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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
5
The piece surveys Monticello’s property assessments from Auditor reports, notes the International Harvester case and broader trust dynamics, and discusses beet sugar policy, tariff effects, and sugar prices amid wartime trade shifts. It mentions figures, names, and references to auditors and political figures.
An unsigned Independent column argues the Kaiser has become insane and should be removed from command to avert disaster. The piece blames Germany's army and navy growth for the war, warning Christendom will share burdens while Germany bears much of the hardship. It notes poor U S naval relations with Germany since prior incidents.
The piece notes September as the withdrawal time from Vera Cruz after a costly invasion. It recalls Huerta dodging salute, censorship limits on Richard Harding Davis, Poultney Biglow’s Kaiser satires, and Mexican revolutionaries seizing control of the government. Roosevelt’s bull moose speech gets scant dispatch lines.
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues the protective tariff fostered a domestic beet sugar industry, noting it helped build factories and independence from Europe. With European sugar supplies cut off, the sector now risks a shortage and underscores the value of homegrown production.
Sioux City Journal notes that powerful governments censor communications yet major events will emerge eventually. Readers are urged to use puzzles to engage while fragments leak about various war conditions, inviting imaginative constructions of ally and enemy outcomes.
The Kaiser calls Germans to defend the fatherland in distant war dispatches, while a humorous Philadelphia note recounts Old Man Pascoe drunk on seven buskies who tries to divorce after a mutinous kitchen altercation. His wife notes stormy weather as she retreats indoors.
Pope Pius X died in Rome at 1 20 am after several days of illness. Doctors Mar chatava and Amici treated him as cardinals, royal families, and church officials prayed aloud. The Pope spoke briefly, spoke of sparing him the horrors of war, and extreme unction was given amid a sacred deathbed scene.
The Marion fair runs this week as Marshalltown plans two miles of new concrete pavement. Bellevue Lutheran church dedicates a new pipe organ. Iowa City schools see L F Meade promoted to superintendent. Van Horn church fire destroys building. insurance partly covers losses.
A Brussels report via Havas states the Prussian right wing has reached both banks of the Meuse and contacted allied armies. German forces on the north bank include varied corps focused on Liege and distant cavalry disrupting zones. Allied Belgian and French forces on the south held firm while the north saw penetration by small German detachments.
The week brought near normal temperatures with bright days and cool nights. Showers occurred in pockets while rain was scarce across much of the state, eastern counties reporting the highest totals and central and southern areas the least. Corn futures show retrograde growth with eight to ten million bushels trimmed by drought, but northern regions retain good condition with enough moisture for maturation. Pastures brown, late potato crops stressed, and water shortages in shallow wells dampen stock feeds amid rapid threshing and limited fall plowing.
Des Moines reports show the final legal deadline for weed cutting in Iowa has passed with little effort to act. Thomas H. McDonald and Henry E. Sampson met to plan a course, with hints that township trustees failing to comply may face prosecution. The highway commission notes widespread neglect and warns fines up to 100 dollars per trustee.
The article contrasts Gov Clarke’s bold leadership of the legislature and executive council with Hamilton’s effort to downplay his Democrat ties to attract Republican voters. It emphasizes Clarke’s accountability beyond capital extension recommendations and frames Hamilton as seeking cross party appeal.
A large Aug 1914 meeting in Oxford Junction debated Monticello’s plan to fund a 50 000 court house. The long petition from 108 signers pledges 50 000 dollars to be paid within a year after county seat is fixed at Monticello.
In a group photo of wartime rulers President Poincare of France shows the most expressive face while others appear weak or neurotic. The piece argues that people can choose better rulers than hereditary rule, calling Poincare a modern human rather than a relic.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat remark contrasts Americans in Europe with those in Mexico. It notes that Americans abroad spent money in Europe while seeking profits in Mexico, underscoring differing motives and movements of U.S. citizens.
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