Rockefeller and Stewart oil battle ends as shareholders decide
The Monticello Express reports the Rockefeller led faction wins the stockholders vote two to one over Col. Stewart in the Standard Oil fight. The piece notes Stewart's resignation demand, a senatorial probe backdrop, and Rockefeller's proxy consolidation. Also covered are governor Hammill’s stance on warrants, bond issues, liquor crime at Peoria, and state funding shifts for indigent hospital patients and the medical college.
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Standard Old Company
J. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Col. Stewart
Stewart
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Jerusalem
Director
Debating Volstead fines. lawmakers defend enforcement
The Congress debate over harsher penalties for Volstead Act violations centers on gansters wholesalers importers and smugglers. Supporters claim prohibition strengthens prosperity while critics call enforcement hypocritical and warn against punitive overreach across a broad political spectrum.
Monticello Air Marking Request in Town
The speaker notes thirty one thousand U.S. towns are air marked for aviators and asks a local building owner with a flat top to paint “Monticello” in large clear letters to aid navigation.
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United States
Monticello
Buckingham Palace Has Two Hundred Rooms
A note states the Bucking ham palace contains 200 rooms. No further context is provided in the readable text.
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Buckingham Palace
Glass on Speechmaking and Senate Effectiveness
The piece notes Senator Glass of Virginia declaring that after twenty eight years in congress he has never seen a speech change a vote. It reflects on visitors hearing endless oratory while few listen and questions why senators speak. It adds a factual line that the Panama Canal Zone is a military reservation administered by the War Department.
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Senate
Senator Glass
Virginia
Congress
Washington
Glass
Panama Canal Zone
The
War Department
Lange
Crime Laws Are Made To Be Obeyed
An editorial critiques lawlessness linked to prohibition, arguing the legal framework must be enforced rather than repealed. It cites comparisons with London and Chicago, recalls Governor Packard’s tale on respect for law, and stresses the Eighteenth Amendment’s enduring status and enforcement need.
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Hoover
America
British Isles
Liverpool
Glasgow
Europe
London
Chicago
England
Canada
Packard
Louisiana
Marshalltown
The
Chicago Tribune
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court Tosses Bond Law and Road Plans
The Iowa Supreme Court struck down the 100 million dollar paying bond law as unconstitutional on several grounds. Legislators consider alternative funding via anticipatory certificates against primary road funds to keep the good roads program moving, with Attorney General Fletcher argued as a key advocate for the new approach. Lawmakers debate timing, costs, and potential statewide paving progress within six years, including efforts to secure funding and adjust bills in the Senate and House.
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Hammill
Washington
Supreme Court
Fletcher
Iowa
State Supreme Court
General Assembly
House
Reimers
Lyon County
Highway Commission
Attorney General's Office
O. P. Bennett
Monona County
Lovrein
Humboldt
Johnson
Keokuk
Allen
Pocahontas
Simmer
Wapello
Shields
Van
Senate
Des Moines
Committee On Commerce and Trade of
State Highway Commission
Humorous Exchanges From Various Papers
A collection of jokes and quoted snippets from Everybody's Weekly and other papers. Witty lines touch on flirtations, family dining, petty officials, and wordplay such as Watt Knott and Not. Paris maintains 40 daily and 67 weekly papers in a brisk miscellany.
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Paris
Big Hospital Experiment by O. O. McIntyre
New York unveils Riverside drive medical center touted as the largest of its kind, spanning blocks with 1,177 beds built for 25 million dollars. It coordinates more than a dozen hospitals while preserving each entity’s identity and proclaims aid to the poor without regard to race creed or color. An operating amphitheater seats 149 with telephones at each seat to relay patients’ heartbeats.
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O. O. McIntyre
New York
Riverside Drive
Medical Center
Drinking cups help to cows in Iowa testing report
Dairyman A C Cain Hartley, winner of the Kildee cup, increased five cows’ daily milk from 63.9 to 64.3 pounds after installing drinking cups in mid January. Carl T. Peterson of the O'Brien County Cow Testing association notes the boost, while Proctor of Franklin county reports varied gains among other cows.
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Towa
Carl T. Peterson
O'Brien County
A. C. Cain Hartley
Proctor
Franklin County
Aye
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