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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1905
Page
3
Miss Margaret M. Jamies recounts six years of teaching in crowded city schools leading to nervous breakdown. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with rebuilding her blood, sleep, appetite, and energy. She recovered after six boxes and has returned to teaching at 123 Clay Street Dayton Ohio. Many fellow teachers report positive results and recommend the pills sold in drug stores worldwide.
The article notes a wave of emigration to Western Canada driven by new land openings and railroad expansion with predictions of fifty thousand more settlers in 1905. It highlights 160 acre homesteads, cheap lands at seven to ten dollars an acre, and wheat yields of twenty to thirty bushels per acre, urging Iowa Thnsis Minnesota readers toward Canadian settlement with government agents offering guidance.
A Cincinnati Enquirer snippet parodies gender roles with a three item test for men and a contrasting trio for women. The humorous exchange mentions a five dollar bill a joke and a dentist appointment for men and a lead pencil crossing a street and grasping time distinctions for women.
The article states that under the Townsend rate bill a fixed rate by the Commission cannot be lowered by a railroad. If an emergency requires a lower rate, railroads or shippers must appeal to the Commission again, as no latitude is allowed. The proposed legislation abandons the previous rule of a maximum rate.
A humor item recalls a two year engagement ending as the bride wed another man, a joke attributed to Tit-Bits. The aside reflects on lasting commitments and fickle marriages with a wry frontier tone.
Des Moines dispatch notes Gov. Cummins defending Iowa rail rate policy against Missouri claims. He argues Iowa’s lack of manufacturing growth stems from interstate discrimination, not state rates, and praises the railroad commission schedule aiding shippers. Also reports on Valley Junction improvements and a long missing Civil War report found in Denver.
Mrs Charlotte M Rockwell widow of John M Rockwell founder of Rockwell City died recently in this city after a stroke. She was 72 born in Boston maiden name Foote. She married John M Rockwell in Buffalo January 17 1850. The couple lived in Rockwell City before moving to Des Moines in 1881. John Rockwell died January 4 1905 leaving a large estate retaining Rockwell City property and Calhoun county holdings.
Joseph Smith a colored inmate from Monroe county and Louis Busse, convicted of wife murder, seek clemency. Smith’s plea is scheduled for May 2 and Busse for June 6 at the Iowa supreme court after appeals. Both are held at Fort Madison penitentiary awaiting possible life sentences.
John Cownie returns from a survey of northern Iowa State farms and begins visits to southern farms to gauge season progress. He notes rivalry grows as salaries tied to crop yields loom and last year’s strong results raise expectations for even bigger crops. At Anamosa convicts work in fields without guards, with a score employed.
Professor C F Curtiss of Iowa State College Ames returns from Mexico with tales of grain fed steers seen as novelties. He notes strong demand for grain fed beef and suggests Iowa could use Mexico as a market if favorable rates are secured. He observes Mexican understanding of grain fed meat remains limited, yet trade with the United States could grow with higher quality meat.
Valley Junction will host a magnificent Catholic church building, the town’s finest for its size. The project costs about 10000 dollars, with a large portion already subscribed.
Records unearthed by Thomas Stevens show Iowa military strength between 1839 and 1841 under Territorial Governor Lucas. About 745 men served in the Second Regiment of the Second Brigade in 1841, with 12 regiments across three divisions, suggesting a total of at least 8,000. The Iowa National Guard now exceeds 250,000, with nearly 3,000 more soldiers. Governor Mickey of Nebraska proposes a boundary settlement plan involving reciprocal state measures and a shift of jurisdiction if river-side lands change hands, with Cummins set to place the issue before the next legislature.
Keosaqua resident H U1 Skinner of HW1 Skinner & Sons Birmingham Ia indicted by a grand jury on nine counts for fraudulent banking. The case ends a 40 year local career and involves a bank deficit likely around 40000 dollars. Authorities connect losses to Fort Madison railway construction and a wool market cornering attempt. The bank remained insolvent for years and allegedly paid depositors after its condition was known.
In Ringgold county a crowded courtroom heard Judge Y W Evans convict Day Dunning former president of Mt Ayr Citizens' bank which collapsed January 16, 1904. Dunning faces a three year penitentiary term after prior indictments on fraudulent banking.
Clinton sees a temporary pause in construction as members of the carpenters and laborers unions go on strike. Town notes report local labor action affecting the ongoing building surge.
The Pittsburg Post notes a sharp exchange where a Plunkville sage muses on chloroform and aging. The Pohick Philosopher retorts that cigarette use and gender tension will prevent old folks in the next generation, highlighting social anxieties.
An advertising pitch argues for many small drugstore stations along the coast to save lives rather than one large facility. It promotes Jusheck's Euro and Pusheck's Remedy with claims of curing stomach troubles rheumatism catarrh pain weakness and blood or nerve diseases priced at 1. The note urges doctors to stock the remedies or receive them by mail from Dr GC Pusheck Chicago Grand Island Nebraska. It ends with a quip from Puck about daily expectations of the unexpected.
Statistics from various school boards show many children suffer nervousness melancholy and mild chorea like Bt Vits dance. Proper food sleep and Calwells Syrup Pepsin are claimed to help digestion and nerve health with a money back guarantee.
An old advertisement urges use of Doan's Kidney Pills to treat back ache and bladder issues by targeting the kidneys. It quotes Captain S D Tlunter of Engine No 14 Pittsburg Fire Department praising the product after a three year prior kidney trouble. Sale through dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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