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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
1
The piece argues for strict obedience to government orders during war despite flaws in leaders. It notes fuel orders, political maneuvers, and criticism of Republicans and Democrats while praising Roosevelt for monitoring the conflict and urging support for the president’s war effort.
A fragmentized account notes a president criticizing Senator Chamberlain, brushing past a fellow Democrat described as Mississippi born. The exchange appears tense and signals pushing back in intra party discourse.
Neighborhood notes report Grinnell College 352 dormitory girls identified as Rederross. Central City flour mill project planned. Dyersville pumping station fire destroyed. apparatus saved. Several local deaths including Agnes Garrity of Cascade township aged 45. Jackson County to issue 90000 in refunding bonds.
Twenty thousand shoppers flocked to Vienna's market in a clash over meat prices. Reports describe a tense scene as buyers pressed for pigs at 70 cents a pound amid warnings from officials.
The non-partisan league aims to organize across Iowa with an Automobile campaign in every county. It claims past success in North Dakota and seeks broad control, while denouncing populist shocks and radical leadership. The piece also notes Henry Vollmer’s frequent talking and a suspected disloyal temperament.
Senator Kenyon urged a total war footing to crush Prussian militarism with 2,000,000 men on the French front and 1,000,000 in reserve. He praised American destroyers and called for ten thousand aeroplanes to Berlin, rejecting peace with the Kaiser and Hohenzollerns. He warned against future treaties with bloodied regimes.
A Cedar Rapids reader recounts a Pershing era letter describing four trainloads of German prisoners taken by French. He notes boys of about 25 crying not from capture but from their mothers’ suffering under the Kaiser, and laments German sympathizers in America who won’t return to Germany.
The Chicago Herald notes Mississippi leads the nation into national prohibition, marking a shift in morality and politics. Southern states move to align with federal prohibition with swift legislative action, signaling a transformed political landscape away from old state sovereignty debates.
The government urges conserve heating at 68 degrees for homes and business to save fuel. In Hampton a humorous aside claims Iowa women resist low heat, arguing for 80 degrees or higher to stay comfortable at home.
In Marshalltown Times-Republican commentary a comparison claims an ax beats an unused Browning and a Lewis gun would halt a German charge better than an unassembled rifle. The piece likens this to a Texan’s insistence on needing a gun urgently when danger looms.
The Aberdeen American complains that many large men are still available for war work and suggests unconventional sources like ex presidents be enlisted to fill roles. The piece argues plenty of unfilled and underfed positions exist where citizens can contribute to the war effort.
In Davenport Democrat view, Senate defeat of Senator Jones Washington proposal to cap papers at sixteen pages is wise. The column argues against restricting press size and criticizes wartime mail publicity and free government printing as wasteful, urging focus on genuine waste sources.
The document outlines that all male German nationals age 14 and up within the United States who are not naturalized must register as alien enemies. It covers land and water areas under U S jurisdiction and warns of penalties including restraint, imprisonment, or removal for failure to register or for violating regulations. Additional penalties apply for those found in the U S without a registration card after the issuance date.
An analysis notes that war regulations will keep more wheat in flour and may foster a new national taste for whole wheat bread. It estimates the next crop could be reduced by 16,000,000 bushels in milling and suggests Americans will become familiar with better bread through these changes.
Des Moines Capital argues against multiple daily grocery deliveries. A Nebraska housewife who cooks for eight to sixteen and “never has more than one delivery a week” is quoted. The Capital contends the issue is not intelligence but necessity, noting grocers already emphasize service and that one delivery a day could reduce trips.
An official Treasury order extends the legal assignment of registered bonds to include officers of incorporated state banks and trust companies. This eases transfers for bondholders in towns without national banks and implies no expected charges for the assignment.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports shoe manufacturers set a nine inch maximum for women's boot height while skirts length remains unspecified.
The local draft board lists additional registrants classified in Class 1 subject to call. The district board at Waterloo will review deferred classifications for industrial or agricultural claims and notify changes via ecards or final cards. Physical examinations begin tomorrow for Clauss registrants with many already told dates to appear.
In a provocative remark Trotzky argues Petrograd could feed 2,000,000, but the piece asserts a misconception of German policy noting Germany does not feed conquered populations, instead robbing them and leaving them to starve.
A quotation from Henry Van Dyke in the Outlook praising hatred as a purifier when directed at tyranny and falsehood. It contrasts destructive hate with consecrated zeal, asking for strength to oppose evil and follow the righteous path.
A promotional plea urges readers to seize a chance to buy lumber at rock bottom prices and overbuild using wood. It argues that the same amount of grain or cattle that funded modest 1914 structures now buys larger wood buildings, including barns, sheds, poultry houses, and garages, if acted upon while conditions favor building.
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