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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1914
Page
6
A 1914 Bowles article surveys Russia’s transformation from a serf-based agrarian society to a mixed economy with growing factory work. It highlights the Duma, land reform, peasant artisans, communal life, and the friction with authorities while noting progress toward liberalization and national strength.
A traveler notes Panama's ethnic mix, markets with yams plantains and tropical fruits, and dishes like san coche. He contrasts fresh meat with cold storage imports from the United States and observes Panama’s affordable dry goods yet higher shoe prices.
In Panama City American women without commission quarters cope by renting small rooms over stores, sharing showers and sinks, and improvising with packed boxes and kerosene stoves. Markets, fruit boats, and Chinese stores supply food and goods as life adapts to tropical conditions and high rents.
A Sabbath day with Jesus includes his teaching in the synagogue, exorcism of a man possessed by an evil spirit, and cures at Peter’s house. The sermon emphasizes Christ’s authoritative word over scribal tradition and the subtler aim of miracles as signs of the Messiah, not spectacle. The lesson urges the church to bring afflicted souls to the great physician and discusses demonic possession as a possible reality in modern times.
The text notes Belfast mills employing nearly 30 000 women, asserts American women’s colleges are better equipped than men’s, and highlights Elspeth McClelland as a leading English architect. It mentions restrictions on women working nights in three states, Kate W Ray becoming Gary Indiana police commissioner, and nurses Kate Penner and Gertrude Pondel receiving Red Cross medals for Balkan War service. It also cites a Missouri bill offering monthly government support to widows with children.
The Daily Mail notes a Mexican fondness for flowers and patios. It describes houses with bare street façades and barred windows, yet glimpses of sunlit interiors reveal green plants and vivid blossoms through open doors and patios.
In an aristocratic Parisian quarter two well dressed burglars used a polite flower scam to gain entry. They invited themselves via a concierge to check on Mme Doublard and left with her valuables after a half hour. 200 francs and jewels were reported missing.
Edwin Gould and associates have bought Latham D Hammock near Brunswick and applied for a charter for the Latham Hammock club. The 3000 acre tract will gain beauty from landscape gardeners. Glynn county adds a second millionaires club joining the Jekyll Island club already manned by Gould and partners.
During 191%, Philadelphia issued marriage licenses to 16 124 couples, an increase of 757 over 1912 and a new record for the year.
London shop girls gain a country rest house allowing them to rest between shifts. The facility will provide temporary lodging and a place to recuperate during busy periods for those employed in city shops.
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