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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
6
The Des Moines richest man F M Hubbell outlines six rules for financial independence emphasizing economy, industry health and safe investing. A Burt bank robbery highlights gaps in rural security and suggests a nationwide rural police approach modeled on Canadian law.
The piece argues that sons like La Follette Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt Jr must cope with shadow of distinguished fathers. It notes the public’s unwillingness to credit sons anew and recalls rare cases of successful generational follow-ons. Brookhart’s harvest home stance is cited as example of party loyalty clash.
Manufacturers trumpet speed while buyers are enticed by a saying they cannot pass. The public mood shifts as the death toll climbs to eleven in the Town of a Sunday, highlighting a deadly consequence of the automotive surge.
A Detroit News reprint cites a fatal and destructive incident from last week where reckless tempers and insisting on right of way led to widespread harm. The column warns about the consequences of uncontrolled anger and horseplay in public.
Chicago Tribune notes President Coolidge is broadly admired after a West to Midwest tour, with 4000 miles in three weeks yielding no criticism. It credits prosperity, restraint on public spending, tax relief for enterprise, and opposition to prejudice and class politics as core causes of his popularity.
The summer commencement exercises at Upper Iowa University were held Friday morning August 15 with Rev. A W Henke of Oelwein delivering the address The bachelor of arts degrees were conferred on graduates including Doris Wilma Brown Agnes Enid Corbitt Mildred Foster Crawford Mary Agnes Galbreth Edith Irene Gemmell Merle G Hicks Helen Lydia Hungerford Ruth Whipple Jensen Helen Louise Kelly Alice Regina Killerlain Vincent Albert Killerlain Lester Alien Muth and Homer Whitfield Troy The regular school year opens September 15 and a strong freshman class is expected with all professors returning except Margaret Jayne Collett who will take a year’s leave of absence and Dr Lotz remaining as full-time professor
Iowa farmers expect 40.5 bushels per acre from the July drought aided crop survey. Total corn output may reach 449,631,000 bushels, up 48 percent from last year, with Iowa surpassing Illinois by 62,000,000 bushels and Indiana and Missouri combined.
Data from C. and N. W. Ry. Co. agents show 457 farm property transfers in Jones County from 1920 to 1925 totaling 52 330 acres at an average price of 141 75 per acre. Adjusted assessed value per acre 67 52 equals 47 68 of sale value. 1924 tangible property 5 94 per acre and money credits 0 92 per acre. 60 farm mortgages filed spring 1924 to spring 1925 cover 8 997 acres at 77 15 per acre. mortgage lands valued at 175 34 per acre.
A practical guide covers evaluating a ham with a clean knife test and odor, storing pie crust by coating with card and covering, saving old soap to make soap jelly, and using soap jelly to lather. It also suggests flouring cake tops to prevent icing runoff.
The narrator describes a summer holiday starting in Shanghai and traveling by sea and land to Seoul and then into Korea. They note Japanese efficiency, rural Korean life, distinctive dress, and the plan to hike into the Diamond mountain region with a Korean pastor as host, hoping for six days of trekking despite rainy season and bridge closures.
Sioux City Journal notes a man winning an injunction against his wife during divorce actions as a harsh move that deprives her of leverage. John Baldwin, formerly of Cascade, died recently at Spirit Lake and was buried in Jackson Minnesota, brother to Hon. J W Baldwin founder of Cascade Pioneer.
John Sahli killed his wife Marie Mader Sahli and then died by suicide on Friday at the Levi Berlin farm in Castle Grove township. Sheriff and coroner attributed the deaths to an overdose of liquor after a cellar stocked with rhubarb wine and hootch was found. The coroner's jury ruled Sahli murdered his wife in a drunken stupor and then killed himself, with neighbors noting a quarrel over dinner and the couple's drinking prior to the tragedy. The family had four children, and funeral services were held at the Reformed church with burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
The Manchester Press notes that increases in summer traffic and reckless driving across Iowa and Illinois raise crash risks. It cites dimmers usage, wide gravel roads, and night driving as dangerous, urging cautious driving and adherence to road rules to avoid hospital or mortality outcomes.
William Steffy aged 15 used rescue and first aid methods learned as a boy scout to save his friend Charles Benham, also 15, from drowning in the Cedar River at Cedar Rapids. A local note urges readers to get vitamins from the garden, not the drug store.
Iowa City report details three men killed when a barbed wire fence touched a 43 000 volt line after a repair crew struck a 33 000 volt high tension line. Victims were Joe Wall 86 Paul Miller 22 and John Miller 24. Paul Miller and John Miller died while trying to help others, and Joe Wall was among those who died trying to rescue them. A fourth death, Benjamin H Brown 68, occurred in Dubuque from injuries after being struck by a switch engine. The Bellevue Herald change of ownership from Mary A Brandt to Grant Mallory is noted.
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In Jones County Iowa a district court notice warns defendants unknown heirs and claimants that plaintiff JR Stiller seeks a fee title to west half of lot 140 and related parcels in Monticello. The petition asks for a judicial decree declaring plaintiff owner in fee simple and that defendants have no interest or claim, with default if not appearing by the next term.
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