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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
6
The navy signs a contract with Earl Hanson of Los Angeles to test a fog control system that works with the radio compass. A cable laid along the ship channel emits low frequency signals guiding vessels from harbor to pier, reducing weather delays. Tests start at New London and Ambrose Channel.
The Boys Working Reserve, formed in 1917 and expanded through 1918, placed thousands of youths aged 16 to 21 with farmers. In Illinois 21,000 participants produced crops worth 23 million dollars and earned 1.2 million for themselves. Only about 1 percent proved unworthy of the opportunity.
The Buck Privates society forms to provide amusement and social support for overseas buck privates. Paul F Collins of Battery D leads as president with Edward M McGuire in Chicago as national field representative. The group aims to cooperate with the American Legion and grow to 50 000 members in a dugout in Chicago, while promoting education cleaner politics compulsory schooling and study of industry labor and commerce.
Formal consideration is given to appointing women as special agents for enforcing the Food Control Act. The proposal will be presented to Frank Burke, chief of the Justice Department’s Bureau of Investigations. Women have served as agents before and aided wartime spy work in major cities. Authorities believe women could prove valuable in policing profiteering in clothing and food. Households may gain recourse if retailers overcharge. The bill could expand women’s roles as buyers and detectives in enforcement efforts.
The French government barred exhumation of American soldiers buried in France for any purpose other than transfer to U S cemeteries or for public health, citing railroad and casket shortages. Pershing had urged leave for stays. heartbroken families faced renewed grief at graves. A congressional challenge to rescind the decree may begin.
Moran wins with calm, respectful management, earning players' trust without using force. He forbids humiliation, emphasizes hard work, focus on each game, and strategic experience to guide the team. The Reds play smart, stay united, and credit Moran’s mentorship for their season.
Cincinnati baseball writer Jack Ryder argues Eller’s achievements date to his 1916 Reds arrival after a stint with the White Sox. He notes Eller thrived from the start under Manager Mathewson and dismisses claims the shine aided his rise, praising Wier as the top right-hander on the staff.
Tommy Griffith of Brooklyn struggles against left handed pitchers while maintaining a solid average versus right handers. He shows a marked drop in hitting when facing port side mounds.
The first three teams in each league will share the World Series money. August 31 is set as the final day a player must be a regular to enter the World title play.
Last winter baseball men schemed to oust Garry Herrmann from the National Commission chair to favor William Howard Taft who refused service when politics surfaced. Herrmann remains head and Cincinnati club profits rise. He also acquired Pat Moran for nothing and helped wealthy friends buy Fleischman stock.
Hugo Bezdek, manager of the Pittsburgh baseball club, has resigned as athletic coach at the University of Oregon. He will not return this fall and will devote his time to duties as football coach and athletic director at Pennsylvania State College. Oregon officials hope to regain his services for 1920.
Cliff Heathcote the Cardinals center fielder is praised for speed and field range. He covers vast territory and is quick off the mark to first and adept at stealing bases. Heathcote is described as fast as a rabbit and a solid hitter with many doubles.
Grover Lowdermilk concedes Bil James stands a quarter inch taller and wears a bigger shoe. He also notes James is wilder, framing a notable height and temperament edge in their exchange.
Alexander gains edge over the Giants reaching 20 wins and 19 losses in his major league career. The report notes his 19-19 mark against New York before this latest victory. Gunboat Smith plans a boxing comeback with Flo signaling a fall start as his hands strengthen.
Rasmussen of Sioux City is praised as one of the Western League’s best looking pitchers yet major league scouts show no interest. Leon Ames moves from Cards to Phillies on waivers after 16 years in major league play. Runar Ohman, ex Sweden long-distance runner, living in Malden Mass., might join a Boston athletic club.
Former Carlisle athlete Joe Guyon, teammate of Jim Avhorpe, signs with the New York Giants. Les Mann states he is through with switch baseball.
Meusel, ex-Yankee now with Vernon in the Pacific Coast league, is hitting at a .820 rate. The piece notes his strong batting and hopes for the best team winning as baseball winds down in classic fashion.
Ad claiming Danderine cleanses itchy scalps, nourishes roots, and prevents hair loss. The ad asserts visible results after a few applications with renewed hair vigor, brightness, and thickness, touting a small price at drug or toilet counters.
An elderly note describes a sling treatment for neuritis of the arm, detailing how the sling wraps over the shoulder of the unaffected arm to lift the affected elbow and reduce nerve pressure. It cites Dr. Williamson and the British Modern Journal. Also promotes Cuticura products for skin care and features a family doctor joke.
A young man from Munele visited Indianapolis last month and attended several small home dinners. He spoke to two young women about splendid meals he had enjoyed, sparking their invitation and a playful boast about being good can openers.
An advertisement promotes Vacher Balm as a protective nose rinse against influenza colds and catarrh. It claims doctors used it, offers 4 free samples by mail, and lists agent prices or a 25 cent tube, noting high demand last winter.
A fragment shows a speaker rejecting new fangled schools and preferring a traditional approach. The conversation mentions telepathy and an old style authority. No further context or names are provided.
A casual exchange questions a friend's vacuum invention with the reply that there is nothing in it. The brief remark highlights ambiguity and humor in the conversation about innovation.
The Boston Transcript recounts Finnegan a railroad worker visiting Ireland and describing America’s vast size with humorous exaggeration. He claims America is so big that crossing it would leave England unfazed and that Ireland could be hidden in the inland oceans. He jokes about Scotland and whisky's strong scent marking his tale.
An inventor introduces a compact folding telephone table that shrinks to small dimensions for easy movement between rooms. The note adds a dismissive line about a fussy woman and a fussy man.
An 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is constitutional and requires systemic treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is described as acting through the blood to mucous surfaces, promising to destroy the disease’s foundation and strengthen overall health. A $100 reward for uncured cases is offered, with testimonials and price details.
A fragmented passage claims Egyptian engineers built Aden water works 8000 years before Christ. It praises masonry that supposedly never needed a plumber and labels the works as the most celebrated antique globally. The text then shifts to unrelated lines about fashion and doing things right.
In a rural stretch seven miles from town a man abandoning his stalled car leaves his wife under the machine’s protection. He runs into the road with a small umbrella to flag a passing motorist, shouting that he has his wife, but the other driver, also out of gas, continues on.
The exchange defines senatorial courtesy as a practiced quietness in conversation, described by Senator Sorghum as a way to reveal hidden negative thoughts without saying them aloud, highlighting the unspoken norms of political etiquette.
A fragmentary quote discusses color coded races and crooked jockeys in a humorous or critical tone. The source appears as a brief interjection from a newspaper page with urban dialect and unspecified context. No identifiable people or events are clearly named in the readable text.
Fragmentary dialogue on charity and money, with garbled OCR text about giving to a beggar and a hungry man. Mentions of a pretty young widow, a love affair, and a moral struggle. The passage reads like a clipped, misread excerpt from a social anecdote or stage dialogue.
An old advertisement warns that kidney failure threatens health and urges immediate action. It promotes GOLD MANDAL Hearlen Ol Capsules as a remedy, claiming worldwide use and a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved. The copy emphasizes purity, imported status, and original GOLD MHDAT branding.
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