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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
6
Millston Wisconsin mother praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for restoring her strength enabling a healthy baby girl. She says her prior menstrual discomfort was eased and credits the medicine with her improved condition and future fertility.
A fragmented vignette contrasts a segregated era with a white mistress and a dependent worker. The back door scene features Uncle negotiating price, while other captions hint at married life, portraiture, and financial appeals among urban elites.
An old time advertisement promotes St Jacobs O11 as a harmless liniment that rubs away rheumatic pain. It claims quick relief for aching joints muscles and bones plus sciatica lumbago backache and neuralgia. A small trial bottle from any drug store is urged to end suffering.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as building up the system and cleansing the blood to prevent frequent colds and acute or chronic catarrh. It claims internal action through the blood to reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces. Circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Keep your eye on small opportunities.
In Washington the debate over whether the vice president should earn $15,000 compared with the speaker’s $12,000 continues. Senator Pomerene’s amendment to raise the vice president’s pay passed, prompting questions about equal pay and the roles of the two offices.
A historical survey recalls seven federal officials impeached in U S history and notes Representative Welty of Ohio against Judge IK M Landis. It lists impeachments from Blount in 1797 to Archbald in 1918, with acquittals and convictions, including Johnson and Belknap, and notes the constitutional grounds for removal.
John Herrin's 60 acre farm near Whitehall Indiana is identified as the new center of population by census experts moving west and slightly north from Bloomington. At an auction locals cheer as the center is announced and a pig is put up for sale, shifting focus from geographic curiosity to land value.
The judge advocate general predicts lighter military penalties in peacetime as an executive order limits punishment. The memo says maximum terms and dishonorable discharges drop in aggravated cases, with reductions across offenses including desertion, absence, fraud in enlistment, assault, and false pretenses involving property.
National Geographic bulletin notes irreplaceable documents housed in Washington include the Declaration and Constitution. It cites the Monroe doctrine message in the Senate, Lincoln's Gettysburg address in the Library of Congress, and emancipation proclamation in the State Department, urging a durable fireproof hall in D.C.
The article traces bicycle polo as a modern offshoot of shinny and hockey, noting its spread among youth and colleges. It details team play, equipment, scoring rules, six yard rule, goaltender duties, and the Quaker City Cycling Association in Philadelphia showcasing the sport indoors and outdoors with speed and risk thrilling players and spectators.
Harvard has invited Syracuse to a Chartes river race, potentially marking the first meeting of the two crews. The navy seeks April racing, but Harvard may move to May after resisting an early Cambridge date. Earl Smith aims to win the regular third base job after replacing Jimmy Austin last season.
George L. Bowden of Boston named one of ten professionals chosen to represent America in the International golf matches at St Andrews Scotland next June. He previously served as club professional at Commonwealth Country club Chestnut Hills Boston Mass. An international amateur boxing tournament between United States and England is planned for New York in early May.
Australians are expected to field crews in the annual American Henley regatta to be held in Philadelphia on May 28. The event draws Australian participants who may compete in several events.
The article lists multiple baseball notes including proposed stadium capacity for the New York Yankees at 75 000 seats and expectations that 1921 will favor southpaws. It mentions Fred Merkle joining Rochester and Allan Russell slated for a comeback with Boston Americans.
Morning practice reveals a park front turned into an automobile show as Cubs manager Johnny Hyers urges reviving the old team bus. He says it fostered teamwork, spirit, and honest play when players traveled and gathered after games, contrasting with today’s hurried, publicity driven routines.
A. W. Snedeker, Cornell, an amputee after blood poisoning at eight, starred in Philadelphia at the Intercollegiate wrestling tournament. He faced Bishop of Pennsylvania in a feature match and repeatedly threw his opponent before losing as the crowd gave Snedeker a great ovation.
The Grand American Handicap, premier American trapshooting event, was awarded to the South Shore Country Club of Chicago at the American Trapshooting Association meeting. The tournament will run August 22 to 27, with Atlantic City and Cleveland losing bids. Chick Is Right Again. Voge Workman supports Chick Tharley's claim as star Buckeye QB.
The note lists various sports happenings including Palm Beach planning a polo club, Nee Springfield in New England regatta, the Boston A A growing with nearly 2,000 members, Captain George H. Reaves leading Columbia fencing, Harvard relay plans with Captain O Connell and Bayard Wharton, Penn State inter scholastic rack meet at State College, Farvard cross country led by George Bemis, Princeton lacrosse expansion, and a failed Georges Carpentier Frank Moran bout in Paris due to promoter terms.
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