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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
6
Iowa outperforms national averages in literacy and offers widespread schooling with many colleges, despite critics labeling its institutions as less efficient. The piece cites census data for literacy, notes plentiful rural schools, and contrasts with eastern reformers while touching on political chatter about Roosevelt, Manson, and national reform debates.
The Ways and Means chairman reassures the country that tariffs will not be pared down so low as to hurt competition. This contrasts with last October’s Democratic campaign talk promising to shave tariff whiskers from the body politic.
Beveridge’s remarks to the progressives stirred renewed enthusiasm in the Des Moines Register and Leader. The speech energized supporters and raised flags for the progressive movement the day after.
A South Dakota man claimed the skunk hide he sent by parcel post to a tuner in Minneapolis went through without delays, reflecting the belief in prompt delivery despite risks.
A bill aims to abolish school treasurers and place land disbursement for all district lands under the county treasurer in the county seat.Bank a positions itself as the lobbying core for this measure.
Oxford Junction reports a slate of local items including a new Cedar Falls editor for the Iowa Farmer, a murder verdict for Anna Longshore, and a new Independence school superintendent. The city sees railway crime, two deaths in town, and Iowa State College reaches a high enrollment. The Marion game loss and Earl Keith’s death are also noted, with regional obituaries and a train-collision aftermath.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes Senator Root's push for arbitration or repeal of the coastwise exemption. O'Gorman and Newlands challenge Root, arguing over national honor. The piece argues for honoring both canal and treaty provisions through arbitration if needed, citing Taft Roosevelt and others.
The Kansas City Star notes a lack of applause from supporters as Woodrow Wilson reiterates his merit system proposal. The piece emphasizes the public’s muted reaction and the political tension surrounding the stance.
A man reportedly pays a price for every valued asset he secures in life. The text hints at a figure once known as Finley J. Shepard now identified as Helen Gould's husband, suggesting a personal transformation or public link worth noting.
The president-elect’s remarks fail to comfort anxious Democrats who seek drastic actions to remove the rivals and reset policy, leaving party supporters unsure about the new administration’s resolve.
The narrator chronicles a long China pilgrimage seeking untried routes by rail and river. They encounter storms, a new German-built line, ancient wheel-barrows, temples, open-air Buddhist services, and daily hardships. They witness foot binding, marriage customs, poverty, and Christian uplift as they travel toward Hinghway and Amoy with missionaries and locals amid clan conflicts and river tides.
The article discusses Woodrow Wilson blocking a good Democrat and labor leader from New Jersey labor commissioner job, citing merit over party. It argues the precedent could shape national federal appointments when Wilson becomes president. It notes Allan Pinkerton’s 1861 Lincoln assassination plot letter published in The American Magazine.
The article notes a $25,000 estimate to spruce up the Versailles palace for the national assembly meeting to elect a republic president on Friday. It adds a wry remark that the republic would be fortunate to elect a president so cheaply.
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