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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
3
Soldiers in France keep a menagerie in the trenches with larks dogs cats goats and canaries as mascots. Red Cross dogs assists and donkeys carry ammo while wild Ypres cats and a lion cub show the unlikely pet life amid shellfire and peril.
Special World report details a covert British naval operation known as the mystery fleet. Only three of 21,000 merchant ships were destroyed, suggesting German forces avoid the warm English Channel. The Dover Patrol showcases patrol ships, subs, and arctic-like gear amid a tense Atlantic theater.
In Memphis a mule kicked a three year old boy in the head, breaking the skull. Surgeons replaced the bone with a 1917 dime minted for the grave, a curious relic meant for future generations to marvel at.
Miss Ethelwyn Dithridge a Brooklyn Bushwick high school English teacher, wrote As Thou Wilt during summers in Labrador. Judges of the St Louis Art League selected her 16 line poem from 500 entries as the season’s best literary effort and awarded a $100 prize at her Hollis Long Island home.
New York report describes Jack, a snow white bulldog, learning to stand still for minutes, smoke a meerschaum pipe at noon, and lead the Society for the Propagation of the Witch secretary to the Union Trust company. He also washes his face combs his hair and salutes visitors delivering donations.
In a domestic relations case, Mrs. H Decker a Russian and her husband a German argued over the war outcome and their future. The court granted them a divorce.
Mrs Willan Vazanak testified in Los Angeles court that her husband provided improper meals including soup from a cat and steaks from the family horse. She charged failure to provide in the welfare case, detailing the alleged improper nutrition and neglect.
Mrs. Henry Sutherland of West Frankfort, a bride of a few weeks, was struck by a stray bullet that entered her father's home. She fell against a stove and survived as the bullet lodged against a metal comb, which effectively saved her life.
The town of Roanoke on the Howard Kendolph county line sold for 410 dollars at a sheriff’s sale. The purchase included ten lots and three buildings. Roanoke a historic tobacco trade center declined after the Armstrong railroad town emerged three miles south.
Oberlin College has received a bequest of 20000 dollars from a donor whose name is not stated in the report. The gift will support designated programs at the institution.
The statement notes that fan manufacture became an established industry in England during the Stuart era. It highlights the historical development of crafts and trades in early modern England under the Stuart monarchy.
President Wilson’s inaugural address argues for armed neutrality to defend minimum rights and promote universal justice. He stresses unity of America, world peace, and cooperation with nations while warning against factionalism and private power.
President Wilson reshuffled his cabinet naming Robert Lansing in New York as Secretary of State, William Gibbs McAdoo of New York as Secretary of the Treasury, Newton D. Baker of Ohio as Secretary of War, Thomas W. Gregory of Texas as Attorney General, Albert Sidney Burleson of Texas as Postmaster General, Josephus Daniels of North Carolina as Secretary of the Navy, Franklin Knight Lane of California as Secretary of the Interior, David Prankin Houston of Missouri as Secretary of Agriculture, William Cox Redfield of New York as Secretary of Commerce, and William Bauchop Wilson of Pennsylvania as Secretary of Labor.
Russell Whitbeck of Mount Washington Vermont engaged and killed a 25 pound wildcat after following fox and beagle tracks through snowbound roads in the Southern Berkshires. Whitbeck and Louis Hough Tal ing faced a dangerous attack with Whitbeck sustaining cuts and bruises while protecting his dog.
State banking report shows 884 savings banks 886 state banks and 22 trust companies total assets 503.8 million and deposits 427.96 million at Feb 10 1917, up 81.62 million since Jan 31 1916. Notes plan for $1600000 children hospital in Iowa City and other measures pass or advance in legislature.
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