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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1926
Page
5
Fragmented OCR text refers to a Pasadena incident with a vehicle or machinery causing harm and mentions a building inspector and safety concerns. It also notes Clarence Darrow’s Des Moines lecture continuing his opposition to capital punishment and references varied public reactions and opinions on justice.
The text outlines territorial statutes from 1848 covering Sunday liquor sales by grocers except for medical use, penalties for profanity and religious offense, vagrancy and labor obligations, gambling penalties, adultery and breach of marriage, nighttime break ins, murder punishment death, estate descent rules, and milling tolls. It reflects harsh colonial governance aims with fines, imprisonment, and strict social controls.
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling on a dispute between First National Bank of Guthrie Center and county officials over 1920 tax rates. The decision, tied to federal law, upheld taxing banks at rates not exceeding those on other capital. Ex Senator John W. Foster led the bank’s U S Supreme Court appeal with attorney G Gamble assisting.
The Indianapolis News argues modern masculinity lacks courtesy. Men no longer offer seats, tip hats, bow, or hold doors as in Victorian times. It notes women’s expanding roles from office work to sports and travel and questions whether blame lies with women as gender norms shift.
Fred C Leverin of Humboldt argues a shift from corn to dairy business improves income. He rented 22 acre Pocahontas County farm and bought 62 two year old Holstein heifers. After a year of dairy focus, his net gain attributed to higher cattle value and crops increased, though details remain fragmentary.
State executive council approves a permit for the erection of a dam across the Maquoketa River at Manchester to support a power plant. In other news, Foster faces a $600 fine and six months in jail on bootlegging charges before Judge E B Stiles in Manchester.
In Davenport last Thursday evening December 24 a quiet wedding joined Miss Bertha Carstensen and Clarence Ritze of Rock Islands. Only close relatives attended including Ada Ritze and John Carstensen as bridesmaid and best man.
The Boston Herald reflects on how figures like Washington Lincoln Garfield Roosevelt and McKinley loom large in history but should be weighed separately from each other. The piece notes Garfield and McKinley receive praise yet are not on equal footing with Washington and Lincoln in common memory.
Muscatine Journal argues against regressive road plans that ignore graveled main lines. It says the state cannot build all at once and compares highway branches to railroad main lines, insisting improvements prioritize main routes for the greatest number of people before patchwork expansion.
A large solemn requiem Mass was celebrated by Father Robert Powers with a host of priests and acolytes from Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Lyons, and surrounding towns. Archbishop James J. Keane delivered the sermon as a wide array of clergy including Monsignor Heer and Father Connors staffed the sanctuary in a regional religious gathering.
The Monticello Iowa city council accepted Bruce Cropp’s resignation as assessor effective immediately and approved H R Jacobs to fill the vacancy after a 6 vote to 0 tally. Minutes and financial reports for December 1925 were approved along with numerous city expenditures and a duplicate check plan.
In Olin Consolidated School district voters opposed a 190000 bond to build and equip a new school house with site. The tally was 282 against and 175 for, with 458 voters casting ballots and one spoiled ballot. Polls were open noon to 7 pm amid consolidation debates and rumors of future bonds.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture stresses dairy cows and butter as key to community progress. It argues quality cream justifies premiums, warns against overrun from moisture in butter, and notes dairy class distinctions, with towns facing issues as a rising number of people avoid boarding tramps.
Cedar Rapids Gazette laments that American children leave schools unprepared for hands on work. It argues only 4 percent enter skilled professions and asserts schools fail to teach manual skills, practical trades, or character development through hands on training. It urges reform to provide real world skill education.
The Sioux City Journal notes twenty three killed and 425 injured in last year’s automobile accidents. It argues most casualties were preventable with proper care by drivers and victims alike, stating the truth of the claim is undisputed and investigations show typical mishaps could have been avoided.
Practical advice on household care including lemon juice for nails lamp adjustment for better lighting glass cleaning and drying with sawdust freezing pipes with wind and old newspapers breakfast jar opening hot water to loosen rubber on jars broom care by steaming and brushing to restore bristles
An old farm house sits beside wide meadows dressed in clover while a bright-eyed boy peers from the door with woodbine and longs to fly away. He imagines escape from city noise and recalls the peaceful field-path to home.
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