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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
4
A columnist argues love and logic clash in relationships, noting women should avoid enforcing constant restraint. A clever wife once set an off night for her husband, leading to him willingly adopting it. The piece reflects on gender roles and long term harmony in marriage.
A desert rock formation supports a town three miles south of Ancoma within the Mesa Mscantanda region. The overhanging plateau, 400 feet cliffs and 70 acres, hosts a pre historic Puebloan settlement reached by a toe path. The town was already old in 1540 when first explored.
Dr Rudi of Italian Somaliland describes iron and leopard bites in Giornale di Medicina Militare noting most deaths among indigenous peoples. Wounds from felids are clean while crocodile bites cause decomposition. Lions rarely attack humans, proving feared by locals yet cattle targets remain preferred.
The text argues that higher animals show a faculty akin to human memory used by trainers. It suggests instinct alone is insufficient and that animals possess memory inferred from outward signs. Some scholars deny imagination, claiming memory is merely associative and triggered by concrete cues.
A public remark extols the value of advertising for business and recounts a grocer’s ad boasting twins. A frail grocer quarrels with a physician over five weeks of calls, claiming delirium blurred his memory while the doctor insists on daily visits.
A husband urges his wife to focus on history as he presents a tale about William Tell and the Swiss. The tale centers on the tyrant Gessler and the hat salute, prompting the wife to question its trimming and propriety.
A four year old Mary Elizabeth adores her father, sparking family chatter. The episode centers on a balloon vendor invited to give a tour, and a hiccup when the vendor refuses to string up the balloons, creating a humorous miscommunication and a lesson in politeness.
A fragmented 1920s style critique argues about decency and nightlife shifting moral lines. It questions universal standards of virtue, noting late hours blur boundaries between respectable citizens and questionable behavior.
Aberdeen University professor J Al Thompson argues reptiles could dominate Earth in about seven million years. He cites New Zealand cellared lizard evolving toward a biped form and theorizes a future ninefold supremacy pattern emerging among reptilian creatures.
Fragmentary text claims Peruvian textiles used indigo before Columbus. Names Roetors M Ao Vebksipteg and A Maldonade appear, but the garbled passage offers no verifiable facts or dates.
The city passes Ordinance No. 480 vacating Cedar street between Cran and Washington and the alley from Main to Auge as needed for an Independent School District site. The action transfers title to the district after approvals and allows a deed by the mayor and city clerk. The measure requires a binding school district resolution to shield the city from damages.
Public notice: district court appoints and commissions administrator of the estate of Friedrich Folkers Oaken, deceased, at Anamosa Iowa. Creditors must file claims sworn with the clerk within legal time. debtors must pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated September 14 1923. Signed by silt Oaken 124 Administrator. Attorney J V Locher for Estate. Administratrix Notice for Peter Dress Estate follows. Katherine Dress Administratrix. J V Dautremont Attorney. Anamosa Iowa. Dated September 4 1922.
The Republican and Times, Cedar Rapids paper, is sold to a company including W. G. Haskell W. G. Dows Ike Smith and H. M. Havner. Editor Lutha A. Brewer will relinquish all connections. The papers were consolidated into one afternoon edition with a Sunday morning edition remaining.
An offer to sell ten acres on the edge of Monticello includes a good house barn corncrib and a fine well. Ideal for a retiring farmer. Price deemed reasonable. August Schlimmer listed. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for neighbors and friends assistance after the loss of a son and brother Wilt Onien and relatives. For Rent a 355 acre well tiled level farm known as Jake Miller farm in Jones county invites tenancy on cash or fifty fifty terms A W McGregor Cedar Rapids Iowa.
The Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners sets September 25 1922 at 5:00 AM in Des Moines for a public hearing on the Iowa Railway and Light Company franchise to own construct and operate a 33000 volt transmission line across Linn and Jones counties Iowa The company seeks eminent domain powers to clear trees and obstructions within a 25 foot strip along the described highways and lands in order to carry out safe construction and operation of the line The notice is dated September 11 1922 and is addressed to Linn and Jones counties residents
Fire insurance is a necessity but the value of your policy depends on two factors. The company’s ability to cover losses and the quality of service from both the insurer and this agency. Schoon & Gerdes.
Iowa lawmakers authorize twenty two million dollar state debt to fund a WWI bonus for veterans and their families. The measure creates a Bonus Board, tax levy to repay bonds, eligibility rules for service between 1917 and 1918, and a 1922 public vote to approve the plan.
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