10 Apr 1874
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1874
Page
1
A poem attributed to Emily J. Buddee extols women marching in moral reform and wartime resolve. It speaks of divine guidance, unity, and courage as "God leads them on" to conquer oppression. The verses promise renewal, industry, and heavenly reward for effort and faith.
A sermon excerpt argues that the soul is immaterial and immortal, citing scripture from John, Zechariah, Job, and Romans. It contends God is a spirit, not matter, and that the soul’s intellect, desires, and moral powers reflect the divine image beyond physical confines.
The author argues the spirit gives knowledge of self and that brains connect soul to body. Cites Hebrews and Psalms to claim the soul’s self awareness, while refuting death sleep as Bible doctrine. Uses Matthew Luke Revelation to support conscious existence of souls in disembodied form and cites Moses at the Transfiguration.
A reform meeting at the Corners opposes rising taxes, led by Joe Bigler and G. W. Bascom. They accuse charity costs and criminal costs of swelling taxes, pledge to seek redress, and adjourn amid quarrels while Bascom hosts a post-meeting gathering.
A judge recalls a boy denied a geography book for sixty one cents. The boy asks to pay later, and after visiting several stores he is helped by a kind proprietor who offers a new or discounted used copy with deferred payment to study and dream of becoming a sailor.
The piece mocks a nun predicting telegraph replacement by spiritual mediums and imagines clairvoyants guiding newspapers and railways. It notes Rhode Island girls flirting with flirtatious gossip under Brown University shades and tails off with a coy canary-pied jest about a clover superstition.
A preacher asserts personal liberty in a free country, arguing he will not surrender rights to others and noting he accepts taxation for virtue but rejects taxation for vice without opportunity for defense. He criticizes excessive religiousness that neglects duties to fellow men.
A Boston Ward 16 resident opposed to liquor store drinking braced a cellar battle to tap a barrel of ale. After repeated misfires from a lamp and a knocked faucet, he crawled and groped in the dark, bumped into barrels, and endured foam and spray to jam the faucet and finish his quest. He crept upstairs in a battered state, eye swollen, hair soggy, and told his family he had found the faucet and won.
The article describes a race of wild creatures on Borneo near Siam with erect posture four feet tall. They inhabit caves and trees, feed on snakes and ants, cannot be domesticated, and are hunted like gorillas. Captured individuals reportedly speak articulate language and display human-like features, with women showing modesty.
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