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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1897
Page
2
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage warns against gambling as a creeping vice. He outlines how small temptations feed a cart rope of evil through hazard like betting, gift schemes, and luxury stakes near Wall Street, urging repentance and divine grace to escape lifelong ruin.
The preacher proclaims that work alone yields peace that wealth or poverty cannot alter. He cites the forge, factory, stone carver, brass maker, polisher, and tool craftsman as examples. He asserts the heart sings when the hand performs honest and honorable labor.
The Rev B M Palmer of New Orleans argues against government assuming paternal duties toward citizens warning such control would make the state a giant nurse stifle wealth creation and progress and lead to barbarism.
The quote laments science’s idealism losing its efficacy and notes that many, though reliant on intellectual pursuits, feel unsatisfied. It contrasts this with a sentiment about resisting consumer pressure and refusing to buy from agents, reflecting a broader cultural stance.
The Iowa Prohibition state convention met in Des Moines with 830 delegates from 53 counties. Dr. E. B. L. Eaton was nominated for governor, M. W. Atwood for lieutenant governor, and the platform called for full liquor prohibition, women's suffrage, and a weekly day of rest, with new central committees named across districts. The gathering adopted the platform and adjourned.
Rev Parker, pastor of the Baptist church, and Mrs J W Ward wife of the Eddyville bank cashier, eloped. Parker left suddenly and Mrs Ward followed. a note said she sought to earn her own living and stop living as his servant. They were tracked to Des Moines and Omaha where traces end. Parker leaves a wife and two children. Mrs Ward a husband and four children.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item recalls a playful exchange among Allegheny children. One claims his father is a policeman, another says his father is a newspaper reporter, and other boasts cover marriages and twins. The retort notes a uncle who pays church fare on Sundays.
A Leisure Hours excerpt describes lemon jelly with blanched almonds and thin strips, glace walnuts and Brazil nuts as bon-bon fare, custards with English walnuts and citron, and chocolate blanc-mange enhanced by almonds. It notes pecan stuffed baked apples, almond iced salted crackers, tiny bread sandwiches with walnut filling, and nut garnishes for salads with a walnut apple salad on lettuce with French dressing.
A Kansas City Journal opinion argues the tramp problem is overstated by populist leaders. It cites harvest labor demand in Kansas showing wages high for willing workers, while farmers cannot recruit idle vagabonds. The piece condemns almsgiving as enabling beggars and urges stopping demagoguery to spare workers from subsidized idleness.
The Sioux City Journal rebuts a state platform statement accusing farmers of Town of marketing at lower prices. It argues farmers now receive higher prices for wheat oats rye barley cattle hogs and sheep. Corn grain sales are lower but turned into beef and pork by other farmers for higher profits.
The piece declares prosperity is here across the country driven by agricultural gains and a strong labor market. It asserts work, money for all, and a lasting period of good times, supported by tariff policy and currency parity, with optimism from newspapers of the era.
Des Moines dispatch reports Iowa day at the Tennessee exposition in Nashville with a hoped one fare rail rate. Gov Drake shows improving health as he returns home to Centerville. The piece lists Iowa delegates to the Farmers Congress, committee assignments in Congress, crop prospects and state investigation plans, along with political notes.
In Turke stan the Russian commander issues an order citing rising suicide cases among officers and troops. He directs superior officers to pay special attention to the moral wellbeing of every young soldier under their command.
Mrs Christini Behrens, arrested in Davenport for her husband’s murder, allegedly sought life insurance and freedom to wed Henry Bendt of Rock Island Illinois. Behrens claims Bendt urged the act and supplied the poison. Bendt was arrested and jailed. both charged with murder.
Mrs. T. J. Rick of Alden is jailed by Sheriff Mitterer and taken to Eldora on an attempted murder charge after J. W. Parks, a nearby farmer, says she shot him through an leg artery and nearly bled to death. Rick admits the shooting claiming Parks sought entry to her home at night while her husband was away.
A Hebrew peddler was shot and robbed not Beaver by three men from Grand Junction. A posse pursued and captured Saunders Way and Childs. They are jailed in Boone County by Sheriff Defoe and Sheriff Thompson of Green. The wounded peddler may die.
At the sixteenth annual Keokuk gathering of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of Iowa jurisdiction, officers were elected: W. A. Mills of Keokuk as district grand master, Maj. Barber of Evans as district deputy grand master, P. M. Pruitt of Oskalooan as district grand secretary, Frank Tiolds of Keokyle as district grand treasurer, J. M. Thomas of Fort Michigan as district grand director.
The Grain Shippers Association of Northwestern Iowa held its annual session in Sioux City and elected officers for the ensuing year. I. J. Edmunda Marcus served as president, J. M. Pursona Carroll as vice president, F. D. Babcock Ida Grove as secretary and treasurer, Yr. D. Butler Schaller as assistant secretary, and A. Abbott Charter Oak as executive committee man.
Carl Ott, 67, a farmer residing four miles north of Radelie, hanged himself amid family troubles. He was living with his third wife, marking the second death by self harm in Hardin county within a week.
Marshal Slealy arrested two men who gave the names Harry Mast and Robert Mason in Tampa. They were transported to Gedar Rapids charged with counterfeiting and found in possession of a large quantity of spurious coin.
Edward Doughty died at his home in Sibley while Ife formerly served as Emmet county treasurer leaving a wife and BON. Mrs Kreuger found in New York after missing from Creston since April. Mrs Gondergin of Dubuque dies at 80. Ale believed oldest in Dubuque county. Austin J Wright run over by freight train at Chariton, loses a leg. Joe McBride found mangled near Ogden. Morham post office established with Michael Morham postmaster. Polk county savings bank merged into Des Moines national bank. Alonzo Robbing shot and killed wife at Keokuk after three weeks apart. Mrs Clash discharges a rifle from boys in Cedar Napide, George Rogers, 4, fatally shot. O I Binford dies at 55 in Marshalltown of Brights disease. County Treasurer C A Brownell dies suddenly in Mason City. Pocaahontas threshers form union. Burglars steal $100 from Burlington street car office. Reunion of old settlers at Prairie City August 11. Knoke postmaster at Knoke Calhoun county. Gov Drake moved from Savery hotel to Centerville on doctor’s orders. A St Loomis of Manchester dies in Dubuque aged 75. Fritz Koller found hanged in Davenport. cause drink. Nallie of Belmond accidentally kills himself drawing gun. W F Crawford of Des Moines commits suicide in Boone. Ross Springer fatally injured after fall in Cedar Rapids. Robert Nichols, near St Charles, killed by reaper. Storm at Springville destroys buildings, damages corn. Daniel Doon killed. Everest named Drake University Bible dean by Chancellor Craig. Cloudburst and lightning strike in Keokuk.
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