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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1937
Page
1
The piece condemns paid athletes in college football and notes a culture of high bids and scandal alongside commentary on reckless Iowa driving. It highlights the push for integrity in college sports, urges safety on roads, and touches on European militarism and fiscal strain ahead of potential conflicts.
Atlantic News Telegraph urges Iowa lawmakers to enact a stronger statute to curb slot machines seen in towns. The piece argues current seizures are rare and ineffective, urging teeth in the law to counter gambling and protect children.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt discusses transportation risks across modes, highlighting aviation's precarious status despite safety advances. It notes two way radio, weather services, and better equipment, yet argues public trust hinges on reliable flying machines and favorable weather for passenger confidence.
The Chicago Herald Examiner asserts Americans will keep the democratic form that has driven progress for over 150 years and rejects communism and fascism. Pope Pius XII warns America to guard against atheistic communism and recalls the carnage and destruction seen in Spain as a warning.
Sioux City Journal notes 803000 registered Minnesota vehicles with average carload 3.3 and national 28,250,000 vehicles requiring many drivers and praising safety concerns. New York Times reports German inflation, shortages, and unrest as Nazi leaders press for bold action amid talks with London and Paris.
The piece recalls Iowa becoming state 90 years ago after President Polk signed the act. It contrasts Iowa’s early population of about 116 000 with Des Moines now surpassing that figure, and mentions Napoleon selling the Louisiana Purchase for 15 million dollars to avert British control.
The report warns three percent of states diverting gasoline taxes away from road building and urges vigilance. It also cites a Moorish custom allowing divorce with tribal consent if a wife fails to bear a male child, followed by remarriage until a male heir is born.
The bulletin reports the December wedding of James L. Lane and Olive Stewart at St. Thomas Aquinas in Cascade with guests and a Denver home to follow. It also notes the death of Catherine Timp of Washington township and obituaries for Mrs. John J. Finn of East Cascade, detailing their births, families, and funeral arrangements. Local figures include Rev. Loras Lane sending a blessing and ties to area churches.
William Tyndale, a Welsh canon at Oxford, printed the New Testament in English and faced strong church opposition. Branded a heretic for translating scriptures, he was arrested in Brussels and strangled then burned with his books after agents confiscated copies and authorities pressed for his destruction.
Agaragar is a translucent gelatinous substance obtained mainly from red seaweeds such as Celon moss and gelidium species. It is a carbohydrate rich complex with minor protein used as a solidifying agent in bacterial and fungal culture media, a laxative, and in the Orient for soups and jellies.
In The Children's Corner Chapter 4 the centipede quarrels and calm begs a twig helper. Jogalong and a boy coax him up as the centipede debates which foot to use first, finally aided by an ear trumpet to translate his chattered language.
A boy learns from the Jogalong to stop overthinking which feet to use centipede and fingers. The Jogalong explains that focus on the task helps feet work and hands function, while overthinking causes confusion. The tale ends with the boy following a clue to a future Joga long adventure by the pond.
A playful verse describes five small firecrackers tied by their eyes as a boy holds and teases them. Each toy crackles with imagined danger until all explode with a bang, ending in a child's pennies spent.
The piece recounts Saguenay region legends about the big canoe left by the Great Manitou after a flood and a mighty clash with a demon, alongside Montauk Point history. It notes lighthouse history since 1796 and hints at slave ships near Montauk and early colonial relations with tribes such as the Montaukett, Shinnecocks, and Narragansetts.
Ferdinand Magellan, exiled at thirty seven, joined Charles V’s court and sailed with five ships twenty seven years after Columbus. He found the straits now named for him and entered the Pacific before being killed in the Philippines. Only the Vittoria returned to Spain.
The Statue of Liberty was unveiled on October 28 1886 on Bedloe's Island. The program included music signal gun prayer speeches by de Lesseps Evarts Bartholdi Depew Lefabvre and Cleveland with a national salute and doxology. Windsor chairs are traced to the eighteenth century and Jefferson used a broad arm chair for writing.
A late Roman emperor held a sale of the murdered predecessor’s effects on December 31. An inventory mentions carriages with contrivances to count miles and hours, the earliest reference to taximeters. Subsequent notes cite a 1652 chariot waywiser and a 1846 Putney engineer patent, showing ancient need for taxi measurement.
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds in Jones county between Herman W Hanken Anna wife to B A Ellers for 15 acres and others between wives and buyers, plus several lot transfers in Bronson's addition Wyoming with description details. Also a joint tenancy in Dubuque county and Jones county totaling 116 acres for 4800 dollars. The column closes with a Cherokee Times note on Spanish revolution casualties and public indifference to safety measures.
At Shenandoah in Page county the 65th anniversary of the Presbyterian church highlighted local history. It recalls James Whitcomb Riley’s romance with Miss Kate Myers, a Western Normal college teacher, her departure to Iowa, and Riley remaining a bachelor. Riley’s poem That Old Sweetheart of Mine is believed to memorialize Myers.
Winter is best in town with frost lit windows and glassy branches. The poem weighs street glow and distant towers against a lakeside dawn where glittering ice greets sunrise. It ends noting warmth by the hearth.
Ed M. Smith notes wheat prices rising over the past two weeks and cites Henry Wallace warning of overproduction. Crop statisticians warn the world’s visible supply will feed humanity only until August. Southern Iowa farmers may help drought-hit regions with a good wheat yield.
Wy urderstormed estate executor L. W. Lovell calls all claims against Luisa Rettig estate to be filed within legal time. Dated December 17 1936 in Jones County Iowa. See Byerly Clerk announces probate hearing for Luisa Rettig will and codicil on January 18 1937. Doxsee Coxsee Heiserman attorneys. 27-3
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