17 Nov 1927
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1927
Page
1
The Monticello Express argues tobacco is a universal habit and condemns smoking as an undesirable habit. It critiques prohibitionists and highlights social costs, referencing schools, theaters, and public life, while noting ongoing debates on civic virtue and law enforcement.
Town relocates Jelford and his son Carroll to California and confiscates their Carroll Herald after 40 years of ownership and editorship. The piece notes the firm’s local standing and the era’s sharp advertising. It also mentions a prohibition order preventing showing the Dempsey Tunney fight films, with questions raised about enforcement.
State Senator Lars J. Skromme signals possible run for governor citing duty to God and country. The remark is attributed in a political context with commentary suggesting skepticism about his chances.
The piece argues President Coolidge has shown greater vigor and direct communication with the public, shedding the old white house spokesman role. It credits his steady, consistent character and patient travel aims with strengthening American respect for a decisive leader.
A Dubuque Telegraph-Herald critique warns that bootlegging attracts deadly risk. Alvin Greenwald, eight, was slugged and his wife murdered by three men tied to a bootlegger feud. The piece notes gun use, threats, and the perils of illicit profits while reflecting on youth drawn to easy money.
The article laments unsafe night driving near Manchester on November 20 detailing cars with faulty headlights and taillights. It criticizes weak enforcement of headlight and lighting laws, noting blinding glare and cars driving on sidewalks. Local authorities are urged to curb this public safety hazard.
The American Association for Medical Progress reports twelve states with compulsory vaccination and 36 million people had 20 873 smallpox cases and 189 deaths in 1926 while thirteen states with sporadic enforcement of vaccination with 31 million people had 89 285 cases and 1 485 deaths. The data support vaccination despite anti vaccination campaigning.
The early Jamestown colony operated on a common stock basis until Captain John Smith asserted firm authority in 1609. He warned that those who would not work would not eat, citing a Biblical principle from II Thessalonians 3:10 to justify strict discipline and punishment for idleness.
U S Department of Agriculture notes two generations near Hollis New Hampshire profit from a 17 acre lot and a 50 000 foot log output. The father received 20 dollars for care and small growth while lumber worth nine to one thousand feet was sold at the mill. The son earned 900 dollars for lumber sold roadside and once declined a 2000 offer to cut all trees over eight inches.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger riffs on a future era of presidential leisure in Vermont with a playful note about whittling in small town settings linking places from Ply mouth to Greenfield and Columbia. It also cites the Pella Chronicle on education stressing that value lies in the learner, not a college, with honorary degrees and unclear AB meanings.
Grace Patterson notes the American boy leads in radio knowledge from ether to amplification. He pushes experimental work and improvement, accelerating wireless development and drawing many youths from poolrooms to home laboratories.
Davenport Democrat columnist questions reader insistence on Will Durant needing a gun after age 35. The piece recalls Durant’s age trajectory from 7 to 42, suggesting he would be willing to lend a gun to men over 38 and noting many would offer one to him.
A comic dialogue features a constable and motorist discussing a driving license tucked in a pocket book. A junior partner talks with a typist about Sunday plans before Monday morning work. A Black Hand threat aimed at a wealthy cigarette man misfires when delivered to a poor laborer.
Miss Mary Louise Hartman of Monticelo married Paul Torrence of Monticello on January 26 at Manchester with Rev. J B Weiss officiating. The couple, previously keeping the ceremony secret, now reside with Torrence's parents in Monticello. Torrence is a Milwaukee Railroad fireman.
A Sioux City Journal item accuses Mayor Thomson of Chicago of insulting the English speaking public by misusing figures of speech and calling the British lion an octopus. An unrelated local ad notes engraved Christmas cards offered at 25 cents per dozen with envelopes in attractive boxes by Keyes.
The Biological Survey notes birds aid farming by eating insects and weed seeds. Wrens and nighthawks excel at insect control, while grey grosbecks and painted buntings reduce troublesome weeds. Barn owls destroy rodents, though they are often shot. Wrens rear two broods yearly, keeping up constant feeding for young.
Davenport Democrat reports Iowa congressman Dickinson argues the west backs Lowden, while Senator Nye of North Dakota blasts Lowden and praises Norris, leaving neither likely to advance. New York World notes Knute Rockne backs coaches working for nothing and offers to test the plan by volunteering until colleges drop gate charges.
Iowa State College landscape architects announce a six week training course for county groups to plan farmyard layouts. The program covers building placement driveways shrubs and trees and improving farmstead aesthetics after foundations are laid. The aim is to reduce mud and improve access during wet seasons.
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