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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
3
Flag Day June 14 marked the dedication of a monument to Francis Scott Key and to soldiers of North Point and Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. The memorial by Charles H. Nethans featured a Hard ing address praising heroes.
Various short items discuss heat and ash physics in furnaces, U S education spending per child, monthly veteran checks totaling 42 million, New York National Guard aces, fish adapting to dry land in India, California forestry exams, morphine versus cocaine addiction, Suez canal draft limits, Tokyo telephony workers called moshi moshi girls, Raleigh memorial fountain for influenza nurses, 1920 gender demographics in three states and DC, and Venice lace history with English import ban in 1843.
Girl scouts of Washington enlisted the public health service to aid a fly control drive. They went from house to house distributing more than 106 000 fly swatters to reduce pests and protect health.
The completed portrait of President Warren G. Harding by Howard Chandler Christy stems from sittings held in the White House. The artwork captures the President in a formal studio setting, reflecting Christy's groomed style and official image.
Professor Matthe Toulouse claims thousands of weeds can yield petrol rich in benzine and toluene. The process also produces a gas said to generate 20,000 heat units, enough to cover plant installation costs.
The term green room describes the waiting area for actors in large theaters. It originated from older rooms that were lighted and upholstered in green to soothe performers facing the footlights. Today green rooms serve a similar function in any color and setup.
The article notes color associations in healing and custom around the world. It cites Chinese practice of clothing smallpox victims in canine coverings, Tonkin red painting for children with mensh, and Spain red shirts and red syrup for sun maladies. It also mentions flirtation customs among girls and men.
A correspondent reports a brutal massacre at the Southern Witness Coal Company mine near Herrin Illinois with 73 union men and 48 captives killed or missing. Slaughter followed a mass march through woods with captives shot at point blank range and a hanged man found at a tree as rioters looted burned offices and blasted equipment.
Representative Dinkham charged in the house that the eighteenth amendment had been bought and paid for and that Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League was linked to the alleged dealings. He cited reports deemed worthy of belief as evidence of a political deal about prohibition.
In Washington on June 23 a physical confrontation between Senators Heflin and Glass was narrowly avoided as each passed the lie. Senator Watson urged the vice president to call them to order and Coolidge intervened to compel decorum.
Dr Herbert Lee Stetson, president for ten years at Kalamazoo College Michigan, resigns after the sixty eighth commencement. Dr Charles Hohen of Carlton College Minnesota and formerly with the University of Chicago is announced as his successor.
Washington June 23 congressional inquiry into the office of the property custodian was initiated by Representative Woodruff Michigan. The resolution cites charges that prodigious fees were paid to lawyers some of whom represented the custodian.
A historic shift shows federal authorities and the interests they oversee expanding their reach. Officials report that the scale of funds under governance rose from 100 million to 150 million in the years leading up to the policy adoption.
In Belfast on June 23 shots near Nelson street and York street area drew police to a scene where a young man lay dead in a pool of blood. William Miller, seventy, was killed in Willowfield East Belfast by four assailants.
Washington June 23. Secretary Wallace approved a national forest highway program with about $10,000,000 to build 1,170 miles of road across 23 states, aiming to improve trunk routes and forest access.
New York reports 1922 Europe-bound passenger travel in first and second class up about 20 percent from last year with heavy bookings on monster liners like Majestic Mauretania Paris Homeric Berengaria Aquitania Olympic. Immigration law curb to 3 percent of nationals triggers shifts from steerage to higher cabins and slows U S to Europe traffic, while Channel and German ports see the heaviest flows amid a surge of new liners and larger tonnage.
A legendary arson saboteur known as Black Joe killed one fireman and injured many in Salem and Lawrence. Transferred to Lawrence, he kept up his violence until a dramatic parole came at the last minute when Mrs. Henry Nevins of Methuen persuaded Chief Morris to place him under lifelong house confinement on her farm.
Twenty pigs escaped from a wagon in East Baltimore and charged through the Sacred Heart Catholic church during services led by Father Kessler. A worker for Ludwig Selinger seized a pig by the hind leg as it ducked under the altar rail, but the animal slipped free.
The Captain John Smith Memorial association based in Norfolk Virginia launches a nationwide jitney move to fund a monument at Cape Henry. Contributions from millions of Smiths aim to build the tallest monument at the Hampton Roads entrance visible from the sea.
A sulky parrot at a Cottage Grove sawmill spoke Spanish to workers from Mexico, staying perched on the ridgepole while attempts to lure it down failed. Mrs. Esther Salside summoned the bird, which fluttered to her shoulder.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.1 percent rise in the average family food cost for the month ending April 16. Among 43 items, 19 declined including potatoes and cheese, while increases appeared in onions and oranges with pork chops and steak also higher.
In Green Bay Wisconsin Martin Petersen of Rural Route No 2 reports a freak egg with a perfect profile of a woman's head about the size of a one quarter on the shell. The eye is visible in profile and the rest of the egg appears normal.
Lewistown Pa Enrl Goss near Maitland reports geese from ten eggs hatched eleven goslings. One egg produced a double yolk and two goslings, unable to shed the shell and died. The fragment mentions a pig hunt disrupting services.
Shelbyville Indiana reports the Ladies Aid Society of the Smithland Baptist church collected 92.65 from Sunday Eggs during April. Members promised to contribute all money raised each Sunday to the church fund and the total was announced at a recent meeting. The sum will be turned over to the church treasurer.
Lieutenant J H Doolittle and L E Andrews flew in an army airplane from San Antonio Texas to Rockwell Field San Diego California covering about 1200 miles. They departed at 4 25 am central time and landed at 4 55 pm after two fuel stops at Epago and Naugales. The flight time was about eleven hours with an hour for refueling.
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