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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1924
Page
12
Dr Barker linked heart disease to tobacco, alcohol, coffee, and tea abuse and urged rational living. He emphasized marriage sentiment and intellect in selecting a partner, and called for public education with twice yearly physical screenings for children.
Charles Paddock, the human flash, broke the world 60 yard dash record in 12 seconds at the Drake Relay Carnival. Gedar Rapids High, Monmouth College and Kansas State Teachers also set intercollegiate and Drake game records in the quarter mile two miles relay shot put pole vault and long jump. Hubbard of Michigan tied the Drake mark with a 24 feet 2 1 2 inch jump as spectators watched in cold damp conditions.
Iowa State College plant disease expert Donald R Porter advises soaking melon and cucumber seeds five minutes in a solution of mercuric chloride one part to one thousand parts water, then ring and plant. Leaf spot, caused by bacteria, damages leaves with water soaked to white spots.
Fragmentary lines contemplate Iowa democracy and national committee questions about leadership roles. The text hints at political debate surrounding party structure and influence without clear outcomes or names.
H. B. Nichols expert at Town State College advises applying cluster bud spray just before the earliest blooming variety. Plums pears and cherries should be sprayed ahead of apples. Mix 14½ pounds lead arsenate and 6 quarts liquid time sulfur per 50 gallons and spray with high pressure mist ensuring thorough coverage.
Prof B Paddock of Iowa State College recommends replacing unreliable queens with pure Italian stock. Experiments show poor queens cost about $18 yearly in honey loss per colony. Requeening advised if queens are not pure Italians, queenless, poor, or have produced for two seasons. He suggests buying untested queens at $1.25 each and uniting queenless colonies with strong ones rather than introducing new queens.
The Iowa Republican scene shifts as Higue withdraws after touring the state leaving a contest between Sweet and Brookhart. Sweet, born 1867 in Bremer County, with education at Iowa State Teachers College Cornell College and the State University of Iowa, has served as Waverly city solicitor and in two general assemblies and four congresses. He is urged by the party and organizations as a loyal, capable choice for the U S Senate.
The editorial argues the Republican Party would suffer more than Democrats if La Follette runs as a third party. La Follette has aided Democrats for years and would attract many Democratic votes under current conditions, possibly changing which party loses the election. The central issue is which old party will be hurt most by this movement.
The Seventh Corps Area offers training camps August 1 to 30 at Fort Snelling Minnesota Fort Des Moines Iowa and Fort Leavenworth Kansas for 17 to 24 year olds from listed states. Programs include Basic Red White and Blue courses with infantry signaling artillery leadership aims and government provided room board and medical care. Applications may be routed through state civilian aides or the Omaha O M T E office in Nebraska and Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Iowa.
The readable text presents a distressed line about someone living for themselves and feeling lonely amid failure, reflecting a fragmentary sentiment without clear context or complete events.
Rats affect a large portion of the population and are linked to disease transmission. The annual damage to U S agriculture and consumer food prices runs toward $200 million. For public health guidance contact the Surgeon General and the Bureau of Biological Survey for rat habits and control methods.
From Chemnitz Saxony comes news aluminum sheets replace wood in stage scenery at the Chemnitz opera house. Lighter than frames fire resistant paintable on both sides and easily altered with erased scenes. Aluminum sheets arrive roughly rolled in sizes matching original wooden sections.
A lurid meditation on urban foot traffic argues that careful driving matters little without careful walking. Pedestrians seek chances to cross from midblock or dodge behind streetcars, risking harm as traffic cops whistle. The text urges readers to resist crossing at unsafe spots to keep the city safer.
The yucca or Adam's needle relies on a single moth species for fertilization. The female moth harvests pollen from the anther, forms a pollen pellet, and carries it to another flower to lay an egg. She then fertilizes the flower with the pollen using her head, ensuring fertilization and larval food. Artificial cross fertilization by humans rarely succeeds.
A new keyless lock appears on the market resembling a standard door lock. It features a four lever side arrangement operable in multiple combinations and can be unlocked by lifting levers. The device can attach to existing locks, avoiding a full replacement, and a padlock variant offers 8005 combinations.
Mrs Fletcher of the British suffrage party spoke to a friend during a United States visit, asserting that equality of the sexes is near and that male inferiority is becoming evident. She claimed even children sense it and quipped about men paying guests, then challenged a man about who is a woman’s man.
The text notes that the mechanism of development via use and disuse, adapted by Darwin from Lamarck, has been discredited by many Neo-Lamarckians yet the concept of natural selection as the driver of evolution remains widely accepted among scientists.
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