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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
8
Des Moines report shows 455 agricultural graduates from Iowa State College. 878 engaged in farming, forestry, dairy management, teaching, extension work, research, journalism, and related fields. Only 77 pursue nonagricultural careers. trend leans toward practical farming and community service.
The article explains a new parcel post plan dividing the country into zones and 35 000 units to set postage by weight from Washington. It details unit centers thirty miles square and how Keokuk Iowa and Washington share zone rates drawn from their respective centers.
Parcel post rules set rates for weights under four ounces at one cent per ounce and over four ounces at a pound rate, with fractions rounded up. Long hauls face higher per pound costs while short hauls may compete with express services. Postmasters will use zone maps and scales to determine postage, with new stamps and return cards required for January 1, 1913.
A brief dialogue scene captures a woman addressing an elderly beggar at a back door. The man replies with deference, saying he has not begged all his life and pauses to acknowledge the question. The exchange reveals social attitudes toward poverty in a domestic setting.
An expert board assessing Hawaii defenses reports Honolulu as a strong outpost with Pearl Harbor and the navy yard well covered from sea attack. They urge land defenses be strengthened with more batteries to guard against possible coastal landings. The panel includes Brig. Gen. M. M. Macomb and Maj. George Blakeson among others.
House and Garden reports genuine antiques are now almost impossible to find in the country as buyers are urged to be cautious about sourcing authentic pieces and to beware of imitations.
Des Moines reports Charles Shade of Rock Rapids, head of the Town Hawkers' association, argues permanent macadam highways between Iowa county seats would lift land values by at least 25 to 50 dollars per acre and cost about 50 million dollars initially. He says roads linking producers to railheads are vital, equating good roads with railroads in importance for marketing crops.
Des Moines college announces a further $10 000 donation from Mrs Micanor Dix Childs for finishing and furnishing Childs Hall. The gift adds to her previous $40 000 used to erect the building, with funds to cover a defeatist? mat and outfit the interior. Students and faculty welcomed the contribution, and Mrs Childs attended the event.
In Munson City and Rockwell the shortage of cars hampers transport of corn. Elevators are crowded as farmers rush to move the crop. only a quarter of needed cars arrive, risking spoilage unless cooler weather slows deterioration.
An aeroplane is being built at Kellogg and nearly completed. CG A Zornes, formerly of Chicago, now a Kellogg resident, is the builder and a practical aviator. The machine is expected to begin trial flights on January 1.
John 7B. Brown, a Bath township farmer known in Mason City circles, died from a bull attack that left him unconscious. He had been moving the animal into the barn when the bull charged, fracturing the base of his skull.
Walter Drugan, a Prairie City barber, was acquitted of larceny in the Prairie City Grain warehouse robbery. His wife and he testified he was in bed at home the night of the theft.
Mrs. Zella Roberts, wife of a local farmer near Nora Springs, was struck by a Milwaukee train and suffered a fractured limb and internal injuries. She was carried on the pilot until the train halted.
Elmer Loupes, 13, son of farmer Elmer Loupee near Newton, fell from a horse and broke both arms and both legs in the accident.
Miss Dorothy Deemer daughter of Justice H. E. Deemer of the Iowa supreme court married Hiram C. Houghton Jr. cashier of the Houghton bank at Red Oak in a home ceremony at the bride's parents residence in this locality.
The Hon. Mahlon Harvey, longtime state legislator from Osceola county, is reported in critical condition in a Rochester Minnesota hospital after illness or injury.
Mrs. John V Berhaar, traveling from Holland to join her husband, boarded a train in Oskaloosa carrying her dead child in her arms. The child, sick after leaving Chicago, died en route and she feared detention if she spoke. Her husband had sent for her weeks earlier after securing work in the United States.
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