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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1919
Page
8
Congressman James W. Good spoke to the Cedar Rapids Rotary detailing wartime debts, budget reform, and government waste. He warned against paternalism and urged tighter oversight of expenditures, citing treasury outlays and labor policy critiques.
Ralph Parlette argues that seeking to outshine others breeds shallow success and mocks amusements as childish. He compares rapid fame to a long effort and warns against shortcuts in self improvement and social polish.
Opinion piece advocates broad property ownership across townships in the United States. It argues workers should own farms and residents should own houses to reduce political agitation and curb soapbox politics. The author envisions widespread home ownership as a stabilizing civic goal.
A post office bulletin announces a public examination for the Dubuque postmaster on Tuesday April 15. The event is said to be authorized by an executive order of March 31 1917 rather than the civil service act. Rumors link the outcome to replacing acting postmaster Charles B Wunderlich with Democratic candidates Leo Mulgrew M C Matthews or William Stolteben amid administration influence. Wunderlich’s long civil service record contrasts with recent shakeups of commissioners viewed as sympathetic to political interests.
The piece surveys varied trivia including Rome's battle flag symbolism, literacy tests for Portuguese voters, a stingless bee breed in Indiana, 60 000 workers needed for match production, cloud-to-earth travel time of 17 hours, Jamaica’s fern diversity, Bombay rainfall, Switzerland's high poor relief, Annam’s gold coin value, lavender workers' health, Chicago’s large Norwegian population, and Borneo’s colored diamond diversity through history.
The lower house passage of the new road bill guarantees its enactment with Senate approval. The measure allows up to 25 percent of permanent road costs taxed to benefited property, with the rest from automobile taxes and federal aid. It lets districts opt in without forcing paving on reluctant areas.
A committee of Ida Grove attorneys recommended disbarment for George Clark attorney for Ernest Rathbun. They accuse unprofessional conduct in the Rathbun case and urge Judge H. B. Albert to act. A nondistrict judge will be named by the supreme court to hear the disbarment proceedings.
Washington Post notes that the United States differs from others by having food to eat and implies that surplus food would remove demand for a league. The remark contrasts national abundance with the idea of shared governance.
Irving T. Bush, famed Bush Terminal owner, rode the streetcar with a huge carpet roll blocking the aisle. He shouldered the bundle again at Forty-second Street and laid it in a reception room of his Brooklyn landmark, explaining he kept the rug due to delayed store delivery.
A retrospective notes the end of the War of 1812 near 1814 1815 with peace signed December 24 1814 and a rapid news relay via handbills to New York by February 1815. It contrasts slower delivery to other cities before telegraph. It cites Joseph Glanvil on inventive foresight and distant communication.
A speaker recalls Ann Brown discussing the paradox of lateness and early arrivals. The speaker notes how delays and early arrivals shape social plans and the strain of staying punctual across engagements.
The 1918 U S honey crop is estimated at about 250 million pounds by the agriculture department. The American Botanist notes bees must move roughly 160000 tons of material to produce this crop excluding their own consumption. Half comes from white clover nectar, with alfalfa and sweet clover next in importance.
A morning drill interrupting a company by a Bowie plane caused orders to lie still. The captain warned against fleeing and predicted a bombing tonight while a private suggested seeking another’s woods.
A dialogue opens with a patient blaming a germ for his illness and a doctor unable to name the disease. The exchange hints at medical uncertainty while the speaker admits contracting the illness though the exact name remains unknown.
A seaside hotel proprietor wraps up a men rules bulletin with the line Remember Time and tide wait for coumn. He hints that ladies rules appear in another bulletin, a quip attributed to the judge. The contrived pun playfully contrasts gendered rules in a coastal lodging.
Dramatic Peninsular War wrap up at Toulouse finds Wellington victorious with 15,000 casualties before a courier reveals Napoleon abdicated five days earlier. Torres Strait natives craft tortoise shell jewelry in crude tools, creating hair combs, earrings, rings, chains, and brooches.
A sales pitch offering a 50c bottle of Farris' Healing Oil to mix with linseed oil for a pint of healing remedy. It claims to cure old sores wounds cuts and scratches and invites purchase at George Stuhler's Sons Co.
A Dallas News quote cautions against new oil investments until wells prove self sustaining, arguing prudence over chasing quick gains and suggesting others may act differently. The remark frames investment patience as essential in the energy sector.
A note on defects at birth comparing animals to humans. It states about five percent of lower animals are defective at birth, a much lower ratio than among humans.
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