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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1922
Page
9
Monticello residents heard Chicago detective Mr. Loose warn against a rising culture of crime and immorality. He cited 82 percent of Chicago jail inmates coming from rural areas and urged parents to curb youngsters associations with disreputable peers.
Those seeking political positions have started circulating petitions, signaling the start of campaign activity. The move reflects early organizing as hopefuls gather signatures to qualify for ballots.
A traveler recalls a warning reading Danger Sharp Curve Ahead You Might Meet a Fool on a western road. He argues that drivers must assume fools exist both in cars and as pedestrians and stay in perfect control to avoid collisions on curves or straightaways.
The Cedar Rapids Republican reports Cyrenus Cole’s Washington letter critiquing a social bloc seen mainly in hotels rather than on Capitol Hill. It portrays dancing between tea and lobster tables, flashy dresses, and dogs as status symbols, with inspectors guarding against fleas and young government workers paying to join these pricey gatherings.
Exercise and good feed boost winter eggs says Iowa State College poultrymen. Hens stay on roosts five to six hours longer in cold weather and avoid outdoor movement. Provide straw for scratch feed, clean dropping boards, apply whitewash on warm days to prevent disease. Lax sanitation during cold weather leads to epidemics. careful management enhances egg output.
Obituary notes Jozeph H. Sokol of Maquoketa who died that week. Separately Maquoketa voters will decide on a $200000 high school bond issue after the old building burned. Buck Creek district set February 23 for a $59400 school house bond election. Also listed: marriages, court actions, arrests, and local notices across Iowa communities.
Chicago reports show 87 percent of 3000 pupils attend movies weekly with some attending up to nine times. The best students used more tickets than the lowest, while church missions report motion pictures aid service programs. Court records nearby show crime and immorality lower near exhibitors.
The piece cites Elliot on usury, illustrating astronomical growth from a one dollar loan at six percent compounded yearly. It traces debt across government, states, cities, districts, and corporations, arguing that interest payments will double roughly every 14.2 years and release funds that still leave the principal owed. It frames debt total at about 150 billion dollars and predicts rapid escalation.
The Omaha Bee notes a New Year intoxication trend with men and women still recovering from excess. It warns that counterfeit or impure liquor blinds, poisons, or kills in many cities and that drinking bootleg alcohol is becoming a fad due to temporary euphoria and defiance of the law. The danger of poisoning and risk to health or life may deter only briefly.
A Chicago note complains the old fashioned clinging type of woman has disappeared from polite society though some linger in miscellaneous cafes and dance halls.
The farm home of Mrs. C. A. Larson, located two and a half miles south of Anamosa, burned late Sunday afternoon. Fire likely started from an airtight bathroom heater. Sheriff Bodenhofer returned with J. H. Thomas, wanted for forgery in Monticello. Thomas Indicted for forging a $1,600 check and jailed. Also reported: a family driven from their midnight blaze, and the Jones County Farm Bureau annual meeting with officers elected for 1922.
The essay argues a boy's character is formed by peers and influences at home. A positive companion can guide him, while bad habits from others can imprint gradually. If a father is present but inactive, the fault lies with him, not the boy, as impressionable youths absorb their surroundings like a camera.
In a Minneapolis Journal letter BH W Gilles argues that starting early leads to progress and success. He emphasizes education as a driver of initiative and cites sayings like do unto others and the early bird to illustrate proactive conduct and leadership.
The Iowa Red Book 1921 22 shows 537 newspapers in Iowa down from 963 in 1916 a loss of 426 publications or 44 percent. The drop mirrors national trends as war costs rise and printing expenses increase.
The Rocky Mountain News recounts Samuel B. Yousse a former Monticello Iowa resident and early Richland township settler whose life spanned 1848 to 1924. Born in Missouri he traded cattle in the Dakotas told of Jesse James adventures helped build Colby Kansas and later owned a store and mine Cripple Creek before settling at Willow Springs Wheatridge Colorado where he died after a griprelated illness. He left a widow a brother two sons a daughter and five grandchildren with burial at Crownhill cemetery.
Last Monday the district court began jury trials. Burrichter won $114 for auto repair against Boll after a counterclaim for $250. Hoffman vs Newman, pending since last term, seeks $10 for injuries. verdict previously $2,501 with a new trial granted due to irregularity.
The Fordney bonus bill clears the House approving the soldiers bonus but fails to settle how to raise the funds. Administration majors face party pledges platform promises and potential payment methods as November elections loom. Soldiers demand their pay, taxpayers seek tax relief, and a political dilemma intensifies.
German generals defend why Paris did not fall in 1914 and compare to 1818, citing the same defensive strength. The article notes the German army failed to take Paris in both periods and hints at strategic factors behind the stalemate.
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