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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
5
Professor Martin of Drake University argues that teachers bear the burden of preserving the morality of the next generation as defalcation of mothers shifts responsibility to schools. He urges that home discipline and parental guidance are essential, else stubborn youth will resist classroom influence and bring dishonor to families.
The report covers a Cedar Rapids strike clash injuring Leonard Tait and Frank Sullivan, a Manchester pool hall aid plan, a Dubuque capture of a mobile bootlegger, and a large whiskey distillery raid near Dewitt. It also notes deaths of Elizabeth Wosaba and Frank A. Brokaw, a Switzerland-born farmer John Boss killed near Ryan, and a suicide case of Mrs. Henry Rickles with German notes. The article mentions a theatre project by Cornell College personnel and a Monticello boys camp weathering flood disruption.
The article critiques Morrigan of North Carolina as the sole governor resisting federal action to protect coal mine operations amid a long strike. It contrasts his “hands off” stance with President Harding’s approach to individual cases. It warns of coal shortages and rising prices if the strike persists.
The article reports Attorney General Gibson chosen as temporary chairman of the Republican state convention. It notes his address may not alter the socialist radicalism of Smith Brookhart, who has fixed his status by his own utterances.
Sioux City Journal notes Eugene V. Debs recently released from Atlanta federal prison and Senator Robert M. LaFollette campaign against the American economic order. It accuses Debs of urging unions to strike and fight against society, labeling him a persistent menace to government and national policy.
A letter from Marshalltown Times-Rep voices self accountability for primary outcomes. Voters urge changing primary laws to fit conditions and advocate that a Republican state convention enforce a platform and require nominees to subscribe to party principles or risk no convention endorsement.
For twelve years a Florida farmer cultivated water melons on 1000 acres yet never shipped a melon. He and neighbors ate the crop while the harvest supplied seed sold to planters in Florida Georgia and other southern states.
A Montana travel letter recounts a National Association meeting in Missoula during a three day visit. The narrator details transport arrangements for 200 travelers, Yellowstone Park sights from Cody to Old Faithful, camp life, bear encounters, and a mining tour in Butte and Anaconda. Notes include Governor Dixon reception, a keynote by Col. MacNider, and praise for Northern Pacific service.
William Hayes Mitchell presides as pastor with morning worship at eleven o clock and Sunday school starting at ten. Evening service follows at 7 30 p m. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend.
Sunday school begins at 10:00 a.m. with preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor meets at 6:45 p.m. Mid week gathering Thursday at 7:80 p.m. Next Sunday July 30 the sermon theme is The Interpreter. Union evening service to be held at the Methodist church.
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