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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1926
Page
3
Chicago Boy Scouts hold their annual tribute to Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln Park. Present are Barton Ulrich who knew the Great Man and Laurence Kaufman the actor who impersonates Lincoln on stage.
A rapid list of curious feats and world notes: a pianist can play 1000 plus keystrokes per minute with one hand. Radio sets face a temporary ban in Venezuela cited as disrupting national harmony during the Prince of Wales voyage. Shipboard sales claim over 1,200,000 eggs produced on a voyage. A beauty contest winner milked ten pounds in eleven minutes to claim a prize at the Topeka Kansas fair. Ducks in a Paris to London flight cause a cross Atlantic style mishap with a boiled egg tea stop. Mozambique boasts two of the world’s largest coconut plantations. A foldable sanitary mask is announced for portable contagion protection. Manchuria embraces small purchases with matches and postage stamps. Jane Jennings is noted for remarkable singing in the Hills region. Copenhagen reports heavy street activity with 682 people counted at one day’s events. White cars rise in number while bicycles grow faster in urban transport shifts.
Miss Setsu Matsudaira eldest daughter of the Japanese ambassador to the United States poses for an exclusive portrait. Born in Japan she adapts quickly to American life and is popular with the younger diplomatic circle.
Representative Charles F. Winter of Wyoming, the lone bard in Congress, authored the Wyoming state song and chronicled the West in his historic novels. He is pictured singing the state song Wyoming State March.
Anonymous letters from Newburgh New York attributed to John Armstrong urge recognition of soldier grievances and demand arrears of pay, dated 175. The missives address the American army and reflect colonial discontent over compensation.
The Ancient Order, dating from the fourteenth century, survives as the sole remnant of the many knightly orders linked to the Crusades.
A reader challenged a long standing dramatic critic after being mocked for humor and bias. The critic conceded with a curt yes and implied the reader is the late riser who buys the paper before dawn leaving a lone copy on the stand.
A report notes New Hampshire shows the greatest proportion of blind residents relative to its population, highlighting the state's higher share of people living with blindness compared with other states.
In a 1925 Chicago style stove league note, Arthur Stokes of the Red Sox retired Johnny Bassler and Fred Haney at the plate with one sweeping tag in the seventh inning after Ira Flagstead's misplayed ball. The relay from Fingstead to Rothrock to Stokes completed the double play as both Tigers were out.
Connie Mack predicts the 1926 American League race will be the toughest in years. He says all clubs, including the Athletics, Yankees, Washington, St. Louis under Sisler, Detroit, the White Sox under Eddie Collins, and the Red Sox pitchers, have a chance. He asserts last season’s collapse was inexplicable and admits the pennant faded unexpectedly.
Knute Rockne athletic director and football coach at Notre Dame is in Europe taking a much needed rest. He has spent years in coaching and did not rest in summer, instead directing schedules at several institutions.
The United States Naval Academy hosts two college rowing programs for spring practice. MIT will row its varsity and second crew at Annapolis on April 24 after a week there. Syracuse University squads arrive around May 16 with its first second and freshman crews to row against the Midshipmen.
A fragmented report describes a world series with Ineather as pitcher and Winoboe at first base. It notes the series shifts from top pitching stats to a new deal, with unclear references to teams, positions, and outcomes amid garbled phrasing.
A collection of short notes covers Harvard’s tennis facilities, Brown’s fall football slate, rising golf club numbers in Canada, Belmont Park’s $100000 Futurity, Alf Smith’s coaching with a New York club, a Princeton professor’s tick mystery, a skate jump record by Edmund Lamy, William Weston Jr.’s captaincy, Connie Mack’s Joe Hauser, NYAC indoor meet at Madison Square Garden, Juarez meeting details, four mile rowing test at Poughkeepsie, Warren Giles’ club presidency, Dave Altizer’s umpiring post, Pennsylvania rowing costs, profitability of major sports at Penn, Louisville acquiring Emmett Mulvey, and clarifications on Warry Greb and Joe Jackson with team records.
The passage notes Jackson Travis of the Giants a Ouachita Baptist graduate in Arkadelphia Arkansas. It mentions Robert Haviland as the youngest jockey at sixteen. It covers women tennis shock socks in England and Babe Ruth planned 36 holes daily in Florida. It lists 168 AA games opening April 13 and AAA boxing championships in Boston April 5 6. It references Roland R McKenzie Brown University golf and the 1826 Trans Mississippi Golf event at Algonquin Club St Louis. It mentions Toronto hockey star Louis Hudson and a June graduation, plus Denver negotiating for several Austin club players. It recalls Zach Wheat shifting positions in 1908 and Chick Gandi as his successor. It notes New York Athletic Club selling indoor polo and ice hockey and Ewing denying Smith investment plans with Oakland club.
Oscar Mellilo from Milwaukee is set to join the St. Louis Browns next season. Browns officials expect his name to draw Italian and German fans in a city with large Italian and German communities. Analysts note Mellilo could win a second baseman spot over Marty McManus and Walter Gerber as the best worker secures the berth.
Old Man Negley shares a Butler New Jersey tale where a dog loving town fights a harsh dog licensing ordinance. He argues dogs are humans’ pals, citing public outrage, newspaper attention, and the broader moral case against vivisection, urging humane, steady stewardship of dogs.
A compilation notes diverse historical claims from abolition in 1807 to city founding in 1867 and early exploration. It mentions Winthrop's 1030 settlement, 1836 mountain crossings by women, and World War involvement recall. It also includes fatal risks from breathing deadly gases in closed car garages and myths about ostriches hiding heads.
The article contrasts friendly microbes with deadly ones and notes microbes create foods like butter cheese vinegar and bread via yeast. It also mentions microbes as the basis of gunpowder components and highlights beneficial microbes fighting harmful ones to keep us healthy.
Report notes Mrs. McGinnis warns of her husband’s drinking habit, recounting a remark about him being under Bacchus influence and past times mentioned by the Sydney Bulletin.
A sharp exchange on earnings and value exposes generational gaps. The daughter challenges the elder’s income while the father questions why she cannot secure higher pay. The line hints at broader themes of economic fairness and shifting wage dynamics.
About 21.1 percent of females and 78.2 percent of males in the United States are employed. The figures reflect the gender gap in workforce participation and are cited as a measure of economic activity.
A Columbia Record editor quips that a scientist says the world shakes like jelly from excess dancing, hinting at cultural weariness and social merriment.
Caesar's rise to power marks the end of the Roman Republic. The period begins when Octavian known as Augustus defeats rivals in 30 BCE and ends with his death in 14 CE, shaping imperial rule across the empire.
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