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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
8
Dr. Talmage reports a St. Petersburg discourse urging readers to ban harmful books and newspapers. He cites biblical examples, praises pure fiction, warns against ills of sensational novels, and urges editors and publishers to promote healthful, Christian literature to curb crime and moral decay.
A speaker denounces libertine literature and lurid illustrations as deadly to the young. He warns that bad books and graphic artworks poison minds, ruin morals, and even destroy faith, urging readers to reject sensational material and choose wholesome engravings and newspapers.
Des Moines July reports that Iowa regents limited the $50,000 add on funds to salaries and equipment, approved new college naming, and planned automatic five year salary increases to boost faculty retention. They outlined new work for the graduate college and strengthened high school ties, plus contract updates for new buildings and Cherokee hospital work.
Mrs Thomas Wheeler reached her hundredth birthday at her son Merritt Wheeler’s home seven miles from Villisca. Born in Watertown Connecticut to Samuel and Mary Judd, she married Thomas Wheeler in 1820 and emigrated west. Her family includes five children, four dozen grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
The town is asked how many soldiers it can furnish if a war with China required a large U S army. Four regiments of the Iowa factional guard could be recruited to about 1800 new men though current strength is about 2700. Maj A Olmsted, veteran inspector, says many are Spanish War veterans but most are new recruits with higher physical standards and older equipment. He believes the government could take the regiments as they are apart from needing new men.
Trustees at Ames College announce a sizable faculty expansion. New hires include Burt from the University of Illinois as assistant professor of civil engineering and Lamphenr from Cornell as assistant professor in electron engineering. Other additions cover mining engineering, ethics, cooking, German, and Latin instruction, with Reynolds named dean of veterinary studies. The college hospital will be enlarged and an agricultural museum established in Agricultural Hall.
The Cass County Veterans association centers interest on its eighth annual reunion at an Anita site August 22 to 24, 1900. Poplar amusements abound. Anita cornet band and Massenaglee club provide music. Rock Island railroad offers excursion tickets from nearby points for three days of Civil War and Spanish-American War veteran camping at Jones Grove.
Lies from Los Angeles plans to start Belgian hare breeding in Ames. The reddish brown rabbits with white undersides and large jackrabbit like frames fetch high prices, with some imports scoring up to 1500 dollars.
A farmer near Baldwin Jackson County finds his two children alone and crying after dusk. His wife Ma Volper returns late, searches the property, and is found dead by hanging in the barn loft. She had likely been dead for hours with no reason given.
Mrs. Ewing, widow of Gen. Granger, traveled from Clinton to Salt Lake City to exhume her five year old son Leslie M. Granger buried in Oakland cemetery. The coffin held a preserved body years ago but now only dust remained after the exhumation. The event draws scientific interest for its peculiar preservation.
The state board of medical examiners seeks to compel physicians to report infectious diseases. Three Lowen doctors are notified to appear before the board in August to show cause why their certificates should not be revoked for incompetency. The action follows failures to diagnose and report diseases, hindering health efforts and contributing to spread and deaths.
A Creston man John Macdonald was jailed for a fatal clash in Montana five years ago. His daughter, then 12, earned money for travel to Kansas City to seek help from Senator Clark at the Democratic National Convention. Clark took an interest, arranged aid, and the case was presented to the pardons board. No result followed, and Macdonald was released.
The strange death of musician Jonahon Chater in Dubuque shocks the town. Once married to a railroad executive’s daughter and famed for 28 instruments, he drifted from fame to divestment and a barroom life. He died after a violent illness and left a will for dissection at Iowa State University.
The Des Moines college received large recent gifts including a June proposal from John D. Rockefeller offering 25000 dollars if Baptists in Town raised 75000. The pledge was accepted and Dr W M Walker of the First Baptist church oversaw efforts that have raised about 50000 dollars with the remaining amount expected to be secured.
H C Wausen and Miss Jessie Pierce of Anderson Missouri wed in Sioux City secretly. Wausen was blacklisted by Western league president Hickey for striking Billy Wilson Omaha's catcher over the head with a bat. The incident centers on the newly married couple's relationship.
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