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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1949
Page
2
The article argues against mandatory government health insurance, noting a proposed $6 billion yearly cost. It points to widespread voluntary prepayment plans with over 30 million subscribers, mainly funded by payroll deductions, as effective alternatives that financially shield families without new huge taxes or political leverage over medicine.
Department of Commerce estimates show Americans spend over 71 percent of money for goods and services in retail stores. Retailers break production into consumer purchases, shaping living standards nationwide. Competition keeps service high while net profit per dollar ranges only one to seven cents and has been falling since OPA days.
The postwar boom shows definite signs of softening as industries like household appliances cut production while auto shortages ease. Higher priced cars become available faster, with demand remaining strong for cheaper models. Most anticipate no sharp downturn soon, but peaks are leveling off.
Fifty years ago items note M W Herrick and J W Coxsee at Des Moines for supreme court. William Tuetken and Etta Alferts wed by Rev Mardorf. Freight collision near Dyersville injures twenty passengers. Paul Gruenstein returns from Lake Forest study. Monticello opens fifth saloon by Rock Island Brewing Co. to cover licenses. Maude Hosford visits Kasota. Epworth League social at Jessie Fawcett's. Wilhelm Riekers and M Burrack marry at Strawberry Point. John Rickels to auction 15 cattle 2 horses 20 sows 400 bushels oats 5 tons hay. January 31 1924 Frieda Hanken visits Oxford Junction. Lena Marugg visits Langworthy. Mrs Charles Suett visits Springville. Mrs George Grutchey arrives from Chicago.
In a first person piece Chuck Shields recalls a polio illness starting in October 1940 and life after recovery with crutches and braces. He writes from Des Moines about career choices, marriage, and hopes readers donate to the March of Dimes to aid polio victims.
Reports from Monticello and nearby towns recount visits by Harold Wilcox and others, naturalization day in district court, Mercy hospital nursing caps awarded to Cedar Rapids area students, and weekend travels of local residents. Monticello high cagers beat West Liberty 29 29 to claim undisputed lead in the Eastern Iowa conference after Anamosa fell to U High.
The 22 month old son of Mr and Mrs Francis Hammel of Waukon swallowed a closed safety pin last week. X rays showed the pin in the stomach. natural digestion expelled it without surgery. Parents unaware at the time, no harm resulted. Community want ads carry results.
This week Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Ellison of Fredericksburg are guests in the R. V. Mullen residence.
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