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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
5
The piece warns North Dakota is embracing an aggressive socialist experiment led by the non partisan league. It argues the policy would bond the state to growing indebtedness for cooperatives and alienate foreign capital. It cites Kansas and Iowa as cautionary examples and predicts severe long term effects on the economy and investment.
The piece argues for centralized road law administration and expert supervision to improve Ia road work. It compares local contracting to a railroad relying on township trustees and warns that current wasteful practices hinder progress toward paving main arteries like in other states.
The author argues most work at the peace conference is behind the scenes and censored. He criticizes overemphasis on President Wilson and calls for broader public disclosure of other nations’ positions and contributions. Creel is named as handling expectations, while the U S. seeks fuller coverage of all delegates.
The article laments the reaction to the eighteenth amendment in hast, Wisconsin and Iowa, contrasting fears of personal liberty with strict temperance enforcement. It notes county officers drawing double salaries as draft commissioners and urges returned soldiers to prove improved responsibility, recalling a harsher winter of last year.
The piece notes shifts in stance on prohibition with factions claiming national action would sway opinion. It questions lawmakers who support state reform only from conscience and mocks federal moves toward farm insurance, citing local mutuals in Iowa as effective and loyal, resisting government takeover.
The report hints that Deems J F Deems of Burlington may run for governor. If this is the Iowa food commissioner, he sent self photographs to the press urging publication as part of food control propaganda. The write up reveals the core of his political ambition.
Local farmers complain about hog shipment limits amid swelling swine output. While the restrictions may lift prices in theory, farmers still face the burden of feeding and maintaining a drove for a month after hogs reach market readiness.
The speaker argues that legislators should curb stock salesmen preying on gullible buyers by enforcing a real blue sky law, condemning the current administration as failing to protect investors. The critique emphasizes need for genuine regulation to prevent watered and worthless stocks.
The piece argues that Irish independence is unlikely while Britain retains naval dominance. It contends independence would threaten British trade routes and naval bases, making an Irish republic infeasible despite Ireland’s equity and right to self determination.
The Omaha World Herald notes the German acceptance of allied terms for a longer armistice, a development not wholly surprising. The Sioux City Journeys column quips about a boatman who would rather stay near shore, hinting at cautious hesitation.
Neighborhood news lists deaths of Mrs. B. R. Vernon Samuel F. Henry Mrs J Morris Lulu Leclerc and others across Olin Maquoketa Ryan Oxford Junction Cedar Rapids Monticello and Wyoming. Bank upgrades Bly Norris safe at Cascade State Bank. Cornell College beats Dubuque College 23 to 17. Mechanicsville to host soldiers reception February 12. Gold star for Lieut Walter Martin Stillman. Iowa State University service flag gains 30th gold star. John Moss injured by buzz saw. Mrs Miller dies from shock. Anamosa high school beats Maquoketa in food policy debate. George B Hall longtime Wyoming resident dies in California. Burial in Wyoming.
Chicago relatives report mail and pay issues for soldiers overseas. Private Donald Wood and others received returned letters marked hospital in Tilbury Eng and Tours sick. Families sent money orders via Foreman Brothers Bank but payments and letters remain undelivered. Washington Red Cross notes mail should go through central records in Bourges France for unanswered letters.
Des Moines leader Walker D. Hines is appointed to head all railroads and transport lines, succeeding William G. McAdoo. He supports continuing government control for five years or surrendering lines to owners, arguing ownership would sap initiative and turn the nation into automatons. He warns against universal state control as folly.
A New York Times piece argues abstinence from intoxicants benefits the nation. It discusses the tension between state autonomy and broad moral reform, noting centralized action may override local principles for a greater good.
The Kansas City Star notes that New York should ratify the prohibition amendment to claim self direction rather than having the federal change imposed. The piece argues the action would at least show initiative by the state.
A sketched note from the Sioux City Journal indicates that Davd was the sole king the office pursued, highlighting a notable detail in an obscure historical record.
An editorial argues using Benjamin Franklin’s likeness on this year’s war savings stamps would promote thrift. It notes Franklin’s teachings that time is money and avoiding debt, and urges a Franklin revival around his birthday January 17 to encourage saving in a wasteful nation.
A prose tribute praising the Rainbow Division for dauntless courage and noble sacrifice. It honors fallen soldiers who glimpse their storied deeds before history writes them, and invites readers to honor them beneath the flag and rainbow colors.
Parents of Cedar Rapids soldiers report months without mail. Fifteen letters to Private Le Roy Wallace of Battery EH were returned. Private William Young and James Hoelecs also had letters returned. Hoelecs’ mother notes letters since Sept. 1 were sent back. All soldiers are in France. Wallace is healthy, Young and Hoelecs hospitalised.
A judge fines an Irish spectator for contempt after repeated laughter in court. The man asks to speak and in a quip questions fines for thinking, then insults the judge calling him a bald headed rooster.
Mt Vernon Hawkeye reports a pressing need for strictly modern five or six room houses or apartments. At least six families seeking such accommodations this week include farmers moving to town returning from the war and workers entering local industry.
In the Cedar Rapids Republican editorial a complaint ties rising doctor rates to demands by school teachers for higher pay. It argues teachers posses equal knowledge and effort to doctors and nurses and questions why educators are not better compensated.
The Sioux Falls Press reports renewed debate over raising railroad freight rates to cover last year’s deficit. It notes the president’s annual message suggested no reconstruction issue, implying a misread of the economic situation.
The column argues farm labor is valuable and winter is ideal for indoor projects and outdoor construction. It suggests loading cattle feed bunk plans and blueprints with cost estimates, improving gates, built in cupboards, and notes lumber for cattle sheds is moving. It also notes steers' price supports cattle care.
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