27 Apr 1876
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1876
Page
1
The readable items list several place or surname fragments such as Grove Fairfield Groanfell Vale Bonticello Oxford Richland and Wyening Eanes. The rest appears garbled with scattered letters and unclear context.
The county wide Republican meeting calls for delegates to the State and Congressional Conventions to be chosen in Anamoar on May 18 1878. It praises selectivity and unity, excoriates rivals, and defends Mr Tufts amid district politics and national issues.
A mix of political defense for Blaine and sharp accusations against Warden Heisey unfold as Col Shaw cites misused lumber purchases, unused material and losses at Anamosa Penitentiary. Legislation scrutiny continues with Rep Cattell to report findings, while editorials attack lawyer Adams and Monger and laud Lyman A. Ellis as a strong district candidate.
A Monticello Express writer recalls a pleasant Ames journey with old schoolmates and college improvements including new laboratories walkways pianos and chapels. He notes fresh faculty changes and the Senior class, along with mumps and smallpox worries, ending with the Mason and Dixon line description and colonial land marks.
The Algona Republican discusses appointing Jack Orr as a delegate at large and Senator Perkins of the Sioux City Journal as district delegate. It favors including Russell of Greene and a center or south side representative to form a capable delegation.
The district press weighs Tufts for re nomination as standard bearer. If Tufts is best for the emergency, keep him. otherwise back a newly chosen candidate. The piece argues against frequent changes and stresses Tufts’s one term experience as an advantage. It notes the west rising in power and urges wise, stable leadership.
A local troupe led by Mrs. Ellen Clark plans to stage The Octoroon in mid May. The production returns to its New York success with vivid Louisiana plantation life and dramatic scenes including a lynching trial and shipboard fire. Also notes a humorous fishing mishap tale and a Brookside society update on Mrs. Flora Smith visiting Monticello.
A fragment from the Wyoming Journal and Mus. Journal notes light social chatter and local remarks. It mentions a girl and suitor exchange, a child’s simple wisdom, and items about Win Whitney’s recovery and a Cedar Rapids position. It also reports property transactions by Mr Champlin and a partisan nod to Mr Tufts and Mr Burnett.
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