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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1924
Page
8
A collage of jokes and humorous exchanges, including editor jokes about milk and coverage, political quips about taxes, a war-era Legion tale, a cow license mix-up, and a school eye test note reply, all presented in a dated newspaper voice.
A historical montage from The Monticello Express records February 1894 events. Notables include Nels Kiburz's injury, Henry Heiken sale for 8000 dollars, German emigrants settling in Wayne township, multiple deaths and births in Monticello and surrounding townships, council member W. H. Samels resigning, weddings of Mrs Susan Smith and Wes Adams, and various deaths with ages and origins. Includes butter price at 26.5 cents and a discussion on local divorces analyzed by Judge Ralph H. Clock with occupations and statistics.
Iowa State experts discuss soybean value as cattle feed at the Cattle Feeders Hey Day to be held in Ames on April 22. Evvard notes soybeans are livestock feed only and raises questions on oil extraction, oilmeal value, scouring risks, and profitability versus linseed meal. Experiments at the Iowa State College station test soybean concentrates roughages oats minerals and linseed oilmeal in steer fattening with results announced to attendees.
Mrs. A J Schoonover plans retirement in Anamosa after spending winter in California and arriving around February 20. Over six years 500 bankruptcy petitions were filed in the Linn Jones Benton Cedar Grundy Hardin Town and Tama district. Elizabeth Miller of Fairview township died aged 106 years 10 months 16 days. funeral today at Forest Chapel cemetery. G C Gould won a $4000 verdict against Iowa Light and Power at Marion for permanent injuries from a collision. Anamosa Methodists observe diamond jubilee with a week of music prayers and sermons led by Rev Dean Dutton and former pastors drawing crowds.
Hopkinton Leader reports the Buck Creek school building has been accepted by the board and Superintendent Campbell says classes may begin next week. Also, Mr. and Mrs. P H Evers plan to move to Marion as their future home, leaving Castle Grove after many years. Three scarlet fever cases prompted quarantines at A W McDonald, Mrs H Livingston, and L J Ortman properties. One case involves erysipelas with Livingston.
A hesitant juror named Sam appears for murder trial service and answers questions with drawn out phrases. He avoids indicating knowledge of the accused or guilt, claiming possible willingness to hear the case fairly. The scene is recounted by the American Legion.
Frequent inquiries about the so called White House white wash recipe persist though the president declares it should not be used in connection with the oil scandal. The issue remains a topic of public interest in Kansas City.
H D Hughes of Iowa State College says annual and biennial clovers and grasses are increasingly used to boost pasture carrying capacity and drought resistance. He notes permanent pasturage can be desirable and outlines sowing timothy and clover with bluegrass, hay cutting before pasturing, and including clover and orchard grass in seed mixes. Different species require different soil adaptations, so no single mix fits all conditions. Circular 39 from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station provides seedings and adaptation details.
Six county teams continue in the state wide farmers debating tourney directed by the Iowa State College Extension Service and county farm bureaus. Twenty four teams started the contest with six now left after inter county wins by teams from Hardin Sac Polk Guthrie Delaware and Des Moines counties. The finals are set for March 7 at Iowa State College with the top two teams to argue for the state championship and a championship banner presented by C W Hunt secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation.
Anamosa Eureka argues that the Town Republicans must confront Senator Brookhart over administration support and urge voters to choose based on policy rather than party loyalty, noting Brookhart’s perceived independence from party control in chairmanship disputes.
When bulk is absent from the grain ration, corn and coh meal provides dairy cows the same feeding value as an equal weight of corn meal.
A collection of reflections on civic virtue. It argues that community action stems from voluntary behavior, criticizes “joyriding” and autocratic bosses, and extols the United States as a living constitution shaped by all its people. It links political health to national hope and energy.
A Philadelphia Evening Ledger snippet lists comical dictionary-like entries such as a warrant by undertakers to locate a corpse ratine a female rat and theapian a man named Lither who nailed one on a German church door. It also parodies phrases like President’s cabinet and Diet of Worms and notes glass made from old bottles.
A collection of aphoristic lines contrasts wisdom and folly. Observations on haste, gratitude, marriage, fame, and self awareness illuminate how perception shapes choices and outcomes. The speaker notes irony in pursuit and restraint.
A Birmingham News brief notes a father praised for supporting seven children, with medals imagined for the man who keeps their shoes.
A fragment from the Birmingham News suggests a reflection on how contempt reveals a person’s diminishment, implying social tensions and attitudes of dislike.
Poem lines invoke gray seas and lonely beaches from Roselle Mercier Montgomery cited in the New York Times. The item closes with a note that four bushels of corn will cover railroad fare for the Cattle Feeders Hey Day in Ames on April 22.
A grandmother over seventy was arrested for driving a fast car at 65 mph while a great grandmother had her hair bobbed. In Mahaska County a week of follow up meetings followed the completion of the county soil survey.
The Boston Transcript notes a predicted cold day on March 16 for taxpayers who have not yet filed income tax returns. It also states no guilty man should escape justice and no innocent man be convicted on his principles or politics. A poem follows about meeting again tonight and romantic imagery of torches and stars.
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