29 Mar 1928
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1928
Page
1
The Monticello Express reports on Chicago crime woes with mayoral delays and bombings, Crowe’s $10,000 reward, and factional politics. It warns of utility consolidation, rising stock prices, and looming market corrections amid speculation and regulatory calls.
The Los Angeles evangelist Aimee McPherson failed to spark a sensational revival in Des Moines and has returned to the city where she built her fame. The piece questions whether Des Moines is tougher or its believers more serious than those in Los Angeles. If she is doing any good, it might be best she stay where she is more appreciated.
Bill Thompson's school board in Chicago discharged Superintendent McAndrews months after his term expired, a move likened to judging a man guilty after he has been hanged.
The editorial from The World's Work argues the party faces defeat with Smith and disaster without him, using strong evaluative language to urge support for Smith as essential to party success.
Des Moines elected a new old mayor John MacVicar who defeated Fred H. Hunter by about four thousand votes. He is expected to remain active in city politics and is noted as a durable figure for a second term in Lime State's capital. The piece also comments on political taint from campaign financing and notes Hays accepted Sinclair funds despite the deficit context.
The Des Moines Register questions farm leaders' opposition to Hoover, arguing the nominee fate hinges on eastern support. It urges fair treatment to rally the West, notes Lowden supporters should avoid attacking Hoover, and suggests Pacific coast hopes depend on unity in the Midwest and West.
The piece argues against wealth condemnation by focusing on stock ownership. It notes that no director holds large stakes in the American Telephone company yet credits stockholders for building a top telephone system and safe office buildings. It suggests immigrants improve housing as they save and invest.
President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard cautions that adding many new subjects dilutes core learning. He argues true education rests on thorough mental training and consolidated study rather than a wide, shallow spread across numerous topics.
In a Senate address Senator Reed Smoot of Utah warns that defending the American flag and an international flag cannot coincide. He says domestic groups abroad harm patriotism and suggest communism and liberalism share a common end. He likens such forces to Lincoln’s era rebellion. Chicks from accredited hatcheries are the safest to buy.
The article extols rayon as a modern wonder and a versatile fabric derived from cellulose. It highlights rayon as more than a substitute for silk, notes its wide use, and argues the Midwest could lead in rayon by using agricultural waste like cornstalks and cobs as raw material.
The University of Illinois bulletin urges planting vegetables in long rows to ease cultivation with horse drawn tools. Expanding garden size reduces labor since land costs less than labor. a half to two thirds of an acre in long rows can yield more net return than similar land areas with standard methods.
The St Paul Dispatch notes weather driven road damage on unsurfaced routes and urges rapid paving of the state trunk highway system. Commissioner Babcock reports many sections classified poor and warns that impassability could follow. Spring travel increases burden on soft roads, reinforcing push for hard surfaced highways.
The disclosures in the oil inquiry cast the Harding era political machine in a troubling light. Will H. Hays chaired the Republican National Committee and oversaw an extravagant campaign deficit. He arranged Sinclair bonds to conceal large contributions, drawing concern over campaign finance and potential cover ups.
Red Jacket hails George Washington as the Flower of the Forest. Franklin was eighty-one at Constitution signing. Marshall sworn in five presidents. Indiana led onion output with 3,160,000 bushels last year. A potato bag pair can yield 60,000,000. Birds prey on mosquitoes. one martin female contained 2000 pests. English sparrows, cats and red eared enemies of songbirds.
Pork and lard in storage signal limited price gains. On March 1 there were 212 million pounds more pork in storage than a year earlier and storage was up by half a unit compared with March 1, 1927.
A series of muddled statements reprints erroneous phrases from Schoolboy Examinations. It parodies attempts at history and language with misattributions and absurdities, including misdescribed monarchs, imperial phrases, and incorrect etymologies.
Notice to Wayne Jones County electors announces a special election on April 14 1928 to decide whether the board may raise up to 4000 dollars from on hand funds to build a school in sub district No 6 Wayne township. Ballot at Wayne Center school house from 12 noon to 4 pm. Secretary H R Jacobs signs.
The notice mentions an office and a hospital located one block north of the post office. It notes calls answered day or night, implying available services or contact hours.
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