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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1936

Page

2

Local Notes Highlight Pine Kindling Sale and Community Visits

Local n ws notes record Pine kindling sale at Stuhler's Grocery and a string of visits, travels, and events. Residents such as Dr. and Mrs. Gould of Conrad, Mrs. Brenneman, Mr. and Mrs. Lovell, and many others are noted visiting relatives, attending services, or traveling to cities like Chicago, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines. Community groups host fundraisers and dinners, while cemetery hours and medical society meetings are documented.

Local News Briefs From Manchester Springville and More

Mrs Wade Long toured Manchester on Friday afternoon with Mrs Frank Podhaski visiting her daughter Mrs Paul Klaus. Bob Ladd of Hopkinton injured his right thumb Thursday while changing a tire when a jack slipped. Springville voters approved a 26000 paving project for Main Street with 45 percent funded by the government and the rest from assessments and street improvement bonds. The Business and Professional Women's club met at Maples Inn with Mildred Iverson as president and officers reporting on Marshalltown board plans and coming year goals. The committee included Caroline Hei ace and Madge Shaffer. Gladys Skelley attended as a former member. New Zealand plans loans to spur new industries.

Wade Long Manchester Frank Podhaski Paul Klaus Bob Ladd Hopkinton Springville Business and Professional Women’s Club Maples Inn Mildred Iverson Marshalltown Isabel Martha Meyer Caroline Hei Ace Madge Shaffer Gladys Skelley

Jones County Court Term Opens September 28 1935

The Jones county district court in Anamosa begins its September term Monday September 28 with clerk Lee Byerly stating the petit jury will be summoned for action Monday October 5. Automobile registrations for 1936 exceed 5 000, the county treasurer reports, the highest in five years.

Jones County District Court District Court Lee Byerly

Third Week at School Highlights Glee Club and Debates

Clara Schatz reports on school life as Mr McConnell selects the girls glee club including Eileen Appleby Frances Bone and others. A G A A meeting elects officers. football set to play Maquoketa. grades show spelling champions and perfect conduct in upper grades.

Mr. McConnell Glee Club Eileen Appleby Frances Bone Doris Beard Ruth Clark Kathleen Carlsen Margaret Deischer Antonette Coxsee Phoebe Hiller Grace Hutton Eunice Howland Ruth Long Fern Lightfoot Mary McLaughlin Virginia Matthiessen Jo McNeill Esmeree Nichols Loretta Oaken Freda Prult Jean Royden Jo Rickle McConnell Mascofield Stevenson Victor Richardson Glenn Lambert Sidney Schweitzer Bob Wahl Lewis Cox Maynard Ry Grant Roberta Clark Esther Cass Hilda Balster Maquoketa Lorraine Hein Donald Bohlken Harry Hanken Pally March Jimmie Seemsen Rhert Veitch Daston Yousse Kathry Render Jean Rathbun Sie Stuhler Betty Smith Donald Tarbox Dorothy Rose Bartlett Donald Lohbet Savings Bank Jack Stahler Albert McNeill Dirk Abel Elizabeth Lee Byvery

Interesting Iowa News Briefs From J W Jarnagin

A Iowa Falls shopkeeper loses a $60 bill to a quick pocketing customer. Egrets visit lakes near Ruthven, rare birds protected nationwide. LeMars residents watch an old frame building razed, once a public school. Carroll churches falter locating a minister for August Schroeder funeral. A rattlesnake near Churchtown bites by overalls. county bounties total $477.50 for 955 snakes in 1936 mid August. Gypsy con artist fleeces Kansas visitor in Jesup. A Madrid farmer notes a calf winds over a fence during a storm. Delaware county tragedy: two year old Franklin Armstrong dies due to a fatal error.

Ruthven Palo Alto Iowa LeMars Plymouth County Frank Zezulka Churchtown Allamakee County Zezulka

Poison on porch ends in death at Pocahontas home

A tester left a small jug of sulphuric acid on a porch at the Armstrong home. Franklin, a child at play, swallowed the acid and died after medical aid. At Pocahontas courthouse officials Mrs Eisenhauser and Will Neiman, both long associated with Lincoln township, attend the meeting. Storm Lake youngsters staged a treasure hunt diving for valuables from the lake bottom. A Dubious giant vegetables note reports John Butterton near Audubon finding Ohio potatoes around 11 ounces each, grown without artificial moisture.

Tester Armstrong Franklin Pocahontas Pocahontas County John Elsenhauser Will Neiman Lincoln Township Eisenhauser Grace Eaton Neaman Eisenhauer Storm Lake Buena Vista County John Butterton Audubon Audubon County Butterton Ohio

Longtime Hardin County Fair director attends 46th year

W. H. Rowen, member of the fair board since 1890, attended the annual Hardin County Fair as a director for the 46th consecutive year. He has never missed a day at the fair in all that time and previously served three years as president of the association.

Hardin County W. H. Rowen Rowen

Farmer Claims Chickens Suppress Grasshoppers Near Albion

W B Underwood of Marshall county reports his chickens are effective grasshopper terminators. He notes more birds would help control the pest as his flock cleans up hoppers around his property. He counts 52 insects in one fat pallet crawl.

W. B. Underwood Albion Marshall County Underwood

Saw found in ceiling of historic Eldora building

Workmen tearing down the old Wintermute building in Eldora Hardin county uncovered a finishing saw wedged in the ceiling laths. The tool, likely left during original construction, was discovered after plaster removal.

Eldora Hardin County

Wild goose chase grips Council Bluffs fire crews

In Potta Wattamie county an elderly woman tried to mail a letter into a fire alarm box causing all downtown fire companies to rush to the intersection. Despite much effort and many firefighters none could find a blaze until a bystander explained the mix up.

Council Bluffs Potta Wattamie

Homemaking Instructor Embarks On European Bicycle Tour

Hilda McMillan of Spencer Clay county uses a two wheeler on a European tour visiting nine countries. She slept in water towers monasteries battleships and penitentiaries and wore a coat on July 4 while watching the sun set at 10 15 p m. Musicians in Mallard Palo Alto county faced a collapsed bandstand during a 25 piece concert injuring two players but continuing the program.

Hilda McMillan Spencer Clay County Europe Richard Halliburton Mallard Palo Alto County

Roosevelt policies drive 1935 farm imports total to 1.391 billion

The 1935 agricultural imports reached an estimated 1.391 billion dollars under Roosevelt trade policies. Corn, pork, and wheat imports displaced millions of acres of American farmland and left thousands of rural residents without self support.

Washington, D. C Roosevelt America United States United States Department of Commerce

Relief canvass shows Democrats win executive jobs in Mamaroneck

In Mamaroneck New York a relief canvass shows 24 of 27 executive or supervisory posts held by Democrats while Republican voters outnumber Democrats three to one.

Mamaroneck New York

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