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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1930
Page
1
The article argues Iowa maintained large crops with no drought harm. It cites F C Butler of Springville a 700 acre farmer who insists corn will endure heat and drought. He recalls 1872 and earlier years when crops thrived with limited rainfall, underscoring long regional abundance.
The Arctic region yielded the death details of Andree Strindberg and Fraenkel. A Norwegian expedition led by Captain Horn found their bodies and Andree’s diary on August 5. The author notes brave explorers pursued polar knowledge despite lacking practical benefits, having crossed both poles and studied unmelted ice.
The new art of liquefying gas and shipping it for later vaporization has prompted about fifty Iowa franchise elections for Butane gas plants. In forty cases franchises were granted to lay gas mains and start sales, sparking contests with electric utilities. Authorities note large majorities for gas franchises, signaling appetite for rapid heat and competition.
The text accuses Raskob's followers of spreading false propaganda through press associations and papers. A telegraphic story quoted Alfred E. Smith predicting Democratic control was a hoax, and Smith repudiated the quoted statement upon reading it.
The piece cites Raskob and Shouse pushing a false story and Smith’s tepid response with a second rebuff. It notes W. Bernard Vause and George F. Ewald among jailed or indicted officials, Albert H. Vitale ousted, and Mayor Jimmie Walker defending his regime while critics in the World press denounce corruption as personal.
The piece links auto overproduction and easy credit to broader economic slowdowns and debt. It notes a fall in real estate values and cheaper call money in eastern markets. It reports Texas voters largely backing Ross Sterling over Ma Ferguson after a Ferguson impeachment history.
Senator Gerald Nye states the primary system is flawed and will propose a new plan at the next congressional session to reduce campaign spending. He favors returning to a modified old convention system where only selected candidates reach voters, arguing current rules invite unknown entrants needing large funds.
Publishers' Auxiliary notes that Edmund Burke first called the press the Fourth Estate to reflect journalism's public influence. Carlyle and Macauley echoed the claim, with each describing the press as a fourth estate of the realm.
The piece argues that repealing the eighteenth amendment requires electing a wet Congress and wet state legislatures in enough states to pass a congressional resolution. It states that direct popular votes on repeal will not accomplish anything.
Do not graze first year alfalfa or lightly graze second year growth. Keep cattle from closely grazing crowns as it kills plants. Avoid turning cattle onto wet or frozen ground. If stands are thin or patchy, plow and reseed after a year or 80. Patching poor stands is usually futile.
The National Safety Council cites May Public Safety data noting 1929 U S automobile deaths at 31 000. Iowa reports 403 auto related deaths in 1929 and 231 in the first half of 1930, a 106 percent rise year over year, with projections toward 800 for 1930.
A Iowa health bulletin notes July through September as peak months for infantile paralysis with 15 cases in July and early August. Cases cluster in a single 3,000 person community and across the state, and most infections are in the southwest and northwest quarters. Researchers believe person to person transmission is likely though the causative agent is unidentified. Early symptoms are vague and paralysis may follow within hours to days. Prevention focuses on high bodily resistance and hygiene. immune serum from recovered patients is the only proven treatment, prepared by Glomset Laboratories in Des Moines via donor material.
Passenger recalls a 100 refund from Berlin booking office after two months in Europe. He jokes about overcharging passengers and returning funds on the homeward voyage, claiming it would boost customer contentment and bar receipts.
Plant tulip bulbs as early as they can be secured. Best results come when planting before September ends, but even through December they may be put in with promise of satisfaction.
A seventeenth century ruler of India, Maharajah Jal Singh I, founded five observatories at Delhi Jaipur Ujain Bennares and Mathura to record movements of heavenly bodies. He collected books sent workers abroad for data and built masonry instruments up to ninety feet high. Delhi and Jaipur observatories have been restored and his death in 1748 ended a era of royal scientific patronage.
The excerpt notes Father Louis Hennepin’s 1679 Niagara observations during La Salle’s expedition. It highlights his frequent misestimates of Niagara’s height, claiming 500 or 600 feet, while the true maximum is about 162 feet, and it quotes his vivid prose comparing the falls to grand wonders of Italy and Switzerland.
A rich old mandarin with two wives complains about aging. He removes the gray hairs to please the first wife, then pulls the remaining black hairs to satisfy the second. In the end his vanity leaves him with no hair and no tolerance from either spouse.
Grandma arrives for a visit to celebrate Bobbie's birthday. After supper Bobbie shifts in his chair and asks which is the right side of her. He promises to be good if she buys him a bicycle.
A summary note notes longer life spans and improved national diet as public health work grows more effective per The Woman's Home Companion praising advancing health initiatives and rational diet trends.
The Monticello Iowa city council convened in a special session at 1 00 pm with all members notified and present Hoag Hayes Bancroft Cass and absent Matthiessen A resolution acknowledging an assignment from Korneman Brothers to the First National Bank of Mus
The Monticello city council recognizes the July 21 1930 contract with Korneman Brothers Muscatine for paving and assigns all contract proceeds to First National Bank Muscatine. Proceeds are free of labor and material liens and Monticello waives any city claims against them. The mayor is directed to endorse approval on the assignment.
Dated Monticello Iowa August 29 1930 the mayor attests city clerk Ray Echternacht. The council record shows Ayes Hoag Hayes Bancroft Cass Nays none Absent Matthieasen. Upon motion the council adjourned. EB FIRST Attest Ray Echternacht city clerk.
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