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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1911
Page
6
The piece opens with a religious exhortation on Easter affirming Christ as a living God and the Christian faith. It shifts to Des Moines county matters, noting liquor sale petitions, notary issues, legislative actions on primary laws, and the Perkins bill. It also reports on Woodmen protests and the death of Tom Johnson, former Cleveland mayor and streetcar reformer.
Iowa items report Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis to deliver a June commencement at Iowa State College Ames. A post office shift moves patrons from Almoral to Hartville. Illinois Central challenges Iowa 2 cent fare in federal court. Good gains a seat on the House appropriations committee. Grinnell resident William Dickey found dead at home after ten days. Fannie Rowley sues Mt. Vernon for 10000 in injuries from icy sidewalk. Central City woodchopper Gottlieb Reeder dies by hanging. Law students plan banquet for Prof Charles Noble Gregory. Mahaska County prepares for state bar in Oskaloosa June 29–30. Elkader board of review rejects assessor returns. Dwight N Lewis becomes interstate commerce examiner. George McCaughlan to succeed. Mason City mayoral race cost 1154.63 with A H Cummings spending 536. Baby Norman Johnson dies from eight cathartic pills found in home. Muscatine sees protests and factory clashes with nonunion workers. Iowa Supreme Court clarifies divorce remarrying rules across state lines. Belle Plaine civic league forms for morals. pastors form committee. Dubuque Times Journal libel suit against Ex mayor Schunk ends in defense verdict.
The 34th Iowa General Assembly adjourned after a dull session with a dramatic 67th ballot electing Judge Kenyon. Key measures passed include a flat five mill tax, dragging fund via one mill tax, bulk sales ban, tax ferret reform, Made in Iowa trademark rules, and relocation of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Liquor bills largely failed, and no Iowa constitutional amendments passed.
The New York Tribune reports Champ Clark did not drive his mules to the capitol. The weather bureau mishandled the event, forcing cancellation of a symbolic pageant awaited with zest and leaving Washington and the mules downcast.
Ex Speaker Concedes no blame for national drift as nation faces possible downturn in coming year two. He says the national collapse cannot be charged to him while the country navigates tough times ahead.
The April 8 1911 Anamosa Board of Supervisors meeting approved a $1000 school fund loan to John Young on land in Fairview township and authorized county auditor actions. It also accepted resignations and bonded depository and constable posts, plus numerous quarterly and fee reports.
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