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Newspaper
Le Mars Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1890
Page
1
Senator Lafe Young transfers his paper The Atlantic Telegraph to McLean Bros after nineteen years of publishing the Telegraph and a decade of a daily, reflecting on his career, his town’s growth, and lessons from his selfless labor for Le Mars and its advancement.
The Cedar Rapids Republican celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a history of the paper and reminiscences from former editors and managers. It details the costly start, with about $50,000 spent by stockholders, and a sale for under $5,000 before rebuilding. Now in a new building, the paper remains strong and loyal to Republican principles under managers Johnson and Bingham who have led for eight years.
Chauncey Depew denies resigning as president of the New York Central to seek the presidency. He says such a move would imply backing the charges and insult 700,000 railroad voters. He remains confident in his current role and likely will keep it.
The Iowa normal school contest features candidates from LeMars Algona Storm Lake Grinnell Red Oak Oskaloosa Harmaston Shenandoosh and others. Senator Mills predicts at least one bill will advance this session. Hearings for facility representatives are planned for Tuesday or Wednesday evening. Strable Woodard Chassell and Chassell visited the capital Saturday supporting LeMars.
The Senate unanimously elected A. F. Meservey of Cherokee Plymouth and Ida counties as president pro tem. A young, brainy and popular senator, Meservey is praised for leadership, fairness, and strong floor fighting skills since joining the body in 1888.
The piece recalls a rowdy opening for Iowa’s new Democratic administration, noting heavy spending and large visiting crowds. It reports locals decrying drunken disorder among Democrats on Thursday, with claims of Chicago-sourced liquor and public intoxication as proof prohibition failed. Elizabeth Cady Stanton predicts nationwide women’s suffrage within ten years.
March 6 report from Des Moines details clashes over house journal formatting and leadership tactics in the Iowa legislature. It highlights Democratic efforts to block McMillan for warden, the reelection of Ragsdale as state printer and of Otto Wilson as state binder, plus praise for Gus C. Tupper as a candidate for state dairy commissioner with a long record defending honest butter and opposing butterine.
The Sentinel warns readers about wandering agents offering trees and other contracts. Farmers are urged to avoid signing promissory notes with strangers, and to verify who they sign for and to whom payment is owed. The piece stresses cautious, legitimate business practices and warns against unsafe guarantees or signatures.
In Chicago on March 7 Kane alias Crowe robbed a resort girl Annie Hall, demanding diamonds. A scuffle left the woman beaten and insensible. He fled with diamonds valued at 1500 dollars plus 80 dollars cash, sold later for 275, and a large stone set in a ring. Police grappled with the shooter during arrests across State Street until capture near the Pullman building. He claims insanity and is about 21.
The Indiana attorney general issues an opinion to the governor stating the eight hour law passed by the last general assembly is constitutional. He asserts it does not abridge citizens contracting powers and that enacting such a law falls within public police power to secure public convenience, comfort, and prosperity.
Count von Moltke, shown a phonograph, repeats a line from Goete about instruments mocking with wheel and cylinder and handle, noting the mechanical marvels resemble a mockery of the arts.
Guidelines advise against directing more than eight hours of work per day. The guidance emphasizes breaks and adequate rest to protect worker health and safety.
The Northwestern News reports a gas strike in an Estherville well 140 feet deep after several days of boring, protracted meetings in Sibley yielding about 80 conversions, a Milwaukee brakeman losing a finger near Mapleton, Sanborn seeking a baldheaded manager for a creamery, and county supervisors settling with furniture contractors for the new courthouse. It notes Ida Grove mayor A. J. Schaffer, ex mayor Cleland joining Sioux City Board of Trade, a drowning on East Okoboji Lake, the Akron Journal's replacement Western Delta under Frank T. Sheppard, and the Delta’s banner motto Make Money by Jingo.
A patchwork of small town incidents is reported including a dispute over school bonds in Lyon county, a Rock Rapids arrest bond, a prohibition candidate canvass for school director, and quirky accidents and misadventures across Hawarden, Ida Grove, Quinton, Paullina, Whiting, and Humboldt. The piece also quotes John La Farge on Japan, describing a club visit to a theater with ukiyo and kimono imagery.
Relic hunters have vandalized bronze doors and statues at the Capitol, damaging pieces worth millions. Guards prevented greater harm but scribbles mar marble pillars and the president’s room has seen repeated cuts and torn tassels. A 100000 stimulus follows a washwoman’s change of fortune as a separate note.
A blaze at Sawyer Grammar School in Dovis New Hampshire caused $80,000 in losses with $10,000 insured. An overheated furnace started the fire. In Cleveland Ohio H C Bedell, a noted insurance agent, killed himself on Hilburn Avenue, fatally shooting himself after years of illness.
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