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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1925
Page
3
The War department outlines two plans to sell hydro electric power from Muscle Shoals as development proceeds and asks the Muscle Shoals committee for views. A single bidder option is favored, with timing on unit readiness and total output from four Wilson dam units reaching about 100000 horsepower.
Assistant Secretary Dewey leads a treasury study on excess money varieties and argues for concentrating output on fewer denominations. He cites five main classes of money silver certificates United States notes and gold certificates with nineteen types, and suggests eliminating some to reduce confusion and save production. He notes possible moves toward a single five dollar note and retaining high value notes for larger needs.
The Octagon House at New York Avenue and eighteenth Street will gain a marker designed by leading American Institute of Architects members. The mark will honor its Georgian Adam era architecture and ties to William Thornton and George Washington. It housed President Madison after the White House was burned in 1814 and was later the AIA headquarters.
The piece argues Kellogg marks a shift toward professional career diplomats in the U S State Department. It notes Warren Delano Truthins and others advancing from the diplomatic ladder to embassy counselor and potential minister roles, signaling a move toward Old World style diplomacy.
The Supreme Court handed down two tax decisions. One upholds state power to set inheritance tax valuation and deny deductions, citing California as example where state tax exceeded federal. The other rules that gains on securities bought before March 1, 1919, and sold later, must consider March 1, 1919 market value or purchase price for tax purposes. Justice Stone authored the opinion in the first case, affecting estates and beneficiaries nationwide.
Iowa reports outline multiple local projects. Hawarden approves a $100000 schoolhouse contract while Sioux City gets a $100000 addition to the Lutheran hospital. Other notes mention radio station KMA in Shenandoah, mayor fines, and a 51st G A R encampment set for Mason City.
Federal agents seize a Biloxi bound box car in Kansas City Missouri and find dozens of cases of concealed liquor beneath bags of oyster shell grit. Railroad police assist in the operation and report the seizure as a major bust in a mixed crime case.
Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly argues English is the great language of expression and communication. He notes hundreds of millions speak English and predicts the share will rise, while comparing it to German Russian Spanish and Chinese among world tongues. English shapes culture and diplomacy despite critiques of irregular grammar and Latin roots.
A historical note explains tornado formation and distribution in the United States. Prof. William J. Humphreys outlines how cold Canadian air meets warm Gulf air to create violent rotations that descend as tornadoes, their rarity in the West and East, and the puzzling skips observed as lower air detachments rejoin the storm.
A $150000 forty room frame dwelling was moved three miles across Los Angeles on one boulevard over three nights without traffic interruption. The house, largest of its kind moved in the United States, was sawed into three sections and jacked up nightly for transfer. Forty workers aided the process, requiring about six weeks to complete the move and reassemble the home on a new foundation.
Edwardsville postmaster handles letters for D B Mac Cracken of Waldron Ark who advertised seeking a Christian woman for a life companion. He owns a 270 acre Scott county farm, is a widower aged 68 but says he looks 40 and wants a wife to live on the farm. More than 100 letters arrived. A Chicago reply claimed age 58 yet feels 16 and looks two.
A description notes sections rolled into place for a dwelling, designed to carry large structures, and moved onto a newly constructed foundation. The text emphasizes shifting components to the new base for final assembly.
City Manager H G Ota of Clarksburg West Virginia received a two dollar bill and a letter from HK L Oliver of Kenmore Ohio. The writer admits causing lamp post breakages years ago and now claims to be conscience stricken about the incidents.
The Frye observatory near Seattle gains a 120 inch diameter mirror built in Vancouver for public education. Canadian astronomer T S M Sheridan leads the hand grinding of the giant speculum while a 100 foot dome will house the telescope. Scientists await summer viewing of Mars and other planets.
A square organ once used by King James II while encamped outside London in 1687 arrives in New York. The instrument has a four octave keyboard with 43 notes and various stops, with East India scenes on lower panels and front panels depicting a princess on a camel and a camel rider in an oasis.
Cortlandt Bleecker comments at the Ritz-CCarlton annual Parrot ball on transparent fashions and the return of the slashed skirt. He recalls a luncheon encounter where a woman in a transparent blouse and slated skirt amused him and said such styles make her feel girlish and blush when a man looks his way.
The article notes Germany spends 28 million dollars more this year than last and uses only 75 percent of the 1813 imperial army’s cost level after equipment cost adjustments. It highlights many officers, few privates, and a budget that hints at expansion beyond Versailles limits despite a disarmed narrative.
Stenographers in Munich attend funerals to record the officiating words. They transcribe sermons on mourning paper with a black border and offer copies to bereaved relatives. Relatives often buy multiple carbon copies, creating a new revenue stream for jobless clerks.
New York Transit Commissioner John O Ryan denounces proposals to replace all surface and elevated cars with buses. General O Ryan mocks supporters and cites a humorous anecdote about Mr Rake and a wife admonishing him for a failing explanation.
The radio and movies have greatly aided teaching a worldwide audience to slow down and listen quietly for long periods. Listening, once a lost art in this country, was revived by the advent of radio according to the New York Telegraph.
Nevada shows 48.2 percent of men over fifteen as bachelors while 19.3 percent of women are unmarried, the highest bachelor rate for men yet lowest for women among states, reflecting a skew in early marriage patterns.
Paris fashion sees women wearing wigs in varied colors to cover bobbed hair during evening wear. Hairpin manufacturers, after five years of pattered trade, restart production with renewed vigor.
Unofficial calculations estimate the United States population will reach 113,500,000 by July. This marks an 8,000,000 increase since the 1920 census when 105,710,620 people lived in the country. About 2,000,000 of the growth are immigrants, with the remaining 6,000,000 native born.
A commission will sort 155000 patent office models to identify historical and scientific pieces. Members include Thomas B. Robertson and Charles D. Walcott. Congress appropriated 100000 for expenses. Models will be unpacked from about 2600 wooden boxes and distributed to museums or returned to depositors or heirs.
The term benedict derives from Benedick in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. It historically describes a husband who once mocked matrimony and now embraces it.
To remove paper stuck on a polished table top apply a few drops of oil. Gently rub with a soft cloth to lift the paper without scratching the surface.
A theological reflection contrasts the Anno Dei and Anno Mundi chronologies from scripture. It explains how Jeremiah omits certain years of Israelite failure while Paul accounts for 578 years between the Exodus and the temple, with Judges detailing nine three missing years due to divine judgment. The piece ends urging faithful living for future rewards and preparedness for Christ's return.
A reflective passage likens life to a clock with two hands. The short hand represents discipline and the long hand mercy, both moving around the pivot of a loving God. Mercy repeatedly showers blessings sixty-fold for each act of discipline.
A reflection on how serving others elevates spirit and brings true blessing. The writer notes that joy, glow, and ardor arise from simple acts of kindness, describing this as the real luxury of life.
A terse philosophical line about enduring trials and humiliations that appear to break the spirit yet refine the inner mood. The speaker emphasizes patience as the highest form of spiritual offering amid inexplicable crosses.
A devotional line emphasizes continuing good deeds in love of God rather than seeking personal reward. It urges perseverance in service and faith in ongoing effort.
A devotional line urges laying down to sleep with angels closing the door of the heart to thoughts of purity and peace, attributed to F W Farmr.
A religious exhortation emphasizes devotion and willingness to die for Christ and for Elim, urging steadfast faith and sacrifice as core ideals. The message frames commitment as the highest virtue within a faith community.
Poised as a witty line from Shakespeare, the quip evokes a table laden with hospitality. A playful image contrasts abundance with delicacy, suggesting a refined welcome as a tasteful, dainty expression.
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