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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1926
Page
5
Secretary of State Ramsey backs two reforms to become law. One cuts annual license fees gradually as cars age, arguing current five year reliance on purchase price unfairly burdens older vehicles. The other mandates compulsory automobile insurance to aid injured nonpaying drivers, noting Massachusetts already has such a law.
Nationwide returns favor Democrats with wins for senators in New York Kentucky Massachusetts Missouri and Oklahoma. Republicans hold the house. In town GOP candidates win by large majorities while Brookhart finishes 100000 short of Hammill with an estimated 70000 plurality. state assembly faces Democratic gains with one senate seat and four representatives.
Eastern Iowa Veterinary association reports new hog cholera cases appearing in 47 communities across the state. The cholera list mentions Dysart La Porte City Olin Lowden Mount Vernon Bertram Hubbard Blairstown Atkins Newhall Watkins Norway Manchester Lamont Winthrop Delhi Dundee Arlington Bennett Stanwood Clarence Deep River Montezuma Grinnell Traer Holbrook Springville Decorah Durant Low Moor Malone West Branch Iowa City Keystone Atkins Fairfax Solon Lost Nation Columbus Junction Independence Stanwood Wheatland Packwood Elwood Toronto Bellevue.
A column contrasts evolving views on marriage and aging with wry lines from The Sketch. It criticizes self proclaimed prophets in England and notes Sioux City Journal as enterprising and balanced, sparing sensational banners.
The New York Times Book Review weighs two biographies of George Washington. It lauds Woodward as readable and vigorous though occasionally inaccurate, noting Hughes is more scholarly but less perceptive. The piece argues Washington’s enduring strength outshines surrounding colonial frailty and calls the biographies a single pursuit of revealing the man behind the myth.
The Dearborn Independent rebukes critics who mock the boiled dinner, arguing the humble dish offers life sustaining vitamins. It notes a rise in cabbage yields and suggests gourmets misjudge a meal prized by hungry readers everywhere.
A girl with fluffy hair asks if the father was informed of her engagement. The young man with large eye-glasses replies that the father was not well acquainted with him and saw no need to learn his troubles.
The U S government will issue a two thirds size dollar bill to cut costs in paper ink and distribution. The move follows propaganda favoring silver dollars but the public favors smaller notes. Silver remains popular in the Midwest while the public bears the cost of change.
A Detroit News summary notes a new Lincoln surname biography portrays Thomas Lincoln as a law abiding influence in early Kentucky. The study argues he owned livestock and farms, wrote a legible hand, and lost titles not for debt but from title disputes, reasserting a respectable family lineage.
Federal government asked for 2.5 million dollars and state governments for 600 thousand to combat the European corn borer, an insect pest threatening Illinois Iowa and the national corn belt. Agricultural experts led by Dean Curtiss will press Secretary Jardine and Budget Director Lord in Washington to secure funds as the pest advances westward with no effective extermination.
The piece notes a serious flu resurgence in the first half of 1926 with 781 excess deaths versus the same period in 1925. It warns that many deaths result directly or indirectly from flu and urges medical consultation and bed rest when symptoms appear.
The state convention chose David Stewart for the senatorial short term, a nomination seen as the most fortunate and fitting demonstration of the convention system's superiority over the unlimited primary. The Eagle Grove Eagle notes this decisive action underscores the convention's superiority.
The report notes that pigs kept in dry bedding conditions perform better in the fall. It emphasizes maintaining dry, clean resting areas to prevent discomfort and health issues that hinder activity and growth.
This column offers kitchen guidance on using milk rich foods for kids, including ham and potato dishes baked in milk, milk soups and custards. It emphasizes varied flavors and textures for appetizing meals, plus tips on colorfast fabrics and safe food handling. It ends with a bridge party quip from Colier's.
Regular board of education session held at 7 30 p m with members Cropp Fraser Shover and Stimson present Absent Roberts Minutes read and approved Numerous bills were ordered paid to local businesses suppliers and services including utilities plumbing building supplies and books The board adjourned after approving the minutes and signatures of Stimson and Luett as president and secretary respectively
Fragmentary numeric sequence appears to present unofficial vote tallies for Jones County across multiple cohorts and codes. The text includes varying figures such as 56 74 79 18 41 95 92 and references to rate codes like T1100 108 161/187. The readable portions suggest a tabulation rather than narrative results.
The speaker argues that admitting ignorance clears it away. They claim many who never reveal ignorance actually harbor much of it. A Bible reference is invoked about not hiding light and the harm of keeping darkness. Exposing matters to sunshine is presented as a cleansing practice.
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