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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1927
Page
1
The Monticello Express laments unsightly highway refuse east of town near the bridge. It criticizes Chicago Mayor Big Bill Thompson and broader politics while noting crime, literary tastes, and local civic concerns.
Hon Cyrenus Cole notes the shift toward cheaper raw products and labor amid farm and industry pressures. Prices fall for pig iron while cattle climb, and stock market losses signal broader deflation. Lawmakers debate a farm bill and tariff policy as western senators work on protections for agriculture and industry.
A playful verse from Rowland C. Bowman in Freckles and Tan describes a pup dog with a cold nose loose hide and dusty tail. The dog laments a quick temper yet aims to salvation and prefers being a yeller pup dog to the man who kicked him.
The piece mocks Chicago Mayor Thompson by likening him to the caliph Omar and suggesting he would burn books that disagree with him. It recalls the 7th century destruction of Alexandria’s library and parodies using burned volumes to heat a public library.
Robert Quillen notes radio spares audiences from seeing the tenor's visible agony as he performs. The remark highlights radio’s visual invisibility and its impact on audience perception.
The coming congressional session will feature a vigorous debate over immigration policy and the shift from a numeric quota system to a national origins approach. The key point for Americans is to balance welcoming new citizens with the right to choose newcomers in the nation’s interest.
Cedar Rapids Gazette warns that educators push for home based preschool services. They claim schools may monitor families from birth with daily reports on feeding sleep and behavior to shape future students. The plan envisions pre school oversight including nutrition clinicals and dental checks.
Grove Patterson argues that motion pictures offer a real escape from daily worries by presenting adventures beyond reality. He warns against films that mislead youth and harm a generation, praising clean lively humorous pictures as legitimate recreation.
Emporia Gazette editor William Allen White reports to President Coolidge confessing a delinquency and inviting a paddling. White says Coolidge listened quietly and asked, How are crops. The note highlights Coolidge's noted silence in seven languages.
Sioux City Journal warns that 490 to 550 deaths per week result from motor vehicle accidents equaling 25 550 per year. The piece argues widespread indifference to this fatal trend and calls for drastic life saving regulations to conserve human life on highways and city streets.
The president declines petitions repeating his stance for three years. He argues rephrasing convictions on education weakens them. His common sense critique targets national routines of long, solemn eduation homilies and public weariness grows toward such platitudes.
The North American Review announces a new dance style to replace the Charleston and Black Bottom. Its origin is claimed to be a characteristic and culminating performance of a Zulu wedding feast in the Transvaal. Details on costume and timing remain undisclosed, but enthusiasm is urged with the rallying cry on with the dance.
The writer argues that Borah Brookhart La Follette Nye and Fravier cannot align with any party or the president and cabinet. They may only share views with Wisconsin party managers, making long term agreement unlikely among themselves.
Columnists clash over Beecher and Paine religious leanings. One author argues Beecher was not notably religious while another asserts Paine was exceedingly religious. The passage hints at future works challenging historic views on Cal Coolidge as a radical.
Local report notes a neighbor’s loud motor horn as a doorbell and a pest issue prompting two ordinances aimed at curbing the disturbance as residents lobby for quieter evenings.
Physicians in the national health organization declare bad liquor harms public health while praising abstinence, noting no complaints from those who avoid liquor and urging consideration of liquor's risks to the community.
A brief note recalls visiting Los Angeles years ago and observing many beautiful women. The writers say they were told these women originated from elsewhere, implying an influx from other places to the city.
A guide to nutritious meals and kitchen tips for housewives. It covers liver as a vitamin rich option, peach dumplings baked in muffin pans with or without toppings, proper meat handling and storage, and detailed ham preparation and baking methods from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The annual report from the local Red Cross chapter praises volunteers for aiding disaster victims and the needy. It cites 175,481 garments and 2,057,912 surgical dressings made, 39,708 canteen servings, 21,208 motor corps calls, 1,224 Braille volumes, and 29,121 Christmas bags sent to service members with grateful replies.
A Minnesota correspondent predicts fewer pigs this fall and in summer 1928, with hogs on major markets possibly heavier but overall supply down 5 to 10 percent from 1927. Chicago prices next summer may run about $9 to $11 a hundredweight unless spring pig crop signals larger supply.
In Scotland critics warn visiting Americans that kilts should not be judged by modern skirt lengths. The remark underscores differing cultural standards as visitors tour historic sites.
Seattle reports alert on privateers ready to join pelagic sealing if the international accord ends this year. Victoria and other Pacific ports fitted out sealing schooners. U.S. protection, Britain’s stance, and Hoover's policy shape expectations amid declining herds and high costs of ship outfitting.
The article traces the Golden Rule in various ancient literatures and credits Confucius with a precept similar to do unto others as you would have them do to you. It cites Tsze-kung querying for a universal rule and the Master replying with reciprocity.
Frederick Bunnell of Los Angeles was assessed $80 080 by a sheriffs jury for deserting his wife and their three year old child in February 1912 and not supporting them since.
A statue of Queen Elizabeth in aldepanfers and farthingale is described as London's oldest public statue dating from 1586. It survived the great fire and was moved to outside St Dunstan’s church in 1760 where it remains. An antiquarian noted fading rich coloring once visible on the stone figure.
The note presents a fragment claiming that pedestrians who escape modern conditions have altered evolution toward survival of the fastest. No clear event, dates, or identifiable sources are given.
In a Des Moines Register reflection, diverse progressive and La Follette factions clash over plans for the middle west. They disagree on specifics yet share insistence on leading actions, prompting a central question: will the region act or merely talk in the year ahead.
A line from Henry Ward Beecher declares that a great newspaper is a treasure to the people far beyond uncounted gold. The quote emphasizes the value of press and information for public good.
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