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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
6
A Voillis account from Verdun field hospitals shows French soldiers and American ambulance staff ferrying wounded. Descriptions follow two sublieutenants smiling through pain, a major near death, and a chasseur officer honoring fallen comrades as surgeons battle death through the night.
Titled figure T Gilbert Pearson, organizer for the National Association of Audubon Societies, helped establish bird protection laws and school study classes. The excerpt shifts to World War I hospital scenes with nurses, wounded officers, and a medic sharing moments of courage and loss amid recovery.
A coconut sent to Dr. Sigmund Frey, head of the Jewish Orphans' Home in Huntington Park California, arrived with its husk intact and the address burned into the shell. Sixty cents in stamps were affixed directly to the nut.
Mrs. Clara Sanderson Laub pictured in a military costume is the only woman recruiting officer in Canada. She has worked in Ontario recruiting for months after spending over a year in hospital work in France.
A meditation on language as amber that seizes genius and preserves it for future generations. Words carry the mental treasures of a period across time, outlasting empires and fading tongues.
H L McCaslin in Judge White's court described himself as an ether loving offender who stole from a county hospital. He claimed two year addiction after an accident led him to persuade doctors and procure ether, iodoform, and bandages. He pleaded guilty to larceny and was sentenced to 90 days in jail. The narrative included a Pomona episode and a claim of daily Thames earth removal.
A man feared being loved for his advantages, so he sent an anonymous letter to the woman he loved asking her to marry him to test her true feelings.
A lawyer asks what the client will give for a divorce. The client quips that the lawyer may have his wife if desired, highlighting a humorous but pointed exchange about favored conditions in a divorce.
Report notes a pigeon roosted on the minute hand of Poughkeepsie New York’s clock causing the mayor to miss his train. Other items mention brick production, gold coated headlight reflectors, household expenses, and a patent harness for chickens.
Iowa may mobilize National Guard units for border duties with artillery and cavalry expected to play key roles. Units at Davenport West Liberty and Des Moines would mobilize quickly if orders come, with staffing figures around 400 per unit and a three-battery artillery contingent. The article also covers insurance requirements, child labor law questions, premiums for the state fair, and other state matters.
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