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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
5
A literary excerpt discusses a Saratoga dance scene from Mr. Howells' An Open Eyed Conspiracy. The narrator, an aging chaperon, observes young couples dancing outside a hotel court under a moonlit sky while oldsters peer from parlors and wrapt in cold, reflecting on patience and youth.
The article surveys regional beliefs that the dead must be shod before burial to avoid haunting, noting Scotland, northern England, Scandinavia, Hungary, Croatia, and Romania. It cites legends of hell shoes and the journey across burning plains to reach paradise, with Walter Scott quotes and a humorous aside on valuing old boots. It also includes a brief tale of Adam Black and a quip about manuscript returns, plus medical ads for DeWitt's Little Early Risers and witch hazel salve.
The piece argues Iowa should raise the governor’s salary to at least 5000 dollars per year. It contends current pay forces only men with independent incomes to seek the office and that past governors ended poorer after serving. It calls cheese-paring pay a barrier to capable leaders.
The Davenport Democrat notes the Des Moines fusion convention fractures as five of eleven join withdrawals. It predicts collapse of fusion with populists and prohibitionists drifting away, leaving a bloc of self interested silver democrats and silver republicans under pressure.
Monticello minutes show directors present and actions taken on bills and vacancies. J A Doutrick and A Kempf elected to fill resignations. E Hicks elected president pro tem and qualified. Farwell resignation accepted. meeting adjourned.
J. L. Heaton in The Quilting Bee reflects on human pride and kinship with animals while warning that a tiny microbe can strike. The verse contrasts grand ambition with mortality and questions whether humanity will fulfill its place in eternity.
The Maine secretary of state maintains unique address forms with officials titled honorable. judges, governor’s council members, senators, department heads, and mayors receive honorable. Representatives and many local officials are esquire, while the governor is addressed as his excellency. New England states differ on prefixes.
The American Short Line between Chicago and Buffalo announces round trip tickets at 10.50 on August 21 22 and 23 with return by rail or water. Extension to September 20 available if tickets are deposited in Buffalo August 23 27. Mr J Y Calahan Chicago 111 will provide train service details.
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