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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1923
Page
5
A column endorses Herbert Quick's Vandemark's Folly and The Hawkeye as wholesome Iowa romances for families, contrasting with modern sex-themed novels. It discusses President Harding's death, Coolidge as successor, Iowa farming prosperity, and a note on rising divorces and marriages in Minnesota. It ties local fairs to good weather and cites Ohio presidents dying in office.
The Minneapolis Tribune reflects on Warren G. Harding’s passing and the transition to Calvin Coolidge. It praises Harding’s leadership and anticipates Coolidge’s cautious, industrious style, noting their shared views and Coolidge’s readiness to lead until 1924.
The New York Tribune argues General Leonard Wood endures political attacks despite stable rule in the Philippines. It credits his administration with restoring finances, education, sanitation, and public works, while opponents push resignations to force U S policy changes such as anti gambling enforcement.
The Lincoln Star laments the death of a beloved man and notes the public mourning for a gracious, sweet-natured figure. It contrasts this with a California professor’s claim that 96 percent of Americans are below normal mind, mockingly counting himself among the remaining four percent.
A crumpled reed of strength in memory, words falter as tears fall for a land in hush. The speaker questions a cruel act and imagines a future message urging the people to carry on despite grief, invoking a nameless speaker from beyond the tomb.
Preparations complete for the 64th Iowa State Fair running August 22 to 31. About 7500 to 8000 head of livestock entered mark a record for the biggest livestock and agricultural fair in the nation. Exhibits include 500 baby beeves from Iowa youth and over 32009 poultry and pigeons. The grounds will host auto shows, farm machinery displays, and major entertainment including horse and auto racing, bands, circus acts, fireworks, and a state horseshoe tournament.
The August 1 crop report notes corn at 90 percent of normal in Iowa, above the ten year average, with a forecast yield of 39.6 bushels per acre and state production around 412.909 million bushels. Oats reach 88 percent with an estimated 202.596 million bushels, hay and timothy values given, and other crops including flaxseed and soybeans listed with percent conditions and implied yields.
Frederick William Wise notes Henry Ford will not campaign publicly if he runs for president. Detroit locals claim Ford has given only one life speech, a Sing Sing prison assembly where he timidly asked “How are you, boys” and greeted prisoners.
More than 5,000 World War I veterans are expected at the fifth annual Iowa American Legion convention in Mason City August 16 and 17 with a state promenade on August 18. Festivities include bands, golf, races, boxing, dances, and speakers General Pershing Judge Landis and Hanford MacNider. The event will address Americanization veteran care and education as well as the department’s future plan of action.
A Cedar Rapids article portrays a mother's day as she prepares breakfast, cleans, gardens, picks berries, bakes, serves lunch, cooks dinner for hungry men, and ends with sewing and mending. The piece notes no one worries about her 12 hour, all day routine.
The Rotary club held a memorial service last Monday with songs and a sermon by T. S. Lazell. He recalled Warren G. Harding as a devoted leader facing postwar challenges and urged Rotary to continue service above self.
Charles Conley of Hale township had a life size still seized by Sheriff John Bodenhofer last Thursday evening. The largest still he has landed amid enforcement of the Volstead act. A barrel of mash was found but no evidence it was used. Conley was held to the September term under bond of $200 on a charge of possessing instruments to violate intoxicant laws.
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald notes Mr Harding, like Lincoln, built his house by the side of the road to stay in contact with working people. He valued friendship and sympathy for laboring, striving, and erring individuals, and may gain lasting fame for his broad tolerance and charity.
Marshalltown Times-Republican warns that the next three months bring more highway fatalities due to better roads and greater leisure. August and October are named as peak danger times with automobiles blamed for the rise. The piece frames death as harvest using modern speed cars.
The writer declines to offer opinions on the coal controversy and instead promises to lodge a few pertinent observations as monetary notes in his ledger.
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