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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1923
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR cites Henry Tord of Coolidge endorsing a candidate in Clay County elections. Text mentions modern heating lighting devices and beds in bedrooms for children, with planning and endorsements described in a blurred record.
The Express and its publishers welcome the New Year and its opportunities. They thank local businessmen and subscribers for support and pledge ongoing efforts to promote better communities with cooperation from patrons.
Lawmakers push 86 municipal corporation bills, with 29 drafts in play and 265 section drainage changes in bill No 185. Education and welfare measures loom, while agriculture and workmen compensation codifications expand in a 217 section department consolidation. Senate and House debates wrap as elections approach.
Detroit reports jarring news as public faith in Henry Ford wanes amid labor pains for a postwar policy. The piece contrasts soaring farmer dreams with foreseeing political shifts, noting wavering support for Coolidge and a longing for a new direction in 1924.
Fragmentary text from the San Francisco Chronicle hints at an event where a minority group maintains its stance or influence. Details are unreadable, leaving the outcome and context uncertain.
Iowa’s inheritance tax system raises over 2 million yearly from Town estates and legatees. In 1928 2,065 estates yielded state revenue while federal estate tax collected about 775 thousand with direct heirs taxed above exempt levels. The legacy tax targets inheritances by direct heirs and collateral heirs, with widow and dower exemptions.
In a letter to The Journal Charles S Ma comber Ida Grove proposes Justice William JD Evans as a strong Republican Senate candidate who could defeat Senator Brookhart. The piece argues Evans is a capable statesman and would be acceptable for U S Senate if Towns voters recognize his fitness over Brookhart while noting elections hinge on majority support and merit is not sole determinant.
National Republican critiques Premier Baldwin's protectionist stance as a key factor in his government’s collapse. It argues reformers won by siding with radicalism and accuses the election of signaling a socialist shift in Britain tied to Bolshevik influence, warning of the empire's disintegration if red forces prevail.
The piece lists multiple figures like Hiram Johnson and Coolidge moving east with troops or supporters, McAdoo advancing from Virginia, Lafollette burning railroads, and Al Smith to Washington, while Bryan targets the same outcome with Kansas and Nebraska. It imagines a surreal political siege with a devalued dollar and no pork chops.
The piece portrays the Chicago Tribune supporting a Platt amendment style device to take Cuba, and hints the United States could seize Cuba if its government fails. It imagines a scenario of US control over Mexico amid shifting alliances and Latin American politics.
The text recalls that on September 1, 1920 the loan rate rose from 6 percent to 7 percent due to 5 percent deposit buildup. It states that after January 1, 1924 and by September 1, 1924 a 414 percent deposits threshold triggers a loan rate cut from 7 percent to 6 percent.
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