14 May 1931
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1931
Page
1
The Monticello Express published as second class matter at Monticello Iowa under the act of March 8 1879. Official city and county paper printed weekly by editors and proprietors J W Doxsee and Chas A Doxsee.
The writer contrasts Iowa’s 1857 barter economy with modern fuel purchases and recalls widespread hardship in New York City, banks suspending payments, railroads failing, and mass unemployment. He urges young readers to learn from elders' memories, warning prosperity follows panics and to avoid speculation.
The piece notes newspapers waking to radio ads cutting national ad budgets in daily papers. It observes advertisers shift funds between radio and journals, reducing periodical spend. It questions if radio yields expected results as listeners tire of salesman style spots and skip or mute messages.
The public delays buying as stocks stay scarce with minor daily shifts. After a past inflated bubble burst two years ago many avoid speculative picks even in quality firms. Steady accumulation may yield longer term gains. speculation remains uncertain and risky for the average investor.
The piece criticizes the Indiana legislature for hasty late sessions that leave bills half finished and vulnerable to constitutional challenges. It notes favoritism toward appropriation bills, delays caused by amendments, and suggests longer sessions or slower closes as a remedy. It also discusses Germany Russia trade ties and a Des Moines slogan disputing Iowa unity, ending with concern over possible judicial manipulation of constitutional amendments.
The piece ponders the Empire State Building as a symbol of a new age of giantism. It asks how high future skyscrapers may rise and where their occupants will live and how transit can keep up.
Sioux City Journal notes a Texan’s backward world walk with a placard that reveals little purpose. The piece compares odd feats from golf ball races to endurance acts, then questions value while praising honest labor like corn pickers and dishwashers.
Gardener Mitchell argues the gardener expresses inner desires through cultivation. He equates tending symmetrical rows and sowing seeds with artistic creation, noting that gardeners, like writers musicians and visual artists, channel beauty and invention into the world. Long live the gardener.
Opinion notes non consolidated schools are sometimes labeled extravagant yet serve as an effective education agency. They have opened learning facilities to rural town youths previously available mainly to city children, and any full evaluation must consider this advantage.
The latest dictionary edition catalogs 445 thousand words expanding the language. It highlights new terms and historical usage, offering readers a comprehensive reference for spelling, meaning, and pronunciation across modern and archaic forms.
Cedar Rapids hosts Rear Admiral Richard E. Bird under Kiwanis auspices. Proceeds beyond expenses benefit underprivileged children. Matinee and night lecture scheduled for May 20.
Iowa reports 405 million invested in plants and 73 000 jobs with a 100 million payroll. Des Moines civic projects include city hall court post office library and coliseum. Cedar Rapids builds a civic center and courthouse. Iowa banks total assets near 49 million with no failures. Home ownership exceeds 75 percent, 70 plus savings and loan associations, no failures in 34 years. New York City ingested Iowa butter eggs and poultry in early 1930, with New York shipments over 10 million dollars. Towns boast Monasteries and major plants.
A broad appeal emphasizes shared purpose in business, households, and the public spirit of residents. The message stresses common responsibility and active participation across all sectors to strengthen the state.
A collection of home tips on filling sandwiches with roasted peanuts and grinding them with cream, silk care with warm irons, frying potatoes in a heavy skillet, Dutched chocolate alkali content under federal regulation, and safe sun exposure guidance for infants with gradual outdoor sunning and indoor sun baths.
A collage of clipped quips from papers including St Joseph News Press Kenosha News Louisville Times Weston Leader Punch and more. The snippets poke at vacation plans income tax fashion and political turns with playful tone.
Dimmed are the flowers now and no birds sing as gnarled boughs sway over apples. Cloud shadows, owls cry, and dew clings to gossamer while jewel spun wings fade. The sky’s bright firmament has set, gifting a million lights for one.
A letter from C. R. Gazette discusses House speakership uncertainty after Nicholas Longworth. It laments leadership loss, notes potential debt of politics, and recalls meeting Asiatic royalty including the Siamese king and queen at the White House. The piece contrasts wartime profits with postwar recovery.
The piece argues the income tax in Iowa is a political conception and warns that advocates' promises delayed real taxation reform. It notes that attempts to politicize the income tax in 1932 will fail as the issue has faded like the bank guarantee issue.
Barbara Young discusses the sentimental virtues of home and love in a prose snippet about daily comforts from a distant era. The piece contrasts simple pleasures with labor and affection, then shifts to a general note that playing cards are believed to have originated in China, reflecting a broad cultural attribution.
Local report notes Konjola facing hardship in Monticello Iowa with mounting losses and uncertain prospects, highlighting community concern and the impact on residents.
Advertise Vitalex tablets promising 3 pounds gain in a week and offering a pay if not. The copy links weight gain to improved health and vigor, blaming tuberculosis and other dangers on insufficient weight while urging men and women to build strength.
A literary quatrain by Francis Boyd speaks of blue eyes and quiet love in the Philadelphia Bulletin. A separate brief notes that there were seven passenger deaths on American railroads last year, indicating rail safety data.
The world’s largest nests are in Australia, built by jungle-owls as 15 foot high mounds. The text notes a $3,000,000,000 annual American sickness burden, with about twenty percent allocated to doctors.
Office in the Burrichter building handles general practice calls in the city or country. Phone 236.
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