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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
5
The article notes Thursday set a new peak for cash at the fair totaling 3338.05 from gate and amphitheatre sales. It compares 1916 and 1917 figures for amphitheatre receipts, attendance, and auto admissions, and records treasurer Brainerd reporting 35 in change and 2124.05 moved to the cash box by 3:30 pm as sellers worked hard.
The fair featured two 7 inning baseball games drawing large crowds. Warfield Pratt Howell Co of Cedar Rapids beat Edgewood 6 to 5 after taking an early lead. Hill pitched well for the losers. Wyoming defeated Ryan 8 to 0 with Bartlett and O Brien behind the plate and Weisner catching. Umpire Hollingsworth supervised both contests.
Cascade Monticello defeated Worthington 8 to 1 in a Friday game at the fair. Worthington managed a single run in the fifth while Cascade surged with five in the third, two in the fourth, and one in the fifth. Rube Bisenius hit a bases loaded home run for four runs. Cascade pitchers were F Thompson and Faber catcher with L Locher behind the plate. Umpire W O Hollingsworth.
A party returning from East Dubuque high speed crash near Anamosa leaves driver Phelps with a broken shoulder and arm at Mercy hospital. Five passengers were aboard a booze car when a front wheel rim detached and the vehicle left the road, injuring three passengers while Weiss escaped unscathed.
A compact note cites a Boston Transcript quip about finding rest by shopping at a store that does not advertise, paired with a New York World line calling the food pirate indifferent to laws as long as he can break them.
The Anamosa exemption board certified 140 names to the Waterloo district board, which will select 129 men for Jones county's first draft quota. Three men were forwarded for failure to report for physical examination, including Roy N. Bedell in Providence Rhode Island Edward Stroud in Indiana and Clarence Anderson in Cass county Minnesota. The Jones county board listed 199/1217 names previously passed for military service, with numerous residents from Anamosa Mechanicsville Olin Monticello and nearby towns among those certified or pending examination.
The Philadelphia Ledger argues fashion rules hinge on modesty defined by the wearer rather than the gown. It praises shorter skirts and trouserettes as fitting and becoming, urging public taste to adapt with the times and dismiss prejudice against wartime dress.
The United States Department of Agriculture promotes packing firm whole tomatoes in jars with a tomato sauce to fill spaces. Process includes boiling water blanching, cooling, coring, peeling, filling, cooking to a ketchup like concentrate, then boiling jars for 25 minutes and sealing promptly.
A Cedar Rapids Republican column extols August as a rich month of plenty. It praises green fields yielding corn and cream, straw turning to bread, ripe apples and pumpkins, and nostalgic summers of swimming holes and wild fruit, celebrating the season’s bounty and halcyon days.
Two women who secretly hate each other kiss and call each other dear as camouflage. The piece notes camouflage also appears when a man wears a neutral ace high expression while holding a king full in hand.
Officials enforce a ban on intoxicants for soldiers in uniform, prompting frequent daily wardrobe changes by staff to comply with the order.
The New York Sun notes a bronze button for an exempted man is appropriate while criticizing slackers who avoid such a distinguishing decoration. The Washington Star opines that Belgium’s restoration will be a centuries long task.
The piece condemns reckless driving and drunken driving with lines about a fool at the wheel. It criticizes drivers who ignore trains, run gates, collide with watchmen, and race through streets. It cites "C. la. Edbolm in Motor Life" as the source of the verse and warns fines should reflect driving folly.
A nostalgic vignette recalling life a century prior in Pike County. It notes small-town contrasts, from fashion and medicines to farming, transportation, and daily routines, listing items like busties, livery bills, muskmelons, tin Lizzie, and prices such as six cents for cream. It frames social habits and tech basics with humorous, observational contrasts.
On a sweltering sleeper car a mother and child travel with a restless boy who peppers the journey with rapid questions. A burly red headed man in the adjacent berth erupts with a sharp rebuke as the child asks if that was God.
A Castle Grove farmer with 1300 bushels of corn rejected a $2.05 per bushel offer that included shelling costs. After turning down the deal he now faces a market around $1.05 per bushel, realizing he missed a higher price and shelling expense coverage.
Mark Twain argues that unlimited power seems ideal when held by a perfect ruler and endlessly enduring, but earthly despotism fails because no perfect successor can replace a perfect sovereign, making it the worst form of governance.
A New York Tribune idea suggests repurposing old rubber hot water bags. Cut around the seam and remove the stiff top to yield two flat rubber pieces. Use them to wring cloths in hot water and for compresses or facial massage. This protects the hands and allows hotter water.
The manuscript of Home Sweet Home is said buried in a grave in a southern garden of rest. The grave is Miss Harry Harden of Athens Georgia, beloved sweetheart of composer John Howard Payne.
A reflective aphorism contrasts love with morning fading as the day advances and friendship deepening with life’s setting sun, presenting a poetic meditation on affection and companionship.
Gillis In the usual manner the road turned one way and the car the other. Town Topics notes a debate over fault with a skeptical takeaway that only the wrongdoer must win instantly while the right can wait.
A Birmingham Age-Herald note presents a brief exchange about appeals for help, highlighting an applicant asking a caller with a close relative for assistance. The dialogue underscores personal connection as a basis for seeking support.
A humorous note from the Kansas City Journal questions twin infants’ behavior, joking that they cry in unison and could “work in relays” as a playful aside on sibling coordination.
A concise guide detailing corps to squad terms, unit compositions, and proper usage. It explains how divisions brigades regiments battalions and companies are organized and named, how to refer to troops in different branches, and standard terms for engagements patrols and guard duties. It emphasizes correct word order and labels for military nomenclature.
A kitchen sink device sits in the center with a low mood in the text to wash and drain dishes without touching them. It uses a double set of sieves to replace separate water drawing and emptying steps.
A Siamese resident faces loss of mail to white ants amid postal neglect or crime. A bag of letters vanished months ago and later appeared in the jungle partly eaten. The saying goes Kame has only a day, yet living in public memory matters more.
A London Tit-Bits quip recalls a porter who blocked the boot that had kicked him the night before. The tale plays on a comic reversal of power and a morning hotel sighting.
Kansas City Journal notes a reader joke about political platforms. The piece reflects longtime voting habits and skeptical curiosity about platform content.
A humorous look from the Los Angeles Times at mule behavior and dauntless stubbornness. The piece explains a mule’s two strong attempts to move a load, the risk of kicks when startled, and the animal’s wary, awakened alertness. It dismisses accusations of treachery and notes how mules resist sudden, unseen moves.
Detroit Free Press opines that money drives action, noting the mare analogy to show how wealth shapes behavior, with a humorous comparison to common people. The remark underscores how financial influence echoes across pursuits and outcomes.
An ad promotes subscribing to multiple magazines including St Nicholas Century Review of Reviews and Youths Companion with bundled prices. It lists St Nicholas at $4 and Century for $5 together, plus Review of Reviews $3 and Youths Companion $3 as a pair.
A historical advertisement touts Dr Hand's Colic Remedy as a neutralizer of stomach acid aiding digestion and gas relief to soothe infant colic. It claims physicians prescribe it and urges purchase for 25 cents at any druggist to save a baby from suffering.
Toledo authority directs destruction of all confiscated alcohol including whiskey brandy gin and wine found in Tama county drug stores after a raid by Special Agent Hammond of the Attorney General's office.
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