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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1919
Page
5
A Delaware mob protested compulsory education in a fight over a five month schooling mandate. The effort, backed by the legislature, faced backlash from illiterate rural voters and school directors, yet the supreme court upheld the law.
The piece argues farmers and city workers share economic stakes over hours and pay. It warns that if farmers strike for shorter hours or higher pay, food prices and availability would be affected, urging both sides to balance production and living costs. It emphasizes mutual dependency and cautions that a breakdown in farming would threaten feeding the city.
The American farmer, core to the nation’s economy, voices grievances as crop prices fall and costs rise. Wheat, pork, beef, and corn prices press farmers while demand for production grows. He seeks justice through restraint on profiteering, labor pressure, and broader industrial stimulus to secure steady livelihoods.
A collection of Andrew Carnegie quotes on wealth happiness and progress. He stresses that education foundations true progress and that leaders of the nation come from the poor. He argues for saving and serving over harming and encourages teaching the submerged tenth to swim.
Community notes report November 27 set as a national Thanksgiving observance. Kenwood Park considers a 40000 dollar school bond. Waterloo hosts Armistice Day speaker Robert G. Cousins of Tipton. Iowa towns vote on bonds, coal supplies for city schools look solid, and law firm Kepler Dennis Kepler dissolves to Be Kepler and Son.
The piece argues that high prices result from widespread laziness and low output per worker. It criticizes labor saving devices as offset by rules and regulations and contends that productivity is at a historic low across the industrial world.
The Lincoln Journal predicts a time when Lady Astor’s seat in parliament prompts a broader reform of the Lords into a balanced house of Lords and Ladies as the structure endures.
New automobile rules shift registration to county treasurers and set local speed limits of 20 mph outside cities and 15 mph in business districts. State law caps three ton or lighter vehicle speed at 30 mph on highways. Right of way favors the vehicle on the right at intersections. No loud signaling after sunset and before dawn. Muffler cut outs banned in cities.
The publication urges changing engine oil every 500 to 600 miles. It argues that modern gasoline lowers lubrication and burns less efficiently when cold, causing oil thinning and increased wear on connecting rods and bearings, with a yearly savings from frequent changes.
The text proposes Henry Morgenthau’s idea that Britain invites the United States to jointly administer Gibraltar as a gesture of good faith. It then asks to consider a counterproposal where Britain offers to share control of the Panama Canal instead.
The Chicago Daily News notes that closed coal mines ahead of winter would signal a troubling retreat of humanity from its responsibilities. The observation frames energy supply anxieties and societal resilience during cold months.
Recap of local happenings in November 1899 including church pastor changes Rev S C Bateman and Rev David Street, outbreaks of scarlet fever and diphtheria with two deaths, births and marriages such as Miss May Hubbard to Alva Hilers, and notable deaths like Mrs. James Holmer. Also notes on local births, accidents, civic events, and a golden wedding anniversary for Hon John Russell.
The November term of the district court, presided by Judge Ellison, extends into December due to case readiness. Naturalization hearings set for December 12, with jury trials deferred to December 1. Several docket entries include contests of will, damages actions, guardianship, and divorce with custody.
Default judgments in Kiesling v Benson and related matters grant divorce and custody to the plaintiff, alimony around 7000 dollars, monthly child support, and costs. Other notes include a Sinn Fein convention report in Dublin and local auction announcements with Presumed sale date November 28.
disease among farm annuals and rat carriers highlighted. warning about hog cholera foot and mouth disease and bubonic plague. advertisement urges premises treatment with RAT-SNAP in three sizes priced 26 cents 60 cents and $1.00. sold by Wy W Stickford and local druggists.
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