Monticello Council Votes On Payments And Memorial Day Plan
Monticello Iowa council met with all members present. Treasurer Hoag reported a total fund balance of 11957.31 and receipts from fines rents water and meters. A long bill list was ordered paid and officials announced library board and marshal appointments. A street sewer and water connection resolution and a Memorial Day celebration resolution were adopted.
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Monticello
Iowa
Hoag
Town Tel. Co
Monticello Express
J. A. Voorhees
V. L. Hanssen
Vv. O. Welch
I. Schneider
G. P. Rockstad
P. D. Bell
H. S Lee
F. Kellum
A. Meyers
C. J. Northrop
O. BE. Brainerd
Vern Slauson
A. Bejasch
X. Co
F. D. Slauson
Nai
Standard Oil Co
Neptune Meter Co
Palmer’s Pharmacy
H. S. Lee
Postage
Monticello Elec. ‘Co
J. Arduser
Monticello Elec. Co
Mr. Dunlap
C'S
Laura Koop
Library Board
Witty Household Tips and Dining Quips in Humorous Snips
A collage of wry exchanges and bon mots about lodgers, board bills, clerks, songs, grace, and a woman's appetite. The humor pivots on money, dating, and domestic life with playful dialogue and punchlines.
Not 2 Pipe Dream
Stars and Stripes playfully calculates the absurd idea of smoking 3 173 871 794 cigarettes by the AEF. It converts length to miles and envisions a route from New York to St Nazaire, noting logistical absurdities and eventual AWOL detail.
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Stars and Stripes
Russia
Great Wall
China
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco Bay
United States
Atlantic
New York
St. Nazaire
Road tax and license reforms spark county option and truck charges
A road law allows counties to pursue payment options by vote. The new motor license bill sets plate issuance at county treasurers and taxes based on weight and value with five year terms. Truck taxes scale by tonnage and solid tires incur penalties. Additional bills boost county official salaries, regulate wolves bounty, license dead-animal disposal, and expand road funding and bonding options. A Wallaces' Farmer overview notes Iowa road progress under the Highway Commission and urges competent county supervisors and high salaries to attract expert road engineers.
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Holson
Flenniken
LaValley
Scott
Marshall
Moon
Gundersen
Beeman and Francis
Senator Frailey
Senator Foskett
House
Ball
Banking Committee
Senator Rainbow
County Board of Supervisors
Buser
Wallaces
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Iowa farmers produce record grain during World War I years
Iowa farmers yielded more foodstuffs in 1917 and 1918 than any two years before, per a 62 page Iowa State College extension report by Director R K Bliss. The war period saw grain output rise 27 percent, adding about 143 million bushels annually, enough to feed every person in France one pound daily for a year.
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Iowa
United States
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
R. K. Bliss
Raymond A. Pearson
Bliss
France
Former Bavarian King Ludwig Murmurs of Homelessness
The Washington Post notes former King Ludwig of Bavaria laments his lack of a place to rest in old age. The remark follows a controversy over alleged overreach or missteps that led to his downfall and public scrutiny.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Washington Post
Ludwig
Bavaria
The Heart of Victory
Gen Haig’s 1918 war review links Germany’s collapse to 1916 and 1917 battles and the ceaseless attrition that wore down German reserves. It emphasizes preparation in individuals and nations, noting American involvement in 1918 while praising quieter wins in training camps, factories, shipyards, and Red Cross work.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Germany
Haig
Red Cross
The Filipinos
The editorial argues that Filipinos can govern themselves with independence and praises American efforts to prepare them for self rule. It notes subduing insurrectionists led by Aguinaldo and compares Filipino progress to that of Japan, asserting U.S. pride in its work.
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Cedar Rapids
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Orient
Blessed Man Gains Worth From Small Tools
A humorous note in the Ohio State Journal contrasts value by saying a man may derive as much satisfaction from a $1.50 spading fork and a 79 cent hoe as from a $4,500 touring car, highlighting frugality and whimsy.
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Ohio State Journal
Burroughs Celebrates 82nd Birthday Splitting Wood
John Burroughs of Minneapolis marks his 82nd birthday by spending the day splitting wood. Neighbors note his lifelong habit of wood splitting and sturdy routine.
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Minneapolis
John Burroughs
Burroughs
Busy Berthas Turned Into Victory Medals
Workers of the Victory Liberty Loan will receive medals forged from melted Krupp steel. The Treasury will award medals to volunteers who sell the Victory issue, with space for the recipient’s name and a Treasury building motif. Only authorized distributors pre drive qualify. contact your campaign chairman to enlist.
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Victory ‘Liberty Loan
Uncle Sam
Verdun
Treasury Department
Victory Liberty Loan Army
Krupp
Victory Liberty Loan
Treasury Building
Uncle
Sam
Victory Liberty Loan Campaign
Federal Reserve District
Europe to Bring Noted Leaders for Victory Liberty Loan Drives
Prominent European military leaders and statesmen will visit the United States to urge support for the Victory Liberty loan. The speakers will travel under invitations coordinated by Washington and the state department to address American audiences. The purpose is to share firsthand the postwar changes in Europe and thank foreign-born Americans for wartime support. Our boys fought bravely to win the war and must now sustain patriotism in the peace effort.
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Europe
Felix J. Streyckmans
Federal Reserve
Liberty Loan
Chicago
Washington
State Department
Streyckmans
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Council Proceedings
Brown
London
Grace
Edward
Howard
Towa
the Blessed Man
Oligggatt
Myers Tabacco Ch
Inmerica
Linwood
Paige
Detroit Motor Garco
Detroit, Michigan
Burrichter
Reichart
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