trailer took about 30 bushels from under the shelter. Neighbors and the brothers initially suspected the other, but no trace of the corn or vehicle has been found.
Melvin Johnson of Winterset a Civilian Conservation Corps worker in Chariton Lucas county barely avoided injury when a landslide at the bottom of a 10 foot trench trapped him briefly before assistance arrived.
Mr and Mrs Wm D McLaughlin and others visit Ames to arrange James McLaughlin’s entry to Iowa State College agriculture. Several social notes follow including visits, birthdays, club meeting reports, Goodyear banquets, and a description of a lengthy flower color history and horse racing purses in California with a $100 000 Santa Anita stake.
Richland Center residents hosted and visited in Cedar Rapids and Monticello areas with many relatives and friends. Funeral services for Marvin L. Buol were held in Monticello with pallbearers named and burial in Oakwood cemetery.
East Cass Township residents visited Henry Uhr and Marion Clark at Hopkinton and near Anamosa. Families attended the Farmers Creamery picnic at Monticello fairgrounds. Betty Jane Harford faces goiter surgery in Iowa City. Scarlet fever quarantines affect the John Weers family. The Brockhohn christening at Cass and visits from Castle Grove and Monticello are noted.
A large gathering from multiple families enjoyed a picnic at Bever Park in Cedar Rapids on Sunday celebrating the birth anniversaries of Mrs. E. E. Willms and Mary Johnson. Several relatives and friends shared in the event. Lena Freese, daughter of John Freese, has been ill but is expected to return to school soon.
Castle Grove formed the kittenball team and split a Sunday doubleheader with Frog Hollow. They lost 18 to 19 in the opener and won 15 to 18 in the second, then fell 27 to 10 to Monte Theater. Next Sunday they host County Liners on Castle Grove grounds.
Local residents from Sand Spring and nearby towns visit relatives in Colesburg Monticello Onslow Dubuque and Center Junction. Guests include Mr and Mrs John Blaker Mr and Mrs Edward Cox and many others sharing Sunday and weekday visits across Iowa communities.
A seven o clock dinner at her home honored Bertha Baxter on her seventeenth birthday with ten guests. After meals they traveled to Monticello for a park dance. Attendees included Neva Wilson Velma Arduser Mildred Arduser Lois Baum Jeanette Baum Bernard Murray George Arduser Jerome Baum Leon Wilson and the Blinkers and Coxes.
Francis Snyder of Spencer in Clay county suffered a severe electrical shock while working atop a high vase on a chair. He grasped a live wire and went rigid. his brother Robert kicked away the chair and the brothers tumbled to the floor as they struggled to detach him.
Winter supply ad offers feeder pigs 40 to 80 pounds at Henry Stutt building east end of town. Illegible lines mention rent wanted for 160 to 200 acre farm in Monticello territory by M. D. Sack ett of Hopkinton Indiana.
120 acre John B. Eggers farm in Madison township with good buildings running water and electric light plant. Gravel road coming soon. Cash terms. Inquiries to A. H. Balster Monticello administrator of the estate. 12-3.
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