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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1919
Page
6
The essay urges gratitude for blessings despite unrest and illness. It cites the League of Nations debate and US reservations, notes flu statistics and a looming influenza season, warns of a local contagious throat and lung illness, defends press coverage disputes, and mentions coal shortages and spring coal orders. It closes with a historical reflection on Russia and Siberia.
The Director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and the Secretary of the Treasury ease re instatement rules. Eighteen month window remains with two months premiums. New policy allows reinstatement within three months after discharge with no health statement, later requiring health confirmation. Blanket rule extends eligibility to December 31 1919 for ex service members in good health. Credits apply for premiums over two months if paid earlier. Do not delay reinstatement.
The article attacks President Wilson for rejecting Senate compromise on the League of Nations and Lodge reservations. It argues his insistence on unitary covenants with the treaty wrecked ratification and delays European peace, blaming Wilson and his supporters in the Senate.
Manchester dispatch reports Judge H B Boies decided in favor of Lenox College in the dispute over Archibald Livingston’s estate. Collateral heirs sought distribution citing failure to raise 25000 for the Archibald Livingston home, while the college claimed 85000 subscribed and over 50000 paid toward the condition. Dr Hugh Livingston held the farm and personal property for seven years amid court battles, with an expected appeal to Iowa Supreme Court. 1912 campaigns by subscribers including Andrew Carnegie and Mrs McCormick noted.
Mt. Vernon Record argues urban workers misjudge farming. Farmers earned well recently but expect hardship as wages rise and food prices stay pressured. Farmers may seed down land to self-care, risking future food shortages.
A Houston Post reflection quotes a Lord urging men to value labor over money. It argues vittles come from elbow grease, plow, and the old gray mule, emphasizing practical effort as the world’s true answer.
The section notes the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Clark Marley of Manchester, formation of a Wyoming American Legion post, and details various local incidents and regional football results. It covers arrests for fraud near Cedar Rapids, a Bellevue youth’s suicide, several deaths, fuel shortages in Iowa City, hospital coal shortages, and an injured Anamosa woman learning of her parents’ railroad tragedy.
A testimonial extols Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for gall stones and stomach trouble claiming relief after a year of use. The ad asserts the product clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation and promises a money back guarantee. W. W. Stickford and druggists nationwide endorse the remedy.
The board of deans and the president suspended eleven Iowa State College students for defiant attitudes toward regulations following Armistice Day. About 300 students cut classes that morning. twenty-one others were reinstated after apologies and promises of better conduct. No action against those absent for conscientious or patriotic reasons.
Autumn C Stuart advertised for a wife and received thirty replies from women aged 18 to 60. Miss Louise Ward of Catlettsburg Kentucky, a trained nurse, and Stuart married after a conference with the groom. They obtained a license from Chloe Russell and were married by Rev Drumm. They plan to reside in Portsmouth with relatives there.
Harvey's Weekly reports a Farmers National Congress held near Hagerstown Maryland where delegates opposed organized labor on the forty four hour work week and rising wages. The resolutions attack the idea that labor pushes up living costs and contrast the farmer's long day with the worker's demands.
The Algona Upper Des Moines-Republican laments lack of boy apprentices in shops and stresses the need for skilled trades for national endurance. It also reports Fort McHenry hospital physicians restoring sight to four soldiers with shell wounds, nerves torn or broken, with rapid healing and removal of eye bandages.
Cedar Rapids Republicans argue that the United States can voluntarily come to Europe’s aid by using its own votes. They recall a prior rescue and claim they performed well then and can do better in the future.
Monticello high school crushed Edgewood 60 to 0 in a record shutout on their home floor. The first half ended 30 to 0 and the second half repeated the pace with 20 more points. Monticello eighth graders also defeated a combined fifth to seventh grade squad 16 to 0. Lineups included Skelley Laude Cushman Hilers for Monticello with Wiley Wisched Stringer Kramer Haneaul for Edgewood. Referee Wilson of Hopkinton. Field baskets tallied Skelley 8 Laude 13 Cushman 7 Oilers 2.
The Sunday program at the Methodist church includes a morning sermon A Versatile Ministry in aid of the American White Cross and an evening message Real Life The Sunday school starts at 10 00 am and the prayer meeting is Wednesday at 730 pm W H Mitchell notes the church aims to be a place of rest and peace for souls Chicago Daily News reports production delays with factories running overtime.
November 12 1919 the Board of Education met in special session with HW 1 Road J G Stuhler and QO NM Brain neal present Minutes of the last meeting read and approved Bills allowed including funds for books paper Primers and schoolhouse upkeep Also lists repairs and services by various local firms ending with adjournment Secretary Rickless notes quotes from contemporary papers and poems
Readable fragments show numbers 2 649 78 629 785 68 1 108 890 40 72 974 71, suggesting a table of financial amounts or coded figures without full context. No clear names, places, or dates are evident from the legible text.
A collage of editorials notes anarchists threaten sleeping babies, labor strikes may test industrial peace, and public sentiment questions when a strike is truly a strike. The piece contrasts newspaper take on labor tensions with a seasonal Thanksgiving poem by Emma C. Dowd.
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