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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1932
Page
1
The warden of Sing Sing indicts public schools for a growing share of educated criminals while noting higher high school attendance. He argues homes and bad companions, not schools, foster crime. school influence is nullified by delinquent peers.
Governor Turner warns farm embargo plans could spark bloodshed and urges moral support to stave off foreclosures and aid feed and seed loans. Roosevelt faces nerves over a West swing funded by a $20,000 special train as Jimmie Walker seeks rest in Europe after resigning amid controversy.
A remark notes that the man who pulled John Garner's coat tail and caused him to sit down did a favor for the Democratic party, implying political advantage from the incident.
The article notes the vice president cannot vote in the senate except to break ties, and amendments require a two thirds majority, so a vice president has no role in deciding the wet and dry question.
Cherokee Times hints that Al faces new troubles ahead as editor after remarks about his political career. The piece emphasizes the coming challenges and suggests more scrutiny once he begins editorial duties.
The Saturday Evening Post outlines Senator Coolidge praising Hoover and the Republican platform. It argues Hoover's leadership, government good will, and sound policies as essential to national stability amid economic crisis, urging voters to support continued administration.
In Aberdeen South Dakota a farmers' holiday is deemed ineffective for both general and farm finance. The piece argues the holiday could raise prices briefly but worsen farmers' cash flow due to holding perishable goods and inevitable price drops when markets reopen. It cites supply and demand as the controlling force.
The piece portrays Iowa farmers protestors as misguided yet sympathetic, noting their road blockades and freight train stoppages to protest agricultural markets. It contrasts their confusion with advice they have received and mentions Maine's recent election results where Democrats won the governor and two of three congressmen by slim margins.
A 60 day tobacco abstention plan proposed by Mount Ayr area smokers led by A I Smith may spark a nationwide movement. Sam Spurrier notes benefits beyond farmers’ losses, including fewer shirt holes and fire risks. A E Benson found a long lost notary seal of William H Negley from 1887 1888. Pigeons on a town clock near Clarinda caused erratic readings. A counterfeit $20 bill detected in Clarinda bank, nearly perfect in appearance and texture until the clearing house flagged it.
The Emma Wilcox family in Corn ing Adams county set a rat trap expecting pests but found it clamped on a six foot ball snake’s head. The snake had to be pulled from outside the house. The Jones home near Nashua Chickasaw county was entered robbed three times in two months with cash and items stolen from a dresser and a pillow.
In Chariton Lucas county a loud blast sent people fleeing as balloons filled with gas were lit to float. The blast caused a dramatic roar shaking dishes and rattling windows but caused no injuries or damage. Small children playing with the gas filled balloons were found at a fire station.
William Hughes aged 107, possibly Iowa's oldest resident, died after living with his daughter Mrs. W. S. Brown. An Irish immigrant, he came at 15, worked forty years for the Milwaukee railroad, and moved to Fort Dodge thirty years ago. He served in the 7th Wisconsin Infantry and had a lifelong pipe habit. Burial at New Hampton included a military funeral with an American Legion guard of honor.
Residents in Guttenberg Clayton county witnessed a large meteor pass overhead about 830 PM heading northwest. The head appeared pumpkin sized with a six to eight foot tail and a roaring bright display. Reports place the meteor dropping near Wakom or near La Crosse Wisconsin with a fragment found nearby.
The narrator details Harry E. Gavitt of Topeka Kansas who summers at West Okoboji taming fish with a square wooden frame. He feeds carp and bluegill by hand and believes the fish seek him out. Gavitt avoids fishing, preferring interaction over killing, and is also an amateur photographer with notable carp feeding shots.
Lorentz Newgaard, a 15 year old boy scout from Hubbard in Lyon county, built his own automobile using home found materials. The vehicle reaches 10 miles per hour powered by a Maytag engine, with a frame from 2 by 4s wheels from an old coaster wagon a belt drive and a five cent flashlight headlight. Newgaard is an honor student at Hubbard high school.
In Elkader Clayton County residents puzzled by a curious scene as pigeons interact with a clock. The incident draws curiosity from locals and hints at a strange street theater in town.
Sam Chamberlain, a professional rattlesnake catcher from Steuben Wisconsin, collected 112 in bounties for 223 snakes in nine days near Marquette in Clayton County. He plans to gather about 100 more and travels with his son Arnold in a canvas topped truck. Chamberlain has handled as many as 300 snakes in a day and has never been bitten.
Wa-So-Sah, the oldest Mesquakie member, died at about 97. George Young Bear, Mesquakie scribe at the Tama reservation, reports her passing. Born in Iowa around 1835, she witnessed the Sac and Fox tribes’ territorial consolidation and was kin to Chief Keokuk. Burial followed Indian rites and a white funeral.
Elmer E. Taylor cites two Tracr Tama county girls Wilma and Loney Kroeger who returned after an eight week hitchhiking trip of over 2500 miles through Minnesota South Dakota and Canada They started with 1110 and returned with money in their pockets Relatives and friends welcomed them at various points Motorists gave rides everywhere with no special attraction used They slept outdoors most nights and faced a longest single walk of 18 miles along a lonely short cut.
Frank Cuda of near Vining Tama county claims the musk melon crown in his region. He recently picked a 24 pound melon and has several around 18 pounds. Seed came from a penny package brought home by a Cuda child, per John Hynek. Cuda saves the seed each year for a repeat crop noted for size and flavor.
Thieves broke into a Spencer law office in Clay County and ransacked desks and files but took only $16 in postage stamps. Authorities believe the burglars mistook the office for a medical facility searching for narcotics before leaving with nothing else.
Thirty-one Masonic lodges attended a fellowship meeting in Anamosa Masonic hall last Thursday. A Cedar Rapids man, Byron Williams, has been sought since last Sunday for passing bad checks totaling 155 dollars at a Cedar Rapids bank while posing as a new student at the Iowa State Teachers College.
Wyoming residents take teaching posts in Michigan Wisconsin California and Iowa with names including Marguerite Wilker Minna Hansen Hetty Franks Miriam Inglis Elsie Bender Edith Griswold Ruth Alden Helena Ingwersen Winifred Wherry Ardis Swordes Grizelda Morse Doris Brown Florence Ireland Bessie Dusanek Freda Rohwedder Janet Reade and others. The Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion elected Mrs Edna Storm president and named officers and committees. Enrollment figures for Wyoming schools were reported along with college bound students and Rev Joseph Co Cleveland receiving a Kansas City Kansas pastorate. Dr Dillon Bronson delivered a talk.
Prairieburg and nearby towns saw visits from Katherine Kula Alberta Robinson and others. The M D Woodward residence, owned by a Marion banker, sold to I J Henderson with tenants remaining. Rev Wolf returned from vacation and moved service time to 7 30 PM. Henry and Story relatives gathered to honor the couple’s 47th wedding anniversary.
Eagle Grove Eagle notes Henry Field remains a lively campaign presence, praised for intelligence originality and popular appeal. It also cites Town State college tests showing gasoline cost nearly double at 70 mph versus 30 mph.
Julia Anna Rorick named executrix in Jones County Iowa by district court. Creditors must file sworn claims with the court clerk and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello August 30, 1939. J. J. Locher attorney for the estate.
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